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Allan

Dr Allan Burrows

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

More about Dr Allan Burrows

I am interested in the interactions between cancer cells and their surrounding host environment, and how this ‘peer pressure’ influences cancer metastasis.

I studied the motility of melanoma cancer cells during the process of metastasis, as well as their interactions with their surrounding environment, as part of my honours degree at the Queensland Institute for Medical Research (QIMR). My subsequent work at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) involved studying regulators of inflammatory diseases, which allowed me the opportunity to work within the commercial sector of medical research following an industry placement program with AstraZeneca at the Alderley Park site in the United Kingdom.

I later sought to return to research into cancer metastasis and commenced a PhD under Prof. Robin Anderson's supervision at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, with scholarship funding obtained from the NHMRC and the CRC for Cancer Therapeutics (CTx). I have subsequently completed my PhD studies, during which I investigated the contribution of stromal caveolin-1 (CAV1) to breast cancer metastasis.

My current postdoctoral fellowship at the ONJCRI continues to investigate this interaction between cancer cells and the host environment, as well as how this interaction influences disease progression.

Education

PhD, Medical Research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre via University of Melbourne, 2012

Bachelor of Science (Honours), Cell Biology, Queensland Institute of Medical Research via University of Queensland, Australia, 2003
 
Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Queensland, Australia, 2002
 
Current Appointments
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
 
Honorary Associate, School of Cancer Medicine, La Trobe University
 
Achievements
Melbourne Abroad Travelling Scholarship (MATS) from University of Melbourne for travel to American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 103rd Annual Meeting, 2012
 
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Award at Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) Student Symposium for Poster Presentation, 2011
 
Cancer Therapeutics CRC (CTx) Postgraduate Top-up Scholarship, 2010
 
NHMRC Biomedical Postgraduate Scholarship, 2008
 
Recent Publications
  1. Schroder, K., Spille, M., Pilz, A., Lattin, J., Bode, K. A., Burrows, A. D., Ravasi, T., Weighardt, H., Stacey, K. J., Decker, T., Hume, D. A., A. H. Dalpke and M. J. Sweet. (2007). Differential effects of CpG DNA on IFNb induction and STAT1 activation in murine macrophages versus dendritic cells: alternatively activated STAT1 negatively regulates toll-like receptor signalling in macrophages. J. Immunol. 179(6): 3495-3503
  2. Hadler, K. S., Huber, T., Cassady, A. I., Weber, J., Robinson, J., Burrows, A., Kelly, G., Guddat, L. W., Hume, D. A., G. Schenk and J. U. Flanagan. (2008). Identification of a non-purple tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase: an evolutionary link to Ser/Thr protein phosphatases? BMC Res. Notes 1(78): 1-8
  3. Pouliot, N., H. B. Pearson and A. Burrows. (2012). Investigating Metastasis Using In Vitro Platforms. Metastatic Cancer: Integrated Organ System and Biological Approach Landes Bioscience
  4. Denoyer, D., Kusuma, N., Burrows, A., Ling, X., Jupp, L., R. L. Anderson and N. Pouliot (2014). Bone-derived soluble factors and laminin-511 cooperate to promote migration, invasion and survival of bone-metastatic breast tumor cells. Growth Factors. 32(2): 63-73
  5. Johnstone, C. J., Smith, Y. E., Cao, Y., Burrows, A., Cross, R. S. N., Ling, X., Redvers, R. P., Doherty, J. P., Eckhardt, B. L., Natoli, A., Restall, C., Lucas, E., Carter, R. Z., Pearson, H. B., Britt, K. L., Rizzitelli, A., Li. J., Harmey, J. H., N. Pouliot and R. L. Anderson (2015). Functional and molecular characterization of mouse models of spontaneous metastatic breast cancer. Dis. Model. Mech. 8(3):237-51

 

Ph: +61 3 9496 5170 

E: allan.burrows@onjcri.org.au

 
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