Category Archives: wallabies

Kangaroos are upside down, down under!

Posted on April 8, 2014 by geoff

Interviewed by Mx newspaper… Apparently a celebrity comedian made some “rood” comments about kangaroo genitals … they called me to check the facts! click image for readable format

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National Health and Medical Research Council funding

Posted on October 23, 2013 by geoff

We were thrilled to learn that our application to the NH&MRC for research funding has been successful.  Prof Marilyn Renfree , Prof Geoffrey Shaw ,  A/Prof Andrew Pask, Emeritus Prof Jean Wilson, Doctor Hongshi Yu. Hypospadias and control of urethral … Continue reading →

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More press coverage for our Ultrasonography paper

Posted on May 24, 2013 by geoff

Some of the German press have made quite long articles on our ultrasonography study. Here are links to PDFs : Kängurus[_KölnerStadtanzeiger Kängurus_StuttgarterZeitung. Here is a web link to a shortened online version of one. http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.biologie-klettern-in-der-gebaermutter.0ec501e8-9ae9-4282-84d7-278165daaa32.html.  

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Wallabies do ‘Australian crawl’ in the womb

Posted on March 24, 2013 by geoff

ABC News picked up our ultrasound paper: http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/03/18/3718274.htm and http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-19/wallabies-do-27australian-crawl27-in-the-womb/4580586

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The climb to the pouch begins in utero

Posted on March 16, 2013 by geoff

We have visualised the short pregnancy of a small species of the kangaroo and wallaby family of marsupials, the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii), for the first time by high-resolution ultrasound. The study has shed light on a number of developmental … Continue reading →

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Research grant success: funding for 2012-2015

Posted on November 5, 2012 by geoff

We have been fortunate to get funding for our application to the Australian Research council for 2013-2015: DP130102103 Renfree, Prof Marilyn B; Shaw, Prof Geoff; Pask, Dr Andrew J; Suzuki, Dr Shunsuke; Ishino, Prof Fumitoshi. Reprogramming maternal and paternal genomes … Continue reading →

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