Associate Professor Chris Ormandy
Senior Research Fellow; Group Leader, Cancer Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research; Conjoint Senior Lecturer, Department of Medicine, The University of New South Wales
Email: c.ormandy 'at' garvan.org.au
Research Group: Mammary Development
Education
1992 PhD ,The University of New South Wales
1984 BSc (Hons), University of Sydney
Publications
Saunders DN, Hird SL, Withington SL, Dunwoodie SL, Henderson MJ, Biben C, Sutherland RL, Ormandy CJ, Watts CKW. The murine hyperplastic discs gene Edd, is essential for yolk sac vascularisation and chorioallantoic fusion. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24(16):7225-7234.
Cooney GJ, Lyons RJ, Crew AJ, Jensen TE, Molero JC, James DE, Mitchell CJ, Biden TJ, Ormandy CJ, Daly RJ. Improved glucose homeostasis and enhanced insulin signaling in Grb14-deficient mice. EMBO J 2004; 23(3):582-593.
Kindblom J, Dillner K, Sahlin L, Robertson F, Ormandy C, Törnell J, Wennbo H. Prostate hyperplasia in a transgenic mouse with prostate-specific expression of prolactin. Endocrinology 2003; 144:2269-2278.
Robertson FG, Harris J, Naylor MJ, Oakes SR, Kindblom J, Dillner K, Wennbo H, Törnell J, Kelly PA, Green J, Ormandy CJ. Prostate development and carcinogenesis in prolactin receptor knockout mice. Endocrinology 2003; 144:3196-3205.
Naylor MJ, Ginsburg E, Iismaa TP, Vonderhaar BK, Wynick D, Ormandy CJ. The neuropeptide galanin augments lobuloalveolar development. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:29145-29152.
Sainsbury A, Schwarzer C, Couzens M, Jenkins A, Oakes SR, Ormandy CJ, Herzog H. Y4 receptor knockout rescues fertility in ob/ob mice. Gene Dev 2002; 16:1077-1088.
Lindeman GJ, Wittlin S, Lada H, Naylor MJ, Santamarias M, Zhang J-G, Starr R, Hilton DJ, Ormandy CO, Alexander WS, Visvader J. SOCS1 deficiency results n accelerated mammary gland development and rescues lactation in prolactin receptor deficient mice. Gene Dev 2001; 15:1631-1636.
Brisken C, Kaur S, Chavarria TE, Binart N, Sutherland RL, Weinberg RA, Kelly PA, Ormandy CJ. Prolactin controls mammary gland development via direct and indirect mechanisms. Dev Biol 1999; 210:96-106.
Ormandy CJ, Lee CSL, Ormandy HF, Fantl V, Shine J, Peters G, Sutherland RL. Amplification, expression, and steroid regulation of the preprogalanin gene in human breast cancer. Cancer Res 1998; 58:1353-1357.
Wynick D, Small CJ, Bacon A, Holmes FE, Norman M, Ormandy CJ, Kilic E, Kerr NCH, Ghatei M, Talamantes F, Bloom SR, Pachnis V. Galanin regulates prolactin release and lactotroph proliferation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1998; 95:12671-12676.
