Dr Rob Fagerlund

2026

Journal - Research Article

Meulenberg, A., Pavez, M., Gowing, E. K., Mayo-Muñoz, D., Birkholz, N., Suhono, G., Fineran, P. C., Fagerlund, R. D., & Gumy, L. F. (2026). Comparison of CRISPR-Cas-based knockdown of endogenous mRNA in sensory neurons. CRISPR Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/25731599261489437

2025

Journal - Research Article

Warring, S., Sisson, H. M., Randall, G., Grimon, D., Dams, D., Gutiérrez, D., Fellner, M., Fagerlund, R. D., … Jackson, S. A., & Fineran, P. C. (2025). Engineering an antimicrobial chimeric endolysin that targets the phytopathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae. Journal of Biological Chemistry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2025.110224

2024

Journal - Research Article

Kamata, K., Birkholz, N., Ceelen, M., Fagerlund, R. D., Jackson, S. A., & Fineran, P. C. (2024). Repurposing an endogenous CRISPR-Cas system to generate and study subtle mutations in bacteriophages. CRISPR Journal, 7(6), 343-354. doi: 10.1089/crispr.2024.0047

Birkholz, N., Kamata, K., Feussner, M., Wilkinson, M. E., Samaniego, C. C., Migur, A., … Ceelen, M., … Fagerlund, R. D., Jackson, S. A., & Fineran, P. C. (2024). Phage anti-CRISPR control by an RNA- and DNA-binding helix-turn-helix protein. Nature, 631, 670-677. doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07644-1

Schwartz, E. A., Bravo, J. P. K., Ahsan, M., Macias, L. A., McCafferty, C. L., Dangerfield, T. L., … Fineran, P. C., Fagerlund, R. D., & Taylor, D. W. (2024). RNA targeting and cleavage by the type III-Dv CRISPR effector complex. Nature Communications, 15, 3324. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-47506-y

Sisson, H. M., Jackson, S. A., Fagerlund, R. D., Warring, S. L., & Fineran, P. C. (2024). Gram-negative endolysins: Overcoming the outer membrane obstacle [Review]. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 78, 102433. doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2024.102433

Sisson, H. M., Fagerlund, R. D., Jackson, S. A., Briers, Y., Warring, S. L., & Fineran, P. C. (2024). Antibacterial synergy between a phage endolysin and citric acid against the Gram-negative kiwifruit pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 90(3), aem.01846-23. doi: 10.1128/aem.01846-23

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Sisson, H. M., Fagerlund, R. D., Jackson, S. A., Briers, Y., Warring, S. L., & Fineran, P. C. (2024). Antibacterial synergy between a phage endolysin and citric acid against the gram-negative kiwifruit pathogen pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae. Viruses of Microbes (VoM) Scientific Conference. Retrieved from https://www.vom2024.org/

Cameron, S. C., Warring, S. L., Fineran, P. C., & Fagerlund, R. D. (2024). Repurposing the type 1-D CRISPR-Cas system into a programmable gene silencing tool. Viruses of Microbes (VoM) Scientific Conference. Retrieved from https://www.vom2024.org/

Birkholz, N., Kamata, K., Feußner, M., Wilkinson, M. E., Samaniego, C. C., Migur, A., … Ceelen, M., … Brown, C. M., … Fagerlund, R. D., Jackson, S. A., & Fineran, P. C. (2024). Phage helix-turn-helix proteins bind RNA and DNA to control anti-CRISPR dynamics. Viruses of Microbes (VoM) Scientific Conference. Retrieved from https://www.vom2024.org/

Kamata, K., Celeen, M., Birkholz, N., Fagerlund, R., Jackson, S., & Fineran, P. (2024). CRISPR-based bacteriophage engineering reveals essentiality of anti-CRISPR-associated gene. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 300(3, Suppl.), 1335. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.105832

2023

Journal - Research Article

Camara-Wilpert, S., Mayo-Muñoz, D., Russel, J., Fagerlund, R. D., Madsen, J. S., Fineran, P. C., … Pinilla-Redondo, R. (2023). Bacteriophages suppress CRISPR–Cas immunity using RNA-based anti-CRISPRs. Nature, 623, 601-607. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06612-5

Jowsey, W. J., Morris, C. R. P., Hall, D. A., Sullivan, J. T., Fagerlund, R. D., Eto, K. Y., … Ronson, C. W. (2023). DUF2285 is a novel helix-turn-helix domain variant that orchestrates both activation and antiactivation of conjugative element transfer in proteobacteria. Nucleic Acids Research, 51(13), 6841-6856. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkad457

Journal - Research Other

McBride, T. M., Cameron, S. C., Fineran, P. C., & Fagerlund, R. D. (2023). The biology and type I/III hybrid nature of type I-D CRISPR-Cas systems. Biochemical Journal, 480(7), 471-488. doi: 10.1042/bcj20220073

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Sisson, H., Warring, S. L., Fagerlund, R. D., Jackson, S. A., & Fineran, P. C. (2023). Antibacterial synergy between a phage endolysin and an organic acid against the gram-negative kiwifruit pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB) 50th Anniversary Conference. Retrieved from https://www.nzsbmb.org/conference

Camara-Wilpert, S., Mayo-Muñoz, D., Russel, J., Fagerlund, R. D., Madsen, J. S., Fineran, P. C., … Pinilla-Redondo, R. (2023). Bacteriophages suppress CRISPR–Cas immunity using RNA-based anti-CRISPRs. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium & Workshops. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Birkholz, N., de Roode, S., Kamata, K., Fagerlund, R. D., Jackson, S. A., & Fineran, P. C. (2023, August-September). Bacteria and their enemies: An armoury for Aotearoa's bioprotection battle? Verbal presentation at the He taonga tuku iho: Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Bioprotection Aotearoa Satellite, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2022

Journal - Research Article

Mayo-Muñoz, D., Smith, L. M., Garcia-Doval, C., Malone, L. M., Harding, K. R., Jackson, S. A., Hampton, H. G., Fagerlund, R. D., Gumy, L. F., & Fineran, P. C. (2022). Type III CRISPR-Cas provides resistance against nucleus-forming jumbo phages via abortive infection. Molecular Cell, 82, 4471-4486.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.10.028

Schwartz, E. A., McBride, T. M., Bravo, J. P. K., Wrapp, D., Fineran, P. C., Fagerlund, R. D., & Taylor, D. W. (2022). Structural rearrangements allow nucleic acid discrimination by type I-D Cascade. Nature Communications, 13, 2829. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-30402-8

Birkholz, N., Jackson, S. A., Fagerlund, R. D., & Fineran, P. C. (2022). A mobile restriction-modification system provides phage defence and resolves an epigenetic conflict with an antagonistic endonuclease. Nucleic Acids Research, 50(6), 3348-3361. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkac147

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Mayo-Muñoz, D., Smith, L. M., Garcia-Doval, C., Malone, L. M., Harding, K. R., Jackson, S. A., Hampton, H. G., Fagerlund, R. D., Gumy, L. F., & Fineran, P. C. (2022). Type III CRISPR-Cas provides resistance against nucleus-forming jumbo phages via abortive infection. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go

Sisson, H. M. J., Warring, S. L., Adams, D., Grimon, D., Fagerlund, R. D., Gutiérrez, D., Jackson, S. A., … Fineran, P. C. (2022). Phage-derived antimicrobials against kiwifruit pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go

Cameron, S., McBride, T., Fineran, P. C., & Fagerlund, R. D. (2022). Development of a gene silencing platform using the type 1-D CRISPR-Cas system. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go

Birkholz, N., Jackson, S. A., Fagerlund, R. D., & Fineran, P. C. (2022). A mobile restriction-modification phage defence system resolves an epigenetic conflict with an antagonistic endonuclease. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go

Jowsey, W. J., Morris, C. R. P., Hall, D. A., Sullivan, J. T., Fagerlund, R. D., Eto, K. Y., … Ronson, C. W. (2022). How a previously unrecognized variant of the helix-turn-helix domain can be a transcriptional activator or antiactivator. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go

White, L., Halpin, J., Leith, C., Poudel, A., Saunderson, S., Jackson, S., Fagerlund, R., Fineran, P., & McLellan, A. (2022). Exploiting the intrinsic insolubility of T cell and NK cell-activating cytokines and chemokines for Escherichia coli expression. Proceedings of the New Zealand Branch of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology (NZASI) Conference. (pp. 45). Retrieved from https://nzasi2022.com/programme

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Sisson, H. M. J., Warring, S. L., Dams, D., Grimon, D., Fagerlund, R. D., Gutiérrez, D., Jackson, S. A., … Fineran, P. C. (2022, August). Phage-derived antimicrobials against kiwifruit pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae. Poster session presented at the Webster Centre for Infectious Diseases Satellite Meeting: Queenstown Research Week, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Birkholz, N., Fagerlund, R. D., Jackson, S. A., & Fineran, P. C. (2022, August). Insights into anti-CRISPR control by the autoregulator Aca2. Verbal presentation at the CRISPR Technologies Satellite Meeting: Queenstown Research Week, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2021

Journal - Research Article

Usher, B., Birkholz, N., Beck, I. N., Fagerlund, R. D., Jackson, S. A., Fineran, P. C., & Blower, T. R. (2021). Crystal structure of the anti-CRISPR repressor Aca2. Journal of Structural Biology, 213, 107752. doi: 10.1016/j.jsb.2021.107752

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Kamata, K., Celeen, M., Birkholz, N., Fagerlund, R. D., Jackson, S. A., & Fineran, P. C. (2021). Studying biological roles of anti-CRISPR control through phage engineering. Proceedings of the 16th Congress of the Federation of Asian & Oceanic Biochemists & Molecular Biologists (FAOBMB). (pp. 263). Retrieved from https://www.faobmb2021.org

Birkholz, N., Jackson, S. A., Fagerlund, R. D., & Fineran, P. C. (2021). A methyltransferase involved in bacterial defence and intracellular conflict between restriction endonucleases. Proceedings of the 16th Congress of the Federation of Asian & Oceanic Biochemists & Molecular Biologists (FAOBMB). (pp. 119). Retrieved from https://www.faobmb2021.org

2020

Journal - Research Article

McBride, T. M., Schwartz, E. A., Kumar, A., Taylor, D. W., Fineran, P. C., & Fagerlund, R. D. (2020). Diverse CRISPR-Cas complexes require independent translation of small and large subunits from a single gene. Molecular Cell, 80, 971-979. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.11.003

Pinilla-Redondo, R., Shehreen, S., Marino, N. D., Fagerlund, R. D., Brown, C. M., Sørensen, S. J., Fineran, P. C., & Bondy-Denomy, J. (2020). Discovery of multiple anti-CRISPRs highlights anti-defense gene clustering in mobile genetic elements. Nature Communications, 11(1), 5652. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19415-3

Forsman, J. A., Fagerlund, R. D., Biswas, S., Summerfield, T. C., & Eaton-Rye, J. J. (2020). The PsbT protein modifies the bicarbonate-binding environment of Photosystem II. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 58(4), 406-421. doi: 10.1080/0028825X.2020.1772320

Fagerlund, R. D., Forsman, J. A., Biswas, S., Vass, I., Davies, F. K., Summerfield, T. C., & Eaton-Rye, J. J. (2020). Stabilization of Photosystem II by the PsbT protein impacts photodamage, repair and biogenesis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Bioenergetics, 1861, 148234. doi: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2020.148234

2019

Chapter in Book - Research

Fagerlund, R. D., Ferguson, T. J., Maxwell, H. W. R., Opel-Reading, H. K., Krause, K. L., & Fineran, P. C. (2019). Reconstitution of CRISPR adaptation in vitro and its detection by PCR. In S. Bailey (Ed.), Methods in enzymology (Vol. 616: CRISPR-Cas enzymes). (pp. 411-433). Cambridge, MA: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.mie.2018.10.024

Journal - Research Article

Birkholz, N., Fagerlund, R. D., Smith, L. M., Jackson, S. A., & Fineran, P. C. (2019). The autoregulator Aca2 mediates anti-CRISPR repression. Nucleic Acids Research, 47(18), 9658-9665. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkz721

Greisch, J.-F., Tamara, S., Scheltema, R. A., Maxwell, H. W. R., Fagerlund, R. D., Fineran, P. C., … Heck, A. J. R. (2019). Expanding the mass range for UVPD-based native top-down mass spectrometry. Chemical Science, 10, 7163-7171. doi: 10.1039/c9sc01857c

2018

Journal - Research Article

Hampton, H. G., Jackson, S. A., Fagerlund, R. D., Vogel, A. I. M., Dy, R. L., Blower, T. R., & Fineran, P. C. (2018). AbiEi binds cooperatively to the Type IV abiE toxin-antitoxin operator via a positively-charged surface and causes DNA bending and negative autoregulation. Journal of Molecular Biology, 430(8), 1141-1156. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.02.022

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Ferguson, T. J., Fagerlund, R. D., & Fineran, P. C. (2018). Integration host factor is required for primed adaptation by type I CRISPR-Cas systems. Proceedings of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB) Joint Annual Conference: Microbes & Molecules. (pp. 120). Retrieved from https://www.nzmsconference.org.nz

McBride, T., Fineran, P. C., & Fagerlund, R. D. (2018). Composition and nucleic acid binding of the type I-D CRISPR-Cas interference complex. Proceedings of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB) Joint Annual Conference: Microbes & Molecules. (pp. 107-108). Retrieved from https://www.nzmsconference.org.nz

Fagerlund, R. D., Ferguson, T. J., Watson, B. N. J., & Fineran, P. C. (2018). Integration host factor influences CRISPR-Cas immunity. Proceedings of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB) Joint Annual Conference: Microbes & Molecules. (pp. 58-59). Retrieved from https://www.nzmsconference.org.nz

Birkholz, N., Jackson, S. A., Fagerlund, R. D., Smith, L. M., & Fineran, P. C. (2018). Transcriptional regulation by the anti-CRISPR-associated protein Aca2. Proceedings of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB) Joint Annual Conference: Microbes & Molecules. (pp. 45-46). Retrieved from https://www.nzmsconference.org.nz

2017

Journal - Research Article

Fagerlund, R. D., Wilkinson, M. E., Klykov, O., Barendregt, A., Pearce, F. G., Kieper, S. N., Maxwell, H. W. R., … Krause, K. L., Bostina, M., … Staals, R. H. J., & Fineran, P. C. (2017). Spacer capture and integration by a type I-F Cas1–Cas2-3 CRISPR adaptation complex. PNAS, 114(26), E5122-E5128. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1618421114

Jackson, S. A., McKenzie, R. E., Fagerlund, R. D., Kieper, S. N., Fineran, P. C., & Brouns, S. J. J. (2017). CRISPR-Cas: Adapting to change. Science, 356(6333), eaal5056. doi: 10.1126/science.aal5056

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Fagerlund, R. D., Wilkinson, M. E., Klykov, O., Barendregt, A., Pearce, F. G., Kieper, S. N., … Krause, K. L., … Fineran, P. C. (2017). Spacer capture and integration by a type I-F Cas1: Cas2-3 CRISPR adaptation complex. Proceedings of the 22nd Biennial Evergreen Bacteriophage Conference. (pp. 139). Retrieved from http://blogs.evergreen.edu/phage/about/meetings/2017-evergreen-meeting

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Fagerlund, R. D., Wilkinson, M. E., Klykov, O., Barendregt, A., Pearce, F. G., Maxwell, H. W. R., … Krause, K. L., Bostina, M., … Staals, R. H. J., & Fineran, P. C. (2017, September). DNA capture and integration by the type I-F CRISPR-Cas adaptation complex from Pectobacterium atrosepticum. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Ferguson, T. J., Fagerlund, R. D., & Fineran, P. C. (2017, September). Investigating the role of integration host factor in the function of multiple CRISPR-Cas systems. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Maxwell, H. W. R., Fagerlund, R. D., & Fineran, P. C. (2017, September). Analysis of the type I-F CRISPR Cas complexes from Pectobacterium atrosepticum in vitro. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Fagerlund, R. (2017, September). Structure and function of a type I-F CRISPR adaptation complex. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Hampton, H. G., Jackson, S. A., Fagerlund, R. D., Vogel, A. I. M., Dy, R. L., Blower, T. R., & Fineran, P. C. (2017, September). Cooperative autoregulation of the Type IV abiE toxin-antitoxin operon involves a charged surface on AbiEi. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2015

Journal - Research Article

Fagerlund, R. D., Perederina, A., Berezin, I., & Krasilnikov, A. S. (2015). Footprinting analysis of interactions between the largest eukaryotic RNase P/MRP protein Pop1 and RNase P/MRP RNA components. RNA, 21, 1591-1605. doi: 10.1261/rna.049007.114

Fagerlund, R. D., Staals, R. H. J., & Fineran, P. C. (2015). The Cpf1 CRISPR-Cas protein expands genome-editing tools. Genome Biology, 16, 251. doi: 10.1186/s13059-015-0824-9

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Wilkinson, M. E., Staals, R. H. J., Nakatani, Y., Fagerlund, R. D., Kieper, S., Opel-Reading, H. K., Krause, K. L., & Fineran, P. C. (2015, August-September). The structure of Cas1 and its role in adaptation in Type I-F CRISPR-Cas systems. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2014

Journal - Research Article

Luo, H., Jackson, S. A., Fagerlund, R. D., Summerfield, T. C., & Eaton-Rye, J. J. (2014). The importance of the hydrophilic region of PsbL for the plastoquinone electron acceptor complex of Photosystem II. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Bioenergetics, 1837(9), 1435-1446. doi: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2014.02.015

2013

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Jackson, S. A., Fagerlund, R. D., Hinds, M. G., Wilbanks, S. M., & Eaton-Rye, J. J. (2013). Structure-function studies of the Photosystem II extrinsic subunits of PsbQ and PsbP from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. In T. Kuang, C. Lu & L. Zhang (Eds.), Photosynthesis Research for Food, Fuel and the Future: 15th International Conference on Photosynthesis. (pp. 86-90). Berlin, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-32034-7_19

Fagerlund, R. D., Young, R., Luo, H., Bentley, F. K., & Eaton-Rye, J. J. (2013). Removal of the PsbT subunit of Photosystem II in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 causes Q_A oxidation to be blocked by dimethyl-p-benzoquinone. In T. Kuang, C. Lu & L. Zhang (Eds.), Photosynthesis Research for Food, Fuel and the Future: 15th International Conference on Photosynthesis. (pp. 79-82). Berlin, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-32034-7_17

2012

Journal - Research Article

Fagerlund, R. D., Ooi, P. L., & Wilbanks, S. M. (2012). Soluble expression and purification of tumor suppressor WT1 and its zinc finger domain. Protein Expression & Purification, 85(2), 165-172. doi: 10.1016/j.pep.2012.08.002

Bricker, T. M., Roose, J. L., Fagerlund, R. D., Frankel, L. K., & Eaton-Rye, J. J. (2012). The extrinsic proteins of Photosystem II. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Bioenergetics, 1817(1), 121-142. doi: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.07.006

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Eaton-Rye, J. J., Fagerlund, R. D., Jackson, S. A., & Mabbitt, P. D. (2012). The auxiliary proteins of Photosystem II in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes (ISPP). (pp. 48). Retrieved from http://www.ibmc.up.pt/ispp2012/

2011

Journal - Research Article

Liptak, M. D., Fagerlund, R. D., Ledgerwood, E. C., Wilbanks, S. M., & Bren, K. (2011). The proapoptotic G41S mutation to human cytochrome c alters the heme electronic structure and increases the electron self-exchange rate. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133(5), 1153-1155. doi: 10.1021/ja106328k

Fagerlund, R. D., & Eaton-Rye, J. J. (2011). The lipoproteins of cyanobacterial photosystem II. Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology B, 104(1-2), 191-203. doi: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2011.01.022

2010

Journal - Research Article

Jackson, S. A., Fagerlund, R. D., Wilbanks, S. M., & Eaton-Rye, J. J. (2010). Crystal structure of PsbQ from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 at 1.8 Å: Implications for binding and function in cyanobacterial photosystem II. Biochemistry, 49(13), 2765-2767. doi: 10.1021/bi100217h

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Fagerlund, R. D., & Eaton-Rye, J. J. (2010). Identifying the roles of protein subunits in solar water-splitting. Proceedings of the Otago Energy Research Centre (OERC) Symposium: Energy Future. Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/oerc/

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Josephs, T., Fagerlund, R., Hughes, G., Morison, I., Wilbanks, S., & Ledgerwood, L. (2010, September). Does the first naturally occurring mutation of Cytochrome C challenge the current understanding of apoptosis? Poster session presented at the Fourth Annual Division of Health Sciences Research Forum, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2009

Awarded Doctoral Degree

Fagerlund, R. D. (2009). Macromolecular interactions of tumour suppressor WT1 (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. 275p.

2008

Journal - Research Article

Morison, I. M., Cramer Bordé, E. M., Cheesman, E. J., Cheong, P. L., Holyoake, A. J., Fichelson, S., Weeks, R. J., Lo, A., Davies, S. M. K., Wilbanks, S. M., Fagerlund, R. D., Ludgate, M. W., da Silva Tatley, F. M., Coker, M. S. A., Bockett, N. A., Hughes, G., Pippig, D. A., Smith, M. P., … Ledgerwood, E. C. (2008). A mutation of human cytochrome c enhances the intrinsic apoptotic pathway but causes only thrombocytopenia. Nature Genetics, 40(4), 387-389. doi: 10.1038/ng.103

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Fagerlund, R. D., Eccles, M. R., & Wilbanks, S. M. (2008, November-December). Tumour suppressor WT1 binds DNA as a dimer. Poster session presented at the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the New Zealand Society of Plant Biologists Combined Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Fagerlund, R. D., Eccles, M. R., & Wilbanks, S. M. (2008, November-December). Tumour suppressor WT1 binds DNA as a dimer. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the New Zealand Society of Plant Biologists Combined Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2007

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Fagerlund, R. D., Eccles, M. R., & Wilbanks, S. M. (2007, August). Expression, purification and crystallisation of tumour suppressor WT1. Poster session presented at the 17th Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2006

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Wright, O., Fagerlund, R., & Wilbanks, S. (2006). Protein interaction ability of the N-terminus of tumour suppressor WT1. New Zealand Medical Journal, 119(1245). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/119-1245/2331/content.pdf

2005

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Fagerlund, R. D., Eccles, M. R., & Wilbanks, S. M. (2005, November). Oligomeric state and transcriptional function of tumour suppressor WT1. Poster session presented at the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2004

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Fagerlund, R. D., & Wilbanks, S. M. (2004, November). WT1 oligomeric state and transcriptional function. Poster session presented at the 14th Annual Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand.