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Email

rickyj@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Head of Department
The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0001-7053-9237

Prof Ricky Johnstone

Head of Department
The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

380 Scholarly works
42 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Dual Bcl-2/Bcl-xl inhibition via AZD0466 combines with immune checkpoint blockade to enhance anti-tumour activity
    DOI: 10.1038/s41419-025-08354-w
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Enhanced efficacy of a specific HDAC3 inhibitor in combination with 5-azacitidine against diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bneo.2026.100214
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Discovery and Characterization of VPRBP/DCAF1 Kinase Inhibitor Analogs as Microtubular Destabilizing Agents with Potent Antimyeloma Activity
    DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-25-0306
  • 2023

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Deregulated Epigenetics and Transcription in Cancer
  • 2018

    Research Grant

    Immunobiology and Immunotherapy of Cancer
  • 2017

    Research Grant

    Acrf Tumour Heterogeneity Program
  • 2014

    Journal article

    Response of BRAF-mutant melanoma to BRAF inhibition is mediated by a network of transcriptional regulators of glycolysis
    DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-13-0440
Ricky Johnstone

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2005
Australian Academy of Science Gottschalk Medal
2005
Pfizer Australia Senior Research Fellowship
2005
NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship
2003
Amgen Prize for Excellence in Translational Medical Research

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Inhibition of heme biosynthesis triggers cuproptosis in acute myeloid leukemia
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.10.028
  • 2025

    Journal article

    P300/CBP acetyltransferase inhibition and degradation disrupt oncogenic transcriptional programs and reveal epigenetic vulnerabilities in multiple myeloma
    DOI: 10.1182/blood-2025-5717
  • 2025

    Journal article

    A CDK11-dependent RNA polymerase II pause-checkpoint precedes CDK9-mediated transition to transcriptional elongation
    DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2025.08.001
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Stem-like memory and precursors of exhausted T cells share a common progenitor defined by ID3 expression
    DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adn1945
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Principles of CRISPR-Cas13 mismatch intolerance enable selective silencing of point-mutated oncogenic RNA with single-base precision
    DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adl0731
  • 2024

    Journal article

    RNA kinetics influence the response to transcriptional perturbation in leukaemia cell lines
    DOI: 10.1093/narcan/zcae039
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Mapping the IMiD-dependent cereblon interactome using BioID-proximity labelling
    DOI: 10.1111/febs.17196

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2024

    Research grants (international)

    Multi-Point Targeting of Gene Expression Regulatory Cycles as an Anticancer Therapeutic Strategy

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