Peter Colman

Peter Colman
Peter Colman in 2014, portrait via the Royal Society
Born	Peter Malcolm Colman (1944-04-03) 3 April 1944 (age 72) Adelaide
Fields	Bcl-2 Structural biology Viral neuraminidases
Institutions	University of Oregon University of Sydney University of Melbourne La Trobe University Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research CSIRO
Alma mater	University of Adelaide (BSc, PhD)
Thesis	The physical structure of two parabanic acid complexes and an investigation of short intermolecular carbon-oxygen contacts (1969)
Known for	Zanamivir (Relenza) Oseltamivir (Tamiflu)
Influences	Robert Huber Hans Freeman
Notable awards	FRS (2014) Florey Medal (2004) James Cook Medal (1999) FTSE (1997) Australia Prize (1996) FAA (1989)
Website www.wehi.edu.au/faculty_members/professor_peter_colman

Peter Malcolm Colman (born 1944)FRS is the head of the Structural Biology Division at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia.

Colman was educated at the University of Adelaide, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics in 1965 and a PhD in 1969 for research on the chemical structure of parabanic acid complexes.

Colman's research interests are in structural biology, especially of human B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL-2). His work has been published in leading peer reviewed scientific journals including Nature , the Journal of Molecular Biology, and Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology.

Colman was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2014. His nomination citation read:

Colman was also elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1989 and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in 1997. He was awarded the Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture in 1995.