Dr Emily Mackie
Postdoctoral Researcher
Waite Research Institute
Division of Research and Innovation
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2023 - ongoing Grant-Funded Researcher (A) Waite Research Institute -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2023 University of Adelaide Australia PhD 2018 La Trobe University Australia Master of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics 2015 La Trobe University Australia Bachelor of Biomedical Science
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Journals
Year Citation 2025 Antoney, J., Kainrath, S., Dubowsky, J. G., Ahmed, F. H., Kang, S. W., Mackie, E. R. R., . . . Janovjak, H. (2025). A F420-dependent single domain chemogenetic tool for protein de-dimerization. Journal of Molecular Biology, 437(17), 169184-1-169184-17.
2025 Mackie, E. R. R., Mckay, M. V., Barrow, A. S., & da Costa, T. P. S. (2025). Inhibitors of lysine biosynthesis enzymes as potential new herbicides. Functional Plant Biology, 52(5), FP25030-1-FP25030-13.
2023 Javorsky, A., Maddumage, J. C., Mackie, E. R. R., Soares da Costa, T. P., Humbert, P. O., & Kvansakul, M. (2023). Structural insight into the Scribble PDZ domains interaction with the oncogenic Human T-cell lymphotrophic virus-1 (HTLV-1) Tax1 PBM. The FEBS journal, 290(4), 974-987.
Scopus9 WoS9 Europe PMC92023 Mackie, E. R. R., Barrow, A. S., Giel, M. -C., Hulett, M. D., Gendall, A. R., Panjikar, S., & Soares da Costa, T. P. (2023). Repurposed inhibitor of bacterial dihydrodipicolinate reductase exhibits effective herbicidal activity. Communications Biology, 6(1), 1-11.
Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC32022 Mackie, E. R. R., Barrow, A. S., Christoff, R. M., Abbott, B. M., Gendall, A. R., & Soares da Costa, T. P. (2022). A dual-target herbicidal inhibitor of lysine biosynthesis. eLife, 11, 1-11.
Scopus8 WoS6 Europe PMC52022 Teakel, S., Marama, M., Aragao, D., Tsimbalyuk, S., Mackie, E. R. R., da Costa, T. P. S., . . . Cahill, M. A. (2022). Structural characterisation of a MAPR-related archaeal cytochrome b(5M) protein. FEBS Letters, 596(18), 2409-2417.
Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC22021 Nonis, S. G., Haywood, J., Schmidberger, J. W., Mackie, E. R. R., Soares da Costa, T. P., Bond, C. S., & Mylne, J. S. (2021). Structural and biochemical analyses of concanavalin A circular permutation by jack bean asparaginyl endopeptidase. Plant Cell, 33(8), 2794-2811.
Scopus22 WoS18 Europe PMC132020 Li, Z., MacKie, E. R. R., Ramkissoon, P., Mather, J. C., Wiratpruk, N., Soares Da Costa, T. P., & Barnard, P. J. (2020). Synthesis, conformational analysis and antibacterial activity of Au(I)-Ag(I) and Au(I)-Hg(II) heterobimetallic N-heterocyclic carbene complexes. Dalton Transactions, 49(36), 12820-12834.
Scopus12 WoS12 Europe PMC62020 Hall, C. J., Mackie, E. R. R., Gendall, A. R., Perugini, M. A., & Soares da Costa, T. P. (2020). Review: amino acid biosynthesis as a target for herbicide development. Pest Management Science, 76(12), 3896-3904.
Scopus25 WoS20 Europe PMC162020 Giel, M. C., Smedley, C. J., Mackie, E. R. R., Guo, T., Dong, J., Soares da Costa, T. P., & Moses, J. E. (2020). Metal-Free Synthesis of Functional 1-Substituted-1,2,3-Triazoles from Ethenesulfonyl Fluoride and Organic Azides. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 59(3), 1181-1186.
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Preprint
Year Citation 2022 Antoney, J., Kainrath, S., Ahmed, H., Kang, S. W., Mackie, E., Soares da Costa, T., . . . Janovjak, H. (2022). A F<sub>420</sub>-dependent single domain chemogenetic tool for protein de-dimerization.
DOI2022 Mackie, E., Barrow, A., Christoff, R., Abbott, B., Gendall, A., & Soares da Costa, T. (2022). A dual-target herbicidal inhibitor of lysine biosynthesis.
DOI2019 Giel, M. -C., Smedley, C., Mackie, E., Guo, T., Dong, J., Costa, T. S. D., & Moses, J. (2019). Metal-Free Click Synthesis of Functional 1-Substituted-1,2,3-Triazoles.
DOI
| Date | Project | Funding Body | Role | Amount |
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| 2025-2028 | Learning lessons from drug resistance to tackle herbicide resistance | Australian Research Council Discovery Project | Investigator | $666,653 |
| 2025 | Investigating a novel mediator of plant-to-plant communication | Elizabeth MacMeikan Trust (University of Adelaide) | Chief Investigator | $11,210 |
| 2025 | Towards a novel strategy to mitigate herbicide resistance spread | Faculty of SET EMCR Grant (University of Adelaide) | Chief Investigator | $10,000 |
| 2023 | Engineering plants to reverse herbicide resistance in weeds | Charlick Fund (University of Adelaide) | Chief Investigator | $11,133 |
| 2022-2025 | Novel diagnostic tools to monitor and combat herbicide resistance | Hermon Slade Foundation | Investigator | $77,842 |
| 2019-2022 | Development of herbicide cocktails with a novel mode of action for circumventing resistance mechanisms | Grains Research and Development Corporation | Investigator | $107,091 |
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2025 Co-Supervisor Targeted Herbicide Development: Exploring Novel Modes of Action to Combat Resistance Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Lilitha Njobe -
Other Supervision Activities
Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2024 - ongoing Co-Supervisor A dual-pronged approach to tackling herbicide resistance University of Adelaide - Honours Full Time Eloise Hart
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