Dr Yasmyn Winstanley

NHMRC Grant-Funded Postdoctoral Research Fellow

School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science

College of Health

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Date Position Institution name
2021 - ongoing NHMRC Post-Doctoral Researcher The University of Adelaide
2016 - 2017 Research Assistant The University of Adelaide

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2025 Award Early Career Researcher Award ANZ Society for Cell and Developmental Biology Australia -
2025 Award Travel Grant ANZ Society for Cell and Developmental Biology Australia -
2024 Award Campion-Ma-Playoust Memorial Award Australian Society for Medical Research Australia -
2024 Award International Travel Grant Robinson Research Institute Australia $2000
2024 Award Grant Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the Stanley W. Watson Education Fund United States $7000 USD
2022 Award Mito Foundation Travel Grant Mito Foundation Australia $500
2022 Recognition Young Investigator Award Finalist AussieMit Australia -
2022 Recognition David Healy New Investigator Award finalist Society for Reproductive Biology Australia -
2021 Award Travel Grant Robinson Research Institute Australia $860
2021 Award Travel Grant Healthy Development Adelaide Australia $840
2021 Award Most Outstanding Postdoctoral Oral Presentation ANZ Society for Cell and Developmental Biology Australia -
2020 Recognition ART Lab Solutions Gamete and Embryo Award finalist Society for Reproductive Biology Australia -
2016 Scholarship Jeffrey Robinson Honours Scholarship Robinson Research Institute Australia -

Date Institution name Country Title
2017 - 2021 University of Adelaide Australia PhD
2016 - 2016 University of Adelaide Australia Honours Degree of Bachelor of Health Sciences
2013 - 2015 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Biomedical Science

Year Citation
2025 Gonzalez, M. B., McPherson, N. O., Connaughton, H. S., Winstanley, Y. E., Kennedy, D. T., Campugan, C. A., . . . Robker, R. L. (2025). Mitochondrial activator BGP-15 protects sperm quality against oxidative damage and improves embryo developmental competence. F&S Science, 6(1), 42-54.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC2
2025 Gonzalez, M. B., Andreas, E., Winstanley, Y. E., Connaughton, H. S., Loring, K. E., Shoubridge, C., & Robker, R. L. (2025). Maternal aging reduces female fecundity and alters offspring phenotype in a sex-specific manner. Reproduction Fertility and Development, 37(5), RD24164-1-RD24164-11.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2025 Winstanley, Y. E., Rose, R. D., Sobinoff, A. P., Wu, L. L., Adhikari, D., Zhang, Q. -H., . . . Robker, R. L. (2025). Telomere length in offspring is determined by mitochondrial-nuclear communication at fertilization. Nature Communications, 16(1), 2527-1-2527-20.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2024 Winstanley, Y. E., Liu, J., Adhikari, D., Gonzalez, M. B., Russell, D. L., Carroll, J., & Robker, R. L. (2024). Dynamics of Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number and Membrane Potential in Mouse Pre-Implantation Embryos: Responses to Diverse Types of Oxidative Stress. Genes, 15(3), 15030367-1-15030367-18.
DOI Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC5
2024 Morimoto, A., Rose, R. D., Smith, K. M., Dinh, D. T., Umehara, T., Winstanley, Y. E., . . . Robker, R. L. (2024). Granulosa cell metabolism at ovulation correlates with oocyte competence and is disrupted by obesity and aging. Human Reproduction, 39(9), 2053-2066.
DOI Scopus17 WoS15 Europe PMC14
2024 Gonzalez, M. B., Campugan, C. A., Connaughton, H. S., Andreas, E., Winstanley, Y. E., Williams, E. J., . . . Robker, R. L. (2024). BGP-15 mitigates adverse impacts of aging on sperm quality, fertility, and offspring health in male mice. Reproduction, 168(3), e240105 -1-e240105-13.
DOI Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC4
2024 Winstanley, Y. E., Gonzalez, M. B., Andreas, E., Connaughton, H., Bergen, J., Ween, M., . . . Robker, R. L. (2024). Drinking water quality impacts oocyte viability and embryo development. Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 6, 1-14.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2024 Winstanley, Y. E., Stables, J. S., Gonzalez, M. B., Umehara, T., Norman, R. J., & Robker, R. L. (2024). Emerging therapeutic strategies to mitigate female and male reproductive aging. Nature Aging, 4(12), 1682-1696.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC6
2022 Adhikari, D., Lee, I. -W., Al-Zubaidi, U., Liu, J., Zhang, Q. -H., Yuen, W. S., . . . Carroll, J. (2022). Depletion of oocyte dynamin-related protein 1 shows maternal-effect abnormalities in embryonic development. Science Advances, 8(24), eabl8070-1-eabl8070-15.
DOI Scopus29 WoS28 Europe PMC27
2022 Umehara, T., Winstanley, Y. E., Andreas, E., Morimoto, A., Williams, E. J., Smith, K. M., . . . Robker, R. L. (2022). Female reproductive life span is extended by targeted removal of fibrotic collagen from the mouse ovary.. Science Advances, 8(24), eabn4564-1-eabn4564-17.
DOI Scopus149 WoS151 Europe PMC141
2022 Dunleavy, J. E. M., Dinh, D. T., Filby, C. E., Green, E., Hofstee, P., Pini, T., . . . Richani, D. (2022). Reproductive biology research down under: Highlights from the Australian and New Zealand Annual Meeting of the Society for Reproductive Biology, 2021. Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 34(13), 855-866.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2022 Deluao, J. C., Winstanley, Y., Robker, R. L., Pacella Ince, L., Gonzalez, M., & McPherson, N. O. (2022). Reactive oxygen species in the mammalian pre-implantation embryo. Reproduction, 164(6), F95-F108.
DOI Scopus68 WoS59 Europe PMC53
2021 Andreas, E., Winstanley, Y. E., & Robker, R. L. (2021). Effect of obesity on the ovarian follicular environment and developmental competence of the oocyte. Current Opinion in Endocrine and Metabolic Research, 18, 152-158.
DOI Scopus8
2019 Chen, M., Wong, S. L., Wu, L. L., Gordon, Y. E., Heilbronn, L. K., & Robker, R. L. (2019). Differential impacts of gonadotrophins, IVF and embryo culture on mouse blastocyst development. Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 39(3), 372-382.
DOI Scopus11 WoS11 Europe PMC7
Date Title Funding Source Amount
2025 Understanding and escaping PFAS: the ‘forever chemical’ that causes fetal anomalies and a lifetime of poor health Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation $99,965
2024 Identifying novel Mitochondrial Targeted Compounds to improve oocyte quality with age Lloyd Cox O&G Research Accelerator Grant $48,756
2024 Escaping the effects of PFAS: the ‘forever chemical’ that causes infertility, fetal anomalies and a lifetime of poor health FHMS Early Grant Award $25,000
2022 Identifying embryonic regulators of health-span to improve child lifetime outcomes Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation $40,000
2022 Understanding PFAS: the ‘forever chemical’ that permanently changes fertility Robinson Research Institute Innovation Seed Funding $50,000

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor Identifying variants in the mitochondrial genome predictive of oocyte quality Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Minoli Lakshika Perera Kalukapuge

Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
2025 - ongoing Principal Supervisor Gamete Quality and Embryo Development University of Adelaide - Honours Full Time Milana Frost
2024 - 2024 Co-Supervisor Identifying New Therapeutics to Improve Embryo Development The University of Adelaide Masters of Biotechnology Master Full Time Qian Ying Ho
2023 - 2024 Co-Supervisor Determining the Role of Cell Migration Proteins in the Ovary University of Adelaide - Honours Full Time Zoe Marinis
2023 - 2024 Co-Supervisor Investigating Mitochondrial Regulation of Telomerase Pathway Components During Pre-Implantation Embryogenesis University of Adelaide - Honours Full Time Donna Holland
2022 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Investigating the Effects of Mitochondrial-Targeted Therapeutics to Improve Female Fertility in Mitochondrial Disease University of Adelaide - Honours Full Time Caitlyn Bugeja
2022 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Investigating the Impact of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) on Ovarian Function and Oocyte Quality University of Adelaide - Honours Full Time Erin Barrera

Date Role Committee Institution Country
2022 - 2025 Representative RRI EMCR Council - Fertility and Conception Representative Robinson Research Institute Australia
2022 - 2024 Representative ANZSCDB South Australian State Representative Australian and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology Australia
2022 - 2023 Member Reproductive Health Australia (RHA) Social Media Committee Reproductive Health Australia Australia
2020 - 2022 Representative RRI EMCR Council - HDR representative Robinson Research Institute Australia

Date Role Membership Country
2021 - ongoing Member Australian and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology Australia
2021 - ongoing Member Healthy Development Adelaide Australia
2020 - ongoing Member Reproductive Health Australia Australia
2018 - ongoing Member Society for Reproductive Biology Australia
2018 - ongoing Member Society for the Study of Reproduction United States

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