Profile
Dr Hamish S. Scott is a NHMRC Senior Research Fellow at the Walter and
Eliza Hall Research Institute and holds the Inaugural Nossal Leadership
Award. He received his BSc(Hons) and PhD from the University of Adelaide.
In research he started in marsupial genetics, moving on to fungal genetics
and then human biochemical genetics (with his doctoral studies focusing
on the molecular genetics of MPS I). In 7 years at the then Adelaide Childrens
Hospital he was involved in the cloning of 3 human disease genes. Moving
to the Medical School in Geneva, Switzerland on a CJ Martin fellowship
in 1995, he became involved in positional cloning, successfully participating
in the isolation of 2 disease genes before returning to Australia and
WEHI in 2000.
He is still chasing disease genes!
His current research interests are:-
- Genomics and the application of high throughput technologies to biology.
- The molecular pathophysiology of Down syndrome. Dissection of the causes of some of the complex phenotypes (e.g. differential gene expression studies and association studies).
- Generation and characterization of mouse models for human diseases.
- The role of genes in complex disorders such as autoimmune diseases and hearing loss (among others) using monogenic disorders as gateways to the complex diseases.
- Studies of molecular cascades in leukemia and lymphoma using differential gene expression techniques and familial syndromes.
- Transcription factor biology.
Dr Scott in the news:
- Australian Familial Hematological Cancer Study
- Possible genetic cause of male infertility discovered.
- Australian-European Union Collaborative Grants Program
- Eppendorf Award for Young Australian Researchers
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