Network Member Profile
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Dr Peter Currie
Department:
Developmental Biology Program
Organisation:
Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Address:
384 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010
Telephone: 02 9295 8516 Facsimile:
02 9295 8528
Email:p.currie@victorchang.edu.au
Web
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Current Field of Study
- Developmental biology of skeletal muscle
Australian Collaborators
- Prof Richard Harvey, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
- Dr Sally Dunwoodie, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
International Collaborators
- Dr Robert Kelsh, University of Bath, UK
- Dr Susanne Dietrich, King's College London, UK
- Dr Didier Stainier, University of California, USA
Facilities
- Zebrafish embryology and genetics
- 1000 Tank Zebrafish Aquarium.
- Microscope imaging facility including laser ablation, transplantation and Iontophoretic rig.
Lab Members
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Dr Peter Currie
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Head of the Lab
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Dr Rob Bryson-Richardson
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Postdoctoral Fellow
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Dr Georgina Hollway
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Postdoctoral Fellow
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Dr Arie Jacoby
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Postdoctoral Fellow
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Mrs S Berger
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Laboratory Manager
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| Dr T Berset |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
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Mr J Cocks
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Aquarium Manager
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Dr N Cole
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Postdoctoral Fellow
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Dr J Berger
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Postdoctoral Fellow
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Dr A Gibson
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Postdoctoral Fellow
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Dr T Hall
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Postdoctoral Fellow
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| Mrs C Jenkins |
Aquarium Technician |
| Dr M Masaki |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
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Dr M Naylor
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Postdoctoral Fellow
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Mrs M Johnson
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PhD Student
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Recent Grant Income
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Description
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CIs
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Type of Grant
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Year
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Income p.a.
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| Characterisation of the regenerative response in a zebrafish
model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy |
Peter Currie
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NHMRC |
2005-2008 |
$429,750 |
| Specification and evolution of vertebrate appendicular muscle |
Peter Currie
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ARC Discovery Grant |
2003-2006 |
$211,000 |
| Differential regulators of head muscle formation and their
role in muscular dystrophy |
Peter Currie et al |
Human Frontiers Science Grant |
2003-2006
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$325,000 |
Recent Publications
Hollway GE, Maule J, Gautier P, Evans TM, Keenan DG, Lohs C, Fischer D, Wicking
C, Currie PD. (2006) Scube2 mediates Hedgehog signalling in the zebrafish embryo.
Dev Biol. 294(1):104-18
Nixon SJ, Wegner J, Ferguson C, Mery PF, Hancock JF, Currie PD, Key B, Westerfield
M, Parton RG. (2005) Zebrafish as a model for caveolin-associated muscle disease;
caveolin-3 is
required for myofibril organization and muscle cell patterning. Hum Mol Genet.
14(13):1727-43.
Bryson-Richardson RJ, Daggett DF, Cortes F, Neyt C, Keenan DG, Currie PD. (2005)
Myosin heavy chain expression in zebrafish and slow muscle composition. Dev
Dyn.233(3):1018-22.
Bryson-Richardson RJ, Currie PD. (2004) Optical projection tomography for spatio-temporal
analysis in the zebrafish. Methods Cell Biol. 2004;76:37-50.
Daggett DF, Boyd CA, Gautier P, Bryson-Richardson RJ, Thisse C, Thisse B, Amacher SL, Currie PD. (2004) Developmentally restricted actin-regulatory molecules control morphogenetic cell movements in the zebrafish gastrula. Curr Biol. 2004 Sep 21;14(18):1632-8.
Haines L, Neyt C, Gautier P, Keenan DG, Bryson-Richardson RJ, Hollway GE, Cole NJ, Currie PD. (2004) Met and Hgf signaling controls hypaxial muscle and lateral line development in the zebrafish. Development. 2004 Oct;131(19):4857-69.
Bryson-Richardson RJ, Logan DW, Currie PD, Jackson IJ. (2004) Large-scale analysis of gene structure in rhodopsin-like GPCRs: evidence for widespread loss of an ancient intron. Gene. 2004 Aug 18;338(1):15-23.
Bassett D, Currie PD. (2004) Identification of a zebrafish model of muscular dystrophy. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 2004 Aug;31(8):537-40.
Logan DW, Bryson-Richardson RJ, Pagan KE, Taylor MS, Currie PD, Jackson I J. (2003) The structure and evolution of the melanocortin and MCH receptors in fish and mammals. Genomics 2003; 81:184–191.
Logan DW, Bryson-Richardson RJ,Taylor MS, Currie PD, Jackson I J. (2003) Sequence characterisation of teleost fish melanocortin receptors. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci 2003: 994: 319-330.
Hollway GE. and Currie PD. (2003) Myotome Meanderings. Cellular morphogenesis and the making of muscle. EMBO reports 2003. 4; 855-860.
Bassett DI, Bryson-Richardson RJ, Daggett DF, Gautier P, and Keenan DG and Currie PD. (2003) Dystrophin is required for the formation of stable muscle attachments in the zebrafish embryo. Development 2003: 130:5851-60.
Bassett D I and Currie. PD. (2003) The zebrafish as a model for muscular dystrophy and congenital myopathy. HMG 2003: 12 Spec No 2:R265-70.
Cortes F, Daggett D, Bryson-Richardson RJ, Neyt C, Maule M, Gautier P, Hollway GE, Keenan D, Currie PD. (2003) Cadherin-mediated differential cell adhesion controls slow muscle migration in the developing zebrafish myotome. Developmental Cell 2003; 5:865-876
Hammond KL, Hill R E, Whitfield TT, Currie PD. (2002) Isolation of three zebrafish dachshund homologues and their expression in sensory organs, the central nervous system and pectoral fin buds. Mech Dev 2002; 112:183-189.
Brennan C, Amacher SL, Currie PD. (2002) Pattern formation in zebrafish. Aspects of organogenesis: Somitogenesis. Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation 2002; 40:271-297.
Currie PD, Ingham PW. (2001) Embryonic origins and molecular inductions of specific muscle cell types in the fish myotome. Fish Physiology. I Johnston Editor 2001; Pg 1-17.
Haines L, Currie PD. (2001) Morphogenesis and evolution of vertebrate appendicular muscle. J Anat 2001; 199:205-209.
Neyt C, Jagla K, Thisse C, Thisse B, Haines L, Currie PD. (2000) Evolutionary origins of vertebrate appendicular muscle. Nature 2000; 408:82-86.
Norris W, Neyt C, Ingham PW, Currie PD. (2000) Slow muscle induction by Hedgehog signalling in vitro. J Cell Sci 2000; 113:2695-2703.
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