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kevin.watt@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary Senior Fellow
School of Biomedical Sciences - Admin
Education
Doctorate
University of Aberdeen
ORCID

0000-0001-7475-4487

Dr Kevin Watt

Honorary Senior Fellow
School of Biomedical Sciences

33 Scholarly works
0 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Enhanced 2D Stem Cell-derived Cardiomyocyte Maturation for More Accurate Disease Modelling and Drug Screening
    DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2026.07.887
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Statins promote muscle metabolic danger and NLRP3-mediated myopathy via lower protein-prenylation and YAP
    DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adz3612
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Decorin, an exercise-induced secretory protein, is associated with improved prognosis in breast cancer patients but does not mediate anti-tumorigenic tissue crosstalk in mice
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jshs.2024.100991
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Automated integration of multi-slice spatial transcriptomics data in 2D and 3D using VR-Omics
    DOI: 10.1186/s13059-025-03630-6
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Maturation of human cardiac organoids enables complex disease modeling and drug discovery
    DOI: 10.1038/s44161-025-00669-3
  • 2025

    Journal article

    An FDA-approved drug structurally and phenotypically corrects the K210del mutation in genetic cardiomyopathy models
    DOI: 10.1172/JCI174081
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Perturbed BMP signaling and denervation promote muscle wasting in cancer cachexia.
    DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aay9592
Kevin Watt

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2021
Best scientific image competition
2019
FSHD Global General Grant
2017
Finalist John Funder Presentation Award
2014
Best poster presentation award EMBO - Muscle Wasting workshop

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2024

    Journal article

    Hepatic retinol dehydrogenase 11 dampens stress associated with the maintenance of cellular cholesterol levels
    DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2024.102041
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Bioengineering Hypoxia Tolerant Human Heart Tissue with Vascularisation Potential for Transplantation
    DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2024.06.030
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Characterization of the skeletal muscle arginine methylome in health and disease reveals remodeling in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
    DOI: 10.1096/fj.202400045R
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Disparities in spatially variable gene calling highlight the need for benchmarking spatial transcriptomics methods
    DOI: 10.1186/s13059-023-03045-1

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