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DR MATTHEW ROBERT DIGBY



Contact Details

Organization: Zoology
Position: SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW
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Homepage: http://www.zoology.unimelb.edu.au/aboutus/staff/index.php?41,20
Work: 47040
Fax: 8344 7909
Room: 347
Level: 03
Building: Zoology Building
Campus: Parkville

Biography

Prior to joining the Department of Zoology I have worked with the CSIRO, receiving the 2002 CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement for work on the developing avian immune system, the University of Würzburg, Germany as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow researching apoptosis in the developing nervous system, at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute working on signal transduction pathways and within the Department of Primary Industry researching lactation biology.

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
mammary biology and neonatal development lactation, enteric Adelie Land (France)

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Italy University of Trieste Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science (honours) University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1986
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1991

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Medal CSIRO For Research Achievement 09-Nov-2002

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
A comprehensive exploration and evaluation of cow mammary derived proteins with marketable biological activities Chief Investigator DAIRY AUSTRALIA Out of session Project Grant 21/06/2006

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • The endocrine regulation of milk lipid synthesis and secretion in tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects
    Volume: 1770
    Page numbers: 48-54
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  • The tammar wallaby and fur seal: models to examine local control of lactation
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Dairy Science
    Volume: 90
    Page numbers: 66-75
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  • The tammar wallaby: A model to examine endocrine and local control of lactation
    Year: 2007
    Journal: IUBMB Life
    Volume: 59
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 146-150
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • The tammar wallaby: A model to examine endocrine and local control of lactation
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Biochemist
    Volume: 19
    Page numbers: 26-29
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Generation and analysis of Siah2 mutant mice
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Biology
    Volume: 23
    Issue: Dec 2003
    Page numbers: 9150-9161
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