ProfessorFrank Nicholas

Associations

Member, Editorial Advisory Board, The Veterinary Journal.

Awards and Honours

• 2022 Doctor Medicinae Veterinariae Honoris Causa, Die Vetsuisse-Fakultät, University of Bern, Switzerland
• 2022 Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia
• 2014 Honorary Member of ISAG (International Society for Animal Genetics) based on his many research contributions in animal genetics as well as for his creation of the database, Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (omia.angis.org.au)
• 2009 Inaugural Companion Animal Welfare Award from the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW)
• 2007 Vice-Chancellors Award for Support of the Student Experience.
• 2005 Fellow of Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG)
• 2003 Helen Newton Turner Award, distinguished contribution to Animal Genetics
• 1996 Fellow of the Australian Society of Animal Production (ASAP)
• 1990 Fourteenth C.J. Dennis Award for Natural History, awarded by the Victorian Fellowship of Australian Writers, February, 1990 (shared with J.M. Nicholas, for the book Charles Darwin in Australia)

In the Media

• The Conversationpublished an article by Emeritus Professor Frank Nicholas from the Faculty of Veterinary Science about Charles Darwin’s evolutionary revelation in Australia.
• DigitalfarmTV reported on the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences research contribution to the p[ublications of the sheep genome.
• Farm Onlineand Queensland Country Lifereported on the involvement of the Faculty of Veterinary Science in the early stages of researching the sheep genome.
• Australian connection to sheep genome publication The first detailed picture of the sheep genome has been published Science. The result is the outcome of eight years of intense activity by an international team of scientists, including researchers at the University of Sydney. For more information, please visit: http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=13600to read the full story.
• ABC South West WA, ABC Ballarat, ABC Northern Tasmanian, ABC Riverina, ABC Broken Hill and ABC North and West South Australia interviewed Emertius Professor Frank Nicholas from the Faculty of Veterinary Science about the role of genetics in the sheep industry.
• Sheep Genome Breakthrough http://www.theland.com.au/news/agriculture/sheep/general-news/sheep-genome-breakthrough/2701110.aspx?storypage=0
• Research Bites: Emeritus Professor Frank Nicholas -- Veterinary Science - Unlocking the sheep genome through international collaboration