Patrick Tam (biologist)

Patrick Ping Leung Tam (} is an Australian embryologist currently at University of Sydney, the Deputy Director of the Childrens Medical Research institute, the Distinguished Professor and Mok Hing-Yiu Distinguished Visiting Professor at University of Hong Kong.

He is a cited pioneer in his field for studying mouse embryos, cells and biology.

Tam is a member of the editorial board for numerous journals relating to developmental biology; including Developmental Biology, Developmental Cell, Developmental Dynamics, Differentiation and Genesis. He has also served as a guest editor on other publications.

Awards and fellowships

• In 2007 he received the President’s Medal from the Australia and New Zealand Society of Cell and Developmental Biology.
• He is an elected fellow of the Institute of Biology, Australian Academy of Science, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, Royal Society of Biology and the Royal Society of London (2001).

Publications

• SOX9 directly regulates the type-ll collagen gene, Nature, 1997
• SOX9 binds DNA, activates transcription, and coexpresses with type II collagen during chondrogenesis in the mouse, Elsevier, 1997
• Depletion of definitive gut endoderm in Sox17-null mutant mice, 2002, dev.biologists.org
• Mouse gastrulation: the formation of a mammalian body plan, Elsevier, 1997
• Gene function in mouse embryogenesis: get set for gastrulation, Nature Reviews, 2007

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