John Shine

John Shine

AC FRS FAA
John Shine; AC FRS FAA
	Shine, pictured at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in 2010.
Born	3 July 1946; Brisbane, Queensland
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	Australian National University; University of California, San Francisco;
Known for	Shine-Dalgarno sequence
	Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry; Molecular biology;
Institutions	Garvan Institute of Medical Research; UNSW Australia;

John Shine AC FRS FAA (born 3 July 1946) is an Australian biochemist and molecular biologist. Shine and Lynn Dalgarno discovered a nucleotide sequence, called the Shine-Dalgarno sequence, necessary for the initiation of protein synthesis. He directed the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney from 1990 to 2011. From 2018 to 2022, Shine was President of the Australian Academy of Science.

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