Limited, and President of the Board of Museum of Applied Arts and Science ( Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Observatory). Awards In 1994 Shine was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. He donated A$1 million to the Academy in 2000 to assist with funding the restoration of the building; subsequently renamed the Shine Dome in his honour. Shine was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1996 for service to medical research, particularly in the field of molecular biology. In 2001 he was awarded a Centenary Medal "For service to Australian society and science in molecular genetics". In 2010, Shine was awarded the Prime Minister's Prize for Science, the nation's highest scientific award. In 2017 he was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia. In 2020 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society References Royal Society of New South Wales. 1130th General Monthly Meeting: Humanity's Future - Understanding our Genome, 2004 External links Garvan Institute Professor John Shine Scios 1946 births Living people Australian biochemists Australian geneticists Companions of the Order of Australia Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science University of California, San Francisco faculty Australian National University alumni University of New South Wales faculty Garvan Institute of Medical Research alumni Recipients of the Centenary Medal Australian Fellows of the Royal Society