ProfessorSimon de Graaf
Professor
Faculty of Science
RESEARCH INTERESTs
Applied reproduction in domestic and wild animals.
Semen and embryo preservation, artificial insemination and embryo transfer.
Production of pre-sexed offspring by flow cytometric sex-sorting.
The role of seminal plasma in sperm function and fertility.
in vitro assessment of sperm function.
Professor de Graaf's research aligns with the Faculty of Science Research Strengths - Cultivating Scientific Capability, Understanding Life on Earth, Data and Decisions.
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTReproduction in a changing ocean: Mechanisms that increase chances of success under stressSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences (SOLES)1 Jan 2023People funded by this grant:
- de Graaf S,
- Foo S
- GRANTPrediction of AI success & semen standardsAustralian Wool Innovation Limited1 Jan 2022People funded by this grant:
- de Graaf S,
- Rickard J
- GRANTSensing technologies to reduce reproductive wastageAustralian Wool Innovation Limited1 Jan 2019People funded by this grant:
- de Graaf S,
- Rickard J
- GRANTFertility of sexed ram semenAustralian Wool Innovation Limited1 Jan 2018People funded by this grant:
- Pini T,
- Leahy TM,
- Rickard J,
- de Graaf S
- GRANTDevelopment of oocyte transfer technology and laparoscopic insemination method for creation of a high productivity meat sheep flockMinistry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan1 Sep 2015People funded by this grant:
- de Graaf S,
- Leahy TM
- GRANTFertility of sexed ram semenAustralian Wool Innovation Limited1 Sep 2015People funded by this grant:
- Leahy TM,
- Rickard J,
- de Graaf S
- GRANTDeveloping Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Dromedary CamelsSultanate of Oman, Royal Court Affairs.1 Mar 2014People funded by this grant:
- de Graaf S
- GRANTPacked to perform: the effects of telomere traits and free radicals on sperm phenotypes, fertilization success, and offspring viabilityAustralian Research Council (ARC)7 Feb 2014People funded by this grant:
- de Graaf S,
- Olsson M
- GRANTPacked to perform: the effects of telomere traits and free radicals on sperm phenotypes, fertilization success, and offspring viabilityAustralian Research Council (ARC)7 Feb 2014 - 31 Dec 2018People funded by this grant:
- Olsson M,
- de Graaf S,
- Tobler M
- GRANTAchieving low cost (cervical) artificial insemination with frozen ram semenAustralian Wool Innovation Limited1 Jan 2014People funded by this grant:
- Bathgate R,
- de Graaf S
- GRANTCLARIOstar Multifunctional Microplate Reader for Shared Used at the Open Access, Multi-User Molecular Biology Core FacilityNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2014People funded by this grant:
- Poronnik P,
- Richardson DD,
- Sunde M,
- Zhu L,
- Goldsbury C
- GRANTFibre quality: Meeting market requirementsAustralian Wool Innovation Limited1 Jan 2013People funded by this grant:
- McGregor B,
- de Graaf S
- GRANTDeveloping an effective diluent for transport of rabbit semenAgriFutures Australia4 Jan 2011People funded by this grant:
- de Graaf S,
- Bathgate R
- GRANTDeveloping assisted reproductive technologies in camelids, especially the alpacaAgriFutures Australia1 Jan 2011People funded by this grant:
- Bathgate R,
- de Graaf S
- GRANTProteomic analysis of the interaction between sperm and seminal plasma in mammalian speciesThe Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney1 Jan 2010People funded by this grant:
- de Graaf S
- GRANTRuminant Reproduction Symposium - Successful cryopreservation of embryos produced from superovulated ewes inseminated with sex-sorted ram spermatozoaThe Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney1 Jan 2010People funded by this grant:
- de Graaf S
- GRANTIn vitro production of pig embryos using sex-sorted spermatozoaThe Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney1 Jan 2009People funded by this grant:
- de Graaf S