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Role Deputy Dir & Head Office of Research
Research area Genomic Medicine
Professor Andrew Sinclair is Deputy Director of the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and a Professor in Translational Genomics in the Dept. of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne.

He led a National Health & Medical Research Council Program focusing on the molecular genetics of gonad development and its impact on patients with differences of sex development (DSD). In this capacity he has forged formal linkages with both national and international clinicians, discovered new genes, developed a rapid genomic sequencing panel assay (now in clinical use) that has dramatically improved rates of diagnosis. Recently, he has differentiated human iPS (stem cells) into testis cell lineages for functional analysis of DSD patient variants.

As a Board Director of the Victorian Clinical Genetics Service he has had oversight for implementing a range of genomics applications into clinical service provision, in particular, clinically accredited exomes and whole genomes. He is one of the leaders of the Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance and a lead architect of the Australian Genomics Health Alliance both of which aim to implement genomics into the healthcare system to improve patient outcomes. He has received numerous national and international awards and in 2015 was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.
Professor Andrew Sinclair is Deputy Director of the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and a Professor in Translational Genomics in the Dept. of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne.

He led a National Health & Medical Research Council...
Professor Andrew Sinclair is Deputy Director of the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and a Professor in Translational Genomics in the Dept. of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne.

He led a National Health & Medical Research Council Program focusing on the molecular genetics of gonad development and its impact on patients with differences of sex development (DSD). In this capacity he has forged formal linkages with both national and international clinicians, discovered new genes, developed a rapid genomic sequencing panel assay (now in clinical use) that has dramatically improved rates of diagnosis. Recently, he has differentiated human iPS (stem cells) into testis cell lineages for functional analysis of DSD patient variants.

As a Board Director of the Victorian Clinical Genetics Service he has had oversight for implementing a range of genomics applications into clinical service provision, in particular, clinically accredited exomes and whole genomes. He is one of the leaders of the Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance and a lead architect of the Australian Genomics Health Alliance both of which aim to implement genomics into the healthcare system to improve patient outcomes. He has received numerous national and international awards and in 2015 was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.

Top Publications

  • Combes, AN, Spiller, CM, Harley, VR, Sinclair, AH, Dunwoodie, SL, Wilhelm, D, Koopman, P. Gonadal defects in Cited2-mutant mice indicate a role for SF1 in both testis and ovary differentiation.. Int J Dev Biol 54(4) : 683 -689 2010
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  • Sinclair, A, Smith, C. Females battle to suppress their inner male.. Cell 139(6) : 1051 -1053 2009
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  • Notini, AJ, Li, R, Western, PS, Sinclair, AH, White, SJ. Rapid and reliable determination of transgene zygosity in mice by multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification.. Transgenic Res 18(6) : 987 -991 2009
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  • Ohnesorg, T, Eggers, S, Leonhard, WN, Sinclair, AH, White, SJ. Rapid high-throughput analysis of DNaseI hypersensitive sites using a modified Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification approach.. BMC Genomics 10: 412 2009
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  • Bowles, J, Feng, C-W, Knight, D, Smith, CA, Roeszler, KN, Bagheri-Fam, S, Harley, VR, Sinclair, AH, Koopman, P. Male-specific expression of Aldh1a1 in mouse and chicken fetal testes: implications for retinoid balance in gonad development.. Dev Dyn 238(8) : 2073 -2080 2009
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