A/Professor Mark Hedger

MIIN Member

Centre for Reproduction and Development
Monash Institute of Medical Research
+61395947003
mark.hedger@med.monash.edu.au

Research Activities:

Immunoregulation in the male reproductive tract
Characterisation of lymphocyte subsets in the male reproductive tract
Biology, regulation and function of the testicular macrophage population
Inflammatory networks in control of spermatogenesis and consequences for disease

Techniques/Expertise:

Real-time PCR
ELISA and RIA
Immunohistochemistry
Histology and stereology
Cell separation and analysis
Small molecule purification and chromatography
in vitro biological assays

Collaborations:

Dr David Nikolic-Paterson (Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre)
Dr Paul Hutchinson (Department of Clinical Immunology, Monash Medical Centre)
Prof Andreas Meinhardt (Institut für Anatomie and Zellbiologie, Justus-Liebig Universität, Giessen)
Prof Ian Smith (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University)
A/Prof Dale Godfrey and Dr Daniel Pellicci (Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Melbourne University)
Prof Milton Hearn and Dr Reinhardt Boysen (Department of Green Chemistry, Monash University)
Dr H Gordon Baker (Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne)
A/Prof Robert McLachlan and Dr Sarah Meachem (Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research)
Prof Marvin Meistrich, M.D. (Anderson Cancer Center, Texas)
Prof Niels Skakkebaek (Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen)
Prof Paul Hertzog (Centre for Functional Genomics, Monash Institute of Medical Research)

Animal Disease Models:

Lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation
Experimental cryptorchidism

Existing Websites:

http://www.monashinstitute.org/crd-reprod-immunophys.html

Lab Group Personnel:

Wendy Winnall
Miranda Xhilaga
Julie Muir
Lynda Foulds
David Aridi (PhD Student)
Megan Crane (PhD student)
Marie Murphy (PhD student)
Rebecca Craythorn (PhD student)