Associate ProfessorVanessa Morris

Associate Professor

School of Biological Sciences

  • Associate Professor
    School of Biological Sciences
  • +6433690532 (Work)
  • Julius von Haast 422

TEACHING & SUPERVISION

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Novel biomarker assays from Alzheimer's disease tear fluid
    1 Jun 2026 - 30 Nov 2027
    Hamilton, Shiane
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Characterisation of biomarkers in Parkinson’s disease reflex tear fluid
    16 Feb 2026 - 30 Nov 2026
    Grant, Aleshya
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Impact of Hypothiocyanous Acid on Caspase 6 and Cell Death Mechanisms
    1 Feb 2026 - 31 Jan 2027
    Kemp-Dale, Charlotte
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Investigating oxidation-driven amyloid formation of ankyrin repeat proteins
    14 Jul 2025
    Rawlins, Megan
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    TBD
    1 May 2025
    Goelitz, Annika
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    TBD
    1 May 2025
    Greene, Grant
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Tears of hope: the use of tear fluid for diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease
    1 Feb 2025
    Sohata, Jasmine
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Exploiting Kinetic Barriers in Aβ42 Aggregation: Comparing Fibril Formation Rates as a Potential Noninvasive Biomarker for Alzheimer’s Disease
    1 Dec 2024 - 15 Feb 2025
    Hamilton, Shy
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Amyloid-like assemblies of caspase proteins are regulated by a redox switch and influence cell death and inflammation outcomes
    1 Nov 2024
    Austad, Sydney
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Unravelling protein interactions involved in Alzheimer's disease.
    15 Jul 2024 - 23 Jun 2025
    Cooper, Harrison
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Elucidating the structure and function of a novel endolysin for use as an antimicrobial agent against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    1 Apr 2024
    Aitken, Mackenzie
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Development of toxin-sensing device using the aryl hydrocarbon receptor protein
    19 Feb 2024 - 31 Oct 2024
    Abdelmaksoud, Ziad
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Understanding the protein-protein interactions in Alzheimer’s disease
    5 Dec 2023 - 15 Feb 2024
    Rana, Sonal
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Development of toxin-sensing device using the aryl hydrocarbon receptor protein
    20 Nov 2023 - 15 Feb 2024
    Abdelmaksoud, Ziad
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The amyloid fibril formation of the human tumour suppressor protein p18INK4C
    1 Jun 2023
    Hamzah, Emilie
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Understanding amyloid fibril formation of human tumor suppressor p16INK4a
    1 Jun 2023
    Gray, Shelby
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Elucidating the structure and function of a novel endolysin for use as an antimicrobial agent against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    20 Feb 2023 - 11 Nov 2023
    Aitken, Mackenzie
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Understanding a novel oxidation-induced amyloid formation mechanism of a tumour suppressor protein
    1 Feb 2023
    de Cordovez, Pierre
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Exploring the response of p16ᴵᴺᴷ⁴ᵃ to oxidation in human cells
    1 Jan 2023 - 30 Jun 2024
    Botha, Alex
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Developing new methods for cancer diagnosis
    21 Nov 2022 - 15 Feb 2023
    Smith, Briana
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Unravelling the functional impact of the p16INK4a transition into amyloid fibrils using zebrafish recombinant protein
    1 Nov 2022
    Sethi, Aakriti
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Investigating oxidative regulation of the cell death control protein caspase 8
    1 Jul 2022
    Schwartfeger, Abigail
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Illuminating the Amyloid State of Tumour Suppressor Protein p16ᴵᴺᴷ⁴ᵃ with Fluorescent Probes
    21 Feb 2022 - 26 Oct 2022
    Botha, Alex
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The effect of physiological oxidants on the amyloid formation of the tumour suppressor protein p16INK4a
    21 Feb 2022 - 26 Oct 2022
    Smith, Briana
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Amyloid fibril formation of human tumour suppressor protein p18INK4c
    17 Feb 2022 - 17 Nov 2022
    Hamzah, Emilie