Dr Jude Weidenhofer

Biography

I completed my PhD investigating the molecular and cellular role of the amygdala in the aetiology of schizophrenia in 2006 at the University of Newcastle. Following a post-doctoral position at the Children's Oncology Unit at the Children's Hospital at Westmead investigating the role of TPD52 in breast development and breast cancer I returned to the University of Newcastle in 2008. Whilst this position was as a teaching focused academic, I initiated my own research direction under the supervision of Prof. Leonie Ashman which resulted in successful funding from the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia. Since 2011 I have lead my own research group investigating the regulation of the expression of tetraspanin proteins in breast and prostate cancers as well as the role of CD151 in glomerular disease. More recently we have focussed on the role of tetraspanins in the function of extracellular vesicles and the subsequent function of these vesicles in cancer progression.

Research Interest

Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Gene Expression