Dr George Thouas, BSc(Hons), MRepSc, Ph.D

Clinical and Experimental Perinatal Research Group

Research Specialities

Oocyte biology, pre- and post-implantation embryology, assisted reproduction, mitochondrial physiology, cell metabolism, in vitro culture systems, cell and tissue engineering, expansion biotechnology for stem cells.

Select Publications

Refereed journals
Thouas, G. A., Thompson, M. C., Contreras, K. G, Liow, K.Y., Tan, K. B. Hourigan, K. (2008). Improved oxygen diffusion and mechanical aggregation of tumor colonies in a novel stirred mini-bioreactor. Conf. Proc. IEEE. Eng. Med. Biol. Soc. 2008: 3586-3589.

Thouas, G. A., Contreras, K. G., Bernard, C. C., Sun, G. Z., Tsang, K., Zhou, K., Nisbet, D. R. and Forsythe, J. S. (2008). Biomaterials for spinal cord regeneration: outgrowth of presumptive neuronal precursors on electrospun poly(epsilon)-caprolactone scaffolds microlayered with alternating polyelectrolytes. Conf. Proc. IEEE. Eng. Med. Biol. Soc. 2008: 1825-1828.

Liow, K. Y. S, Tan, B. T., Thouas, G. A. Thompson, M. C. (2008). CFD modelling of the steady-state momentum and oxygen transport in a bioreactor that is driven by an aerial rotating disk.  Mod. Phys. Letters B. 1672-1675.

Thouas, G. A., Sheridan, J. Hourigan, K. (2007). A bioreactor model of mouse tumor progression.  J. Biomed. Biotechnol. 32754.

Thouas, G. A., Trounson, A. O., Jones, G. M. (2006). Developmental effects of sublethal mitochondrial injury in mouse oocytes.  Biol. Reprod. 74: 969-977.

Thouas, G. A., Trounson, A. O. Jones, G. M. (2005).  Effect of female age on mouse oocyte developmental competence following mitochondrial injury.  Biol. Reprod. 73: 366-373.

Thouas, G. A, Trounson, A. O., Wolvetang, E. J. Jones, G. M. (2004).  Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Mouse Oocytes Results in Preimplantation Embryo Arrest In Vitro. Biol. Reprod. Dec 71: 1936-1942.

Huynh, K., Jones, G., Thouas, G., Britt, K. L., Simpson, E. R. Jones, M. E. (2004). Estrogen is not directly required for oocyte developmental competence. Biol. Reprod. 70: 1263-1269.


Thouas, G. A., Jones, G. M. Trounson, A. O. (2003). The 'GO' system--a novel method of microculture for in vitro development of mouse zygotes to the blastocyst stage. Reproduction. 126: 161-169.

Figueiredo, F., Jones, G. M., Thouas, G. A. Trounson A. O. (2002). The effect of extracellular matrix molecules on mouse preimplantation embryo development in vitro. Reprod. Fertil. Dev. 14: 443-451.

Thouas, G. A., Korfiatis, N. A., French, A. J., Jones, G. M. Trounson, A. O. (2001). Simplified technique for differential staining of inner cell mass and trophectoderm cells of mouse and bovine blastocysts. Reprod. Biomed Online. 3: 25-29.

Jones, G. M., Trounson, A. O., Vella, P. J., Thouas, G. A., Lolatgis, N. Wood C. (2001). Glucose metabolism of human morula and blastocyst-stage embryos and its relationship to viability after transfer. Reprod. Biomed Online. 3, 124-132.

Vajta, G., Lewis, I. M., Hyttel, P., Thouas, G. A. Trounson, A. O. (2001). Somatic cell cloning without micromanipulators. Cloning. 3: 89-95.

Select book chapters
Fon, D., Nisbett D., Shen, W., Thouas, G. Forsythe, J. (2009). "Biomaterials for brain tissue engineering".  In: The Tissue Engineering Book: State of the Art, Visions, and Limitations" Springer (in press).

Zhou, K, Bernard, C. C., Nisbett, D. Thouas, G. A. Forsythe, J. S. (2009). "Bionanotechnology approaches to neuronal regeneration"; In "Biomaterials for clinical applications" (manuscript in preparation).

Jones, G. M., Figueiredo, F., Osianlis, T., Pope, A. K., Steeves, T. E., Thouas, G. A. and Trounson, A. O. (2001).  "Embryo Culture, Assessment, Selection and Transfer". In: Current Practices and Controversies in Assisted Reproduction: Report of a meeting on Medical, Ethical and Social Aspects of Assisted Reproduction. World Health Organization, Ch 3. pp 177-210.