Dr Kathy Grace Mountjoy

BSc(Hons), PhD

Associate Professor

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Biography

Dr Kathy Mountjoy is the principal investigator of the Molecular Neuroendocrinology Laboratory in the Department of Physiology and is also a member of the Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, a Principal Investigator in the Centre for Brain Research, and an Associate Investigator in the Maurice Wilkins Centre.

Three years post doctoral training were spent at the Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA working with Professor Jeffrey Flier and a further three years at The Vollum Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research, The Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon working with Dr Roger Cone.

After returning to Auckland in 1993 her research has concentrated on understanding physiological roles for endogenous melanocortin peptides and how they signal through melanocortin receptors with a particular focus on roles in energy homeostasis.

Research | Current

Research interests

Endocrinology
Neuroendocrinology
Physiology
Cell Signalling
Molecular Biology
Neuroscience
Biochemistry
Mouse Genetics

Teaching | Current

Course Co-ordinator for MedSci 732

Course Co-ordinator for MedSCi 312

Postgraduate supervision

Doctorate

BBiomed Hons

Areas of expertise

Molecular biology
Endocrinology
Neuroendocrinology
Cell culture
Cell signaling assays
ELISA
Western blotting
In situ hybridisation
Digital Droplet PCR
Immunohistochemistry
Mouse physiology
Mouse genetics

Committees/Professional groups/Services

American Endocrine Society
Australian Endocrine Society
New Zealand Endocrine Society
New Zealand Physiological Society
Neuroscience Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Neuroendocrine Society

Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)

Tercel, M., Marnane, R. N., Tatnell, M. A., Stevenson, R. J., Halim, A., Lu, G. L., ... Wilson, W. R. (2013). An indoline-derived compound that markedly reduces mouse body weight. International Journal of Obesity, 37, 685-692. 10.1038/ijo.2012.97
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Bill Denny, William Wilson, Ralph Stevenson, Moana Tercel, Leon Lu, Rebecca Marnane
Tercel, M., Stevenson, R. J., Lu, G. L., Stribbling, S. M., Wilson, W. R., Tatnell, M. A., ... Denny, W. A. (2012). Weight loss effects of quaternary salts of 5-amino-1-(chloromethyl)-1,2- dihydro-3H-benz[e]indoles; Structure-activity relationships. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 20 (2), 734-749. 10.1016/j.bmc.2011.12.007
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/15694
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Bill Denny, William Wilson, Moana Tercel, Leon Lu, Ralph Stevenson