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Duncan Maskell
FMedSci
20th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne
Assumed office
1 October 2018
Preceded byGlyn Davis
Personal details
Born (1961-05-30) 30 May 1961 (age 63)
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
OccupationVice Chancellor
Academic background
EducationBSc hons, Natural Sciences, 1979; PhD Dept. of Pathology, 1986
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
ThesisMechanisms of resistance and immunity to Salmonella infections (1986)
Doctoral advisorCarlos Hormaeche
Academic work
DisciplineBiochemistry
Sub-discipline
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
University of Melbourne

Duncan John Maskell, FMedSci (born 30 May 1961) is a British biochemist and academic, who specialises in molecular microbiology and bacterial infectious diseases. Since 2018, he has been Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, Australia. He previously taught at the University of Cambridge, England.

Background

Maskell grew up in north London, in a working-class household. He attended Queen Elizabeth's School for Boys in Barnet.[1] He was the first in his family to go to university, attending Gonville & Caius College at the University of Cambridge, and graduating in Natural Sciences in 1979. [citation needed] He completed a PhD in the Department of Pathology in 1986 on Salmonella infections.[2] At 11, he performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, to celebrate the 60th birthday of the composer Benjamin Britten, and has played and performed music in several bands.[3]

Career

After doctoral work, Maskell worked for Wellcome Biotech, then at the Institute of Molecular Medicine in Oxford and later at Imperial College, London. He was the Marks & Spencer Professor of Farm Animal Health, Food Science and Food Safety at the University of Cambridge from 1996 to 2018, and the university's Senior Pro-Vice Chancellor from 2015 to 2018.[citation needed] He also served as Head of the Department of Veterinary Medicine from 2004 to 2013, and Head of the School of Biological Sciences from 2013 to 2015.[4][5][6][7]

In October 2017, it was announced that Maskell would be the next Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, succeeding Glyn Davis.[8] He took up the role on 1 October 2018.[9] In May 2022, Maskell was reappointed for a second term.[10]

The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 saw severe lockdown measures and travel bans in Melbourne from March–November, meaning the university was particularly hard hit because of its reliance on international student revenues. Maskell announced widespread staff redundancies and early retirement schemes (450 people) to reduce university expenditure against a forecast drop in student numbers, in August 2020.[11]

Honours

In 2011, Maskell was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci).[12]

Selected works

  • Maskell, Duncan J.; Sweeney, Kathy J.; O'Callaghan, David; Hormaeche, Carlos E.; Liew, Foo Y.; Dougan, Gordon (March 1987). "Salmonella typhimuriumaroA mutants as carriers of the Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin B subunit to the murine secretory and systemic immune systems". Microbial Pathogenesis. 2 (3): 211–221. doi:10.1016/0882-4010(87)90022-2. PMID 3333799.
  • O'Callaghan, D.; Maskell, D.; Liew, F. Y.; Easmon, C. S.; Dougan, G. (1 February 1988). "Characterization of aromatic- and purine-dependent Salmonella typhimurium: attention, persistence, and ability to induce protective immunity in BALB/c mice". Infection and Immunity. 56 (2): 419–423. doi:10.1128/IAI.56.2.419-423.1988. ISSN 0019-9567. PMC 259298. PMID 3276625.
  • Reeves, Peter R.; Hobbs, Matthew; Valvano, Miguel A.; Skurnik, Mikael; Whitfield, Chris; Coplin, David; Kido, Nobuo; Klena, John; Maskell, Duncan; Raetz, Christian R.H.; Rick, Paul D. (December 1996). "Bacterial polysaccharide synthesis and gene nomenclature". Trends in Microbiology. 4 (12): 495–503. doi:10.1016/S0966-842X(97)82912-5. PMID 9004408.
  • Parkhill, Julian; Sebaihia, Mohammed; Preston, Andrew; Murphy, Lee D; Thomson, Nicholas; Harris, David E; Holden, Matthew T G; Churcher, Carol M; Bentley, Stephen D; Mungall, Karen L; Cerdeño-Tárraga, Ana M; Temple, Louise; James, Keith; Harris, Barbara; Quail, Michael A; Achtman, Mark; Atkin, Rebecca; Baker, Steven; Basham, David; Bason, Nathalie; Cherevach, Inna; Chillingworth, Tracey; Collins, Matthew; Cronin, Anne; Davis, Paul; Doggett, Jonathan; Feltwell, Theresa; Goble, Arlette; Hamlin, Nancy; Hauser, Heidi; Holroyd, Simon; Jagels, Kay; Leather, Sampsa; Moule, Sharon; Norberczak, Halina; O'Neil, Susan; Ormond, Doug; Price, Claire; Rabbinowitsch, Ester; Rutter, Simon; Sanders, Mandy; Saunders, David; Seeger, Katherine; Sharp, Sarah; Simmonds, Mark; Skelton, Jason; Squares, Robert; Squares, Steven; Stevens, Kim; Unwin, Louise; Whitehead, Sally; Barrell, Bart G; Maskell, Duncan J (10 August 2003). "Comparative analysis of the genome sequences of Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella parapertussis and Bordetella bronchiseptica". Nature Genetics. 35 (1): 32–40. doi:10.1038/ng1227. PMID 12910271.
  • Holt, Kathryn E; Parkhill, Julian; Mazzoni, Camila J; Roumagnac, Philippe; Weill, François-Xavier; Goodhead, Ian; Rance, Richard; Baker, Stephen; Maskell, Duncan J; Wain, John; Dolecek, Christiane; Achtman, Mark; Dougan, Gordon (27 July 2008). "High-throughput sequencing provides insights into genome variation and evolution in Salmonella Typhi". Nature Genetics. 40 (8): 987–993. doi:10.1038/ng.195. PMC 2652037. PMID 18660809.
  • Mastroeni, P. and D. Maskell (eds.). 2006. Salmonella infections: clinical, immunological, and molecular aspects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • García-Álvarez, Laura; Holden, Matthew TG; Lindsay, Heather; Webb, Cerian R; Brown, Derek FJ; Curran, Martin D; Walpole, Enid; Brooks, Karen; Pickard, Derek J; Teale, Christopher; Parkhill, Julian; Bentley, Stephen D; Edwards, Giles F; Girvan, E Kirsty; Kearns, Angela M; Pichon, Bruno; Hill, Robert LR; Larsen, Anders Rhod; Skov, Robert L; Peacock, Sharon J; Maskell, Duncan J; Holmes, Mark A (August 2011). "Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with a novel mecA homologue in human and bovine populations in the UK and Denmark: a descriptive study". The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 11 (8): 595–603. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70126-8. PMC 3829197. PMID 21641281.
  • Mather, A. E.; Reid, S. W. J.; Maskell, D. J.; Parkhill, J.; Fookes, M. C.; Harris, S. R.; Brown, D. J.; Coia, J. E.; Mulvey, M. R.; Gilmour, M. W.; Petrovska, L.; de Pinna, E.; Kuroda, M.; Akiba, M.; Izumiya, H.; Connor, T. R.; Suchard, M. A.; Lemey, P.; Mellor, D. J.; Haydon, D. T.; Thomson, N. R. (12 September 2013). "Distinguishable Epidemics of Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella Typhimurium DT104 in Different Hosts". Science. 341 (6153): 1514–1517. Bibcode:2013Sci...341.1514M. doi:10.1126/science.1240578. PMC 4012302. PMID 24030491.

References

  1. ^ "The man who "never really had a career plan" — and is off to Australia to become a vice-chancellor". 11 January 2018.
  2. ^ "'They're definitely not cash cows': Lunch with University of Melbourne vice-chancellor Duncan Maskell". 7 February 2020.
  3. ^ "The man who "never really had a career plan" — and is off to Australia to become a vice-chancellor". 11 January 2018.
  4. ^ 'MASKELL, Prof. Duncan John', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 26 Oct 2017
  5. ^ Weglowska, Magdalena (7 September 2015). "Professor Duncan Maskell FMedSci". Vice-Chancellor's Office. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Professor Duncan Maskell". Cambridge Immunology Network. University of Cambridge. 14 January 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Professor Duncan Maskell". Centre for Science and Policy. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  8. ^ Dodd, Tim (26 October 2017). "Melbourne Uni poaches Duncan Maskell from Cambridge". The Australian. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  9. ^ Mackinnon, Martin (4 October 2018). "Professor Duncan Maskell". Office of the Vice-Chancellor. University of Melbourne. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  10. ^ "Duncan Maskell reappointed as Melbourne uni vice-chancellor". The Australian.
  11. ^ "University of Melbourne cuts 450 jobs due to projected losses of $1bn over three years". 5 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Fellow - Professor Duncan Maskell". The Academy of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
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