Hiroaki Sako

Honours student


Hiroaki joined together with Aleksej as the first set of Honours students in SKB Lab. Hiroaki worked on the mapping of a genetic suppressor of the triplet expansion phenotype in Arabidopsis. Subsequently Hiroaki completed his PhD from Waseda University and pursuing an academic career.  



Chhaya Atri

Visiting Scientist


Associate Professor Chaya Atri visited SKB Lab and GATC Lab during 2019-2020 and contributed to diverse projects as a senior researcher.  Chhaya is a plant breeder from Panjab Agricultural University. Chhaya had very good hands and helped us generate and maintain Marchantia mutant lines before moving with Sridevi Sureshkumar to establish the GATC Lab.



Sanjeev Reddy-Puligore

Masters student


Sanjeev joined our group for a Master's project and subsequently worked as a research assistant in the group. Sanjeev then moved on to make a diverse portfolios and careers diverse industries.



Lynnette Fulton

Postdoc


Lynnette came back to Australia from Germany and joined us as a senior researcher to share her expertise on molecular biology. Lynnette started the work on SR protein in the lab, which is now a major focus.  



Emma Meyers

Lab Manager


Emma came to our group as a part of the Advanced study program and then subsequently joined us as a Lab Manager. Emma was also among the first group of students, who set up the SKB Lab.  



Elizabeth Worrall

Lab Manager


Lizzie (Elizabeth) Worrall joined SKB Lab prior to us moving to Monash and worked as a Lab Manager  and helped us organise the lab very well. Lizzie subsequently went on to do a PhD with Neena Mitter's group at the University of Queensland.  



Eduardo Sanchez-Bermejo

Postdoc


Eduardo came to Australia from Spain after learning intricacies of natural variation from Carlos Alonso-Blanco. Eduardo had a great productive time in SKB Lab where he worked on the genetic architecture of natural variation in thermal resopnse. Eduardo made a successful transition into industry.



Aleksej Stevanovic

Honours student


Aleksej and Hiraoki are the first set of Honours students in SKB Lab, who started/completed their Honours in the year we made the move from UQ to Monash. Aleksej looked at the interaction between DNA repair and repeat expansions.  Aleksej subsequently went on to do a PhD with Karyn Johnson's group at UQ.  



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SKB Lab - a place to discover yourself

At SKB lab, you grow not only as a scientist, but also as an individual. You discover your skills and abilities and develop them further. You discover your passion in diverse aspects including hidden talents of you!


photo: An Arabidopsis cake from an Alumnus of SKB Lab

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Amanda Tabib

PhD student


Amanda joined SKB Lab after completing her Honours from Mater Hospitals in Brisbane. Amanda set up the first cell culture experiments in SKB Lab.  Amanda completed her PhD in 2015. Her thesis is on "Translational genetics: from Arabidopsis to Friedreich's ataxia"



{Papers

1. .Tabib, A., Vishwanathan, S., Seleznev, A., McKeown, P., Downing, T., Dent, C., Sanchez-Bermejo, E., Colling, L., Spillane, C and Balasubramanian, S (2016)  A polynucleotide repeat expansion causing temperature-sensitivity persists in wild Irish accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7:1311.

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Celine Tasset

Postdoc


Celine joined SKB Lab in 2011 when we moved from UQ after her PhD from University of Toulouse in France and was an ARC-DECRA awardee. Celine is an expert in protein biochemistry as well as cooking. The attraction to cooking was so strong that she decided to pursue a career in cooking.



{Papers

1. Tasset, C., Singh Yadav, A., Sureshkumar, S., Singh, R., van der Woude, L., Nekrasov, M., Tremethick, D., van Zanten, M and Balasubramanian, S (2018) POWERDRESS-mediated histone deacetylation is essential for thermomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genetics, 14(3):e1007280.

2. Sureshkumar, S., Dent, C., Seleznev, A., Tasset, C and Balasubramanian, S (2016) Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay modulates FLM-dependent thermosensory flowering response in Arabidopsis. Nature Plants, 2(5):16055.

3. Sanchez-Bermejo, E*., Zhu, W*., Tasset, C., Eimer, H., Sureshkumar, S., Singh, R., Sundaramoorthi, V., Colling, L and Balasubramanian, S (2015) Genetic architecture of natural variation in thermal responses of Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 169:647-659.

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{Papers

1. Sanchez-Bermejo, E*., Zhu, W*., Tasset, C., Eimer, H., Sureshkumar, S., Singh, R., Sundaramoorthi, V., Colling, L and Balasubramanian, S (2015) Genetic architecture of natural variation in thermal responses of Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 169:647-659.

2. Sanchez-Bermejo, E and Balasubramanian, S (2015) Natural variation involving deletion alleles of FRIGIDA modulate temperature-sensitive flowering responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell and Environment, 39(6):1353-1365.

3. Tabib, A., Vishwanathan, S., Seleznev, A., McKeown, P., Downing, T., Dent, C., Sanchez-Bermejo, E., Colling, L., Spillane, C and Balasubramanian, S (2016) A polynucleotide repeat expansion causing temperature-sensitivity persists in wild Irish accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7:1311.

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Hannes Eimer

PhD student


Hannes came to us from Vienna after completing his Diploma thesis from University of Hawaii. Hannes completed his PhD in 2016. His thesis is "The molecular mechanisms underlying thermal responses of Arabidopsis thaliana" . Hannes made a successful transition to industry after producing a fine paper from his PhD.



{Papers

1. Eimer, H*., Sureshkumar, S., Singh Yadav, A., Kraupner-Taylor, C., Bandaranayake, C., Seleznev, A., Thomason, T., Fletcher, SJ., Gordon, SF., Carroll, BJ and Balasubramanian, S (2018) RNA-dependent epigenetic silencing directs transcriptional downregulation caused by intronic repeat expansions. Cell, 174(5):1095-1105.

2. Sanchez-Bermejo, E*., Zhu, W*., Tasset, C., Eimer, H., Sureshkumar, S., Singh, R., Sundaramoorthi, V., Colling, L and Balasubramanian, S (2015) Genetic architecture of natural variation in thermal responses of Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 169:647-659.

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Nurul Safwannah

Honours Student


Nurul joined SKB Lab and conducted her Honours thesis, while doing her Biotech degree at the University of Queensland. She screened several compounds for their effects to suppress repeat expansion associated phenotypes in plants.



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Rupali Singh

Research Assistant


Rupali joined SKB Lab as a volunteer and  was intstrumental in working out key aspects of CRY2 and PWR function in thermal response. Subsequently Rupali joined the World Mosquito Program and contributing to efforts on eliminating dengue from the face of the earth.



{Papers

1.Tasset, C., Singh Yadav, A., Sureshkumar, S., Singh, R., van der Woude, L., Nekrasov, M., Tremethick, D., van Zanten, M and Balasubramanian, S (2018) POWERDRESS-mediated histone deacetylation is essential for thermomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genetics, 14(3):e1007280.

2.Sanchez-Bermejo, E*., Zhu, W*., Tasset, C., Eimer, H., Sureshkumar, S., Singh, R., Sundaramoorthi, V., Colling, L and Balasubramanian, S (2015) Genetic architecture of natural variation in thermal responses of Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 169:647-659.

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Shilpi Singh

PhD student


Shilpi spent a little more than an year in SKB lab before moving to the group of John Bowman to continue her PhD. She joined us after working for Department of Biotechnology, India. Shilpi was instrumental in scaling up SpliSER for GWAS studies.



{Papers

1. Dent, CI., Singh, S., Mukherjee, S., Mishra, S., Sarwade, RS., Shamaya, N., Loo, KP., Harrison, P., Sureshkumar, S., Powell, D and Balasubramanian, S (2021) Quantifying splice-site usage: a simple yet powerful approach to analyze splicing. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, 3(2): 1 doi:10.1093/nargab/iqab041

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Sridevi Sureshkumar

Postdoc


Sridevi completed her PhD from Detlef Weigel's lab and worked on alternative splicing and epigenetic gene silencing in plants. Sridevi won an ARC Future Fellowship, with which she established her own group - GATC Lab now at Moansh University.



{Papers

1. Dent, CI., Singh, S., Mukherjee, S., Mishra, S., Sarwade, RS., Shamaya, N., Loo, KP., Harrison, P., Sureshkumar, S., Powell, D and Balasubramanian, S (2021) Quantifying splice-site usage: a simple yet powerful approach to analyze splicing. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, 3(2): 1 doi:10.1093/nargab/iqab041

2. Raman, H., Raman, R., Qiu, Y., Singh Yadav, A., Sureshkumar, S., Borg, L., Maheswaran R., Wheeler, D., Owen, O, Menz, I and Balasubramanian, S (2019) GWAS hints at pleiotropic roles for FLOWERNG LOCUS T in flowering time and yield-related traits in canola. BMC Genomics, 20(1):636.

3. Eimer, H*., Sureshkumar, S*., Singh Yadav, A., Kraupner-Taylor, C., Bandaranayake, C., Seleznev, A., Thomason, T., Fletcher, SJ., Gordon, SF., Carroll, BJ and Balasubramanian, S (2018) RNA-dependent epigenetic silencing directes transcriptional downregulation caused by intronic repeat expansions, Cell, 174(5):1095-1105. (*shared first author)

4.Tasset, C., Singh Yadav, A., Sureshkumar, S., Singh, R., van der Woude, L., Nekrasov, M., Tremethick, D., van Zanten, M and Balasubramanian, S (2018) POWERDRESS-mediated histone deacetylation is essential for thermomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana, PLoS Genetics, 14(3):e1007280.

5. Sureshkumar, S., Dent, C., Seleznev, A., Tasset, C and Balasubramanian, S (2016) Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay modulates FLM-dependent thermosensory flowering response in Arabidopsis, Nature Plants, 2(5):16055

6. Sanchez-Bermejo, E., Zhu, W., Tasset, C., Eimer, H., Sureshkumar, S., Singh, R., Sundaramoorthi, V., Colling, L and Balasubramanian, S (2015) Genetic architecture of natural variation in thermal responses of Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 169(1):647-659.

7. Zhu, W., Ausin, I., Seleznev, A., Mendez-Vigo, B., Pico, FC., Sureshkumar, S., Sundaramoorthi, V., Bulach, D., Powell, D., Seemann, T., Alonso-Blanco, C and Balasubramanian, S (2015) PLoS Genetics, 11(5):e1005085.

8. Cao, MD., Tasker, E., Willadsen, K., Imelfort, M., Vishwanathan, S., Sureshkumar, S and Balasubramanian, S (2014) Inferring short tandem repeat variation from paired-end short reads, Nucleic Acids Research, 42(3):e16.



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Riffat Tahira

Visiting Scientist


Riffat Tahira visited SKB Lab from Pakistan through a scholarship funded by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. Riffat contributed to our efforts to explore canola biology.



{Papers

1.Raman, H., Raman, R., Coombes, N., Song, J., Pragnell, R., Bandaranayake, C., Tahira, R., Sundaramoorthi, V., Killian, A., Meng, J., Dennis, ES and Balasubramanian, S (2015) Genome-wide association analyses reveal complex genetic architecture underlying natural variation for flowering time in canola, Plant Cell and Environment, 39(6):1228-1239.



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Tamblyn Thomason

Honours student


Tamblyn completed her Honours working out fascinating aspects of triplet expansion associated phenotypes. A hardworking, independent student, who managed to single handedly-carried out experiments during her time in SKB Lab.



{Papers

1.Eimer, H*., Sureshkumar, S*., Singh Yadav, A., Kraupner-Taylor, C., Bandaranayake, C., Seleznev, A., Thomason, T., Fletcher, SJ., Gordon, SF., Carroll, BJ and Balasubramanian, S (2018) RNA-dependent epigenetic silencing directes transcriptional downregulation caused by intronic repeat expansions, Cell, 174(5):1095-1105.




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Sailaja Vishwanathan

MPhil student


Sailaja is one of the early members of the SKB Lab who moved from UQ to Monash and completed her MPhil from the lab. Her thesis is titled  "Triplet repeats and phenotypic variations in Arabidopsis thaliana"



{Papers

1. Cao, MD., Tasker, E., Willadsen, K., Imelfort, M., Vishwanathan, S., Sureshkumar, S., Balasubramanian, S and Boden, M (2014) Inferring short tandem repeat variation from paired-end reads, Nucleic Acids Research, 42(3):e6. doi:10.1093/nar/gkt1313.

2. Tabib, A., Vishwanathan, S., Seleznev, A., McKeown, P., Downing, T., Dent, C., Sanchez-Bermejo, E., Colling, L., Spillane, C and Balasubramanian, S (2016) A polynucleotide repeat expansion causing temperature-sensitivity persists in wild Irish accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana. Frontiers in Plant Science, doi:10.3389/fpls.2016.01311



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Vignesh Sundaramoorthi

Lab Manager


At the end of the day an Indian running a lab in Australia must also have cricketers in the lab. Vignesh filled that role for a long time. In addition to playing cricket, Vignesh was instrumental in setting up the lab and contributed to several projects in the lab.



{Papers

1. Sanchez-Bermejo, E*., Zhu, W*., Tasset, C., Eimer, H., Sureshkumar, S., Singh, R., Sundaramoorthi, V., Colling, L and Balasubramanian, S (2015) Genetic architecture of natural variation in thermal responses of Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 169:647-659.

2. Zhu, W*., Ausin, I*., Seleznev, A., Mendez-Vigo, B., Pico, FX., Sureshkumar, S., Sundaramoorthi, V., Bulach, D., Powell, D., Seemann, T., Alonso-Blanco, C and Balasubramanian, S (2015) Natural variation identifies ICARUS1, a universal gene required for cell proliferation and growth at high temperatures in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genetics, 11(5):e1005085.

3. Raman, H., Raman, R., Coombes, N., Song, J., Pragnell, R., Bandaranayake, C., Tahira, R., Sundaramoorthi, V., Killian, A., Meng, J., Dennis, ES and Balasubramanian, S (2015) Genome-wide association analyses reveal complex genetic architecture underlying natural variation for flowering time in canola, Plant Cell and Environment, 39(6):1228-1239.



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Wangsheng Zhu

PhD Student


Wangsheng joined SKB Lab to explore natural varitaion in Arabidopsis after doing his Masters research exploring natural variation in animals. He completed his PhD in 2014 with his thesis "Genetic characterization of natural variation regulating thermal responses in plant development". Subsequently Wangsheng went on to do a postdoc with Detlef Weigel and is currently a Professor at Chinese Agricultural University in Beijing, China.



{Papers

1. Mendez-Vigo, B., Ausin, I., Zhu, W., Molla-Morales, A., Balasubramanian, S and Alonso-Blanco, C (2019) Genetic interactions and molecular evolution of the duplicated genes ICARUS 2 and ICARUS 1 help Arabidopsis plants adapt to different ambient temperatures, Plant Cell, 31(6):1222-1237

2. Zhu, W*., Ausin, I*., Seleznev, A., Mendez-Vigo, B., Pico, FX., Sureshkumar, S., Sundaramoorthi, V., Bulach, D., Powell, D., Seemann, T., Alonso-Blanco, C and Balasubramanian, S (2015) Natural variation identifies ICARUS1, a universal gene required for cell proliferation and growth at high temperatures in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genetics, 11(5):e1005085.

3. Sanchez-Bermejo, E*., Zhu, W*., Tasset, C., Eimer, H., Sureshkumar, S., Singh, R., Sundaramoorthi, V., Colling, L and Balasubramanian, S (2015) Genetic architecture of natural variation in thermal responses of Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 169:647-659.  (*shared first authors)



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Calvin Kraupner-Taylor

Honours student


Calvin joined SKB Lab through the Monash Summer/Winter Scholarship program and found his interest in research. He continued to volunteer and then subsquently completed his Honours in SKB Lab before moving on to do a PhD in the group of Traude Beilharz at Monash University.  



{Papers

3. Eimer, H*., Sureshkumar, S*., Singh Yadav, A., Kraupner-Taylor, C., Bandaranayake, C., Seleznev, A., Thomason, T., Fletcher, SJ., Gordon, SF., Carroll, BJ and Balasubramanian, S (2018) RNA-dependent epigenetic silencing directes transcriptional downregulation caused by intronic repeat expansions, Cell, 174(5):1095-1105.




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Avilash Singh Yadav

PhD Student


Avilash joined SKB Lab after leaving a comfortable desk job to pursue science. Avilash had real fun in doing genetic screens, exploring diverse projects and worked on genetic suppressors of powerdress. Avilash completed his PhD during one of the tough years of this millennium (2020) and did not meet us for an entire period of thesis writting due to COVID restrictions. He is currently a postdoc with Adrienne Roeder at Cornell University.



{Papers

1. Raman, H., Raman, R., McVittie, B., Borg, L., Diffey, S., Singh Yadav, A., Balasubramanian, S and Farquhar, G (2020) Genetic and physiological bases for variation in water use efficiency in canola, Food and Energy Security, 9(4):e237.

2. Raman, H., Raman, R., Qiu, Y., Singh Yadav, A., Sureshkumar, S., Borg, L., Rohan, M., Wheeler, D., Owen, O., Menz, I., Balasubramanian, S (2019) GWAS hints at pleiotropic roles for FLOWERING LOCUS T in flowering time and yield-related traits in canola, BMC Genomics, 20(1):636.

3. Eimer, H., Sureshkumar, S., Singh Yadav, A., Kraupner-Taylor, C., Bandaranayake, C., Seleznev, A., Thomason, T., Fletcher, SJ., Gordon, SF., Carroll, BJ and Balasubramanian, S (2018) RNA-dependent epigenetic silencing directrs transcriptional downregulation caused by intronic repeat expansions, Cell, 174(5):1095-1105.

4. Tasset, C., Singh Yadav, A., Sureshkumar, S., Singh, R., van der Woude, L., Nekrasov, M., Tremethick, D., van Zanten, M and Balasubramanian, S (2018) POWERDRESS-mediated histone deacetylation is essential for thermomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana, PLoS Genetics, 14(3):e1007280.




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Former Masters / Diploma Students


4. Vignesh Sundaramoorthi - 2011 - Masters by coursework, currently with the Eliminate Dengue program, Monash University.

3. Sanjeev Reddy Puligore - 2010- Masters by coursework.

2. Mondar Ahmad - 2009 - Graduate certificate in Molecular Biology.

1. David Richter  - 2008 - Masters by coursework.



Undergraduate Students (with last known positions)


56. Elaine Xinyu Zhang - 2021 - Winter Scholarship


55. Hongyu Zheng - 2021 - Winter Scholarship


54. Lucy Olsen - 2021 - Lab Experience


53. Veronica Perera - 2020 - Summer Lab Experience/GEN3990 student


52. Sophia Astbury - 2020 - Summer Lab Experience


51. Serena Jackel - 2020 - Summer Lab Experience


50. Shruti Yenegure - 2020 - Summer Lab Experience


49. Ryan Yadav - 2020 - Summer Lab Experience


48. Erin Francis O'Brien - 2019 - Lab Experience


47. Kok Ping Loo - 2019 - Winter Scholarship

Dent, CI., Singh, S., Mukherjee, S., Mishra, S., Sarwade, RS., Shamaya, N., Loo, KP., Harrison, P., Sureshkumar, S., Powell, D and Balasubramanian, S (2021) Quantifying splice-site usage: a simple yet powerful approach to analyze splicing. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, 3(2): 1 doi:10.1093/nargab/iqab041


46. Rajan Lakshman - 2019 - Winter Scholarship - Currently pursuing PhD at Monash University.


45. Nayanatara Samarasekara - 2019 - Lab Experience


44. Shikar Mishra - 2019 - Lab Expereince - Currently working for Australian Government.

Dent, CI., Singh, S., Mukherjee, S., Mishra, S., Sarwade, RS., Shamaya, N., Loo, KP., Harrison, P., Sureshkumar, S., Powell, D and Balasubramanian, S (2021) Quantifying splice-site usage: a simple yet powerful approach to analyze splicing. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, 3(2): 1 doi:10.1093/nargab/iqab041


43. Jordyn Coutts - 2019 - Lab Experience - GEN3990 - Completed Honours in SKb Lab and pursuing PhD.


42. Subasree Kumar - 2018- Student volunteer, GEN3990 student - Completed Masters at Rutgers University, USA.


41. Nikita Bungay - 2018 - Student volunteer - Currently working for Australian Government


40. Frances Nival -  2017 - Student volunteer - Currently pursuing Law at Swinburne University


39. Isabella Stuart - 2017 - Student volunteer - Currently pursuing PhD at Monash University


38. Ella Wilson - 2017 - Winter Scholarship - Currently pursuing Masters in Genetics Councelling and Uni Melb.


37. Stephanie Francis Gordon - 2017 - Student Project (GEN3990) - completed  Honours at Monash University.

Eimer, H*., Sureshkumar, S*., Singh Yadav, A., Kraupner-Taylor, C., Bandaranayake, C., Seleznev, A., Thomason, T., Fletcher, SJ., Gordon, SF., Carroll, BJ and Balasubramanian, S (2018) RNA-dependent epigenetic silencing directes transcriptional downregulation caused by intronic repeat expansions, Cell, 174(5):1095-1105.


36. James Georges - 2016 - Student volunteer - Completed Honours in SKB Lab


35. Stephanie Blahut - 2016- Student Project (GEN3990).


34. Jasmyn Voss - 2016 - Winter Scholarship - Completed Honours at Monash University.


33. Zoe Macgill - 2016 - Winter Scholarship


32. Harshini Thiyagarajah - 2015 - Summer Scholarship - Completed Honours at Monash University.


31. Carl Ji Hao Wang - 2015- Summer Scholarship - Completed Honours at Monash University.


30. Angus Charles Burns - 2015 - Student Project (GEN3990) - Completed Honours and pursuing PhD at Monash University.


29. Calvin Anthony Taylor Kraupner - 2015- Winter Scholarship, completed Honours and pursing PhD at Monash University.


28. Michelle Van - 2015 - Winter Scholarship


27. Emiliana Weiss - 2015- Student Project (GEN3990), exchange student from Brazil - Currently pursuing PhD at ANU.


26. Tom Fisher - 2014 - Summer Scholarship - Completed PhD in Bowman group and currently a postdoctoral researcher.


25. Sandra Kusturica - 2014- Summer Scholarship


24. Luana Colling - 2013 - Brazilian exchange student internship in the lab, contributed to couple of papers during her time.

1) Sanchez-Bermejo, E*., Zhu, W*., Tasset, C., Eimer, H., Sureshkumar, S., Singh, R., Sundaramoorthi, V., Colling, L and Balasubramanian, S (2015) Genetic architecture of natural variation in thermal responses of Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 169:647-659.

2) Tabib, A., Vishwanathan, S., Seleznev, A., McKeown, P., Downing, T., Dent, C., Sanchez-Bermejo, E., Colling, L., Spillane, C and Balasubramanian, S (2016) A polynucleotide repeat expansion causing temperature-sensitivity persists in wild Irish accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana. Frontiers in Plant Science, doi:10.3389/fpls.2016.01311


23. Kate Mosse - 2013- Summer Scholarship, Completed Honours at Monash University


22. Yindi Sutton - 2013 - Summer Scholarship - Currently pursuing Medicine at Uni Melb


21. Marina Youssef - 2013- Winter Scholarship - Completed Medicine at UQ


20. Vicky Wong - 2013 - Student Project (GEN3990) - Completed Honours at Monash University


19. Amber Rich - 2013- Student Project (GEN3990) - Currently in Academia at Western Sydney University


18. Fathima Nazha  - 2013 - Student Project (GEN3990) Pursuing studies to become a medical doctor.


17. Adele Barugahare - 2012- Student Trainee, Currently bioinformatician at Monash University


16. Edward Tasker - 2012- Summer Scholarship, GEN3990 Project,- Complted Honours at Monash University - Senior Analyst (Data Sciences)

Cao, MD., Tasker, E., Willadsen, K., Imelfort, M., Vishwanathan, S., Sureshkumar, S., Balasubramanian, S and Boden, M (2014) Inferring short tandem repeat variation from paired-end reads, Nucleic Acids Research, 42(3):e6. doi:10.1093/nar/gkt1313.


15. Nicolai McNee - 2012- Student Project (GEN3990) - Completed Honours at Monash, Co-founder of Helico Bio


14. Denise Ang  - 2010- Student Project - UQ


13. Yoshihito Minota - 2010- Student Project - UQ


12. Yun Kit Yeoh - 2010 - Student Project - Completed PhD and postdoc at UQ, currently a Research Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hongkong.


11. Chien Weai Ho - 2009- Student Project- UQ


10. Aleksej Stevanovic - 2009 - Student Project- UQ, Completed PhD at UQ.


9. Annika Nichols - 2009- Advanced studies student- UQ, completed PhD from Vienna - Postdoc at Basel


8. Andrea Schaul  - 2009 - Student Project- UQ.  Currently a research assistant


7. Emmalenka Sadlecek - 2009- Student Trainee- UQ - Completed Medicine at UQ - GP at Mackay.


6. Elizabeth Worrall - 2009- Student Trainee- UQ - Completed PhD at UQ - Working at QAAFI


5. Merran Nielson - 2008- Summer Student - UQ - Completed PhD at UQ - Field pathologist at NT Dept of Industry Tourism and Trade


4. Chin Lin Wong - 2008- Summer Student -  UQ- Completed PhD at UQ - Principal Scientist at Agilex Biolabs


3. Tony Bui - 2008- Summer Student - UQ - Completed PhD at UQ


2. Jin Hsien Choo - 2008- Summer Student -  UQ - Currently working for Roche (Malaysia)


1. Emma Mayers - 2008- Advanced studies student - UQ - Currently working for Australian Goverment


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Champa Bandaranayake

Postdoc/Lab Manager


Champa kept track of everything in the lab and brought the much needed calmness to the bunch of peole exhibiting considerable entropy. Champa contributed to various projects in the lab with the main focus being the role of genes in epigenetic silencing caused by expanded repeats.  



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1. Eimer, H*., Sureshkumar, S., Singh Yadav, A., Kraupner-Taylor, C., Bandaranayake, C., Seleznev, A., Thomason, T., Fletcher, SJ., Gordon, SF., Carroll, BJ and Balasubramanian, S (2018) RNA-dependent epigenetic silencing directs transcriptional downregulation caused by intronic repeat expansions. Cell, 174(5):1095-1105.


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