My yeast and human genomics lab investigates lipid storage diseases as well as traditional medicines with Māori & Pacific Island organisations and communities.
Joined May 2018
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1 Sep 2023
Congratulations to Storm for defending her PhD thesis! Ngā mihi nui (thank you) @manucaddie for starting this project---inspiring research with Hikurangi Bioactives. From @WellingtonUni @VicUniWgtn to @Columbia --best wishes Storm on your postdoc with @RebeccaHaeusler.
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16 Dec 2021
Congrats @NHMUMycology
16 Dec 2021
This wins the "best paper title of 2021" award:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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19 Nov 2021
Great thread. Congrats on the new paper reporting the mass spec method you, Allegra and your team used to detect iron chelation of compounds in our @Seeseei1 Samoan medicinal plant.
19 Nov 2021
biology. Biology, the interior of the cell is a sea of metals, yet we mostly think of small molecules without their counter-ions. When @mraffatellu asked us if we could help find the zinc-binding molecule in E.coli nissile, @petras_daniel and @AllegraAron teamed up in the
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17 Nov 2021
Hope everybody had a good lunchbreak from lab. Where's the lipids at your lunch @tim_salita ?
17 Nov 2021
First Reidlab lunch in at least a year. So good to see everyone (almost) again in person @ChemistryUoM @Bio21Institute @tim_salita @ShqSU
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16 Nov 2021
The earth’s secret miracle worker is not a plant or an animal. It’s fungi | Giuliana Furci theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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9 Nov 2021
Get to Know New Zealand's Hugely Popular, Thrillingly Blue Mushroom @atlasobscura atlasobscura.com/articles/bl…
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4 Nov 2021
Congratulations Mark.
4 Nov 2021
Happy to be awarded one of these this year for a collaboration with Ilia Voskoboinik from @PeterMacCC for our work on cytotoxic lymphocytes in lysosomal storage disorders, following on from our work in NPC. Congrats Ilia!
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2 Nov 2021
#Indigenous knowledge #Yeast #genomics Bioactivity-guided #metabolomics = Molecular insight into #ethnobotany
Sweet collaboration of healers & scientists @Seeseei1 @djjgresham @Pdorrestein1 @GNPS_UCSD @darachm among others.
pnas.org/content/118/45/e210…
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2 Nov 2021
Fa'afetai (thank you) @sapeermayronnz for writing this article about our new publication. @Seeseei1 @MunkacsiLab
1 Nov 2021
Traditional Samoan medicine found as effective as ibuprofen by scientists stuff.co.nz/national/health/… malo @sapeermayronnz
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2 Nov 2021
Fa’amalo (Congratulations) @Seeseei1 and Helen for leading our new publication in @PNASNews.
1st PhD student (Seeseei) & 1st first postdoc (Helen) in our lab: you both are premiere scientists.
pnas.org/content/118/45/e210…
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26 Aug 2021
Proud to be part of an upcoming public lecture at the Florey with my colleague @HungYaHui and Mandy from @NiemannPickOz - we will talk about how clinicians and researchers can partner with families in ultra-rare disease:
florey.edu.au/events/niemann…
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2 Jun 2021
Congratulations Jeanne!!! Love the shirt too reflecting your previous work on fungi (yeast).
2 Jun 2021
Finally got to the package with my official 2019 @arisimpacts fellowship plaque! A very belated thanks a million @JulieRisien
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27 May 2021
This is durian. Chemists identified ~45 molecules that make up durian’s odor covering a variety of smells: honey, roasted onion, caramel, skunk & rotten egg. A recent study narrowed those down to just two molecules the researchers say can mimic the fruit’s overall smell.
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8 Mar 2021
Faamalo faafetai (congratulations) @Seeseei1. Great to see you earn this award on International Women's Day.
4 Mar 2021
Awardee Dr Seeseei Molimau-Samasoni 🇼🇸 said that her own experience as a young woman working in #agscience meant she was driven to learn how to build a work environment that was inclusive and supportive for other young women entering the field.
#genderequality #AgR4D
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2 Mar 2021
Congratulations Jennifer (& other recipients!) Jennifer's research @Te_Papa #OtariWiltonsBush @WellingtonUni will help 1 of NZ's most #threatened #orchids #proudsupervisor
Wellington students awarded new $15,000 DOC scholarships for conservation research stuff.co.nz/environment/1244…
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28 Feb 2021
Remember:
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Or sign a petition to parliment to establish a National Rare Disorder Framework in line with other OECD countries: our.actionstation.org.nz/pet…
#RareDiseaseDay
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3 Feb 2021
We are recruiting PostDocs and PhD students! Keywords: functional genomics, genetic interactions, robotics, CRISPR screens, yeast genetics & human cell culture. Please RT. More info: vanleeuwenlab.com/apply.php
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26 Jan 2021
A small project we did during level 3 lockdown last year!
Hydrated Rubrolides from the New Zealand Tunicate Synoicum kuranui pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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3 Jan 2021
The other superbugs: Killer fungi are the threat we need to act on now bit.ly/38WlkQA
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