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DR LAURA PARRY



Contact Details

Organization: Zoology
Position: SNR LECTURER (FETAL OR NEONATAL PHYSIOL)
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Homepage: http://www.zoology.unimelb.edu.au/aboutus/staff/index.php?110,4
Work: 44379
Fax: 8344 7909
Room: 351
Level: 03
Building: Zoology Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Relaxin physiology Relaxin, transgenic, receptors, mice, gene knockout, physiology Australia, United States of America, Japan

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Canada University of Toronto Exchange, Research
United States University of Florida College of Medicine Exchange, Research, Technical Assistance/Training
Canada University of Manitoba Exchange, Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science (Honours) University of Bristol 01-Jun-1986
Master of Science University of Bristol 01-Aug-1988
Doctor of Philosophy University of Guelph 01-Jan-1992

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Society for Gynecological Investigation Member (Ordinary) 01-Jan-2007
Unspecified Society for Reproductive Biology (Aust.) Member (Ordinary) 01-Jan-2003
Unspecified Society for the Study of Reproduction (USA) Member (Ordinary) 01-Jan-1990
Member Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow 01-Jan-1995

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Australian Research Council QEII Research Fellow 01-Jan-2000
Other (Award) Society for the Study of Reproduction Trainee Travel Grant 01-Jan-1995
Other (Award) Journal of Reproduction and Fertility Travel Award 01-Jan-1994
Other (Award) Canadian Association for Neuroscience Travel Award 01-Jan-1991
Scholarship University of Guelph Graduate Visa Scholarship 01-Jan-1988

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
Relaxin action in the heart, kidney, lung and uterus: understanding fibrosis Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/01/2002
Anti-ageing role for relaxin in blood vessels Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage International Awards 01/01/2004
Impact of uteroplacental restriction on relaxin, relaxin receptors and uterine physiology during pregnancy Principal Supervisor NHMRC Dora Lush Biomedical Postgraduate Scholarship 01/01/2006
ENDOGENOUS RELAXIN REGULATES VASCULAR FUNCTION IN NONPREGNANT FEMALES AND MALES Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Research Project Grants (NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH) 01/09/2006
ANTI-AGEING ROLE FOR RELAXIN IN BLOOD VESSELS Chief Investigator AUST ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Scientific visits to USA, Canada and Mexico 21/12/2006
Prevention of fetal growth restriction and associated birth defects by the peptide hormone relaxin Chief Investigator ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS Medical Research and Technology Grants 15/10/2007
Intergenerational Programming of Cardiovascular Disease for Babies Born Small: Pathways and Prevention Chief Investigator MARCH OF DIMES BIRTH DEFECTS Prematurity Research Initiative 25/03/2008
How nutrients and other gut contents produce the gut movements essential to the digestion of food and excretion of waste Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2009
Mechanisms leading to the transfer of renal and vascular disease to subsequent generations Chief Investigator NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION Grants-in-Aid 01/01/2009
Improving health outcomes in pregnancies affected by inadequate blood flow to the uterus and placenta. Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2010

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 2009

Journal Articles

  • Normal mammary gland growth and lactation capacity in pregnant relaxin-deficient mice
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Reproduction, Fertility and Development
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 549-560
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  • Normal prostate morphology in relaxin-mutant mice
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Reproduction, Fertility and Development
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 440-450
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  • Regulation of Rxfp2 (Lgr8) Expression in the mouse fetal kidney by the transcription factor Pod1 (Tcf21)
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences
    Volume: 1160
    Page numbers: 317-319
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  • Relaxin family genes in humans and teleosts: Bioinformatic analyses and expression of three RLN genes in teleosts
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences
    Volume: 1160
    Page numbers: 42-44
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  • Relaxin-3 and RXFP3 expression, and steroidogenic actions in the ovary of teleost fish
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology
    Volume: 153
    Page numbers: 69-74
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • Relaxin Physiology in the Female Reproductive Tract during Pregnancy
    Year: 2007
    Book: Relaxin and Related Peptides
    Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media(New York)
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Journal Articles

  • Effects of uteroplacental restriction on the relaxin-family receptors, Lgr7 and Lgr8, in the uterus of late pregnant rats
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Reproduction, Fertility and Development
    Volume: 19
    Page numbers: 530-538
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Regulation of structural and functional changes in the uterine cervix during pregnancy
    Year: 2006
    Book: Biology of Reproduction
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Journal Articles

  • Estimation of pregnancy rates and reproductive failure in New Zealand fur seals (Arctocephalus forsteri)
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Mammalogy
    Volume: 86
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1237-1246
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  • Evidence for local relaxin ligand-receptor expression and function in arteries
    Year: 2006
    Journal: FASEB Journal
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 2352-2362
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Differential expression of mesotocin receptors in the uterus and ovary of the pregnant tammar wallaby
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Reproduction
    Volume: 129
    Page numbers: 639-649
    Publisher: Society of Reproduction and Fertility(Cambridge)
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  • Effects of the sucking stimulus on relaxin receptor (LGR7) expression in the mammary apparatus of the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences
    Volume: 1041
    Page numbers: 118-122
    Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences(New York)
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  • Increased expression of the relaxin receptor (LGR7) in human endometrium during the secretory phase of the menstrual cycle
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences
    Volume: 1041
    Page numbers: 136-143
    Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences(New York)
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  • Mechanisms of relaxin action in the reproductive tract. Studies in the relaxin-deficient (Rlx-1-) mouse
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences
    Volume: 1041
    Page numbers: 91-103
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  • Oxytocin and Estrogen receptor expression in the myometrium of pregnant relaxin-deficient (Rlx-1-) Mice
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences
    Volume: 1041
    Page numbers: 104-109
    Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences(New York)
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  • Relaxin and the extracellular matrix: molecular mechanisms of action and implications for cardiovascular disease
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 1-18
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Cambridge)
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  • Seasonal changes in mesotocin and localization of its receptor in the prostate of the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Biology of Reproduction
    Volume: 72
    Page numbers: 470-478
    Publisher: Society for the Study of Reproduction(Wisconsin)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Increased expression of the relaxin receptor (LGR7) in human endometrium during the secretory phase of the menstrual cycle
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
    Volume: 89
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 3477-3485
    Publisher: Endocrine Society(Maryland)
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  • Relaxin down-regulates renal fibroblast function and promotes matrix remodelling in vitro
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 544-552
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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  • Steroid-independent regulation of uterine oxytocin receptors
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Neuroendocrinology
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 398-402
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Oxford)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Increased myocardial collagen and ventricular diastolic dysfunction in relaxin deficient mice: a gender specific phenotype
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Cardiovascular Research
    Volume: 57
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 395-404
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Inhibition of oxytocin receptor and estrogen receptor a expression, but not relaxin receptors (LGR7), in the myometrium of late pregnant relaxin gene knockout mice
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Endocrinology
    Volume: 144
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 4272-4275
    Publisher: Endocrine Society(Maryland)
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  • Physiological or pathological - a role for relaxin in the cardiovascular system?
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Current Opinion in Pharmacology
    Volume: 3
    Page numbers: 152-158
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  • Relaxin deficiency in mice is associated with an age-related progression of pulmonary fibrosis
    Year: 2003
    Journal: FASEB Journal
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 121-123
    Publisher: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology(Maryland)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Effects of fectectomy on oxytocin receptors in the myometrium of the tammar wallaby
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Biology of Reproduction
    Volume: 67
    Page numbers: 1242-1249
    Publisher: Society for the Study of Reproduction(Wisconsin)
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  • Human relaxin gene 3 (H3) and the equivalent mouse relaxin (M3) gene. Novel members of the relaxin peptide family
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Biological Chemistry
    Volume: 277
    Page numbers: 1148-1157
    Publisher: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology(Maryland)
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  • Purification and characterization of relaxin from the Tammar Wallaby (Macropus eugenii): Bioactivity and expression in the corpus luteum.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Biology of Reproduction
    Volume: 67
    Page numbers: 293-300
    Publisher: Society for the Study of Reproduction(Wisconsin)
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  • Relaxin deficiency in mice is associated with an age-related progression of pulmonary fibrosis
    Year: 2002
    Journal: FASEB Journal
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 121-123
    Publisher: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology(Maryland)
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  • Up-regulation of mesotocin receptors in the tammar wallaby myometrium is pregnancy-specific and independent of estrogen
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Biology of Reproduction
    Volume: 66
    Page numbers: 1237-1243
    Publisher: Society for the Study of Reproduction(Wisconsin)
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Publications in 2001

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Characterization of preprorelaxin in a marsupial, the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii).
    Year: 2001
    Event name: Third International Conference on Relaxin and Related Peptides.
    Conference Publication: Relaxin 2000. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Relaxin and Related Peptides.
    Page numbers: 59-61
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers(Dordrecht)
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  • Isolation and bioactivity of relaxin from the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii).
    Year: 2001
    Event name: Third International Conference on Relaxin and Related Peptides.
    Conference Publication: Relaxin 2000. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Relaxin and Related Peptides.
    Page numbers: 145-146
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers(Dordrecht)
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  • Relaxin is a key regulatory peptide in the reproductive tract of the pregnant Tammar Wallaby (Macropus Eugenii).
    Year: 2001
    Event name: Third International Conference on Relaxin and Related Peptides.
    Conference Publication: Relaxin 2000. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Relaxin and Related Peptides.
    Page numbers: 53-58
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers(Dordrecht)
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  • Testicular descent in rats: a role for relaxin?
    Year: 2001
    Event name: Third International Conference on Relaxin and Related Peptides.
    Conference Publication: Relaxin 2000. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Relaxin and Related Peptides.
    Page numbers: 347-348
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers(Dordrecht)
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