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Dr Melanie McDowall

Telephone +61 8 8313 1013
Position Postdoctoral Fellow
Email melanie.mcdowall@adelaide.edu.au
Fax +61 8 8303 8177
Mobile +61 4 2703 0527
Building Medical School North
Floor/Room 2 04
Campus North Terrace
Org Unit Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G)

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Biography/ Background

Postdoctoral Fellow
Early Development Group
The Robinson Institute
Research Centre for Reproductive Health

Qualifications

Bachelor of Science, University of Adelaide, 1998-1999

Bachelor of Science (Honours), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Adelaide, 2000 Doctor of Philosophy, Research Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Adelaide, 2001-2004

Thesis URL: http://thesis.library.adelaide.edu.au/public/adt-SUA20061018.160318/

Research Interests

Oocyte maturation

Peri-conceptional environment

Glucose and hexose metabolism

Publications

Sutton-McDowall ML, Gilchrist RB & Thompson JG (2009) The pivotal role of glucose metabolism in determining oocyte developmental competence, Reproduction (accepted = REP 09-0345)

Hynd PI, Edwards NM, Hebart M, McDowall M & Clark S (2009) Wool fibre crimp is determined by mitotic asymmetry and position of final keratinisation and not ortho- and para-cortical segmentation, Animal, 3 (6): 838-43.

McDowall M, Edwards NM, Jahoda CAB & Hynd PI (2008) The role of activins and follistatins in skin and hair follicle development and function, Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews, 19 (5-6): 415-426. IF 11.816 Citations 1

Sutton-McDowall ML, Mitchell M, Cetica P, Dalvit G, Pantaleon M, Lane M, Gilchrist RB & Thompson JG (2006) Glucosamine supplementation during in vitro maturation inhibits subsequent oocyte developmental competence: Possible role of the hexosamine pathway as a regulator of developmental competence, Biology of Reproduction, 74: 881-888. IF 3.583 RIF 3/24 Citations 7

Sutton-McDowall ML, Gilchrist RB & Thompson JG (2005) Effect of hexoses and gonadotrophin supplementation on bovine oocyte nuclear maturation during in vitro maturation in a synthetic follicular fluid medium, Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 17 (4): 407-415 IF 2.541 RIF 10/24 Citations 10

Sutton-McDowall ML, Gilchrist RB & Thompson JG (2004) Cumulus-expansion and glucose utilisation by bovine cumulus-oocyte complexes during in vitro maturation: the influence of glucosamine and follicle stimulating hormone, Reproduction, 128 (3): 313-319 IF 3.136 RIF 5/24 Citations 19

Gangnuss S, Sutton-McDowall ML, Robertson SA & Armstrong DT (2004) Seminal plasma regulates corpora lutea macrophage populations during early pregnancy in mice, Biology of Reproduction, 71 (4): 1135-1141 IF 3.583 RIF 3/24 Citations 5

Sutton ML, Cetica PD, Beconi MT, Kind KL, Gilchrist RB & Thompson JG (2003), The influence of oocyte-secreted factors and culture duration on the metabolic activity of bovine cumulus cell complexes, Reproduction, 126 (1): 27-34 IF 3.136 RIF 5/24 Citations 24

Sutton ML, Gilchrist RB & Thompson JG (2003), Effects of in vivo and in vitro environments on metabolism of the cumulus-oocyte complex and its influence on oocyte developmental capacity, Human Reproduction Update, 9 (1): 35-48 IF 5.449 RIF 1/24 Citations 66

 

Professional Associations

2001-2004, 2009-present Society for Reproductive Biology
2002-2004 International Embryo Transfer Society
2004-2008 Sheep Genomics
2005-2008 Australasian Hair and Wool Research Society
2005-2009 Society for Investigative Dermatology (USA)
2007-2009 Australasian Wound & Tissue Repair Society

Expertise for Media Contact

CategoriesFertility & reproduction
ExpertiseAssisted reproduction; in vitro embryo production; metabolism; glucose

Entry last updated: Sunday, 22 Nov 2009

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