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Email

eleanors@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Research Fellow
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0002-3247-8522

Dr Eleanor Saunders

Research Fellow
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology

40 Scholarly works
1 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Carbon Metabolism of Intracellular Parasitic Protists
    DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-032421-120925
  • 2025

    Thesis / Dissertation

    Defining the full metabolic potential of Leishmania mexicana using high-resolution liquid chromatography mass spectrometry and novel annotation strategies
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Hit-to-lead optimization of 2-aminoquinazolines as anti-microbial agents against Leishmania donovani
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2024.116256
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Remodeling of Carbon Metabolism during Sulfoglycolysis in Escherichia coli
    DOI: 10.1128/aem.02016-22
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Hit-to-lead optimization of novel phenyl imidazole carboxamides that are active against Leishmania donovani
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.114577
  • 2022

    Journal article

    The role of mucosal-associated invariant T cells in visceral leishmaniasis
    DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.926446
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Oxidative desulfurization pathway for complete catabolism of sulfoquinovose by bacteria
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2116022119
Eleanor Saunders

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2020
Pipeline Accelerator grant Therapeutic Innovation Australia (TIA)
2020
SBS Translation Grant Melbourne University
2017
Collaborative project with Dr Sidonia Eckle School of Biomedical Sciences-Early Mid-career research association
2010
Best Early Career Researcher 2nd Australasian Symposium on Metabolomics

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2021

    Journal article

    Metabolic stringent response in intracellular stages of Leishmania
    DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2021.07.007
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Identification of metabolically quiescent leishmania mexicana parasites in peripheral and cured dermal granulomas using stable isotope tracing imaging mass spectrometry
    DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00129-21
  • 2020

    Journal article

    Publisher Correction: Metabolic characteristics of CD8 T cell subsets in young and aged individuals are not predictive of functionality (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (2857), 10.1038/s41467-020-16633-7)
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17441-9
  • 2020

    Journal article

    Metabolic characteristics of CD8 T cell subsets in young and aged individuals are not predictive of functionality
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16633-7

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2013

    Internal Research Grant

    Lipidomic Analysis of Intracellular Leishmania Parasites and Infected Host Macrophages

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