Warren Perry Tate CNZM (born 1945 or 1946) is a New Zealand biochemist and professor of biochemistry at the University of Otago.[1]
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Early life
editBorn in 1945 or 1946, Tate grew up in Petone and was educated at Hutt Valley High School and Victoria University of Wellington.[2]
Research
editTate has been interested in protein synthesis for a long time. Particularly, the decoding and recoding of mechanisms on the ribosome at stop signals.
As well as molecular biology research, he is also involved in molecular neurobiology. Along with two of his University of Otago colleagues Cliff Abraham and Joanna Williams, they are looking at the mechanisms of neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.[3] In 2016, Tate and other researchers at the University of Otago discovered a promising new marker among a small number of molecules of microRNA. This means that Alzheimer's could be diagnosed by a simple blood test in future.[4]
In 2013, Warren Tate and PhD student Angus Mackay received funding from the Lottery Health Research grants which uplifted their hopes of finding a diagnostic blood test for chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, and once called Tapanui flu.[5]
Honours and awards
edit- 1990: Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.[6]
- 2010: Rutherford Medal. Warren was recognised "for his outstanding achievements in molecular biology and molecular neuroscience."[7][8]
- 2011: Named as a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to science, in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours.[9]
- 2018: Marsden Medal awarded by the New Zealand Association of Scientists for his "internationally recognised research discoveries in molecular biology and human disease, and his collaborative research".[10] This same medal was won by his brother Kevin Tate in 2005.
References
edit- ^ "Profile". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ Chug, Kiran (11 November 2010). "Rutherford winner left no stone unturned". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ "Professor Warren Tate". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Excitement over Alzheimer's discovery". Otago Daily Times Online News. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Grant boosts hopes of finding biomarkers for CFS". Otago Daily Times Online News. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "List of all Fellows with surnames S–U". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "Professor Warren Tate » Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago". www.biochem.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Rutherford Medal winner Warren Tate". Radio New Zealand. 13 November 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list". Stuff.co.nz. 5 June 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "University of Otago scientist awarded Marsden Medal". 15 November 2018.
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