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Contact Details

Phone
64 3 470 3455
Email
euan.rodger@otago.ac.nz
Position
Senior Research Fellow
Department
Department of Pathology (Dunedin)
Qualifications
BSc MSc PhD
Research summary
Epigenetics events in cancer
Teaching
Chemical Pathology
Memberships
  • Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand (HSANZ)
  • Royal Society of New Zealand
  • New Zealand Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Research

Using next generation sequencing technology, Euan is leading projects focussing on the epigenetics of myelodysplastic syndrome and melanoma. The first of these projects has documented the genome-wide DNA methylation status of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome. From this project, Euan has contributed to establishing a robust pipeline for genome-wide methylation sequencing. He is now investigating DNA methylation changes associated with the immune checkpoint blockade in melanoma patients.

Publications

Banerjee, R., Ajithkumar, P., Keestra, N., Smith, J., Gimenez, G., Rodger, E. J., Eccles, M. R., Antony, J., Weeks, R. J., & Chatterjee, A. (2024). Targeted DNA methylation editing using an all-in-one system establishes paradoxical activation of EBF3. Cancers, 16, 898. doi: 10.3390/cancers16050898 Journal - Research Article

Ajithkumar, P., Gimenez, G., Stockwell, P. A., Almomani, S., Bowden, S. A., Leichter, A. L., … Pattison, S., … Frizelle, F. A., Eccles, M. R., Purcell, R. V., Rodger, E. J., & Chatterjee, A. (2024). DNA methylome and transcriptome maps of primary colorectal cancer and matched liver metastasis. Data, 9(1), 8. doi: 10.3390/data9010008 Journal - Research Article

Ajithkumar, P., Vasantharajan, S. S., Pattison, S., McCall, J. L., Rodger, E. J., & Chatterjee, A. (2024). Exploring potential epigenetic biomarkers for colorectal cancer metastasis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25, 874. doi: 10.3390/ijms25020874 Journal - Research Other

Zhang, X., Barnett, E., Smith, J., Wilkinson, E., Subramaniam, R. M., Zarrabi, A., Rodger, E. J., & Chatterjee, A. (2024). Genetic and epigenetic features of neuroendocrine prostate cancer and their emerging applications. In S. Spada & L. Galluzzi (Eds.), International review of cell and molecular biology (Vol. 383): Epigenetic regulation of cancer (Part B). (pp. 41-66). London, UK: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2023.06.002 Chapter in Book - Research

Rodger, E. J., Stockwell, P. A., Almomani, S., Eccles, M. R., & Chatterjee, A. (2023). Protocol for generating high-quality genome-scale DNA methylation sequencing data from human cancer biospecimens. STAR Protocols, 4, 102714. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102714 Journal - Research Other

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