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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

  • Boyer, A, Lussier, JG, Sinclair, AH, McClive, PJ, Silversides, DW. Pre-sertoli specific gene expression profiling reveals differential expression of Ppt1 and Brd3 genes within the mouse genital ridge at the time of sex determination.. Biol Reprod 71(3) : 820 -827 2004
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  • Hurley, TM, McClive, PJ, Sarraj, MA, Sinclair, AH. Eki2 is upregulated specifically in the testis during mouse sex determination.. Gene Expr Patterns 4(2) : 135 -140 2004
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  • Smith, CA, Sinclair, AH. Sex determination: insights from the chicken.. Bioessays 26(2) : 120 -132 2004
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  • Koopman, P, Browne, C, Jackson, A, Ewen, K, Aitken, RJ, Van Den Bergen, J, Western, P, Sinclair, A. 021. Identification and study of genes important for fetal germ cell biology in mice. Reproduction Fertility and Development 16(9) : 21 -21 2004
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  • Sarraj, MA, McClive, PJ, Sinclair, AH. 281. A novel scavenger receptor domain containing genes differentially expressed in the embryonic mouse testis. Reproduction Fertility and Development 16(9) : 281 -281 2004
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