Kaylyn Davis Tousignant
Positions
- PhD Candidate, APCRC-Q, Queensland University of Technology
Biography
Kaylyn is in the second year of herPhD in which she is investigating lipid metabolism as an adaptive response to androgen-targeted therapies in prostate cancer. Ii 2015,she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Allied Health and Medical Science from Elon University (North Carolina, USA) where she was award the Lumen prize, a competitive research scholarship that allowed her to complete 4 years research experience developing her project entitled “Investigating the effects of obesogens on the microbiota and systemic health in zebrafish”.
Awards and grants
Awards
|
2017 |
Best poster prize, Brisbane Cell and Developmental Biology Meeting |
Research interests
Prostate cancer, androgen-targeted therapies, cell metabolism, lipid metabolism in cancer
Current research projects
Investigation of changes in lipid uptake and remodelling in response to androgen targeted therapies in prostate cancer
Team
- Jennifer Gunter Senior Research Associate (Cancer Metabolism), APCRC-Q
- Lisa Philp Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Adipokines), APCRC-Q
- Martin Sadowski Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Colleen Nelson (not in use) Executive Director, APCRC-Q
- Derek Richard Scientific Director, Cancer and Ageing Research Program, Faculty of Health, QUT
Collaborators
Dr Stephen Blanksby, Dr Lisa Butler, Dr Johan Swinnen
Professional memberships and associations
|
2016-present |
Member of APCRC-Q |
