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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science
  • 2012 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Overview

Jane E. Visvader is affiliated with the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these fields, they have concentrated particularly on Molecular Biology, Oncology, Cancer Research, Genetics, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientific topics frequently addressed in their work include:

  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies
  • RNA modifications and cancer

The following recent papers illustrate the scope and impact of their contributions to the field:

  • "Deciphering breast cancer: from biology to the clinic" (2023, Cell)
  • "A single-cell RNA expression atlas of normal, preneoplastic and tumorigenic states in the human breast" (2021, The EMBO Journal)
  • "Long-term culture, genetic manipulation and xenotransplantation of human normal and breast cancer organoids" (2021, Nature Protocols)
  • "Tissue-resident ductal macrophages survey the mammary epithelium and facilitate tissue remodelling" (2020, Nature Cell Biology)
  • "Dual Targeting of CDK4/6 and BCL2 Pathways Augments Tumor Response in Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer" (2020, Clinical Cancer Research)

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Geoffrey J. Lindeman, Yunshun Chen, François Vaillant, Gordon K. Smyth, and Michael J. G. Milevskiy.

Publications by Jane E. Visvader have appeared repeatedly in prominent venues, with multiple contributions in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Cancer Research
  • Clinical Cancer Research
  • Cell Death and Differentiation

Over the course of their career, they have been recognized with several fellowships, including:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2020)
  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science (2016)
  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (2012)

Best Publications

  • Cancer stem cells in solid tumours: accumulating evidence and unresolved questions

    Jane E. Visvader;Geoffrey J. Lindeman;Geoffrey J. Lindeman

  • Cancer stem cells--perspectives on current status and future directions: AACR Workshop on cancer stem cells.

    Michael F. Clarke;John E. Dick;Peter B. Dirks;Connie J. Eaves

  • Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci

    Douglas F. Easton;Karen A. Pooley;Alison M. Dunning;Paul D. P. Pharoah

  • Generation of a functional mammary gland from a single stem cell

    Mark Shackleton;Mark Shackleton;Francois Vaillant;Francois Vaillant;Kaylene J. Simpson;Kaylene J. Simpson;John Stingl

  • Cells of origin in cancer

    Jane E. Visvader

  • Cancer stem cells: current status and evolving complexities.

    Jane E. Visvader;Jane E. Visvader;Geoffrey J. Lindeman;Geoffrey J. Lindeman;Geoffrey J. Lindeman

  • Aberrant luminal progenitors as the candidate target population for basal tumor development in BRCA1 mutation carriers

    Elgene Lim;Elgene Lim;Francois Vaillant;Di Wu;Di Wu;Natasha C Forrest

  • Gata-3 is an essential regulator of mammary-gland morphogenesis and luminal-cell differentiation

    Marie Liesse Asselin-Labat;Kate D. Sutherland;Kate D. Sutherland;Holly Barker;Holly Barker;Richard Thomas

  • FOG, a Multitype Zinc Finger Protein, Acts as a Cofactor for Transcription Factor GATA-1 in Erythroid and Megakaryocytic Differentiation

    Alice P Tsang;Jane E Visvader;C.Alexander Turner;Yuko Fujiwara;Yuko Fujiwara

  • Control of mammary stem cell function by steroid hormone signalling

    Marie Liesse Asselin-Labat;François Vaillant;Julie M. Sheridan;Bhupinder Pal

  • Keeping abreast of the mammary epithelial hierarchy and breast tumorigenesis

    Jane E. Visvader

  • Mammary stem cells and the differentiation hierarchy: current status and perspectives

    Jane E. Visvader;John Stingl

  • ROAST: rotation gene set tests for complex microarray experiments

    Di Wu;Elgene Lim;François Vaillant;Marie Liesse Asselin-Labat

  • In situ identification of bipotent stem cells in the mammary gland

    Anne C. Rios;Nai Yang Fu;Nai Yang Fu;Geoffrey J. Lindeman;Jane E. Visvader

  • Notch signaling regulates mammary stem cell function and luminal cell-fate commitment.

    Toula Bouras;Bhupinder Pal;François Vaillant;Gwyndolen Harburg

  • Induction of proto-oncogene fos transcription through the adenylate cyclase pathway: characterization of a cAMP-responsive element.

    P Sassone-Corsi;J Visvader;L Ferland;P L Mellon

  • UNSUSPECTED ROLE FOR THE T-CELL LEUKEMIA PROTEIN SCL/TAL-1 IN VASCULAR DEVELOPMENT

    Jane E. Visvader;Yuko Fujiwara;Stuart H. Orkin

  • Transcriptome analyses of mouse and human mammary cell subpopulations reveal multiple conserved genes and pathways

    Elgene Lim;Elgene Lim;Di Wu;Di Wu;Bhupinder Pal;Toula Bouras

  • Early Asymmetry of Gene Transcription in Embryonic Human Left and Right Cerebral Cortex

    Tao Sun;Christina Patoine;Amir Abu-Khalil;Jane Visvader

  • The Mammary Progenitor Marker CD61/β3 Integrin Identifies Cancer Stem Cells in Mouse Models of Mammary Tumorigenesis

    François Vaillant;Marie Liesse Asselin-Labat;Mark Shackleton;Mark Shackleton;Natasha C. Forrest

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoffrey J. Lindeman
Geoffrey J. Lindeman Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
François Vaillant
François Vaillant Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Gordon K. Smyth
Gordon K. Smyth Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Andreas Strasser
Andreas Strasser Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Matthew E. Ritchie
Matthew E. Ritchie Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Stuart H. Orkin
Stuart H. Orkin Harvard University
Stephen B. Fox
Stephen B. Fox Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Marco J. Herold
Marco J. Herold Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Yuko Fujiwara
Yuko Fujiwara Harvard University
Joel P. Mackay
Joel P. Mackay University of Sydney

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