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CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr. Peter Hamilton Kay

Address:              80 Evandale Street, Floreat,Western Australia, 6014

Phone:                 +61 (08) 9383 7577
Facsimile:             +61 (08) 9387 6077
Email:                  Please use my contact form initially:
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Nationality:           Australian citizen born in United Kingdom

Date of Birth:       4th April, 1945
Sex:                     Male
Retired:                2001

EMPLOYMENT:

1989 - 2001
  Department of Pathology, The University of Western Australia,
  Founder and Head of the Molecular Pathology Laboratory.
  (Co-ordinator of Human Oncobiology third year undergraduate
  course, Faculty of Science, The University of Western Australia).

1979-1988
  Department of Pathology, The University of Western Australia,
  Scientist.

1974-1978
  Department of Clinical Immunology, Royal Perth Hospital,
  Lecturer/Scientist.

1965-1973
   Blood Transfusion Centre, Lancaster UK,
   Scientist

Qualifications:     Ph.D, FIMLS

Affiliations:         International Society for Animal Genetics
                           Director of Research, Hybrid Biosciences Pty. Ltd.

MEMBER OF GRANT APPLICATION ASSESSMENT PANEL FOR:-
                                                                                    
i. National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia.
  Current Since 1988

ii. Health Research Council of New Zealand.
  Current Since 1992

iii. Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria.
  Current Since 1990

iv. Anti-Cancer Foundation of South Australia.
  Current Since 1993

MAJOR PERSONAL COMPETITIVE GRANTS AWARDED:

1990-2000         In excess of $600,000

POST-GRADUATE STUDENTS SUPERVISED (1994-2006):

PhD                   J Taylor                        (passed)
                         M Franchina                   (passed)
                         S Marlow                       (passed)
                         D Lynch                        (passed)
                         T Butler                        (passed)
                         J Pelham                       (current)

M.Sc                 M Pavlovich                    (passed)

B.Sc Hons        M Ahmed                        (passed)
                        D Paisley                        (passed)
                        B Shannon                     (passed)
                        M Franchina                    (passed)
                        A Thompson                   (passed)
                        N Suraweera                   (passed)
                        J Pini                              (passed)
                        E King                            (passed)
                        J Manski-Mankervis          (passed)
                        M Cruickshank                 (passed)

Grad. Diploma  A Wholley                       (passed)

POST DOCTORAL SUPERVISION/TRAINING:

Dr. A. Bagwe   (Supported by the Biotechnology Department
                      of Government of India for post-doctoral
                      cancer research training, 1997 - 1998).

PATENTS:

Original Inventor and Author of PATENT (U.S. Patent Application 09/920000) entitled “Use of fluorescent molecular beacons in the detection of methylated nucleic acids”.

Original Inventor and Author of PATENT  (International Patent Application No.PCT/AU2005/000141) entitled “Method of identifying genes which promote hybrid vigour and hybrid debility and uses thereof”.

INVITED REVIEWS:

Kay PH, Spagnolo DV, Taylor JME, Ziman M.  DNA methylation and developmental genes in lymphomagenesis - more questions than answers?  Leukemia Lymphoma 24:211-220 (1997).

Kay PH, Jacobsen PF, Taylor J, Spagnolo DV.  The significance of DNA methylation in cancer.  Adv Anat Path 2:353-361 (1995).

Kay PH, Papadimitriou JM.  What’s new in the role of complement in disease?  Path Res Pract 186:410-414 (1990)

INVITED CHAPTER IN BOOK:

Taylor JME, Kay PH, Spagnolo DV.  The diagnostic and prognostic significance of the methylation status of Myf-3 in lymphoproliferative disorders.  In: Molecular Diagnosis of Cancer. Eds. J.Bartlett, J. Roulston. Humana Press, Totowa (2002).

Kay PH, Dawkins RL.  Complement genetics and disease.   In : Complement in Health and Disease.  Ed. K. Whaley.  MTP Press, Lancaster, 1986.

DIRECTORSHIPS:

Director, Research & Development, Hooflon International Pty Ltd