Dr Tanya Day
Position:
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide
Credentials:
- PhD at Flinders University
- BBiotech (Hons) at Flinders University
Biography:
Dr Day undertook studies for a Bachelor of Biotechnology (Hons) at Flinders University, where she also subsequently completed her PhD in Radiation / Molecular Biology, investigating the molecular changes that occur as a result of radiation-induced DNA damage and the relevance of these changes to the development of cancer.
Studies performed as part of her PhD made significant contributions to the field of low dose radiation research, and resulted in the publication of eight manuscripts.
Dr Day’s first postdoctoral period was spent at The Prostate Centre at Vancouver General Hospital, with Professor Martin Gleave, investigating the pro-and anti-apoptotic role of clusterin splice variants in prostate cancer. She now works with Professor Wayne Tilley at the Dame Roma Mitchell Cancer Research Centre at Adelaide University, investigating the role of aberrant AR-signalling in modifying gene expression in prostate cancer development.
Dr Day’s research interests also include epigenetics, development of gene signatures, DNA damage-induced molecular changes in cancer and bioinformatics.
cancer progression, gene regulation, gene signatures/biomarkers, mouse models of cancer, epigenetics, bioinformatics, cell biology.
