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Who succeeded Burnet as the Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research?

  • John Curtain

  • Gus Nossal

  • Graeme Clark

  • Ian Frazer

Answer

Gus Nossal succeeded Burnet as the Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in 1975. Nossal had previously served as the institute's Deputy Director, and had also worked as a professor at the University of Melbourne. Nossal's research focused on the immune system, and he made significant contributions to the understanding of how the body defends itself against infection.
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