Linnane's work investigated the
biogenesis of
mitochondria in
yeast, the
biosynthesis of mitochondrial
enzymes, and the selective effects of
antibiotics on protein synthesis in the mitochondria and
cytoplasm. He is particularly well known for the hypothesis that the accumulation of
DNA Mutation in mitochondria is a causal process in aging and degenerative disease. and to the
Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in 1999. After a stint as Treasurer of the
International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, he received that organization's Distinguished Service Award in 2000. He also served as President of both the Australian Biochemical Society and the Federation of Asian and Oceanic Biochemical Societies. He was appointed a member of the
Order of Australia in 1995. ==References==