Claire Homan

Research Interests

Neuroscience, Behaviour and Brain Health Biochemistry and Cell Biology Genetics Neurogenetics Cancer Biology and Clinical Oncology Cancer Genetics

Dr Claire Homan

Research Fellow

Centre for Cancer Biology

College of Health

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Dr Homan is a research fellow at the Centre for Cancer Biology, with a strong track-record of multi-disciplinary research spanning human genetics, genomics, haematological malignancies and developmental biology. Her research has provided impactful contributions to understanding genetic disease mechanisms including clinical, genetic, and functional evidence of novel-gene pathogenicity. Dr. Homan’s research in inherited haematological malignancies has a focus on elucidating biological mechanisms driving disease progression and development to apply a personalised-medicine approach to patient care. Her overarching objective is to develop novel clinical interventions for enhanced monitoring, prevention, and therapy. Dr. Homan is pioneering work into the characterisation of genetic mouse models of predisposition to MDS/AML and developing translational models for the development of novel therapies.

Date Position Institution name
2017 - ongoing Research Associate University of Adelaide, Adelaide

Date Institution name Country Title
University of Adelaide, Adelaide Australia PhD

Year Citation
2025 Homan, C. C., Scott, H. S., & Venugopal, P. (2025). Another Fanconi anemia gene joins the club. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 135(11), e192382-1-e192382-4.
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2025 Ghalamkari, S., Hahn, C. N., Lau, A., Scott, H. S., Homan, C. C., & Brown, A. L. (2025). Targeting RUNX1 Germline Variants: Agents Under Investigation. Current Hematologic Malignancy Reports, 20(1), 11 pages.
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2024 Zerella, J. R., Homan, C. C., Arts, P., Lin, X., Spinelli, S. J., Venugopal, P., . . . Hahn, C. N. (2024). Germline ERG haploinsufficiency defines a new syndrome with cytopenia and hematological malignancy predisposition. Blood, 144(17), 1765-1780.
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2023 Homan, C. C., Scott, H. S., & Brown, A. L. (2023). Hereditary platelet disorders associated with germline variants in RUNX1, ETV6 and ANKRD26. Blood, 141(13), 1533-1543.
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2023 Zerella, J. R., Homan, C. C., Arts, P., Brown, A. L., Scott, H. S., & Hahn, C. N. (2023). Transcription factor genetics and biology in predisposition to bone marrow failure and hematological malignancy. Frontiers in Oncology, 13(1183318), 1-33.
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2023 Homan, C. C., Drazer, M. W., Yu, K., Lawrence, D. M., Feng, J., Arriola-Martinez, L. A., . . . Brown, A. L. (2023). Somatic mutational landscape of hereditary hematopoietic malignancies caused by germ line RUNX1, GATA2, and DDX41 variants. Blood Advances, 7(20), 6092-6107.
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2023 Saygin, C., Roloff, G. W., Hahn, C. N., Chhetri, R., Gill, S. I., Elmariah, H., . . . Godley, L. A. (2023). Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant outcomes in adults with inherited myeloid malignancies. Blood Advances, 7(4), 549-554.
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2022 Drazer, M. W., Homan, C. C., Yu, K., Cavalcante de Andrade Silva, M., McNeely, K. E., Pozsgai, M. J., . . . Godley, L. A. (2022). Clonal hematopoiesis in patients with ANKRD26 or ETV6 germline mutations.. Blood Adv, 6(15), 4357-4359.
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2022 Feurstein, S., Luo, X., Shah, M., Walker, T., Mehta, N., Wu, D., . . . Zhang, L. (2022). Revision of RUNX1 variant curation rules. Blood Advances, 6(16), 4726-4730.
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2021 Tasheva, S., Nieto Guil, A. F., Homan, C. C., Gecz, J., & Thomas, P. Q. (2021). Disrupted excitatory synaptic contacts and altered neuronal network activity underpins the neurological phenotype in PCDH19-clustering epilepsy (PCDH19-CE). Molecular Neurobiology, 58(5), 2005-2018.
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2021 Homan, C. C., King-Smith, S. L., Lawrence, D. M., Arts, P., Feng, J., Andrews, J., . . . Brown, A. L. (2021). The RUNX1 Database (RUNX1db): establishment of an expert curated RUNX1 registry and genomics database as a public resource for familial platelet disorder with myeloid malignancy.. Haematologica, 106(11), 3004-3007.
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2021 Homan, C. C., Venugopal, P., Arts, P., Shahrin, N. H., Feurstein, S., Rawlings, L., . . . Hahn, C. N. (2021). GATA2 deficiency syndrome: a decade of discovery. Human Mutation, 42(11), 1399-1421.
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2021 Homan, C. C., Venugopal, P., Arts, P., Shahrin, N. H., Feurstein, S., Rawlings, L., . . . Hahn, C. N. (2021). Cover, Volume 42, Issue 11. Human Mutation, 42(11).
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2020 Brown, A. L., Arts, P., Carmichael, C. L., Babic, M., Dobbins, J., Chong, C. -E., . . . Scott, H. S. (2020). RUNX1-mutated families show phenotype heterogeneity and a somatic mutation profile unique to germline predisposed AML. Blood Advances, 4(6), 1131-1144.
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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 Homan, C., Pederson, S., To, T. -H., Tan, C., Piltz, S., Corbett, M., . . . Gecz, J. (2018). PCDH19 regulation of neural progenitor cell differentiation suggests asynchrony of neurogenesis as a mechanism contributing to PCDH19 Girls Clustering Epilepsy. Neurobiology of Disease, 116, 106-119.
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2018 Kumar, R., Gardner, A., Homan, C., Douglas, E., Mefford, H., Wieczorek, D., . . . Gecz, J. (2018). Severe neurocognitive and growth disorders due to variation in THOC2, an essential component of nuclear mRNA export machinery. Human mutation, 39(8), 1126-1138.
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2018 Jolly, L., Sun, Y., Carroll, R., Homan, C., & Gecz, J. (2018). Robust imaging and gene delivery to study human lymphoblastoid cell lines. Journal of Human Genetics, 63(9), 945-955.
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2017 Pham, D., Tan, C., Homan, C., Kolc, K. L., Corbett, M., McAninch, D., . . . Gecz, J. (2017). Protocadherin 19 (PCDH19) interacts with paraspeckle protein NONO to co-regulate gene expression with estrogen receptor alpha (ERα). Human Molecular Genetics, 26(11), 2042-2052.
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2016 Pederick, D., Homan, C., Jaehne, E., Piltz, S., Haines, B., Baune, B., . . . Thomas, P. (2016). Pcdh19 loss-of-function increases neuronal migration in vitro but is dispensable for brain development in mice. Scientific Reports, 6(26765), 26765-1-26765-10.
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2014 Homan, C., Kumar, R., Nguyen, L., Haan, E., Raymond, F., Abidi, F., . . . Jolly, L. (2014). Mutations in USP9X are associated with X-linked intellectual disability and disrupt neuronal cell migration and growth. American Journal of Human Genetics, 94(3), 470-478.
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2014 Hamon, R., Homan, C., Tran, H., Mukaro, V., Lester, S., Roscioli, E., . . . Hodge, S. (2014). Zinc and zinc transporters in macrophages and their roles in efferocytosis in COPD. PLoS ONE, 9(10), e110056-1-e110056-9.
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2013 Jolly, L., Homan, C., Jacob, R., Barry, S., & Gecz, J. (2013). The UPF3B gene, implicated in intellectual disability, autism, ADHD and childhood onset schizophrenia regulates neural progenitor cell behaviour and neuronal outgrowth. Human Molecular Genetics, 22(23), 4673-4687.
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1979 SUNDEL, M., & HOMAN, C. C. (1979). PREVENTION IN CHILD-WELFARE - FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGEMENT AND PRACTICE. CHILD WELFARE, 58(8), 510-521.
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Year Citation
2025 Banaszak, L., Barredo, B., Wlodarski, M., Lewis, S., Ferrer, A., Patnaik, M., . . . Churpek, J. (2025). ANKRD26-related thrombocytopenia: Hematologic malignancy characteristics, clinical outcomes, and precursor states. In BLOOD Vol. 146 (pp. 1440-1441). ELSEVIER.
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2019 Homan, C., Armstrong, M., Dobbins, J., Lawrence, D., Wang, P., Arts, P., . . . Brown, A. (2019). DEVELOPMENT OF A DATA PORTAL FOR AGGREGATION AND ANALYSIS OF GENOMICS DATA IN FAMILIAL PLATELET DISORDER WITH PREDISPOSITION TO MYELOID MALIGNANCY - THE RUNX1.DB. In EXPERIMENTAL HEMATOLOGY Vol. 76 (pp. S69). ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC.
2019 Cheah, J., Brown, A., Eshraghi, L., Feng, J., Schreiber, A., Babic, M., . . . Scott, H. (2019). AN INTEGRATIVE GENOMIC APPROACH TO EXAMINE MUTATIONS AND BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS ASSOCIATED WITH HAEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCY DEVELOPMENT IN DDX41 MUTATED FAMILIES. In EXPERIMENTAL HEMATOLOGY Vol. 76 (pp. S61). ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC.
2019 Venugopal, P., Cheah, J. J. C., Eshraghi, L., Shahrin, N. H., Homan, C., Feng, J., . . . Scott, H. S. (2019). An Integrative Genomic Approach to Examine Mutations and Biological Pathways Associated with Hematological Malignancy Development in DDX41 Mutated Families. In BLOOD Vol. 134 (pp. 3 pages). FL, Orlando: ELSEVIER.
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Year Citation
2023 Scott, H. S., Zerella, J., Homan, C., Arts, P., Lin, S., Spinelli, S. J., . . . Hahn, C. N. (2023). ERG Is a New Predisposition Gene for Bone Marrow Failure and Hematological Malignancy. Poster session presented at the meeting of BLOOD. CA, San Diego: AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY.
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2022 Saygin, C., Roloff, G. W., Hahn, C. N., Chhetri, R., Gill, S., Elmariah, H., . . . Godley, L. A. (2022). Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Outcomes in Adults with Inherited Myeloid Malignancies. Poster session presented at the meeting of BLOOD. LA, New Orleans: AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY.
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2022 Brown, A. L., Homan, C., Drazer, M. W., Yu, K., Lawrence, D., Feng, J., . . . Godley, L. A. (2022). Somatic Mutational Landscape of Hereditary Hematopoietic Malignancies Associated with Germline Variants in <i>RUNX1</i>, <i>GATA2</i> and <i>DDX41</i>. Poster session presented at the meeting of BLOOD. US: AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY.
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  • The missing heritability of rare diseases: discovery to implementation, Medical Research Future Fund, 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2027

  • Examining the pathogenic bone marrow microenvironment, HSC stress, and targeting clonal evolution to prevent development of leukaemia in predisposed individuals, Leukaemia Foundation - Grant in Aid (National Research Program), 10/07/2023 - 09/05/2025

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2023 Co-Supervisor 111117 - Examining the role of the pathogenic bone marrow microenvironment and hematopoietic stem cell stress in the development of leukaemia in blood cancer predisposition Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Saman Ghalamkari

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