Jason Cain
Dr Jason Cain is a Research Fellow and Co-Head of the Developmental and Cancer Biology research group in Hudson Institute's Centre for Cancer Research. A developmental biologist, Dr Cain is driving cutting-edge research to understand the role of critical embryonic signalling pathways and epigenetic mechanisms in normal and abnormal development and disease. In particular his focus is on paediatric cancers including osteosarcoma, medulloblastoma, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma and malignant rhabdoid tumours.
Dr Cain is a developmental biologist involved in full time basic research. After completing his BSc (2000), BSc(Hons) (2001) and PhD (2006) in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Monash University, he moved to The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada to undertake his post-doctoral training. During his postdoctoral training in the Program of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology under the supervision of Dr Norman Rosenblum (Professor of Paediatrics, Senior Scientist, and Staff Nephrologist at Sickkids), Dr Cain focused on the role of the Hedgehog signalling pathway in normal and abnormal kidney development. In late 2010, he returned to Australia to take up a position as a Research Fellow with Prof Neil Watkins (Professor of Cancer and Developmental Biology, NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, and Consultant Physician) at Hudson Institute and accepted an appointment of Co-Head of the group in 2014. To find out more see Dr Jason Cain's Monash profile.