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Kemp, David James (1945 - )
 
Parasitologist
Born: 23 July 1945
David James (Dave) Kemp is Head of the Malaria and Scabies Laboratory at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research. He is a world renowned expert in the field of malaria research and in molecular biology in general. In 1983 while working at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (Melbourne), he and co-worker Robin Anders were the first to successfully clone plasmodium genes into E. coli bacteria, thus enabling the parasite proteins to be produced in large quantities for research. This was the very first beginnings of a malaria vaccine breakthrough and the start of defining the various malaria antigens and their antigenic diversity. Kemp is also heralded as a co-instigator of the malaria genome project - the first multicentre international basic science collaboration in the field - which was officially launched in 1996.
Career Highlights

Chronology
1969Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Adelaide
1973Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Adelaide
1973 - 1975Research Fellow in Biochemistry at the University of Adelaide (eighteen months)
1975 - 1976Research Scientist at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Plant Industry in Canberra
1976 - 1977Eleanor Roosevelt Fellow in Biochemistry at Stanford University Medical Center in California, USA
1977 - 1978Senior Fellow of the American Cancer Society at the Stanford University Medical Centre in California, USA
1978 - 1985Research Fellow then Senior Research Fellow at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Parkville, Victoria
1981Boehringer Medal received from the Australian Biochemical Society
1984 - 1992Head of the MacArthur Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
1986 - 1992Principal Research Fellow then Senior Principal Research Fellow at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
1990 - Member of the Board of Advisors on the Malaria Genome Project at the University of Florida
1990 - 1992Member of the Australian Research Council Gene Regulation Panel
1992 - 1993Deputy Director of the Menzies School of Health Research and Head of the Molecular Parasitology Unit
1993 - Howard Hughes Fellow
1996 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
2003Centenary Medal received from the Australian Government

 
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Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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