Rate My Professor Alexia Kauff

Alexia Kauff is an Assistant Research Fellow in the Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago. She maintains an affiliate position within the Health Sciences Division. In addition, she holds the role of Laboratory Manager at InsituGen Ltd in Dunedin. Her career history encompasses various research and technical appointments. She served as Research Assistant and Fellow at the University of Otago from 2016 to 2020. Previously, Kauff was a Technician in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Otago from January 2005 to January 2007. She worked as Research Assistant at the Kinderklinik, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, from October 2003 to December 2004. Earlier, from October 2000 to October 2003, she was Research Assistant in R&D at Cardion gmbh.

Alexia Kauff has co-authored several peer-reviewed publications focusing on reproductive endocrinology and bioassay development. Key publications include "Definition of the estrogen negative feedback pathway control of the GnRH pulse generator," published in Nature Communications in 2022, with co-authors H. James McQuillan, Jenny Clarkson, Su Young Han, Siew Hoong Yip, Isaiah Cheong, Robert Porteous, Alison K. Heather, and Allan E. Herbison. She contributed to "CRISPR-Cas9 knockdown of ESR1 in preoptic GABA-kisspeptin neurons suppresses the preovulatory surge and estrous cycles in female mice," published in eLife in 2023, co-authored with Jenny Clarkson, Robert Porteous, Alison K. Heather, and Allan E. Herbison. Other works are "A cell-free bioassay for the detection of androgens" in Drug Testing and Analysis in 2021, with Elliot R. Cooper, Gillian Hughes, Emma Sutherland, Zoe Ashley, and Alison K. Heather; and "Altrenogest shows strong activation of the androgen receptor" in Drug Testing and Analysis in 2021, with A. Gillon, Gillian Hughes, Rachel A. Lund, Zoe Ashley, Terence S. M. Wan, and Alison K. Heather. Earlier contributions include "Creation of DNA aptamers against recombinant bone morphogenetic protein 15" in Reproduction and "Differential expression of CART in ewes with differing ovulation rates" in 2017.