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Geoffrey Bruce Fincher
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Last NameFincher
First NameGeoffreyMiddle NameBruceTitleProfessorUnique IDUA-00025400Date of Birth14 May 1946BiographyBiographical SourceTaken from Encyclopedia of Australian Science - https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006181b.htm - Accessed 27 December 2020
First NameGeoffreyMiddle NameBruceTitleProfessorUnique IDUA-00025400Date of Birth14 May 1946BiographyGeoffrey Fincher is a cereal chemist renowned for his work on the structure, biosynthesis and digestion of plant cell walls. Among his discoveries were numerous enzymes involved in the synthesis and degradation of cell wall polysaccharides of barley.
He is Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls.
Between 2003 and 2010 he was Director of the Waite Agricultural Research Institute and Deputy CEO of the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics.
Biographical SourceTaken from Encyclopedia of Australian Science - https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006181b.htm - Accessed 27 December 2020Image
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Position TitleDirector, Waite Agricultural Research InstituteStart Date of Person2003End Date of Person2009
Start Date of Person2003End Date of Person2009RELATIONSHIPS
OrganisationWaite Agricultural Research InstitutePositionDirector, Waite
PositionDirector, WaiteGeoffrey Bruce Fincher, [UA-00025400] . The University of Adelaide, accessed 08/07/2025, https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25631
