Hi.

I thought this might have been of interest.

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Hi.

Sorry i was to slow to edit other post, there was more to to story then they put on the news site.

This is copied from University of Newcastle web site.

Dr Verrills Biography.

Research expertise.

Dr Verrills research interests centre on understanding the molecular changes involved in cancer progression and chemotherapy resistance. By using powerful proteomics techniques, including being one of the first in Australia to use difference in-gel electrophoresis (DIGE) technology, she has discovered novel protein alterations that confer chemotherapy resistance in childhood leukaemia. These proteins are now targets for ongoing investigations to develop improved therapies for relapsed leukaemia patients. Dr Verrills is currently investigating the role of the signaling protein, protein phosphatase 2A, in cancer. Using shRNA and overexpression transfection of normal and cancer cell lines, coupled with molecular and biochemical analyses such as PCR, immunoblotting, immunoprecipitation, immunofluorescence, 2D-DIGE and mass spectrometry, she is determining the role of mutant PP2A and specific PP2A subunits in the development of leukaemia and breast cancer.

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