Erinna Lee

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Erinna Lee
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Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
Occupation
  • Molecular biologist Edit this on Wikidata
AwardsTall poppy award (2010)
Websitehttps://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/eflee Edit this on Wikidata
Academic career
FieldsAutophagy, bcl-2 edit this on wikidata
Institutions

Erinna Lee is a Singaporean molecular biologist specializing in apoptosis and autophagy.[1][2]

Early life and education[]

Erinna Lee was born in Singapore and moved to Australia after high school.[3] She was educated at University of Melbourne, studying a BSc(hons) in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from 2000-2004. She studied her PhD at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research,[1] which was awarded in 2007 by the University of Melbourne.[4][5] It was during this PhD where she began research on programmed cell death, which would form a large part of her subsequent research career.[1]

Career and impact[]

After completing her PhD, Lee worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the WEHI until 2015. She then moving to work at La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science,[5] becoming a laboratory head there in 2016 as well as being made a visiting scientist at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute.[6]

Research[]

Lee's research focuses on cell death and survival, and in particular the role of the BCL-2 protein and its associated homolog family. This is typically via characterising protein-protein interactions in the BCL-2 signalling pathway via structural characterisation of the constituent proteins (both X-ray and NMR methods) as well as biochemical and biophysical characterisation of their interactions.[7] She then applies this information to animal models to understand the contributions of these proteins to normal physiology and disease.[6] Lee’s research has subsequently extended into autophagy more broadly and its contributions to human biology.[5]

Awards and honours[]

Erinna Lee was awarded a Tall poppy award in 2010,[8][9] and the 2021 Shimadzu Research Medal by the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Erinna Lee". ASBMB. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  2. ^ "Parasite investigations breed 3 Tall Poppies". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  3. ^ "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com. 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2021-07-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "2007 ASBMB Award: Erinna Lee". www.asbmb.org.au. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  5. ^ a b c "Erinna Lee". scholars.latrobe.edu.au. Retrieved 2021-07-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ a b "Dr Erinna Lee". www.onjcancercentre.org. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  7. ^ "Erinna Lee". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2021-07-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Dr Erinna Lee". AIPS. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  9. ^ "Parasite investigations breed 3 Tall Poppies". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
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