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Fiona Stennard

Lecturer in Medical Sciences
School of Medicine

Room Level 2 , Medical Science 2

+61 3 6226 4673 (phone)

Fiona.Stennard@utas.edu.au

Dr Fiona Stennard is involved with undergraduate teaching in the School of Medicine. She has research experience from the United Kingdom and Australia, with a long standing interest in molecular biology and cell differentiation.

Biography

Fiona worked for five years as a post-doc in the laboratory of Nobel Prize winner, Professor John Gurdon, at the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom), studying the genetic control of early developmental decisions during embryogenesis. She was awarded a Royal Society and NH&MRC Howard Florey Fellowship that saw her return to Australia and join Professor Richard Harvey's developmental biology laboratory at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute in Sydney. Here, she pursued an interest in the genetic basis of mammalian heart development and congenital disease.

After a break from research, Fiona joined Professor David Small's laboratory at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research studying the potential mechanisms underlying Alzheimer's disease. She is most recently involved with undergraduate teaching in the School of Medicine.

Career summary

Qualifications

  • PhD, Biochemisty, University of Tasmania, 2005
  • Bsc (Hons), University of Tasmania, 1990

Teaching

Molecular biology, biochemistry, developmental biology

Teaching responsibility

  • CBA260 Biochemistry: Metabolism & Nutrition
  • CBA265 Molecular Biology in Health & Disease
  • CAM103 Scientific and Research Literacy
  • CAA209 Evidence Based Research Methods
  • CAM305 Functional Clinical Practice
  • CAM102 Foundations of Medicine 2

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Research Themes

Fiona's research on the mechanisms underlying Alzheimer's disease is aligned with the University's theme of Better Health.

Fields of Research

  • Cell metabolism (310103)
  • Developmental genetics (incl. sex determination) (310503)
  • Biochemistry and cell biology (310199)
  • Central nervous system (320903)
  • Cellular nervous system (320902)

Research Objectives

  • Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences (280111)
  • Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences (280102)
  • Clinical health (200199)
  • Other health (209999)

Publications

Total publications

19

Journal Article

(12 outputs)
YearCitationAltmetrics
2018Southam KA, Stennard F, Pavez C, Small DH, 'Knockout of amyloid β protein precursor (APP) expression alters synaptogenesis, neurite branching and axonal morphology of hippocampal neurons', Neurochemical Research pp. 1-10. ISSN 0364-3190 (2018) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1007/s11064-018-2512-0 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 20Web of Science - 21

Co-authors: Southam KA; Pavez C; Small DH

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2009Macindoe I, Glockner L, Vukasin P, Stennard FA, Costa MW, et al., 'Conformational Stability andDNA Binding Specificity of the Cardiac T-Box Transcription Factor Tbx20', Journal of Molecular Biology, 389 pp. 606-618. ISSN 0022-2836 (2009) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.04.056 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 22Web of Science - 22

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2007Prall OW, Menon Mk, Solloway MJ, Watanabe Y, Zaffran S, et al., 'An Nkx2-5/Bmp2/Smad1 negative feedback loop controls second heart field progenitor specification and proliferation', Cell, 128, (5) pp. 947-959. ISSN 0092-8674 (2007) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2007.01.042 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 422Web of Science - 384

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2004Allison R, Czaplinski K, Adegbenro E, Stennard FA, Houliston E, et al., 'Two distinct Staufen isoforms in Xenopus are vegetally localized during oogenesis', R N A: (Ribonucleic Acid), 10, (11) pp. 1751-63. ISSN 1355-8382 (2004) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1261/rna.7450204 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 56Web of Science - 54

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2000Ryan K, Garrett N, Bourillot P-Y, Stennard FA, Gurdon JB, 'The Xenopus Eomesodermin promoter and its concentration-dependent response to activin', Mechanisms of Development, 94 pp. 133-146. ISSN 0925-4773 (2000) [Refereed Article]

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1999Gurdon JB, Standley H, Dyson S, Butler K, Langon T, et al., 'Single cells can sense their position in a morphogen gradient', Development (Cambridge), 126, (23) pp. 5309-17. ISSN 0950-1991 (1999) [Refereed Article]

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Citations: Web of Science - 60

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1999Stennard FA, Zorn AM, Ryan K, Garrett N, Gurdon JB, 'Differential expression of VegT and Antipodean protein isoforms in Xenopus', Mechanisms of Development, 86 pp. 87-98. ISSN 0925-4773 (1999) [Refereed Article]

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1997Holloway AF, Stennard FA, Dziegielewska KM, Weller WL, West AK, 'Localisation and expression of metallothionein immunoreactivity in the developing sheep brain', International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, 15, (2) pp. 195-203. ISSN 0736-5748 (1997) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5748(96)00091-3 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 27Web of Science - 29

Co-authors: Holloway AF; Dziegielewska KM; Weller WL; West AK

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1997Holloway AF, Stennard FA, West AK, 'Human metallothionein gene MT1L mRNA is present in several human tissues but is unlikely to produce a metallothionein protein', FEBS Letters, 404, (1) pp. 41-44. ISSN 0014-5793 (1997) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(97)00082-3 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 7

Co-authors: Holloway AF; West AK

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1996Stennard FA, Carnac G, Gurdon JB, 'The Xenopus T-box gene, Antipodean, encodes a vegetally localised maternal mRNA and can trigger mesoderm formation', Development (Cambridge), 122, (12) pp. 4179-88. ISSN 0950-1991 (1996) [Refereed Article]

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Citations: Web of Science - 180

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1995Stennard FA, Stewart TC, West AK, 'Effect of prior, low-level cadmium exposure in vivo on metallothionein expression in cultured lymphocytes', Journal of Applied Toxicology, 15, (1) pp. 63-67. ISSN 0260-437X (1995) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1002/jat.2550150114 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 8Web of Science - 8

Co-authors: West AK

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1995West AK, Stennard FA, Tohyama C, 'Metallothioneins: new tricks for an old dog', Today's Life Science, 7, (6) pp. 46-49. ISSN 1033-6893 (1995) [Refereed Article]

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Citations: Scopus - 1

Co-authors: West AK

Chapter in Book

(1 outputs)
YearCitationAltmetrics
1999West AK, Holloway AF, Stennard FA, Miller JM, 'Metallothionein expression in the mammalian brain', Metallothionein IV, Birkh user, CD Klaassen (ed), Boston, pp. 377-382. ISBN 0-8176-5830-0 (1999) [Research Book Chapter]

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Co-authors: West AK; Holloway AF; Miller JM

Review

(2 outputs)
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2005Stennard FA, Harvey RP, 'T-box transcription factors and their roles in regulatory hierarchies in the developing heart', Development (Cambridge), 132, (22) pp. 4897-910. ISSN 0950-1991 (2005) [Substantial Review]

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1998Stennard FA, 'Xenopus differentiation: VegT gets specific', Current Biology, 8, (25) pp. R928-30. ISSN 0960-9822 (1998) [Review Several Works]

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Conference Publication

(2 outputs)
YearCitationAltmetrics
1995Holloway AF, Stennard FA, West AK, 'Expression of mammalian metallothioneins during development', Congress of the European Developmental Biology Organisation, Toulouse, France, pp. 135. (1995) [Conference Extract]

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Co-authors: Holloway AF; West AK

1995Holloway AF, Stennard FA, West AK, 'Expression of metallothionein isoforms in mammals', Lorne Genome Conference, Lorne, Vic, pp. 1-48. (1995) [Conference Extract]

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Co-authors: Holloway AF; West AK

Thesis

(1 outputs)
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1995Stennard FA, 'Human metallothionein genes' (1995) [PhD]

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Entry

(1 outputs)
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2016Southam K, Stennard FA, Small DH, 'App', Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules, S Choi (ed), pp. 1-8 (2016) [Entry]

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6438-9_101532-1 [eCite] [Details]

Co-authors: Southam K; Small DH

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