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Email

laura.edgingtonmitchell@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Associate Professor in Biochemistry & Pharmacology
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Education
PhD
Stanford University
PhD
Stanford University
Bachelors Degree
Transylvania University
ORCID

0000-0002-6810-6149

A/Prof Laura Edgington-Mitchell

Associate Professor in Biochemistry & Pharmacology
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology

86 Scholarly works
7 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Probing the activity of cysteine cathepsins in inflammatory bowel diseases
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-32489-7
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Advances in degradomics technologies to assess proteolytic cleavage events
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2026.01.001
  • 2026

    Journal article

    When Neutrophils Go Rogue: Dysregulated Inflammation in Airway Diseases and Implications for Therapy
    DOI: 10.1021/acsptsci.5c00640
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Intralysosomal pathogens differentially influence the proteolytic potential of their niche
    DOI: 10.1128/iai.00270-25
  • 2025

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Legumain at the Cutting Edge of Oral Cancer
  • 2019

    Research Grant

    Proteases and Par2 Are Key Mediators of Cancer Pain
  • 2018

    Research Grant

    Novel Chemical Tools to Study Cathepsin X Activation
Laura Edgington-Mitchell

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2023
Sparrow Award at Lorne Protein Conference
2022
MJ Gething Gender Equity Award
2021
Fabienne Mackay Award
2019
CASS Foundation Travel Award

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Employing complementary fractionation-based N-terminomics approaches enhances the identification of legumain cleavage events in naïve and inflamed colon tissue
    DOI: 10.1002/pro.70186
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Proteome and Secretome Profiling of the Melanoma-Induced Transition Toward Immune Incompetent Dendritic Cells Reveals Enhanced IDO1, Cathepsin, and Legumain Activity
    DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2025.101048
  • 2025

    Journal article

    N-terminomics and proteomics analysis of Calpain-2 reveal key proteolytic processing of metabolic and cell adhesion proteins
    DOI: 10.1002/pro.70144
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Coxiella burnetii manipulates the lysosomal protease cathepsin B to facilitate intracellular success
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-59283-3
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Nuclear Roles for Canonically Lysosomal Proteases
    DOI: 10.1080/10985549.2025.2519158
  • 2025

    Journal article

    N-terminomics profiling of naïve and inflamed murine colon reveals proteolytic signatures of legumain
    DOI: 10.1002/jcp.31466

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2026

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Pathogen-Mediated Manipulation of the Human Lysosome: A Target for Infection Control
  • 2026

    Research grants (other domestic)

    2026 Research Impetus Grants

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