Dr Mik Black

Senior Lecturer
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  • Biochemistry Department
  • School of Medical Sciences
  • University of Otago
  • P.O. Box 56
  • 710 Cumberland St
  • Dunedin 9054 , New Zealand
  • Tel.: +64 3 479-7831
  • FAX: +64 3 479-7866
  • e-mail:mik.black@otago.ac.nz

Dr Black joined the Department of Biochemistry as a Senior Lecturer in May 2006. He received a B.Sc.(Hons) in Statistics from the University of Canterbury in 1996, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mathematical Statistics and Statistics in 2000 and 2002 from Purdue University.

Research:

Dr Black's research interests include the analysis of data from gene expression microarray experiments, Bayesian statistical methods, and statistical computing.

Teaching:

Dr Black teaches a microarray module in BIOC 354 Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics, a statistics module in BIOC 452 Metabolism and Regulation, and a course (STAT435 Data Analysis for Bioinformatics ) on the use of statistical and bioinformatic methods for the analysis of data from microarray and second generation sequencing experiments.

Recent Publications (2010-2011):

Kalamorz, F., Keis, S., McMillan, D.G., Olsson, K., Stanton, J.A., Stockwell, P., Black, M.A., Klingeman, D.M., Land, M.L., Han, C.S., Martin, S.L., Becher, S.A., Peddie, C.J., Morgan, H.W., Matthies, D., Preddie, L., Meier, T., Brown, S.D., Cook, G.M. (2011) Draft Genome Sequence of Thermoalkaliphilic Caldalkalibacillus thermarum strain TA2.A1.  Journal of Bacteriology. Jun 17, Epub ahead of print.[PubMed]

Soon, W.W., Miller, L.D., Black, M.A., Dalmasso, C., Chan, X.B., Pang, B., Ong, C.W., Salto-Tellez, M., Desai, K.V., Liu, E.T.  (2011) Combined genomic and phenotype screening reveals secretory factor SPINK1 as an invasion and survival factor associated with patient prognosis in breast cancer. EMBO Molecular Medicine, Jun 8, Epub ahead of print.[PubMed]

Linterman, K.S., Palmer, D.N., Kay, G.W., Barry, L.A., Mitchell, N.L., McFarlane, R.G., Black, M.A., Sands, M.S., Hughes, S.M. (2011) Lentiviral-mediated gene transfer to the sheep brain - implications for gene therapy in a neurodegenerative disease model. Human Gene Therapy, May 19, Epub ahead of print.[PubMed]

North, R.A., McCowan, L.M.E., Dekker, G.A., Poston, L., Chan, E.H.Y., Stewart, A.W., Black, M.A., Taylor, R.S., Walker, J.J., Baker, P.N., Kenny, L.C. (2011) Clinical risk prediction of pre-eclampsia in an international prospective cohort of nulliparous women. BMJ 2011; 342:d1875. [PubMed]

Nixon, G., Blattner, K., Dawson, J., Dovey, S., McLellan, A., Black, M.A., Wiklins, G., Dunn AC, McLellan AD. (2011) Streptokinase antibodies in patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome in three rural New Zealand populations. Journal of Clinical Pathology, Mar 11, Epub ahead of print.[PubMed]

Nasser, S., Cunliffe, H.E., Black, M.A., and Kim, S. (2011) Context-specific gene regulatory networks subdivide intrinsic subtypes of breast cancer.  BMC Bioinformatics, 12 (Suppl 2), S3. [PubMed]

Seed, P.T., Chappell, L., Black, M.A., Poppe, K., Hwang P.Y-C., Kasabov, N., McCowan, L., Shennan, A., Wu, S., Poston, L., North, R. (2011) Prediction of pre-eclampsia and delivery of small for gestational age babies based on a combination of clinical risk factors in high risk women. Hypertension in Pregnancy (2011) 30(1):58-73.[PubMed]

McCowan, L.M., Kho, E.M., Black, M.A., Chan, E., Dekker, G.A., Poston, L., Taylor, R.S., North, R.A., Roberts, C.T. (2010)   Paternal Contribution to Small for Gestational Age Babies: A Multicentre Prospective Study. Obesity, Dec 2, Epub ahead of print.[PubMed]

Nasri. S., Anjomshoaa, A., Song, S., Guilford, P., McNoe, L., Black, M., Phillips, V., Reeve, A., Humar, B. Oligonucleotide array outperforms SNP array on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded clinical samples. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics (2010) vol. 198 (1) pp. 1-6.[PubMed]

Ariazi, E.A., Brailoiu E., Yerrum, S., Shupp, H.A., Slifker, M.J., Cunliffe, H.E., Black, M.A., Donato, A.L., Arterburn, J.B., Oprea, T.I., Prossnitz, E.R., Dun, N.J., Jordan, V.C. The G Protein-Coupled Receptor GPR30 Inhibits Proliferation of Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer Cells. Cancer Research (2010) vol. 70 (3):1184-1194.[PubMed]