Professor Stefan Thor
Professor

Stefan Thor

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Background

BSc in Biology (1988) Umea University, Sweden

PhD in Molecular Biology (1994), Umea University, Sweden. Supervisor: Thomas Edlund

Postdoc, Molecular Neurobiology (1994-1999) Salk Institute, La Jolla, USA. Mentor: John B. Thomas

Assistant Professor (1999-2004), Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Professor of Developmental Biology (2004-2019), Linkoping University, Sweden

Professor of Developmental Biology (2019-), University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (2013-)

Member of ARC Collegeof Experts (2025-2027)

Availability

Professor Stefan Thor is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Institution to be confirmed

Search Professor Stefan Thor’s works on UQ eSpace

101 works between 1989 and 2026
All (101) Journal Article (91) Conference Publication (2) Book Chapter (8)

101 - 101 of 101 works

1989

Conference Publication

Cis- and transacting elements regulating insulin gene transcription

Ohlsson, H., Karlsson, O., Norberg, T., Thor, S. and Edlund, T. (1989). Cis- and transacting elements regulating insulin gene transcription. Elsevier Science Publishers B.V..

Cis- and transacting elements regulating insulin gene transcription

Current funding

  • 2023 - 2027
    What drives the Anterior Expansion of the Central Nervous System?
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2026
    Developing an in vitro human sleep system
    NHMRC IDEAS Grants
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2023 - 2025
    What is the common factor driving brain overgrowth in ASD? Investigating the relationship between epigenetic marks neural stem cell proliferation.
    Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative - Pilot Award
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Understanding the generation of hypothalamic sleep neurons
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2019
    Vevo 3100 Imaging System for ultrahigh resolution and frame rate echocardiographic assessment of small animals.
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Stefan Thor is:
Available for supervision

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Available projects

  • The role of the hypothalamic neuropeptide Npvf in mouse fertility and sleep-wake behaviours

    The hypothalamic neuropeptide Npvf is expressed by a very small subset of neurons within the hypothalamus. Npvf has been implicated in fertility, seasonal mating behaviour and sleep-wake behaviours, in several different mammalian species, as well as in the zebrafish. But these studies have been based upon correlative experiments, RNAi and peptide injections, and the Npvf gene has hitherto not beek knocked out. we have geneerated a condititional null allele of Npvf. This project aims to address the effect of a null mutation in Npvf upon a set of mouse behaviours.

  • The role of the mouse Tead1/Vgll2 transcription factors in dictating hypothalamic cell fate

    The hypothalamic neuropeptide Npvf is expressed by a very small subset of neurons within the hypothalamus. Npvf has been implicated in fertility, seasonal mating behaviour and sleep-wake behaviours. Using single cell transcriptional profiling, we and others have identified the transcription factors Tead1 and Vgll2 as selectively expressed in Npvf neurons in the mouse hypothalamus. The Tead and Vgll families typically interact and form a complex. We have generated a mouse Tead1 knock-out, and found that the Npvf neurons are missing. The project aims to address the underlying reason for the phenotype. We are also in the process of obtaining the mouse Vgll2 knockout, to be able to compare the effects of this knock-out with that of Tead1.

Supervision history

Current supervision

Completed supervision

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