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Georgia Chenevix-Trench
Georgia Chenevix-Trench (born 8 February 1959) is an Australian cancer researcher who investigates genetic predispositions to cancer. Chenevix-Trench was born in Nairobi, Kenya.''Who's Who Australian Women'' (2017), ConnectWeb. She received her undergraduate degree (BSc(Hons)) in 1980 from the Department of Genetics at Trinity College in Ireland and was subsequently awarded her PhD in 1985 from the Department of Human Genetics at the Medical College of Virginia, USA. and in 1986 she commenced her post-doctoral work there. In 1989 she moved to Australia where she started working as a research officer at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR). She currently works at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, where she heads a cancer genetics research lab. Chenevix-Trench has published over 400 papers in peer reviewed journals and has been actively involved in science education and communication. She was elected to the Australian Academy of Science in 2014, for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nairobi
Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper had a population of 4,397,073 in the 2019 census, while the metropolitan area has a projected population in 2022 of 10.8 million. The city is commonly referred to as the Green City in the Sun. Nairobi was founded in 1899 by colonial authorities in British East Africa, as a rail depot on the Uganda - Kenya Railway.Roger S. Greenway, Timothy M. Monsma, ''Cities: missions' new frontier'', (Baker Book House: 1989), p.163. The town quickly grew to replace Mombasa as the capital of Kenya in 1907. After independence in 1963, Nairobi became the capital of the Republic of Kenya. During Kenya's colonial period, the city became a centre for the colony's coffee, tea and sisal industry. The city lies in the south central part of Kenya, at an elevation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
