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Role Clinical Geneticist
Group Clinical Services
Professor Martin Delatycki is a co-director of the Bruce Lefroy Centre at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and a clinical geneticist at the Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS). Martin studied medicine at the University of Melbourne and trained in paediatrics at The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH).

Martin subsequently trained in Clinical Genetics at VCGS and then obtained his PhD for work on Friedreich ataxia through the MCRI. His research and clinical interests are neurogenetics and community genetics. Martin has over 250 publications and has obtained over $5 million in research funding.
Professor Martin Delatycki is a co-director of the Bruce Lefroy Centre at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and a clinical geneticist at the Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS). Martin studied medicine at the University of...
Professor Martin Delatycki is a co-director of the Bruce Lefroy Centre at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and a clinical geneticist at the Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS). Martin studied medicine at the University of Melbourne and trained in paediatrics at The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH).

Martin subsequently trained in Clinical Genetics at VCGS and then obtained his PhD for work on Friedreich ataxia through the MCRI. His research and clinical interests are neurogenetics and community genetics. Martin has over 250 publications and has obtained over $5 million in research funding.

Top Publications

  • Rafehi, H, Szmulewicz, DJ, Pope, K, Wallis, M, Christodoulou, J, White, SM, Delatycki, MB, Lockhart, PJ, Bahlo, M. Rapid diagnosis of SCA36 in a three-generation family using short-read whole genome sequencing data. 851675 2024
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  • Rafehi, H, Szmulewicz, DJ, Bennett, MF, Sobreira, NL, Pope, K, Smith, KR, Gillies, G, Diakumis, P, Dolzhenko, E, Eberle, MA, et al. Validation of new bioinformatic tools to identify expanded repeats: a non-reference intronic pentamer expansion in RFC1 causes CANVAS. 2024
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  • Ward, PGD, Harding, IH, Close, TG, Corben, LA, Delatycki, MB, Storey, E, Georgiou-Karistianis, N, Egan, GF. Longitudinal dentate nuclei iron concentration and atrophy in Friedreich ataxia: IMAGE-FRDA. 2024
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  • Brazane, M, Dimitrova, DG, Pigeon, J, Paolantoni, C, Ye, T, Marchand, V, Da Silva, B, Schaefer, E, Angelova, MT, Stark, Z, et al. The ribose methylation enzyme FTSJ1 has a conserved role in neuron morphology and learning performance. 2024
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  • Milne, SC, Kim, SH, Murphy, A, Larkindale, J, Farmer, J, Malapira, R, Danoudis, M, Shaw, J, Ramakrishnan, T, Rasouli, F, et al. The responsiveness of gait and balance outcomes to disease progression in Friedreich ataxia. 2024
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