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Please also visit my other home page at http://genepi.qimr.edu.au/general/daleN/
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I
was born (1971) in Geelong, Victoria. In 1990 my parents and I moved to the Gold Coast,
Queensland. I have been based in beautiful Brisbane since 2001.
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I
completed by BSc degree at Griffith University on the Gold Coast in 1993. After which, I was employed during the
summer as a research assistant in Prof Lyn Griffiths’ Genomics Research
Centre, Griffith University, Gold Coast. The following year I completed my
First Class Honours degree. Mid-way through 1997 saw the completion of my PhD
research. In 1998, I worked as a Senior Research Assistant in the Genomics
Research Centre. During this time I was responsible for the data analysis
from two laboratories and facilitated communication between individuals and
project groups. In September of 1998, I submitted my PhD thesis, which was
officially conferred in March, 1999.
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For
the years 1999 and 2000, I worked in the Laboratory of Statistical Genetics
at The Rockefeller University, New York, USA, as a postdoctoral research
associate under the direction of Prof Jurg Ott. My
research involved the genetic analysis of complex genetic disorders.
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In
2001, I was awarded an NHMRC Peter Doherty Post Doctoral Training Fellowship through
QIMR, working to develop new and improve existing methodology in gene
mapping, specifically targeted towards the localisation of genes underlying
complex disorders. While at QIMR I have collaborated with both internal and
external researchers on a variety of projects. My recent work on migraine has
produced phenotypic refinements which will greatly assist the localisation of
susceptibility genes. This work lead to an NHMRC grant entitled “Genetic
analysis of migraine and comorbid psychiatric
conditions using twin families” for the years 2003-2005. Over 2300 DNA
samples have been collected from >400 migraine families. Many more
migraine families exist for analysis.
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I
have a very strong and productive collaboration with leading international
researchers, in particular Prof Dorret Boomsma (Netherlands) and Prof Palotie (Finland). My work on migraine symptomatology has lead to a
number of novel findings in Australian, Dutch and Finnish population data.
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In
2005, I was awarded an NHMRC R Douglas Wright Career Development Award,
continuing to develop new and improve existing methodology in gene mapping,
specifically targeted towards the localisation of genes underlying migraine
and other complex disorders.
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Besides
from migraine, I have a number of collaborations with esteemed national and
international researchers investigating the genetics of endometriosis (Grant Montgomery, Sue Treloar),
schizophrenia (Bryan Mowry, Lyn Jorde), nasal polyps (Grant Sutherland), hyperparathyroidism
(John Cardinal) and Crohn's disease
(Graham Radford-Smith).
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2003-present
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Drs
Grant Montgomery and Sue Treloar, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia. Molecular genetics
of endometriosis. Latent class
analysis (LCA) of endometriosis symptom data - leading to novel results
indicating genetic heterogeneity between endometriosis patient families.
Subsequent analyses provide significantly increased LOD scores and phenotype
refinements. (Submitted a successful NHMRC grant application in 2004.)
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2005-present
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Prof
Grant R Sutherland, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia. Recently began
collaborating on the mapping of genes for nasal polyps.
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2003-present
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Dr
Ian A Glass, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. Molecular genetics
of twinning. Statistical analysis of twin genotype data (paper #DN19).
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2003-2006
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Dr
John Cardinal, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. Molecular genetics
of familial isolated hyperparathyroidism. Performed power analyses on
their pedigree data - results directing which families to genotype in
genome-wide linkage screen. Will perform subsequent linkage analyses.
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2003-present
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Prof
Leena Peltonen, University of Helsinki and National Public
Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland. Molecular genetics
of migraine. Invited to join the GenomeEUtwin consortium - through which
I have secured genotyping of the migraine families collected under my NHMRC
migraine grant (paper #DN20).
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2003-present
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Dr
Graham Radford-Smith, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. Molecular genetics
of Crohn's disease. Statistical Analysis of Crohn's disease candidate
gene NOD2/CARD15 data (one article in preparation).
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2002-present
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Dr
Aarno Palotie, University of Helsinki and National Public
Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland. Molecular genetics
of migraine.
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2002-present
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Assoc/Prof
Bryan J Mowry, Queensland Centre for
Schizophrenia Research, Brisbane, Australia. Molecular genetics
of schizophrenia. Projects include latent
class analysis (LCA) of schizophrenia
(SZ) symptom data, linkage and LD analysis of SZ candidate genes/regions,
exploratory analysis of SZ genome scan data and migraine-psychiatric
comorbidity. Also co-advising a PhD student. (Submitted a successful NHMRC
grant application in 2004.)
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1999-present
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Prof
Lyn R Griffiths, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia. Molecular genetics
of migraine. Continued statistical Analysis of migraine genetic and
phenotypic data (paper #DN10, #DN17, #DN26).
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2006-2011
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NIH National Institute of
Child Health and Human Development (USA): Identifying susceptibility genes
for endometriosis. PIA: Grant W Montgomery, PIB: Stephen Kennedy, CIA: Susan
Treloar, CIB: Dale R Nyholt, CIC: Nicholas G Martin, CID: Krina
Zondervan, CIE: Lon R Cardon. USD$3,067,391 requested over 5 years (grant has
been awarded, awaiting confirmation of actual amount).
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2006-2010
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NHMRC Medical
Bioinformatics, Genomics and Proteomics Program (#389892): Statistical
methods and algorithms for analysis of high-throughput genetics and genomics
platforms. CIA: Peter M Visscher, CIB: Kerri Mengerson, CIC: David L Duffy, CID:
Dale R Nyholt. $1,557,500 over 5 years.
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2006
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QIMR Director’s Initiative
Fund: Testing a strong migraine candidate gene within our implicated 5q
region. CIA: Dale R Nyholt, CIB: Grant W Montgomery. $10,000.
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2005-2006
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NHLBI Mammalian Genotyping
Service (USA): Mapping genes for typical migraine using twin
families. CIA: Dale R Nyholt; CIB:
Grant W Montgomery. Genome Scan [400 marker,
10cM resolution] for 1790 individuals.
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2005-2006
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Griffith Medical Research College – Seed Funding: Detailed investigation of the estrogen receptor 1
(ESR1) and progesterone receptor (PGR) genes in migraine susceptibility. CIA:
Dale R Nyholt, CIB: Grant M Montgomery, CIC: Lyn R Griffiths. $32,535.
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2005-2007
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NHMRC Project (#339430):
Fine mapping of a significant linkage region for endometriosis. CIA: Grant W
Montgomery (20%); CIB: Susan Treloar (20%); CIC: Dale R Nyholt (10%);
CID: Peter Rogers (10%); CIE: Nicholas Martin (5%). $513K over 3 years.
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2005-2007
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NHMRC Project (#339454): A
linkage study of schizophrenia in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. CIA: Bryan
J Mowry; CIB: Rangaswamy Thara; CIC: Dale R Nyholt (5%); CID: Lynn
Jorde. $500K over 3 years.
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2005-2006
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NHLBI Mammalian Genotyping
Service: Mapping genes for schizophrenia in the Tamil Brahmin, a partially
isolated population in the south-eastern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. CIA: Bryan
J Mowry; CIB: Dale R Nyholt; CIC: Lynn Jorde; CID: Rangaswamy Thara.
Genome Scan [800 marker, 5cM resolution] (106 ASPs + 50 normal controls for
allele frequency determination): 367 + 50 = 417 individuals. Association
mapping (106 ASPs + 121 trios): 367 + 363 = 730 individuals.
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2005-2009
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NHMRC R Douglas Wright
Biomedical Career Development Award (#339462) Develop new and improve
existing methodology in gene mapping, specifically targeted towards the
localisation of genes underlying migraine and other complex disorders.
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2003-2005
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NHMRC Project (#241916):
Genetic analysis of migraine and comorbid psychiatric disorders using twin
families. CIA: Dale R Nyholt (80%), $530K over 3 years; CIB: Bryan J
Mowry (5%).
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2001-2004
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NHMRC Peter Doherty Post
Doctoral Training Fellowship to Develop new and improve existing methodology
in gene mapping, specifically targeted towards the localisation of genes
underlying complex disorders.
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1995-1997
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Australian Postgraduate
Award with Stipend (APAWS) for PhD project Migraine Linkage and Allelic
Association Studies.
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