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Jock Findlay

Jock Findlay

Professor Jock Findlay AO, PhD, DSc
Head, Ovarian Biology
t: +61 3 9594 3484
e: jock.findlay[at]princehenrys.org

 

Personal Assistant
Claudette Thiedeman
p: +61 (0)3 9594 4395
e: claudette.thiedeman[at]princehenrys.org

 

Appointments

  • Senior Principal Research Fellow, NHMRC

  • Honorary Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Monash University

  • Honorary Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, The University of Melbourne

  • Director of Research, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne

 

Profile

Jock Findlay joined PHI in 1979 and leads the Ovarian Biology Laboratory. Jock has published over 350 research papers and received multiple awards and accolades for his work.

 

Research Interests

A major theme of his research has been in understanding how fertility in women is related to the function of their ovaries, exploring how healthy eggs are formed, stored and released.

His research has led to a shift in understanding how hormones have local effects on the body including the production of eggs. Jock’s work has also contributed to the development of improved IVF procedures and understanding of fertility and infertility.

 

Expertise

Female fertility and infertility, ovarian physiology, uterine biology, implantation

 

Recent Achievments

  • 2009 - Life Member of Society for Reproductive Biology

  • 2008 - Made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

  • 2006 - Awarded the Dale Medal by the UK Society for Endocrinology

  • 2006 - Distinguished Scientist Award made by the UK Society for Reproduction & Fertility

  • 1999 - Awarded the Asia & Oceania Medal of the UK Society for Endocrinology

 

Service to the Scientific Community

  • 2003 - 2009 Chair, NHMRC Embryo Research Licensing Committee

  • 2003-2009 Member, NHMRC Council

  • 2003-2009 Chair, Infertility Treatment Authority, Victoria

  • Member and Chair, Bio21 Scientific Advisory Committee

  • Member, Board, Bio21 Cluster

  • Member, Bio21 Hospital Research Directors Committee

  • Director, Society for the Study of Reproduction, USA

  • Co-Director, Ovarian Workshop, USA

  • Member, Board, Victorian Breast Cancer Research Consortium

  • Chair, Scientific Committee, Victorian Breast Cancer Research Consortium

  • Member, Melbourne Health Biobank Management Committee

  • Member, Board, Robinson Institute, University of Adelaide

Current Research


Selected Publications

Escalona RM, Stenvers KL, Farnworth PG, Findlay JK, and Ooi GT (2009) Reducing Betaglycan Expression by RNA interference (RNAi) Attenuates Inhibin Bio-Activity in LβT2 Gonadotropes.
Mol Cell Endocrinol.doi:10:1016/j.mce.2009.03.021.  In press.


Bilandzic M, Chu S, Farnworth P, Harrison CA, Nicholls P, Wang Y, Escalona RM, Fuller PJ, Findlay JK, and Stenvers KL Loss of betaglycan contributes to the malignant properties of human granulosa tumor cells. Mol Endocrinol. 23(4): 539-548, 2009.

Rosairo D, Kuyznierewicz I, Findlay J, Drummond A. TGF-beta: its role in ovarian follicle development. Reproduction. 136(6): 799-809, 2008.

Drummond AE, Tellbach, M., Dyson, M.  Findlay JK, Fibroblast growth factor 9, a male sex determining factor identified in the ovary.  Endocrinology, 148, 3711-3721, 2007.

Farnworth PG, Wang Y, Escalona R, Leembruggen P, Ooi GT,  Findlay JK Transforming growth factor-beta blocks inhibin binding to different target cell types in a context-dependent manner through dual mechanisms involving betaglycan. Endocrinology 148: 5355-5368, 2007.

Kerr JB, Duckett R, Britt KL, Mladenovska T, Myers M and Findlay JK.  Quantification of healthy follicles in the neonatal and adult mouse ovary.  Reproduction 132, 95-109, 2006.

Farnworth PG, Stanton PG, Wang Y, Escalona R, Findlay JK and Ooi GT.  Inhibins differentially antagonize activin and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) action in a mouse adrenocortical cell line.  Endocrinology 147, 3462-3471, 2006.

Findlay JK, Gear ML, Illingworth PJ, Junk SM, Kay G, Mackerras AH, Pope A, Rothenfluh HS and Wilton L.  Human embryo - a biological definition.  Human Reproduction 10, 1093, 2006.