John Mattick, PhD
Executive Director and Professor at Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Location: Sydney
Australia
John Mattick, PhD, has made major contributions to understanding mitochondrial DNA replication (at Monash University), the molecular architecture of the multifunctional enzyme fatty acid synthase (Baylor College of Medicine; featured in most biochemistry textbooks), and the molecular genetics of type IV pili in bacterial pathogens, with the associated development of one of the world’s first recombinant DNA-based vaccines (CSIRO and the University of Queensland). Over the past 15 years he has focused on noncoding RNA, next generation transcriptomics, and developing a new understanding of RNA-based epigenetic regulation and programming of human development.