Professor John Rasko

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Themes

Obesity, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease; Cancer; Infection and Immunological Conditions

Biographical details

Research interests

John Rasko is an internationally-acclaimed physician-scientist with a productive track record in gene and stem cell therapy, experimental haematology and molecular biology. In over 130 papers he has made major contributions to the understanding of haemopoietic growth factors and haemopoiesis, gene transfer technologies, oncogenesis, human aminoacidurias and non-coding RNAs. He serves on Hospital, state and national bodies including Chair of GTTAC, Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (2008-10); co-founding (2000) and past-President (2003-5) of the Australasian Gene Therapy Society; Vice President, International Society for Cellular Therapy (2008-12) and founder (2009) ISCT-Australia. He has volunteered his services extensively for the benefit of philanthropic foundations.

haematology, stem cells, bioethics in relation to gene transfer and stem cells, gene therapy of stem cells

Teaching areas

John Rasko supervises five doctoral students and has supervised well over a dozen successful postgraduate students, some of whom now head their own laboratories. He delivers regular lectures in the Faculties of Science and Medicine as well as a popular introductory lecture in Haematology for the Central Clinical School. He mentors postdoctoral researchers for career development, and Haematology trainees for the RACP/RCPA. He is a widely-sought speaker for seminars and the media in bringing research to a broader audience.

Current national competitive grants*

2012

Development of a treatment algorithm for kinase inhibitor therapy in CML
Rasko J
University of Adelaide Shared Research Support ($220,365 over 3 years)

Designer DNA-binding proteins targeting methylated DNA for research and therapeutic purposes
Mackay J, Segal D, Rasko J
NHMRC Project Grants ($563,675 over 3 years)

* Grants administered through the University of Sydney

Honours project opportunities

Coordination of subnuclear domains and high-order genomic organisation

Keywords

Cell biology; Haematological malignancy; Medical history; Haematology; Genetic diseases

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