Dr Loveland's lab team

Postdoctoral Fellows
Yoichi Miyamoto 
Defining key nuclear transport components required for spermatogenesis

Julia Young (ARC Centre of Excellence Research Fellow)
Nuclear transport in embryonic cell lineage specification and spermatogenesis

Zhen Zhang  (CSIRO Flagship Fellowship)
Growth and differentiation of spermatogonial stem cells in vivo and in vitro

Students
Badia Barakat (PhD)
BMPs and activins as drivers of testis development in the postnatal mouse testis

Vinali Dias (PhD)
Activin and BMP signaling in fate specification for germ cells in the human and in embryonic cell models

Cathryn Hogarth (PhD)
Regulated expression of importins in testis development and the functional implications

Catherine Itman (PhD)
Smads and regulation of cell fate in the postnatal testis

Camden Lo (PhD)
Microtubule-Associated Protein-2: new structures and new functions in the testis

Sirisha Mendis (PhD)
Activin as a modulator of fetal testis growth

Sridurga Mithra Prabhu (PhD)
Regulation of c-kit during testis development

Anette Szczepny (PhD)
The control and function of Hedgehog signalling in spermatogenesis

Laura Turbino (PhD)
Growth factor regulation of somatic and germ cell interactions

Research Assistants
Marilyn Bakker – Expertise in molecular biology and Western blot analysis

Penny Whiley – Facilitates collaborative projects; expertise with in situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry and cell culture