Heather Verkade

CSK-homologous kinase (CHK/MATK) is a potential colorectal cancer tumour suppressor gene epigenetically silenced by promoter methylation

Anderly C Chueh, Gahana Advani, Momeneh Foroutan, Jai Smith, Nadia Ng, Harshal Nandurkar, Daisy S Lio, Hong-Jian Zhu, Yuh-Ping Chong, Heather Verkade, Donald J Fujita, Jeffrey Bjorge, Faiza Basheer, Jet Phey Lim, Ian Luk, Amardeep Dhillon, Anuratha Sakthianandeswaren, Dmitri Mouradov, Oliver Sieber, Frederic Hollande, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  ONCOGENE

Hyperactivation of SRC-family protein kinases (SFKs) contributes to the initiation and progression of human colorectal cancer (CRC..

Understanding the pedagogical practices of biochemistry and molecular biology academics

Allen A Espinosa, Heather Verkade, Terrence D Mulhern, Jason M Lodge

Journal article  |  2019  |  AUSTRALIAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER

As higher education transitions from an exclusivist to a more accessible endeavour, class sizes are continuously increasing, promp..

A transgenic zebrafish model of hepatocyte function in human Z alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency

Evelyn Yip, Aminah Giousoh, Connie Fung, Brendan Wilding, Monica D Prakash, Caitlin Williams, Heather Verkade, Robert J Bryson-Richardson, Phillip I Bird

Journal article  |  2019  |  BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

In human α1-antitrypsin deficiency, homozygous carriers of the Z (E324K) mutation in the gene SERPINA1 have insufficient circulati..

Four Steps to Solving the Student Misconception Problem

Terrence Mulhern, Heather Verkade

Journal article  |  2018  |  Australian Biochemist

There is no greater frustration than reading a student’s exam answer and realising that they totally and completely got the wrong ..

Csk-homologous kinase (Chk) is an efficient inhibitor of Src-family kinases but a poor catalyst of phosphorylation of their C-terminal regulatory tyrosine

Gahana Advani, Ya Chee Lim, Bruno Catimel, Daisy Sio Seng Lio, Nadia LY Ng, Anderly C Chueh, Mai Tran, Mohd Ishtiaq Anasir, Heather Verkade, Hong-Jian Zhu, Benjamin E Turk, Thomas E Smithgall, Ching-Seng Ang, Michael Griffin, Heung-Chin Cheng

Journal article  |  2017  |  CELL COMMUNICATION AND SIGNALING

BACKGROUND: C-terminal Src kinase (Csk) and Csk-homologous kinase (Chk) are the major endogenous inhibitors of Src-family kinases ..

A role for planar cell polarity during early endoderm morphogenesis

Lee B Miles, Takamasa Mizoguchi, Yutaka Kikuchi, Heather Verkade

Journal article  |  2017  |  BIOLOGY OPEN

The zebrafish endoderm begins to develop at gastrulation stages as a monolayer of cells. The behaviour of the endoderm during gast..

Misconceptions as a trigger for enhancing student learning in higher education

H Verkade, TD Mulhern, J Lodge, K Elliott, S Cropper, B Rubinstein, A Horton, C Elliott, A Espinosa, L Dooley, S Frankland, R Mulder, M Livett

Book  |  2017

This handbook presents practical information for university educators looking to confront and correct misconceptions held by their..

Exploring misconceptions as a trigger for enhancing student learning

H Verkade, JM Lodge, K Elliott, TD Mulhern, AA Espinosa, SJ Cropper, BIP Rubinstein

Conference Proceedings  |  2017  |  Research and Development in Higher Education Series

This article addresses the importance of confronting misconceptions in the teaching of the STEM disciplines. First, we review the ..

Asymmetric division of clonal muscle stem cells coordinates muscle regeneration in vivo

David B Gurevich, Dang Nguyen Phong, Ashley L Siegel, Ophelia V Ehrlich, Carmen Sonntag, Jennifer MN Phan, Silke Berger, Dhanushika Ratnayake, Lucy Hersey, Joachim Berger, Heather Verkade, Thomas E Hall, Peter D Currie

Journal article  |  2016  |  SCIENCE

Skeletal muscle is an example of a tissue that deploys a self-renewing stem cell, the satellite cell, to effect regeneration. Rece..

Research and Teaching: Undergraduate Science Students' Attitudes Toward and Approaches to Scientific Reading and Writing

Heather Verkade, Saw Hoon Lim

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of College Science Teaching