Staff profile

Dr Richard Duckett

Lecturer

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Public Health and Human Biosciences
Department of Human Biosciences

HS2-418, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) La Trobe, M.Rep.Sci. Monash, PhD Monash

Membership of professional associations

Australian Society for Reproductive Biology

Area of study

Anatomy and Physiology

Teaching units

Human Anatomy

Recent publications

Wells R, Scott PT, Harrison DK, Wreford NG, Duckett R, Johnston SD, D'Occhio MJ. (2008) Expression of FGF2 and TGFalpha and testis morphology during testicular hypertrophy subsequent to hemicastration in the neonatal boar.

J B Kerr, R Duckett, M Myers, K L Britt, T Mladenovska and J K Findlay (2006). Quantification of healthy follicles in the neonatal and adult mouse ovary: evidence for maintenance of primordial follicle supply. Reproduction ; 132: 97-111. Duckett RJ, Hedger MP, McLachlan RI, Wreford NG. (1997). The effects of gonadotropin-releasing hormone immunization and recombinant follicle-stimulating hormone on the Leydig cell and macrophage populations of the adult rat testis. J Androl. 18:417-23.

Duckett RJ, Wreford NG, Meachem SJ, McLachlan RI, Hedger MP. (1997). Effect of chorionic gonadotropin and flutamide on Leydig cell and macrophage populations in the testosterone-estradiol-implanted adult rat. J Androl. 18:656-62.

Conference Presentations

Duckett, R.J., Hedger, M.P., McLachlan, R.I. and Wreford, N.G. Macrophage number and nuclear size in the rat testis: role of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). First International Congress of FIMSA, 1996.

Duckett, R., Wreford, N., Meachem, S., McLachlan, R. and Hedger, M. Regulation of Leydig cell number and macrophage number in the rat testis: role of androgen and non-androgenic factors. 28th Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Reproductive Biology, Canberra, ACT. 1997.

Duckett, R., de Kretser, D., Lewis, I., Song, Q. and Wreford, N. Development of Sertoli and Leydig cell populations in Holstein-Friesian Bulls. 29th Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Reproductive Biology, Perth, WA. 1998.

Duckett, R., Wreford, N. and Taggart, D. Seasonal changes in the testicular morphology of the agile Antechinus. 30th Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Reproductive Biology, Melbourne, Vic. 1999.

Duckett, R., de Kretser, D. and Wreford, N. Stereological evaluation of testicular development in the Merino ram. 10th International Congress of Stereology, Melbourne, Vic. 1999.

Duckett, R.J., de Kretser, D.M. and Wreford, N.G. Transient hyperthyroidism advances the onset of spermatogenesis in Merino rams. 16th Testis Workshop, Newport Beach, Calif. 2001. J. B. Kerr, R. Duckett, M. Myers, K. L. Britt, T. Mladenovska, and J. K. Findlay. Evidence for follicular renewal in the postnatal mouse ovary. Experimental Biology 2006, San Francisco, Calif. 2006. S. Wentworth and R.J. Duckett. Teaching anatomy via distance-education – the Cambodian experience. 3rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomists, Melbourne, Australia, 2006.