Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1884–1930) was educated in Adelaide and held appointments at the University of California, Berkeley (where he completed his PhD in 1907), and the University of Toronto before taking up his appointment at Adelaide in 1919 as Australia’s first Professor of Biochemistry. In his research on the biochemical basis of growth and senescence he discovered in pituitary tissue a growth factor he called Tethelin. He made important contributions to the fabric and collegiality of the University of Adelaide. Amongst his many scientific contributions he was the first person outside Canada to prepare insulin, a project taken up by the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories. In 1927 he became the first Chief of the Division of Animal Nutrition in the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, for whom he investigated sheep nutrition and wool growth.

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Thorburn Brailsford Robertson：杰出的科学家、创新者和澳大利亚

Thorburn Brailsford Robertson（1884-1930）在阿德莱德接受教育，并在加州大学伯克利分校（他于 1907 年在那里完成博士学位）和多伦多大学任职，然后于 1919 年在阿德莱德被任命为澳大利亚第一位教授生物化学。在他对生长和衰老的生化基础的研究中，他在垂体组织中发现了一种他称之为 Tethelin 的生长因子。他为阿德莱德大学的结构和学院做出了重要贡献。在他的众多科学贡献中，他是加拿大以外第一个制备胰岛素的人，该项目由英联邦血清实验室承担。1927 年，他成为科学和工业研究委员会动物营养处的第一任主任，