Associate Professor

Michael Terrence Gabbett

MBBS FRACP
Michael Gabbett chairing 2017 RACP Congress in Melbourne
EducationUniversity of Queensland (MBBS 1997)
University of Newcastle (MMedSc 2006)
University of New South Wales (MHM 2018)
Known forTemple-Baraitser syndrome
Semi-identical twins
Medical career
FieldPaediatrics
Sub-specialtiesClinical genetics

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]

Early life

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]

Service to science

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 help 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]

Service to professional organisations

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]

References

  1. ↑ QUT. "Michael Gabbett". Academic profiles. Queensland University of Technology.
  2. ↑ School of Medicine and Dentistry. "Academic Title Holders". Griffith University.
  3. ↑ Emery, Gene (28 Feb 2019). "Doctors confirm new type of twin born from one egg and two sperm". Reuters.
  4. ↑ Molina, Brett. "Doctors say they have identified rare set of semi-identical twins in Australia". USA Today.
  5. ↑ Zhang, Sarah (March 6, 2019). "The Twins That Are Neither Identical nor Fraternal". The Atlantic.
  6. 1 2 Gabbett, Michael T.; Laporte, Johanna; Sekar, Renuka; Nandini, Adayapalam; McGrath, Pauline; Sapkota, Yadav; Jiang, Peiyong; Zhang, Haiqiang; Burgess, Trent; Montgomery, Grant W.; Chiu, Rossa; Fisk, Nicholas M. (2019-02-28). "Molecular Support for Heterogonesis Resulting in Sesquizygotic Twinning". New England Journal of Medicine. 380 (9): 842–849. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1701313. hdl:10072/384437. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 30811910.
  7. ↑ Ward, Gemma (25 November 2014). "Genetic test unlocks cause of Brisbane boy's rare disease". University of Queensland.
  8. 1 2 Gabbett, MT; Clark, RC; McGaughran, JM (2008). "A second case of severe mental retardation and absent nails of hallux and pollex (Temple–Baraitser syndrome)". Am J Med Genet A. 146A (4): 450–452. doi:10.1002/ajmg.a.32129. ISSN 1552-4833. PMID 18203178. S2CID 2532859.
  9. 1 2 Simons, Cas; Rash, Lachlan D; Crawford, Joanna; Ma, Linlin; Cristofori-Armstrong, Ben; Miller, David; Ru, Kelin; Baillie, Gregory J; Alanay, Yasemin; Jacquinet, Adeline; Debray, François-Guillaume; Verloes, Alain; Shen, Joseph; Yesil, Gözde; Guler, Serhat; Yuksel, Adnan; Cleary, John G; Grimmond, Sean M; McGaughran, Julie; King, Glenn F; Gabbett, Michael T; Taft, Ryan J (2015). "Mutations in the voltage-gated potassium channel gene KCNH1 cause Temple-Baraitser syndrome and epilepsy". Nat Genet. 47 (1): 73–77. doi:10.1038/ng.3153. ISSN 1546-1718. PMID 25420144. S2CID 52799681.
  10. ↑ MCA. "Notable Ashgrovians". Marist College Ashgrove.
  11. ↑ Commonwealth Department of Employment, Education & Training (7–8 March 1992). "Outstanding young Australians awarded the Australian Students Prize". The Weekend Australian.
  12. ↑ Armsden, Justin (25 March 1992). "Scholars Rewarded". Westside News.
  13. ↑ Baas, AF; Gabbett, MT; Rimac, M; Kansikas, M; Raphael, M; Nievelstein, RAJ; Nicholls, W; Offerhaus, J; Bodmer, D; Wernstedt, A; Krabichler, B; Strasser, U; Nyström, M; Zschocke, J; Robertson, SP; Van Haelst, MM; Wimmer, K (2013). "Agenesis of the corpus callosum and gray matter heterotopia in three patients with constitutional mismatch repair deficiency syndrome". European Journal of Human Genetics. 21 (1): 55–61.
  14. ↑ OMIM. "Mismatch repair syndrome 1".
  15. ↑ OMIM. "Mismatch repair syndrome 4".
  16. ↑ Gabbett, MT; Robertson, SP; Broadbent, R; Aftimos, S; Sachdev, R; Nezarati, MM (2008). "Characterizing the oculoauriculofrontonasal syndrome". Clinical Dysmorphology. 17 (2): 79–85.
  17. ↑ OMIM. "Oculoauriculofrontonasal syndorme".
  18. ↑ RACP. "Clinical Genetics Advanced Training Curriculum" (PDF). Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
  19. ↑ HGSA. "Last updated: April 2022 Page 1 of 10 Core Capabilities in Genetics & Genomics for Medical Graduates" (PDF). Human Genetics Society of Australasia.
  20. ↑ RACP. "RACP Congress: Breaking Boundaries, Creating Connections" (PDF). The Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
  21. ↑ RACP. "RACP Congress: Evolve, Educate, Engage" (PDF). The Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
  22. ↑ RACP. "RACP Congress: Bringing Specialists Together, Sharing Knowledge, Building Skills" (PDF). The Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
  23. ↑ AACG. "About us". Australasian Association of Clinical Geneticists.
  24. ↑ AHD. "Dr Michael Gabbett". Australian Health Directory.
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