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Laureate Prof. Robert ( John ) Aitken

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Research Supervision

Number of current supervisions 11
Total current UoN Masters EFTSL 0.9
Total current UoN PhD EFTSL 4.18

For supervisions undertaken at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics, and the institution name is listed below the program name.

Current Supervision

Commenced Proposed
Completion		 Program Supervisor Type Research Title
2013 2017 PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor Phage Peptides Fertility Control
2013 2017 PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor Study the Pattern and Kinetics of Spermatogenesis in a Native Marine Invertebrate Galeolaria Caespitosa and Investigate it's Potential to be a Bio-Monitor Species for Seawater Contaminations Along the South-Eastern Coast of Australia
2013 2017 PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor Analysis of Metabolic Mechanisms Controlling Glucose Metabolism in Mammalian Spermatozoa
2013 2017 PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor Phage Display as a Tool for Investigation of the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Mouse Sperm-Oolemma Interactions
2013 2017 PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor Dissecting the Molecular Mechanisms of the Oviduct
2012 2014 M Philosophy (Biological Sc) Principal Supervisor Cell Biology of Equine Spermatoza
2012 2016 PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor The Function of Molecular Chaperones in The Regulation of Human Sperm-Egg Interaction.
2012 2016 PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor Cell Biology of Apoptosis in the Oocyte
2010 2014 PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor Investigating Membrane Trafficking Proteins and Their Potential Role During Fertilisation
2009 2013 PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor New Insights into the Molecular Basis of Human Sperm-Egg Interaction
2008 2012 PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor The Genesis and Consequences of DNA Damage in the Male Germ Line

Past Supervision

Year Program Supervisor Type Research Title
2012 PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor The Molecular Basis of Sperm - Oocyte Interactions
2011 M Philosophy (Medical Genetic) Principal Supervisor Epigenetic Modification in Human Male Germ Line
2010 PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor Significance of Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species Production in Male Infertility
2010 PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor Large-Scale Proteomic Screen and Signal Transduction Analysis Used to Study Embryonic Gonad and Germ Cell Development
2009 PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor The Molecular Basis of Human Sperm-Zona Pellucida Interaction
2009 PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor Functional Maturation of Mouse Epididymal Spermatozoa
2008 PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor Oolemmal Proteomics: Identification of Oocyte Cell Surface Protein Complexes Involved in Murine Fertilisation
2007 M Philosophy (Biological Sc) Principal Supervisor Identification of NADPH Oxidase in Mouse Spermatozoa
2007 PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor Dogs, Dwellings and Disease: A Study of Free - Roaming Dogs in a Remote Aboriginal Community
2007 PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor Mechanisms of Quinone Spermostatic Activity and Toxicity
2007 PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor The Development of a Novel Electrophoretic System for the Isolation of Human Spermatozoa
2006 PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor Gene Expression During Development of the Mammalian Ovarian Primordial Follicle
2006 PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor Non-Surgical Sterilisation of Female Domesticated Animals
2006 PhD (Biological Sciences) Sole Supervisor Redox Activity and DNA Damage in the Male Germ Line
2005 PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor The Molecular Basis of Sperm-Oocyte Interaction in the Mouse
2004 M Sc (Biological Sc) [R] Principal Supervisor A Novel GTPase Activating Protein, RhoGaps, in the Male Gamete
2004 PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor Activation of motility in spermatozoa from the cauda epididymidis of the rat
2003 PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor The Regulation of Tyrosine Phosphorylation in Mouse Spermatozoa