
Professor Kate Quinlan
Biography
Kate is a Professor in the School of Biotechnology and聽Biomolecular Sciences (BABS). 聽She runs a聽research group interested in gene regulation, with a particular focus on聽understanding聽the communication聽between immune cells and fat cells within adipose tissue to uncover聽new聽therapeutic targets for obesity. 聽Kate completed her Bsc (Hons) (Advanced) at the University of Sydney in 2000. 聽She went to overseas to work as a Research Assistant at the University of Cambridge for a year before returning to the University of Sydney to complete her PhD under the supervision of Professor Merlin Crossley (2002-2006) in transcription factor biology. 聽Kate moved to the Children's Hospital at Westmead as a post doc under the mentorship of Professor Kathryn North in 2006, where she studied the effects of the human ACTN3 gene polymorphism on skeletal muscle performance and metabolism. 聽She continued her post doctoral training at the University of Cambridge (2008-2010) under the mentorship of Professor Roger Pedersen with the aid of an NHMRC CJ Martin Fellowship, researching pluripotency of聽embryonic stem cells聽and聽targeted聽differentiation of these cells towards skeletal muscle satellite cells. 聽She then returned to the University of Sydney to collaborate with Professor Kathryn North and to lead a program of聽research into the human ACTN3 gene polymorphism, with the aims of uncovering mechanisms behind changes to muscle function and metabolism in individuals homozygous for this polymorphism, and translating findings from model organisms to humans. 聽In 2014 Kate joined 国民彩票, working with Professor Merlin Crossley to study the transcriptional regulation of haematopoiesis and transcription factor mechanisms in addition to聽continuing an independent聽research program focussed on skeletal聽muscle metabolism. 聽She was awarded a 国民彩票 Scientia Fellowship and became an independent聽group leader in 2018. 聽She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2021 and to Professor in 2024. 聽Kate mentors a number of PhD and Honours students.
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