Jock Findlay
Professor
Centre for Reproductive Health
Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Australia
Biography
Appointments 2009 – Adjunct Professor, School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Monash University 2009 – Honorary Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, The University of Melbourne 2014-2016 – Chair, Advisory Board of the Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, SA 2014-2015 – Past President, Society for Study of Reproduction (USA) Profile Professor Jock Findlay joined the Prince Henry’s Institute (now Hudson Institute of Medical Research) in 1979 and leads the Ovarian Biology Laboratory. Jock has published over 280 research papers and received multiple awards and accolades for his work.
Research Interest
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. More recently he has contributed to our understanding of chemoresistance and metastasis of ovarian cancer.
Publications
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Bilandzic M, Chu S, Wang Y, Tan HL, Fuller PJ, Findlay JK, Stenvers KL (2013) Betaglycan alters NFkB-TGFβ2 crosstalk to reduce survival of human granulosa tumor cells. Molecular Endocrinology, 3:466-479.
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Hutt K, Kerr JB, Scott CL, Findlay JK, Strasser A (2013) How to best preserve oocytes in female cancer patients exposed to DNA damage inducing therapeutics. Cell Death Differentiation, 20:967-968.
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Abubaker K, Latifi A, Luwor R, Nazaretian S, Zhu H, Quinn MA, Thompson EW, Findlay JK, Ahmed N (2013) Short-term single treatment of chemotherapy results in the enrichment of ovarian cancer stem cell-like cells leading to an increased tumor burden. Molecular Cancer, 12:24. doi: 10.1186/1476-4598-12-24.
