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Jock K. Findlay is affiliated with the Hudson Institute of Medical Research in Australia and has conducted extensive research in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Reproductive Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Oncology.

Findlay's research addresses multiple topics including:

  • Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms
  • Reproductive Biology and Fertility
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Signaling Pathways in Disease
  • Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
  • Endometriosis Research and Treatment
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Ruth M. Escalona
  • George Kannourakis
  • Nuzhat Ahmed
  • Elif Kadife
  • Maree Bilandzic

Jock K. Findlay has contributed to a number of publications across various respected journals such as BMC Cancer, Frontiers in Oncology, Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, Cancer Cell International, and Biomolecules. Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Findlay include:

  • TIMP-2 regulates proliferation, invasion and STAT3-mediated cancer stem cell-dependent chemoresistance in ovarian cancer cells, 2020, BMC Cancer
  • Expression of TIMPs and MMPs in Ovarian Tumors, Ascites, Ascites-Derived Cells, and Cancer Cell Lines: Characteristic Modulatory Response Before and After Chemotherapy Treatment, 2022, Frontiers in Oncology
  • DNA repair in primordial follicle oocytes following cisplatin treatment, 2021, Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics
  • Knock down of TIMP-2 by siRNA and CRISPR/Cas9 mediates diverse cellular reprogramming of metastasis and chemosensitivity in ovarian cancer, 2022, Cancer Cell International
  • Three-Dimensional Models of Implantation Using Human Stem Cells: Scientific Insights and Broader Considerations, 2025, Biomolecules

These publications reflect an ongoing focus on ovarian cancer mechanisms, chemoresistance, reproductive biology, and cellular signaling pathways.

Best Publications

  • The establishment and maintenance of pregnancy using in vitro fertilization and embryo donation in a patient with primary ovarian failure

    Peter Lutjen;Alan Trounson;John Leeton;Jock Findlay

  • An update on the roles of inhibin, activin, and follistatin as local regulators of folliculogenesis.

    Jock K. Findlay

  • TGF-β superfamily expression and actions in the endometrium and placenta

    Rebecca L Jones;Rebecca L Jones;Chelsea Stoikos;Jock K Findlay;Lois A Salamonsen

  • Cross talk of signals between EGFR and IL-6R through JAK2/STAT3 mediate epithelial-mesenchymal transition in ovarian carcinomas.

    M Colomiere;A C Ward;C Riley;M K Trenerry

  • Cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA species coding for the two subunits of inhibin from bovine follicular fluid.

    R G Forage;J M Ring;R W Brown;B V McInerney

  • A model for follicle selection and the determination of ovulation rate in the ewe

    RJ Scaramuzzi;NR Adams;DT Baird;BK Campbell

  • Cisplatin treatment of primary and metastatic epithelial ovarian carcinomas generates residual cells with mesenchymal stem cell-like profile.

    Ardian Latifi;Khalid Abubaker;Khalid Abubaker;Natalie Castrechini;Alister C Ward

  • Epithelial mesenchymal transition and cancer stem cell-like phenotypes facilitate chemoresistance in recurrent ovarian cancer.

    Nuzhat Ahmed;Khalid Abubaker;Jock Findlay;Jock Findlay;Jock Findlay;Michael Quinn

  • DNA damage-induced primordial follicle oocyte apoptosis and loss of fertility require TAp63-mediated induction of Puma and Noxa.

    Jeffrey B. Kerr;Karla J. Hutt;Karla J. Hutt;Ewa M. Michalak;Ewa M. Michalak;Michele Cook

  • An age-related ovarian phenotype in mice with targeted disruption of the Cyp 19 (aromatase) gene.

    Kara L. Britt;Ann E. Drummond;Victoria A. Cox;Mitzilee Dyson

  • Quantification of healthy follicles in the neonatal and adult mouse ovary: evidence for maintenance of primordial follicle supply

    Jeffrey Bryce Kerr;Richard Duckett;Mark Andrew Myers;Kara Louise Britt

  • Effects of bovine inhibin, transforming growth factor-β and bovine activin-A on granulosa cell differentiation

    Laura A. Hutchinson;Jock K. Findlay;Fiona L. de Vos;David M. Robertson

  • Recruitment and development of the follicle; the roles of the transforming growth factor-β superfamily

    J.K. Findlay;A.E. Drummond;M.L. Dyson;A.J. Baillie

  • Isolation and Characterization of Tumor Cells from the Ascites of Ovarian Cancer Patients: Molecular Phenotype of Chemoresistant Ovarian Tumors

    Ardian Latifi;Rodney B Luwor;Maree Bilandzic;Simon Nazaretian

  • Short-term single treatment of chemotherapy results in the enrichment of ovarian cancer stem cell-like cells leading to an increased tumor burden

    Khalid Abubaker;Ardian Latifi;Ardian Latifi;Rod Luwor;Simon Nazaretian

  • Apoptosis in the germ line.

    R John Aitken;Jock K Findlay;Karla J Hutt;Jeffrey B Kerr

  • Estrogen Actions on Follicle Formation and Early Follicle Development

    Kara Louise Britt;Kara Louise Britt;Philippa K Saunders;Stephen John McPherson;Marie Louise Misso;Marie Louise Misso

  • Effects of activin and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)-suppressing protein/follistatin on FSH receptors and differentiation of cultured rat granulosa cells

    Sai Xiao;David M. Robertson;Jock K. Findlay

  • Estrogen actions in the ovary revisited

    KL Britt;JK Findlay

  • Regulation of gonadotrophin secretion in rams from birth to sexual maturity

    V. W. K. Lee;I. A. Cumming;D. M. de Kretser;J. K. Findlay

Frequent Co-Authors

Lois A. Salamonsen
Lois A. Salamonsen Hudson Institute of Medical Research
David Robertson
David Robertson Vanderbilt University
Iain J. Clarke
Iain J. Clarke University of Melbourne
Michael A. Quinn
Michael A. Quinn International Gynaecological Cancer Society
Andreas Strasser
Andreas Strasser Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Clare L. Scott
Clare L. Scott Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Henry G. Burger
Henry G. Burger Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Alan O Trounson
Alan O Trounson Monash University
Raymond J. Rodgers
Raymond J. Rodgers University of Adelaide
D. M. de Kretser
D. M. de Kretser Monash University

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