Dr Fiona Whelan
Senior Lecturer
School of Biological Sciences
College of Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Previously based at the University of York, UK, my research is focused on the structural biology of viral and bacterial nucleic acid binding proteins; Staphylococcal cell surface adhesins and two-component sensors. I use methods including bioinformatics, structure prediction, molecular biology, bacterial recombinant protein expression and purification, X-ray crystallography and small angle X-ray scattering to determine the relationship between the structure and the function of target proteins. Having relocated to the University of Adelaide, I have been developing the use of cryo electron microscopy in analysis of bacteriophage transcriptional regulators.
I am now engaged in protein engineering to develop a pipeline for directed evolution of novel small molecule binding proteins based on natural bacterial two-component sensor systems, transcription factors and enzymes. We aim to select for new sensor/small molecule binding by building bacterial circuitry to diversify and modulate sensor activation. This synthetic biology approach is anticipated to provide the foundation for development of a small molecule binding protein library able to specifically detect the presence of target molecules for deployment in diverse industries including medical diagnostics, food security, biomonitoring and bioremediation. This work is supported an ARC discovery project, commenced 2023.
In collaboration with AProf. Stephen Bell, Chemistry Department, Dr Alix Harlington is the driving force behind this study into the structure, specificity and green chemistry catalytic potential of this unique P450 enzyme, SyoA, a S-lignin-derived monolignol specific O-demethylase. Published online 20th Feb, 2025. And for the story behind the paper, head to Research Communities.
In collaboration with researchers in Chemical Engineering, we have been developing protein-based biosensor prototype devices for protein monitoring and quantitation, out now in View. And it was great to be able to contribute to cryoEM characterisation of lipidic nanoparticles in collaboration with Prof. Chun-Xia Zhao and Dr Rui Chen - on stabilisation of lipidic nanoparticles for mRNA delivery with the aim of addressing the need for stringent cold storage chains, published recently in Advanced Science.
With researchers at UQ, I have been developing capability in molecular dynamics simulations, with a publication accepted at the Journal of Immunology deploying coarse-grained MD to determine the impact of protein dynamics on signalling by engineered GP130 cytokine receptors - a regulator of a range of biological processes, like inflammation, proliferation and adipocyte development, among other roles. This should be in press soon. In a second collaboration with Dr Farhad Dehkhoda and AProf Sebastian Furness (UQ), we used protein modelling to support biochemical and microscopy-based characterisation of constitutive ghrelin receptor activity in spinal cord neurons, with important implications for development of therapeutics to improve the quality of life for Parkinson's disease sufferers.
We're now working on publishing some of the protein structures from our work on cryo-EM single particle analysis of bacteriophage particles, so watch this space.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 - ongoing | Senior Lecturer in Biotechnology | The University of Adelaide |
| 2023 - 2025 | Cryo-Electron Microscopist (PT) | University of Adelaide |
| 2019 - ongoing | Ramsay Fellow in Applied Science | University of Adelaide |
| 2018 - 2019 | Postdoctoral Research Associate | University of Adelaide |
| 2012 - 2018 | Postdoctoral Research Associate | University of York |
| 2009 - 2012 | Postdoctoral Research Associate | University of York |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 - 2009 | University of Adelaide | Australia | PhD |
| 2002 - 2002 | University of Adelaide | Australia | B.Sc. Hons. (Biochemistry) |
| 1998 - 2001 | University of Adelaide | Australia | B.Sc. (Mol. Biol.) |
| Date | Title | Institution name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ADEPT Introduction to University Teaching | University of Adelaide | - |
| 2019 | Epigeum: Supervising Doctoral Studies | University of Adelaide | - |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Law, C. S., Revink, J., Lee, J., Wang, J., Abell, A. D., Whelan, F., & Santos, A. (2026). Protein binding assessment of immobilized nanobody using interferometric nanoporous platform. View, 7(1), 20250182-1-20250182-15. |
| 2025 | Chen, R., Xu, L., Zhang, N., Yu, H., Wang, X., Zhai, J., . . . Zhao, C. -X. (2025). Replacing Helper Lipids With Cationic Lipids Enhances mRNA Lipid Nanoparticles Stability in Solution.. Adv Sci (Weinh), 13(3), e11637. Scopus1 Europe PMC1 |
| 2025 | Harlington, A. C., Das, T., Shearwin, K. E., Bell, S. G., & Whelan, F. (2025). Structural insights into S-lignin O-demethylation via a rare class of heme peroxygenase enzymes. Nature Communications, 16(1), 1815-1-1815-12. Scopus14 WoS16 Europe PMC7 |
| 2025 | Dehkhoda, F., Ringuet, M. T., Whitfield, E. A., Mutunduwe, K., Whelan, F., Nowell, C. J., . . . Furness, S. G. B. (2025). Constitutive ghrelin receptor activity enables reversal of dopamine D2 receptor signaling. Molecular Cell, 85(11), 2246-2260. Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC3 |
| 2024 | Lee, J. H. Z., Coleman, T., Mclean, M. A., Podgorski, M. N., Hayball, E. F., Stone, I. S. J., . . . Bell, S. G. (2024). Selective α-Hydroxyketone Formation and Subsequent C–C Bond Cleavage by Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase Enzymes. ACS Catalysis, 14(11), 8958-8971. Scopus9 WoS11 Europe PMC4 |
| 2024 | Akter, J., Lee, J. H. Z., Whelan, F., De Voss, J. J., & Bell, S. G. (2024). Characterisation of the Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase CYP116B46 from Tepidiphilus thermophilus as a Homogentisic Acid Generating Enzyme and its Conversion to a Peroxygenase.. Chembiochem, 26(5), e202400880-1-e202400880-12. Scopus2 WoS3 Europe PMC2 |
| 2023 | Clark, L. C., Atkin, K. E., Whelan, F., Brentnall, A. S., Harris, G., Towell, A. M., . . . Potts, J. R. (2023). Staphylococcal Periscope Proteins Aap, SasG and Pls project non-canonical legume-like lectin adhesin domains from the bacterial surface.. The Journal of biological chemistry, 299(3), 102936. Scopus7 WoS8 Europe PMC10 |
| 2022 | Whelan, F. (2022). The long and the short of Periscope Proteins.. Biochem Soc Trans, 50(5), 1293-1302. Scopus2 WoS3 Europe PMC3 |
| 2022 | Harlington, A. C., Shearwin, K. E., Bell, S. G., & Whelan, F. (2022). Efficient O-demethylation of lignin monoaromatics using the peroxygenase activity of cytochrome P450 enzymes. Chemical Communications, 58(96), 13321-13324. Scopus34 WoS35 Europe PMC17 |
| 2021 | Hutvagner, A., Scopelliti, D., Whelan, F., & Jaschke, P. (2021). Orthogonal translation initiation using the non-canonical initiator tRNA(AAC) alters protein sequence and stability in vivo. |
| 2021 | Whelan, F., Lafita, A., Gilburt, J., Dégut, C., Griffiths, S. C., Jenkins, H. T., . . . Potts, J. R. (2021). Periscope Proteins are variable-length regulators of bacterial cell surface interactions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(23), e2101349118-1-e2101349118-10. Scopus14 WoS14 Europe PMC20 |
| 2020 | Jasaitis, L., Silver, C. D., Rawlings, A. E., Peters, D. T., Whelan, F., Regan, L., . . . Staniland, S. S. (2020). Rational Design and Self-Assembly of Coiled-Coil Linked SasG Protein Fibrils. ACS synthetic biology, 9(7), 1599-1607. Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC4 |
| 2019 | Whelan, F., Lafita, A., Griffiths, S. C., Cooper, R. E. M., Whittingham, J. L., Turkenburg, J. P., . . . Potts, J. R. (2019). Defining the remarkable structural malleability of a bacterial surface protein Rib domain implicated in infection.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 116(52), 26540-26548. Scopus19 WoS19 Europe PMC19 |
| 2017 | Devine, P. W. A., Fisher, H. C., Calabrese, A. N., Whelan, F., Higazi, D. R., Potts, J. R., . . . Ashcroft, A. E. (2017). Investigating the Structural Compaction of Biomolecules Upon Transition to the Gas-Phase Using ESI-TWIMS-MS. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 28(9), 1855-1862. Scopus48 WoS48 Europe PMC38 |
| 2016 | Gruszka, D. T., Mendonça, C. A. T. F., Paci, E., Whelan, F., Hawkhead, J., Potts, J. R., & Clarke, J. (2016). Disorder drives cooperative folding in a multidomain protein. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(42), 11841-11846. Scopus25 WoS23 Europe PMC24 |
| 2015 | Whelan, F., & Potts, J. R. (2015). Two repetitive, biofilm-forming proteins from Staphylococci: From disorder to extension. Biochemical Society Transactions, 43(5), 861-866. Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC6 |
| 2015 | Byrne, R. T., Jenkins, H. T., Peters, D. T., Whelan, F., Stowell, J., Aziz, N., . . . Antson, A. A. (2015). Major reorientation of tRNA substrates defines specificity of dihydrouridine synthases.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(19), 6033-6037. Scopus41 WoS39 Europe PMC37 |
| 2015 | Gruszka, D. T., Whelan, F., Farrance, O. E., Fung, H. K. H., Paci, E., Jeffries, C. M., . . . Clarke, J. (2015). Cooperative folding of intrinsically disordered domains drives assembly of a strong elongated protein. Nature Communications, 6(1), 7271. Scopus53 WoS48 Europe PMC50 |
| 2015 | Whelan, F., Jenkins, H. T., Griffiths, S. C., Byrne, R. T., Dodson, E. J., & Antson, A. A. (2015). From bacterial to human dihydrouridine synthase: automated structure determination.. Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography, 71(Pt 7), 1564-1571. Scopus19 WoS20 Europe PMC14 |
| 2015 | Chaban, Y., Stead, J. A., Ryzhenkova, K., Whelan, F., Lamber, E. P., Antson, A., . . . Orlova, E. V. (2015). Structural basis for DNA strand separation by a hexameric replicative helicase.. Nucleic acids research, 43(17), 8551-8563. Scopus11 WoS10 Europe PMC13 |
| 2013 | Byrne, R. T., Whelan, F., Aller, P., Bird, L. E., Dowle, A., Lobley, C. M. C., . . . Waterman, D. G. (2013). S-Adenosyl-S-carboxymethyl-l-homocysteine: A novel cofactor found in the putative tRNA-modifying enzyme CmoA. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, 69(6), 1090-1098. Scopus17 WoS16 Europe PMC18 |
| 2012 | Whelan, F., Stead, J. A., Shkumatov, A. V., Svergun, D. I., Sanders, C. M., & Antson, A. A. (2012). A flexible brace maintains the assembly of a hexameric replicative helicase during DNA unwinding. Nucleic Acids Research, 40(5), 2271-2283. Scopus12 WoS13 Europe PMC12 |
| 2012 | Griffiths, S., Byrne, R. T., Antson, A. A., & Whelan, F. (2012). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of the catalytic domain of human dihydrouridine synthase. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, 68(3), 333-336. Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC5 |
| 2010 | Whelan, F., Hao, N., Furness, S., Whitelaw, M., & Chapman-Smith, A. (2010). Amino acid substitutions in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligand binding domain reveal YH439 as an atypical AhR activator. Molecular Pharmacology, 77(6), 1037-1046. Scopus21 WoS18 Europe PMC19 |
| 2009 | Dave, K., Whelan, F., Bindloss, C., Furness, S., Chapman-Smith, A., Whitelaw, M., & Gorman, J. (2009). Sulfonation and Phosphorylation of Regions of the Dioxin Receptor Susceptible to Methionine Modifications. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, 8(4), 706-719. Scopus12 WoS10 Europe PMC8 |
| 2009 | Furness, S. G. B., & Whelan, F. (2009). The pleiotropy of dioxin toxicity - Xenobiotic misappropriation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor's alternative physiological roles. Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 124(3), 336-353. Scopus57 WoS49 Europe PMC44 |
| 2001 | Chapman-Smith, A., Mulhern, T., Whelan, F., Cronan Jr., J., & Wallace, J. (2001). The C-terminal domain of biotin protein ligase from E-coli is required for catalytic activity. Protein Science, 10(12), 2608-2617. |
| 2001 | Chapman-Smith, A., Mulhern, T. D., Whelan, F., Cronan, J. E., & Wallace, J. C. (2001). The C-terminal domain of biotin protein ligase from E. coli is required for catalytic activity. Protein Science, 10(12), 2608-2617. Scopus67 WoS61 Europe PMC57 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Bilder, R. M., Loo, S., McGough, J. J., Whelan, F., Helleman, G., Sugar, C., . . . McCracken, J. T. (2016). Cognitive Effects of Stimulant, Guanfacine, and Combined Treatment in Child and Adolescent Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. In BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY Vol. 79 (pp. 158S). ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. |
| 2015 | Gruszka, D. T., Whelan, F., Paci, E., Brockwell, D. J., Potts, J. R., & Clarke, J. (2015). The Folding of SasG: A Long and Remarkably Strong Monomeric Protein Responsible for Biofilm Formation is a Highly Cooperative System. In BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL Vol. 108 (pp. 346A). MD, Baltimore: CELL PRESS. DOI |
| 2014 | Whelan, F., Gruszka, D. T., Clarke, J., & Potts, J. R. (2014). The SasG E-G5 Protein Fold Forms A Stable Contiguous Rigid Nanorod Of Tunable Length. In PROTEIN SCIENCE Vol. 23 (pp. 134-135). CA, San Diego: WILEY-BLACKWELL. |
| 2008 | Gorman, J. J., Dave, K. A., Whelan, F., Hamilton, B. R., Wallis, T. P., Headlam, M. J., . . . Whitelaw, M. L. (2008). Comparison of Stable-Isotope Labelling Strategies for Quantification of Phosphosite Occupancy and Differentiation Between Phosphorylation and Sulfonation of the Murine Dioxin Receptor. In Journal of Proteomics & Bioinformatics Vol. S2 (pp. 067-068). OMICS Publishing Group. DOI |
| 2008 | Gorman, J. J., Dave, K. A., Whelan, F., Hamilton, B. R., Wallis, T. P., Headlam, M. J., . . . Whitelaw, M. L. (2008). Comparison of Stable-Isotope Labelling Strategies for Quantification of Phosphosite Occupancy and Differentiation Between Phosphorylation and Sulfonation of the Murine Dioxin Receptor. In Journal of Proteomics & Bioinformatics Vol. S2 (pp. 067-068). OMICS Publishing Group. DOI |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Gilburt, J. A. H., Baumann, C. G., Potts, J. R., & Whelan, F. (2018). Probing the Elongated Structure of a Streptococcal Surface Protein using Structural and Single-Molecule Biophysical Approaches. Poster session presented at the meeting of BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. CA, San Francisco: CELL PRESS. DOI |
| 2018 | Gilburt, J. A. H., Baumann, C. G., Potts, J. R., & Whelan, F. (2018). Probing the Elongated Structure of a Streptococcal Surface Protein using Structural and Single-Molecule Biophysical Approaches. Poster session presented at the meeting of BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. CA, San Francisco: CELL PRESS. DOI |
| 2017 | Whelan, F., Baumann, C., & Potts, J. (2017). Structure and function of highly repetitive bacterial surface proteins involved in infection. Poster session presented at the meeting of EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS. Edinburgh, Scotland. |
| 2017 | Whelan, F., Baumann, C., & Potts, J. (2017). Structure and function of highly repetitive bacterial surface proteins involved in infection. Poster session presented at the meeting of EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS. Edinburgh, Scotland. |
| 2017 | Abstracts (2017). Poster session presented at the meeting of European Biophysics Journal. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. DOI |
| 2016 | Jenkins, H., Whelan, F., Peters, D., Byrne, R., Konevega, A., Koonin, E., & Antson, F. (2016). Recognition of Specific Uridines in tRNA Substrates by Dihydrouridine Synthases. Poster session presented at the meeting of BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. CA, Los Angeles: CELL PRESS. DOI |
| 2016 | Jenkins, H., Whelan, F., Peters, D., Byrne, R., Konevega, A., Koonin, E., & Antson, F. (2016). Recognition of Specific Uridines in tRNA Substrates by Dihydrouridine Synthases. Poster session presented at the meeting of BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. CA, Los Angeles: CELL PRESS. DOI |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Law, C. S., Revink, J., Lee, J., Wang, J., Abell, A., Whelan, F., & Santos, A. (2025). Protein Binding Assessment of Immobilised Nanobody using Interferometric Nanoporous Platform. DOI |
| 2025 | Scopelliti, D., Vincent, R. M., Hutvagner, A., Whelan, F., Klare, W. P., Pang, I., . . . Jaschke, P. R. (2025). Defining bottlenecks and physiological impact of an orthogonal translation initiation system. DOI |
| 2024 | Harlington, A., Das, T., Shearwin, K., Bell, S., & Whelan, F. (2024). The S-lignin<i>O</i>-demethylase SyoA: Structural insights into a new class of heme peroxygenase enzymes. DOI |
ARC Discovery Project
Whelan, Shearwin and Potts
Title: Discovery and directed evolution of small molecule biosensors
2023–2026
Total Awarded: $522,724
AWRI/University of Adelaide Collaborative Research Fund
Title: Predicting wine haze potential
2023
Total Awarded: $30,000
Research Roadmap grant scheme
Title: Biodegradation of Plastics via Bioengineered Enzyme Systems
September 2021 – December 2022
Total Awarded: $50,000
Agrifood and Wine FAME Strategy internal grant
Title: Pesticide biosensors for viticulture and winemaking industries
August 2021 – December 2022
Total Awarded: $20,000
Sandland Bequest
Title: Pesticide biosensor development and hybrid device integration for agricultural and environmental analytics
May 2021 — Dec 2022
Total Awarded: $25,000
Wine Australia top-up scholarship
Title: Engineering biosensors for smoke taint
February 2021—2024
Total awarded: $49,509
Wine Australia top-up scholarship
Title: Engineering biosensors for wine spoilage
February 2021—2024
Total awarded $49,509
Biochemistry Trust Fund
Title: Evolution of bespoke small molecule in-cell sensors
Oct 2020 — Dec 2021
Total awarded: $27,000
Ramsay Fellowship in Applied Science
Title: Making bacteria sense what they've never seen
Nov 2019 — Nov 2023
Total awarded: $459,282
Travel Award
Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society – June 2019
CRYOZ 2019 2nd AMMS Cryo EM symposium (June 5—7, 2019)
Total awarded $800
Lecturer – Cancer, Stem cells and Development/Biochemistry III – B.Sc. 3rd Year cohort – 3 lectures, 3 tutorials, Semester 1/2, 2020-2026
Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide/Adelaide University
Tutor - Principles and Practice of Research - B.Sc. Advanced - Semester 1, 2026
School of Biological Sciences, Adelaide University
Lecturer – Advanced Research Platforms – M.Sc (Biotechnology) – 1 lecture, Semester 1, 2020-2026
Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide
Lecturer – Microbiology II – B.Sc. 2nd Year cohort – 1 lecture, Semester 1 2022-2024
Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide
Journal Club Organiser/Assessor, B.Sc. (Honours) – 2019, 2020
Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Co-Supervisor | Long-term adaptation of clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Diabetic Foot Disease patients under controlled environmental stress | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Brinda Magar |
| 2026 | Co-Supervisor | Discovery and directed evolution of bacterial biosensors | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Ms Madeline Rose Fechner |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Exploring Cold-Adapted Cytochrome P450 Enzymes from Psychrophilic Organisms: Production, Characterization, and Biotechnological Applications. | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Rabia Mehmood |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Study of bacteriophage protein structures for the production of improved antimicrobial agents |
Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Sarah Jayne Eisemann |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Study of bacteriophage protein structures for the production of improved antimicrobial agents |
Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Sarah Jayne Eisemann |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Exploring Cold-Adapted Cytochrome P450 Enzymes from Psychrophilic Organisms: Production, Characterization, and Biotechnological Applications. | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Rabia Mehmood |
| 2023 | Co-Supervisor | Characterization and Structural Study of Cytochrome P450 enzymes from thermophilic bacteria | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Tuhin Das |
| 2023 | Co-Supervisor | Characterization and Structural Study of Cytochrome P450 enzymes from thermophilic bacteria | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Tuhin Das |
| 2021 | Co-Supervisor | Engineering biosensors for wine spoilage | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Ranjith Manjula Meemanage Cebreco |
| 2021 | Co-Supervisor | Engineering biosensors for wine spoilage | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Ranjith Manjula Meemanage Cebreco |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 - 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Biochemical and Structural Characterisation of Bacterial Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Bacteriophage Portal Proteins | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Alix Charles Harlington |
| 2019 - 2024 | Co-Supervisor | Development of the PHEARLESS system and its application for directed protein mutagenesis and characterisation of putative endolysin activity | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Hannah Rose Bonham |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Location | Program | Supervision Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 - ongoing | Principal Supervisor | Isolating bacteriophage host binding and infection machinery | University of Adelaide | Masters of Biotechnology | Master | Full Time | Diva Sinha |
| 2017 - ongoing | Other | Thermal unfolding of tandem repeat protein domains | University of York | - | Doctorate | Full Time | Rachael Cooper |
| 2016 - 2016 | Co-Supervisor | mutagenesis, protein expression, purification and crystallisation of mutant adhesin domains from Staphylococcal surface adhesins SasG and Aap | University of York | B.Sc. Research Project | Other | Part Time | Nicholas Butler |
| 2015 - 2018 | Other | Structural and biophysical analysis of tandem repeat domains of Gram-positive bacteria | University of York | - | Doctorate | Full Time | Lotte Van Beek |
| 2015 - 2015 | Other | Cloning and purification of human Cip1 interacting zinc finger protein | University of York | B.Sc. Research Project | Other | Part Time | Caroline Pearson |
| 2012 - 2012 | Other | Supervision of lab work and manuscript preparation resulting in a peer reviewed publication on a human tRNA modifying enzyme. Samuel went on to be awarded a competitive and highly prestigious Wellcome Trust funded scholarship to study on the Oxford PhD program | University of York | B.Sc. Research Project | Other | Part Time | Samuel Griffiths |
| Date | Role | Committee | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 - ongoing | Member | Australian Biocommons Computational Structural Biology Node | Australian Biocommons | Australia |
| 2024 - ongoing | Member | Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society CryOz Executive | Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society | Australia |
| 2022 - ongoing | Member | SET Faculty Workload Model Working Group | University of Adelaide | Australia |
| 2021 - ongoing | Member | School of Biological Sciences Research Committee | University of Adelaide | Australia |
| 2021 - 2022 | Member | School of Biological Sciences Review Team | University of Adelaide | Australia |
| 2013 - 2016 | Representative | Staff Committee | University of York | United Kingdom |
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 - ongoing | Member | Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society | Australia |
| 2019 - ongoing | Member | Synthetic Biology Australasia | Australia |
| 2012 - ongoing | Member | Biochemical Society | United Kingdom |
| Date | Title | Engagement Type | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 - 2016 | British Heart Foundation visit day | Public Community Engagement | University of York | United Kingdom |
| Date | Event Name | Event Type | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 - 2019 | University Open Day | Function | University of Adelaide | Australia |
| Date | Office Name | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 - ongoing | Adelaide SBA Node Leader | Synthetic Biology Australasia | Australia |
| 2019 - 2020 | EMCRA Social Media Officer | EMCRA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide | Australia |
| Date | Title | Type | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 - ongoing | Referee: Genomics | Peer Review | University of Adelaide | Australia |
| 2019 - ongoing | Thesis examiner - Masters of Biotechnology | Thesis Review | University of Adelaide | Australia |
| 2015 - ongoing | Journal of Molecular Biology | Peer Review | University of York | United Kingdom |
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