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Overview

Paul J. Lockhart is affiliated with the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields within the life sciences, focusing primarily on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant number of publications also situated in medicine.

The main fields of study covered by their work include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these broad fields, Lockhart concentrates on several subfields such as molecular biology, genetics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, neurology, and psychiatry and mental health.

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

Their research themes include genetic neurodegenerative diseases, genomics and rare diseases, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, mitochondrial function and pathology, genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, epilepsy research and treatment, as well as RNA modifications and cancer.

  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Lockhart has contributed articles to a variety of scientific journals, with frequent publications in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The American Journal of Human Genetics, Nature Communications, Brain Communications, and Neurology.

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Nature Communications
  • Brain Communications
  • Neurology

Recent notable papers include:

  • Large-scale targeted sequencing identifies risk genes for neurodevelopmental disorders, 2020, Nature Communications
  • An intronic GAA repeat expansion in FGF14 causes the autosomal-dominant adult-onset ataxia SCA27B/ATX-FGF14, 2022, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • ASK1 inhibition: a therapeutic strategy with multi-system benefits, 2020, Journal of Molecular Medicine
  • De novo variants in the RNU4-2 snRNA cause a frequent neurodevelopmental syndrome, 2024, Nature
  • Cerebrospinal fluid liquid biopsy for detecting somatic mosaicism in brain, 2021, Brain Communications

Throughout their career, Lockhart has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including Richard J. Leventer, Melanie Bahlo, Martin B. Delatycki, Kate Pope, and Ingrid E. Scheffer.

  • Richard J. Leventer
  • Melanie Bahlo
  • Martin B. Delatycki
  • Kate Pope
  • Ingrid E. Scheffer

Best Publications

  • Isolation of a partial candidate gene for Menkes disease by positional cloning.

    Julian F. B. Mercer;Janie Livingston;Bryan Hall;Jennifer A. Paynter

  • Ligand-regulated transport of the Menkes copper P-type ATPase efflux pump from the Golgi apparatus to the plasma membrane: a novel mechanism of regulated trafficking.

    M. J. Petris;J. F. B. Mercer;J. G. Culvenor;P. Lockhart

  • Parkin protects against the toxicity associated with mutant alpha-synuclein: proteasome dysfunction selectively affects catecholaminergic neurons.

    Leonard Petrucelli;Casey O'Farrell;Paul J. Lockhart;Melisa Baptista

  • Refining analyses of copy number variation identifies specific genes associated with developmental delay

    Bradley P. Coe;Kali Witherspoon;Jill A. Rosenfeld;Bregje W M Van Bon;Bregje W M Van Bon

  • Targeted sequencing identifies 91 neurodevelopmental-disorder risk genes with autism and developmental-disability biases

    Holly A.F. Stessman;Bo Xiong;Bo Xiong;Bradley P. Coe;Tianyun Wang

  • α-synuclein gene haplotypes are associated with Parkinson’s disease

    Matt Farrer;Demetrius M. Maraganore;Paul Lockhart;Andrew Singleton

  • Translation initiator EIF4G1 mutations in familial Parkinson disease

    Marie Christine Chartier-Harlin;Marie Christine Chartier-Harlin;Justus C. Dachsel;Carles Vilariño-Güell;Sarah J. Lincoln

  • Bioinformatics-Based Identification of Expanded Repeats: A Non-reference Intronic Pentamer Expansion in RFC1 Causes CANVAS

    Haloom Rafehi;Haloom Rafehi;David J. Szmulewicz;Mark F. Bennett;Mark F. Bennett;Nara L.M. Sobreira

  • Degeneration in Different Parkinsonian Syndromes Relates to Astrocyte Type and Astrocyte Protein Expression

    Yun Ju C Song;Glenda M Halliday;Janice L Holton;Tammaryn Lashley

  • The PARK8 Locus in Autosomal Dominant Parkinsonism: Confirmation of Linkage and Further Delineation of the Disease-Containing Interval

    Alexander Zimprich;Bertram Müller-Myhsok;Matthew Farrer;Petra Leitner

  • Parkin genetics: one model for Parkinson's disease.

    Ignacio F. Mata;Paul J. Lockhart;Matthew J. Farrer

  • Metalloprotease SPRTN/DVC1 Orchestrates Replication-Coupled DNA-Protein Crosslink Repair

    Bruno Vaz;Marta Popovic;Joseph A. Newman;John Fielden

  • Mutations in RAB39B cause X-linked intellectual disability and early-onset Parkinson disease with α-synuclein pathology.

    Gabrielle Rosalie Anne-Ma Wilson;Joe Chou Hung Sim;Catriona Ann McLean;Maila Giannandrea

  • Gene amplification of the Menkes (MNK; ATP7A) P-type ATPase gene of CHO cells is associated with copper resistance and enhanced copper efflux

    James Camakaris;Michael J. Petris;Leanne Bailey;Peiyan Shen

  • RING finger 1 mutations in Parkin produce altered localization of the protein

    Mark R. Cookson;Paul J. Lockhart;Chris McLendon;Casey O'Farrell

  • Mutations in SPRTN cause early onset hepatocellular carcinoma, genomic instability and progeroid features

    Davor Lessel;Davor Lessel;Bruno Vaz;Swagata Halder;Swagata Halder;Paul J Lockhart

  • Germline and somatic FGFR1 abnormalities in dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors

    Barbara Rivera;Tenzin Gayden;Jian Carrot-Zhang;Javad Nadaf

  • Mutations in DARS Cause Hypomyelination with Brain Stem and Spinal Cord Involvement and Leg Spasticity

    Ryan J. Taft;Adeline Vanderver;Richard J. Leventer;Stephen A. Damiani

  • The Role of GMXCXXC Metal Binding Sites in the Copper-induced Redistribution of the Menkes Protein

    Daniel Strausak;Sharon La Fontaine;Joanne Hill;Stephen D. Firth

  • Quantitative proteomic analysis of mitochondrial proteins: relevance to Lewy body formation and Parkinson's disease.

    Jinghua Jin;Gloria E. Meredith;Leo Chen;Yong Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Melanie Bahlo
Melanie Bahlo Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
David J. Amor
David J. Amor Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Matthew J. Farrer
Matthew J. Farrer University of Florida
Ingrid E. Scheffer
Ingrid E. Scheffer University of Melbourne
A. Simon Harvey
A. Simon Harvey Royal Children's Hospital
Julian F. B. Mercer
Julian F. B. Mercer Deakin University
Linda J. Richards
Linda J. Richards Washington University in St. Louis
Sarah Lincoln
Sarah Lincoln Mayo Clinic
Jozef Gecz
Jozef Gecz University of Adelaide
John Hardy
John Hardy University College London

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