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DR ANDREW PASK



Contact Details

Organization: Zoology
Position: NHMRC RESEARCH FELLOW
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Homepage: http://www.zoology.unimelb.edu.au/aboutus/staff/index.php?111,20
Work: 44346
Fax: 8344 7909
Room: 354
Level: 03
Building: Zoology Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Reproduction and Development Marsupial, sex determination, sexual differentiation, reproduction, gene, development, endocrinology, physiology, disorder Australia, United States of America

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United States The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Exchange, Research, Technical Assistance/Training
United States The University of Connecticut Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science (Honours) La Trobe University 31-Dec-1995
Doctor of Philosophy La Trobe University 31-Dec-1999

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
C.J. Martin Research Fellowship (National Health & Medical Research Council, Australia) (CJMARTIN) 01-Jan-2001

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Scholarship ARC APA Scholarship 01-Jan-1996
Other (Award) Australian Society of Reproductive Biology Junior Scientist Award finalist 01-Jan-2000
Other (Award) Australian Society of Reproductive Biology Junior Scientist Award finalist 01-Jan-2001
Other (Award) Unknown Ian Potter Travel Award 01-Jan-2000

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
The role of genes in mammalian sex determination Chief Investigator NHMRC CJ Martin Fellowships 01/01/2001
NEW MODELS FOR THE ONSET OF VIRILISATION IN THE DEVELOPING MALE Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2004
Defining Reproductive Disease Chief Investigator NHMRC R Douglas Wright Awards 01/01/2006
Ovarian development Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2007
How does the unilaminar blastocyst form an embryo? Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2007
Causes of hypospadias 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

  • Conservation of the H19 noncoding RNA and H19-IGF2 imprinting mechanism in therians
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Nature Genetics
    Volume: 40
    Page numbers: 971-976
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  • Evolution of the DKN1C/KCNQOT1 imprinted domain
    Year: 2008
    Journal: BMC Evolutionary Biology
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 163
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  • Exon 3 of the growth hormone receptor (GH-R) is specific to eutherian mammals
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
    Volume: 296
    Issue: 1-2
    Page numbers: 64-68
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  • Expression and protein localisation of IGF2 in the marsupial placenta
    Year: 2008
    Journal: BMC Developmental Biology
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 17
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  • Genome analysis of the platypus reveals unique signatures of evolution
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Nature
    Volume: 453
    Page numbers: 175-184
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  • Genomic imprinting in marsupial placentation
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Reproduction
    Volume: 136
    Page numbers: 523-531
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  • Physical map of two tammar wallaby chromosomes: A strategy for mapping in non-model mammals
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Chromosome Research
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 1159-1175
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  • Resurrection of DNA function in vivo from an extinct gemone
    Year: 2008
    Journal: PLoS One
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: e2240
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  • The evolution of the DLK1-DIO3 imprinted domain in mammals
    Year: 2008
    Journal: PLoS Biology
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1292-1305
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  • Topical oestrogen keratinises the human foreskin and may help prevent HIV infection
    Year: 2008
    Journal: PLoS One
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: e2308
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Insulin is imprinted in the placenta of the marsupial, Macropus eugenii
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Developmental Biology
    Volume: 309
    Page numbers: 317-328
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  • Mapping platypus SOX genes; autosomal location of SOX9 excludes it from sex determining role
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Cytogenetic and Genome Research
    Volume: 116
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 232-234
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  • Marsupial WT1 Has a Novel Isoform and Is Expressed in Both Somatic and Germ Cells in the Developing Ovary and Testis
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Sexual Development
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 169-180
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  • Retrotransposon silencing by DNA methylation can drive mammalian genomic imprinting
    Year: 2007
    Journal: PLoS Genetics
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 0531-0537
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  • Sex determination in platypus and echidna: autosomal location of SOX3 confirms the absence of SRY from monotremes
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Chromosome Research
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 949-959
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Conference Report: The forth international symposium on vertebrate sex determination
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Bioessays
    Volume: 28
    Page numbers: 1144-1145
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  • Differential expression of WNT4 in testicular and ovarian development in a marsupial
    Year: 2006
    Journal: BMC Developmental Biology
    Volume: 6
    Page numbers: 44
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  • Recent assembly of an imprinted domain from non-imprinted components
    Year: 2006
    Journal: PLoS Genetics
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 1-10
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  • Sexual development of a model marsupial male
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Journal of Zoology
    Volume: 54
    Page numbers: 151-158
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • A novel mouse model of hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism: ENU-induced gonadotrophin releasing hormone receptor gene mutation
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Molecular Endocrinology
    Volume: 19
    Page numbers: 972-982
    Publisher: Endocrine Society(Philadelphia)
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  • Assignment of the DMRT1 gene to tammar wallaby chromosome 3p by fluorescence in situ hybridization
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Cytogenetic and Genome Research
    Volume: 108
    Page numbers: 362-372
    Publisher: S Karger AG
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  • Characterisation of the marsupial ATRY gene: implications for the evolution of male-specific function
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Gene
    Volume: 362
    Page numbers: 29-36
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Genomic imprinting of IGF2, p57KIP2 and PEG1/MEST in a marsupial, the tammar wallaby
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Mechanisms of Development
    Volume: 122
    Page numbers: 213-222
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Comparative analysis of ATRX, a chromatin remodeling protein
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Gene
    Volume: 339
    Page numbers: 39-48
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Marsupial anti-Müllerian hormone gene structure, regulatory elements, and expression
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Biology of Reproduction
    Volume: 70
    Page numbers: 160-167
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  • Molecular characterization and evolution of X and Y-borne ATRX homologues in American marsupials
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Chromosome Research
    Volume: 12
    Page numbers: 795-804
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers(Dordrecht)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • 3' RACE Walking along a Large cDNA Employing Tiered Suppression PCR
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Journal of Zoology
    Volume: 34
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 1-4
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Collingwood)
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  • DMRT1 in a marsupial and its expression in the marsupial and mouse ovary
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics
    Volume: 101
    Page numbers: 229-236
    Publisher: Karger(Basel)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • SOX9 has both conserved and novel roles in marsupial sexual differentiation
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Genesis
    Volume: 33
    Page numbers: 131-139
    Publisher: Wiley-Liss(New York)
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  • Structure and expression of the follicle-stimulating hormone receptor gene in a marsupial, Macropus eugenii
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Molecular Reproduction and Development
    Volume: 63
    Page numbers: 24-31
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Characterization of steroidogenic factor 1 during sexual differentiation in a marsupial
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Gene
    Volume: 277
    Page numbers: 209-219
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Sex Determining Genes and Sexual Differentiation in a Marsupial
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Experimental Zoology
    Volume: 290
    Page numbers: 586-596
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
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  • Sex down under: the differentiation of sexual dimorphisms during marsupial development
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Reproduction, Fertility and Development
    Volume: 13
    Page numbers: 679-690
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Collingwood)
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