People
Meet the members of the synthetic and chemical biology team and learn what they do.
Team leader
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Prof Emily Parker
Science Team Leader
Ferrier Research Institute
LB 217, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde
Team members
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Dr Rose McLellan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Ferrier Research Institute
LB 217, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde
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Dr Luke Stevenson
Senior Scientist
Ferrier Research Institute
LB 217, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde
Students
PhD candidates at the Ferrier Research Institute are listed below, along with their thesis title and supervisors.
| Name | Topic | Supervisors |
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| Lani Burke | Investigating transcriptional regulation to enhance natural product biosynthesis in Penicillium paxillin | Emily Parker, Luke Stevenson |
| Florian de Pol | Unveiling the evolution of allostery in adenosine triphosphate phosphoribosyl transferases | Emily Parker, Gerd Mittelstadt |
| Natasha Nipper | Decoration of the indole ring in indole diterpene biosynthesis | Emily Parker, Rosannah Cameron |
| Yehezkiel (Kiel) Victorio | Development of metabolic engineering tools for endophytic fungi | Emily Parker, Yonthan Lukito |
| Adam Hannaford | Building a multidisciplinary pipeline to mine and verify unique indole diterpene cyclases that generate interesting cyclised structures | Emily Parker, Daniel Berry |
| Rue Parker | Investigating the Transcriptional Regulation of Natural Products Biosynthesis in Epichloë festuca | Emily Parker, Daniel Berry |
| Sarah Douglas | Investigating Novel Enzyme Function in Indole-Diterpene Biosynthetic Pathways | Emily Parker, Daniel Berry |
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Team Parker
Team Parker is based at the Ferrier Research Institute in Kelburn.