Professor Murray Whitelaw

Professor

School of Biological Sciences

Faculty of Sciences

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Our laboratory studies how mammalian cells adapt to environmental and physiological perturbations. We are investigating the basic-Helix-Loop-Helix/PER-ARNT-SIM (bHLH/PAS) family of transcription factors, a set of proteins that function as intracellular stress sensors for hypoxia, toxin infiltration, infection and neuron hyperexcitation. Understanding the biochemical mechanisms which trigger activition of bHLH/PAS proteins, and subsequently how they regulate specific sets of target genes to facilitate cell survival and a return to homeostasis, is a central aim of our research. Our ambition is to advance knowledge of how various bHLH/PAS proteins protect against (or when misregulated, exacerbate) pathologies such as cancer, ischemia, metabolic diseases and neuropsychiatric disorders. A better molecular understanding of these disease states will underpin new therapeutic approaches and drug design strategies.

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Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
1996	Teaching and Research Academic, levels B through E	University of Adelaide
1991 - 1995	Guestforskare (guest reseacher/postdoctoral fellow)	Karolinska Institute
1981 - 1984	Synthetic Organic Chemist	ICI Australia

Education

Date Institution name Country Title
1984 - 1989 Purdue University United States PhD
1977 - 1980 University of Melbourne Australia BSc(Hons)
Postgraduate Training

Date Title Institution Country
1990 - 1990 Postdoctoral Fellow Purdue University United States
Research Interests

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Biochemistry and Cell Biology Gene Expression Neurogenetics Structural Biology

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
1984 - 1989	Purdue University	United States	PhD
1977 - 1980	University of Melbourne	Australia	BSc(Hons)

Date	Title	Institution	Country
1990 - 1990	Postdoctoral Fellow	Purdue University	United States

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Journals

Year	Citation
2017	Button, E., Bersten, D., & Whitelaw, M. (2017). HIF has Biff - Crosstalk between HIF1a and the family of bHLH/PAS proteins. Experimental Cell Research, 356(2), 141-145. DOI Scopus4 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2017	Moir, L., Bochukova, E., Dumbell, R., Banks, G., Bains, R., Nolan, P., . . . Cox, R. (2017). Disruption of the homeodomain transcription factor orthopedia homeobox (Otp) is associated with obesity and anxiety. Molecular Metabolism, 6(11), 1419-1428. DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2016	Sullivan, A., Peet, D., & Whitelaw, M. (2016). MAGED1 is a novel regulator of a select subset of bHLH PAS transcription factors. FEBS Journal, 283(18), 3488-3502. DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC3
2015	Karttunen, S., Duffield, M., Scrimgeour, N., Squires, L., Lim, W., Dallas, M., . . . Peet, D. (2015). Oxygen-dependent hydroxylation by FIH regulates the TRPV3 ion channel. Journal of Cell Science, 128(2), 225-231. DOI Scopus21 WoS20 Europe PMC18
2015	Bersten, D., Sullivan, A., Li, D., Bhakti, V., Bent, S., & Whitelaw, M. (2015). Inducible and reversible lentiviral and recombination mediated cassette exchange (RMCE) systems for controlling gene expression. PLoS One, 10(3), e0116373-1-e0116373-20. DOI Scopus2 WoS3 Europe PMC2
2014	Sullivan, A., Raimondo, A., Schwab, T., Bruning, J., Froguel, P., Farooqi, I., . . . Whitelaw, M. (2014). Characterization of human variants in obesity-related SIM1 protein identifies a hot-spot for dimerization with the partner protein ARNT2. Biochemical Journal, 461(3), 403-412. DOI Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC4
2014	Bersten, D., Bruning, J., Peet, D., & Whitelaw, M. (2014). Human variants in the Neuronal Basic Helix-Loop-Helix/ Per-Arnt-Sim (bHLH/PAS) transcription factor complex NPAS4/ARNT2 disrupt function. PLoS One, 9(1), e85768-1-e85768-11. DOI Scopus15 WoS15 Europe PMC15
2014	Montagne, L., Raimondo, A., Delobel, B., Duban-Bedu, B., Noblet, F., Dechaume, A., . . . Bonnefond, A. (2014). Identification of two novel loss-of-function SIM1 mutations in two overweight children with developmental delay. Obesity, 22(12), 2621-2624. DOI Scopus13 WoS13 Europe PMC5
2014	Bersten, D., Wright, J., McCarthy, P., & Whitelaw, M. (2014). Regulation of the neuronal transcription factor NPAS4 by REST and microRNAs. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1839(1), 13-24. DOI Scopus16 WoS16 Europe PMC15
2013	Bersten, D., Sullivan, A., Peet, D., & Whitelaw, M. (2013). BHLH-PAS proteins in cancer. Nature Reviews. Cancer, 13(12), 827-841. DOI Scopus91 WoS88 Europe PMC76
2013	Hao, N., & Whitelaw, M. (2013). The emerging roles of AhR in physiology and immunity. Biochemical Pharmacology, 86(5), 561-570. DOI Scopus79 WoS77 Europe PMC58
2013	Bonnefond, A., Raimondo, A., Stutzmann, F., Ghoussaini, M., Ramachandrappa, S., Bersten, D., . . . Froguel, P. (2013). Loss-of-function mutations in SIM1 contribute to obesity and Prader-Willi-like features. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 123(7), 3037-3041. DOI Scopus50 WoS51 Europe PMC39
2013	Ramachandrappa, S., Raimondo, A., Cali, A., Keogh, J., Henning, E., Saeed, S., . . . Farooqi, I. (2013). Rare variants in single-minded 1 (SIM1) are associated with severe obesity. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 123(7), 3042-3050. DOI Scopus70 WoS65 Europe PMC51
2013	Hao, N., Bhakti, V., Peet, D., & Whitelaw, M. (2013). Reciprocal regulation of the basic helix-loop-helix/Per-Arnt-Sim partner proteins, Arnt and Arnt2, during neuronal differentiation. Nucleic Acids Research, 41(11), 5626-5638. DOI Scopus15 WoS15 Europe PMC14
2013	Ramachandrappa, S., Raimondo, A., Cali, A., Keogh, J., Henning, E., Saeed, S., . . . Farooqi, I. (2013). Erratum: Rare variants in single-minded 1 (SIM1) are associated with severe obesity (Journal of Clinical Investigation (2013) 123:7 (3042-3050) DOI: 10.1172/JCI68016). Journal of Clinical Investigation, 123(8), 3635. DOI
2012	Hao, N., Lee, K., Furness, S., Bosdotter, C., Poellinger, L., & Whitelaw, M. (2012). Xenobiotics and loss of cell adhesion drive distinct transcriptional outcomes by aryl hydrocarbon receptor signaling. Molecular Pharmacology, 82(6), 1082-1093. DOI Scopus18 WoS18 Europe PMC15
2011	Hao, N., Whitelaw, M. L., Shearwin, K. E., Dodd, I. B., & Chapman-Smith, A. (2011). Identification of residues in the N-terminal PAS domains important for dimerization of Arnt and AhR. Nucleic Acids Research, 39(9), 3695-3709. DOI Scopus24 WoS22 Europe PMC22
2011	Cook, A., Vitale, A., Ravishankar, S., Matigian, N., Sutherland, G., Shan, J., . . . Wood, S. (2011). NRF2 activation restores disease related metabolic deficiencies in olfactory neurosphere-derived cells from patients with sporadic Parkinson's Disease. PLoS One, 6(7), e21907-1-e21907-14. DOI Scopus51 WoS48 Europe PMC34
2010	Whelan, F., Hao, N., Furness, S., Whitelaw, M., & Chapman-Smith, A. (2010). Amino acid substitutions in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligand binding domain reveal YH439 as an atypical AhR activator. Molecular Pharmacology, 77(6), 1037-1046. DOI Scopus17 WoS14 Europe PMC12
2009	Farrall, A., & Whitelaw, M. (2009). The HIF1α-inducible pro-cell death gene BNIP3 is a novel target of SIM2s repression through cross-talk on the hypoxia response element. Oncogene, 28(41), 3671-3680. DOI Scopus30 WoS29 Europe PMC26
2009	Dave, K., Whelan, F., Bindloss, C., Furness, S., Chapman-Smith, A., Whitelaw, M., & Gorman, J. (2009). Sulfonation and Phosphorylation of Regions of the Dioxin Receptor Susceptible to Methionine Modifications. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, 8(4), 706-719. DOI Scopus11 WoS7 Europe PMC4
2008	Woods, S., Farrall, A., Procko, C., & Whitelaw, M. (2008). The bHLH/Per-Arnt-Sim transcription factor SIM2 regulates muscle transcript myomesin2 via a novel, non-canonical E-box sequence. Nucleic Acids Research, 36(11), 3716-3727. DOI Scopus10 WoS10 Europe PMC9
2008	Zheng, X., Karttunen, S., Dias, J., Zheng, X., Gradin, K., Wallis, T., . . . Poellinger, L. (2008). Interaction with factor inhibiting HIF-1 defines an additional mode of cross-coupling between the Notch and hypoxia signaling pathways. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105(9), 3368-3373. DOI Scopus168 WoS170 Europe PMC139
2007	Dave, K., Hamilton, B., Wallis, T., Furness, S., Whitelaw, M., & Gorman, J. (2007). Identification of N,Nε-dimethyl-lysine in the murine dioxin receptor using MALDI-TOF/TOF- and ESI-LTQ-Orbitrap-FT-MS. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 268(2-3), 168-180. DOI
2007	Furness, S., Lees, M., & Whitelaw, M. (2007). The dioxin (aryl hydrocarbon) receptor as a model for adaptive responses of bHLH/PAS transcription factors. FEBS Letters, 581(19Sp. Iss.), 3616-3625. DOI
2006	Bracken, C., Fedele, A., Karttunen, S., Balrak, W., Lisy, K., Whitelaw, M., & Peet, D. (2006). Cell-specific regulation of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α and HIF-2α stabilization and transactivation in a graded oxygen environment. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281(32), 22575-22585. DOI Scopus118 WoS113 Europe PMC87
2006	Chapman-Smith, A., & Whitelaw, M. (2006). Novel DNA binding by a basic helix-loop-helix protein - The role of the dioxin receptor PAS domain. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281(18), 12535-12545. DOI Scopus25 WoS23 Europe PMC19
2005	Kewley, R., & Whitelaw, M. (2005). Phosphorylation inhibits DNA-binding of alternatively spliced aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 338(1), 660-667. DOI
2005	Bracken, C., Whitelaw, M., & Peet, D. (2005). Activity of hypoxia-inducible factor 2α is regulated by association with the NF-κB essential modulator. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 280(14), 14240-14251. DOI Scopus53 WoS51 Europe PMC43
2004	Peet, D., Lando, D., Whelan, D., Whitelaw, M., & Gorman, J. (2004). Oxygen-dependent asparagine hydroxylation. Methods in Enzymology, 381, 467-487. DOI Scopus19 WoS15 Europe PMC9
2004	Kewley, R., Whitelaw, M., & Chapman-Smith, A. (2004). The mammalian basic helix-loop-helix/PAS family of transcriptional regulators. International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, 36(2), 189-204. DOI Scopus354 WoS344 Europe PMC265
2004	Karttunen, S., Stojkoski, C., Kewley, R., Booker, G., Whitelaw, M., & Peet, D. (2004). Substrate requirements of the oxygen-sensing asparaginyl hydroxylase factor-inhibiting hypoxia-inducible factor. Biological Chemistry, 279(14), 14391-14397. DOI Scopus66 WoS60 Europe PMC41
2004	Chapman-Smith, A., Lutwyche, J., & Whitelaw, M. (2004). Contribution of the Per/Arnt/Sim (PAS) domains to DNA binding by the basic helix-loop-helix PAS transcriptional regulators. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279(7), 5353-5362. DOI Scopus56 WoS53 Europe PMC45
2004	Kaufman, B., Scharf, O., Arbeit, J., Ashcroft, M., Brown, J., Bruick, R., . . . Ivy, S. (2004). Proceedings of the Oxygen Homeostasis/Hypoxia Meeting. Cancer Research, 64(9), 3350-3356. DOI Scopus28 Europe PMC18
2003	Bracken, C., Whitelaw, M., & Peet, D. (2003). The hypoxia-inducible factors: key transcriptional regulators of hypoxic responses. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 60(7), 1376-1393. DOI Scopus176 WoS163 Europe PMC127
2003	Lees, M., Peet, D., & Whitelaw, M. (2003). Defining the role for XAP2 in stabilization of the dioxin receptor. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278(38), 35878-35888. DOI Scopus64 WoS54 Europe PMC32
2003	Lando, D., Gorman, J., Whitelaw, M., & Peet, D. (2003). Oxygen-dependent regulation of hypoxia-inducible factors by prolyl and asparaginyl hydroxylation. FEBS Journal, 270(5), 781-790. DOI Scopus102 WoS91 Europe PMC62
2002	Fedele, A., Whitelaw, M., & Peet, D. (2002). Regulation of gene expression by the hypoxia-inducible factors. Molecular Interventions, 2(4), 229-243. DOI Scopus62 Europe PMC38
2002	Lando, D., Peet, D., Pongratz, I., & Whitelaw, M. (2002). Mammalian two-hybrid assay showing redox control of HIF-like factor. Methods in Enzymology, 353, 3-10. DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC1
2002	Swanson, H., Whitelaw, M., Petrulis, J., & Perdew, G. (2002). Use of [¹²⁵I]4'-iodoflavone as a tool to characterize ligand-dependent differences in Ah receptor behavior. Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology, 16(6), 298-310. DOI
2002	Lees, M., & Whitelaw, M. (2002). Effect of ARA9 on dioxin receptor mediated transcription. Toxicology, 181-182, 143-146. DOI
2002	Lando, D., Peet, D., Gorman, J., Whelan, D., Whitelaw, M., & Bruick, R. (2002). FIH-1 is an asparaginyl hydroxylase enzyme that regulates the transcriptional activity of hypoxia-inducible factor. Genes & Development, 16(12), 1466-1471. DOI Scopus1009 WoS977 Europe PMC723
2002	Woods, S., & Whitelaw, M. (2002). Differential activities of murine single minded 1 (SIM1) and SIM2 on a hypoxic response element - Cross-talk between basic helix-loop-helix/Per-Arnt-Sim homology transcription factors. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277(12), 10236-10243. DOI Scopus52 WoS53 Europe PMC43
2002	Lando, D., Peet, D., Whelan, D., Gorman, J., & Whitelaw, M. (2002). Asparagine hydroxylation of the HIF transactivation domain: A hypoxic switch. Science, 295(5556), 858-861. DOI Scopus1130 WoS1064 Europe PMC735
2002	Andersson, P., McGuire, J., Rubio, C., Gradin, K., Whitelaw, M., Pettersson, S., . . . Poellinger, L. (2002). A constitutively active dioxin/aryl hydrocarbon receptor induces stomach tumors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 99(15), 9990-9995. DOI
2001	McGuire, J., Okamoto, K., Whitelaw, M., Tanaka, H., & Poellinger, L. (2001). Definition of a dioxin receptor mutant that is a constitutive activator of transcription - Delineation of overlapping repression and ligand binding functions within the PAS domain. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 276(45), 41841-41849. DOI
2000	Lando, D., Pongratz, I., Poellinger, L., & Whitelaw, M. (2000). A redox mechanism controls differential DNA binding activities of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) 1a and the HIF-like factor. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 275(7), 4618-4627. DOI
1999	Lees, M., & Whitelaw, M. (1999). Multiple Roles of Ligand in Transforming the Dioxin Receptor to an Active Basic Helix-Loop-Helix/PAS Transcription Factor Complex with the Nuclear Protein Arnt. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 19(8), 5811-5822. DOI
1999	Roberts, B., & Whitelaw, M. (1999). Degradation of the basic helix-loop-helix/Per-ARNT-Sim homology domain dioxin receptor via the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 274(51), 36351-36356. DOI Scopus96 Europe PMC56
1998	Dogra, S., Whitelaw, M., & May, B. (1998). Transcriptional activation of Cytochrome P450 genes by different classes of chemical inducers. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 25(1), 1-9. DOI
1998	Pongratz, I., Antonsson, C., Whitelaw, M., & Poellinger, L. (1998). Role of the PAS domain in regulation of demerization & DNA binding specificity of the dioxin receptor. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 18(7), 4079-4088. DOI
1996	Gradin, K., McGuire, J., Wenger, R., Kvietikova, I., Whitelaw, M., Toftgard, R., . . . Poellinger, L. (1996). Functional interference between hypoxia and dioxin signal transduction pathways: competition for recruitment of the Arnt transcription factor. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 16(10), 5221-5231. DOI

Conference Items

Year	Citation
2012	Hao, N., Shearwin, K., Dodd, I., Whitelaw, M., & Chapman-Smith, A. (2012). Reverse Bacterial Two Hybrid: A New Tool for Studying Dimeric Protein Interactions. Poster session presented at the meeting of ASBMB ComBio conference. Adelaide.
2009	Hao, N., Shearwin., Dodd, I., Whitelaw, M., & Chapman-Smith, A. (2009). Reverse Bacterial two Hybrid (RevB2H) method for studying protein-protein interactions. Poster session presented at the meeting of Network in Genes and Environment in Development (NGED) Forum. Palm Cove, Queensland.
2009	Hao, N., Shearwin, K., Dodd, I., Whitelaw, M., & Chapman-smith, A. (2009). A novel Reverse Bacterial two Hybrid (RevB2H) method for studying protein-protein interactions and screening for potential therapeutics. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) SA Scientific Meeting. Adelaide.

Patents

Year	Citation
2009	Whitelaw, M., Peet, D., Karttunen, S., Lando, D., & Gorman, J. (2009). 2002331444, Asparagine Hydroxylation of the CAD Domain of a HIF Protein. Australia.
2008	Whitelaw, M., Peet, D., Karttunen, S., Gorman, J., & Lando, D. (2008). 7435555, Asparagine Hydroxylation of the CAD Domain of a HIF Protein. United States.
2006	Gustafsson, M., Lendahl, U., Bondesson Bolin, M., Poellinger, L., Pereira, T., Ruas, J., . . . Peet, D. (2006). Int App No: PCT/IB2006/000785, Modulation of cellular hypoxia responses through Notch signalling. Sweden.
2002	Whitelaw, M., Lando, D., Peet, D., Gorman, J., & Karttunen, S. (2002). Int App. PCT/AU2002/001290, Asparagine hydroxylation of the CAD domain of a HIF protein. Australia.

Theses

Year	Citation
2012	Hao, N. (2012). Regulation of Eukaryotic Transcription by bHLH/PAS Transcription Factors AhR and Arnt. (PhD Thesis, The University of Adelaide).
2007	Hao, N. (2007). Searching for HIF-1α/Arnt PAS Domain Interacting Proteins. (The University of Adelaide).

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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2019	Principal Supervisor	Structure and function of basic-helix-loop-helix transcription factors	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Timothy Patrick Allen
2017	Principal Supervisor	bHLH PAS and HD protein interactions in neuronal development and pathology	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Joseph James Rossi
2017	Co-Supervisor	Protein Crystallography	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Rebecca Louise Frkic
2017	Co-Supervisor	Role of Hypoxic Inducible Factors in Retinal Metabolism	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Cameron David Haydinger
2015	Principal Supervisor	Structure and Function of Basic Helix-Loop-Helix/Pas Transcription Factors	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Alexis Georgia Gerassimou

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2014 - 2019	Co-Supervisor	Identification and Validation of SOXB1 Bound Developmental Enhancers	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ella Paulina Thomson
2013 - 2018	Co-Supervisor	Characterising Novel Substrates of the Asparaginyl Hydroxylase FIH	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Jacqueline-Alba Fabrizio
2012 - 2017	Co-Supervisor	A Role for Bivalent Genes in Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Mr Francisco Sadras
2011 - 2018	Co-Supervisor	Investigating the Role of HIF-1 and HIF-2 Transcription Factors in Multiple Myeloma	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Natalia Magdalena Martin
2011 - 2017	Co-Supervisor	Development and Applications of CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing Technology	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Fatwa Adikusuma
2009 - 2016	Principal Supervisor	Function and Regulation of Single-minded 1 and Single-minded 2 Transcription Factors in Disease	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Adrienne Sullivan
2008 - 2012	Principal Supervisor	Regulation of Eukaryotic Transcription by bHLH/PAS Transcription Factors AhR and Arnt	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Nan Hao
2007 - 2012	Co-Supervisor	Characterising Ankyrin Repeat Proteins as Substrates of the Asparaginyl Hydroxylase FIH	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Sarah Wilkins
2006 - 2014	Principal Supervisor	Regulation of Expression and Activity of the bHLH-PAS Transcription Factor NPAS4	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr David Bersten
2006 - 2012	Co-Supervisor	Regulation of the Rgs4 Gene by the Hypoxia Inducible Factors	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Sam Olechnowicz
2006 - 2012	Co-Supervisor	Expression and Function of Npas4 During Early Development	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Tom Klaric
2006 - 2011	Principal Supervisor	Identification of Downstream Target Genes and Analysis of Obesity-Related Variants of the bHLH/PAS Transcription Factor Single-Minded 1	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Anne Raimondo
2005 - 2011	Co-Supervisor	Investigating Potential Post-Translational Modification of Factor-Inhibiting HIF (FIH-1)	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Karolina Lisy
2005 - 2011	Co-Supervisor	Investigation into The Molecular Function of The Neuronal Hu RNA Binding Protein, HuCsv1	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Peter McCarthy
2005 - 2006	Principal Supervisor	The Role of Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 in Early Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation	Master of Science	Master	Full Time	Mr Cameron McLean
2005 - 2016	Co-Supervisor	Identification and Characterisation of Novel Substrates and Binding Partners of the Asparaginyl Hydroxylase, FIH	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Ms Rachel Hampton-Smith
2004 - 2010	Co-Supervisor	The Deubiquitylating Enzyme USP9X Promotes the Polarity and Self-Renewal of Neural Progenitor Cells	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Lachlan Jolly
2004 - 2009	Principal Supervisor	Gene Regulatory and Pro-Tumourigenic Mechanisms of the bHLH-PAS Transcription Factor SIM2s	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Alexandra Farrall
2004 - 2008	Co-Supervisor	Substrate Specificity of Factor Inhibiting HIF-1 (FIH-1)	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Sarah Karttunen
2003 - 2009	Principal Supervisor	The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor: Structural Analysis and Activation Mechanisms	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Fiona Whelan
2003 - 2005	Principal Supervisor	Differential Function and Regulation of the Hypoxia Inducible Factors in the Rat Pheochromocytoma Cell Line Pc12	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Anthony Fedele
2002 - 2004	Co-Supervisor	Mechanisms of embryonic stem cell division and differentiation	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Josephine Amelia Wright
2001 - 2005	Principal Supervisor	Characterising the Differential Regulation of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1a and 2a	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Cameron Bracken
1999 - 2004	Principal Supervisor	CROSS-TALK BETWEEN SIM & OTHER bHLH/PAS FACTORS & THE SEARCH FOR SIM2 TARGET GENES	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Susan Lesley Woods
1999 - 2004	Principal Supervisor	NOVEL MECHANISMS FOR ACTIVATION OF THE DIOXIN (ARYL-HYDROCARBON) RECEPTOR	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Sebastian Furness
1998 - 2003	Principal Supervisor	INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF ARNT ISOFORMS AS bHLH/PAS TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATORS	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Robyn Kewley
1998 - 2002	Principal Supervisor	CHARACTERISING MECHANISMS OF REGULATION OF HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTORS	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr David Lando
1997 - 2003	Principal Supervisor	Characterising the mechanism of Activation of the bHLH/PAS Dioxin Receptor	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Michael Lees

Position: Professor
Phone: 83134724
Email: murray.whitelaw@adelaide.edu.au
Fax: 8313 4362
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Molecular Life Sciences, floor 3
Room: 3 09
Org Unit: Molecular and Biomedical Science

Professor Murray Whitelaw

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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

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