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Professor Christopher Moran

Professor Christopher Moran


Professor - Animal Genetics Animal Science
Faculty of Veterinary Science
Ph:+61 2 9351 3553
Fax:+61 2 9351 2114
E:Christopher.Moran@sydney.edu.au
Room 512, B19 - R.M.C. Gunn
The University of Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia

Qualifications

BSc (Hons 1) PhD ANU

Teaching Areas

  • Lectures and practical classes in Animal Genetics to third year BAnVetBioSc.
  • Lectures and other clsasses in Animal Biotechnology to 3rd year of BAnVetBioSc.
  • Lectures in Animal Genetics to BVSc 2.
  • Lectures in Cell Biology to BVSc 1.
  • Lectures in Agricultural Genetics to BAnVetBioSc 2 and BScAgr 2.
  • Lectures and practical classes in Advanced Animal Genetics and Advanced Animal Biotechnology to Master of Animal Science students.

Administration

  • Member of Institutional Biosafety Committee, University of Sydney.
  • Teaching and Learning Committee, Faculty of Veterinary Science.
  • Postgraduate Coursework SubCommittee, Faculty of Veterinary Science.
  • SubDean for Animal & Veterinary BioscienceTeaching, Faculty of Veterinary Science.
  • Staff Student Liaison Committee, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.
  • Curriculum Review Committee, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.

Research

  • Measurement of genetic diversity for conservation of Asian and other pig populations.
  • Comparative evolutionary studies of pigs (Suidae) and peccaries (Tayassuidae)
  • Porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs)
  • Genetic characterisation of an inbred resource for xenotransplantation therapy using porcine islets to treat diabetes.
  • Mapping and characterising genes affecting blood clotting in a mouse model.
  • Mapping and characterising genes for heart defects (patent foramen ovale) in a mouse model.
  • Mapping and characterising genes for lactation and mammary development in a mouse model.
  • Genetic improvement of farmed saltwater crocodiles.
    Gene and QTL mapping of crocodiles.

Contribution to the Profession and the Community

  • Member of the Standing Committee on Pig Gene Mapping of the International Society of Animal Genetics.
  • Editor in Chief, Animal Genetics

Selected Publications

Moran C. "Molecular Genetics" in The Genetics of the Pig. Ruvinsky A, Rothschild M.(eds). CAB International, Wallingford, UK. 1998

Lee J-H, Webb GC, Allen R, Moran C. Characterizing and Mapping Porcine Endogenous Retroviruses (PERVs) in Westran Pigs. Journal of Virology 76: 5548-5556. 2002

Geldermann H, Muller E, Moser G, Reiner G, Bartenschlager H, Cepica S, Stratil A, Kuryl J, Moran C, Davoli R, Brunsch C. Genome-wide linkage and QTL mapping in porcine F-2 families generated from Pietrain, Meishan and Wild Boar crosses. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics 120: 363-393. 2003

Cheung CC, Martin ICA, Zenger KR, Donald JA, Thomson PC, Moran C, Buckley MF.Quantitative trait loci for steady-state platelet count in mice. Mammalian Genome 15: 784-797. 2004

Holt M, Nicholas FW, James JW, Moran C, Martin ICA. Development of a highly-fecund inbred strain of mice. Mammalian Genome 15: 951-959. 2004

Moran C, James JW. Linkage Mapping Chapter 1, pp1-22 in Mammalian Genomics. Ruvinsky A, Graves JM (eds), CAB International, Wallingford, UK. 2005

Gongora J, Morales S, Bernal JE, Moran C. Phylogenetic divisions among Collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu) detected using mitochondrial and nuclear sequences Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 1-11. 2006

Isberg SR, Johnston SM, Chen Y, Moran C. First evidence of higher female recombination in a species with temperature-dependent sex determination: the saltwater crocodile. Journal of Heredity 97: 599-602. 2006

Kirk EP, Hyun C, Thomson PC, Lai D, Castro ML, Biben C, Buckley MF, Martin ICA, Moran C, Harvey RP. Quantitative trait loci modifying cardiac atrial septal morphology and risk of patent foramen ovale in the mouse. Circulation Research 98: 651-658. 2006

Moran C. Westran - highly inbred pigs for transplantation research. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 45: 793-800. 2005