Peter Hurst

Biography

Dr. Peter Hurst is currently working as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anatomy, University of Otago School of Biomedical Sciences , New Zealand. His research interests includes Mammalian Reproductive Biology. He is serving as an editorial member and reviewer of several international reputed journals. Dr. Peter Hurst is the member of many international affiliations. He has successfully completed his Administrative responsibilities. He has authored of many research articles/books related to Mammalian Reproductive Biology.   

Research Interest

Dr Hurst's research interests concern a number of topics that are being studied by postgraduate students in this Department. These projects require a range of technical skills to be applied to answer questions and address ideas that evolve. A number of studies concern the ovaries in mice, sheep and humans. Experiments are designed to determine if primordial follicles are immune from cell death and explain why they can maintain the potential to grow for many years. The lab uses laser capture microdissection to selectively isolate individual follicles and also different cellular constituents of growing follicles. This allows individual genes to be studied in the different components of follicles.