Professor Andrew Elefanty trained as a physician and completed a PhD in leukemogenesis at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. He subsequently worked on globin gene regulation with Professor Frank Grosveld at the National Institute for Medical Research in Mill Hill, London before returning to the Hall Institute to pursue interests in developmental haematopoiesis and the differentiation of embryonic stem cells. He moved to Monash University in 2002 with colleague Professor Ed Stanley to initiate studies with human embryonic stem cells. In July 2012, his laboratory relocated to the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute. Professor Elefanty's work has focused on human pluripotent stem cell differentiation, with a special interest in haematopoietic lineages. His laboratory aims to generate cells to model blood diseases in vitro and for transplantation. The laboratories of Professor Elefanty and Professor Stanley have generated genetically modified human stem cell lines in which lineage-specific fluorescent reporters allow monitoring of differentiation. Professor Elefanty is a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Senior Research Fellow.

cell Biology,Blood Cell Development & Disease