Professor in Animal Genetics
Centre for Advanced Technologies in Animal Genetics and Reproduction
Faculty of Veterinary Science
RMC Gunn Guilding (B19)
University of Sydney, NSW 2006
Ph: +61 2 9351 3553
Fax: +61 2 9351 2114
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Lectures and practical classes in Animal Genetics to third year BAnVetBioSc.
Lectures and other clsasses in Animal Biotechnology to 3rd year of BAnVetBioSc
Lectures in Animal Genetics to BVSc 2.
Lectures in Cell Biology to BVSc 1.
Lectures in Agricultural Genetics to BAnVetBioSc 2 and BScAgr 2.
Lectures and practical classes in Advanced Animal Genetics and Advanced Animal Biotechnology to  Master of Animal Science students.

Member of Institutional Biosafety Committee, University of Sydney
Teaching and Learning Committee, Faculty of Veterinary Science
Postgraduate Coursework SubCommittee, Faculty of Veterinary Science
SubDean for Animal & Veterinary BioscienceTeaching, Faculty of Veterinary Science
Staff Student Liaison Committee, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Curriculum Review Committee, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

Measurement of genetic diversity for conservation of Asian and other pig populations
Comparative evolutionary studies of pigs (Suidae) and peccaries (Tayassuidae)
Porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs)
Genetic characterisation of an inbred resource for xenotransplantation therapy using porcine islets to treat diabetes
Mapping and characterising genes affecting blood clotting in a mouse model
Mapping and characterising genes for heart defects (patent foramen ovale) in a mouse model
Mapping and characterising genes for lactation and mammary development in a mouse model
Genetic improvement of farmed saltwater crocodiles
Gene and QTL mapping of crocodiles

Member of the Standing Committee on Pig Gene Mapping of the International Society of Animal Genetics
Editor in Chief, Animal Genetics

1. Moran C. "Molecular Genetics" in The Genetics of the Pig. Ruvinsky A, Rothschild M.(eds). CAB International, Wallingford, UK. 1998 
2. Lee J-H, Webb GC, Allen R, Moran C. Characterizing and Mapping Porcine Endogenous Retroviruses (PERVs) in Westran Pigs. Journal of Virology 76: 5548-5556. 2002
3. Geldermann H, Muller E, Moser G, Reiner G, Bartenschlager H, Cepica S, Stratil A, Kuryl J, Moran C, Davoli R, Brunsch C. Genome-wide linkage and QTL mapping in porcine F-2 families generated from Pietrain, Meishan and Wild Boar crosses. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics 120: 363-393. 2003
4. Cheung CC, Martin ICA, Zenger KR, Donald JA, Thomson PC, Moran C, Buckley MF.Quantitative trait loci for steady-state platelet count in mice. Mammalian Genome 15: 784-797. 2004
5. Holt M, Nicholas FW, James JW, Moran C, Martin ICA. Development of a highly-fecund inbred strain of mice. Mammalian Genome 15: 951-959. 2004 
6. Moran C, James JW. Linkage Mapping Chapter 1, pp1-22 in Mammalian Genomics. Ruvinsky A, Graves JM (eds), CAB International, Wallingford, UK. 2005
7. Gongora J, Morales S, Bernal JE, Moran C. Phylogenetic divisions among Collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu) detected using mitochondrial and nuclear sequences Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 1-11. 2006 
8. Isberg SR, Johnston SM, Chen Y, Moran C. First evidence of higher female recombination in a species with temperature-dependent sex determination: the saltwater crocodile. Journal of Heredity 97: 599-602. 2006 
9. Kirk EP, Hyun C, Thomson PC, Lai D, Castro ML, Biben C, Buckley MF, Martin ICA,  Moran C, Harvey RP. Quantitative trait loci modifying cardiac atrial septal morphology and risk of patent foramen ovale in the mouse. Circulation Research 98: 651-658. 2006
10. Moran C. Westran - highly inbred pigs for transplantation research. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 45: 793-800. 2005