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Title	Name	Position	Lab / Institute	Research Interests	State
			Australian Capital Territory		ACT
Dr	Adam Cook	Postdoctoral Fellow	Genome Biology Department, John Curtin School of Medical Research	Histone dynamics; histone chaperones; molecular immunology; DNA repair	ACT
Dr	Candice Sheldon		CSIRO Agriculture Flagship	Epigenetic regulation of gene expression in plants	ACT
Dr	Chris Helliwell		CSIRO Plant Industry	miRNA function in rice and polycomb group protein function in Arabidopsis	ACT
Prof	David Tremethick	Head	Department of Genome Science, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU		ACT
Dr	Diep Ganguly	PhD Candidate	Pogson Lab, Australian National University	DNA Methylation, Stress Priming, Transcriptional Regulation	ACT
Prof	Frances Shannon		John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University		ACT
Dr	Janine Deakin	A/Prof	Institute for Applied Ecology	Comparative epigenomics of the vertebrate immune system and sex determination	ACT
	Jean Finnegan			Epigenetic regulation of genes in response to environmental conditions	ACT
Prof	Jennifer Graves			Comparative genomics; evolution of mammalian genome and genomic imprinting; X inactivation	ACT
	Liz Dennis	Research Fellow	CSIRO	Epigenetic control of plant development	ACT
Dr	Melanie Jane Morris			microRNA, EMT, epigenetics, cancer	ACT
	Robert McCuaig	PhD Student	RAO Epigenetics Lab, University of Canberra	Cancer T-Cells epigenetics therapy biomarkers	ACT

			New South Wales		NSW
	Aaron Statham	Manager - Informatics pipeline	Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Epigenetics and cancer	NSW
Ms	Alexandra McCorkindale	PhD student	Epigenetics Laboratory, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute	Stem cell bioloogy, small RNA biology, Cancer	NSW
Dr	Alyson Ashe	DECRA Fellow	University of Sydney	Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance	NSW
Ms	Amanda Khoury	PhD Student	Epigenetics Laboratory, Garvan Institute of Medical Research	3-Dimensional chromatin conformation	NSW
Dr	Amita Limaye	Research Officer	Cancer Epigenetics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Epigenetics	NSW
Ms	Bernadette Jones	PhD student	Microbiology, Asthma & Airways Research Group, Hunter Medical Research Institute	Epigenetics in COPD development	NSW
Dr	Brian Stewart Gloss		The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Epigenetic changes in the development of ovarian cancer; to develop early disease diagnostic tests	NSW
Dr	Brigid O'Gorman	Science Media and Communications Officer; AEpiA website coordinator	Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Epigenetics in health and disease	NSW
Miss	Carly Hynes	PhD student	RNA Biology, Molecular Genetics Division, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute	MicroRNA	NSW
Dr	Caroline Ford	Team Leader	Lowy Cancer Research Centre	Breast cancer; ovarian cancer; Wnt signalling; metastasis	NSW
A/Prof	Catherine Suter	Head	Epigenetics Laboratory, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute	Epigenetics in mammalian phenotypic variation and disease	NSW
	Chris O'Neill			-	NSW
Dr	Christopher Cazzonelli	Senior Lecturer/Researcher	Environmental Epigenetics Laboratory, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment	Genetic, epigentic and RNA regulatory mechanisms controlling secondary metabolism; plant acclimation and adaptation	NSW
Dr	Clare Stirzaker	Group Leader	Genomics and Epigenetics Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Epigenetic deregulation in cancer	NSW
Dr	Darya Vanichkina	Research Officer	Bioinformatics Group, Gene and Stem Cell Therapy Program, Centenary Institute, University of Sydney	Epigenetics, Bioinformatics	NSW
Dr	David Abelson	Advanced Trainee, Respiratory Medicine	Royal Prince Alfred / St Vincent's Hospital	Data - analysis in epigenetics - interested in meeting people	NSW
Mr	David William Waters	PhD Candidate	Hunter Medical Research Institute	Epigenetics of Lung Cancer	NSW
	Eric Brenya		Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, UWS	Molecular Plant Pathogen Interaction	NSW
Dr	Fatima Valdes Mora	Team Leader	Cancer Epigenetic Biology and Therapeutics, Children's Cancer Institute	Histone variants/nucleosome positioning/ single-cell omics/epigenetic mechanisms	NSW
A/Prof	Garry Myers	Lecturer in Molecular Biology	iThree Institute, University of Technology Sydney	Genomics and epigenomics of infection	NSW
Dr	Hannah Nicholas	Lecturer in Molecular Biology	School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney	Gene regulation development; c. elegans	NSW
Dr	Heather Lee	Lecturer	The University of Newcastle	Single cell technologies, DNA methylation dynamics	NSW
Dr	James Blackburn	Senior Research Officer	The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Epigenetics, cancer and evolution	NSW
Dr	Jason Low	Postdoctoral Fellow	School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney	Chromatin remodelling, transcription regulation, mass spectrometry	NSW
	Jason Ross			Genome-wide methylation analysis; RNA mediated transcriptional silencing	NSW
Dr	Jennifer Cropley	Post Doctorate Scientist	Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute	Environmental influence on epigenetic states and epigenetic inheritence	NSW
	Jenny Liu			Relationship between folate and aberrant DNA methylation in colorectal cancer	NSW
Dr	Joanna Achinger-Kawecka	Research Officer	Epigenetics Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Epigenetic deregulation in cancer	NSW
	John Christodoulou			Studying Rett syndrome at the clinical and laboratory level, including the genes MECP2 and CDKL5	NSW
	John Pimanda			Reconstructing gene regulatory circuits in early blood development	NSW
Dr	Joice Kuroiwa-Trzmielina	Genomics Research Assistant	Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Epigenetics in breast cancer	NSW
Dr	Joshua Ho	Laboratory Head	Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute	Bioinformatics, chromatin biology, systems biology	NSW
Mr	Justin Bloomfield	PhD candidate	Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University	Epigenetic profiling of Brassica reproductive development and response to variable nutrient regimes	NSW
Dr	Justin Jong-Leong Wong	Group Leader	Gene Regulation in Cancer Lab, Centenary Institute	Epigenetic regulation of splicing	NSW
Dr	Kate Patterson	Science Communicator & Biomedical Animator	Genomics and Epigenetics Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Epigenetics	NSW
Ms	Kate Skulte	PhD Student	Genomics and Epigenetics Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Nucleosomes, chromatin structure, temporal gene expression, histones, histone modifications	NSW
	Ksenia Skvortsova	PhD Student	Epigenetics Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Epigenetics, cancer	NSW
Dr	Lee Zheng	Commercial Manager	Australia Technologies Investment Committee	Epigenetics of cancer	NSW
Dr	Luke Hesson			Cancer; epigenetics; cell biology	NSW
	Lynne Purser			Public education and genetic information	NSW
Dr	Madhavi Maddugoda	Post-doctoral writer and illustrator	Genomics and Epigenetics Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Epigenetics	NSW
A/Prof	Maija Kohonen-Corish	Lab Head	The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Methylated biomarkers in lung and colorectal cancer	NSW
Dr	Michael Buckland	Neuropathologist	RPA Hospital and University of Sydney	Brain Tumours, neurodegeneration	NSW
Mr	Navind Jayasooriah	PhD Student	Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute	non coding RNA, extracellular vesicles	NSW
Dr	Ozren Bogdanovic	Lab Head	Developmental Epigenomics Lab, Garvan Institute of Medical Research	DNA methylation, epigenomics, embryogenesis, evolution	NSW
Prof	Peter Molloy	Senior Principal Research Scientist	CSIRO Food and Nutrition Flagship	DNA methylation in colorectal cancer; DNA methylation technologies	NSW
Dr	Phuc-Loi Luu	Post doc	Genomics and Epigenetics Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Computational Epigenmonics	NSW
	Qian Du	PhD Student	Genomics and Epigenetics Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research	DNA methylation; replication timing; cancer; epigenetic propagation; chromatin remodelling;	NSW
Ms	Razia Zakarya	PhD Candidate	University of Technology, Sydney	Respiratory	NSW
Ms	Rebecca Poulos	PhD Candidate	Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics Group, UNSW Australia	Cancer genomics, bioinformatics, epigenetics, gene regulation, melanoma, colorectal cancer	NSW
Prof	Reginald Lord	Consullting surgeon	St. VincentÍs Hospital, St. VincentÍs Private Hospital, Macquarie University Hospital, and UNSW	Gene expression and DNA methylation in Barrett's oesophagus and oesophageal adenocarcinoma	NSW
Mr	Reinhard Ryan	BSc (HONS) Intern 2010		piRNAs	NSW
	Richard P. Harvey	Deputy Director and Head	Developmental Biology Division, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute	Cardiac development and congenital heart disease, and biology of endogenous cardiac stem cells	NSW
Dr	Robert William Rapkins	Post Doctoral Research Associate	Medical Epigenetics Laboratory, Integrated Cancer Research Group, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW	Characterisation of the epigenetic modifications associated with germline epimutations that predispose to cancer	NSW
	Robyn Ward		Lowy Cancer Research Centre	Epigenetics and colorectal cancer	NSW
Dr	Romain Barres	Lecturer	UNSW, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences	Epigenetics, muscles, type 2 diabetes	NSW
Ms	Ruslana Koreshoff	BSc student	Macquarie University	Epigenetics	NSW
Dr	Ruth Pidsley	Postdoctoral Researcher	Genomics and Epigenetics Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research	DNA methylation; Biomarkers; Prostate Cancer; Complex human disease	NSW
Dr	Sally Eaton	Postdoctoral Scientist	Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute	Transgenerational epigenetics	NSW
Dr	Salvatore Sebastiano Gambacorta		The Order of Apothecaries of Australia	Lifestyle Medicine	NSW
Sr	Stephen Bradford	Research Scientist	Genomics and Epigenetics Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research and CSIRO	Epigenetics, adipocytes, development	NSW
Prof	Susan Clark	Division Head; AEpiA President	Genomics and Epigenetics Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Epigenetics and cancer	NSW
Dr	Tamas Zakar	Principal Scientist & Professor (Conjoint)	Hunter Medical Research Institute, John Hunter Hospital & The University of Newcastle	Pregnancy and parturition, control of gestational length, placenta, fetal membranes	NSW
	Tennille Sibbritt	Research Assistant	Genomics and Epigenetics Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research	miRNAs, Cancer	NSW
A/Prof	Thomas Preiss	Head, RNA Biology Laboratory	Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute	RNA Biology; mRNA translation, polyadenylation and decay; noncoding RNA	NSW
Dr	Tim Mercer	Lab Head	The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Roles of noncoding RNA in brain development and function	NSW
Dr	Tim Peters	Bioinformatics Research Officer	Genomics and Epigenetics Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Statistical Genomics, Bioinformatics, DNA Methylation, Transcriptomics	NSW
Dr	Ulf Schmitz	Research Officer	Gene & Stem Cell Therapy Program, Centenary Institute	Epigenetic regulation of splicing	NSW
Mrs	Vanisri Raviraj			Breast cancer cell migration and epigenetics; HDAC-specific regulation of invasion in high density 3D matrix	NSW
	Vidya Nelaturi			investigating methylation as a means ofæpropagatingælong term nutritional programming	NSW
Dr	Warwick Locke	Post Doctoral Research Associate	Genomics and Epigenetics Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Breast cancer; epigenetic biomarkers	NSW
	Wenjia Qu	SRA	Genomics and Epigenetics Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Epigenetics	NSW
	Yagiz Alagoz	PhD student	Environmental Epigenetics Lab (EEL) / Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment (HIE) - Western Sydney University (UWS)	Plant Epigenetics; Riboswitches; Regulatory Role of 5'UTRs in Plant mRNAs; Synthetic Biology; CRISPR/Cas9 Applications	NSW
Ms	Yolanda Colino Sanguino	Research Assistant	Genomics and Epigenetics Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Epigenetics, Histone variants	NSW
Mr	Yorgi Mavrou	PhD student	Sydney University	Epigenetics, exercise, type 2 diabetes	NSW
Dr	Yuri Bobryshev			Gene expression and DNA methylation in Barrett's oesophagus and oesophageal adenocarcinoma	NSW


			Queensland		QLD
Mr	Abdullah Al Emran	PhD Candidate	University of Queensland Diamantina Institute (UQDI)	Epigenetic regulation of drug resistance in cancer	QLD
A/Prof	Bernard Carroll			Epigenetic gene regulation in plants	QLD
Dr	Bill Lott	Senior Lecturer	Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland Institute of Technology	miRNA	QLD
A/Prof	Chamindie Punyadeera	Research fellow	Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane		QLD
	Daniel Buchanan		Queensland Institute of Medical Research	CpG island methylator phenotype in colorectal cancer	QLD
Dr	Eva Baxter	Postdoc	QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute	Epigenetics in obesity and endometrial cancer	QLD
Dr	Ewa Michalak	Senior Postdoctoral Fellow	Stem Cells and Cancer Division, Walter and Eliza Institute of Medical Research	Genomic and epigenomic factors regulating cell fate during mammary gland development and tumorigenesis	QLD
A/Prof	Geoff Faulkner	Senior Research Fellow	Mater Medical Research Institute	Retrotransposons and pseudogenes	QLD
A/Prof	Jason Lee	International Research Fellow	Control of Gene Expression Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute	Molecular epigenetics, Chromatin dynamics, Regulation of gene expression, Transcriptomics, Hypoxic signalling, Cancer metastasis	QLD
Dr	Jocelyn Widagdo	Postdoctoral Fellow	Queensland Brain Institute	Neuroepigenetics, epitranscriptomics	QLD
A/Prof	John MacMillan			Neurogenetics, Trangenerational Epigenetics, Nutrigenomics	QLD
Dr	Joshua Mylne	ARC QEII FELLOW	Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland	Studies of proteins involved in the epigenetic regulation of Arabidopsis developmental regulator FLC	QLD
	Kate Hardie			Epigenetic regulation of breast cancer genes	QLD
Ms	Keat Wei	PhD candidate	Genomics Research Centre, Griffith Health Institute	DNA methylation	QLD
Dr	Kevin Dudley	Postdoctoral Fellow	Queensland Brain Institute, Brisbane	Epigenetics and developmental programming	QLD
A/Prof	Lata Vadlamudi	Neurologist	University of Queensland and Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital	Epilepsy, twin studies	QLD
Ms	Lauren Bourke	Student	Epigenetics Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute	Developmental epigenetics	QLD
Mr	Matt Riemann	Lecturer, Clinical Educator	Griffith University	Personalised health; epigenetics	QLD
Dr	Matt Sweet		Institute for Molecular Bioscience,ResTech Affiliate School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience	HDACs as regulators of innate immunity	QLD
	Melanie Andrews			Role of HDAC6 and HDAC7 in regulating macrophage inflammatory responses	QLD
Dr	Melissa Brown		University of Queensland	Epigenetic regulation of breast cancer genes	QLD
Dr	Neil Youngson			Epigenetics in the male germline	QLD
	Ralf Dietzgen		University of Queensland	Small RNAs in regulating host-pathogen interactions	QLD
Dr	Ross Tellam		CSIRO	Roles of genomic imprinting and non-coding RNA in development and inteactions with the environment	QLD
	Ryan Taft			Identification of small regulatory RNAs	QLD
Dr	Sarah Harten	Postdoctoral Researcher	Queensland Institute of Medical Research	Cancer Epigenetics	QLD
	Sean Grimmond			Sequencing the mammalian transcriptome	QLD
Dr	Smriti M Krishna		Vascular Biology Unit, Queensland Research Center for Peripheral Vascular Diseases	Epigenetics	QLD
Ms	Sonia Crystella		Epigenetics, Telomeres, epigenome research		QLD
Dr	Timothy Bredy	Senior Research Fellow	Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland	DNA methylation, histone modifications, non-coding RNAs, learning and memory, psychiatric disorders	QLD
	Tony Vuocolo			Genomic imprinting and non-coding RNA in development and inteactions with the environment	QLD
	Trevor Epp			Discovery of genes involved in epigenetic inheritance via ENU mutagenesis	QLD
A/Prof	Vicki Whitehall		QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute	Epigenetic events contributing to the development of colorectal polyp and cancer subtypes	QLD

			South Australia		SA
Dr	Bastien Llamas	Senior Research Associate	Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide	Ancient DNA, DNA methylation	SA
Mr	Benjamin Mayne	Student	Placental Development Lab, Robinson Research Institute	Epigenetics, DNA methylation, Gene Expression	SA
Dr	Cameron Bracken	Laboratory Head	Gene Regulation Networks Laboratory, Centre for Cancer Biology	microRNAs in cancer	SA
Prof	Claire Roberts	Senior Research Fellow	School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, The University of Adelaide	Epigenetic programming of placental and fetal development	SA
A/Prof	David Callen			Breast cancer	SA
Dr	Dimitrios Cakouros	Post-doctoral Researcher	South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute	Epigenetic mechanisms in stem cell renewal and lineage determination	SA
	Eric Smith			Oesophageal Cancer; DNA methylation; microRNAs	SA
	Frank Gruetzner			Genome evolution	SA
A/Prof	Greg Goodall			miRNAs	SA
	Hamish S Scott			Gametes and cancer	SA
Dr	Iain Searle	Laboratory Head	University of Adelaide	Reproductive development, non-coding RNAs and post-translational RNA modifications	SA
Prof	Julie Owens		The University of Adelaide	Early development	SA
Dr	Karen Chiam	Postdoctoral Fellow	Placental Development Lab, Robinson Research Institute	Cancer, microRNAs, biomarkers, therapeutics	SA
Dr	Maxime Francois	Postdoctoral Fellow	CSIRO	Guanine-quadruplex, Nutrigenomics, Alzheimer's disease	SA
Dr	Michael Michael	Lab Head	Gene Expression Lab, Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer	Epigenetics and cancer	SA
Dr	Michael Raynor			Haematology/Oncology	SA
Ms	Paniz Tavakoli	Postgraduate student	CSIRO and The University of Adelaide	Epigenetic, Cancer, G-quadroplexes,and many more..	SA
Dr	Paul Drew	Senior Lecturer	School of Nursing and Midwifery, Flinders University	cancer, methylation	SA
Prof	Ross McKinnon			Pharmacogenomics	SA
	Saira Ali	PhD Candidate	Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer, Flinders University	microRNAs in cancer	SA
Dr	Sarah Cohen-Woods	Matthew Flinders Fellow	Behavioural Genetic and Environmental Mechanisms Lab, School of Psychology, Flinders University	Epigenetics of behaviour and role of environmental factors such as stressors, exercise / yoga, and diet.	SA
	Stefan Hiendleder			Ag animal genomes	SA
Dr	Tina Bianco-Miotto		Dame Roma Mitchell Cancer Research Laboratories, University of Adelaide and Hanson Institute	Early origins of disease / cancer	SA
Dr	Tod Fullston	Research Fellow	Gamete & Embryo Biology Group, University of Adelaide	Reproductive Biology, Epigenetics - small non-coding RNAs & DNA methylation, Genetics, Paternal programming	SA
Dr	Wayne Leifert	Principal Research Scientist	CSIRO Nutrition & Health Program	Guanine quadruplexes, DNA damage, nutrition	SA

			Tasmania		TAS
Dr	Adele Holloway	Senior Research Fellow	Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania	Gene regulation	TAS
Dr	Adele Woodhouse	Research Fellow	Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, University of Tasmania	DNA methylation, Histone modifications, Alzheimer's disease, neuronal excitability	TAS
Mr	Andrew J Phipps	PhD Candidate	Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, University of Tasmania	Neurodegenerative disease- Alzheimer's disease, Neuroepigenetics.	TAS
Ms	Aparna Shree Raina	PhD Student	UTAS	Epigenetics	TAS
Dr	Jim Stankovich				TAS
Dr	Jo Dickinson			Cancer, Genetics	TAS
Dr	Kate Brettingham-Moore	Lecturer	University of Tasmania	Profiling transcription, chromatin remodelling, cancer epigenetics & radioresistance	TAS
Dr	Phillippa Taberlay	Senior Research Fellow	Taberlay Lab, School of Medicine, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania	Chromatin Remodellers, Nucleosomes, DNA methylation, 3D Epigenomes, Cancer, Neuroepigenetics	TAS
	Ricardo De Paoli-Iseppi	PhD Candidate	Australian Antarctic Division	DNA methylation, ageing	TAS
Dr	Simon Jarman	Senior Research Scientist	Australian Antarctic Division	Age and environmental effects on epigenetic state	TAS

			Victoria		VIC
Dr	Ajeet B Singh	Senior Clinical Lecturer & Research Fellow	IMPACT Strategic Research Centre, School of Medicine, Deakin University	Antidepressant Pharmacogenetics	VIC
Ms	Alice Barnett	Research Assistant	Gastro and Food Allergy, Cancer and Disease Epigenetics, MCRI	Epigenetics, Immunology, Cancer	VIC
Dr	Anderly C. Chueh	Research Officer	Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	Mitotic Signalling, Epigenetic Enzymes and Cancer Therapy	VIC
Dr	Andrew Keniry	Postdoctoral Researcher	Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	Epigenetic control of pluripotency and differentiation	VIC
Dr	Andrew Siebel		Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute	Epigenetic mechanisms & hyperglycaemic memory; Developmental origins of disease	VIC
Prof	Anthony J. Hannan Voss	Head, Epigenetics and Neural Plasticity Laboratory	Epigenetics and Neural Plasticity Laboratory, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne	gene-environment interactions, mouse models of cognitive and affective disorders, paternal transgeneratyional epigenetics, epigenetics in the healthy and disease brain	VIC
Dr	Anne Kathrin Voss		Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	MYST histone acetyltransferases in stem cells, development and disease	VIC
Dr	Beata Ujvari	Senior Research Fellow	Deakin University	Genetic and epigenetic organismal responses to environmental challenges	VIC
	Bilal Sheikh		Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	Role of the MYST family histone acetyltransferases Querkopf and Moz in stem cells during development and in the adult	VIC
	Bilal Sheikh		Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	Role of the MYST family histone acetyltransferases Querkopf and Moz in stem cells during development and in the adult	VIC
Mr	Braydon Meyer	PhD Student	Cancer & Disease Epigenetics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute	Epigenetics, Leukaemia, Methylation, AML.	VIC
Mr	Brent Thomson	Sales and Marketing Manager, ANZ	Abcam	Epigenetics, Immunology, ELISA, mRNA	VIC
Prof	Brian Dean	Head	The Rebecca L. Cooper Research Laboratories, The Mental Health Research Institute		VIC
Dr	Carolyn de Graaf	Postdoctoral Fellow	Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	Haematopoesis, Single Cell RNASeq, Lamina Associated Domains, DamID, Bioinformatics	VIC
Dr	Christine Gicquel		Epigenetics in Human Health and Disease Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute	Imprinting disorders; fetal growth; IGF system	VIC
Dr	Clara Gaff			Implementation of genetic technology and advances into healthcare practice; Genetic Counselling	VIC
Dr	Colin O'Donnell				VIC
Dr	Coralie Reich	Research Scientist	Agriculture VIC / DEDJTR	Epigenetics in agriculture animals	VIC
Dr	Craig Olsson			Genetic, epigenetic and environmental predictors of early life risk for depression and related disorders	VIC
A/Prof	Dagmar Wilhelm	Laboratory Head	Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University	Non-coding RNA and sex determination	VIC
Mr	Daniel Morales Garza	Student	University of Melbourne	Medical epigenetics; Cancer	VIC
Dr	David Godler			Epigenetics of the Fragile X mental retardation gene and its clinical implications	VIC
Dr	David Hawkes			Quantitative methylation Analysis and ChIP on chip	VIC
Dr	Debra Foley			Applied genetics; psychiatric (genetic) epidemiology	VIC
	Denisia Geladas		Murdoch Children's Research Institute	Childhood diabetes; Childhood obesity; Post-traumatic parental shock post diagnosis of diabetes	VIC
Prof	Douglas Hilton	Director	Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	Molecular networks; signal transduction pathways; genetics; blood cells	VIC
Dr	Ee Ming Wong	Postdoctoral Fellow	Genetic Epidemiology Lab, Department of Pathology	Cancer epigenetics	VIC
Prof	Emma Whitelaw	Head	Department of Genetics, La Trobe University	Discovery of genes involved in epigenetic inheritance via ENU mutagenesis	VIC
Dr	Faith Kwa	Lecturer and Research Group Leader	Epigenetics in Human Disease Lab, RMIT University	Epigenetics, Haematological Malignancies and Ageing Disorders	VIC
	Gordon Smyth				VIC
Mr	Gregory T Kirk	Founder	The Strand Clinic	Autoimmune Disease	VIC
Dr	Haloom Rafehi	Research Fellow	Human Epigenetics, Monash University	epigenetics, epigenomics, diabetes, heart disease	VIC
	Hanah Rodriguez	PhD candidate	Human epigenetics laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute	Histone modifications, diabetes	VIC
Dr	Hendrik Falk	Post-doc	Walter& Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	Cancer	VIC
A/Prof	Ian Campbell		Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre	Cancer Genetics	VIC
Dr	Ian J Majewski		Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	Mechanisms that influence hematopoietic stem cell function	VIC
	Ishant Khurana	PhD student	Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute	genome-wide DNA methylation	VIC
Dr	Izhak Haviv			Genome-wide profiling of mRNA; epigenetic and genetic variation in cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity	VIC
Dr	Jacinta Ryan				VIC
	Jamie Gearing		Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research		VIC
A/Prof	Jeffrey Craig	Senior Research Fellow	Murdoch Children's Research Institute	Developmental epigenetics including fetal development, cancer and mental health	VIC
Dr	Jeffrey Raymond Mann		Murdoch Children's Research Institute	Epigenetics of germ and stem cell development	VIC
Ms	Jingyi Tang	PhD candidate	Department of Medicine (RMH), University of Melbourne	Malaria epigenetics	VIC
Dr	Joanne Ryan	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	Murdoch Childrens Rsearch Institute	Early-life stress, mental health, epigenetic epidemiology	VIC
Prof	John Hopper				VIC
A/Prof	Jose Maria Polo	Group Leader	Dept of Anatomy & Developmental Biology and the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University	Epigenetics, reprogramming, pluripotency, hematopoiesis and hematology	VIC
Dr	Joseph P Sarsero		Murdoch Children's Research Institute	Development of new therapeutic strategies for Friedreich ataxia using resources from the Human Genome Project	VIC
Dr	Jun Okabe			Epigenetic regulation in diabetes	VIC
Dr	Kevin Knower	Senior Research Officer	Prince Henry's Institute, Monash Medical Cenntre	Epigenetic regulation of oestrogen biosynthesis in the breast	VIC
	Kim Good-Jacobson	Laboratory Head	B cells and Antibody Memory Laboratory, Monash University	Epigenetic and transcriptional regulation of B cell response	VIC
Dr	Kirby Siemering				VIC
Dr	Kirsten Hogg	Research Fellow	Germ Cell Development and Epigenetics Lab, Hudson Institute of Medical Research	Epigenetics, germ cell development, fetal programming	VIC
Ms	Lauren Pilkington		Cancer & Disease Epigenetics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute	Mental health, Epigenetics, Methylation	VIC
Dr	Lin Zhang	PhD Student	University of Melbourne	Family history and colorectal cancer for Asian population	VIC
Dr	Lee Wong	Laboratory Head	Epigenetics and Chromatin (EpiC) Research Lab, Monash University	Chromosome and epigenetic research in stem cells and cancers	VIC
Dr	Marguerite Evans-Galea	Senior Research Officer	Murdoch Children's Research Institute	Epigenetic modifications in Friedreich ataxia	VIC
Dr	Mark Robinson		Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	Statistical bioinformatics for various types of epigenomics data	VIC
Dr	Mark Ziemann	Research officer	Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute	genomics, systems biology	VIC
Dr	Marnie Blewitt		Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	Epigenetic control of gene expression in mammals, with particular interest in X inactivation	VIC
A/Prof	Mary Wlodek			Developmental origins of adult disease	VIC
Dr	Mathew G Lewsey	Senior Lecturer	Centre for AgriBioscience, La Trobe University	Genomics, Epigenomics, Systems Biology, Plants	VIC
Dr	Matthew Stevens			HPV and cervical cancer	VIC
	Matthew Stevens	PhD student	University of Melbourne	Breast cancer	VIC
	Melanie Bahlo				VIC
Dr	Melita Kenealy			Abrrant methylation in myelodysplastic sydromes, and mechanism of action of demethylating agents	VIC
Dr	Miina Ollikainen			Developmental epigenetics	VIC
Dr	Michael Duffy	Senior Research Officer	Day/Bio21 University of Melbourne	malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, alternative histones, bromodomains, chromatin structure, gene expression	VIC
Dr	Mimi LK Tang			Immune mechanisms leading to allergic disease; novel prevention and treatment strategies	VIC
	Natalie Thorne			Statistical genetics	VIC
Dr	Nicholas John Osborne			Epidemiology of paediatric food allergy, gene/environment interactions and environmental toxicology.	VIC
Dr	Nick Wong		University of Melbourne	Epigenetics in cancer (Paediatric Leukaemia) DNA methylation	VIC
Dr	Nigel Jones			Epigenetic regulation in epilepsy and the influence of environment	VIC
Ms	Nitaa Eapen	Student Researcher	Murdoch Children's Researcher Institute	Epigenetics, microbiome, gut health, immunology	VIC
Dr	Patrick Western	Group Head	Monash Institute of Medical Research	germ cell development, epigenetics, germ-line transmission of epigenetic information	VIC
Mr	Peter Fransquet	Technical Assistant	Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Epigenetics, Developmental Origins of Health and Disease	VIC
Mr	Peter Hickey	PhD student	Speed Lab, Bioinformatics Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute	Bioinformatics, statistics, computational biology	VIC
Dr	Pierre-Antoine Dugué	Research fellow	Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council Victoria	Epidemiology, Cancer, Early detection	VIC
Dr	Quentin Gouil	Research Fellow	Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences, La Trobe University	Epigenetics; Epigenomics	VIC
Prof	Richard Saffery	Group Leader; AEpiA Treasurer	Cancer & Disease Epigenetics Lab, Murdoch Children's Research Institute	Developmental epigenetics including fetal development, cancer and mental health	VIC
A/Prof	Ricky Johnstone		Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre	Epigenetic-based therapies for the treatment of cancer	VIC
Dr	Rimas Liubinas	General Practitioner		Childhood injury illness prevention, illness preventative strategies	VIC
A/Prof	Ross Hannan			RNA Pol I; Chromatin remodeling of rRNA genes; Dysregulation of ribsome biogenesis in development and cancer	VIC
A/Prof	Sam El-Osta		Epigenetics in Human Health and Disease Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute	Human disease; gene therapy; epigenetic memory in diabetes and metabolism; heart disease; stem cells	VIC
Prof	Samule F Berkovic			Epilepsy research	VIC
Dr	Sanna Barrand	Associate Research Fellow	Deakin University, Faculty of Health	development, cancer, epigenetics	VIC
	Sarah Ashley	PhD candidate	Cancer and disease Epigenetics, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute		VIC
Dr	Sarah Voisin	Postdoc	Institute of Sports, Exercise and Active Living, Victoria University	nutrition, exercise, sleep, circadian rhythm, genetics, DNA methylation, human studies	VIC
	Sarah Kinkel				VIC
Mr	Shuai Li	PhD student	The University of Melbourne	twins and DNA methylation; breast cancer and DNA methylation	VIC
Prof	Stephen Turner	ARC Future Fellow	The Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne	CD8+ T cell immunity, epigenomics, immunological memory	VIC
	Terry Speed		Walter and Elisa Hall Institute of Medical Research	Analysis of epigenomic data	VIC
Dr	Thomas Mikeska	Research Associate	Translational Genomics and Epigenomics Laboratory; Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute	Cancer epigenetics, DNA methylation biomarkers, Molecular diagnostics	VIC
Dr	Tim Thomas		Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	Epigentic regulation of development and adult stem cells	VIC
Dr	Tony Gendall				VIC
Dr	Trevelyan Menheniott	Research Fellow	Melbourne Children's Research Institute	Epigenetics, gastrointestinal stem cells and cancer	VIC
Mr	Vishal Mistry	PhD Research Scholar	Nano-biotechnology Research Laboratory, RMIT University	Nanoparticle interaction with genes	VIC
Dr	Yuk Jing (Jane) Loke	Research Officer	Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Methylation, twins discordant for disease	VIC

			Western Australia		WA
A/Prof	Carina Ecremen Marshall	Assoc Prof	School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of WA	Addiction genetics; population genetics	WA
Dr	Deidra Young	Research Assistant Professor	Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology Research Unit, University of Western Australia	Schizophrenia, Twins	WA
Ms	Francesca Jones	Postgraduate Student	WHO Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections, Murdoch University	Functional Proteomics of Giardia	WA
Dr	Gareth Baynam			Vaccine genetics; evolution; cancer genetics; genetic applications of 3D facial analysis	WA
Dr	Ian Robert Walpole			Human Dysmorphology and Intellectual Deficit Prelingual Deafness	WA
Dr	Phillip E Melton	Senior Lectuer	Curtin/UWA Centre for Genetics of Health and Disease	Epigenetics of Compex Disease	WA
A/Prof	Pilar Blancafort	Laboratory Head	The University of Western Australia		WA
Prof	Ryan Lister	Future Fellow	Plant Energy Biology, ARC Centre of Excellence, The University of Western Australia	Epigenomics of animals and plants	WA
Dr	Sam Buckberry	Postdoctoral Fellow	Lister Lab, The University of Western Australia	Bioinformatics, Epigenomics, High-throughput sequencing	WA
Dr	Sarra Jamieson			Epigenetics in the development of common childhood diseases	WA
A/Prof	Scott G. Wilson	Principal Investigator/Scientific Officer	The University of Western Australia	epigenetics of autoimmune thyroid disease, epigenetics of bone disease, epigenetic regulation of reproductive endocrinology/PCOS	WA

			New Zealand		NZ
	Anna-Lynne Elizabeth Russ			Epigenetic and gene expression changes in the inflamed intestine in models of Inflammatory bowel disease	NZ
Dr	Arindam Basu	Senior Lecturer	School of Health Sciences, University of Canterbury	Behavioural epigenetics; Epigenetics of health services access and utilisation of care; Twin studies	NZ
	Debina Darker				NZ
Dr	Donna Bond	Post-doc	Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago	RNA-directed DNA methylation and epigenetic control of flowering time	NZ
	Emma Natasha Bermingham			Effects of post-natal nutrition on epigenetic regulation of inflammatory bowel disease	NZ
Dr	Felicia Low	Research Fellow	The Liggins Institute, the University of Auckland	The role of epigenetics in the developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD)	NZ
Dr	Grant Jacobs	Computational biology consultant	BioinfoTools, Dunedin	Chromatin structure; molecular interactions in gene regulation; epigenetics; computational biology; structural biology	NZ
	Helen Fitzsimons			Histone modifications in storage and retrieval of long-term memories in Drosophila	NZ
	Ian M Morison			Cancer epigenetics (childhood leukaemia, myelodysplastic syndrome); developmental epigenetics; imprinted genes	NZ
	Julia Horsfield			Using zebrafish model to study chromosome architecture during cell cycle, gene expression, development and cancer	NZ
Dr	Michelle Thunders	Senior Lecturer	School of Public Health, College of Health, Massey University, Wellington	Epigenomics and health, toxicogenomics	NZ
Dr	Nick Wong	Senior Scientist	Pacific Edge Limited	DNA methylation, RNA-Seq, Liquid Biopsies	NZ
	Peter Kenneth Dearden			Epigenetics in caste determination and epi evo devo	NZ
	Sue McCoard			Epigenetic regulation of growth and development in livestock species	NZ
Dr	Tim Hore		Epigenetics and Development, Department of Anatomy, University of Otago	Epigenetics, Development, Pluripotency, DNA methylation, TET proteins, Evolutionary Genetics	NZ
Dr	Tracy Hale		Massey University, Auckland	Role of the linker histone H1 and Heterochromatin Protein 1 in chromatin and cancer	NZ
Miss	Zoe Vincent	Graduate Student	The Liggins Institute, the University of Auckland	Developmental and reproductive biology, epigenetic mechanisms	NZ

			Overseas
Dr	Sarah Tsao	Postdoctoral researcher	Institute of Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal	Histone deacetylation	Canada
Dr	Rhianna Che Laker	Postdoc	Romain Barrès / University of Copenhagen	Epigenetics, exercise and circadian rhythms	Denmark
Dr	Michelle Meredyth-Stewart		Biotec & Carl Gustav Carus Medical Faculty, Technische Universitaet Dresden	Molecular Medicine	Germany
Mr	Mridul Balakrishnan Nair	PhD student	Epigeneomics and cancer risk factors/ DKFZ - Heidelberg	Epigenomics miRNA	Germany
Ms	Jeena Gupta		National Institute of Pharmaceutical education and Research (NIPER), Punjab	Molecular biology and epigenetics	India
	Federica Gervasoni	Internship student	INGM, Milan	Computational epigenomics	Italy
Dr	Marcel Coolen		Molecular Biology, Radboud University, Nijmegen	Epigenetics, cancer and neurobiology	Netherlands
Prof	Philippe Collas	Professor of Medical Biochemistry	University of Oslo	Spatial genome organization and nuclear architecture	Norway
Dr	Muhammad Umer	Postdoctoral Fellow	Health Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan	Cancer Epigenetics, Hepatocellulat Carcinoma, Breast Cancer, HCV infection, Inflammation	Pakistan
Dr	Iosefina Maria Speers			Methylation	Romania
Dr	Eva Balada	Principal Investigator	Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona	Epigenetics, Autoimmunity	Spain
	Jeerawat Nakkuntod		Chulalongkorn University	DNA methylation and autoimmune disease	Thailand
Dr	Efterpi Papouli	Senior project manager	Cambridge Epigenetix	methylation, biomarkers, DNA mods	UK
A/Prof	Fatemeh Haghighi			investigate the epigenomics of complex human diseases in a systematic genome-wide fashion	USA
Dr	Murkesh Verma	Program Director, Branch Chief	National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health	Epigenetics and epidemiology in cancer	USA
Dr	Murkesh Verma	Post Doctoral Research Fellow	UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	ATP Dependent Chromatin Remodeling, Histone PTM, DNA Methylation	USA