Committee

EpiCSA Organising Committee
Dimitrios (Jim) Cakouros
Chairperson
Centre for Stem Cell Research
School of Medical Sciences
University of Adelaide
dimitrios.cakouros@adelaide.edu.au
Research Interests: Stem Cell Research, Histone Modification
Rakesh David
Deputy Chair
ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology
University of Adelaide
rakesh.david@adelaide.edu.au
Research Interests: RNA modifications and signalling, Big Data analytics
Bastien Llamas
Secretary
Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD)
University of Adelaide
bastien.llamas@adelaide.edu.au
Research Interests: Ancient Epigenomics, Ancient DNA, Bioinformatics
TINA Bianco-Miotto Tina Bianco-Miotto
Treasurer
School of Agriculture Food & Wine
University of Adelaide
tina.bianco@adelaide.edu.au
Research Interests: DNA Methylation, Placental Biology
MichaelMichael Michael Michael
Sponsorship
Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer
Flinders University
michael.michael@flinders.edu.au
Research Interests: Small RNAs, Cancer Research
Clara Pribadi (Student Representative)
Communications (Newsletter/Membership)
SAHMRI
Clara.Pribadi@sahmri.com
Research Interests: epigenetics, stemcells
Shakuntla Gondalia
Sponsorship
CSIRO
Shakuntla.Gondalia@csiro.au>
Research Interests: Microbiota, Gut-brain axis, nutraceuticals, healthy aging
Ayla Orang
Events
Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer
Flinders University
vali0019@flinders.edu.au
Research Interests: microRNAs, Cancer Research
Saira Ali EpiCSA committee profile Saira Ali
Events
Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer
Flinders University
ali0066@flinders.edu.au
Research Interests: ncRNAs, Cancer Research
Feargal_Ryan_profile_pic Feargal Ryan
Website and social media maintenance
EMBL Australia Postdoctoral Fellow
Precision Medicine Theme
SAHMRI
Feargal.Ryan@sahmri.com
Research Interests: Microbiome, Computational and Systems Biology
Paniz_Tavakoli_Crop_member_profile_pic Paniz Tavakoli (Student Representative)
Events
SAHMRI
Paniz.Tavakoli@sahmri.com
Research Interests: Epigenetic modifications and signalling, Cancer Research

Past committee members

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)