Professor of the day- Professor John Wallace, Biochemistry, University of Adelaide

Professor John Wallace holds a Personal Chair in Biochemistry in the School of Molecular & Biomedical Science at the University of Adelaide , Australia. His research interests include the molecular and structural biology of biotin-dependent enzymes, biotin protein ligase, and the insulin-like growth factors (IGFs), their receptors and binding proteins.

John is the author of 206 primary research papers, reviews and book chapters on pyruvate carboxylase, biotin protein ligase, the IGFs, their receptors and binding proteins, and other bioactive peptides. He is an inventor on 2 granted international patents and 2 provisional patents pending. Since 1970, John has supervised or co-supervised 46 Ph.D. students and 59 B.Sc. Honours to the successful completion of their degrees.

John received his Honours degree in Agricultural Science in 1960 and his PhD in 1965 from The University of Sydney. He was an 1851 Scholar in the Biochemistry Dept, Oxford University, 1965-66, 3 years at Case‑Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, and returned to Australia in 1969 as a Queen Elizabeth II Fellow to the Biochemistry Dept, University of Adelaide where he became a Faculty member.
John was awarded the 1986 LKB Medal and 2000 Lemberg Medal by the Australian Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, elected ASBMB President 2003-04, and was awarded the 2004 Leach Medal by the Lorne Protein Conference.

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