Teachers' notes - Dr Jim Peacock, molecular biologist and plant geneticist
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Introduction
Dr Jim Peacock was interviewed in for the Interviews with Australian scientists series. By viewing the interviews in this series, or reading the transcripts and extracts, your students can begin to appreciate Australia's contribution to the growth of scientific knowledge.
The following summary of Peacock's career sets the context for the extract chosen for these teachers’ notes. The extract discusses how he and his colleagues came to isolate and characterise some of the genes involved in the control of flowering in plants. Use the focus questions that accompany the extract to promote discussion among your students.
Summary of career
William James (Jim) Peacock was born in Leura, New South Wales, in He was educated at the University of Sydney where he received a BSc (Hons) in His interests were in botany and genetics and after his honours year, he won a CSIRO scholarship for further studies. He was awarded a PhD from the University of Sydney in
Peacock
Dr Jim Peacock, plant scientist
William James (Jim) Peacock was born in Leura, New South Wales, in He was educated at the University of Sydney where he received a BSc (Hons) in His interests were in botany and genetics and after his honours year, he won a CSIRO scholarship for further studies. He was awarded a PhD from the University of Sydney in Peacock began working at CSIRO as a visiting research worker in the Genetics section in Later that year he moved to the University of Oregon, where he worked as a post-doctoral fellow (–64) and visiting associate professor (–65). He continued his genetics studies as a research consultant in the biology division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, in
On returning to Australia and CSIRO, Peacock joined the division of Plant Industry. He worked as a senior research scientist (–69), principal research scientist (–73), senior principal research scientist (–77) and chief research scientist (–78). He was chief of the division from to and then became a CSIRO fellow. Peacock was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in and served as its president from to From to , Peacock served as Australia’s Chief Scientist.
Peacock, William James (Jim) ( - )
William James (Jim) Peacock was born in Leura, New South Wales, in
He was educated at the University of Sydney where he received a BSc (Hons) in (He had a summer vacation job in the Snowy Mountains working for Alex Costin in ). His interests were in botany and genetics and after his honours year, he won a CSIRO scholarship for further studies.
He was awarded a PhD from the University of Sydney in
Peacock began working at CSIRO as a visiting research worker in the Genetics section in Later that year he moved to the University of Oregon, where he worked as a post-doctoral fellow () and visiting associate professor (). He continued his genetics studies as a research consultant in the biology division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, in
On returning to Australia and CSIRO, Peacock joined the division of Plant Industry. He worked as a senior research scientist (), principal research scientist (), senior principal research scientist () and chief research scientist (). He was chief of the division from to and then became a CSIRO fellow.
Peacock was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in and served
William James (Jim) Peacock
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