Date and place born: 30 September 1951 @ Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Schools he had attended : Newman College , University of Western Australia
Degree he had gotten: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
Field:Biology
In 2005, he , together with his long-time collaborator Dr. Warren, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease".
Marshall had also received the Warren Alpert Prize (1994), the Australian Medical Association Award (1995), Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research (1995) , the Gairdner Foundation International Award (1996), the Paul Ehrlich Prize (1997), the Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine (1998), the Florey Medal (1998), the Buchanan Medal of the Royal Society (1998), Benjamin Franklin Medal for Life Sciences (1999), Keio Medical Science Prize(2002) and the Australian Centenary Medal (2003).
He was made a Companion of the Order of Australia (2007).
He also have a famous quote , " Everyone was against me, but i knew i am right",which every scientist working in his field knew the quote.He say that when everyone disagree when he stated that Helicobacter pylori was the cause of gastric cancer.
Also,one prominent gastroenterologist once dismissed him as "a crazy guy saying crazy things."But later Barry James Marshall proved him wrong.
Today he is the National Health Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Senior Principal Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia.
Special acknowledgement to 1)Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Marshall)
2)Monash University for picture(http://www.med.monash.edu.au/alumni/rod-andrew-oration-2006.html)
3)Academy of Achievement(http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/mar1bio-1)
