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Dr. David Amor

Professor
Clinical Genetics
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Australia

Professor Clinical Research
Biography

Professor David Amor is a consultant clinical geneticist and clinician scientist with a research focus on human genetics. He completed RACP training in paediatrics and clinical genetics in 2000 before undertaking PhD studies in chromosome biology completed in 2004. Since 2005 he has worked as a consultant clinical geneticist at the Victorian Clinical Genetics Service (VCGS) and as a Research Group Leader at Murdoch Childrens Research Institute. Since 2010, Associate Professor Amor has been the Director of Victorian Clinical Genetics Services which provides clinical and laboratory genetic services across Victoria, Tasmania and the Northern Territory.

Research Intrest

neurogenetics,genetics of intellectual disability, genetic factors related to assisted reproduction, chromosome disorders, translation of new genetic technologies into clinical care, and population screening for genetic disorders

List of Publications
Halliday J, Wilson C, Hammarberg K, Doyle LW, Bruinsma F, McLachlan R, McBain J, Berg T, Fisher JR, Amor D. Comparing indicators of health and development of singleton young adults conceived with and without assisted reproductive technology. Fertility and sterility. 2014 Apr 30;101(4):1055-63.
Godler DE, Inaba Y, Shi EZ, Skinner C, Bui QM, Francis D, Amor DJ, Hopper JL, Loesch DZ, Hagerman RJ, Schwartz CE. Relationships between age and epi-genotype of the FMR1 exon 1/intron 1 boundary are consistent with non-random X-chromosome inactivation in FM individuals, with the selection for the unmethylated state being most significant between birth and puberty. Human molecular genetics. 2013 Jan 10;22(8):1516-24.
Godler DE, Slater HR, Bui QM, Storey E, Ono MY, Gehling F, Inaba Y, Francis D, Hopper JL, Kinsella G, Amor DJ. Fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) intron 1 methylation in blood predicts verbal cognitive impairment in female carriers of expanded FMR1 alleles: evidence from a pilot study. Clinical chemistry. 2012 Mar 1;58(3):590-8.
Lamandé SR, Yuan Y, Gresshoff IL, Rowley L, Belluoccio D, Kaluarachchi K, Little CB, Botzenhart E, Zerres K, Amor DJ, Cole WG. Mutations in TRPV4 cause an inherited arthropathy of hands and feet. Nature genetics. 2011 Nov 1;43(11):1142-6.
Halliday JL, Ukoumunne OC, Baker HG, Breheny S, Jaques AM, Garrett C, Healy D, Amor D. Increased risk of blastogenesis birth defects, arising in the first 4 weeks of pregnancy, after assisted reproductive technologies. Human reproduction. 2009 Oct 22;25(1):59-65.
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