A Formal Dinner to welcome Residents and Associates to the start of Semester 2.

Date: Thursday 28 July 2022
Time: 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Venue: Harriet Marks Dining Hall
Dress: Academic Gown

About the Guest Speaker

Professor David Craik, FAA, FRS
Professor of Chemistry at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, UQ

David Craik, FAA, FRS, is a Professor of Chemistry at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience at The University of Queensland. He obtained his PhD in organic chemistry from La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia and undertook postdoctoral studies at Florida State and Syracuse Universities before taking up a lectureship at the Victorian College of Pharmacy in 1983. He was appointed Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Head of School in 1988. He moved to The University of Queensland in 1995 and is currently the Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science. His research focuses on applications of peptides in drug design and, in particular, on developing plants as innovative biofactories to make safer, cheaper and more effective medicines and eco-friendly biopesticides. He is recipient of a number of prizes in the peptide field, including the du Vigneaud Award of the American Peptide Society and the Hirschmann Award of the American Chemical Society. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, is author of more than 750 papers and has trained 70 PhD students.

Professor Craik’s presentation for the Semester 2 Commencement Dinner is A journey of discovery on the trail of peptides and proteins.

Please note: it is an expectation that all Residents attend the Commencement Formal Dinner.