John Christodoulou

Brain and Mitochondrial Research Group

Murdoch Children's Research Institute

John Christodoulou
Professor

John Christodoulou is the Chair of Genomic Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, the Co-Leader of the Brain and Mitochondrial Research Group, and Director of the Genetics Research Theme, at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia. He graduated from the University of Sydney, and has formal qualifications in paediatrics, medical genetics and genetic pathology.

His research interests include Rett syndrome and mitochondrial disorders, and he has a major research interest in the application of next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies in rare genetic disorders. He is the Co-Lead of the Australian Genomics Health Alliance, focusing on bringing NGS diagnostics into mainstream clinical practice in Australia.

John is a former Past President of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia. In 2010 he became a Member of the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM) and in 2017 became a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health & Medical Sciences.

Publications

An Electrochemiluminescence-Based Assay for MeCP2 Protein Variants

1Institute of Medical Genetics, Center for Pathobiochemistry and Genetics, Medical University of Vienna (MUV), 2Murdoch Children's Research Institute and Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Discipline of Child & Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, 3Department of Medical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Medical University of Vienna

JoVE 61054

 Biochemistry