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R. John Aitken |
Professor
Discipline of Biological Sciences, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia.
Phone: (+61 2) 4921 6143 Fax: (+61 2) 4921 6308
Email: jaitken@mail.newcastle.edu.au |
John Aitken is currently Director of ARC Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology and Development and Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Newcastle, NSW. His research interests focus on the cell biology of male germ cells, particularly the cell biology of human spermatozoa and the mechanisms regulating the formation and recruitment of primordial follicles within the ovary.
Qualifications
1969: B.Sc (University of London) Zoology, Special Honours Physiology
1970: M.Sc (University of Wales) Changes in the uterus that precede implantation
1973: Ph.D (University of Cambridge) Delayed implantation in the roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)
Positions
1973: MRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Edinburgh
1974: Consultant Scientist WHO
1975: Charg?de Recherce, Faculte de Medicine, University of Bordeaux
1977: Research Scientist, MRC Reproductive Biology Unit, Edinburgh
1987: Senior Research Scientist, MRC Reproductive Biology Unit, Edinburgh
1992-current: Hon. Professorship, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Edinburgh
1996: Acting Deputy Director, MRC Reproductive Biology Unit, Edinburgh
1998-current: Professor & Head of Discipline of Biological Sciences, University of Newcastle, NSW
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Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Medicine,University of Edinburgh.
Ayerst Lecturer, Pacific Coast Fertility Society, Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas.
Ortho-McMaster Lecturer, McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, Canada.
Convener, Chairman and Editor, WHO symposium on The Zona-free Hamster Oocyte Penetration test in the Diagnosis of Male Infertility, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Walpole Prize, Society for the Study of Fertility, United Kingdom.
The Walpole Prize, Society for the Study of Fertility, United Kingdom.
University of Catania Prize, Scientific Committee, Faculty of Medicine. University of Catania, Italy.
The Puvan Memorial Lecture. Opening Address of the 27th Malaysian Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
The Jennifer Hallum Memorial Lecture. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
Honorary Professorship, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Edinburgh.
Opening Address Thaddeus Mann Symposium. Seventh International Congress of Spermatology, Cairns, Australia.
American Fertility Society State-of-the-Art Lecture. Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas.
Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Plenary Lecture European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology Congress 1997. Edinburgh Conference Centre.
The Bruce Stewart Memorial Lecture 1997 American Urology Society Lecture, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
The 1998 Amoroso Lecture. The human spermatozoon-a cell in crisis? Society for the Study of Fertility, Annual Meeting, University of Glasgow, UK.
Society for Male Reproduction / Urology Prize Paper. 16th World Congress on Fertility and Sterility/54th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco.
M.J. Edwards Lecture. Australian Birth Defects Society. University of Sydney.
Best Poster Award. Combined meeting of the Society for Free Radical Research on Oxidants, Antioxidants and Nutrition and ComBio 2000. Wellington, New Zealand.
Plenary Lecture, World Congress on Human Reproduction, Montreal, Canada.
Lloyd Cox memorial Lecture, University of Adelaide.
The Founders Lecture, Society for the Study of Reproduction, Annual Meeting, Sydney. |
Relevant Employment History
1987-1998: Special Appointment - Professorial Level, MRC Reproductive Biology Unit, University of Edinburgh.
1992-present: Honorary Professorship, Faculty of Medicine, University of Edinburgh.
1982-1987: Senior Scientist, MRC Reproductive Biology Unit, University of Edinburgh.
1977-1982: Research Scientist Grade 1, MRC Reproductive Biology Unit, University of Edinburgh.
1976-1977: Charg?de Recherche, Faculte de Medicine, Universitie de Bordeaux.
1975-1976: Consultant Scientist, Human Reproduction Programme, World Health Organisation, Geneva.
1973-1975: MRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Department of Genetics, University of Edinburgh.
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