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Peter Colman

Peter Colman, Australian biologist and academic

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Born
April 3, 1944
Age in 2026
82
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1944

About Peter Colman

Peter Malcolm Colman is the head of the structural biology division at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia. In 2001 he was awarded a Centenary Medal "For service to Australian society and science in structural biology". He was awarded the Lemberg Medal in 1988 and the Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture in 1995. Colman determined the three-dimensional structure of the influenza virus neuraminidase and, in one of the earliest cases of structure-based drug design, discovered zanamivir, the first-in-class neuraminidase inhibitor for influenza.

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Peter Colman timeline

  1. He was awarded the Lemberg Medal in 1988 and the Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture in 1995.
  2. In 2001 he was awarded a Centenary Medal "For service to Australian society and science in structural biology".

The world when Peter Colman was born

Peter Colman was born in 1944. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1944

  • #1 song"Swinging on a Star" – Bing Crosby
  • Top movieGoing My Way
  • Best-selling bookStrange Fruit – Lillian Smith

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGreen Bay Packers win NFL Championship
  • Top headlineD-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6
  • Technology milestoneHarvard Mark I computer begins operations
  • Defining fadBobby socks
  • Notable inventionKidney dialysis machine
  • World population2.39 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population138.4M

1944 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Peter Colman's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19442026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$5,800$435,000
Average income$4,200$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.27$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population138.4M341 million

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