Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Prof John Donald
  Phone   +61 3 522 72097
Email   john.donald@deakin.edu.au
Position   Deputy Head of School
Campus   Geelong

Associate Professor John Donald is a vertebrate physiologist with research experience in the
nervous control of cardiovascular systems, endocrine control of salt and water
balance, and more recently in the control of appetite. His research group uses an integrative
strategy to study animal function, using molecular biological and physiological approaches.

Research interests

  1. The evolution of nitric oxide control of blood vessels
  2. Molecular physiology and evolution of natriuretic peptides
  3. Molecular basis of appetite control in hopping mice

Career

2000 - 2005: Senior Lecturer, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Deakin University
1998 - 1999: Lecturer, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Deakin University
1994 - 1997: ARC Australian Research Fellow, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Deakin University
1987 - 1994: Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Zoology University of Florida, USA
PhD, University of Melbourne

Key publications

Jennings BL, Donald JA (2008) Neurally-derived nitric oxide regulates vascular tone in pulmonary and cutaneous arteries of the toad, Bufo marinus. American Journal of Physiology 295(5), R1640-1646

Bartolo R, Donald JA (2008) The effect of water deprivation on the Tonicity Responsive Enhancer Binding Protein (TonEBP) and TonEBP-regulated genes in the kidney of the Spinifex hopping mouse, Notomys alexis Journal of Experimental Biology 211, 852-859

Broughton BRS, Donald JA (2007) Broughton BRS and Donald JA (2007) Dual mechanisms for nitric oxide control of large arteries in the estuarine crocodile, Crocodylus porosus Journal of Experimental Biology 210, 129-137

Toop T, Donald JA (2004) Toop T and Donald JA (2004) Comparative aspects of natriuretic peptide physiology in non-mammalian vertebrates: a review Journal of Comparative Physiology 174, 189-204

Lillywhite HB, Donald JA (1989) Pulmonary blood flow regulation in an aquatic snake Science 245, 293-295

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Professional activities

Manuscript Reviewer: Journal of Experimental Biology; American Journal of Physiology, Journal of Comparative Physiology, Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, General and Comparative Endocrinology
Australian Research Council (ARC) Australian Reader
Member: American Physiological Society; Society for Experimental Biology

 

PhD students

Student nameThesis title
Melissa Cameron Noor Khalidah Abdul Hamid Meagan Gillespie (CSIRO) Emi Sherizan  

 

Masters students

Student nameThesis title Zhipeng (Edgar) Liu  

 

Honours students

Student nameThesis title Peta Tipping  

 

Teaching areas

Cellular Physiology
Systems Physiology
Forensic Biology
Cardiovascular Physiology to Medical Students


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8th February 2013