Julia Horsfield Explained

Julia Horsfield
Birth Name:Julia Anne Horsfield
Awards:Fulbright scholarship
Education:Victoria University of Wellington
Alma Mater:University of Otago
Discipline:Biochemist, developmental geneticist
Workplaces:University of Adelaide
University of Auckland
University of Otago

Julia Anne Horsfield is a New Zealand biochemist and developmental geneticist. She is professor of pathology at the University of Otago and director of Genetics Otago[1] and the Otago Zebrafish Facility.[2]

Academic career

Horsfield has a BSc from Victoria University of Wellington (1984–1988) and a PhD from the University of Otago (1992–1995). She moved to Australia as research fellow of the University of Adelaide (1996–1999), then returned to New Zealand as a research fellow at the University of Auckland (1999–2007). She joined the University of Otago in 2007 where she set up the Otago Zebrafish Facility[3] to research cancer, stem cell biology and epigenetics.[4] Her work focuses on the protein cohesin and its links to leukaemia.[5]

Horsfield won a grant to research gout and how genetics affect the human body's control of uric acid.[6]

In February 2019, Horsfield was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to extend her research "using single-cell sequencing to research how cell fate decisions are controlled in the zebrafish animal model"[7] at University of California, Davis.[8]

Horsfield was promoted to full professor at the University of Otago, effective 1 February 2020.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017-09-07. New Genetics Otago Director excited by challenge. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180206032443/http://www.otago.ac.nz/otagobulletin/news/otago662034.html. 6 February 2018. 2020-12-30. University of Otago. en-nz.
  2. Web site: Our People, Chromosome Structure and Development Group. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201024161140/https://www.otago.ac.nz/csdg/staff/. 24 October 2020. 2020-12-30. University of Otago.
  3. Web site: Dr Julia Horsfield. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200925230501/https://www.otago.ac.nz/zebrafish/research/juliahorsfield.html. 25 September 2020. 2020-12-30. University of Otago. en.
  4. Web site: About the Otago Zebrafish Facility. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201013052332/https://www.otago.ac.nz/zebrafish/about/. 13 October 2020. 2020-12-30. University of Otago.
  5. Web site: 2019-12-10. 10 December 2019, 30 new Professors for the University of Otago. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210118073650/https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/news/otago729509.html. 18 January 2021. 2020-12-30. University of Otago. en-nz.
  6. Web site: 2015-04-13. 13 April 2015, Otago scientist gains grant for innovative gout research. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180211125537/http://www.otago.ac.nz/news/news/otago090236.html. 11 February 2018. 2020-12-30. University of Otago. en-nz.
  7. Web site: 2019-02-22. Fulbright Award for GO Director. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211027045253/https://www.otago.ac.nz/otagobulletin/news/otago705985.html. 27 October 2021. 2020-12-30. University of Otago. en-nz.
  8. Web site: Julia Anne Horsfield. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211027045252/https://cies.org/grantee/julia-anne-horsfield. 27 October 2021. 2020-12-30. CIES.

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