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Nobel prize-winner joins Penn State
Dr Barry Marshall during his 2006 visit to the Huck Institutes.
Barry Marshall won the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on Helicobacter pylori, bacteria that can live in the stomach. Together with his colleague J. Robin Warren, he demonstrated conclusively that these bacteria are a leading cause of peptic ulcers and inflammation of the stomach (gastritis). Consequently, many ulcers are now successfully treated with antibiotics, and ulcer-related illnesses and deaths have dropped considerably.
Dr Marshall will continue his work on H. pylori at Penn State, where he has accepted a part-time position associated with the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology.
He plans to spend time at the University in the Spring semester each year, overseeing his research and giving lectures. His principal appointment will remain at the University of Western Australia.
In October 2006 Dr Marshall gave a lecture about his work on H. pylori and met with students from several graduate programs supported by the Huck Institutes.
More about Dr Marshall’s appointment with Penn State, from Penn State Live
Nobel Prize Press Release about Dr Marshall’s prize-winning research