Peter Colman

patrons = education = thesis_title = The physical structure of two parabanic acid complexes and an investigation of short intermolecular carbon-oxygen contacts thesis_url = http://hdl.handle.net/2440/19998 thesis_year = 1969 doctoral_advisor = Harry Medlin awards = Plainlist| Florey Medal (2004) Centenary Medal (2001) is the head of the structural biology division at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia.

Education Colman was educated at the University of Adelaide, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics in 1966

Research and career Colman's research interests are in structural biology, especially of human B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL-2). Colman determined the three-dimensional structure of the influenza virus neuraminidase and, in one of the earliest cases of structure-based drug design, discovered zanamivir, the first-in-class neuraminidase inhibitor for influenza.

His work has been published in leading peer reviewed scientific journals including Nature, the Journal of Molecular Biology, and Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology.

Awards and honours

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In the Queen's 2017 Birthday Honours Colman was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), Australia's highest civilian honour, "for eminent service to medical research, particularly in the fields of structural biology and medicinal chemistry, as a leader in the commercial translation of scientific discoveries, to professional organisations, and as a mentor of young scientists".

Colman was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2014. 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. and the Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture in 1995.