Mr William Kerry
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
College of Health
I am a PhD Candidate within the Gene Editing Technology and Therapeutics Laboratory at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) and the University of Adelaide, working within the research groups of Dr Fatwa Adikusuma and Dr Alexandra McCarron (Cystic Fibrosis Airway Research Group, Women's and Children's Hospital).
My research focuses on developing a mutation-agnostic gene therapy for cystic fibrosis (CF) that aims to correct the underlying genetic defects that cause the disease, rather than managing symptoms alone. The work combines gene editing and targeted gene insertion technologies with the goal of producing a safe, effective, and universal therapeutic strategy that can ultimately be translated to the clinic.
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Adelaide University | Australia | PhD Candidate |
| 2020 - 2022 | University of Melbourne | Australia | Master of Biotechnology |
| 2018 - 2019 | Deakin University | Australia | Bachelor of Science Honours |
| 2015 - 2018 | Deakin University | Australia | Bachelor of Science |
| Date | Title | Institution name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Working with Children check | Government of South Australia | - |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Low, S. J., O’Neill, M. T., Fernando, J. A., Kerry, W. J., Prestedge, J., Wild, N., . . . Pasricha, S. (2026). CRISPR-Cas-based diagnostics for point-of-care detection of sexually transmitted infections: a laboratory development and evaluation study. Lancet Microbe, 7(4), 101289. Scopus1 |
| 2025 | Low, S. J., O’Neill, M., Kerry, W. J., Wild, N., Krysiak, M., Nong, Y., . . . Williamson, D. A. (2025). PathoGD: an integrative genomics approach to primer and guide RNA design for CRISPR-based diagnostics. Communications Biology, 8(1), 13 pages. Scopus10 WoS9 Europe PMC4 |
| 2023 | Low, S. J., O'Neill, M. T., Kerry, W. J., Krysiak, M., Papadakis, G., Whitehead, L. W., . . . Williamson, D. A. (2023). Rapid detection of monkeypox virus using a CRISPR-Cas12a mediated assay: a laboratory validation and evaluation study. The Lancet Microbe, 4(10), e800-e810. Scopus46 WoS43 Europe PMC37 |