FYFE LEONARD
BYGRAVE
Activities Since Retirement
- Published a book with Patricia Bygrave “Growing Australian Red Cedar and Other Meliaceae Species in Plantation”
- Lectured to students and continuing collaboration with colleagues at the Medical School, University of Siena, Italy
- Lecture to ANU graduate students on how to write, speak and think about research
- Continuing maintenance of our unique Red Cedar plantation on the Mid-North Coast of NSW
- Continuing overseas and domestic travel
Curriculum Vitae
Born: Cambridge, New
Zealand, 31 May 1937
Primary Schooling: Boys
Grammar, Suva , Fiji
Secondary Schooling:
Boys High School, New Plymouth , New Zealand
Academic Qualifications:
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BSc (NZ): 1960
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MSc (Otago): 1962
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PhD (Q’land): 1965
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DSc (ANU): 1978
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DSc (Otago): 1996
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Main Research Interests:
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1.
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Role
of calcium ions in the regulation of cellular metabolism
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Control
by hormones of intracellular calcium ions
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3.
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Research
on establishing plantations of the valuable timber tree Toona
ciliata (Australian Red Cedar)
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Appointments in the Department
of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science:
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1968:
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One of the founding
appointees to the Department
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1968
- 1969:
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Lecturer
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1969
- 1975:
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Senior Lecturer
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1973
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Acting Departmental Head
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1975
– 1996
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Reader
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1996:
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Professor
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Other University Positions:
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1982
- 1984:
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Deputy Dean, Faculty
of Science
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1987
- 1992:
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Dean of Students
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1999
- 2000:
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Dean of the Faculty of
Science
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Administrative Activities in
the ANU:
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Acting Head of the Department
of Biochemistry (1973-1974, 1978)
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Deputy Dean of the Faculty
of Science (1982-1984)
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Dean of Students (1987-1992)
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Dean of the Faculty
of Science (1999 -2000)
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Member of the Steering
Committee of the Board
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Member of the Resources
Committee of the Board
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Chair of the Faculties
Research Grants Committee
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Overseas Research Positions
Held:
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1964 – 1966:
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Postdoctoral Research
Fellow, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department
of Physiological Chemistry,Baltimore, USA.
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1966 – 1968:
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Postdoctoral Research
Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Institute for Physiological
Chemistry, Munich, Germany.
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Since 1975:
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Visiting Scientist or
Professor at numerous Research Institutes or Universities around
the world:, Cambridge, Basel, Nashville, Dundee, Norwich, Siena,
Italy
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General/Other Scientific Activities:
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ACT representative on
the National Council of the Australian Biochemical Society (1972-1974)
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Member of the National
Health and Medical Research Council Research Grants Committee
(1979-1989)
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Member of the National
Health and Medical Research Council Program Grant Interviewing
Committee (1986-1988)
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Member of the Medical
Research Council of New Zealand Grant Awarding Committee (1994)
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Secretary-General of
the Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists (1980-1987)
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Member of the International
Cell Research Organisation Panel on Structure, Function and Regulation
(since 1992)
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Founding committee member
to establish the National Science Summer School (1983) and member
of student selection panels (1984-1988)
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Member of the Editorial
Advisory Board of the Biochemical Journal
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Member of the Editorial
Board of Biochimica et Biophysica Acta Reviews
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Founding Member of the
Editorial Board of Cell Calcium
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Reviewer for the National
Science Foundation (USA), the Australian Research Council, the
National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and
of New Zealand, the Australian Cancer Society, the National Heart
Foundation
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Paul Harris Fellow (Rotary)
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Invited
Addresses at International Meetings
Numerous lectures and seminars
on my work given at various Research Centres and Universities in Australia,
New Zealand, Asia, Europe and the United States
Teaching Activities
Lecturer to undergraduate students
for over 30 years and supervisor (research) of numerous honours and
doctoral students
Published works
Total of 164 comprising -
4 theses - 1 Masters, 1 Doctor
of Philosophy, 2 Doctors of Science
135 original articles in refereed
journals
15 reviews
12 invited chapters in books
1 book - “Growing Australian
Red Cedar and Other Meliaceae Species in Plantation”
Other interests/activities
With wife Tricia, development
of a ‘rainforest’ on the Mid-North Coast of NSW with special interest
in growing plantations of Toona ciliata (Australian Red Cedar)
Custodian of 52 acres on the
Mid-North Coast of NSW
Cabinet making and related
Travel to out-of-way places
of interest
Keywords
Rainforests
