Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Frank Fenner, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Suzanne Cory, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia

Published online: July 2003

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0003555

Located in Melbourne, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute was the first and remains the leading centre for medical research in Australia. It has achieved a major international reputation, initially in virology and more recently in immunology, haematology, cancer and malaria research.

Keywords: Australia; virology; immunology; cancer research

Figure 1. Directors of The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. From left to right. Sydney Wentworth Patterson, 1920 to 1923; Charles Halliley Kellaway, 1924 to 1944; Frank Macfarlane Burnet, 1944 to 1965; Gustav Joseph Victor Nossal, 1965 to 1996; Suzanne Cory, since 1996.
Figure 2. From left to right. Premises occupied by The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in the Melbourne Hospital, 1923 to 1942; laboratories of The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in the Royal Melbourne Hospital, 1942 to 1985; present laboratories of The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, occupied since 1985.
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 Further Reading
    book Burnet FM (1940) Biological Aspects of Infectious Diseases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
    book Burnet FM and Fenner F (1949) The Production of Antibodies, 2nd edn. Melbourne: Macmillan.
    book Burnet FM (1955) The Principles of Animal Virology. New York: Academic Press.
    book Burnet FM (1957) Clonal Selection Theory of Acquired Immunity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
    book Burnet FM (1971) The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute 1915–1965. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.
    Dale HH (1953) Charles Halliley Kellaway. Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 8(22): 503–521.
    Fenner FJ (1987) Frank Macfarlane Burnet 1899–1985. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 33: 101–162.
    Kellaway CH (1928) The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Research in Pathology and Medicine. Medical Journal of Australia 2: 702–708.
    Nossal GJV (1995) The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research 1965–1995: from basic research to clinical triumphs. Medical Journal of Australia 163: 599–603.
    book Sexton C (1999) Burnet. A Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
    book Wood IJ (1984) Discovery and Healing in Peace and War. Hawthorne: Acton Graphic Arts.
    ePath Australian Science Archives Project: http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au [Select History of Australian Science and Technology – contains a Guide to the records of Frank Macfarlane Burnet. Select Bright Sparcs, then select index and browse B for Burnet, which contains articles and the biographical memoir (from the Australian Academy of Science) with complete bibliography.]
    ePath Nobel Electronic Museum Website: http://www.nobel.se/medicine/articles/wehi/index.html
    ePath Walter and Eliza Hall Institute: http://www.wehi.edu.au

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Fenner, Frank, and Cory, Suzanne(Jul 2003) Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0003555]