Dr Dagmar Wilhelm is a vertebrate developmental biologist with a background in molecular biology and cancer research, known internationally for her work on sex determination. The ultimate goal of her research is to understand the genetics of sex determination, gonad development, and reproduction, and how failure results in human disorders of sex development, infertility and testicular and ovarian cancer, using mouse as a model system.
Dagmar received her PhD in Cancer Biology at the German Cancer Research Centre, Heidelberg, Germany and completed her postdoctoral training with Prof Christoph Englert at the Research Centre Karlsruhe, Germany and Prof Peter Koopman at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Brisbane. After receiving a Career Development Award level II from the NHMRC she became a Laboratory head at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience at the University of Queensland. In 2011, Dagmar was awarded an ARC Future Fellowship and moved to the Department of Anatomy & Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne. In November 2015, Dagmar moved with her laboratory to the University of Melbourne to take on a Senior lecturer position.
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FEATURED Journal article
Identification of novel interacting partners of the NEDD4 ubiquitin ligase in mouse testis
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The Prorenin Receptor - A New Candidate Gene For Ovarian Disease
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The gene encoding the ketogenic enzyme HMGCS2 displays a unique expression during gonad de..
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Endocrine Control Of Cell Fate In The Gonad
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A novel evolutionary conserved mechanism of RNA stability regulates synexpression of primo..
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Molecular And Cellular Regulation Of Ovarian Development
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Dynamic expression patterns of Irx3 and Irx5 during germline nest breakdown and primordial..
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Projects
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Project Types
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2011-2012 Analytical Flow Cytometer for cell and developmental biology and drug discovery applications. (Wilhelm D, Sweet M, Craik D, Alexandrov K, Koopman P, Sturm R, Smythe M, Little M, Hogan B) The University of Queensland and NHMRC, 2012 Major Equipment & Infrastructure (MEI) & 2011 NHMRC Equipment grants.
55,870.00 (Major Equipment and Infrastructure (MEI) fund) and $69,039.00 (2011 NHMRC Equipment Grant).2010-2011 Regulation of Wilms’ tumour suppressor 1 expression by non-coding RNAs. (Wilhelm D, Englert C) Group of Eight Australia – Germany Joint Research Cooperation Scheme, AU$6,000 pa
2010-2012 MicroRNA regulation of sex determination and gonad development. (Wilhelm D, CIA; Dinger ME, CIB; Bailey CG, CIC), NHMRC Project Grant, Australia, 2010 – AU66,500; 2011 – AU61,500; 2012 – AU71,500.
2008-2011 The role of non-coding RNAs in development and disease. (Wilhelm D) Career Development Award, level II, NHMRC, Australia
2008-2011 A new paradigm of gene regulation – Implications in embryogenesis and disease. (Wilhelm D, CI) ARC Discovery Grant, Australia, AU09,978 pa, (ranked in group A+, top third of all successful proposals).
2007-2009 Cellular and molecular regulation of fetal ovary development. (Koopman P, CIA; Wilhelm D, CIB) NHMRC Project Grant, Australia, AU$ 175,000 pa
2005-2006 Identification of SRY target genes. (Wilhelm D, CI) National Institutes of Health, USA, US00,000, (RO3 award, priority score 139, top 4% in the competition).
Scholarly Works
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
ANZSCDB Young Investigator Award
Travel fellowship and one year membership
Finalist of the Queensland Premiers Award for Health and Medical Research
Credentials
Positions
Positions
Senior Lecturer In Developmental Biology
Anatomy And Neuroscience
Member
Society for Reproductive Biology
Member
Society for Developmental Biology
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Society for the Study of Reproduction
Member
The Endocrine Society
Member
National Association of Research Fellows
Queensland Representative 2009/2010
Australian and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology
Education
Education
Graduate Certificate in University Teaching
University of Melbourne
Doctor
University of Karlsruhe
Diploma in Biology
University of Karlsruhe