Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 3 479 7704
- miriam.sharpe@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Scientific Officer
- Department
- Department of Biochemistry
- Qualifications
- PhD
- Research summary
- Protein structure and function
Research
In my current role, I explain research carried out in the Biochemistry Department, report on departmental news, and facilitate publicity and outreach activities.
Publications
Watkins, O. C., Sharpe, M. L., Perry, N. B., & Krause, K. L. (2018). New Zealand glowworm (Arachnocampa luminosa) bioluminescence is produced by a firefly-like luciferase but an entirely new luciferin. Scientific Reports, 8(3278). doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21298-w Journal - Research Article
Gimenez, G., Metcalf, P., Paterson, N. G., & Sharpe, M. L. (2016). Mass spectrometry analysis and transcriptome sequencing reveal glowing squid crystal proteins are in the same superfamily as firefly luciferase. Scientific Reports, 6, 27638. doi: 10.1038/srep27638 Journal - Research Article
Sharpe, M. L., Dearden, P. K., Gimenez, G., & Krause, K. L. (2015). Comparative RNA seq analysis of the New Zealand glowworm Arachnocampa luminosa reveals bioluminescence-related genes. BMC Genomics, 16, 825. doi: 10.1186/s12864-015-2006-2 Journal - Research Article
Sharpe, M. L., Hastings, J. W., & Krause, K. L. (2014). Luciferases and light-emitting accessory proteins: Structural biology. In eLS. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0003064.pub2 Chapter in Book - Research
Margueron, R., Justin, N., Ohno, K., Sharpe, M. L., Son, J., Drury. III, W. J., … Gamblin, S. J. (2009). Role of the polycomb protein EED in the propagation of repressive histone marks. Nature, 431, 762-767. doi: 10.1038/nature08398 Journal - Research Article