Chris Goodnow Explained

Chris Goodnow
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Christopher Carl Goodnow (born 19 September 1959) is an immunology researcher and the current executive director of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. He holds the Bill and Patricia Ritchie Foundation Chair and is a Conjoint Professor in the faculty of medicine at UNSW Sydney. He holds dual Australian and US citizenship.

Career

Born in Hong Kong in 1959 to Robert Goodnow and Jacqueline J. Goodnow AC, Goodnow grew up in Rome and Washington DC before moving to Sydney, Australia as a teenager.[1] He trained in veterinary medicine and surgery, immunochemistry and immunology at the University of Sydney and in DNA technology at Stanford University. After doctoral studies at Melbourne's Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and the University of Sydney, he joined the faculty of the Stanford University Medical School and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in 1990.[2] There he established the concept of multiple immune tolerance checkpoints, a framework now widely used in cancer treatment with "checkpoint inhibitors", and revealed the function of key genes in these checkpoints.[3]

In 1997 Goodnow joined the faculty at the Australian National University as professor and founding director of the Medical Genome Centre, leading its development into a major national research facility, the Australian Phenomics Facility. In 2015 he joined the Garvan Institute of Medical Research as deputy director to translate genomic DNA sequence analysis of the human immune system into understanding the cause of immune disorders and developing more effective, personalised treatments.[2] During this period Goodnow oversaw the development of the Garvan-Weizmann Centre for Cellular Genomics in partnership with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel,[4] [5] the only multidisciplinary centre of its kind in the southern hemisphere as well as playing a key role in the development of the Clinical Immunogenomics Research Consortium Australia (CIRCA).[6] In May 2018, Goodnow was named Executive Director of the Garvan Institute.[7]

Honours

Other interests

Goodnow is well known for leading a 1980 expedition to Indonesia's remote Mentawai Islands off the coast of Sumatra, discovering the now-famous surf breaks and a wave that is today considered one of the world's best, Macaronis.[19] [20] [21] [22]

External

Notes and References

  1. News: ANU Spaces - Christopher Goodnow. 2014-11-06. ANU. 2018-06-29. en.
  2. Web site: Garvan welcomes Professor Chris Goodnow as Deputy Director Garvan Institute of Medical Research. www.garvan.org.au. en. 2018-06-29.
  3. Book: 1995-01-01. Self-Tolerance Checkpoints in B Lymphocyte Development. Advances in Immunology. en. 59. 279–368. 10.1016/S0065-2776(08)60633-1. 7484462. 0065-2776. Goodnow. Christopher C.. Cyster. Jason G.. Hartley. Suzanne B.. Bell. Sarah E.. Cooke. Michael P.. Healy. James I.. Akkaraju. Srinivas. Jeffrey Rathmell. Rathmell. Jeffrey C.. Pogue. Sarah L.. Shokat. Kevan P.. 9780120224593.
  4. News: New Weizmann-Garvan centre established to study cellular genomics WeizmannCompass. WeizmannCompass. 2018-06-29. en.
  5. News: Baird's big deals - The Australian Jewish News. 2016-04-14. The Australian Jewish News. 2018-06-29. en-US.
  6. Web site: Clinical Immunogenomics Research Consortium Australia - CIRCA Garvan Institute of Medical Research. www.garvan.org.au. en. 2018-06-29.
  7. News: Visionary researcher Chris Goodnow to take the helm at Garvan Institute Garvan Institute of Medical Research. Garvan Institute of Medical Research. en. 2018-06-29.
  8. Web site: Australian Honours. honours.pmc.gov.au. 2018-06-19.
  9. Web site: Gottschalk Medal Australian Academy of Science. www.science.org.au. 2018-06-19.
  10. Web site: Professor Chris Goodnow Australian Academy of Science. www.science.org.au. 2018-06-19.
  11. http://news.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-3/ANU-medical-researcher-wins-national-award-11409-1/ ANU medical researcher wins national award
  12. Web site: AAI Newsletter. October 2013. AAI. The American Association of Immunologists.
  13. Web site: Ramaciotti Awards & Recipients Perpetual Perpetual. www.perpetual.com.au. en. 2018-06-19.
  14. http://news.anu.edu.au/?p=1211 ANU immunology pioneer elected to The Royal Society
  15. Web site: The Burnet Oration. www.immunology.org.au. en-AU. 2018-06-19.
  16. Web site: Australia Fellowships Outcome. NHMRC. 2018-06-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20140214102300/https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/_files_nhmrc/file/grants/fellows/funded/outcomes/career/2010_australia_fellowships_outcome_v2.pdf. 14 February 2014. dead.
  17. News: Previous Winners GSK Australia. 2018-06-19. en-AU. https://web.archive.org/web/20180619063101/http://au.gsk.com/en-au/research/gsk-award-for-research-excellence/previous-winners/. 19 June 2018. dead.
  18. Web site: Christopher Goodnow. www.nasonline.org. 2018-06-19.
  19. Web site: Finding Macaronis: Part 1 Swellnet. www.swellnet.com. en. 2018-06-29.
  20. Web site: Finding Macaronis: Part 2 Swellnet. www.swellnet.com. en. 2018-06-29.
  21. Web site: Finding Macaronis: Part 3 Swellnet. www.swellnet.com. en. 2018-06-29.
  22. Web site: Canberra Close Up: Professor Chris Goodnow. 2012-11-07. www.abc.net.au. en-AU. 2018-06-29.

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