Hannah Lyons

Hannah Lyons

Adelaide Medical School

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.

  • 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
    Fertility and Conception Immunology and Infection Pregnancy and Birth Fertility Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine Reproduction Reproductive Biology
Date Project/ No. Investigators Funding Body Amount
10/07/2024 Understanding the role of sperm microRNA in controlling early embryonic events Hannah Lyons and Nicole McPherson Robinson Research Institute $40,000

  • 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

  • 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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