Tim Morgan

Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 3 479 7469
- tim.morgan@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Research Technician
- Department
- Department of Women's and Children's Health (Dunedin)
- Qualifications
- MSc
- Research summary
- Clinical Genetics Research Laboratory
Research
I am a Research Technician in Professor Stephen Robertson's Clinical Genetics Group studying the genetic interactions and biochemistry of genes and proteins that are implicated in the cause of malformations in children.
Publications
Wade, E. M., Goodin, E. A., Wang, Y., Morgan, T., Callon, K. E., Watson, M., Daniel, P. B., … Robertson, S. P. (2023). FLNA-filaminopathy skeletal phenotypes are not due to an osteoblast autonomous loss-of-function. Bone Reports, 18, 101668. doi: 10.1016/j.bonr.2023.101668
Wade, E. M., Parthasarathy, P., Mi, J., Morgan, T., Wollnik, B., Robertson, S. P., & Cundy, T. (2022). Deletion of the last two exons of FGF10 in a family with LADD syndrome and pulmonary acinar hypoplasia [Brief communication]. European Journal of Human Genetics, 30, 480-484. doi: 10.1038/s41431-021-00902-0
Wade, E. M., Jenkins, Z. A., Morgan, T., Gimenez, G., Gibson, H., Peng, H., … Robertson, S. P. (2021). Exon skip-inducing variants in FLNA in an attenuated form of frontometaphyseal dysplasia. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 185A, 3675-3682. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62424
Fukushima, K., Parthasarathy, P., Wade, E. M., Morgan, T., Gowrishankar, K., Markie, D. M., & Robertson, S. P. (2021). Intragenic deletions in FLNB are part of the mutational spectrum causing spondylocarpotarsal synostosis syndrome. Genes, 12(4), 528. doi: 10.3390/genes12040528
Mi, J., Parthasarathy, P., Halliday, B. J., Morgan, T., Dean, J., Nowaczyk, M. J. M., Markie, D., Robertson, S. P., & Wade, E. M. (2020). Deletion of exon 1 in AMER1 in osteopathia striata with cranial sclerosis. Genes, 11, 1439. doi: 10.3390/genes11121439
Wade, E. M., Goodin, E. A., Wang, Y., Morgan, T., Callon, K. E., Watson, M., Daniel, P. B., … Robertson, S. P. (2023). FLNA-filaminopathy skeletal phenotypes are not due to an osteoblast autonomous loss-of-function. Bone Reports, 18, 101668. doi: 10.1016/j.bonr.2023.101668
Journal - Research Article
Wade, E. M., Jenkins, Z. A., Morgan, T., Gimenez, G., Gibson, H., Peng, H., … Robertson, S. P. (2021). Exon skip-inducing variants in FLNA in an attenuated form of frontometaphyseal dysplasia. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 185A, 3675-3682. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62424
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Jenkins, Z. A., Macharg, A., Chang, C.-Y., van Kogelenberg, M., Morgan, T., Frentz, S., Wei, W., … Markie, D. M., … Robertson, S. P. (2018). Differential regulation of two FLNA transcripts explains some of the phenotypic heterogeneity in the loss-of-function filaminopathies. Human Mutation, 39(1), 103-113. doi: 10.1002/humu.23355
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McKeown, C., Connors, S., Stapleton, R., Morgan, T., Hayes, I., Neas, K., … Markie, D. M., … Robertson, S. P. (2018). A pilot study of exome sequencing in a diverse New Zealand cohort with undiagnosed disorders and cancer. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 48(4), 262-279. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2018.1464033
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Bernkopf, M., Hunt, D., Koelling, N., Morgan, T., Collins, A. L., Fairhurst, J., Robertson, S. P., … Goriely, A. (2017). Quantification of transmission risk in a male patient with a FLNB mosaic mutation causing Larsen syndrome: Implications for genetic counselling in post-zygotic mosaicism cases. Human Mutation, 38(10), 1360-1364. doi: 10.1002/humu.23281
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Di Gioia, S. A., Connors, S., Matsunami, N., Cannavino, J., Rose, M. F., Gilette, N. M., … Morgan, T., … Markie, D. M., … Robertson, S. P., … Engle, E. C. (2017). A defect in myoblast fusion underlies Carey-Fineman-Ziter syndrome. Nature Communications, 8, 16077. doi: 10.1038/ncomms16077
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Wade, E. M., Jenkins, Z. A., Daniel, P. B., Morgan, T., Addor, M. C., Adés, L. C., … Robertson, S. P. (2017). Autosomal dominant frontometaphyseal dysplasia: Delineation of the clinical phenotype. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 173(7), 1739-1749. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.38267
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Morton, J. E. V., Frentz, S., Morgan, T., Sutherland-Smith, A. J., & Robertson, S. P. (2016). Biallelic mutations in CYP26B1: A differential diagnosis for Pfeiffer and Antley–Bixler syndromes. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 170(10), 2706-2710. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.37804
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Wade, E. M., Daniel, P. B., Jenkins, Z. A., McInerney-Leo, A., Leo, P., Morgan, T., … Markie, D. M., & Robertson, S. P. (2016). Mutations in MAP3K7 that alter the activity of the TAK1 signaling complex cause frontometaphyseal dysplasia. American Journal of Human Genetics, 99(2), 392-406. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.05.024
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Bunn, K. J., Daniel, P., Rösken, H. S., O'Neill, A. C., Cameron-Christie, S. R., Morgan, T., … Markie, D. M., & Robertson, S. P. (2015). Mutations in DVL1 cause an osteosclerotic form of Robinow syndrome. American Journal of Human Genetics, 96(4), 623-630. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.02.010
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van Kogelenberg, M., Clark, A. R., Jenkins, Z., Morgan, T., Anandan, A., Sawyer, G. M., … Robertson, S. P. (2015). Diverse phenotypic consequences of mutations affecting the C-terminus of FLNA. Journal of Molecular Medicine, 93(7), 773-782. doi: 10.1007/s00109-015-1261-7
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Gray, M. J., van Kogelenberg, M., Beddow, R., Morgan, T., Wordsworth, P., Shears, D. J., Robertson, S. P., & Hurst, J. A. (2014). A new acro-osteolysis syndrome caused by duplications including PTHLH. Journal of Human Genetics, 59, 484-487. doi: 10.1038/jhg.2014.58
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Cappello, S., Gray, M. J., Badouel, C., Lange, S., Einsiedler, M., Srour, M., … Jenkins, Z. A., Morgan, T., Preitner, N., … Black, M. A., Markie, D., … Robertson, S. P. (2013). Mutations in genes encoding the cadherin receptor-ligand pair DCHS1 and FAT4 disrupt cerebral cortical development. Nature Genetics, 45(11), 1300-1308. doi: 10.1038/ng.2765
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Holman, S. K., Morgan, T., Baujat, G., Cormier-Daire, V., Cho, T.-J., Lees, M., … Robertson, S. P. (2013). Osteopathia striata congenita with cranial sclerosis and intellectual disability due to contiguous gene deletions involving the WTX locus. Clinical Genetics, 83(3), 251-256. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2012.01905.x
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Reinstein, E., Frentz, S., Morgan, T., García-Miñaúr, S., Leventer, R. J., McGillivray, G., … Robertson, S. P. (2013). Vascular and connective tissue anomalies associated with X-linked periventricular heterotopia due to mutations in Filamin A. European Journal of Human Genetics, 21(5), 494-502. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.209
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Daniel, P. B., Morgan, T., Alanay, Y., Bijlsma, E., Cho, T.-J., Cole, T., … Robertson, S. P. (2012). Disease-associated mutations in the actin-binding domain of filamin B cause cytoplasmic focal accumulations correlating with disease severity. Human Mutation, 33(4), 665-673. doi: 10.1002/humu.22012
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Tsutsumi, S., Maekawa, A., Obata, M., Morgan, T., Robertson, S. P., & Kurachi, H. (2012). A case of boomerang dysplasia with a novel causative mutation in filamin B: Identification of typical imaging: Findings on ultrasonography and 3D-CT imaging. Fetal Diagnosis & Therapy, 32, 216-220. doi: 10.1159/000335687
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Holman, S. K., Daniel, P., Jenkins, Z. A., Herron, R. L., Morgan, T., Savarirayan, R., … Robertson, S. P. (2011). The male phenotype in osteopathia striata congenita with cranial sclerosis. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 155(10), 2397-2408. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.34178
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Laue, K., Pogoda, H.-M., Daniel, P. B., van Haeringen, A., Alanay, Y., von Ameln, S., … Morgan, T., Gray, M. J., … Robertson, S. P. (2011). Craniosynostosis and multiple skeletal anomalies in humans and zebrafish result from a defect in the localized degradation of retinoic acid. American Journal of Human Genetics, 89(5), 595-606. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.09.015
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Skidmore, D. L., Chitayat, D., Morgan, T., Hinek, A., Fischer, B., Dimopoulou, A., … Robertson, S. P. (2011). Further expansion of the phenotypic spectrum associated with mutations in ALDH18A1, encoding Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthase (P5CS). American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 155(8), 1848-1856. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.34057
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Kapur, R. P., Robertson, S. P., Hannibal, M. C., Finn, L. S., Morgan, T., van Kogelenberg, M., & Loren, D. J. (2010). Diffuse abnormal layering of small intestinal smooth muscle is present in patients with FLNA mutations and X-linked intestinal pseudo-obstruction. American Journal of Surgical Pathology, 34(10), 1528-1543. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181f0ae47
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Jenkins, Z. A., van Kogelenberg, M., Morgan, T., Jeffs, A., Fukuzawa, R., Pearl, E., … Robertson, S. P. (2009). Germline mutations in WTX cause a sclerosing skeletal dysplasia but do not predispose to tumorigenesis. Nature Genetics, 41(1), 95-100. doi: 10.1038/ng.270
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van Roij, M. H. H., Mizumoto, S., Yamada, S., Morgan, T., Tan-Sindhunata, M. B., Meijers-Heijboer, H., … Markie, D., … Robertson, S. P. (2008). Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, Omani type: Further definition of the phenotype. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 146A(18), 2376-2384. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32482
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Robertson, S. P., Jenkins, Z. A., Morgan, T., Adès, L., Aftimos, S., Boute, O., … Krakow, D. (2006). Frontometaphyseal Dysplasia: Mutations in FLNA and phenotypic diversity. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 140A, 1726-1736. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31322
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Robertson, S. P., Thompson, S., Morgan, T., Holder-Espinasse, M., Martinot-Duquenoy, V., Wilkie, A. O. M., & Manouvrier-Hanu, S. (2006). Postzygotic mutation and germline mosaicism in the otopalatodigital syndrome spectrum disorders. European Journal of Human Genetics, 14, 549-554.
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Bicknell, L. S., Morgan, T., Bonafé, L., Wessels, M. W., Bialer, M. G., Willems, P. J., … Robertson, S. P. (2005). Mutations in FLNB cause boomerang dysplasia. Journal of Medical Genetics, 42(7), e43. doi: 10.1136/jmg.2004.029967
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Sheen, V. L., Jansen, A., Chen, M. H., Parrini, E., Morgan, T., . . ., Robertson, S., & et al (2005). Filamin A mutations cause periventricular heterotopia with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Neurology, 64, 254-262.
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Krakow, D., Robertson, S. P., King, L. M., Morgan, T., & et al (2004). Mutations in the gene encoding filamin B disrupt vertebral segmentation, joint formation and skeletogenesis. Nature Genetics, 36(4), 405-410.
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Morgan, T. R., Shand, J. A., Clarke, S. M., & Eaton-Rye, J. J. (1998). Specific requirements for cytochrome c-550 and the manganese-stabilizing protein in photoautotrophic strains of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 with mutations in the domain Gly-351 to Thr-436 of the chlorophyll-binding protein CP47. Biochemistry, 37(41), 14437-14449.
Journal - Research Article
Wade, E. M., Parthasarathy, P., Mi, J., Morgan, T., Wollnik, B., Robertson, S. P., & Cundy, T. (2022). Deletion of the last two exons of FGF10 in a family with LADD syndrome and pulmonary acinar hypoplasia [Brief communication]. European Journal of Human Genetics, 30, 480-484. doi: 10.1038/s41431-021-00902-0
Journal - Research Other
Fukushima, K., Parthasarathy, P., Wade, E. M., Morgan, T., Gowrishankar, K., Markie, D. M., & Robertson, S. P. (2021). Intragenic deletions in FLNB are part of the mutational spectrum causing spondylocarpotarsal synostosis syndrome. Genes, 12(4), 528. doi: 10.3390/genes12040528
Journal - Research Other
Mi, J., Parthasarathy, P., Halliday, B. J., Morgan, T., Dean, J., Nowaczyk, M. J. M., Markie, D., Robertson, S. P., & Wade, E. M. (2020). Deletion of exon 1 in AMER1 in osteopathia striata with cranial sclerosis. Genes, 11, 1439. doi: 10.3390/genes11121439
Journal - Research Other
Bertola, D., Passos-Bueno, M. R., Pereira, A., Kim, C., Morgan, T., & Robertson, S. P. (2015). Recurrence of frontometaphyseal dysplasia in two sisters with a mutation in FLNA and an atypical paternal phenotype: Insights into genotype—phenotype correlation. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 167(5), 1161-1164. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36981
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de Athayde Costa, L. S., Pegler, S. P., Lellis, R. F., Krebs, V. L. J., Robertson, S., Morgan, T., … Kim, C. A. (2015). Menkes disease: Importance of diagnosis with molecular analysis in the neonatal period. Revista da Associaçāo Médica Brasileira, 61(5), 407-410. doi: 10.1590/1806-9282.61.05.407
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