Douglas Hilton

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Dr. Douglas Hilton is Chief Executive of CSIRO and from 2009 to 2023 was Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute.

Hilton's medical research aimed to understand which of the 25,000 genes are important in the production and function of blood cells and how this information can be used to better prevent, diagnose and treat blood cell diseases such as leukaemia, arthritis and asthma. Outside of work, Hilton studies Australian moths and has published a number of papers describing new taxa.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Chief Executive, CSIRO
  • 1986–2023
    Research scientist, Walter And Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
  • 2009–2023
    Director, Walter And Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Education

  • 1990 
    The University of Melbourne, PhD/Cancer and Haematology
  • 1986 
    The University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Science (Honours)
  • 1985 
    Monash University, Bachelor Of Science

Publications

  • 2020
    Phylotranscriptomics resolves phylogeny of the Heliozelidae (Adeloidea: Lepidoptera) and suggests a Late Cretaceous origin in Australia, Systematic Entomology
  • 2015
    Donald Metcalf (1929–2014), Nature
  • 2015
    A new extant family of primitive moths from Kangaroo Island, Australia, and its significance for understanding early Lepidoptera evolution, Systematic Entomology
  • 2013
    Australian science needs more female fellows, Nature
  • 2012
    Revision of Cossinae and small Zeuzerinae from Australia (Lepidoptera: Cossidae), Zootaxa
  • 2008
    The transcription factor Erg is essential for definitive hematopoiesis and the function of adult hematopoietic stem cells, Nature Immunology
  • 2005
    The art and design of genetic screens: mouse, Nature Reviews Genetics
  • 2000
    Gigantism in mice lacking suppressor of cytokine signalling-2, Nature
  • 1999
    SOCS1 Is a Critical Inhibitor of Interferon Signaling and Prevents the Potentially Fatal Neonatal Actions of this Cytokine, Cell
  • 1997
    A family of cytokine-inducible inhibitors of signalling, Nature
  • 1988
    Myeloid leukaemia inhibitory factor maintains the developmental potential of embryonic stem cells, Nature

Research Areas

  • Haematology (110202)
  • Biochemistry And Cell Biology (0601)
  • Animal Systematics And Taxonomy (060301)
  • Genetics (0604)

Honours

Fellow of the Australian Academies of Science, Technological Sciences & Engineering and Health & Medical Sciences.

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