Erinna Lee
Erinna Lee | |
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Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
Occupation | |
Awards | Tall poppy award (2010) |
Website | https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/eflee |
Academic career | |
Fields | Autophagy, bcl-2 |
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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[]
Scholia has a profile for Erinna Lee (Q47713751). |
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Dr Erinna Lee". AIPS. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
- ^ "Parasite investigations breed 3 Tall Poppies". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
- Living people
- 21st-century Singaporean women scientists
- 21st-century Singaporean biologists
- Singaporean emigrants to Australia
- La Trobe University faculty