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A/Prof Robert I Richards

Current field of study

• The molecular basis for dynamic mutations - normal and disease causing roles for repeat sequences
• Comparative molecular analysis of chromosomal fragile sites and their roles in human disease
• The role of human genes in disease - the molecular pathway from genotype to phenotype
• Identification and application of genetic markers in the management of human disease

Australian Collaborators

‘Fragile Sites and Chromosomal Instability in Cancer'

• Dr. Deon Venter, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria,
• Dr. Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, RBH, Brisbane, Queensland.
• Dr. Grant Booker, School of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Adelaide, SA
• Prof. Rob Saint, Research School of Biological Sciences, ANU, Canberra, ACT

‘Role of huntingtin in pathogenesis and development'

• Dr. Michael Lardelli, School of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Adelaide, SA

‘Role of Genetic Imprinting in Development'

• Prof. Caroline McMillen, School of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Adelaide, SA

International Collaborators

‘Fragile Sites and Chromosomal Instability in Cancer'

• Dr. NanShan Chang, Guthrie Institute, Sayre, Pennsylvania, USA
• Dr. Catherine Freudenreich, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, USA
• Dr. Bob Hollingsworth, GlaxoSmithKline Genetics, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

‘Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum'

• Dr. Berthold Struk, Harvard University, Boston, USA,
• Prof. Klaus Lindpaintner, Roche Genetics, Basel, Switzerland

‘Genetics of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Inflammatory diseases'

• Dr. Daniel Kastner, National Institutes of Health, Washington DC, USA

Lab Members