Prof David Whitmore ~ Head, Medical Sciences

Research Disciplines

• Zoology (3109)
• Veterinary sciences (3009)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Fresh, ground and surface water systems and management (1803)

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Journal Articles

• Fong C, Hearn T, Webb S, Frøland Steindal I, Miller A and Whitmore D (2021) Daily rhythms in heartbeat rate are intrinsic to the zebrafish heart. Current Biology, 31 (5). pp. R239-R240
• Kroll F, Powell G, Ghosh M, Gestri G, Antinucci P, Hearn T, Tunbak H, Lim S, Dennis H, Fernandez J, Whitmore D, Dreosti E, Wilson S, Hoffman E and Rihel J (2021) A simple and effective F0 knockout method for rapid screening of behaviour and other complex phenotypes. eLife, 10.
• Okoh G, Horwood P, Whitmore D and Ariel E (2021) Herpesviruses in reptiles. Frontiers Veterinary Science, 8.
• Fustin J, Ye S, Rakers C, Kaneko K, Fukumoto K, Yamano M, Versteven M, Grünewald E, Cargill S, Tamai T, Xu Y, Jabbur M, Kojima R, Lamberti M, Yoshioka-Kobayashi K, Whitmore D, Tammam S, Howell P, Kageyama R, Matsuo T, Stanewsky R, Golombek D, Johnson C, Kakeya H, van Ooijen G and Okamura H (2020) Methylation deficiency disrupts biological rhythms from bacteria to humans. Communications Biology, 3 (1).
• Steindal I and Whitmore D (2020) Zebrafish circadian clock entrainment and the importance of broad spectral light sensitivity. Frontiers in Physiology, 11.
• Froland Steindal I and Whitmore D (2019) Circadian clocks in fish-what have we learned so far? Biology, 8 (1).
• Froland Steindal I, Beale A, Yamamoto Y and Whitmore D (2018) Development of the Astyanax mexicanus circadian clock and non-visual light responses. Developmental Biology, 441 (2). pp. 345-354
• Laranjeiro R, Tamai T, Letton W, Hamilton N and Whitmore D (2018) Circadian Clock Synchronization of the Cell Cycle in Zebrafish Occurs through a Gating Mechanism Rather Than a Period-phase Locking Process. Journal of Biological Rhythms, 33 (2). pp. 137-150
• Beale A, Whitmore D and Moran D (2016) Life in a dark biosphere: a review of circadian physiology in "arrhythmic" environments. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology, 186 (8). pp. 947-968

Book Chapters

• Beale A and Whitmore D (2016) Daily Rhythms in a Timeless Environment: Circadian Clocks in Astyanax mexicanus. In: Biology and Evolution of the Mexican Cavefish. Elsevier, Waltham, MA, USA, pp. 309-333
• Foulkes N, Whitmore D, Vallone D and Bertolucci C (2016) Studying the Evolution of the Vertebrate Circadian Clock: The Power of Fish as Comparative Models. In: Advances in Genetics. Elsevier, Cambridge, MA, USA, pp. 1-30

Advisory Accreditation: I can be on your Advisory Panel as a Primary or Secondary Advisor.

These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Investigating Herpesvirus Infection in Australian wildlife (PhD , External Advisor)
• Who is keeping time? How circadian rhythms influence Tuberculosis. (Masters , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• The Role of Oxidative Stress in Driving the Evolution of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (Masters , Secondary Advisor)
• Saving a cryptic tropical species: combining spatial and reproductive sciences to determine the future of the endangered pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) (PhD , Advisor Mentor)

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