Associate ProfessorDaniel Catchpoole

BAppSc (Biomedical), PhD (UNSW) 1995. Dr Catchpoole has 20 years fulltime laboratory research experience into the molecular basis of paediatric malignancies and has extensive experience with the analysis of gene expression as well as cellular and molecular applications associated with research into acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Since completing his undergraduate degree in 1987, Dr Catchpooles scientific achievements and publications have centred on paediatric malignancy, specifically acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and neuroblastoma, as well as cancer prone syndromes in children, namely Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome.

Dr Catchpoole was appointed Head of the Tumour Bank at The Childrens Hospital at Westmead in 2001 and is one of the founding members of the Australian Biospecimens Network - www.abrn.net . Dr Catchpoole has established microarray technology within the Childrens Cancer Research Unit of The Childrens Hospital at Westmead. Dr Catchpoole also conducts lectures for Sydney University (Course: Molecular Biology of Development) on the subject of microarray analysis of gene expression.