Dr Matilda Jackson

School of Medicine

College of Health


- Establish and characterise a mouse modelling the complete knockout of Iqsec2 to explore the role of Iqsec2 on development and plasticity of the brain.- Investigate and functionally validate how mutations in IQSEC2 impact resulting protein function and localisation in vitro.- Interrogate behavioural and seizure outcomes of mice modelling two most common ARX polyalanine expansion mutations.- Study variants of unknown significance in ARX and IQSEC2.

Date Position Institution name
2014 - ongoing Early postdoctoral researcher University of Adelaide
2010 - 2010 Research Assistant SA Pathology
2008 - 2010 Data Entry and Specimen Reception Abbott Pathology

Language Competency
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date Institution name Country Title
2010 - 2014 University of Adelaide Australia PhD
2009 - 2010 University of Adelaide Australia Honours
2006 - 2008 Flinders University Australia Undergraduate

Date Title Institution Country
2010 - 2014 Alpha-L-iduronidase transduced mesenchymal stem cells as a treatment for CNS degeneration in Mucopolysaccharidosis type I mice University of Adelaide Australia

Date Title Institution name Country
2017 Animal Ethics and Welfare Induction update University of Adelaide Australia
2011 Radiation Safety Training Course SA Pathology Australia
2011 Liquid Nitrogen Handling Course SA Pathology Australia
2010 Safe Handling of GMOs University of Adelaide Australia
2009 Occupational Health and Safety University of Adelaide Australia

Year Citation
2025 Tiller, J., Finlay, K., Madelli, E. O., Monnik, M., Jackson, M. R., Poplawski, N., . . . Otlowski, M. (2025). Patients’ perspectives regarding health professionals contacting their relatives about genetic risk directly (with patient consent). European Journal of Human Genetics, 33(4), 485-495.
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2025 Schubert, C. M., Jackson, M. R., Barnett, C. P., Scott, H. S., Sullivan, T., Goodall, S., . . . Genomic Autopsy Study Research Network. (2025). Evaluating the Clinical Utility of Genomic Sequencing After Perinatal Death. Clinical Genetics, online(1), 13 pages.
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2025 Arthurs, A. L., Jackson, M. R., McCULLOUGH, D., Scott, H. S., Barnett, C. P., Webb, S. T., . . . Roberts, C. T. (2025). Circular RNAs accumulate in aging human placental tissue and in stillbirth, leading to DNA damage and cellular senescence.. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, S0002-9378(25)00587-3.
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2025 Frank, M. S. B., Bennett, M. K., Ha, T. T., Moore, L., Arts, P., Byrne, A. B., . . . Scott, H. S. (2025). Atypical presentations of fetal polycystic kidney disease demonstrates the utility of a genomic autopsy for accurate post-mortem diagnoses. Human Genomics, 19(1, article no. 132), 1-13.
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2024 Rius, R., Compton, A. G., Baker, N. L., Balasubramaniam, S., Best, S., Bhattacharya, K., . . . Thorburn, D. R. (2024). The Australian Genomics Mitochondrial Flagship: A national program delivering mitochondrial diagnoses. Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics, 27(1), 101271.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC4
2024 Venugopal, P., Arts, P., Fox, L. C., Simons, A., Hiwase, D. K., Bardy, P. G., . . . Scott, H. S. (2024). Unravelling Facets of MECOM-Associated Syndrome: Somatic Genetic Rescue, Clonal Hematopoiesis and Phenotype Expansion. Blood Advances, 8(13), 3437-3443.
DOI Scopus4 WoS1 Europe PMC2
2023 Batkovskyte, D., McKenzie, F., Taylan, F., Simsek-Kiper, P. O., Nikkel, S. M., Ohashi, H., . . . Grigelioniene, G. (2023). Al-Gazali skeletal dysplasia constitutes the lethal end of ADAMTSL2-related disorders. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 38(5), 692-706.
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2023 Byrne, A. B., Arts, P., Ha, T. T., Kassahn, K. S., Pais, L. S., O'Donnell-Luria, A., . . . Webber, D. L. (2023). Genomic autopsy to identify underlying causes of pregnancy loss and perinatal death. Nature Medicine, 29(1), 180-189.
DOI Scopus46 WoS40 Europe PMC36
2023 Sullivan, P. J., Gayevskiy, V., Davis, R. L., Wong, M., Mayoh, C., Mallawaarachchi, A., . . . Cowley, M. J. (2023). Introme accurately predicts the impact of coding and noncoding variants on gene splicing, with clinical applications. Genome Biology, 24(1, article no. 118), 1-18.
DOI Scopus13 WoS13 Europe PMC14
2023 Lunke, S., Bouffler, S. E., Patel, C. V., Sandaradura, S. A., Wilson, M., Pinner, J., . . . Stark, Z. (2023). Integrated multi-omics for rapid rare disease diagnosis on a national scale. Nature Medicine, 29(7), 1681-1691.
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2022 Scott, H., Byrne, A., Arts, P., Ha, T., Kassahn, K., Pais, L., . . . Barnett, C. (2022). A genomic autopsy identifies causes of perinatal death and provides options to prevent recurrence.
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2021 Austin, R., Quinn, M. C. J., Afoakwah, C., Metke Jimenez, A., Jackson, M. R., & McGaughran, J. (2021). Investigation of current models of care for genetic heart disease in Australia: a national clinical audit. International Journal of Cardiology, 330, 128-134.
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2021 Loring, K. E., Mattiske, T., Lee, K., Zysk, A., Jackson, M. R., Noebels, J. L., & Shoubridge, C. (2021). Early 17β-estradiol treatment reduces seizures but not abnormal behaviour in mice with expanded polyalanine tracts in the Aristaless related homeobox gene (ARX). Neurobiology of Disease, 153, 1-13.
DOI Scopus9 WoS9 Europe PMC11
2021 Ravindran, E., Jühlen, R., Vieira-Vieira, C. H., Ha, T., Salzberg, Y., Fichtman, B., . . . Kaindl, A. M. (2021). Expanding the phenotype of NUP85 mutations beyond nephrotic syndrome to primary autosomal recessive microcephaly and Seckel syndrome spectrum disorders. Human Molecular Genetics, 30(22), 2068-2081.
DOI Scopus14 WoS12 Europe PMC13
2021 Derrick-Roberts, A., Kaidonis, X., Jackson, M. R., Liaw, W. C., Ding, X., Ong, C., . . . Byers, S. (2021). Corrigendum to "Comparative analysis of brain pathology in heparan sulphate storing mucopolysaccharidosis" [Molecular Genetics and Metabolism 131 (2020) pages 197-205].. Molecular genetics and metabolism, 135(1), 114.
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2020 Derrick-Roberts, A., Kaidonis, X., Jackson, M. R., Liaw, W. C., Ding, X. D., Ong, C., . . . Byers, S. (2020). Comparative analysis of brain pathology in heparan sulphate storing mucopolysaccharidoses. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 131(1-2), 197-205.
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2019 Shoubridge, C., Jackson, M., Grinton, B., Berkovic, S. F., Scheffer, I. E., Huskins, S., . . . Ware, T. (2019). Splice variant in ARX leading to loss of C-terminal region in a boy with intellectual disability and infantile onset developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A, 179(8), 1483-1490.
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2019 Jackson, M. R., Loring, K. E., Homan, C. C., Thai, H. N., Määttänen, L., Arvio, M., . . . Shoubridge, C. (2019). Heterozygous loss of function of IQSEC2/Iqsec2 leads to increased activated Arf6 and severe neurocognitive seizure phenotype in females. Life Science Alliance, 2(4), e201900386-1-e201900386-18.
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2018 Jiang, Z., Derrick-Roberts, A., Jackson, M., Rossouw, C., Pyragius, C., Xian, C., . . . Byers, S. (2018). Delayed development of ossification centers in the tibia of prenatal and early postnatal MPS VII mice. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 124(2), 135-142.
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2017 Ewans, L. J., Field, M., Zhu, Y., Turner, G., Leffler, M., Dinger, M. E., . . . Shoubridge, C. (2017). Gonadal mosaicism of a novel IQSEC2 variant causing female limited intellectual disability and epilepsy. European Journal of Human Genetics, 25(6), 763-767.
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2017 Hinze, S., Jackson, M., Lie, S., Jolly, L., Field, M., Barry, S., . . . Shoubridge, C. (2017). Incorrect dosage of IQSEC2, a known intellectual disability and epilepsy gene, disrupts dendritic spine morphogenesis. Translational Psychiatry, 7(5), e1110-1-e-1110-11.
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2017 Jackson, M., Lee, K., Mattiske, T., Jaehne, E., Ozturk, E., Baune, B., . . . Shoubridge, C. (2017). Extensive phenotyping of two ARX polyalanine expansion mutation mouse models that span clinical spectrum of intellectual disability and epilepsy. Neurobiology of Disease, 105, 245-256.
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2017 Derrick Roberts, A., Jackson, M., Pyragius, C., & Byers, S. (2017). Substrate deprivation therapy to reduce glycosaminoglycan synthesis improves aspects of neurological and skeletal pathology in MPS I mice. Diseases, 5(1), 5-1-5-16.
DOI Europe PMC16
2015 Jackson, M., Derrick Roberts, A., Martin, E., Rout-Pitt, N., Gronthos, S., & Byers, S. (2015). Mucopolysaccharidosis enzyme production by bone marrow and dental pulp derived human mesenchymal stem cells. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 114(4), 584-593.
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2014 Derrick-Roberts, A., Pyragius, C., Kaidonis, X., Jackson, M., Anson, D., & Byers, S. (2014). Lentiviral-mediated gene therapy results in sustained expression of β-Glucuronidase for up to 12 Months in the Gus mps/mps and up to 18 Months in the Gus tm(L175F)Sly mouse models of mucopolysaccharidosis type VII. Human Gene Therapy, 25(9), 798-810.
DOI Scopus19 WoS18 Europe PMC18

Year Citation
2016 Jiang, Z., Rossouw, C., Reichstein, C., Macsai, C. E., Jackson, M. R., Derrick-Roberts, A. L. K., & Byers, S. (2016). Reduced chondrocyte proliferation and hypertrophy contribute to delayed endochondral bone formation in murine mucopolysaccharidosis VII. In MOLECULAR GENETICS AND METABOLISM Vol. 117 (pp. S62-S63). San Diego, CA: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE.
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2015 Jackson, M. R., Robertsa, A. L. K. D., Gronthos, S., & Byers, S. (2015). α-l-Iduronidase transduced mesenchymal stem cells improve the behavioral deficits in mucopolysaccharidosis type I mice. In Abstracts Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Vol. 114 (pp. S58). Orlando, FL: Elsevier.
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2015 Jackson, M. R., Roberts, A. L. K. D., Gronthos, S., & Byers, S. (2015). IDURONIDASE TRANSDUCED MSCS IMPROVE THE BEHAVIOURAL DEFICITS IN MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS I MICE WITH LIMITED BIOCHEMICAL CORRECTIONS. In JOURNAL OF GENE MEDICINE Vol. 17 (pp. 197-198). Univ Melbourne, Univ Coll, Parkville, AUSTRALIA: WILEY-BLACKWELL.

Year Citation
2024 Arthurs, A., Jackson, M., McCullough, D., Scott, H., Barnett, C., Webb, S., . . . Roberts, C. (2024). Circular RNAs accumulate in ageing human placental tissue and in stillbirth, leading to DNA damage and cellular senescence.
DOI
2023 Rius, R., Compton, A. G., Baker, N. L., Balasubramaniam, S., Best, S., Bhattacharya, K., . . . Thorburn, D. R. (2023). The Australian Genomics Mitochondrial Flagship: A National Program Delivering Mitochondrial Diagnoses.
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  • The missing heritability of rare diseases: discovery to implementation, Medical Research Future Fund, 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2027


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