Contact

Address

06, E632, Medical Building, Parkville

Phone

+61-3-83445790

Email

l.quinn@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials

Position

Anatomy and Physiology
Education
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Flinders University of South Australia
ORCID

0000-0002-3911-6508

Dr. Leonie Quinn

Honorary
Anatomy and Physiology
49 Scholarly works
10 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2015

    Journal article

    Defective Hfp-dependent transcriptional repression of dMYC is fundamental to tissue overgrowth in Drosophila XPB models
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8404
  • 2015

    Journal article

    Targeting RNA polymerase I to treat MYC-driven cancer
    DOI: 10.1038/onc.2014.13
  • 2014

    Research Grant

    USING GENETIC MODELS TO ELUCIDATE NOVEL MECHANISMS CONTROLLING CELL GROWTH
  • 2012

    Research Grant

    Deciphering the cellular defenses against aggregating proteins in human disease
  • 2011

    Journal article

    Drosophila Ribosomal Protein Mutants Control Tissue Growth Non-Autonomously via Effects on the Prothoracic Gland and Ecdysone
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002408
  • 2010

    Journal article

    Hfp inhibits Drosophila myc transcription and cell growth in a TFIIH/Hay-dependent manner
    DOI: 10.1242/dev.049585
  • 2004

    Journal article

    Drosophila Hfp negatively regulates dmyc and stg to inhibit cell proliferation
    DOI: 10.1242/dev.01019
Leonie Quinn

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships

2007
NHMRC Career Development Award

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2020

    Journal article

    MYC in Brain Development and Cancer.
    DOI: 10.3390/ijms21207742
  • 2020

    Journal article

    Identification of novel risk loci and causal insights for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a genome-wide association study
    DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(20)30273-8
  • 2020

    Journal article

    Elevated levels of Drosophila Wdr62 promote glial cell growth and proliferation through AURKA signalling to AKT and MYC.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2020.118713
  • 2020

    Journal article

    Transcriptional repression of Myc underlies the tumour suppressor function of AGO1 in Drosophila
    DOI: 10.1242/dev.190231
  • 2018

    Journal article

    The Role of WD40-Repeat Protein 62 (MCPH2) in Brain Growth: Diverse Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms Required for Cortical Development
    DOI: 10.1007/s12035-017-0778-x
  • 2018

    Journal article

    DNA Conformation Regulates Gene Expression: The MYC Promoter and Beyond
    DOI: 10.1002/bies.201700235
  • 2017

    Journal article

    A Kinome RNAi Screen in Drosophila Identifies Novel Genes Interacting with Lgl, aPKC, and Crb Cell Polarity Genes in Epithelial Tissues
    DOI: 10.1534/g3.117.043513
  • 2017

    Journal article

    Glial-Specific Functions of Microcephaly Protein WDR62 and Interaction with the Mitotic Kinase AURKA Are Essential for Drosophila Brain Growth
    DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2017.05.015