Peter Fuller Am
Centre Head
Centre for Endocrinology and Metabolism
Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Australia
Biography
Professor Fuller is a clinician-scientist and leading expert in endocrinology and molecular endocrinology. After completing his early research training at Melbourne’s Prince Henry’s Hospital’s Medical Research Centre under the supervision of Professor John Funder, Prof Fuller travelled to the US where he completed postdoctoral training at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. In 1987, Prof Fuller returned to Australia as Wellcome Trust Australian Senior Research Fellow, later receiving the Eric Susman Prize from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the Society for Endocrinology Hoffenberg International Medal of the British Endocrine Society and the Excellence in Mentoring Award: Academic and Research, from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
Research Interest
Prof Fuller’s research interests lie primarily in understanding the molecular mechanisms of steroid hormone action with a focus on the adrenal steroid, aldosterone. His group also studies the molecular pathogenesis of granulosa cell tumours of the ovary as well as other aspects of endocrine oncology, including thyroid and breast cancers.
Publications
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Rickard, A.J., Morgan, J., Tesch, G., Funder, J.W., Fuller, P.J. and Young, M.J. Deletion of mineralocorticoid receptors from macrophages protects against DOC/salt-induced cardiac fibrosis and increased blood pressure. Hypertension 54: 537-43, 2009.
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Rogerson FM, Yao YZ, Elsass RE,Dimopoulos N, Smith BJ, Fuller PJ. A critical region in the mineralocorticoid receptor for aldosterone binding and activation by cortisol: evidence for a common mechanism governing ligand binding specificity in steroid hormone receptors, Mol Endocrinol, Apr;21(4):817-28, 2007.
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Chu S, Alexiadis M, Fuller PJ. Expression, mutational analysis, and in vitro response of imatinib mesylate and nilotinib target genes in ovarian granulosa cell tumors. Gynecologic Oncology, 108(1):182-90, 2008.
