We are 8 undergraduate students under the guidance of Dr Shelley Wickham (Chemistry, Physics, Sydney Nano), Dr Anna Waterhouse (Medicine, HRI, Sydney Nano), Dr Alice Williamson (Chemistry) and Dr Yu Heng Lau (Chemistry), and together we make up DNAliens, the University of Sydney’s 2nd BIOMOD team.
PhD candidate
Minh currently pursues his PhD in the field of DNA nanotechnology. His research direction focues on the utilization of RF radiation to trigger structural changes of DNA origami devices.
Affliation:
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
School of Chemistry
Sydney Nano
PhD candidate
Jasleen is a PhD candidate working on the targeted delivery of DNA nanostructures into cancer cells for gene silencing. She has a keen interest in the self-assembly of functional DNA nanostructures and the use of super resolution microscopy for intracellular imaging. Outside of her PhD, she enjoys running, doing yoga and painting.
Affliation:
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
School of Chemistry
Sydney Nano
Undergraduate intern & Past member
Isabelle is an undergraduate student partaking in research with Dr Waterhouse in blood protein adhesion to different materials. She is also developing methods to restrain a stagnation tube with PDMS. Isabelle was on last year's University of Sydney team, and has returned this year as a mentor. Outside of her work and university, she loves baking, crossfit, and playing with her newly adopted kittens.
Affliation:
School of Aeronautical, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
School of Business
Undergraduate intern & Past member
Johnny is an undergraduate student and MD candidate on last year's University of Sydney team.
He is currently completing a research project on the optimisation of Neurosphere formation from Human skin derived neural precursor cells at the Regenerative Neuroscience Lab of the Brain and Mind Centre.
When not found awake at minimally conscious levels in the lab, he can be found browsing memes, playing piano and pretending that he is a semi-decent photographer.
Affliation:
Faculty of Sceince
DECRA, Westpac Research Fellow, and Lecturer in the Schools of Chemistry and Physics at the University of Sydney
Her research interests are in the self-assembly of matter on the nanoscale, and in particular in the design and assembly of programmable nanostructures out of DNA, with applications in cell biology, materials science and nanomedicine.
Affliation:
School of Chemistry
School of Physics
Sydney Nano
Lecturer in Chemical Education and Outreach
Alice Williamson is an interdisciplinary researcher, lecturer and science communicator. Alice's research focuses on developing ways to communciate science more effectively to diverse audiences and finding ways for citizens to participate in scientific research. Alice is a practicing open scientist, who believes that research is more effective when data is shared transparently. Alice talks about science each week on Up and Atom on FBi Radio, is a co-creator of the ABC Science podcast Dear Science and one of the inaugural ABC Top 5 Under 40.
Affliation:
School of Chemistry
Sydney Nano
Group Leader, Cardiovascular Medical Devices
Anna Waterhouse is a bioengineer. She runs a research lab focused on biological interaction with materials, specifically, the ones that contact the blood and cause blood clots, as well as how materials cause bacterial biofilm. As part of the Heart Research Institute, she advocates for raising awareness of a healthy lifestyle to prevent cardiovascular disease and promotes multidisciplinary, collaborative research to solve global scientific issues.
Affliation:
Charles Perkins Centre
Central Clinical School
Faculty of Medicine and Health and Heart Research institute
Sydney Nano
Lecturer, Group Leader in Chemical and Synthetic Biology
Yu Heng is a research lies at the interface of synthetic chemistry, synthetic biology and bioengineering. His work takes inspiration from macromolecules found in nature, harnessing the power of biocompatible chemistry to create new medicines, advanced materials and catalysts.
Affliation:
School of Chemistry
Sydney Nano
