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Cancer Council Queensland Transgenics

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Laboratory Head

Associate Professor Graham Kay

Summary

The CCQ Transgenics (previously QCF) Laboratory studies the epigenetic mechanisms that act during embryonic development to modulate gene expression and the role of tumour suppressor genes in preventing cancer.

Conditions researched

• Melanoma
• Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1)

Current research

• X chromosome inactivation
• Pocket protein gene function in cell differentiation, development and cancer
• Men1 gene function in cell differentiation, development and cancer.

Staff

Laboratory Head: Associate Professor Graham Kay

Senior Research Officers: Dr Arne Mould, Dr Ian Tonks 

Research Assistants: Diane Carrie, Zhenyi Pang 

Funding

We gratefully acknowledge the support from the following funding agencies:

• Cancer Council Queensland
• National Health and Medical Research Council