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DR JENNY FAVALORO



Contact Details

Organization: Medicine - Austin Health and Northern Health
Position: SENIOR RESEARCH OFFICER - PROIETTO
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Homepage: www.austinmedicine.unimelb.edu.au
Work: 9496 5635
Fax: 9457 5485
Room: 7.23
Level: 07
Building: Lance Townsend Building
Campus: Austin Hospital

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Molecular biology Gene expression, genetically engineered mouse models, molecular analysis Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Master of Science University of Melbourne
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian Society of Medical Researchers 01-Jan-1996
Member Australian Diabetes Society 01-Jan-2000
Member Australasian society for the study of obesity 01-Jan-2001
Member Endocrine Society of Australia 01-Jan-1997

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
CELLULAR MECHANISMS AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLES OF GLUT12 MEDIATED GLUCOSE TRANSPORT IN GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2005
GENERATION OF TRANSGENIC MICE EXPRESSING INDUCIBLE CRE RECOMBINASE IN TISSUES RELEVANT TO DIABETES RESEARCH Chief Investigator DIABETES AUST RESEARCH TRUST Research Grants 01/01/2005
Identification and characterisation of a gene causing insulin hypersecretion in a mouse model of diabetes susceptibility Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2006
INVESTIGATION OF THE FUNCTION OF SEL S A NOVEL SELENOPROTEIN Chief Investigator CHEMGENEX PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2006
INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF FIRST-PHASE INSULIN SECRETION ON GLUCOSE TOLERANCE AND INSULIN RESISTANCE Chief Investigator DIABETES AUST RESEARCH TRUST Research Grants 01/01/2006
Insulin secretion in beta-cell FBPase mice Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2007

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 2008

Journal Articles

  • Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphatase Overexpression in Pancreatic β-Cells Results in Reduced Insulin Secretion


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Diabetes
    Volume: 57
    Issue: 2007
    Page numbers: 1887-1895
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  • Functional and metabolic remodelling in GLUT4-deficient hearts confers hyper-responsiveness to substrate intervention
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
    Volume: 44
    Issue: 2008
    Page numbers: 270-280
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • The antioxidant tempol inhibits cardiac hypertrophy in the insulin-resistant GLUT4-deficient mouse in vivo


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
    Volume: 42
    Issue: 2007
    Page numbers: 1119-1128
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  • Increased nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase levels predispose to insulin hypersecretion in a mouse strain susceptible to diabetes
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Diabetologia
    Volume: 50
    Issue: 2007
    Page numbers: 2476-2485
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Double-Strand DNA Break Repair With Repllication Slippage on Two Strands: A Novel Mechanism of Deletion Formation
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Human Mutation
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 2006
    Page numbers: 483-489
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  • Expression of human fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase in the liver of transgenic mice results in increased glycerol gluconeogenesis
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Endocrinology
    Volume: 147
    Issue: 2006
    Page numbers: 2764-2772
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  • Severe combined hyperlipidaemia and retinal lipid infiltration in a patient with Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Lipids in Health and Disease
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 29
    Page numbers: Online
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • High glucose-induced impairment in insulin secretion is associated with reduction in islet glucokinase in a mouse model of susceptibility to islet dysfunction
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Molecular Endocrinology
    Volume: 35
    Page numbers: 39-48
    Publisher: Society for Endocrinology(Stokebristol)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Aberrant cryptic responsiveness of the pCAT 3- and pGL3-promoter reporter vectors
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Biotechniques
    Volume: 35
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 2-7
    Publisher: Eaton Publishing Group(Massachusetts)
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  • Peripheral insulin resistance develops in transgenic rats overexpressing phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in the kidney
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Diabetologia
    Volume: 123
    Page numbers: 456-789
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(New York)
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  • Threshold effects of glucose transporter-4 (GLUT-4) definiency on cardiac glucose uptake and development of hypertrophy
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Molecular Endocrinology
    Volume: 31
    Page numbers: 449-459
    Publisher: Society for Endocrinology(Stokebristol)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound stimulates a bone-forming response in UMR-106 cells
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
    Volume: 286
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 443-450
    Publisher: Academic Press(California)
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