Honorary Professor G Philip Moore
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Honorary Professor
F13 - Anderson Stuart Building |
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Biographical details
1969: PhD on the DNA-binding proteins, the histones, and their involvement in somatic and germline differentiation. [More...]
Research interests
Skin development - Morphogenesis of hair follicles, with specific focus on signaling factors; Cell interactions and cell fate pathways in foetal skin that adumbrate morphogenesis and pattern; Inductive tissue interactions including hair follicle induction.
Carcinogenesis – Early transformation events in the appearance of skin neoplasms, particularly melanoma; Roles of tyrosine kinases and cell signaling; EM radiation and activation of signal transduction.
Wound healing - New biomaterials for enhancing epithelial growth and repair; Cultured skin as grafts for burn victims, and as sources of cytokines and growth factors.
Gene therapy - Gene manipulation for therapeutic models; Skin grafts containing engineered cells and microencapsulation of engineered cells to deliver recombinant proteins (insulin, antifungal agents, somatotropin) in vivo.