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DR KEVIN NICHOLAS



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Organization: Zoology
Position: Honorary (Principal Fellow)
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Homepage: http://www.zoology.unimelb.edu.au/aboutus/staff/index.php?103,4
Work: 44343
Fax: 8344 7909
Room: 357
Level: 03
Building: Zoology Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Mammary gland biology Dairy industry, marsupial, monotreme, genomics, mammary function, regulation Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science (honours) The University of Western Australia
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Western Australia

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
Mining Australian biodiversity to impove profitability of the Victorian dairy industry Chief Investigator GEOFFREY GARDINER DAIRY FOUND Major R&D Project Grants (GARDINER FOUNDATION) 01/07/2003
A role for insulin to increase milk protein concentration in dairy cattle Principal Supervisor AUST DAIRY CORP Postgraduate Awards (DAIRY AUSTRALIA) 01/03/2004

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
Project 1.1 - Identification of Mammary Genes and Bioinformatics Support Chief Investigator CRC FOR INNOVATIVE DAIRY PRODUCTS 01/09/2001

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

  • Cross-fostering of the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) pouch young accelerates fore-stomach maturation
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Mechanisms of Development
    Volume: 126
    Page numbers: 449-463
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  • Molecular insights into evolution of the vertebrate gut: focus on stomach and parietal cells in the marsupial, Macropus eugenii.
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution
    Volume: 312
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 613-624
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  • 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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Publications in 2008

Book Chapters

  • The comparative genomics of tammar wallaby and fur seal lactation: models to examine function of milk proteins
    Year: 2008
    Book: Milk Proteins: From Expression to Food
    Publisher: Academic Press(San Diego)
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Journal Articles

  • A population of mammary epithelial cells do not require hormones or growth factors to survive
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Endocrinology
    Volume: 196
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 483-496
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  • Changes in milk protein composition during acute involution at different phases of tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) lactation
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    Volume: 151
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 64-69
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  • Filtering microarray correlations by statistical literature analysis yields potential hypotheses for lactation research
    Year: 2008
    Journal: The Python Papers
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 1834-3147
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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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  • Identification, characterization and expression of cathelicidin in the pouch young of tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    Volume: 149
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 524-533
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  • Uteroplacental insufficiency alters the mammary gland response to lactogenic hormes in vitro
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Reproduction, Fertility and Development
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 460-465
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Comparative genomics and lactation: Making more money from milk
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Pakistan Congress of Zoology Proceedings
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: 1-12
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  • Molecular evolution of monotreme and marsupial whey acidic protein genes
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Evolution & Development
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 378-392
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  • Reconstruction of protein-protein interaction pathways by mining subject-Verb-Objects intermediates
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics
    Volume: 4774
    Page numbers: 286-299
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  • 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 expression of B-1,3 galactosyltransferase and B-1,4 galactosyltransferase enzymatic activities in the mammary gland of the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) during early lactation
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects
    Volume: 1770
    Page numbers: 115-120
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  • The fur seal - a model lactation phenotype to explore molecular factors involved in the initiation of apoptosis at involution
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia
    Volume: 12
    Page numbers: 47-58
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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

  • A quantitative study of the morphological development and bacterial colonisation of the gut of the tammar wallaby Macropus eugenii eugenii and brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula during in-pouch development

    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic and Environmental Physiology
    Volume: 176
    Page numbers: 763-774
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  • Fur seal adaptations to lactation: Insights into mammary gland function
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Current Topics in Developmental Biology
    Volume: 72
    Page numbers: 275-308
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  • Species-specific cell-matrix interactions are essential for differentiation of alveoli like structures and milk gene expression in primary mammary cells of the Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus)
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Matrix Biology
    Volume: 25
    Page numbers: 430-442
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  • 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 2005

Journal Articles

  • Characterisation of proteins in the milk of fur seals
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    Volume: 141
    Page numbers: 111-120
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  • Cross-fostering in Macropus eugenii leads to increased weight but not accelerated gastrointestinal maturation
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Experimental Zoology
    Volume: 303A
    Page numbers: 331-344
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
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  • Isolation and characterization of two whey protein genes in the Australian dasyurid marsupial the stripe faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura)
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Cytogenetic and Genome Research
    Volume: 115
    Page numbers: 62-69
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  • Positive and negative regulatory elements in the late lactation protein-A gene promoter from the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Structure & Expression
    Volume: 1728
    Page numbers: 65-76
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  • Sequencing and mapping hemoglobin gene clusters in the Australian model dasyurid marsupial Sminthopsis macroura
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Cytogenetic and Genome Research
    Volume: 108
    Page numbers: 333-341
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  • The lactation cycle of the fur seal
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Dairy Research
    Volume: 72
    Page numbers: 81-89
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Commercila aspects of clonning and genetic modification in cattle
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
    Volume: 44
    Page numbers: 1105-1111
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  • Hormone-dependent milk protein gene expression in bovine mammary explants from biopsies at different stages of pregnancy
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Dairy Research
    Volume: 71
    Page numbers: 135-140
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Maternal regulation of milk composition, milk production, and pouch young development during lactation in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Biology of Reproduction
    Volume: 68
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 929-936
    Publisher: Society for the Study of Reproduction(Wisconsin)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Expression of a novel lipocalin-like milk protein gene is developmentally-regulated during lactation in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Gene
    Volume: 283
    Page numbers: 287-297
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  • The cemparative biology of whey proteins
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 313-325
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Differential expression of the whey acidic protein during lactation in brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Structure & Expression
    Volume: 1522
    Page numbers: 187-194
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  • Secretion of whey acidic protein and cystatin is down regulated at mid-lactation in the red kangaroo (Macropus rufus)
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology
    Volume: 129
    Page numbers: 851-858
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