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Duncan Maskell
FMedSci
20th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2018
Preceded byGlyn Davis
Personal details
Born (1961-05-30) 30 May 1961 (age 63)
NationalityBritish
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
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.

Career

Maskell was the Marks and 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. 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.[1][2][3][4]

In October 2017, it was announced that Maskell would be the next Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, in succession to Glyn Davis.[5] He took up the role on 1 October 2018.[6]

Honours

In 2011, Maskell was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci).[7]

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.
  • 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. ISSN 0019-9567. PMC 259298. PMID 3276625. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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. doi:10.1126/science.1240578. PMC 4012302. PMID 24030491.

References

  1. ^ '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
  2. ^ Weglowska, Magdalena (7 September 2015). "Professor Duncan Maskell FMedSci". Vice-Chancellor's Office. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Professor Duncan Maskell". Cambridge Immunology Network. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Professor Duncan Maskell". Centre for Science and Policy. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  5. ^ Dodd, Tim (26 October 2017). "Melbourne Uni poaches Duncan Maskell from Cambridge". The Australian. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  6. ^ Mackinnon, Martin (4 October 2018). "Professor Duncan Maskell". Office of the Vice-Chancellor. University of Melbourne. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Fellow - Professor Duncan Maskell". The Academy of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
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