Professor Peter Klinken
Professor Peter Klinken AC FTSE FAHMS Chief Scientist

Fellow status Elected 2016 Division WA
Fellowship Affiliations Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation Classification Government Sector F - Biotechnology & Human Health Expertise 411 - Research and development

Peter Klinken is an outstanding medical scientist with many publications in the leading international journals such as Nature, Science,Proc Natl Acad Sci USA.His work has lead to the granting of several current patents relating to tumour suppression,sumoylation control,transcription modulation and hormone disorders.He has lead the establishment of the Western Australian Medical Research Institute in an examplary. In 2014 he was appointed Chief Scientist for Western Australia where he has displayed great leadership in developing science policy.