Professor Patrick Tam
Medicine
Children's Medical Research Institute
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Professor Patrick Tam is the Deputy Director and Head of the Embryology Research Unit at the Children's Medical Research Institute, Senior Principal Research Fellow of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia and Professor in the School of Medical Sciences of Sydney Medical School at University of Sydney. Professor Tam is also the Mok Hing-Yiu Distinguished Visiting Professor at the School of Biomedical Sciences of University of Hong Kong.
Professor Tam's research focuses on the systems-based investigation of the gene regulatory network underpinning the cellular and molecular mechanisms of body patterning during mouse development and the biology of stem cells. He pioneered the application of micromanipulation and embryo culture for analyzing mouse embryos and examining the development of the head and embryonic gut. The embryological analysis undertaken by his team at CMRI has enabled the construction of a series of fate-maps revealing the organization of the basic body plan of the early embryo. The in-depth knowledge of cell differentiation during early embryogenesis laid the foundation for directing the differentiation of stem cells into clinically useful cell types for therapy in regenerative medicine
Current research areas: 1. Developmental fate and lineage differentiation during embryogenesis 2. Gene regulatory network activity in head development 3. Transcriptional regulation and craniofacial development of normal and mutant embryos 4. Differentiation and organogenesis of endodermal tissues and the role of RNA binding protein 5. Developmental biology of embryo-derived stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells
1975 Chan Kai Ming Prize for the best Biology graduate in the Class of 1975, University of Hong Kong.
1977-1980 British Commonwealth Scholarship tenable in the United Kingdom to pursue postgraduate (Ph.D.) study in mammalian development at the University College London.
1986 Croucher Foundation Fellowship tenable at the University of Oxford as a Visiting Scientist at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund Developmental Biology Unit for collaborative research with Dr Rosa Beddington.
1987 The Symington Memorial Prize in Anatomy of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Awarded for the first time to a member outside the UK.
1988 Best Teaching Award (Pre-clinical Sciences) of the Faculty of Medicine at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
1989 Fellow of the Institute of Biology UK (FIBiol)
1996-2000 Visiting Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong
1997-2000 Principal Research Fellowship of the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia.
1998 JH Blaffer Lecturer, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA A named Lecture series of the Program in Genes and Development of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Department of Molecular Genetics.
2001-2020 Senior Principal Research Fellowship of the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia.
2001 Rosa Beddington Memorial lecturer, Mouse Molecular Genetics Meeting, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
2014-2017 Honorary Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong
2002 The Lo Yuk Tong Foundation Lecturer, University of Hong Kong.
2002, 2003 National Scientific Advisor, ComBio Conference National Advisory Committee
2003 The S T Huang Chan Memorial Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong.
2005 Rosa Beddington Memorial lecturer, Mouse Molecular Genetics Meeting, European Molecular Biology Laboratory I
2006 Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellowship (2007-2014) tenable at University College London UK (declined).
2007 The President’s Medallist of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology
2007 Lecturer, Barabara Ell Seminar Series. A named lecture series commemorated with a medal of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute.
2008 Fellow of Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
2009 Fellow of the Society of Biology (FSB)
2011 Fellow of the Royal Society of London (FRS)
2012-2016 Mok Hing-Yiu Distinguished Visiting Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong.
2015 Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB) This fellowship superceded FSB after the transition of the the Society of Biology UK to the Royal Society of Biology
2015 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS)
2017 Distringuished Professorial Achievement Award, Sydney Medical School
2018 Anne McLaren Memorial Lecturer, International Society for Stem Cell Research
2019 Julian Wells Medal, Lorne Genome Conference
Selected publications
Publications
Edited Books
- Tam, P., Nelson, W., Rossant, J. (2013). Mammalian Development: Networks, Switches, and Morphogenetic Processes. New York: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
- Tam, P., Rossant, J. (2002). Mouse Development: Patterning, Morphogenesis and Organogensis. San Francisco United States: Academic Press.
Book Chapters
- Sibbritt, T., Osteil, P., Fan, X., Sun, J., Salehin, N., Knowles, H., Shen, J., Tam, P. (2019). Gene Editing of Mouse Embryonic and Epiblast Stem Cells. In Ivan Bertoncello (Eds.), Mouse Cell Culture: Methods and Protocols, (pp. 77-95). New York: Springer. [More Information]
- Tanaka, S., Yamaguchi, Y., Jones, V., Tam, P. (2014). Analyzing gene function in whole mouse embryo and fetal organ in vitro. In Mark Lewandoski (Eds.), Mouse Molecular Embryology: Methods and Protocols, (pp. 367-393). New York: Humana Press. [More Information]
- Loebel, D., Radziewic, T., Power, M., Studdert, J., Tam, P. (2014). Generation of mouse embryos with small hairpin RNA-mediated knockdown of gene expression. In Mark Lewandoski (Eds.), Mouse Molecular Embryology: Methods and Protocols, (pp. 119-142). New York: Humana Press. [More Information]
Journals
- Clark, A., Goolam, M., Hanna, J., Long, K., Nicol, D., Petropoulos, S., Saitou, M., Tam, P., Wang, H. (2024). Human developmental biology – a global perspective. Development, 151(17), dev203092. [More Information]
- McMahon, R., Masamsetti, V., Tam, P. (2024). Phenotypic Analysis of Early Neurogenesis in a Mouse Chimeric Embryo and Stem Cell-Based Neuruloid Model. Methods in Molecular Biology, 2746, 165-177. [More Information]
- Wu, Z., Zhao, Q., Kim, D., Yang, P., Hill, T., Jones, A., Fairlie, D., Pébay, A., Hewitt, A., Tam, P., et al (2024). Wnt dose escalation during the exit from pluripotency identifies tranilast as a regulator of cardiac mesoderm. Developmental Cell, 59(6), 705-722.e8. [More Information]
Conferences
- Tanaka, S., Yamaguchi, Y., Tam, P. (2007). Experimental approaches to study gene function in whole mouse embryo and fetal ovary in vitro. 7th Transgenic Technology (TT) Meeting (TT2007), Netherlands: Springer-Verlag.
Other
- Tam, P. (2011), Endoderm Formation: Not So Black and White Anymore. [More Information]
2024
- Clark, A., Goolam, M., Hanna, J., Long, K., Nicol, D., Petropoulos, S., Saitou, M., Tam, P., Wang, H. (2024). Human developmental biology – a global perspective. Development, 151(17), dev203092. [More Information]
- McMahon, R., Masamsetti, V., Tam, P. (2024). Phenotypic Analysis of Early Neurogenesis in a Mouse Chimeric Embryo and Stem Cell-Based Neuruloid Model. Methods in Molecular Biology, 2746, 165-177. [More Information]
- Wu, Z., Zhao, Q., Kim, D., Yang, P., Hill, T., Jones, A., Fairlie, D., Pébay, A., Hewitt, A., Tam, P., et al (2024). Wnt dose escalation during the exit from pluripotency identifies tranilast as a regulator of cardiac mesoderm. Developmental Cell, 59(6), 705-722.e8. [More Information]
2023
- Wang, R., Peng, G., Tam, P., Jing, N. (2023). Integration of Computational Analysis and Spatial Transcriptomics in Single-cell Studies. Genomics Proteomics and Bioinformatics, 21(1), 13-23. [More Information]
- Newman, P., Yip, Q., Osteil, P., Anderson, T., Sun, J., Kempe, D., Biro, M., Shin, J., Tam, P., Zreiqat, H. (2023). Programming of Multicellular Patterning with Mechano-Chemically Microstructured Cell Niches. Advanced Science. [More Information]
- Rugg-Gunn, P., Moris, N., Tam, P. (2023). Technical challenges of studying early human development. Development, 150(11). [More Information]
2022
- Knowles, H., Santucci, N., Studdert, J., Goh, H., Kaufman-Francis, K., Salehin, N., Tam, P., Osteil, P. (2022). Differential impact of TGFβ/SMAD signaling activity elicited by Activin A and Nodal on endoderm differentiation of epiblast stem cells. Genesis, 60(1-Feb), e23466. [More Information]
- Rossant, J., Tam, P. (2022). Early human embryonic development: Blastocyst formation to gastrulation. Developmental Cell, 57(2), 152-165. [More Information]
- Salehin, N., Santucci, N., Osteil, P., Tam, P. (2022). Exploring Chromatin Accessibility in Mouse Epiblast Stem Cells with ATAC-Seq. Methods in Molecular Biology, 2490, 93-100. [More Information]
2021
- Nim, H., Dang, L., Thiyagarajah, H., Bakopoulos, D., See, M., Charitakis, N., Sibbritt, T., Eichenlaub, M., Archer, S., Fossat, N., Tam, P., et al (2021). A cis-regulatory-directed pipeline for the identification of genes involved in cardiac development and disease. Genome Biology, 22(1), 1-21. [More Information]
- Kim, H., Tam, P., Yang, P. (2021). Defining cell identity beyond the premise of differential gene expression. Cell Regeneration, 10(1), 20-3 pages. [More Information]
- Rossant, J., Tam, P. (2021). Opportunities and challenges with stem cell-based embryo models. Stem Cell Reports, 16(5), 1031-1038. [More Information]
2020
- Peng, G., Suo, S., Cui, G., Yu, F., Wang, R., Chen, J., Chen, S., Liu, Z., Chen, G., Qian, Y., Tam, P., et al (2020). Author Correction: Molecular architecture of lineage allocation and tissue organization in early mouse embryo. Nature, 577(7791), E6. [More Information]
- Tam, P., Ho, J. (2020). Cellular diversity and lineage trajectory: insights from mouse single cell transcriptomes. Development, 147(2), dev179788. [More Information]
- Shim, W., Sinniah, E., Xu, J., Vitrinel, B., Alexanian, M., Andreoletti, G., Shen, S., Sun, Y., Balderson, B., Boix, C., Tam, P., et al (2020). Conserved Epigenetic Regulatory Logic Infers Genes Governing Cell Identity. Cell Systems, 11(6), 625-639.e13. [More Information]
2019
- Osteil, P., Studdert, J., Goh, H., Wilkie, E., Fan, X., Khoo, P., Peng, G., Salehin, N., Knowles, H., Han, J., Fossat, N., Tam, P., et al (2019). Dynamics of Wnt activity on the acquisition of ectoderm potency in epiblast stem cells. Development, 146(7), 1-14. [More Information]
- Gao, X., Nowak-Imialek, M., Chen, X., Chen, D., Herrmann, D., Ruan, D., Chen, A., Eckersley-Maslin, M., Ahmad, S., Lee, Y., Tam, P., et al (2019). Establishment of porcine and human expanded potential stem cells. Nature Cell Biology, 21(6), 687-699. [More Information]
- Sibbritt, T., Osteil, P., Fan, X., Sun, J., Salehin, N., Knowles, H., Shen, J., Tam, P. (2019). Gene Editing of Mouse Embryonic and Epiblast Stem Cells. In Ivan Bertoncello (Eds.), Mouse Cell Culture: Methods and Protocols, (pp. 77-95). New York: Springer. [More Information]
2018
- Sibbritt, T., Ip, C., Khoo, P., Wilkie, E., Jones, V., Sun, J., Shen, J., Peng, G., Han, J., Jing, N., Osteil, P., Tam, P., Fossat, N., et al (2018). A gene regulatory network anchored by LIM homeobox 1 for embryonic head development. Genesis, 56(9), 1-13. [More Information]
- Rossant, J., Tam, P. (2018). Exploring early human embryo development. Science, 360(6393), 1075-1076. [More Information]
- McDonald, M., Morse, A., Schindeler, A., Mikulec, K., Peacock, L., Cheng, T., Bobyn, J., Lee, L., Baldock, P., Croucher, P., Tam, P., Little, D. (2018). Homozygous Dkk1 Knockout Mice Exhibit High Bone Mass Phenotype Due to Increased Bone Formation. Calcified Tissue International, 102(1), 105-116. [More Information]
2017
- Yang, J., Ryan, D., Wang, W., Tsang, J., Lan, G., Masaki, H., Gao, X., Antunes, L., Yu, Y., Tam, P., et al (2017). Establishment of mouse expanded potential stem cells. Nature, 550(7676), 393-397. [More Information]
- Logan, G., Dane, A., Hallwirth, C., Smyth, C., Wilkie, E., Amaya, A., Zhu, E., Khandekar, N., Ginn, S., Liao, S., Cunningham, S., Sasaki, N., Cabanes Creus, M., Tam, P., Lisowski, L., Alexander, I., et al (2017). Identification of liver-specific enhancer-promoter activity in the 3' untranslated region of the wild-type AAV2 genome. Nature Genetics, 49(8), 1267-1273. [More Information]
- Fatima, S., Wagstaff, K., Lieu, K., Davies, R., Tanaka, S., Yamaguchi, Y., Loveland, K., Tam, P., Jans, D. (2017). Interactome of the inhibitory isoform of the nuclear transporter Importin 13. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1864 (3), 546-561. [More Information]
2016
- Zheng, G., Zhang, J., Zhao, H., Wang, H., Pang, M., Qiao, X., Lee, S., Hsu, T., Tan, T., Lyons, J., Zhao, Y., Loebel, D., Wang, Y., Wang, Y., Wang, Y., Cao, Q., Wang, C., Lee, V., Tam, P., Harris, D., et al (2016). a3 Integrin of Cell-Cell Contact Mediates Kidney Fibrosis by Integrin-Linked Kinase in Proximal Tubular E-Cadherin Deficient Mice. American Journal of Pathology, 186(7), 1847-1860. [More Information]
- Kondo, M., Gray, L., Pelka, G., Leang, S., Christodoulou, J., Tam, P., Hannan, A. (2016). Affective dysfunction in a mouse model of Rett syndrome: Therapeutic effects of environmental stimulation and physical activity. Developmental Neurobiology, 76(2), 209-224. [More Information]
- Fossat, N., Radziewic, T., Jones, V., Tourle, K., Tam, P. (2016). Conditional restoration and inactivation of Rbm47 reveal its tissue-context requirement for viability and growth. Genesis, 54(3), 115-122. [More Information]
2015
- McShane, S., Mole, M., Savery, D., Greene, N., Tam, P., Copp, A. (2015). Cellular basis of neuroepithelial bending during mouse spinal neural tube closure. Developmental Biology, 404(2), 113-124. [More Information]
- Fossat, N., Ip, C., Jones, V., Studdert, J., Khoo, P., Lewis, S., Power, M., Tourle, K., Loebel, D., Kwan, K., Tam, P., et al (2015). Context-specific function of the LIM homeobox 1 transcription factor in head formation of the mouse embryo. Development, 142(11), 2069-2079. [More Information]
- Williamson, S., Ellaway, C., Peters, G., Pelka, G., Tam, P., Christodoulou, J. (2015). Deletion of protein tyrosine phosphatase, non-receptor type 4 (PTPN4) in twins with a Rett syndrome-like phenotype. European Journal of Human Genetics, 23(9), 1171-1175. [More Information]
2014
- Tanaka, S., Yamaguchi, Y., Jones, V., Tam, P. (2014). Analyzing gene function in whole mouse embryo and fetal organ in vitro. In Mark Lewandoski (Eds.), Mouse Molecular Embryology: Methods and Protocols, (pp. 367-393). New York: Humana Press. [More Information]
- Fossat, N., Tourle, K., Radziewic, T., Barratt, K., Liebhold, D., Studdert, J., Power, M., Jones, V., Loebel, D., Tam, P. (2014). C to U RNA editing mediated by APOBEC1 requires RNA-binding protein RBM47. EMBO Reports, 15(8), 903-910. [More Information]
- Kaufman-Francis, K., Goh, H., Kojima, Y., Studdert, J., Jones, V., Power, M., Wilkie, E., Teber, E., Loebel, D., Tam, P. (2014). Differential response of epiblast stem cells to Nodal and Activin signalling: A paradigm of early endoderm development in the embryo. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 369(1657), 1-10. [More Information]
2013
- Neumann, A., Watson, C., Noble, J., Pickett, H., Tam, P., Reddel, R. (2013). Alternative lengthening of telomeres in normal mammalian somatic cells. Genes and Development, 27(1), 18-23. [More Information]
- Maxwell, S., Pelka, G., Tam, P., El-Osta, A. (2013). Chromatin context and ncRNA highlight targets of MeCP2 in brain. RNA Biology, 10(11), 1741-1757. [More Information]
- Tanaka, S., Nakane, A., Yamaguchi, Y., Terabayashi, T., Abe, T., Nakao, K., Asashima, M., Steiner, K., Tam, P., Nishinakamura, R. (2013). Dullard/Ctdnep1 Modulates WNT Signalling Activity for the Formation of Primordial Germ Cells in the Mouse Embryo. PloS One, 8(3), 1-14. [More Information]
2012
- Williamson, S., Giudici, L., Kilstrup-Nielsen, C., Gold, W., Pelka, G., Tam, P., Grimm, A., Prodi, D., Landsberger, N., Christodoulou, J. (2012). A novel transcript of cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 (CDKL5) has an alternative C-terminus and is the predominant transcript in brain. Human Genetics, 131(2), 187-200. [More Information]
- Arkell, R., Tam, P. (2012). Initiating head development in mouse embryos: integrating signalling and transcriptional activity. Open Biology, 2(March 2012), 1-10. [More Information]
- Stephenson, R., Rossant, J., Tam, P. (2012). Intercellular interactions, position, and polarity in establishing blastocyst cell lineages and embryonic axes. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 4(11), 1-15. [More Information]
2011
- Tam, P. (2011), Endoderm Formation: Not So Black and White Anymore. [More Information]
- Coombes, A., Bowles, J., Feng, C., Chiu, H., Khoo, P., Jackson, A., Little, M., Tam, P., Koopman, P. (2011). Expression and functional analysis of Dkk1 during early gonadal development. Sexual Development, 5(3), 124-130. [More Information]
- Tanaka, S., Kojima, Y., Yamaguchi, Y., Nishinakamura, R., Tam, P. (2011). Impact of WNT signaling on tissue lineage differentiation in the early mouse embryo. Development, Growth and Differentiation, 53(7), 843-856. [More Information]
2010
- Harikrishnan, K., Bayles, R., Ciccotosto, G., Maxwell, S., Cappai, R., Pelka, G., Tam, P., Christodoulou, J., El-Osta, A. (2010). Alleviating Transcriptional Inhibition of the Norepinephrine Slc6a2 Transporter Gene in Depolarized Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience, 30(4), 1494-1501. [More Information]
- Rivera-Perez, J., Jones, V., Tam, P. (2010). Culture of Whole Mouse Embryos at Early Postimplantation to Organogenesis Stages: Developmental Staging and Methods. In Paul M. Wassarman and Philippe M. Soriano (Eds.), Methods in Enzymology Volume 476: Guide to Techniques in Mouse Development, Part A: Mice, Embryos, and Cells, (pp. 185-203). United States: Elsevier. [More Information]
- Pera, M., Tam, P. (2010). Extrinsic regulation of pluripotent stem cells. Nature, 465(7299), 713-720. [More Information]
2009
- Rossant, J., Tam, P. (2009). Blastocyst lineage formation, early embryonic asymmetries and axis patterning in the mouse. Development, 136(5), 701-713. [More Information]
- Mihelec, M., Abraham, P., Gibson, K., Krowka, R., Susman, R., Storen, R., Chen, Y., Donald, J., Tam, P., Flaherty, M., Grigg, J., Jamieson, R., et al (2009). Novel SOX2 partner-factor domain mutation in a four-generation family. European Journal of Human Genetics, 17(11), 1417-1422. [More Information]
- Bildsoe, H., Loebel, D., Jones, V., Chen, Y., Behringer, R., Tam, P. (2009). Requirement for Twist1 in frontonasal and skull vault development in the mouse embryo. Developmental Biology, 331(2), 176-188. [More Information]
2008
- Watson, C., Trainor, P., Radziewic, T., Pelka, G., Zong, Z., Parameswaran, M., Quinlan, G., Gordon, M., Sturm, K., Tam, P., et al (2008). Application of lacZ Transgenic Mice to Cell Lineage Studies. Methods in Molecular Biology, 461, 149-164. [More Information]
- Furtado, M., Solloway, M., Jones, V., Costa, M., Biben, C., Wolstein, O., Preis, J., Sparrow, D., Saga, Y., Dunwoodie, S., et al (2008). BMP/SMAD1 signaling sets a threshold for the left/right pathway in lateral plate mesoderm and limits availability of SMAD4. Genes and Development, 22, 3037-3049. [More Information]
- Quinlan, G., Khoo, P., Wong, N., Trainor, P., Tam, P. (2008). Cell grafting and labeling in postimplantation mouse embryos. Methods in Molecular Biology, 461, 47-70. [More Information]
2007
- Fossat, N., Pfister, S., Tam, P. (2007). A transcriptome landscape of mouse embryogenesis. Developmental Cell, 13(6), 761-762. [More Information]
- Tam, P., Lovell-Badge, R. (2007). Anne McLaren 1927-2007. Cell, 130(2), 201-213. [More Information]
- Jamieson, R., Farrar, N., Stewart, K., Perveen, R., Mihelec, M., Carette, M., Grigg, J., McAvoy, J., Lovicu, F., Tam, P., et al (2007). Characterization of a familial t(16;22) balanced translocation associated with congenital cataract leads to identification of a novel gene, TMEM114, expressed in the lens and disrupted by the translocation. Human Mutation, 28(10), 968-977. [More Information]
2006
- Tam, P., Loebel, D., Tanaka, S. (2006). Building the mouse gastrula: signals, asymmetry and lineages. Current Opinion In Genetics and Development, 16(4), 419-425. [More Information]
- Willcock, C., Grigg, J., Wilson, M., Tam, P., Billson, F., Jamieson, R. (2006). Congenital iris ectropion as an indicator of variant aniridia. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 90(5), 658-659. [More Information]
- Lewis, S., Tam, P. (2006). Definitive endoderm of the mouse embryo: Formation, cell fates, and morphogenetic function. Developmental Dynamics, 235(9), 2315-2329. [More Information]
2005
- Loebel, D., Tsoi, B., Wong, N., Tam, P. (2005). A conserved noncoding intronic transcript at the mouse Dnm3 locus. Genomics. [More Information]
- Loebel, D., Tam, P. (2005). A gut feeling. Nature Biotechnology, 23(12), 1491-1492. [More Information]
- Pelka, G., Watson, C., Christodoulou, J., Tam, P. (2005). Distinct expression profiles of Mecp2 transcripts with different lengths of 3'UTR in the brain and visceral organs during mouse development. Genomics, 85(4), 441-452. [More Information]
2004
- Ding, H., Wu, X., Bostrom, H., Kim, I., Wong, N., Tsoi, B., O'Rourke, M., Koh, G., Soriano, P., Betsholtz, C., Tam, P., et al (2004). A Specific Requirement For PDGF-C In Palate Formation And PDGFR-Alpha Signaling. Nature Genetics, 36(10), 1111-1116. [More Information]
- Tam, P. (2004). Embryonic Axes: The Long And Short Of It In The Mouse. Current Biology, 14(6), R239-R241. [More Information]
- Rossant, J., Tam, P. (2004). Emerging Asymmetry And Embryonic Patterning In Early Mouse Development. Developmental Cell, 7(2), 155-164. [More Information]
2003
- Hukriede, N., Tsang, T., Habas, R., Khoo, P., Steiner, K., Weeks, D., Tam, P., Dawid, I. (2003). Conserved requirement of Lim1 function for cell movements during gastrulation. Developmental Cell, 4(1), 83-94. [More Information]
- Tam, P., Kanai-Azuma, M., Kanai, Y. (2003). Early endoderm development in vertebrates: lineage differentiation and morphogenetic function. Current Opinion In Genetics and Development, 13(4), 393-400. [More Information]
- Loebel, D., Watson, C., De Young, R., Tam, P. (2003). Lineage choice and differentiation in mouse embryos and embryonic stem cells. Developmental Biology, 264(1), 1-14. [More Information]
2002
- Stone, L., Tan, S., Tam, P., Finger, T. (2002). Analysis of Cell Lineage Relationships in Taste Buds. Journal of Neuroscience, 22(11), 4522-4529. [More Information]
- Kanai-Azuma, M., Kanai, Y., Gad, J., Tajima, Y., Taya, C., Kurohmaru, M., Sanai, Y., Yonekawa, H., Yazaki, K., Tam, P., et al (2002). Depletion of definitive gut endoderm in Sox17-null mutant mice. Development, 129(10), 2367-2379.
- Ristevski, S., Tam, P., Hertzog, P., Kola, I. (2002). Ets2 is expressed during morphogenesis of the somite and limb in the mouse embryo. Mechanisms of Development, 116, 165-168. [More Information]
2001
- Kinder, S., Tam, P., Loebel, D. (2001). Allocation and Early Differentiation of Cardiovascular Progenitors in the Mouse Embryo. Trends In Cardiovascular Medicine, 11, 177-183.
- Tam, P., Hadjantonakis, A., Cox,, L., Nagy,, A. (2001). An X-linked GFP transgene reveals unexpected paternal X-Chromosome activity in trophoblastic Giant Cells of the Mouse Placenta. Genesis, 29, 133-140.
- Tam, P., Watson,, C. (2001). Cell Lineage Determination in the Mouse. Cell Structure and Function, 26, 123-129.
Selected Grants
2024
- Assembling the building blocks in the blueprint of the embryonic head, Tam P, Yang P, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)
2023
- Functional Genomics Enabling Platform, Tam P, Luminesce Alliance/Enabling Platforms Innovation Fund
- Purification and cryopreservation of an allogeneic stem cell-derived photoreceptor cell product, Gonzalez Cordero A, Kim H, Tam P, Elwood N, Yang P, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)/MRFF - Stem Cell Therapies
Journal Editor
Editor (2007- current) Development, Company of Biologists
Associate Editor (2002-2010), International Journal of Developmental Biology, UBC Press
Guest Editor, Current Opinion in Cell and Developmental Biology Special Issue on Cellular Reprogramming (2013)
Guest Editor, BioEssays, Special Issue on Stem Cells (2013) Guest Editor, Cold Spring Harbor Perspective in Biology (2012-3)
Managing Editor (2004-2008) Mechanisms of Development, Elsevier and Gene Expression Patterns, Elsevier
Associate Editor, Developmental Cell (2004-2006) Cell Press
Guest Editor (2011), Public Library of Science Genetics (PLoS Genetics) and Ad hoc Academic Editor (2003), Public Library of Science Biology (PLoS Biology) (1992-1995)
Advisory Editor (1996-1997), Anatomy and Embryology, Springer-Verlag
Member of Editorial Board
Developmental Biology, Elsevier (1997-current) Developmental Cell (2006- current) Genesis (Journal of Genetics and Development), Wiley-Liss Inc (2000- current) Differentiation, Springer-Verlag (2000- current) International Journal of Biological Sciences (2006- current) Developmental Dynamics, Wiley-Liss Inc (2003- 2014) International Journal of Developmental Biology, UBC Press (2000-2001) Mechanisms of Development, Elsevier (1994-2003)
Consultation / Advisory / Committee roles
Consultant, Transgenic Core Facility, University of Hong Kong (1996-1997)
Consultant, US National Institute of Health (NIH) National Center for Research Resource project on “Analysis of TMGC mouse developmental defects" of the Chemical Mutagenesis Program of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Tennessee, USA) (2001)
Consultant, NIH RO1 grant on “Mouse model for human Klinefelter Syndrome”. Principal Investigator: Pauline Yen, Department of Pediatrics, University of California at Los Angeles, Harbor Medical Center (2001)
Discussant, NSW Consultation on the Research Involving Embryos and Prohibition of Human Cloning Bill 2002, NSW Premier Office, May 30 2002
Overseas Scientific Advisor (2000-2005) and Assessor (2003) of the research consortium on “Research into Mesoderm Cells and Organ Formation Clocks as Organ Resources” of the Organized Research Combination System funded by the Monbushu of Japanese Government.
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology and Development (2004-2012)
Ad hoc Advisor, Scientific Advisory Board of the Genome Institute of Singapore, for the research program on Stem Cell Genomics and Developmental Biology (2004, 2005, 2007, 2009).
Member of the Membership Committee of the ARC/NHMRC Research Network on Genes and Environment in Development (2004-6)
Member of Scientific Advisory Board, Institute of Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland (2006 - 2007)
Chair (2008- 2012), Member (2007) of the Scientific Advisory Board, Chair (2005-2006) and Member (2004) of the Scientific Management Advisory Committee (SMAC), Australian Stem Cell Centre.
Scientific Advisor, Research Centre of Reproduction Development and Growth, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong (2005-2007)
International Advisor, Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Consortium, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong (2009-current)
Member of Scientific Advisory Council, RIKEN Centre for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan (2006 – current)
Member of International Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany (2008-2015) Member of Scientific Advisory Board, Cold Spring Harbor Conference Asia (2008-2011)
Member and Chair of Scientific Advisory Board, Eskitis Institute for Cell and Molecular Therapies, Griffith University (2012-2016)
Member of Sectional Committee 7, Animal Sciences, Australian Academy of Science (2011-2013) Member, Faculty Search Committee, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (2010)
Scientific Advisor, Theme Based Research Scheme, Programs on Intervertebral Disc Regeneration and Leukemia Initiating Cells, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong (2011)
International Member, Section Committee on the International Prize for Biology, Japan Society for Promotion of Science (2011)
Nominator, The Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine for 2012-2015 Honorary Advisor, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong (April 2011-March 2013)
Member, Senior Advisory Committee and Visiting Professor, Stem Cell and Regeneration Medicine Consortium, Hong Kong University Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine (2012-current)
External Member, Faculty Appointment and Selection Committee, Westmead Millennium Institute (2012)
Member and Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee, Stem Cell Australia (2012 – current)
Official Nominator, Japan Prize (2014-6), Selection Committee of the Japan Prize Foundation (2014) Nominator, Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine (2011-2015)
Nominator, Tang Prize for Biopharmaceutical Science, Academia Sinica (2014-2015)
Nominator, Canada Gairdner International Award, Gairdner Foundation (2014, 2016)
External Advisor, Theme Based Research Scheme, “Personalized Medicine for Cardiovascular Diseases: From Genomic Testing and Biomarkers to Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Platform”. Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong (2014)
External Advisor, Theme Based Research Scheme, “Cell-Based Heart Regeneration”. Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong (2014)
Independent expert advisor, Wellcome Trust Strategic Awards Committee (July 2014)
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Theme Based Research Scheme, “Genetics and functional genomics of neural crest stem cells and associated disease: Hirschsprung disease” Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong (2014-2019)
Member, Person with expertise in Embryology, NHMRC Embryo Research Licensing Committee (2015-2018, 2018-2021)
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong (2015-current)
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Stem Cell Ltd (Stem Core, Australian Institute ofBiotechnology andNanotechnology, Universiity of Queensland) (2019-current)