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Ivan Bertoncello

Associate Professor Ivan Bertoncello leads the Adult Lung Stem Cell Laboratory at the Australian Stem Cell Centre and is also responsible for the development and co-ordination of training programs in stem cell technologies for the Australian Stem Cell Centre. He holds honorary academic appointments in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Monash University, and the Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, and is a former Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany).

Associate Professor Bertoncello’s pioneering work in the development of Rhodamine 123 and Hoechst 33342 dye-based cell separative strategies for haemopoietic stem cell isolation, and his laboratory’s definitive study of haemopoietic stem cell cycling and turnover has provided the field with powerful tools for the analysis of haemopoietic stem cells leading to a re-evaluation of models of haemopoietic stem cell organization and function. He has published 75 peer-reviewed papers, and 18 invited reviews and monograph chapters on stem cell isolation, characterization, assay, and kinetic analysis. He has a solid track record of successful competitive grant funding and has strong links and collaborations with Australian and international stem cell researchers. He has served as president of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Cell and Developmental Biology. (1992–1994); Associate Editor of Experimental Hematology (1994–1998); Co-chair of a National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NIH) working group on standardization of surrogate haematopoietic stem cell assays relevant to clinical transplantation (1998-1999); Chair of the Nominating Committee of the International Society of Hematology (2000); Senior Advisor to the Emerging Leaders Taskforce of the International Society of Experimental Hematology (2002–2004); and as a member of the Scientific Management Advisory Committee of the Australian Stem Cell Centre (2005).

Contact Details
Email: ivan.bertoncello@stemcellcentre.edu.au