Dr Peter Taylor

Dr Peter Taylor is a Molecular Geneticist with solid training in general pathology prior to commencing specialisation in 1986. Peter’s clinical interests include oncogenetics and neuromuscular genetics. Early in his career, Peter performed research associated with the cloning of the estrogen receptor and its regulation and role in breast cancer at the University of New South Wales. Breast cancer genetics and the study of mutations associated with breast tumours has been an area of ongoing interest throughout his career. In his PhD thesis he reported the identification the cause of a newly described neuromuscular condition, determined the clinical utility of a comprehensive screening program for X-linked muscular dystrophy, and described the correlation between gene mutation location and cognitive defects in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. He has several highly read peer-reviewed papers and has contributed to numerous conference papers.

Peter is a Fellow of the Human Genetics Society of Australia (FHGSA) was previous Chair for the Molecular Genetics Society of Australasia (2015-2017), and an examiner for the annual HGS Fellowship examinations. He is the Scientific Director for Molecular Testing at Genomic Diagnostics, Healius Pathology Pty Ltd, and his current role includes being the subject matter expert for the molecular genetics component of the Phoenix National LIS project.