Andrew Pask

Professor Andrew John Pask is an epigeneticist and head of the Thylacine Integrated Genomic Restoration Research (TIGRR) Laboratory at the School of BioSciences in the University of Melbourne.[1] He is known for his work on the project to resurrect the extinct thylacine, a marsupial colloquially known as the "Tasmanian tiger".[2] In 2017 Pask and his team released the thylacine genome.[3]

Biography

Pask graduated with a PhD from La Trobe University in 1999, for his thesis "The evolution of genes in the sex determining pathway".[4] He joined the University of Melbourne in 1999 as an Associate Professor and Reader, and was appointed Professor in 2018.[5]

In August 2025, Pask joined Colossal Biosciences as Chief Biology Officer to lead the company's growing research effort in Australia.[6][7]

On 6 June 2025 Pask delivered a TEDxSydney Talk: Bringing Back the Past to Preserve the Future.[8]

Recent Scholarly work[9]

  • Harnessing reproductive biology to conserve wildlife species. DOI: 10.1071/RD26022
  • Convergent evolution of scavenger cell development at brain borders DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-10003-3
  • Dunnart neonates actively climb to the pouch after birth. DOI: 10,1098/rsos.251970
  • De-extinction: how reviving the past is revolutionizing the future of conservation biology: 10.1262/jrd.2026-02
  • Heterochronic limb patterning in marsupials reveals flexibitity in the processes underlying lateral plate mesoderm morphogenesis. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aed3192


Awards

2015 Australian Research Council Future Fellowship.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Professor Andrew Pask". 29 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Tasmanian tiger: Scientists hope to revive marsupial from extinction". BBC News. 16 August 2022.
  3. ↑ Feigin, Charles Y.; et al. (11 December 2017). "Genome of the Tasmanian tiger provides insights into the evolution and demography of an extinct marsupial carnivore". Nature, Ecology & Evolution. 2 (1): 182–192. doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0417-y. PMID 29230027.
  4. ↑ Pask, Andrew John (1999), The evolution of genes in the sex determining pathway, retrieved 18 August 2022
  5. ↑ "Andrew Pask". LinkedIn. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  6. ↑ Richie, Sasha (August 20, 2025). "Colossal to expand globally with launch of Australia branch". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved August 21, 2025.
  7. ↑ "World-Leading Developmental Biologist Andrew Pask, Ph.D Joins Colossal Full-time as Chief Biology Officer". Crispr News: Medicine. August 21, 2025. Retrieved August 21, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Reflections from TEDxSydney: A Day of Ideas, Urgency & Hope". Climate Salad. 19 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "Find An Expert/Profile/Andrew Pask". University of Melbourne. 11 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Prof Andrew Pask, Honours, Awards and Fellowships". University of Melbourne. 11 August 2026.
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