Committee

Dimitrios (Jim) Cakouros
Chairperson and Communications
Centre for Stem Cell Research
School of Medical Sciences
University of Adelaide
dimitrios.cakouros@adelaide.edu.au
Research Interests: Stem Cell Research, Histone Modification
MichaelMichaelMichael Michael
Deputy Chair and Sponsorship
Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer
Flinders University
michael.michael@flinders.edu.au
Research Interests: Small RNAs, Cancer Research
TINA Bianco-MiottoTina Bianco-Miotto
Treasurer
School of Agriculture Food & Wine
University of Adelaide
tina.bianco@adelaide.edu.au
Research Interests: DNA Methylation, Placental Biology
Jacqueline Rehn
Secretary
South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
jacqueline.rehn@sahmri.com
Research Interests: Transcriptomics, Cancer Genomics (leukaemia)
Ashleigh Geiger
Communications (Newsletter & Membership)
School of Biomedicine
The University of Adelaide
Research Interests: Stem cell research, organoids, breast cancer, genome editing
Anna Konopka
Communications (Website & Social Media)
College of Medicine and Public Health
Flinders University
anna.konopka@flinders.edu.au
Research Interests: DNA damage, neurodegeneration, neuronal aging
 Fei Zheng
Events
University of Adelaide
fei.zheng@adelaide.edu.au
 Shruti Tushar Deshpande
Events
University of South Australia
shruti_tushar.deshpande@mymail.unisa.edu.au
Research Interests: : Cell plasticity, RNA binding proteins, Cancer Metastasis
Yesha Ramani
Events
University of South Australia
Center for Cancer Biology
yesha.ramani@mymail.unisa.edu.au
Research Interests: : Prostate Cancer, Cancer Metastasis
Marion Turpin
Events
School of Biomedicine
The University of Adelaide
Research Interest: Genome regulation, Stem cell research

Past committee members

Lisa Nicholas (Events)

Paniz Tavakoli (Student Representative)

Saira Ali (Events)

Ayla Orang (Events)

Clara Pribadi (Student Representative)

Shakuntla Gondalia (Sponsorship)

Secretary (Bastien Llamas)

Rakesh David (Deputy Chairperson)

Feargal Ryan (Website and social media maintenance)

Carlos Rodríguez López (Secretary)

Hannah Brown (Sponsorship & Scientific Meeting Convenor)

Tod Fullston (Events)

Shervi Lie (Events)

Karen Chiam (Membership Communications)

Jimmy Breen (Secretary)

Maxime François (Chairperson)

Penny Tricker (Meeting convenor)

Damon Tumes (Media and communication)