Australian Invited Speakers 2025

Please note, ACDTM25 is now in the past. This page is kept online as a record of the meeting.

From across Australian we have a number of outstanding leaders in the fields of DNA repair, Cell Cycle and Telomere biology. Current invited speakers include:

Lisa Alcock, Curtain University, WA Cell permeable inhibitors of Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres

Victor Anggono, University of Queensland, QLD FTO and PARP regulation in DNA repair

Holly Barker, WEHI, VIC PARPi combination therapy in uterine serous carcinoma treatment

Drew Berry, WEHI.tv, VIC Animations of DNA replication and recombination

Nikola Bowden, University of Newcastle, NSW, Repurposing drugs to target DNA repair and cell cycle for treatment resistant melanoma and ovarian cancer

Nikki Burdett, Peter Mac, VIC Whole genome doubling in ovarian cancer

Tony Cesare, Children’s Medical Research Institute, NSW Persistance of recombination intermediates drive cell death in mitosis

Scott Cohen, Children’s Medical Research Institute, NSW Structure and inhibition of Telomerase

Tamas Fischer, Australian National University, ACT Transcription associated DNA damage

Shom Goel, Peter Mac, VIC Targeting CDKs in cancer therapy

Janni Peterson, Flinders University, SA, Cell division biology

Elaine Sanij, St Vincent’s Institute, VIC

Shabih Shakeel, WEHI, VIC MORC2 in epigenetic silencing and DNA damage response

Rebecca Smith, St Vincent’s Institute, VIC The intersection of PARylation and Ubiquitylation in DNA repair and Therapy.

Donna Whelan, LaTrobe University, VIC

Wilson Wong, Hudson Institute, VIC Structures of Telomere maintenance proteins

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