Michael T. Gabbett Explained

Honorific Prefix:Associate Professor
Michael Terrence Gabbett
Honorific Suffix:MBBS FRACP
Birth Date:1974
Education:University of Queensland (MBBS 1997)
University of Newcastle (MMedSc 2006)
University of New South Wales (MHM 2018)
Known For:Temple-Baraitser syndrome
Semi-identical twins
Fields:Clinical genetics, paediatrics

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 helped 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]

Awards and recognition

!Year!Body!Award!Reason
2023[25] Human Genetics Society of AustralasiaService Excellence AwardFor outstanding service to the Human Genetics Society of Australasia and for significant contribution to the field of human genetics
2021[26] Queensland University of Technology, Centre for Genomics & Personalised HealthEducation & Outreach AwardFor demonstrating exceptional leadership as Course Co-ordinator for QUT's Master of Diagnostic Genomics Course and for contributing to the delivery of high quality and impactful professional development courses across Australia.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: QUT . Michael Gabbett . Academic profiles . Queensland University of Technology . 2022-12-03 . 2022-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221203052315/https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/michael.gabbett . live .
  2. Web site: School of Medicine and Dentistry . Academic Title Holders . Griffith University . 2022-12-03 . 2022-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221203052322/https://www.griffith.edu.au/griffith-health/school-medicine-dentistry/academic-title-holders . live .
  3. News: Emery . Gene . Doctors confirm new type of twin born from one egg and two sperm . Reuters . 28 Feb 2019 . 4 December 2022 . 4 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221204030642/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-reproduction-mosaic-twins-idUSKCN1QG2YH . live .
  4. News: Molina . Brett . Doctors say they have identified rare set of semi-identical twins in Australia . USA Today . 2022-12-04 . 2022-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221204030641/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2019/02/28/semi-identical-twins-rarity-identified-australia-doctors-claim/3013228002/ . live .
  5. News: Zhang . Sarah . The Twins That Are Neither Identical nor Fraternal . The Atlantic . March 6, 2019 . November 24, 2022 . November 24, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221124094317/https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/03/these-twins-are-neither-identical-nor-fraternal/584092/ . live .
  6. 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. 10.1056/NEJMoa1701313. 0028-4793. 30811910. free. 10072/384437. free.
  7. Web site: Ward . Gemma . Genetic test unlocks cause of Brisbane boy's rare disease . 25 November 2014 . University of Queensland . 24 November 2022 . 24 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221124094318/https://imb.uq.edu.au/genetic-test-unlocks-rare-disease . live .
  8. Gabbett . MT . Clark . RC . McGaughran . JM . A second case of severe mental retardation and absent nails of hallux and pollex (Temple–Baraitser syndrome) . Am J Med Genet A . 2008 . 146A . 4 . 450–452 . 10.1002/ajmg.a.32129. 1552-4833. 18203178. 2532859 .
  9. 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 . Mutations in the voltage-gated potassium channel gene KCNH1 cause Temple-Baraitser syndrome and epilepsy . Nat Genet . 2015 . 47 . 1 . 73–77 . 10.1038/ng.3153. 1546-1718. 25420144. 52799681 .
  10. Web site: MCA . Notable Ashgrovians . Marist College Ashgrove . 2022-12-03 . 2022-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221203050814/https://www.marash.qld.edu.au/about-mca/notable-ashgrovians/ . live .
  11. News: Commonwealth Department of Employment, Education & Training . Outstanding young Australians awarded the Australian Students Prize . The Weekend Australian . 7–8 March 1992 . 6 December 2022 . 6 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221206031756/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/ . live .
  12. News: Armsden . Justin . Scholars Rewarded . Westside News . 25 March 1992 . 23 March 2024 . 3 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221203231832/https://westsidenews.localnewspapers.today/ . live .
  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 . Agenesis of the corpus callosum and gray matter heterotopia in three patients with constitutional mismatch repair deficiency syndrome . European Journal of Human Genetics . 2013 . 21 . 1 . 55-61.
  14. Web site: OMIM . Mismatch repair syndrome 1 . 2023-09-23 . 2023-03-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230315205624/https://omim.org/entry/276300 . live .
  15. Web site: OMIM . Mismatch repair syndrome 4 . 2023-12-28 . 2023-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230307093103/https://www.omim.org/entry/619101 . live .
  16. Gabbett . MT . Robertson . SP . Broadbent . R . Aftimos . S . Sachdev . R . Nezarati . MM . Characterizing the oculoauriculofrontonasal syndrome . Clinical Dysmorphology . 2008 . 17 . 2 . 79-85.
  17. Web site: OMIM . Oculoauriculofrontonasal syndorme . 2023-09-23 . 2023-11-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231125203139/https://omim.org/entry/601452 . live .
  18. Web site: RACP . Clinical Genetics Advanced Training Curriculum . Royal Australasian College of Physicians . 2023-06-03 . 2023-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230603063416/https://www.racp.edu.au/docs/default-source/trainees/advanced-training/clinical-genetics/clinical-genetics-advanced-training-curriculum.pdf . live .
  19. Web site: HGSA . Last updated: April 2022 Page 1 of 10 Core Capabilities in Genetics & Genomics for Medical Graduates . Human Genetics Society of Australasia . 2023-09-19 . 2023-05-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230521225745/https://www.hgsa.org.au/common/Uploaded%20files/pdfs/policies,%20position%20statements%20and%20guidelines/eesic/Core%20Capabilities%20in%20Genetics%20and%20Genomics%20for%20Medical%20Graduates.pdf . live .
  20. Web site: RACP . RACP Congress: Breaking Boundaries, Creating Connections . The Royal Australasian College of Physicians . 2022-12-23 . 2022-11-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221106224447/https://www.racp.edu.au/docs/default-source/fellows/resources/past-congress-documents/rac15_congress-handbook.pdf?sfvrsn=bf76321a_4 . live .
  21. Web site: RACP . RACP Congress: Evolve, Educate, Engage . The Royal Australasian College of Physicians . 2022-12-23 . 2022-11-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221106224425/https://www.racp.edu.au/docs/default-source/fellows/resources/past-congress-documents/rac16_congress-handbook.pdf?sfvrsn=ca76321a_6 . live .
  22. Web site: RACP . RACP Congress: Bringing Specialists Together, Sharing Knowledge, Building Skills . The Royal Australasian College of Physicians . 2022-12-23 . 2022-11-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221106224407/https://www.racp.edu.au/docs/default-source/fellows/resources/past-congress-documents/racp17-congress-handbook.pdf?sfvrsn=98b43f1a_4 . live .
  23. Web site: AACG . About us . Australasian Association of Clinical Geneticists . 2022-12-04 . 2022-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221204065353/https://aacg.org.au/AACG/AACG/About/About-Us.aspx?hkey=6e13c386-2113-4fff-954e-8f3872a99e51 . live .
  24. Web site: AHD . Dr Michael Gabbett . Australian Health Directory . 2023-02-19 . 2023-02-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230219022154/https://www.healthdirectory.com.au/Medical_specialists/Medical_genetics/12721,498927/Dr%20Michael%20Gabbett/ . live .
  25. Web site: HGSA . 2024 . Service Excellence Awards .
  26. Web site: Admin . 2021-06-21 . Announcing our recipients of the Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health Innovation Grants . 2024-06-25 . Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health . en-AU.

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