Associate Professor Michael Terrence Gabbett MBBS FRACP | |
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Born | 1974 |
Education |
University of Queensland (
MBBS 1997) University of Newcastle ( MMedSc 2006) University of New South Wales ( MHM 2018) |
Known for |
Temple-Baraitser syndrome Semi-identical twins |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Clinical genetics, paediatrics |
Michael Terrence Gabbett is an Australian clinical geneticist and academic. He holds academic titles at a number of universities in South East Queensland. [1] [2] Gabbett is known for contributing to discovering the genetic basis of semi-identical (sesquizygotic) twins [3] [4] [5] [6] and defining the clinical features and molecular cause of Temple-Baraitser syndrome. [7] [8] [9]
Gabbett attended high school at Marist College Ashgrove, [10] where he was awarded the Australian Student Prize [11] and was accepted into the University of Queensland to study medicine. [12]
Gabbett was joint first author on the paper that demonstrated biallelic mutations in the mismatch repair genes are associated with malfomations of the brain. [13] [14] [15] Gabbett and colleagues helped define the oculoauriculofrontonasal syndrome. [16] [17] In 2015, Gabbett and his molecular genetic colleagues demonstrated the cause of Temple Baraitser syndrome, a condition that Gabbett clinically defined seven years earlier. [8] [9] Gabbett and Nick Fisk were able to postulate, with supportive molecular evidence, how semi-identical (sesquizygotic) twinning is the result of a single egg being fertilized by two sperm from the same man. [6]
Gabbett has contributed to authorship of the Australasian clinical genetics training curriculum, [18] and led the 2022 working party that made recommendations to medical schools on their genomics curriculum. [19] For three years (2015-2018), he was chair of the scientific programme and the local organising committees (Lead Fellow) for RACP Congress, the annual scientific meeting of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. [20] [21] [22] Gabbett has served as president of the Australasian Association of Clinical Geneticists (2017-2019). [23] From 2018 to 2022, Gabbett sat on Council of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia as Treasurer. [24]
Year | Body | Award | Reason |
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2023 [25] | Human Genetics Society of Australasia | Service Excellence Award | For outstanding service to the Human Genetics Society of Australasia and for significant contribution to the field of human genetics |
2021 [26] | Queensland University of Technology, Centre for Genomics & Personalised Health | Education & Outreach Award | For demonstrating exceptional leadership as Course Co-ordinator for QUT's Master of Diagnostic Genomics Course and for contributing to the delivery of high quality and impactful professional development courses across Australia. |
Associate Professor Michael Terrence Gabbett MBBS FRACP | |
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Born | 1974 |
Education |
University of Queensland (
MBBS 1997) University of Newcastle ( MMedSc 2006) University of New South Wales ( MHM 2018) |
Known for |
Temple-Baraitser syndrome Semi-identical twins |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Clinical genetics, paediatrics |
Michael Terrence Gabbett is an Australian clinical geneticist and academic. He holds academic titles at a number of universities in South East Queensland. [1] [2] Gabbett is known for contributing to discovering the genetic basis of semi-identical (sesquizygotic) twins [3] [4] [5] [6] and defining the clinical features and molecular cause of Temple-Baraitser syndrome. [7] [8] [9]
Gabbett attended high school at Marist College Ashgrove, [10] where he was awarded the Australian Student Prize [11] and was accepted into the University of Queensland to study medicine. [12]
Gabbett was joint first author on the paper that demonstrated biallelic mutations in the mismatch repair genes are associated with malfomations of the brain. [13] [14] [15] Gabbett and colleagues helped define the oculoauriculofrontonasal syndrome. [16] [17] In 2015, Gabbett and his molecular genetic colleagues demonstrated the cause of Temple Baraitser syndrome, a condition that Gabbett clinically defined seven years earlier. [8] [9] Gabbett and Nick Fisk were able to postulate, with supportive molecular evidence, how semi-identical (sesquizygotic) twinning is the result of a single egg being fertilized by two sperm from the same man. [6]
Gabbett has contributed to authorship of the Australasian clinical genetics training curriculum, [18] and led the 2022 working party that made recommendations to medical schools on their genomics curriculum. [19] For three years (2015-2018), he was chair of the scientific programme and the local organising committees (Lead Fellow) for RACP Congress, the annual scientific meeting of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. [20] [21] [22] Gabbett has served as president of the Australasian Association of Clinical Geneticists (2017-2019). [23] From 2018 to 2022, Gabbett sat on Council of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia as Treasurer. [24]
Year | Body | Award | Reason |
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2023 [25] | Human Genetics Society of Australasia | Service Excellence Award | For outstanding service to the Human Genetics Society of Australasia and for significant contribution to the field of human genetics |
2021 [26] | Queensland University of Technology, Centre for Genomics & Personalised Health | Education & Outreach Award | For demonstrating exceptional leadership as Course Co-ordinator for QUT's Master of Diagnostic Genomics Course and for contributing to the delivery of high quality and impactful professional development courses across Australia. |