Fertility and Chromosome Pairing (PDF)

Christopher B. Gillies, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer in Genetics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Dr. Gillies graduated in 1965 from the University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia, with a B.Agr.Sc. degree, was awarded First Class Honors in Plant Breeding and Genetics in 1966, and a M.Agr.Sc. degree in 1968. In 1970, he graduated with a Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Dr. Gillies spent from 1970 to 1973 as a postdoctoral fellow in the Institute of Genetics at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and then 1 year as an Amanuensis in the Department of Physiology at the Carlsberg Laboratory Copenhagen. He has been at the University of Sydney since 1974. Dr. Gillies is a member of the Genetics Societies of Canada, America, and Australia, currently being Honorary Secretary of the latter society. He has presented papers, posters, and invited lectures at national and international meetings in Genetics and Cell Biology, and has been a guest speaker at universities in the U.S., Canada, and several European countries. His research work has been published in more than 30 research papers, several major reviews, and conference proceedings, and in about 20 conference abstracts. His current research interests include the study of synaptonemal complexes in humans, animals, and plants, with the aim of investigating aspects of meiotic chromosome-pairing behavior and their bearing on fertility.