People
Meet the members of the synthetic and chemical biology team and learn what they do.
Team leader
Professor of Chemical Biology
Ferrier Research Institute
Deputy Director Academic and Research
Ferrier Research Institute
Team members
Jo Inglis
Team Coordinator
Ferrier Research Institute
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Ferrier Research Institute
Scientist
Ferrier Research Institute
Scientist · Synthetic Biology
Ferrier Research Institute · Synthetic and Chemical Biology Laboratory
Students
PhD candidates at the Ferrier Research Institute are listed below, along with their thesis title and supervisors.
| Name | Topic | Supervisors |
|---|---|---|
| Lani Burke | Investigating transcriptional regulation to enhance natural product biosynthesis in Penicillium paxillin | Emily Parker, Luke Stevenson |
| Florian de Pol | Unveiling the evolution of allostery in adenosine triphosphate phosphoribosyl transferases | Emily Parker, Gerd Mittelstadt |
| Natasha Nipper | Decoration of the indole ring in indole diterpene biosynthesis | Emily Parker, Rosannah Cameron |
| Yehezkiel (Kiel) Victorio | Development of metabolic engineering tools for endophytic fungi | Emily Parker, Yonthan Lukito |
| Adam Hannaford | Building a multidisciplinary pipeline to mine and verify unique indole diterpene cyclases that generate interesting cyclised structures | Emily Parker, Daniel Berry |
| Rue Parker | Investigating the Transcriptional Regulation of Natural Products Biosynthesis in Epichloë festuca | Emily Parker, Daniel Berry |
| Sarah Douglas | Investigating Novel Enzyme Function in Indole-Diterpene Biosynthetic Pathways | Emily Parker, Daniel Berry |