Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
NHMRC Senior Research Fellow
Testis Development and Male Germ Cell Biology Research Group Head
Head, Centre for Reproductive Health, Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Head, Postgraduate Research, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University
Honorary Professor, Justus-Liebig University of Giessen, Germany
Kate is recognised internationally for investigating the mechanisms that underpin testis development and sperm formation. Her discoveries include key molecular switches that regulate cell fate via the TGFbeta superfamily, Hedgehog and Wnt signaling pathways. Her collaborative research on intracellular signaling molecules relating to nucleocytoplasmic transport and Snail transcription factors has identified new mechanisms that regulate spermatogenesis. She has held nationally competitive grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council and Australian Research Council since 1995, including an NHMRC Fellowship from 2000-2020.
Professor Loveland collaborates with researchers around Australia, in Denmark, Germany, the Czech Republic, USA and Japan. In 2004 she received the American Society for Andrology Young Andrologist Award, their highest distinction for a developing researcher, and she received the Fuller W. Bazer International Scientist Award from the Society for the Study of Reproduction in 2018. In 2010, she received the Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Research Supervision, and she has supervised more than 20 PhD candidate completions. She currently co-leads a joint-PhD training program with Justus-Liebig University (2013-2022; funded by the German Research Foundation), in which up to 30 students are being trained in the Molecular Pathogenesis of Male Reproduction, and holds the Liebig Professorship in recognition of this role.
Professor Loveland is an editor for several specialist journals and is active in the Society for Study of Reproduction and the American Society for Andrology. She has over 150 publications that reflect her keen interest in discovering how cells change from one state of differentiation to the next in normal development and in pathological conditions.
Research area keywords
- Testis
- Spermatogenesis
- Cell Signalling
- Fertility
- Testicular Cancer
- Reproduction
- Activin
- Nucleocytoplasmic Transport
- Immunology
Network
Projects
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Developmental Events Affecting Male Fertility and Reproductive Pathologies
Loveland, K., Rajpert-De Meyts, E., Schuppe, H. C., Meinhardt, A., Almstrup, K., Jorgensen, A. & Guo, J.
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia)
1/01/20 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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IRTG: International Research Training Grant (IRTG)_Renewal of Molecular pathogenesis of male reproductive disorders project
Meinhardt, A., Loveland, K., Bhushan, S., Ellem, S. J., Hedger, M., O'Bryan, M., O'Donnell, L., Stanton, P., Risbridger, G., Baker, M. A., Hobbs, R., Loveland, B., Exintaris, B., Western, P., McLachlan, R., Whittaker, M., Wagenlehner, F. M. E., Bergmann, M., Diemer, T., Fietz, D., Fijak, M., Konrad, L., Linn, T., Middendorff, R., Pilatz, A., Schagdarsurengin, U., Schuppe, H. C., Steger, K. & Scheiner-Bobis, G.
1/10/17 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
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3D Light Sheet Fluorescent Microscopy system
Jenkin, G., Harper, I., Hooper, S., Nold, M., Hickey, M., Kitching, R., Loveland, K., Gargett, C., Ferrero, R. & Lim, R.
Monash University – Internal Department Contribution
1/01/18 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
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Differential roles of gene family members in development of a cell lineage
Hime, G., Loveland, K. & Abud, H.
11/01/17 → 10/01/20
Project: Research
Research output
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Activin A Determines Steroid Levels and Composition in the Fetal Testis
Whiley, P. A. F., O'Donnell, L., Moody, S. C., Handelsman, D. J., Young, J. C., Richards, E. A., Almstrup, K., Western, P. S. & Loveland, K. L., Jul 2020, In : Endocrinology. 161, 7, 16 p., bqaa058.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Differential tissue-specific damage caused by bacterial epididymo-orchitis in the mouse
Klein, B., Bhushan, S., Gunther, S., Middendorff, R., Loveland, K. L., Hedger, M. P. & Meinhardt, A., 24 Apr 2020, In : Molecular Human Reproduction. 26, 4, p. 215-227 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile7 Citations (Scopus) -
Evidence that activin A directly modulates early human male germline differentiation status
Moody, S. C., Wakitani, S., Young, J. C., Western, P. S. & Loveland, K. L., 1 Jul 2020, In : Reproduction. 160, 1, p. 141-154 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Region-specific immune responses to autoimmune epididymitis in the murine reproductive tract
Wijayarathna, R., Pasalic, A., Nicolas, N., Biniwale, S., Ravinthiran, R., Genovese, R., Muir, J. A., Loveland, K. L., Meinhardt, A., Fijak, M. & Hedger, M. P., 1 Aug 2020, In : Cell and Tissue Research. 381, p. 351–360 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Testicular immune cell populations and macrophage polarisation in adult male mice and the influence of altered activin A levels
Indumathy, S., Pueschl, D., Klein, B., Fietz, D., Bergmann, M., Schuppe, H. C., Da Silva, N., Loveland, B. E., Hickey, M. J., Hedger, M. P. & Loveland, K. L., Nov 2020, In : Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 142, 8 p., 103204.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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Fuller W Bazer SSR International Scientist Award
Loveland, Katherine (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Justus-Liebig Professorship
Loveland, Katherine (Recipient), 2014
Prize: National/international honour
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Justus-Liebig Professorship, renewal
Loveland, Katherine (Recipient), 2016
Prize: National/international honour
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Justus-Liebig Professorship, renewal
Loveland, Katherine (Recipient), 2019
Prize: National/international honour
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Monash University Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research, Postgraduate Supervision
Loveland, Katherine (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)