Dr Allan McRae
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Allan McRae

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Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh

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185 works between 2002 and 2025
All (185) Journal Article (161) Book Chapter (2) Conference Publication (10) Other Outputs (12)

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2013

Conference Publication

Endochondral Bone Formation and Advanced Enthesitis Are Key Features Of Proteoglycan Induced Spondylitis Mouse Model Of Ankylosing Spondylitis

Thomas, Gethin P., Tseng, Hsu-Wen, Pettit, Allison, Glant, Tibor T., McRae, Allan and Brown, Matthew A. (2013). Endochondral Bone Formation and Advanced Enthesitis Are Key Features Of Proteoglycan Induced Spondylitis Mouse Model Of Ankylosing Spondylitis. 77th Annual Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology / 48th Annual Meeting of the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, San Diego CA, United States, 25-30 October 2013. Hoboken, NJ United States: John Wiley and Sons. doi: 10.1002/art.38216

Endochondral Bone Formation and Advanced Enthesitis Are Key Features Of Proteoglycan Induced Spondylitis Mouse Model Of Ankylosing Spondylitis

2013

Journal Article

Genetic and nongenetic variation revealed for the principal components of human gene expression

Goldinger, Anita, Henders, Anjali K., McRae, Allan F., Martin, Nicholas G., Gibson, Greg, Montgomery, Grant W., Visscher, Peter M. and Powell, Joseph E. (2013). Genetic and nongenetic variation revealed for the principal components of human gene expression. Genetics, 195 (3), 1117-1128. doi: 10.1534/genetics.113.153221

Genetic and nongenetic variation revealed for the principal components of human gene expression

2012

Journal Article

A genome-wide association study of caffeine-related sleep disturbance: confirmation of a role for a common variant in the adenosine receptor

Byrne, Enda M., Johnson, Julie, McRae, Allan F., Nyholt, Dale R., Medland, Sarah E., Gehrman, Philip R., Heath, Andrew C., Madden, Pamela A. F., Montgomery, Grant W., Chenevix-Trench, Georgia and Martin, Nicholas G. (2012). A genome-wide association study of caffeine-related sleep disturbance: confirmation of a role for a common variant in the adenosine receptor. Sleep, 35 (7), 967-975. doi: 10.5665/sleep.1962

A genome-wide association study of caffeine-related sleep disturbance: confirmation of a role for a common variant in the adenosine receptor

2012

Journal Article

The Brisbane systems genetics study: genetical genomics meets complex trait genetics

Powell, Joseph E., Henders, Anjali K., McRae, Allan F., Caracella, Anthony, Smith, Sara, Wright, Margaret J., Whitfield, John B., Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T., Martin, Nicholas G., Visscher, Peter M. and Montgomery, Grant W. (2012). The Brisbane systems genetics study: genetical genomics meets complex trait genetics. PLoS One, 7 (4) e35430, e35430.1-e35430.9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035430

The Brisbane systems genetics study: genetical genomics meets complex trait genetics

2012

Journal Article

Genetic control of gene expression in whole blood and lymphoblastoid cell lines is largely independent

Powell, Joseph E., Henders, Anjali K., McRae, Allan F., Wright, Margaret J., Martin, Nicholas G., Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T., Montgomery, Grant W. and Visscher, Peter M. (2012). Genetic control of gene expression in whole blood and lymphoblastoid cell lines is largely independent. Genome Research, 22 (3), 456-466. doi: 10.1101/gr.126540.111

Genetic control of gene expression in whole blood and lymphoblastoid cell lines is largely independent

2012

Journal Article

Promoter polymorphisms in two overlapping 6p25 genes implicate mitochondrial proteins in cognitive deficit in schizophrenia

Jablensky, A ., Angelicheva, D ., Donohoe, G. J., Cruickshank, M., Azmanov, D. N., Morris, D. W., McRae, A., Weickert, C. S., Carter, K. W., Chandler, D., Alexandrov, B., Usheva, A., Morar, B., Verbrugghe, P. L., Filipovska, A., Rackham, O., Bishop, A. R., Rasmussen, K. Ø., Dragovic, M., Cooper, M., Phillips, M., Badcock, J., Bramon-Bosch, E., Almeida, O. P., Flicker, L., Gill, M., Corvin, A., MacGregor, S. and Kalaydjieva, L. (2012). Promoter polymorphisms in two overlapping 6p25 genes implicate mitochondrial proteins in cognitive deficit in schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry, 17 (12), 1328-1339. doi: 10.1038/mp.2011.129

Promoter polymorphisms in two overlapping 6p25 genes implicate mitochondrial proteins in cognitive deficit in schizophrenia

2012

Journal Article

Genetic influences on life span and its relationship to personality: A 16-year follow-up study of a sample of aging twins

Mosing, Miriam A., Medland, Sarah E., McRae, Allan, Landers, Joseph George, Wright, Margaret J. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2012). Genetic influences on life span and its relationship to personality: A 16-year follow-up study of a sample of aging twins. Psychosomatic Medicine, 74 (1), 16-22. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3182385784

Genetic influences on life span and its relationship to personality: A 16-year follow-up study of a sample of aging twins

2011

Journal Article

Variation in BMPR1B, TGFRB1 and BMPR2 and control of dizygotic twinning

Luong, Hein T. T., Chaplin, Justin, McRae, Allan F., Medland, Sarah E., Willemsen, Gonneke, Nyholt, Dale R., Henders, Anjali K., Hoekstra, Chantal, Duffy, David L., Martin, Nicholas G., Boomsma, Dorret I., Montgomery, Grant W. and Painter, Jodie N. (2011). Variation in BMPR1B, TGFRB1 and BMPR2 and control of dizygotic twinning. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 14 (5), 408-416. doi: 10.1375/twin.14.5.408

Variation in BMPR1B, TGFRB1 and BMPR2 and control of dizygotic twinning

2011

Journal Article

GWAS findings for human iris patterns: Associations with variants in genes that influence normal neuronal pattern development

Larsson, Mats, Duffy, David L., Zhu, Gu, Liu, Jimmy Z., Macgregor, Stuart, McRae, Allan F., Wright, Margaret J., Sturm, Richard A., Mackey, David A., Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G. and Medland, Sarah E. (2011). GWAS findings for human iris patterns: Associations with variants in genes that influence normal neuronal pattern development. American Journal of Human Genetics, 89 (2), 334-343. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.07.011

GWAS findings for human iris patterns: Associations with variants in genes that influence normal neuronal pattern development

2011

Journal Article

Association between ORMDL3, IL1RL1 and a deletion on chromosome 17q21 with asthma risk in Australia

Ferreira, Manuel A. R., McRae, Allan F., Medland, Sarah E., Nyholt, Dale R., Gordon, Scott D., Wright, Margaret J., Henders, Anjali K., Madden, Pamela A., Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R., Heath, Andrew C., Montgomery, Grant W., Duffy, David L. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2011). Association between ORMDL3, IL1RL1 and a deletion on chromosome 17q21 with asthma risk in Australia. European Journal of Human Genetics, 19 (4), 458-464. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2010.191

Association between ORMDL3, IL1RL1 and a deletion on chromosome 17q21 with asthma risk in Australia

2011

Conference Publication

Genetic influences on life-span and its relationship to personality: a 16 year follow-up study of a sample of ageing twins

Mosing, Miriam, Medland, Sarah, McRae, Allan, Wright, Margaret and Martin, Nick G. (2011). Genetic influences on life-span and its relationship to personality: a 16 year follow-up study of a sample of ageing twins. 41st Annual Meeting of the Behaviour Genetics Association, Newport, Rhode Island, 6-9 June 2011. New York, NY, United States: Springer.

Genetic influences on life-span and its relationship to personality: a 16 year follow-up study of a sample of ageing twins

2011

Journal Article

Clustered coding variants in the glutamate receptor complexes of individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Frank, Rene A. W., McRae, Allan F., Pocklington, Andrew J., van de Lagemaat, Louie N., Navarro, Pau, Croning, Mike D. R., Komiyama, Noboru H., Bradley, Sophie J., Challiss, R. A. John, Armstrong, J. Douglas, Finn, Robert D., Malloy, Mary P., MacLean, Alan W., Harris, Sarah E., Starr, John M., Bhaskar, Sanjeev S., Howard, Eleanor K., Hunt, Sarah E., Coffey, Alison J., Ranganath, Venkatesh, Deloukas, Panos, Rogers, Jane, Muir, Walter J., Deary, Ian J., Blackwood, Douglas H., Visscher, Peter M. and Grant, Seth G. N. (2011). Clustered coding variants in the glutamate receptor complexes of individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. PLoS One, 6 (4) e19011, e19011.1-e19011.9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019011

Clustered coding variants in the glutamate receptor complexes of individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

2010

Journal Article

No evidence for warming climate theory of coat colour change in Soay sheep: A comment on Maloney et al.

Gratten, J., Wilson, A. J., McRae, A. F., Beraldi, D., Visscher, P. M., Pemberton, J. M. and Slate, J. (2010). No evidence for warming climate theory of coat colour change in Soay sheep: A comment on Maloney et al.. Biology Letters, 6 (5), 678-679. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0160

No evidence for warming climate theory of coat colour change in Soay sheep: A comment on Maloney et al.

2010

Journal Article

Congenital sensorineural deafness in Australian Stumpy-tail Cattle Dogs is an autosomal recessive trait that maps to CFA10

Sommerlad, Susan, McRae, Allan F., McDonald, Brenda, Johnstone, Isobel, Cuttell, Leigh, Seddon, Jennifer M. and O'Leary, Caroline A. (2010). Congenital sensorineural deafness in Australian Stumpy-tail Cattle Dogs is an autosomal recessive trait that maps to CFA10. PLoS One, 5 (10) e13364, e13364. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013364

Congenital sensorineural deafness in Australian Stumpy-tail Cattle Dogs is an autosomal recessive trait that maps to CFA10

2010

Journal Article

A versatile gene-based test for genome-wide association studies

Liu, Jimmy Z., McRae, Allan F., Nyholt, Dale R., Medland, Sarah E., Wray, Naomi R., Brown, Kevin M., AMFS Investigators, Hayward, Nicholas K., Montgomery, Grant W., Visscher, Peter M., Martin, Nicholas G. and Macgregor, Stuart (2010). A versatile gene-based test for genome-wide association studies. American Journal of Human Genetics, 87 (1), 139-145. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.06.009

A versatile gene-based test for genome-wide association studies

2010

Journal Article

Genome-wide association study of height and body mass index in Australian twin families

Liu, Jimmy Z., Medland, Sarah E., Wright, Margaret J., Henders, Anjali K., Heath, Andrew C., Madden, Pamela A. F., Duncan, Alexis, Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G. and McRae, Allan F. (2010). Genome-wide association study of height and body mass index in Australian twin families. Twin Research And Human Genetics, 13 (2), 179-193. doi: 10.1375/twin.13.2.179

Genome-wide association study of height and body mass index in Australian twin families

2010

Journal Article

Horn type and horn length genes map to the same chromosomal region in Soay sheep

Johnston, S. E., Beraldi, D., McRae, A. F., Pemberton, J. M. and Slate, J. (2010). Horn type and horn length genes map to the same chromosomal region in Soay sheep. Heredity, 104 (2), 196-205. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2009.109

Horn type and horn length genes map to the same chromosomal region in Soay sheep

2010

Journal Article

Association genetics, population genomics, and conservation: Revealing the genes underlying adaptation in natural populations of plants and animals

Nichols, Krista M., Neale, David B., Gratten, Jake, Wilson, Alastair J., McRae, Allan F., Beraldi, Dario, Visscher, Peter M., Pemberton, Josephine M. and Slate, Jon (2010). Association genetics, population genomics, and conservation: Revealing the genes underlying adaptation in natural populations of plants and animals. Molecular Approaches in Natural Resource Conservation and Management, 123-168.

Association genetics, population genomics, and conservation: Revealing the genes underlying adaptation in natural populations of plants and animals

2010

Conference Publication

Common variants in the Trichohyalin gene are associated with straight hair in Europeans genetics and genodermatoses

Medland, S. E., Nyholt, D. R., Painter, J. N., McEvoy, B. P., McRae, A. F., Montgomery, G. W. and Martin, N. G. (2010). Common variants in the Trichohyalin gene are associated with straight hair in Europeans genetics and genodermatoses. 6th World Congress for Hair Research, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 16-19 June 2010. Oxford, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2010.01097.x

Common variants in the Trichohyalin gene are associated with straight hair in Europeans genetics and genodermatoses

2009

Journal Article

Common Variants in the Trichohyalin Gene Are Associated with Straight Hair in Europeans

Medland, S, Nyholt, D, Painter, JN, McEnvoy, BP, Allan McRae, Zhu, G, Gordon, SD, Ferreira, MAR, Wright, MJ, Henders, AK, Campbell MJ, Duffy, D, Hansell, N K, Macgregor, S, Slutske, WS, Heath, AC, Montgomery, GW and Martin, NG (2009). Common Variants in the Trichohyalin Gene Are Associated with Straight Hair in Europeans. American Journal of Human Genetics, 85 (5), 750-755. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.10.009

Common Variants in the Trichohyalin Gene Are Associated with Straight Hair in Europeans

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2027
    Proteomic Biomarkers for ALS Disease Prognosis and Progression Monitoring
    United States Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2025
    SALSA Study with MND and Me Foundation
    The MND and ME Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    MAGNET - A multi-arm, adaptive, group-sequential trial network to evaluate drug efficacy in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (FightMND grant administered by NeuRA)
    Neuroscience Research Australia
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Leveraging medical records to identify patients at risk of neurodegenerative disease
    Boosting Dementia Research Grants (PR4): European Union Joint Program on Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) Call for Multinational Projects
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Leveraging medical records to identify patients at risk of neurodegenerative disease (EU-JPND grant coordinated by Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière)
    Boosting Dementia Research Grants (PR4): European Union Joint Program on Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) Call for Multinational Projects
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2025
    Sporadic ALS Australian Systems Genomics Consortium (SALSA-SGC)
    Cure for MND Foundation - Translational Research Grants
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2023 - 2024
    An Australian Sporadic ALS transcriptome resource
    Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc Innovator Grant
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    A high-throughput system to identify ALS risk genes from genome-wide association studies
    Cure for MND Foundation - Impact Grants
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    Genomic Control of Human Complex Trait Variation
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    Disturbances of DNA regulation in obesity, and their relationships to metabolic health (NHMRC A*STAR grant led by the University of Melbourne)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2021
    BRAIN-MEND: Biological Resource Analysis to identify new mechanisms and phenotypes in Neurodegenerative Diseases (NHMRC component of EU JPND application)
    NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Grants
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Disturbances of DNA regulation in obesity, and their relationships to metabolic health
    NHMRC A*STAR Joint Grants
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2020
    Methods and software tool for complex trait analyses using multi-omics data
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2018
    Genetics of DNA Methylation and Its Role in Disease Susecptibility
    NHMRC Career Development Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2018
    The importance of DNA methylation in response to environmental changes (ARC Discovery Project administered by the University of New South Wales)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2014
    Inheritance of DNA methylation state in humans
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant

Availability

Dr Allan McRae is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Cell-free DNA methodology for diagnosis and monitoring progression in Motor Neurone Disease

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Fleur Garton

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Understanding cellular and molecular heterogeneity in endometriosis using multi-omics data

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Naomi Wray, Dr Sally Mortlock

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Novel methods and data integration to understand the causes of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Jian Zeng, Dr Fleur Garton

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Multi-Omic Analyses of a Clinical Trial Cohort of Young People at Ultra-High Risk for Psychosis

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Enda Byrne, Professor Naomi Wray

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Exploring the role of clinical, lifestyle, environmental and molecular factors in endometriosis risk

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Sally Mortlock

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Multiomics of common co-occurring conditions in autism spectrum disorder

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Yuanhao Yang, Honorary Professor Jake Gratten

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigating the molecular basis of motor neurone disease using cell-free DNA

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Mark Midwinter, Dr Fleur Garton

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Genetics of Neurodevelopmental Disorders and associated comorbidities

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Enda Byrne

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Cellular genomics of Parkinson's disease

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Quan Nguyen, Honorary Professor Jake Gratten, Dr Yuanhao Yang

Completed supervision

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