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Dr Katherine Morton

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Centre for Advanced Technologies in Animal Genetics and Reproduction (ReproGen)
Faculty of Veterinary Science
Room 347
RMC Gunn Building (B19)
The University of Sydney, NSW 2006
Australia
Ph: +61 2 9351 3463
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Qualifications

BScAgr(Hons I), PhD

Research Interests

Applied Reproduction in domestic animals – sheep, cattle, pigs and alpacas.

The development and application of assisted reproductive technologies:

  • semen collection and preservation
  • sperm sexing
  • artificial insemination
  • in vitro fertilisation and embryo production
  • superovulation and embryo transfer
  • embryo preservation including vitrification
  • gene expression and epigenetic modifications in pre-implantation embryos

Contribution to the Profession and the Community

Member of the Executive Committee of the International Society of Camelid Research and Development.

Member of European Society for Domestic Animal Reproduction, International Embryo Transfer Society, Society for Reproduction and Fertility (Cambridge, UK) and Society of Reproductive Biology.

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Selected Publications

  1. Bathgate, R., Morton, K.M., Eriksson, B.M., Rath, D., Seig, B., Maxwell, W.M.C., and Evans, G. (2006). Non-surgical deep intrauterine transfer of in vitro produced porcine embryos derived from sex-sorted frozen-thawed boar sperm. Anim. Reprod. Sci. (in press).
  2. Morton, K.M., Herrmann, D., Seig, B., Struckman, C., Maxwell, W.M.C., Rath, D., Evans, G., Lucas-Hahn, A., Niemann, H., and Wrenzycki, C. (2006). Altered mRNA expression patterns in bovine blastocysts after fertilisation in vitro using flow cytometrically sex-sorted sperm. Mol. Reprod. Dev. (in press).
  3. Morton, K.M., Rowe, A.R., Maxwell, W.M.C., and Evans, G. (2006). In vitro and in vivo survival of bisected in vitro produced embryos derived from frozen-thawed unsorted, and frozen-thawed sex-sorted and re-frozen-thawed ram spermatozoa. Theriogenology 65 1333-1345.
  4. Morton, K.M., Catt, S.L., Hollinshead, F.K., Maxwell, W.M.C., and Evans, G. (2005). The effect of gamete co-incubation time during in vitro fertilisation with frozen-thawed unsorted and sex-sorted ram spermatozoa on the development of in vitro matured adult and prepubertal ewe oocytes. Theriogenology 64 363-377.
  5. Morton, K.M., Catt, S.L., Maxwell, W.M.C., and Evans, G. (2005). Effects of hormone stimulation, lamb age and response to hormone stimulation on the yield and in vitro developmental competence of prepubertal lamb oocytes. Reprod. Fertil. Dev. 17 593-601.
  6. Morton, K.M., Catt, S.L., Maxwell, W.M.C., and Evans, G. (2005). In vitro and in vivo developmental capabilities and kinetics of in vitro development of in vitro matured oocytes from adult, unstimulated and hormone-stimulated prepubertal ewes. Theriogenology 64 1320-1332.
  7. Morton, K.M., Catt, S.L., Maxwell, W.M.C., and Evans, G. (2005). An efficient method of ovarian stimulation and in vitro embryo production from prepubertal lambs. Reprod. Fertil. Dev. 17 701-706.
  8. Morton, K.M., de Graaf, S.P., Campbell, A., Tomkins, L.M., Maxwell, W.M.C., and Evans, G. (2005). Repeated oocyte pick up and in vitro embryo production from adult ewes with and without FSH treatment. Reprod. Domest. Anim. 40 422-428.
  9. Maxwell, W.M.C., Evans, G., Hollinshead, F.K., Bathgate, R., de Graaf, S.P., Eriksson, B., Gillan, L., Morton, K.M., and O’Brien, J.K. (2004). Integration of sperm sexing technology into the ART toolbox. Anim. Reprod. Sci. 82-83 79-95.
  10. Morton, K.M., Catt, S.L., Hollinshead, F.K., Maxwell, W.M.C., and Evans, G. (2004). Production of lambs after the transfer of fresh and cryopreserved in vitro produced embryos from prepubertal lamb oocytes and unsorted and sex-sorted frozen-thawed spermatozoa. Reprod. Domest. Anim. 39 454-461.
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