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Julia Horsfield

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Julia Horsfield
Born
Julia Anne Horsfield
AwardsFulbright scholarship
Academic background
EducationVictoria University of Wellington
Alma materUniversity of Otago
Academic work
DisciplineBiochemist, developmental geneticist
InstitutionsUniversity 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

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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 a 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). In 2007 she joined the University of Otago, 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.[5]

Selected works

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  • Antonie Kline; Ian D Krantz; Masashige Bando; et al. (15 March 2019). "Cornelia de Lange syndrome, related disorders, and the Cohesin complex: Abstracts from the 8th biennial scientific and educational symposium 2018". American Journal of Medical Genetics. 179 (6): 1080–1090. doi:10.1002/AJMG.A.61108. ISSN 1552-4825. PMID 30874362. Wikidata Q92383071.
  • Julia Horsfield (5 April 2019). "Packaging development: how chromatin controls transcription in zebrafish embryogenesis". Biochemical Society Transactions. 47 (2): 713–724. doi:10.1042/BST20180617. ISSN 0300-5127. PMID 30952803. Wikidata Q92885551.
  • Judith Marsman; Gregory Gimenez; Robert C Day; Julia A Horsfield; Gregory T Jones (1 March 2020). "A non-coding genetic variant associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm alters ERG gene regulation". Human Molecular Genetics. 29 (4): 554–565. doi:10.1093/HMG/DDZ256. ISSN 0964-6906. PMC 7068029. PMID 31691800. Wikidata Q91135241.
  • Sarada Ketharnathan; Anastasia Labudina; Julia A Horsfield (7 December 2020). "Cohesin Components Stag1 and Stag2 Differentially Influence Haematopoietic Mesoderm Development in Zebrafish Embryos". Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 8: 617545. doi:10.3389/FCELL.2020.617545. ISSN 2296-634X. PMC 7750468. PMID 33365313. Wikidata Q104578547.

References

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  1. ^ "New Genetics Otago Director excited by challenge". University of Otago. 7 September 2017. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Our People, Chromosome Structure and Development Group". University of Otago. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Dr Julia Horsfield". University of Otago. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  4. ^ "About the Otago Zebrafish Facility". University of Otago. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  5. ^ a b "10 December 2019, 30 new Professors for the University of Otago". University of Otago. 10 December 2019. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  6. ^ "13 April 2015, Otago scientist gains grant for innovative gout research". University of Otago. 13 April 2015. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Fulbright Award for GO Director". University of Otago. 22 February 2019. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Julia Anne Horsfield". CIES. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
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