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Email

m.renfree@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Laureate Professor Emeritus
School of BioSciences
Education
Doctorate (Research)
Monash University
Doctorate (Research)
Murdoch University
Doctorate (Research)
The Australian National University
PhD
The Australian National University
ORCID

0000-0002-4589-0436

Prof Marilyn Renfree

Laureate Professor Emeritus
School of BioSciences

511 Scholarly works
43 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Ontogeny of RSPO1, FOXL2, and RUNX1 during ovarian differentiation in the marsupial tammar wallaby
    DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.70048
  • 2025

    Journal article

    AMHY and sex determination in egg-laying mammals
    DOI: 10.1186/s13059-025-03546-1
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Synchrotron X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy Reveals Trace Elemental Indicators of Life History in Marsupial Teeth
    DOI: 10.1007/s12011-024-04502-z
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Post-fertilization transcription initiation in an ancestral LTR retrotransposon drives lineage-specific genomic imprinting of ZDBF2
    DOI: 10.7554/elife.94502.3
  • 2020

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Ancestral, Conserved and Novel Mechanisms in Marsupial Genomic Imprinting
  • 2020

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    The Effects of Environmental Endocrine Disruptors on the Development of the Gonads and the Phallus
  • 2018

    Research Grant

    Hormonal Responsive Coding and Non-Coding Genes in Penile Differentiation and Hypospadias
Marilyn Renfree

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2015
2015 University of Technology Sydney Eureka Prize for Outstanding Mentor of Young Researchers Australian Museum
2013
2012
The Clarke Medal 2012 The Royal Society of NSW
2012
The President's Medal Australian and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Feature selectivity and invariance in marsupial primary visual cortex
    DOI: 10.1113/JP285757
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Observations on the reproductive morphology of the female short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus
    DOI: 10.1111/joa.14142
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Meiotic dynamics in a unique Australian marsupial provide new insights into the evolution of neo-sex chromosomes in the early stages of differentiation
    DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2025.1562403
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Early ovarian differentiation in the tammar wallaby and the effects of exposure to bisphenol A
    DOI: 10.1530/REP-24-0259
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Genome of the endangered eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus) reveals signatures of historical decline and pelage color evolution
    DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06251-0
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Inhibiting p38α and -β MAPK Affects Testis Development in the Marsupial Tammar Wallaby
    DOI: 10.1159/000541896

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2026

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Saving Endangered Australian Species Through Reproductive Hormone Analysis
  • 2020

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Inflammation as an Early Form of Maternal-Fetal Signalling in Pregnancy

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