QBI’s Centre for Brain Genomics managed to attract another outstanding individual to join the team: Dr. Sam Lukowski.
Sam obtained a PhD in 2011 for his work on the post-transcriptional regulation of the human CFTR gene – the gene responsible for the fatal, inherited disease cystic fibrosis – with Associate Professors Ann Trezise and Joe Rothnagel at The University of Queensland. Previously, he completed a BSc at Griffith University and a Master of Molecular Biology at the University of Queensland. Following the completion of his doctoral studies, he worked as a Research Officer at the Australian Equine Genetics Research Centre. In 2010, he was awarded a UniQuest Pathfinder grant, under which he continued to work on the modulation of CFTR gene expression using exogenous DNA.
Sam brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in both diagnostic and research-based molecular genetics and will enable the application and development of new library-preparation protocols to realize QBI’s vision of boutique sequencing project to answer neuroscience-specific research questions.
