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Erinna Lee Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Dr Erinna Lee

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

More about Dr Erinna Lee

Being a researcher means that each work day is not defined by mundane tasks and rules. The freedom to make discoveries, the problem solving and the possibility of bettering human health is what I love.

In 2004, I commenced my PhD under the co-supervision of Professor Peter Colman and Dr. Douglas Fairlie at WEHI. During my PhD, I was exposed to X-ray crystallography, as well as techniques in biochemistry and cell biology. I then continued my postdoctoral studies in the laboratory of Dr. Fairlie and was promoted to senior postdoctoral fellow at WEHI in 2012. In 2015, I undertook a joint appointment as a research fellow at ONJCRI and the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science.

I have always been interested in the processes of apoptosis, and now autophagy, which determines whether a cell lives or dies. In particular, I am exploring how these pathways can go awry leading to cancer and how we can exploit this information for therapeutic intervention. A large part of my work has involved developing peptide-based ligands that are highly selective for individual components of the apoptotic machinery. Such reagents have proven useful for unravelling the complex cell death pathway and providing proof-of-principle for anti-cancer drugs that work in an identical manner.  

I am now also trying to understand the crosstalk between apoptosis and autophagy and determining the molecular switch that dictates whether a cell lives or dies.

Education

2002   Bachelor of Science, The University of Melbourne

2003   Bachelor of Science (Honours, First Class), The University of Melbourne

2007   Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Melbourne

Current Appointments

Research fellow (ONJCRI / La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science)

Achievements

2015   Thomson Reuters Citation Award in Molecular Biology and Genetics (Thomson Reuters)

2012   Career Development Fellowship (NHMRC)

The Life Technologies Edman Award (Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

2010   Victorian Young Tall Poppy Science Award (Australian Institute of Policy and Science)

2009   Phillip Desbrow Post Doctoral Fellowship (Leukaemia Foundation of Australia)

2008   The Sydney Parker Smith Post Doctoral Research Fellowship (The Cancer Council Victoria)

Young Investigators Award (Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function)

2007   Victoria Fellowship (State Government of Victoria)

ASBMB Fellowship (Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

2006   ASMR Campion-Ma-Playoust Memorial Award (Australian Society for Medical Research

 

  Email: erinna.lee@onjcri.org.au

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