Dr Rachel Okolicsanyi
Faculty of Health,
School of Biomedical Sciences
Biography
Dr Okolicsanyi undertook her studies at the University of Queensland completing a Bachelor of Science (2001) and a Master of Molecular Biology (2003). She undertook a reseach project at the Australian Genome Research Facility (2003-2005) investigating aspects of single cell prenatal diagnostics employing forensic DNA fingerprinting techniques. Moving to the UK, Dr Okolicsanyi joined a research project into the genetic basis of childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia at the Northern Institute for Cancer Research, University of Newcastle, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (2005-2008). Returning home, she joined an investigation into the genetics of Alcoholism in the School of Biomedical Sciences, Griffith University (2008-2010). Her PhD project instigated a field change, switching from genetics to cell biology. The project (2011-2015) examined Mesenchymal Stem Cells as Mediators of the Neuronal Cell Niche. Dr Okolicsanyi was awarded a prestegious NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship (2016) which investigated The Role of Proteoglycans in Neurodegeneration. Following the completion of this Fellowship in 2023, Dr Okolicsanyi continues to work for the Centre of Genomics and Personalised Health and is an Associate Investigator with the Centre for Biomedical Technologies. She has been awarded over $830 000 in competitive funding and is currently co/supervising 5 PhD students and 1 MPhil student.Personal details
Positions
- Research Fellow
Faculty of Health,
School of Biomedical Sciences
Research field
Medical Biochemistry and Metabolomics, Medical Microbiology
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
Matrix Biology Society for Australia and New Zealand
Australian and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology
Publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Rachel, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).