Hannah Lyons
School of Biomedicine
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
I am a current PhD candidate in the Reproductive Immunology Group in the Robinson Research Institute led by Professor Sarah Robertson. My research focuses on male fertility and the abundance of molecular mediators carried within seminal fluid, and how these impact the female immune response elicited after exposure to male seminal fluid, and how this prepares the female reproductive tract for pregnancy. My research includes skills such as mammalian cell culture, immunoassays, gene expression analysis, clinical study coordination, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and andrology.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2023 - ongoing Research Assistant University of Adelaide -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2024 Research Award SSR 1st Place Pre-doctoral Poster Soceity for the Study of Reproduction United States $500 USD 2024 Award School of Biomedicine Travel Award The Universtiy of Adelaide Australia $1500 2024 Award RRI Travel Grant Robinson Research Institute Australia $2000 2024 Research Award Lalor Foundation Merit Award Lalor Foundation and Soceity for the Study of Reproduction United States $500 USD 2023 Award AMS Travel Award The University of Adelaide Australia $1200 2022 Award Adelaide Graduate Research School Travel Award The Universtiy of Adelaide Australia $3500 2021 Award School of Biomedicine Travel Award The University Adelaide Australia $1200 -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2021 The University of Adelaide Australia PhD 2020 - 2020 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Science (Honours) 2016 - 2019 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Sciences (Biomedical) -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2025 Sharkey, D. J., Lyons, H. E., Chan, H. Y., & Robertson, S. A. (2025). Seminal Fluid Interaction with Female Reproductive Tract Epithelial Cells: In Vitro Models for Human. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2897, 663-673.
2024 Lyons, H. E., Gyawali, P., Mathews, N., Castleton, P., Mutuku, S. M., & McPherson, N. O. (2024). The influence of lifestyle and biological factors on semen variability. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, 41(4), 1097-1109.
Scopus2 Europe PMC22023 Lyons, H. E., Arman, B. M., Robertson, S. A., & Sharkey, D. J. (2023). Immune regulatory cytokines in seminal plasma of healthy men: A scoping review and analysis of variance. Andrology, 11(7), 1245-1266.
Scopus9 WoS1 Europe PMC9
| Date | Project/ No. | Investigators | Funding Body | Amount |
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| 10/07/2024 | Understanding the role of sperm microRNA in controlling early embryonic events | Hannah Lyons and Nicole McPherson | Robinson Research Institute | $40,000 |
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Other Supervision Activities
Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2024 - ongoing Co-Supervisor Understanding the significance of miR30a/c in paternal transmissinon The University of Adelaide - Honours Full Time Katherine Weston
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2022 - ongoing Member Robinson Research Symposium Committee Robinson Research Institute Australia -
Presentation
Date Topic Presented at Institution Country 2024 - ongoing SPACE SPERM – The Importance of Gravity in Sperm Navigation, Fertilisation and Early Embryo Formation. Society for the study of Reproduction 57th Annual Scientific Meeting Society for the study of Reproduction Ireland
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