Professor Peter Hudson is a pioneer in design and production of valuable proteins by genetic engineering in) Australia and one of its leading experts in the field. He has excelled in research as a molecular biologist and in its practical application to manufacture of useful therapeutic drugs.

A talented personal exponent and inventor of new methods in protein science he has also been a very successful research manager in CSIRO and more recently in his role as Scientific Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Diagnostics.