Summary

Mr Max Blake was a senior technician at John Curtin School of Medical Research and ran Bob Kirk's laboratory from 1967. He developed starch gel electrophoretic techniques for large scale population genetic investigations. Blake received his PhD in 1979 and became a Research Officer in that year.

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Archival resources

National Centre for Indigenous Genomics

• Correspondence and List of Study Participants, 1977, 02D-48; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence and Lists of Study Participants, 1971 - 1974, 02D-33; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence and Manuscript, 27/3/1969 - 2/9/1969, 04D-16; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence and Manuscript, 1977, 06A-24; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Draft Manuscript, 02D-07; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Manuscript, 04D-15; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Manuscript, 01D-54; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Manuscript, 1968, 02B-12; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Manuscript, 1970, 06A-17; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Manuscript and correspondence, 1983 - 1986, 06A-32; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Printed Material, 1968 - 1990, PUB 51-60; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Printed Material, 1969 - 1982, PUB 61-70; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Reprint of Journal Article, Manuscript and Correspondence., 1971 - 1972, 06A-23; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Survey Results and Manuscript, 1968, 02D-10; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Survey Results, Reprint of Journal Article, Manuscript, Correspondence and Working Notes, 1971 - 1972, 06A-22; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Cross, R.A., Alpers, M.P., York, T.J., Davey, M.G., Pollard, M., Kirk, R.L., Blake, N.M., McDermid, E.M., Law, W., Morris, P.J., 'Studies of HL-A in Australian Aborigines', Histocompatibility Testing, 1972, pp. 303-310. Details

Online Resources

• Bhatia, K. K., Blake, N. M., & Kirk, R. L., The frequency of private electrophoretic variants in Australian aborigines and indirect estimates of mutation rate, Americal Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 31, 1979, 731-740 pp, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1686050/. Details
• Blake, N. M., Glutamic pyruvic transaminase and esterase D types in the Asian-Pacific area, Human Genetics, vol. 35, 1976, 91-102 pp, http://doi.org/10.1007/BF00295623. Details
• Blake, N. M., Genetic variants of carbonic anhydrase in the Asian-Pacific area, Annals of Human Biology, vol. 5, 1978, 557-568 pp, http://doi.org/10.1080/03014467800003241. Details
• Blake, N. M., Genetic variation of red cell enzyme systems in Australian Aboriginal populations, Occasional Papers in Human Biology, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, vol. 2, 1979, 39-82 pp, http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/27873079?selectedversion=NBD2593629&q&versionId=33652959. Details
• Blake, N. M., Placental enzymes: A population genetic study, Acta Anthropologenetica, vol. 8, 1984, 199-207 pp, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6152771. Details
• Blake, N. M., & Hayes, C., A population genetic study of phosphoglycolate phosphatase, Annals of Human Biology, vol. 7, 1980, 481-484 pp, http://doi.org/10.1080/03014468000004591. Details
• Blake, N. M., & Kirk, R. L., New genetic variant of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase in Australian Aborigines, Nature, vol. 221, 1969, 278 pp, http://doi.org/10.1038/221278a0. Details
• Blake, N. M., & Kirk, R. L., Widespread distribution of variant forms of carbonic anhydrase in Australian aboriginals, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 1, 1978, 183-185 pp, http://hdl.handle.net/1885/12702. Details
• Blake, N. M., & Omoto, K., Phosphoglucomutase types in the Asian-Pacific area: a critical review including new phenotypes, Annals of Human Genetics, vol. 38, 1975, 251-273 pp, http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1809.1975.tb00610.x. Details
• Blake, N. M., & Spargo, R. M., Population genetic studies in the Kimberley of Western Australia, Human Heredity, vol. 36, 1986, 286-298 pp, http://doi.org/10.1159/000153645. Details
• Blake, N. M., Kirk, R. L., Lewis, W. H., & Harris, H., Some further peptidase B phenotypes, Annals of Human Genetics, vol. 33, 1970, 301-305 pp, http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1809.1970.tb01654.x. Details
• Blake, N. M., Saha, N., McDermid, E. M., Kirk, R. L., & Crane, G. G., Additional electrophoretic variants of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, Humangenetik, vol. 21, 1974, 347-354 pp, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00273373. Details
• Blake, N.M., Kirk, R.L., McDermid, E.M, The Distribution of Blood, Serum Proteins and Enzyme Groups in a Series of Lebanese in Australia, The Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science, vol. 51, 1973, 209-220 pp, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4197731. Details
• Kirk, R. L., Blake, N. M., Cooke, D. R., & Jose, D. G., The distribution of some serum protein and enzyme groups among Aboriginal populations in Queensland, Human Biology in Oceania, vol. 1, 1972, 207-214 pp, http://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/153280. Details
• Kirk, R.L., Blake, N.M., Lai, L.Y.C., Cooke, D.R., Population Genetic Studies in Australian Aborigines of the Northern Territory. The Distribution of some Serum Protein and enzyme groups among the Malag of Elcho Island, Archaeology & Physical Anthropology in Oceania, vol. 4, 238-251 pp, http://www.kimberleyfoundation.org.au/directory/26147/. Details
• Omoto, K., & Blake, N. M., Distribution of genetic variants of erythrocyte phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) and phosphohexose isomerase (PHI) among some population groups in south‐east Asia, Annals of Human Genetics, 1972, http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1809.1972.tb00581.x. Details
• Van Wierst, B., Blake, N. M., Kirk, R. L., Jacobs, D. S., & Johnson, D. G., Genetic variation at the third locus of phosphoglucomutase in placentas from Australia and Papua New Guinea, Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science, vol. 51, 1973, 857-860 pp, http://doi.org/10.1038/icb.1973.81. Details