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Renea Taylor

Assoc Professor

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2609-2380
1997 …2023
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Biography

Dr Renea Taylor is a Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow in the Department of Physiology and Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University. She graduated with a PhD in Reproductive Endocrinology in 2003 at Monash University and completed her postdoctoral training in Stem Cell Biology at the Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories. She pursued her research interest in hormone-dependent cancer, specialising in prostate cancer. The focus of her research program is the hormonal regulation of prostate stem cells and their interaction with the tumour microenvironment. More recently, Dr Taylor’s team has focused on elucidating the endocrine and metabolic changes that occur in obesity that may contribute to prostate cancer disease progression. She has established a translational approach to her research, developing and applying clinically relevant models to study prostate cancer, in collaboration with urology, pathology and oncology colleagues. In her academic role at Monash University, she is committed to training the future research scientists in both undergraduate and postgraduate courses and is a particular advocate for young women. She plays a key role in science communication and dedicates significant time to the promotion of prostate cancer awareness in the community.

External positions

Chair, Research Committee, Australian Prostate Cancer Bio-Resource

2018 → 2019

Editorial Board, American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology & Metabolism

2017 → …

Convenor, 2nd Australian Cancer and Metabolism Meeting

2016 → 2017

Executive Member, Australian Prostate Cancer Bio-Resource

2016 → 2017

Chair - Open Day Committee (Dept of Physiology)

2016 → …

Member of International Xenografting Consortium - Endocrinology & Metabolism, Movember Global Action Plan

2016 → 2017

Grant Review Panel Member - Cancer Biology Panel 5C, National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

2016

Convenor of Program Committee, The Endocrine Society of Australia

2016 → 2018

Editorial Board, The Prostate

2016 → …

Member of the Academic Progress Committee, Monash University

2015 → …

Grant Review Panel Member - Cancer Biology Panel 1E, National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

2014

External Reviewer, Australia - India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF)

2012

Grant Review Panel Member - Cancer Biology Panel 1E, National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

2012

Member of Review Panel, Melbourne Health Expert Scientific (BioGrid, Victoria)

2011 → …

External Reviewer, The Foundation Daw Park Grants For Medical Research; Repatriation General Hospital, South Australia

2011

External Reviewer, American Institute for Biological Sciences (AIBS), New York

2010

Grant Review Committee Member, Cancer Australia

2010

Convenor, Seminar Series, MIMR-PHI Institute of Medical Research

2008 → 2009

Grant Review Panel Member - Cancer Biology Panel 1D, National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

2008 → 2009

External Reviewer, Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia

2008 → …

External Reviewer, National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

2007 → …

Member - Early Careers Innovators Network, Victorian Cancer Agency

2007 → 2008

Member, Australian Prostate Cancer Bio-Resource

2003 → 2005

Victorian Board Member, Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR)

2003 → 2010

Member - Student Open Day Committee, Monash University

2003 → 2004

Student Member, Monash University

2000

Student Representative - Postgraduate Student Committee, Monash Institute of Reproduction and Development

1999 → 2000

Student Liason for Monash Institute of Reproduction & Development, Monash Postgraduate Association

1999 → 2000

Keywords

  • Prostate Cancer
  • Stem Cells
  • Tumour Microenvironment
  • cancer
  • stromal cells
  • experimental models
  • immune-deficient models
  • stem cell-microenvironment interactions
  • tissue-specific stem cells
  • embryonic stem cells
  • exper
  • castration
  • steroid receptors
  • selective estrogen receptor modulators
  • cell cell interaction
  • stromal epithelial signaling
  • reproductive and developmental biology
  • stem ce
  • ex vivo culture
  • hsp90 inhibitors
  • human explants
  • proliferation
  • prostate cancer
  • xenografting
  • tissue recombination
  • immuno-compromised mice
  • stromal niche
  • prostate
  • stem cell differentiation
  • stem cell research
  • adult
  • tissue culture
  • androgen receptor
  • stem cells
  • urogenital sinus mesenchyme epithelium induction differentiation recombinant surothelium secretion e

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Projects 2003 2023

New combination therapies for castration-resistant prostat e cancer

Lawrence, M. G., Risbridger, G. P., Azad, A. & Taylor, R. A.

Victorian Cancer Agency

15/02/19 → 14/02/23

Project: Research

Investigating the origins of neuroendocrine prostate cancer

Toivanen, R., Risbridger, G. P., Taylor, R. A., Goode, D., Clouston, D. & Murphy, D.

15/02/19 → 14/02/23

Project: Research

Novel targeting of therapy-resistant prostate cancer cells.

Taylor, R. A., Risbridger, G. P., Azad, A. & Nim, H. T.

1/01/18 → 31/12/20

Project: Research

Dual Targeting of the Androgen Receptor for Effective and Durable Control of Lethal Prostate Cancer

Tilley, W. D., Risbridger, G. P., Raj, G. V., Selth, L., Taylor, R. A. & Joshua, A. M.

National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

1/01/17 → 31/12/20

Project: Research

Targeting castrate-tolerant prostate cancer cells

Taylor, R. A.

Victorian Cancer Agency

24/04/16 → 23/04/20

Project: Research

Research Output 1997 2019

Suppressing fatty acid uptake has therapeutic effects in preclinical models of prostate cancer

Watt, M. J., Clark, A. K., Selth, L. A., Haynes, V. R., Lister, N., Rebello, R., Porter, L. H., Niranjan, B., Whitby, S. T., Lo, J., Huang, C., Schittenhelm, R. B., Anderson, K. E., Furic, L., Wijayaratne, P. R., Matzaris, M., Montgomery, M. K., Papargiris, M., Norden, S., Febbraio, M. & 4 othersRisbridger, G. P., Frydenberg, M., Nomura, D. K. & Taylor, R. A., 6 Feb 2019, In : Science Translational Medicine. 11, 478, 12 p., eaau5758.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Tissue engineered human prostate microtissues reveal key role of mast cell-derived tryptase in potentiating cancer-associated fibroblast (CAF)-induced morphometric transition in vitro

Pereira, B. A., Lister, N. L., Hashimoto, K., Teng, L., Flandes-Iparraguirre, M., Eder, A., Sanchez-Herrero, A., Niranjan, B., Melbourne Urological Research Alliance (MURAL), Frydenberg, M., Papargiris, M. M., Lawrence, M. G., Taylor, R. A., Hutmacher, D. W., Ellem, S. J., Risbridger, G. P. & De-Juan-Pardo, E. M., 1 Mar 2019, In : Biomaterials. 197, p. 72-85 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Enduring epigenetic landmarks define the cancer microenvironment

Pidsley, R., Lawrence, M. G., Zotenko, E., Niranjan, B., Statham, A., Song, J., Chabanon, R. M., Qu, W., Wang, H., Richards, M., Nair, S. S., Armstrong, N., Nim, H. T., Papargiris, M., Balanathan, P., French, H., Peters, T., Norden, S., Ryan, A., Pedersen, J. & 9 othersKench, J. G., Daly, R. J., Horvath, L., Stricker, P., Frydenberg, M., Taylor, R. A., Stirzaker, C., Risbridger, G. P. & Clark, S. J., 1 May 2018, In : Genome Research. 28, 5, p. 625-638 14 p.

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Fine-mapping of prostate cancer susceptibility loci in a large meta-analysis identifies candidate causal variants

Dadaev, T., Saunders, E. J., Newcombe, P. J., Anokian, E., Leongamornlert, D. A., Brook, M. N., Cieza-Borrella, C., Mijuskovic, M., Wakerell, S., Olama, A. A. A., Schumacher, F. R., Berndt, S. I., Benlloch, S., Ahmed, M., Goh, C., Sheng, X., Zhang, Z., Muir, K., Govindasami, K., Lophatananon, A. & 172 othersStevens, V. L., Gapstur, S. M., Carter, B. D., Tangen, C. M., Goodman, P., Thompson, I. M., Batra, J., Chambers, S., Moya, L., Clements, J., Horvath, L., Tilley, W., Risbridger, G., Gronberg, H., Aly, M., Nordström, T., Pharoah, P., Pashayan, N., Schleutker, J., Tammela, T. L. J., Sipeky, C., Auvinen, A., Albanes, D., Weinstein, S., Wolk, A., Hakansson, N., West, C., Dunning, A. M., Burnet, N., Mucci, L., Giovannucci, E., Andriole, G., Cussenot, O., Cancel-Tassin, G., Koutros, S., Freeman, L. E. B., Sorensen, K. D., Orntoft, T. F., Borre, M., Maehle, L., Grindedal, E. M., Neal, D. E., Donovan, J. L., Hamdy, F. C., Martin, R. M., Travis, R. C., Key, T. J., Hamilton, R. J., Fleshner, N. E., Finelli, A., Ingles, S. A., Stern, M. C., Rosenstein, B., Kerns, S., Ostrer, H., Lu, Y. J., Zhang, H. W., Feng, N., Mao, X., Guo, X., Wang, G., Sun, Z., Giles, G. G., Southey, M. C., MacInnis, R. J., Fitzgerald, L. M., Kibel, A. S., Drake, B. F., Vega, A., Gómez-Caamaño, A., Fachal, L., Szulkin, R., Eklund, M., Kogevinas, M., Llorca, J., Castaño-Vinyals, G., Penney, K. L., Stampfer, M., Park, J. Y., Sellers, T. A., Lin, H. Y., Stanford, J. L., Cybulski, C., Wokolorczyk, D., Lubinski, J., Ostrander, E. A., Geybels, M. S., Nordestgaard, B. G., Nielsen, S. F., Weisher, M., Bisbjerg, R., Røder, M. A., Iversen, P., Brenner, H., Cuk, K., Holleczek, B., Maier, C., Luedeke, M., Schnoeller, T., Kim, J., Logothetis, C. J., John, E. M., Teixeira, M. R., Paulo, P., Cardoso, M., Neuhausen, S. L., Steele, L., Ding, Y. C., De Ruyck, K., De Meerleer, G., Ost, P., Razack, A., Lim, J., Teo, S. H., Lin, D. W., Newcomb, L. F., Lessel, D., Gamulin, M., Kulis, T., Kaneva, R., Usmani, N., Slavov, C., Mitev, V., Parliament, M., Singhal, S., Claessens, F., Joniau, S., Van Den Broeck, T., Larkin, S., Townsend, P. A., Aukim-Hastie, C., Gago-Dominguez, M., Castelao, J. E., Martinez, M. E., Roobol, M. J., Jenster, G., Van Schaik, R. H. N., Menegaux, F., Truong, T., Koudou, Y. A., Xu, J., Khaw, K. T., Cannon-Albright, L., Pandha, H., Michael, A., Kierzek, A., Thibodeau, S. N., McDonnell, S. K., Schaid, D. J., Lindstrom, S., Turman, C., Ma, J., Hunter, D. J., Riboli, E., Siddiq, A., Canzian, F., Kolonel, L. N., Le Marchand, L., Hoover, R. N., Machiela, M. J., Kraft, P., Cook, M., Freedman, M. L., Wiklund, F., Chanock, S. J., Henderson, B. E., Easton, D. F., Haiman, C. A., Eeles, R. A., Conti, D. V., Kote-Jarai, Z. & The PRACTICAL consortium, 1 Dec 2018, In : Nature Communications. 9, 1, 19 p., 2256.

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Germline variation at 8q24 and prostate cancer risk in men of European ancestry

Matejcic, M., Saunders, E. J., Dadaev, T., Brook, M. N., Wang, K., Sheng, X., Al Olama, A. A., Schumacher, F., Ingles, S. A., Govindasami, K., Benlloch, S., Berndt, S., Albanes, D., Koutros, S., Muir, K., Stevens, V. L., Gapstur, S. M., Tangen, C. M., Batra, J., Clements, J. & 5 othersPRACTICAL Consortium, Taylor, R., Papargiris, M. M., Risbridger, G. & Southey, M. C., 5 Nov 2018, In : Nature Communications. 9, 11 p., 382.

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Prizes

Advancing Women’s Success Grant

Renea Anne Taylor (Recipient), 2018

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

Australian Postgraduate Award

Renea Anne Taylor (Recipient), 1998

Prize: Competitive Fellowships

Finalist, National Young Researcher of the Year

Renea Anne Taylor (Recipient), 2007

Prize: Other distinction

Grisha Sklovsky Memorial Prize

Renea Anne Taylor (Recipient), 2002

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

Inaugural Monash University Distinguished Young Alumni Award

Renea Anne Taylor (Recipient), 2007

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)