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Curriculum Vitae
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Dr Kenneth McNatty
Professor Biotechnology and Cell Biology
Victoria University of Wellington
School of Biological Sciences
PO Box 600, Kelburn Parade, Wellington 6140
Academic qualifications:
MSc (1st Hons, Chemistry) 1966, Victoria University of Wellington
PhD (Reproductive Medicine) 1972-1975, University of Edinburgh Medical School
Post-doctoral Research (Reproductive Medicine) 1977-1979, Harvard Medical
School, Boston
Years as a practising researcher: 43
Funding Track Record
Research Title
Principal outcome or hypothesis
(PI/AI)
Hormonal Control of Identified and secured 6 patents on
Reproduction-1
11 major genetic mutations from an
FRST RFI contracts estimated 20 thought to be present in
1993-2007; C10
sheep breeds world-wide.
230; C10 404; C10
802; Ovit 0302 (PI)
Genetic and
Developed ovine ovarian and possum
Hormonal Control of EST data bases and cloned and/or
Reproduction-2
sequenced over 200 ovine and
FRST NERF
possum genes
contract 2003-2010;
C10X0308 (PI)
Genetic and
Developed a sheep twinning vaccine;
Hormonal Control of Androvax
Reproduction-3
Developed a fertility drug Ovagen &
FRST Product
Foalproof pregnancy diagnostics
Development 2003Developed a recombinant form of
2008; C10X 0309
ovine FSH and a novel Aptamer
(PI)
technology
Marsden Grants
Established the essential role of two
2002-2004
ovarian growth factors in regulating
(Contract 01-AgRfollicular growth and ovulation-rate in
011) and 2009-2011 sheep and cattle. Currently testing the
(Contract (07-VUW- hypothesis that the molecular forms of
031) (PI)
these factors influence ovulation
quota in mammals
Marsden Grant
Established that intra-ovarian events
2003-2006 (03-AgR- regulate the physiological actions of
001 (PI)
the Woodlands mutation (FecX2W) on
follicular growth and ovulation rate in
sheep
Improving Cow
Testing the hypothesis that the
Fertility 2008-2013
nutrient micoenvironment influences
FRST Contract
oocyte health and ovarian follicular
(UOAX0814) (PI)
development in lactating Dairy cattle
RSNZ James Cook
New technologies for assessing
Fellowship 2008oocyte quality and how genetic
Principal end user
NZ Sheep breeders,
international
researchers,
NZ and international
biotechnology
companies/researchers
on the ovine/bovine
genome and possum
biocontrol
AgVax Developments,
Schering Plough
ICPbio Ltd
International
researchers in the field
of reproduction and
Fertility Clinics
NZ Biotech
International
researchers
Dairy farmers, NZ,
Clinical medicine, fertility
clinics and researchers
(PI)2009
VUW-URF (20102011) (PI)
FRST AgR-contract
(Contract number
pending) 2010-2016
(AI)
FRST (NERF) 20112013 (AI)
mutations lead to ovarian cancers
Premature loss of oocytes in KO
mouse models leads to ovarian
cancer
Improving fertility outcomes in sheep
and cattle. Application of multiplex
gene expression technologies to
identify candidate genes in oocytecumulus cells leading to improving
pregnancy outcomes
Novel Marine Bioassays
Clinical medicine
International
researchers and NZ
Biotech
Marine environmental
monitoring
Honours/distinctions/membership of societies, institutions, committees:
NZ National Research Advisory Council Post Graduate Scholarship (1972-1975),
Harkness Fellowship of the Commonwealth Fund of New York (1977-1979),
Boerhaave Chair in Reproductive Endocrinology, Leiden University Medical School
(1980-1981), McMeekan Award for distinguished services to NZ agricultural research
(1992), Fellow of the Royal Society of NZ (1992), DSc, Victoria University of
Wellington, 1993, Member of Academic Council of the Royal Society of NZ (19962000), AgResearch Fellowship Award (1996), Board Member, Australian and New
Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching (1999-2003),
Visiting Professor, University of Wyoming (2004, 2005). Chairperson, Animal
Research and Capability Fund, AgResearch (2005), James Cook Fellow of the NZ
Royal Society (2007-2009). New Zealand Royal Society Pickering Medal (2009) for
excellence and innovation in fertility management and animal production. Council of
Scientists (NZ Representative), The International Human Frontier Science Program
Organisation Strassbourg, (2010-2012); Shorland Medal, NZ Association of
Scientists (2010)
Invited speaker for over 70 State-of-the-Art or Plenary Lectures in Europe, USA,
Central America, Asia, Middle East (Israel, Iran), New Zealand and Australia since
1974. Examples of these were: American Endocrine Society State-of-the-Art Lecture,
Anaheim (1979); De Graaf Memorial Lecturer, Nijmegen (1980); Boerhaave Lecturer,
Leiden (1980);James Goding Memorial Lecturer, Melbourne (1981), Distinguished
Lecturer Award, UK Society for the Study of Fertility, Ghent (2004); Nancy Sirett
Memorial Lecturer, NZ Endocrine Society, Queenstown (2004); Lloyd Cox Memorial
Lecturer, Adelaide (2004), Ian Johnson Memorial Lecture, Australasian Fertility
Society, Christchurch (2005); Meat and Livestock Australia Lecturer, Australian
Society of Reproductive Biology, Perth (2005); International Ruminant Reproduction
Symposium, Townsville (1994), Colorado Springs (1998), Creiff (2002) & Wellington
(2006); Simpson Symposium Lecture, Edinburgh (2006);The Howard Jacobs
President Lecture, British Fertility Society, Glasgow (2006), Society for the Study of
Fertility, San Antonio, USA (2007); Ovarian workshops, London (2003), Wallaceville
(2005), Tours (2008), Queenstown Reproduction Workshop, NZ (2009), International
Combio Conference, Christchurch, NZ, (2009); Royan Stem Cell & Reproduction
Conference, Tehran (2009), Indian Soc Reproductive Biology, New Delhi (2011),
World Congress Reproductive Biology Cairns (2011).
Editorial Boards: Biology of Reproduction (1989-1995), Reproduction (20042007), J. Endocrinology (1999-2003), Reproduction, Fertility and Development
(2005-2007) and Reproductive Biology Insights (since 2008).
Organiser/co-organiser
of
International
Ovarian
or
Reproduction
conferences/workshops in Nijmegen (DeGraaf Symposia) 1980, International
Ruminant Symposia in Colorado Springs (1998) and Wellington (2006), International
Congress of Animal Reproduction in Porto Seguro (2004), Ovarian workshops in
London (2003), Wallaceville (2005) and Tours (2007).
Professional positions held:
1967-1971,
Scientist, Wallaceville Animal Research Centre, MAF, Upper Hutt
1976
Boerhaave Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology, University of
1980-1981
Leiden Medical School, Leiden, The Netherlands
Science Programme leader and Senior Scientist, Reproductive
1982-2006
Biology, MAF Technology/ AgResearch, Wallaceville
2006-Present Professor Cell Biology and Biotechnology, VUW
Present research/professional speciality:
2006-present Supervise postgraduate courses in Biotechnology. PhD and
postgraduate research supervision. Research on the role of the
TGFbeta superfamily and environmental and nutritional effects on
animal and human fertility, Ovarian cancer. Mentoring scientific staff
at both VUW and AgResearch. Provide funding support for 6 staff &
7 PhD students. Member of strategic planning, cell & molecular and
and cell biology and academic appointments committees for School
of Biological Sciences
Number of refereed publications: 266 (H Factor >42)
Number of patents: 10
1. Publications (from current to 2000 only)
Crawford, J.L., Heath, D.A., Reader, K.L., Quirke, L.D., Hudson, N.L., Juengel, J.L. &
McNatty, K.P. (2011) Oocytes in sheep homozygous for a mutation in bone
morphogenetic protein receptor 1B express lower mRNA levels of bone
morphogenetic protein 15 but not growth differentiation factor 9 Reproduction
Published online., doi:10.1530/REP-10-0485 7 April.
Reader, K.R., Heath, D.A., Lun, S., McIntosh, C.J., Western, A., Littlejohn, R.P.,
McNatty, K.P. & Juengel, J.L. (2011) Signalling pathways involved in the cooperative
effects of ovine and murine GDF9 and BMP15 stimulated thymidine uptake by rat
granulosa cells Reproduction Online doi:1530/REP-10-0490 7 April
Scaramuzzi, R.J., Baird, D.T., Campbell, B.K., Driancourt, M-A., Dupont, J., Fortune,
J.E., Gilchrist, R.B., Martin, G.B., McNatty, K.P., McNeilly, A.S., Monget, P.
Monniaux, D., Viñoles, C. &. Webb, R. (2011) Regulation of folliculogenesis and the
determination of ovulation rate in ruminants: A review Reproduction, Fertility and
Development, 23: 444-467.
McNatty, K.P., Heath, D.A., Hudson, N.L., Reader, K., Quirke, L., Lun, S. &
Juengel, J.L. (2010) The conflict between hierarchical ovarian follicular
development and superovulation treatment. Reproduction 140: 287-294.
Vetharaniam, I., Peterson, A.J., McNatty, KP & Soboleva, TK (2010) Modelling
female reproductive functions in farmed animals Animal Reproduction Science 122:
164-173.
Shorten, P.R., Peterson, A.J., O’Connell, A.R., Juengel, J.L., McNatty, K.P. &
Soboleva, T.K. (2010) A mathematical model of pregnancy recognition in sheep.
Journal of Theoretical Biology 266: 62-69.
McNatty, K.P., Heath, D.A., Hudson, N.L., Lun, S., Juengel, J.L. & Moore, L.G.
(2009) Gonadotrophin-responsiveness of granulosa cells from BMP15 heterozygous
mutant sheep. Reproduction 138: 1-8.
Lin, J.S. & McNatty, K.P. (2009) Aptamer-based regionally-protected PCR for protein
detection Clinical Chemistry 55: 1686-1693.
Garverick, H.A., Juengel, J.L., Smith, P., Heath D.A., Burkhart, M.N., Perry, G.A.,
Smith, M.F. & McNatty, K.P. (2009) Development of the ovary and ontogeny of
mRNA and protein expression for P450 aromatase (arom) and estrogen receptors
(ER) α and β during early early fetal life in cattle Animal Reproduction Science 117
24-33.
Juengel, J.L., Hudson, N.L., Berg, M., Hamel, K., Smith, P., Lawrence, S.B., Whiting,
L. & McNatty, K.P. (2009) Effects of active immunization against growth
differentiation factor 9 (GDF9) and/or bone morphogenetic protein 15 (BMP15) on
ovarian function in cattle. Reproduction 138: 107-114.
Hayashi, K., O’Connell, A.R., Juengel, J.L., McNatty, K.P., Davis, G.H., Bazer, F.W.
& Spencer, T.E. (2008) Postnatal uterine development in Inverdale ewe lambs.
Reproduction 135: 357-365.
Young, J.M., Juengel, J.L., Dodds, K.G.,Laird, M., Dearden, P.K., McNeilly, A.S.,
McNatty, K.P. & Wilson, T. (2008) The activin receptor-like kinase 6 Booroola
mutation enhances suppressive effects of bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2),
BMP4, BMP6 and growth and differentiation factor-9 on FSH release from ovine
primary pituitary cell cultures. Journal of Endocrinology 196: 251-261.
Edwards, S.J., Reader, K.L., Lun, S., Western, A., Lawrence, S., McNatty, K.P. &
Juengel, J.L. (2008) The cooperative effect of growth and differentiation factor-9 and
bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-15 on granulosa cell function is modulated
primarily through BMP receptor II. Endocrinology 149: 1026-1030.
Fidler, A., Lawrence, S. & McNatty, K.P. (2008) A hypothesis to explain the linkage
between Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) breeding and the mast fruiting of their food
trees. Wildlife Research 35: 1-7.
McIntosh, C.J., Lun, S., Lawrence, S., Western, A.H., McNatty, K.P. & Juengel, J.L.
(2008) The proregion of mouse BMP15 regulates the cooperative interactions of
BMP15 and GDF9. Biology of Reproduction 79: 889-896.
Feary, E.S., Juengel, J.L., Smith, P., French, M.C., O’Connell, A.R., Lawrence, S.B.,
Galloway, S.M., Davis, G.H. & McNatty, K.P. (2007) Patterns of expression of
messenger RNAs encoding GDF9, BMP15, TGFBRI, BMPRIB, and BMPRII during
follicular development and characterization of ovarian follicular populations in ewes
carrying the Woodlands Fec2XW mutation, Biology of Reproduction 77: 990-998.
McNatty, K.P., Reader, K.L., Smith, P., Heath, D.A. & Juengel, J.L. (2007) Control of
ovarian follicular development to the gonadotrophin-dependent phase: a 2006
perspective. In: Reproduction in Domestic Ruminants V1, pp 55-68, Nottingham
University Press.
McNatty, K.P. Hudson,N.L., Whiting, L., Reader, K.L., Lun. S., Western, A., Heath,
D.A., Smith, P., Moore, L.G., & Juengel, J.L. (2007) The effects of immunizing sheep
with different BMP15 and GDF9 peptide sequences on ovarian follicular development
and ovulation rate. Biology of Reproduction 76: 552-560.
Juengel, J.J., Heath, D.A., Quirke, L.D. & McNatty, K.P.(2006) Oestrogen receptor
alpha and beta, androgen receptor and progesterone receptor mRNA and protein
localisation within the developing ovary and in small growing follicles of sheep.
Reproduction 131: 81-92
McNatty, K.P., Hudson, N.L.,Smith,P.,& Juengel, J.L. (2006) Effect of superovulating
ALK6 and BMP15 mutant sheep on ovulation rate and embryo production. Journal of
Reproduction and Development 52: (supplement), 39-43.
McNatty, K.P., Lawrence, S., Groome, N.P., Meerasahib, M.F., Hudson, N.L.,
Whiting, L., Heath, D.A., & Juengel, J.J.(2006) Meat and Livestock Association
Plenary Lecture 2005 Oocyte signalling molecules and their effects on reproduction
in ruminants. Reproduction, Fertility and Development 18: 403-412.
Juengel, J.J., Reader, K.L., Bibby, A.H., Lun, S., Ross, I., Haydon, L.J. & McNatty,
K.P. (2006) The role of bone morphogenetic proteins 2, 4, 6 and 7 during ovarian
follicular development in sheep: contrast to the rat. Reproduction 131: 501-513.
McNatty, K.P., Smith, P., Moore, L.G., Reader, K., Lun, S., Hanrahan, J.P.,
Groome, N.P., Laitinen, M., Ritvos, O. & Juengel, J.L. (2005) Oocyte-expressed
genes affecting ovulation rate. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 234: 57-6
Juengel, J.L. & McNatty, K.P. (2005) The role of proteins of the transforming growth
factor- superfamily in the intraovarian regulation of follicular development. Human
Reproduction Update 11: 143-160.
McNatty, K.P., Galloway, S.M., Wilson, T., Smith, P., Hudson, N.L., O’Connell, A.,
Bibby, A.H., Heath, D.A., Davis, G.H., Hanrahan, J.P. & Juengel, J.L. (2005)
Physiological effects of major genes affecting ovulation rate in sheep. Genetics,
Selection, Evolution 37 (Suppl. 1): S25-S38.
McNatty, K.P., Juengel, J.L., Reader, K.L., Lun, S., Myllymaa, S., Lawrence, S.B.,
Western, A., Meerasahib, M.F., Mottershead, D.G., Groome, N.P., Ritvos, O. &
Laitinen, M.P.E. (2005) Bone morphogenetic protein 15 and growth differentiation
factor 9 co-operate to regulate granulosa cell function in ruminants Reproduction
129: 481-487.
McNatty, K.P., Juengel, J.L., Reader, K.L., Lun, S., Myllymaa, S., Lawrence, S.B.,
Western, A., Meerasahib, M.F., Mottershead, D.G., Groome, N.P., Ritvos, O. &
Laitinen, M.P.E. (2005) Bone morphogenetic protein 15 and growth differentiation
factor 9 co-operate to regulate granulosa cell function. Reproduction 129: 473-480.
Juengel, J.L., Hudson, N.L., Whiting, L. & McNatty, K.P. (2004). Effects of
immunization against bone morphogenetic protein 15 and growth differentiation
factor 9 on ovulation rate, fertilization, and pregnancy in ewes. Biology of
Reproduction 70: 557-561.
Juengel, J.L., Bibby, A.H., Reader, K.L., Lun, S., Quirke, L.D., Haydon, L.J. &
McNatty, K.P. (2004). The role of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta)
during ovarian follicular development in sheep. Reproductive Biology Endocrinology
2: 78-88.
McNatty, K.P., Moore, L.G., Hudson, N.L., Quirke, L.D., Lawrence, S.B., Reader,
K., Hanrahan, J.P., Smith, P., Groome, N.P., Laitinen, M., Ritvos, O. & Juengel, J.L.
(2004). The oocyte and its role in regulating ovulation rate: a new paradigm in
reproductive biology. Reproduction 128: 379-86.
Juengel, J.L., Bodensteiner, K.J., Heath, D.A., Hudson, N.L., Moeller, C.L., Smith,
P., Galloway, S.M., Davis, G.H., Sawyer, H.R. & McNatty, K.P. (2004). Physiology
of GDF9 and BMP15 signalling molecules. Animal Reproduction Science 82-83:
447-460.
Logan, K.A., McNatty, K.P. & Juengel, J.L. (2003). Expression of Wilms’ tumor
gene and protein localization during ovarian formation and follicular development in
sheep. Biology of Reproduction 68: 635-643.
Fidler, A.E., Lin, J.S., Ng Chie, W., Western, A., Stent, V. & McNatty, K.P. (2003).
Production of biologically active tethered ovine FSH by the methylotrophic yeast
Pichia pastoris. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology 30: 213-225.
Western, A.H., Eckery, D.C., Demmer, J., Juengel, J.L., McNatty, K.P. & Fidler,
A.E. (2003). Expression of the FcRn receptor ( and ) gene homologous in the
intestine of suckling brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) pouch young.
Molecular Immunology 39: 707-717.
McNatty, K.P., Juengel, J.L., Wilson, T., Galloway, S.M., Davis, G.H., Hudson, N.L.,
Moeller, C.L., Cranfield, M., Reader, K.L., Laitinen, M.P.E., Groome, N.P., Sawyer,
H.R. & Ritvos, O. (2003). Oocyte derived growth factors and ovulation rate in sheep.
Reproduction Supplement 64: 339-351.
Juengel, J.L., Hudson, N.L., Heath, D.A., Smith, P., Reader, K.L., Lawrence, S.B.,
O’Connell, A.R., Laitinen, M.P.E., Cranfield, M., Groome, N.P., Ritvos, O. &
McNatty, K.P. (2002). Growth differentiation factor 9 and bone morphogenetic
protein 15 are essential for ovarian follicular development in sheep. Biology of
Reproduction 67: 1777-1789.
Eckery, D.C., Whale, L.J., Lawrence, S.B., Wylde, K.A., McNatty, K.P. & Juengel,
J.L. (2002). Expression of mRNA encoding growth differentiation factor 9 and bone
morphogenetic protein 15 during follicular formation and growth in a marsupial, the
brushtailed possum (Trichosurus vulpecula). Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
192: 115-126.
Juengel, J.L., Sawyer, H.R., Quirke, L.D., Heath, D.A., Smith, P.R., Lun, S.,
Wakefield, S.J. & McNatty, K.P. (2002). Origins of follicular cells and ontogeny of
steroidogenesis in ovine fetal ovaries. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 191:110.
Sawyer, H.R., Smith, P., Heath, D.A., Juengel, J.L., Wakefield, S.J. & McNatty, K.P.
(2002) Formation of ovarian follicles durinf fetal development in sheep. Biology of
Reproduction 66: 1134-1150.
Galloway, S.M., Gregan, S.M., Wilson, T., McNatty, K.P., Juengel, J.L., Ritvos, O. &
Davis, G.H. (2002). BMP15 mutations and ovarian function. Molecular and Cellular
Endocrinology 191(1): 15-18.
Logan, K.A., Juengel, J.L. & McNatty, K.P. (2002). Onset of steroidogenic enzyme
gene expression during ovarian follicular development in sheep. Biology of
Reproduction 66: 906-916.
McLeod, B.J., Meikle, L.M., Fisher, M.W., Manley, T.R., Heath, D.A. & McNatty, K.P.
(2001). Variation in antral follicle development during the follicular phase of the
oestrous cycle in red deer (Cervus elaphus) hinds. Reproduction 121: 697-705.
Quirke, L.D., Juengel, J.L., Tisdall, D.J., Lun, S., Heath, D.A. & McNatty, K.P.
(2001). Ontogeny of steroidogenesis in the fetal sheep gonad. Biology of
Reproduction 65: 216-228.
Wilson, T. Wu, X.Y., Juengel, J.L., Ross, I.K., Lumsden, J.M., Lord, E.A., Dodds,
K.G., Walling, G.A., McEwan, J.C., O’Connell, A.R., McNatty, K.P. & Montgomery,
G.W. (2001). Highly prolific Booroola sheep have a mutation in the intracellular
kinase domain of bone morphogenetic protein IB receptor (ALK-6) that is expressed
in both oocytes and granulosa cells. Biology of Reproduction 64:1225-1235.
McNatty, K.P., Juengel, J.L., Wilson, T., Galloway, S.M. & Davis, G.H. (2001).
Genetic mutations influencing ovulation rate in sheep. Reproduction, Fertility and
Development 13: 549-555.
Montgomery, G.W., Galloway, S.M., Davis, G.H. & McNatty, K.P. (2001). Genes
controlling ovulation rate in sheep. Reproduction 121: 843-852.
Galloway, S.M., McNatty, K.P., Ritvos, O. & Davis, G.H. (2001). Inverdale: A case
study in gene discovery. Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of
Animal Breeding and Genetics 14: 7-10.
McNatty, K.P., Fidler, A.E. Juengel, J.L., Quirke, L.D., Smith, P.R., Heath, D.A.,
Lundy, T., O’Connell, A. & Tisdall, D.J. (2000). Growth and paracrine factors
regulating follicular formation and cellular function. Molecular and Cellular
Endocrinology 163: 11-20.
Moore, L.G., Ng Chie, W., Hudson, N.L. & McNatty, K.P. (2000). Isoforms and half
life of follicle stimulating hormone from sheep with different reproductive states.
Journal of Endocrinology 165: 185-192.
Juengel, J.L., Quirke, L.D., Tisdall, D.J., Smith, P., Hudson, N.L. & McNatty, K.P.
(2000). Gene expression in abnormal ovarian structures of ewes homozygous for
the Inverdale prolificacy gene. Biology of Reproduction 62: 1467-1478.
Bodensteiner, K.J., McNatty, K.P., Clay, C.M., Moeller, C.L. & Sawyer, H.R. (2000).
Expression of growth and differentiating factor-9 in ovaries of fetal sheep,
homozygous or heterozygous for the Inverdale prolificacy gene (FecX 1). Biology of
Reproduction 62: 1479-1485.
Galloway, S.M., McNatty, K.P., Cambridge, L.M., Laitenen, M.P.E., Juengel, J.L.,
Jokiranta, T.S., McLaren, R.J., Luiro, K., Dodds, K.G., Montgomery, G.W., Beattie,
A.E., Davis, G.H. & Ritvos, O. (2000). Mutations in an oocyte-derived growth factor
(BMP15) cause increased ovulation rate and infertility in a dosage-sensitive manner.
Nature Genetics 25: 279-283.
Major achievements in commercial, social and environmental areas (including
evidence of relationship management, business, commercial and project
management expertise, if relevant).
Co-inventor of the sheep twinning vaccine Androvax and the fertility drug Ovagen™ .I
developed the product, IP, registration and QA process for Androvax. With Ovagen, I
developed the product, method of assessing biopotency and QA procedures. Since
1994, these products have generated over $100 million dollars pa to the NZ
economy. I was PI, leader of the research team and co-discoverer of the BMP15,
GDF9 and ALK6 genetic mutations in sheep and the immunization strategies
targeting BMP15 and GDF9 to regulate fertility in mammals. This work led to 6
patents and two new paradigms in reproductive biology that: (1) the oocyte is a major
regulator of ovarian follicular development in mono-ovulatory species and; (2) of
ovulation-quota in mammals. On environmental and social issues, I have presented
several invited public lectures (e.g. ovarian cancer and my reproduction research,
Wellington Town Hall, 2009); Victoria University, 2008 on ‘environmental risks to
human fertility and fertility management’. In 2010, I took part in a 60min TV
documentary reviewing published evidence for the benefits of oral contraception in
women. These topics were also addressed on public radio in science programmes
with follow-up coverage in national newspapers.
3. Demonstration of relationships with end-users.
Member of the WHO team evaluating infertility issues women and assisting in
establishing a reproduction research programme in Cuba (1982). Member ICPbio
Ltd management board (1995-2004) I was involved in product design, QA, sales
and marketing of Ovagen and other fertility products (e.g. rec FSH). Consultant for
AgVax Developments Ltd (1993-2006) regarding Androvax, a sheep twinning
vaccine,with respect to product development, IP, QA and registration. I have been
on call to provide technical advice to veterinarians and farmers on fertility
management for over 14 years. Currently, I have professional associations with
Fertility Associates (NZ) on fertility diagnostics and with the NZ Dairy industry on
cow fertility management during the post-partum period.