Alison Gardner

Ms Alison Gardner

Research Assistant

Centre for Cancer Biology

College of Health


Ms Alison Gardner BA - ResearcherAdelaide Neurogenetics Research GroupGroup Leader: Professor Jozef Gecz

Year Citation
2024 Bhattacharjee, R., Jolly, L. A., Corbett, M. A., Wee, I. C., Rao, S. R., Gardner, A. E., . . . Gecz, J. (2024). Compromised transcription-mRNA export factor THOC2 causes R-loop accumulation, DNA damage and adverse neurodevelopment. Nature Communications, 15(1), 1210-1-1210-5.
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2024 de Nys, R., Gardner, A. E., van Eyk, C., Tasheva, S., Thomas, P. Q., Bhattacharjee, R., . . . Gecz, J. (2024). Proteomic analysis of the developing mammalian brain links PCDH19 to the Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathway. Molecular Psychiatry, 29(7), 2199-2210.
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2024 Sandran, N. G., Fornarino, D. L., Corbett, M. A., Kroes, T., Gardner, A. E., MacLennan, A. H., . . . van Eyk, C. L. (2024). Application of multiple mosaic callers improves post-zygotic mutation detection from exome sequencing data. Genetics in Medicine, 26(10), 101220-1-101220-14.
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2024 Nicolas-Martinez, E. C., Robinson, O., Pflueger, C., Gardner, A., Corbett, M. A., Ritchie, T., . . . Jolly, L. A. (2024). RNA variant assessment using transactivation and transdifferentiation. American Journal of Human Genetics, 111(8), 1673-1699.
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2023 Ha, T. T., Burgess, R., Newman, M., Moey, C., Mandelstam, S. A., Gardner, A. E., . . . Corbett, M. A. (2023). Aicardi Syndrome Is a Genetically Heterogeneous Disorder. Genes, 14(8), 1565.
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2023 Byrne, A. B., Arts, P., Ha, T. T., Kassahn, K. S., Pais, L. S., O'Donnell-Luria, A., . . . Webber, D. L. (2023). Genomic autopsy to identify underlying causes of pregnancy loss and perinatal death. Nature Medicine, 29(1), 180-189.
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2021 Heron, S. E., Regan, B. M., Harris, R. V., Gardner, A. E., Coleman, M. J., Bennett, M. F., . . . Berkovic, S. F. (2021). Association of SLC32A1 missense variants with genetic epilepsy with febrile seizures plus. Neurology, 96(18), 1-10.
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2021 Field, M. J., Sharma, R., Hackett, A., Kayumi, S., Shoubridge, C., Ewans, L. J., . . . Corbett, M. A. (2021). Different types of disease-causing non-coding variants revealed by genomic and gene expression analyses in families with X-linked intellectual disability. Human Mutation, 42(7), 835-847.
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2021 Pham, D. H., Pitman, M. R., Sharma, R., Jolly, L., Schulz, R., Gardner, A., . . . Gecz, J. (2021). Integrated in silico and experimental assessment of disease relevance of PCDH19 missense variants. Hum Mutat, 42(8), 1030-1041.
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2021 van Eyk, C. L., Webber, D. L., Minoche, A. E., Pérez-Jurado, L. A., Corbett, M. A., Gardner, A. E., . . . Gecz, J. (2021). Yield of clinically reportable genetic variants in unselected cerebral palsy by whole genome sequencing. npj Genomic Medicine, 6(1), 74-1-74-11.
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2020 Kumar, R., Palmer, E., Gardner, A. E., Carroll, R., Banka, S., Abdelhadi, O., . . . Gecz, J. (2020). Expanding clinical presentations due to variations in THOC2 mRNA nuclear export factor. Front Mol Neurosci, 13, 15 pages.
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2020 Thai, H., Gardner, A., Redpath, L., Mattiske, T., Dearsley, O., Shaw, M., . . . Shoubridge, C. (2020). Constraint and conservation of the paired-type homeodomains predicts the clinical outcome of missense variants of uncertain significance. Human Mutation, 41(8), 1407-1424.
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2020 Carroll, R., Shaw, M., Arvio, M., Gardner, A., Kumar, R., Hodgson, B., . . . Gecz, J. (2020). Two novel intragenic variants in the FMR1 gene in patients with suspect clinical diagnosis of Fragile X syndrome and no CGG repeat expansion. European Journal of Medical Genetics, 63(10), 1-6.
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2020 Jolly, L. A., Parnell, E., Gardner, A. E., Corbett, M. A., Pérez-Jurado, L. A., Shaw, M., . . . Gecz, J. (2020). Missense variant contribution to USP9X-female syndrome. npj Genomic Medicine, 5(1), 1-11.
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2020 Johnson, B. V., Gecz, J., Jolly, L., Sharma, R., Corbett, M., Perez-Jurado, L., . . . Domingo, D. (2020). Partial loss of USP9X function leads to a male neurodevelopmental and behavioural disorder converging on TGFβ signalling. Biological Psychiatry, 87(2), 100-112.
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2019 Jackson, M. R., Loring, K. E., Homan, C. C., Thai, H. N., Määttänen, L., Arvio, M., . . . Shoubridge, C. (2019). Heterozygous loss of function of IQSEC2/Iqsec2 leads to increased activated Arf6 and severe neurocognitive seizure phenotype in females. Life Science Alliance, 2(4), e201900386-1-e201900386-18.
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2019 Shaw, M., Winczewska-Wiktor, A., Badura-Stronka, M., Koirala, S., Gardner, A., Kuszel, Ł., . . . Gecz, J. (2019). EXOME REPORT: Novel mutation in ATP6V1B2 segregating with autosomal dominant epilepsy, intellectual disability and mild gingival and nail abnormalities. European Journal of Medical Genetics, 63(4), 103799-1-103799-7.
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2019 Corbett, M. A., Kroes, T., Veneziano, L., Bennett, M. F., Florian, R., Schneider, A. L., . . . Gecz, J. (2019). Intronic ATTTC repeat expansions in STARD7 in familial adult myoclonic epilepsy linked to chromosome 2. Nature Communications, 10(1), 4920.
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2019 Corbett, M. A., van Eyk, C. L., Webber, D. L., Bent, S. J., Newman, M., Harper, K., . . . Gecz, J. (2019). Author Correction: Pathogenic copy number variants that affect gene expression contribute to genomic burden in cerebral palsy (npj Genomic Medicine, (2018), 3, 1, (33), 10.1038/s41525-018-0073-4). Npj Genomic Medicine, 4(1), 1 page.
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2018 Cheng, H., Dharmadhikari, A., Varland, S., Ma, N., Domingo, D., Kleyner, R., . . . Lyon, G. (2018). Truncating variants in NAA15 are associated with variable levels of intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, and congenital anomalies. American Journal of Human Genetics, 102(5), 985-994.
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2018 Van Eyk, C., Corbett, M., Gardner, A., Van Bon, B., Broadbent, J., Harper, K., . . . Gecz, J. (2018). Analysis of 182 cerebral palsy transcriptomes points to dysregulation of trophic signalling pathways and overlap with autism. Translational Psychiatry, 8(1), 88 -1-88 -10.
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2018 Kumar, R., Gardner, A., Homan, C., Douglas, E., Mefford, H., Wieczorek, D., . . . Gecz, J. (2018). Severe neurocognitive and growth disorders due to variation in THOC2, an essential component of nuclear mRNA export machinery. Human mutation, 39(8), 1126-1138.
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2018 Corbett, M. A., van Eyk, C. L., Webber, D. L., Bent, S. J., Newman, M., Harper, K., . . . Gecz, J. (2018). Pathogenic copy number variants that affect gene expression contribute to genomic burden in cerebral palsy. npj Genomic Medicine, 3(1), 33-1-33-9.
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2017 Corbett, M., Turner, S., Gardner, A., Silver, J., Stankovich, J., Leventer, R., . . . Gecz, J. (2017). Familial epilepsy with anterior polymicrogyria as a presentation of COL18A1 mutations. European Journal of Medical Genetics, 60(8), 437-443.
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2016 Friez, M., Brooks, S., Stevenson, R., Field, M., Basehore, M., Adès, L., . . . Schwartz, C. (2016). HUWE1 mutations in Juberg-Marsidi and Brooks syndromes: the results of an X-chromosome exome sequencing study. BMJ Open, 6(4), e009537-1-e009537-9.
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2016 Hughes, J., Aubert, M., Heatlie, J., Gardner, A., Gecz, J., Morgan, T., . . . Thomas, P. (2016). Identification of an IGSF1-specific deletion in a five-generation pedigree with X-linked Central Hypothyroidism without macroorchidism. Clinical Endocrinology, 85(4), 609-615.
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2016 Hu, H., Haas, S., Chelly, J., Van Esch, H., Raynaud, M., De Brouwer, A., . . . Kleefstra, T. (2016). X-exome sequencing of 405 unresolved families identifies seven novel intellectual disability genes. Molecular Psychiatry, 21(1), 133-148.
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2015 McMichael, G., Bainbridge, M., Haan, E., Corbett, M., Gardner, A., Thompson, S., . . . MacLennan, A. (2015). Whole-exome sequencing points to considerable genetic heterogeneity of cerebral palsy. Molecular Psychiatry, 20(2), 176-182.
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2015 Shaw, M., Yap, T., Henden, L., Bahlo, M., Gardner, A., Kalscheuer, V., . . . Gecz, J. (2015). Identical by descent L1CAM mutation in two apparently unrelated families with intellectual disability without L1 syndrome. European Journal of Medical Genetics, 58(6-7), 364-368.
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2015 Kumar, R., Corbett, M., Van Bon, B., Woenig, J., Weir, L., Douglas, E., . . . Gecz, J. (2015). THOC2 mutations implicate mRNA-export pathway in X-linked intellectual disability. American Journal of Human Genetics, 97(2), 302-310.
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2015 Kumar, R., Corbett, M., Van Bon, B., Gardner, A., Woenig, J., Jolly, L., . . . Gecz, J. (2015). Increased STAG2 dosage defines a novel cohesinopathy with intellectual disability and behavioral problems. Human Molecular Genetics, 24(25), 7171-7181.
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2013 McMichael, G., Haan, E., Gardner, A., Yap, T., Thompson, S., Ouvrier, R., . . . MacLennan, A. (2013). NKX2-1 mutation in a family diagnosed with ataxic dyskinetic cerebral palsy. European Journal of Medical Genetics, 56(9), 506-509.
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2013 Hirata, H., McMichael, G., Haan, E., MacLennan, A., Yap, T., Nguyen, L., . . . Gecz, J. (2013). ZC4H2 mutations are associated with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita and intellectual disability through impairment of central and peripheral synaptic plasticity. American Journal of Human Genetics, 92(5), 681-695.
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2013 Dibbens, L., de Vries, B., Donatello, S., Heron, S., Hodgson, B., Chintawar, S., . . . Scheffer, I. (2013). Mutations in DEPDC5 cause familial focal epilepsy with variable foci. Nature Genetics, 45(5), 546-551.
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2012 Huang, L., Jolly, L., Willis-Owen, S., Gardner, A., Sharma, R., Douglas, E., . . . Gecz, J. (2012). A noncoding, regulatory mutation implicates HCFC1 in nonsyndromic intellectual disability. American Journal of Human Genetics, 91(4), 694-702.
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2012 Shoubridge, C., Gardner, A., Schwartz, C., Hackett, A., Field, M., & Gecz, J. (2012). Is there a Mendelian transmission ratio distortion of the c.429_452dup(24bp) polyalanine tract ARX mutation?. European Journal of Human Genetics, 2012(12), 1-4.
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2012 Field, M., Scheffer, I., Gill, D., Wilson, M., Christie, L., Shaw, M., . . . Gecz, J. (2012). Expanding the molecular basis and phenotypic spectrum of X-linked Joubert syndrome associated with OFD1 mutations. European Journal of Human Genetics, 20(7), 806-809.
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2012 Heron, S., Grinton, B., Kivity, S., Afawi, Z., Zuberi, S., Hughes, J., . . . Dibbens, L. (2012). PRRT2 mutations cause benign familial infantile epilepsy and infantile convulsions with choreoathetosis syndrome. American Journal of Human Genetics, 90(1), 152-160.
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2011 Corbett, M., Schwake, M., Bahlo, M., Dibbens, L., Lin, M., Gandolfo, L., . . . Berkovic, S. (2011). A mutation in the Golgi Qb-SNARE gene GOSR2 causes progressive myoclonus epilepsy with early ataxia. American Journal of Human Genetics, 88(5), 657-663.
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2010 Bahlo, M., Jolly, L., Afawi, Z., Gardner, A., Oliver, K., Tan, S., . . . Corbett, M. (2010). A focal Eeilepsy and intellectual disability syndrome is due to a mutation in TBC1D24. American Journal of Human Genetics, 87(3), 371-375.
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2010 Shoubridge, C., Tarpey, P., Abidi, F., Ramsden, S., Rujirabanjerd, S., Murphy, J., . . . Gecz, J. (2010). Mutations in the guanine nucleotide exchange factor gene IQSEC2 cause nonsyndromic intellectual disability. Nature Genetics, 42(6), 486-488.
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2009 Tarpey, P., Smith, R., Pleasance, E., Whibley, A., Edkins, S., Hardy, C., . . . Stratton, M. (2009). A systematic, large-scale resequencing screen of X-chromosome coding exons in mental retardation. Nature Genetics, 41(5), 535-543.
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2007 Tarpey, P., Raymond, F., Nguyen, L., Rodriguez, J., Hackett, A., Vandeleur, L., . . . Gecz, J. (2007). Mutations in UPF3B, a member of the nonsense-mediated mRNA decay complex, cause syndromic and nonsyndromic mental retardation. Nature Genetics, 39(9), 1127-1133.
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2007 Harkin, L., McMahon, J., Iona, X., Dibbens, L., Pelekanos, J., Zuberi, S., . . . Scheffer, I. (2007). The spectrum of SCNIA-related infantile epileptic encephalopathies. Brain, 130(3), 843-852.
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2005 Hahn, C., Su, Z., Drogemuller, C., Tsykin, A., Waterman, S., Brautigan, P., . . . Gamble, J. (2005). Expression profiling reveals functionally important genes and coordinately regulated signaling pathway genes during in vitro angiogenesis. Physiological Genomics, 22(1), 57-69.
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2004 Bais, A., Gardner, A., McKenzie, O., Callen, D., Sutherland, G., & Kremmidiotis, G. (2004). Aberrant CBFA2T3B gene promoter methylation in breast tumors. Molecular Cancer, 3(22), www1-www16.
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2004 Bhalla, K., Phillips, H., Crawford, J., McKenzie, O., Mulley, J., Eyre, H., . . . Callen, D. (2004). The de novo chromosome 16 translocations of two patients with abnormal phenotypes (mental retardation and epilepsy) disrupt the A2BP1 gene. Journal of Human Genetics, 49(6), 308-311.
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2004 Abdellah, Z., Ahmadi, A., Ahmed, S., Aimable, M., Ainscough, R., Almeida, J., . . . Butcher, P. (2004). Finishing the euchromatic sequence of the human genome. Nature, 431(7011), 931-945.
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2002 Powell, J., Gardner, A., Bais, A., Hinze, S., Baker, E., Whitmore, S., . . . Kremmidiotis, G. (2002). Sequencing, transcript identification, and quantitative gene expression profiling in the breast cancer loss of heterozygosity region 16q24.3 reveal three potential tumor-suppressor genes. Genomics, 80(3), 303-310.
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2002 Kochetkova, M., McKenzie, O., Bais, A., Martin, J., Secker, G., Seshadri, R., . . . Callen, D. (2002). CBFA2T3 (MTG16) is a putative breast tumor suppressor gene from the breast cancer loss of heterozygosity region at 16q24.3. Cancer Research, 62(16), 4599-4604.
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2001 Kremmidiotis, G., Gardner, A., Settasatian, C., Savoia, A., Sutherland, G., & Callen, D. (2001). Molecular and functional analyses of the human and mouse genes encoding AFG3L1, a mitochondrial metalloprotease homologous to the human spastic paraplegia protein. Genomics, 76(1-3), 58-65.
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2001 Wallace, R., Scheffer, I., Barnett, S., Richards, M., Dibbens, L., Desai, R., . . . Berkovic, S. (2001). Neuronal sodium-channel a1-subunit mutations in generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus. American Journal of Human Genetics, 68(4), 859-865.
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2000 Ried, K., Finnis, M., Hobson, L., Mangelsdorf, M., Dayan, S., Nancarrow, J., . . . Richards, R. (2000). Common chromosomal fragile site FRA16D sequence: identification of the FOR gene spanning FRA16D and homozygous deletions and translocation breakpoints in cancer cells. Human Molecular Genetics, 9(11), 1651-1663.
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1998 Morgan, D., Turnpenny, L., Goodship, J., Dai, W., Majumder, K., Matthews, L., . . . Strachan, T. (1998). Inversin, a novel gene in the vertebrate left-right axis pathway, is partially deleted in the inv mouse. Nature Genetics, 20(2), 149-156.
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1994 Wilson, R., Ainscough, R., Anderson, K., Baynes, C., Berks, M., Bonfield, J., . . . Wohldman, P. (1994). 2.2 Mb of contiguous nucleotide sequence from chromosome III of C. elegans. Nature, 368(6466), 32-38.
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Year Citation
2025 Abstracts for the 47th Human Genetics Society of Australasia Annual Scientific Meeting, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 10−13 August 2024 (2025). In Twin Research and Human Genetics Vol. 28 (pp. 62-110). Cambridge University Press (CUP).
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2011 Berkovic, S. F., Corbett, M. A., Schwake, M., Bahlo, M., Dibbens, L. M., Lin, M., . . . Gecz, J. (2011). A NEW FORM OF PROGRESSIVE MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY WITH EARLY ATAXIA AND SCOLIOSIS DUE TO MUTATION IN THE GOLGI PROTEIN GOSR2. In EPILEPSIA Vol. 52 (pp. 94-95). Rome, ITALY: WILEY-BLACKWELL.

Year Citation
2024 van Eyk, C., Corbett, M., Fornarino, D., Gardner, A., Berry, J., MacLennan, A., & Gecz, J. (2024). Systematic reanalysis of genomic data from the Australian Cerebral Palsy Biobank cohort. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts from the 56th European Society of Human Genetics Conference (ESHG, 2023) as published in the European Journal of Human Genetics. Glasgow, Scotland: Springer Nature.
2013 Dibbens, L. M., de Vries, B., Donatello, S., Heron, S. E., Hodgson, B. L., Chintawar, S., . . . Scheffer, I. E. (2013). MUTATIONS IN DEPDC5: A MAJOR CAUSE OF FAMILIAL FOCAL EPILEPSY. Poster session presented at the meeting of EPILEPSIA. Montreal, CANADA: WILEY-BLACKWELL.

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