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DR ROBIN LESLEY ANDERSON



Contact Details

Organization: Pathology
Position: Honorary (Principal Fellow)
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Homepage: http://www.petermac.unimelb.edu.au
Work: 9656 1111
Building: No Building
Campus: Peter Maccallum Hospital

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
oncology Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science University of Melbourne
Doctor of Philosophy La Trobe University

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Unspecified Radiation Research Society 01-Jan-1983
Unspecified North American Hypothermia Society 01-Jan-1987
Unspecified Australian Society for Medical Research 01-Jan-1991
Unspecified Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 01-Jan-1991
Unspecified Metastasis Research Society 01-Jan-1995
Unspecified American Association for Cancer Research 01-Jan-1998
Unspecified Cell Stress Society International 01-Jan-1999
Unspecified The Cell Death Society 01-Jan-2001

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
Caveolin-1 regulation of breast cancer growth and metstatsis Chief Investigator CANCER COUNCIL VICTORIA Grant in Aid 01/01/2004
A CYTOKINE-MEDIATED ANTI-METASTASIS THERAPY FOR BREAST CANCER Chief Investigator US DEPT OF DEFENSE Breast Cancer Research Program - Concept Award (UNITED STATES DEPT OF DEFENSE) 01/07/2005
BMP4 - a metastasis suppressor gene in breast cancer Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2006
Inhibiting tumour cell attachment in breast cancer spread to bone Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2008
A specific group of proteases contribute to the spread of breast cancer to bone Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2008
WHAT GENES CONTROL THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BREAST CANCER METASTASES TO THE LUNG AND BONE? Chief Investigator NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION Project Grant 01/01/2008
TUMOUR LOCALISATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF ANTHRACYCLINE ANTICANCER ACTIVITY Chief Investigator LA TROBE UNIVERSITY Discovery Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2008
IDENTIFICATION OF NEW THERAPEUTIC TARGETS FOR METASTATIC BREAST CANCER Chief Investigator NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION Career Fellowship 01/10/2008
Identification of genes that control the spread of breast cancer Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2009

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

  • Primary tumour expression of the cysteine cathepsin inhibitor Stevin A inhibits distant metastasis in breast
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Pathology
    Volume: 214
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 337-46
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Evidence for a role of tumor-derived Laminin-511 in the metastatic progression of breast cancer.


    Year: 2007
    Journal: American Journal of Pathology
    Volume: 170
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 2135-2148
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • ST7-mediated suppression of tumorigenicity of prostate cancer cells is characterized by remodeling of the extracellular matrix
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Oncogene
    Volume: 25
    Page numbers: 3924-3933
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Influence of the bone microenvironment on breast cancer metastasis to bone
    Year: 2005
    Book: Integration/interaction of oncologic growth
    Publisher: Springer(Dordrecht)
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Journal Articles

  • 2-Methoxyestradiol is an estrogen receptor agonist that supports tumor growth in murine xenograft models of breast cancer
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Clinical Cancer Research
    Volume: 11
    Page numbers: 1722-1732
    Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research(Alabama)
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  • Expression of stress response protein glucose regulated protein-78 mediated by c-Myb
    Year: 2005
    Journal: International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1254-1268
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • Genomic Analysis of a Spontaneous Model of Breast Cancer Metastasis to Bone Reveals a role for the Extracellular Matrix
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Molecular Cancer Research
    Volume: 3
    Page numbers: 1-13
    Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research(Philadelphia)
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  • The carboxyl-terminal domain of inducible Hsp70 protects from ischemic injury in vivo and in vitro
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 1-14
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • Models of breast cancer metastasis to bone: characterization of a clinically relevant model
    Year: 2004
    Book: Bone metastasis and molecular mechanisms: pathophysiology
    Publisher: Kluwer Law International(Dordrecht)
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Journal Articles

  • Caveolin-1 inhibits breast cancer growth and metastasis
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Oncogene
    Volume: 23
    Page numbers: 7893-7897
    Publisher: Nature Publishing Group(Basingstroke)
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  • Hsp72 inhibits apoptosis upstream of the mitochondria and not through interactions with Apaf-1
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Biological Chemistry
    Volume: 279
    Page numbers: 51490-51499
    Publisher: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology(Maryland)
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  • Novel inhibitors of urokinase-type plasminogen activator and matrix metalloproteinase expression in metastatic cancer cell lines
    Year: 2004
    Journal: International Journal of Cancer
    Volume: 110
    Page numbers: 610-616
    Publisher: Wiley-Liss(New York)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Genes involved in breast cancer metastasis to bone
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
    Volume: 59
    Page numbers: 1491-1502
    Publisher: Birkhauser(Basel)
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  • Prostate cancer in bone: importance of context for inhibition of matrix metalloproteinases
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of the National Cancer Institute
    Volume: 94
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 4-5
    Publisher: National Cancer Institute(Maryland)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Nitric oxide synthase II gene disruption: implications for tumor growth and vascular endothelial growth factor production
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Cancer Research
    Volume: 61
    Page numbers: 3182-3187
    Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research(Alabama)
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  • MMP-9 secretion and MMP-2 activation distinguish invasive and metastatic sublines of a mouse mammary carcinoma system showing epithelial-mesenchymal transition traits
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Clinical and Experimental Metastasis
    Volume: 18
    Page numbers: 553-560
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
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  • Role of priming stresses and Hsp70 in protection from ischemia-reperfusion injury in cardiac and skeletal muscle
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Cell Stress and Chaperones
    Publisher: Cell Stress Society International(Connecticut)
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