Alan Trounson

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Alan Trounson
embryonic stem cells
Spouses
  • Sue[1] Trounson (?) (div.)
  • Karin Hammarberg
Children4
Awards
  • Wellcome Australia Medal (1991)
  • David deKretser Medal (2009)
  • Monash University Research Medal (2009)
  • Patrick Steptoe Medal (1994)
  • Bertarelli Foundation Medal (2004)
  • Barbara Eck Menning Medal (1997)
Scientific career
FieldsEmbryology; Stem cell research
Institutions
Thesis (1974)
Notes

Alan Osborne Trounson

emeritus professor
.

Trounson's areas of interest include cloning, stem cells, biotechnology, cloning for agricultural industry, gene storage and

in-vitro fertilisation
.

Background and early career

Trounson graduated from the

Cambridge University. Returning to Australia in 1977, he was appointed Senior Research Fellow at Monash University.[2]

Career

Trounson introduced two world-first procedures which greatly improved the success rate of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF). They were the use of a fertility drug to induce multiple ova and the freezing of embryos for future use. These procedures enabled more than 300,000 women worldwide to conceive successfully.

Trounson made headlines in 1980 with the first IVF birth in Australia and afterwards set up the Monash team of

Benjamin Henry Sheares Medal from the Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society, Singapore.[2]

In 2000, he again made international headlines when he led the team which discovered that nerve stem cells could be derived from embryonic stem cells. This announcement led to a dramatic increase in interest in the potential of stem cells to cure a range of currently incurable diseases.

Australian Parliament by attributing the recovery of a crippled rat to embryonic stem cells, when in fact the cells were germ cells from a fetal rat.[11][12][13][14]

In 2003 he was appointed a Personal Chair as Professor of Stem Cell Sciences at Monash University, was awarded a Doctor

Honoris Causa by the Faculties of Medical Sciences and Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium,[15] and was named Australian Humanist of the Year.[16]

Trounson was the founder and executive vice-chairman of the National Biotechnology Centre of Excellence, Australian Stem Cell Centre, as well as Global Scientific Strategy Advisor.[17][18]

He serves on the Science Advisory Board of the Genetics Policy Institute and was a founder of the Australian Stem Cell Centre.[19]

In 2007 he was appointed President of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine,[20] a position he held until his return to Australia in 2014.

In 2008 Trounson was inducted as an Honorary Member in the Monash University Golden Key Society.

Trounson was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for "distinguished service to medical science, and to in vitro fertilisation and stem cell technologies" in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.[21]

Books

Articles

References

  1. ^ Clohesy, Bernadette (16 May 2015). "Two of us". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Alafaci, Annette (27 September 2006). "Trounson, Alan Osborne". Encyclopedia of Australian Science. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  3. ^ Sharkey, David. "Life Members of The Society for Reproductive Biology". Membership. The Society for Reproductive Biology. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  4. ^ Pitt, Helen (26 August 2012). "Man on a mission". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  5. ^ "State Finalist Senior Australian of the Year 2013". 6 November 2012. Archived from the original on 6 January 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  6. ^ Kaiser, Jocelyn (17 October 2013). "CIRM Director Steps Down". Science Now. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  7. ^ Servick, Kelly (30 April 2014). "California Stem Cell Institute Picks Industry Veteran as President". Science Now. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  8. ISBN 978-0-85572-212-8
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  9. ^ The British Fertility Society – About > Eponymous Winners Archived 17 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Australian Stem Cell Centre Archived 7 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Wroe, David; Gray, Darren; Douez, Sophie (30 August 2002). "Monash Uni gags Trounson as MPs ban cloning". The Age. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  12. ^ "Uni denies gagging Trounson". The Age. Australian Associated Press. 30 August 2002. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  13. ^ Knight, Ben (29 August 2002). "Professor Trounson defends himself". AM. Australia: ABC Local Radio. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  14. ^ Kelly, Fran (29 August 2002). "Has Trounson affected the future of stem cell research?". The 7.30 Report. Australia: ABC TV. Archived from the original (Transcript) on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  15. ^ Australia Day – Victoria – What's On – Ambassadors Archived 29 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ Australian Humanists Of The Year Archived 30 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ a b "Cloning and Stem Cells". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007.
  18. ^ "ISSCR Officers". International Society for Stem Cell Research. Archived from the original on 25 June 2007.
  19. ^ Trounson, Alan (12 April 2007). "Alan Trounson talks with Robyn Williams". Talking Science (Interview: video/audio). Interviewed by Robyn Williams. Australia: ABC. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  20. ^ Weekes, Peter (16 September 2007). "Stem cell pioneer joins science exodus". The Age. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  21. ^ "Emeritus Professor Alan Osbourne Trounson". It's An Honour. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

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