Dr Carolina Soekmadji
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Biography
Dr Carolina Soekmadji undergraduate studies were in food science at Bogor University, Indonesia. She then went on to do a Masters degree in protein structure at Kyoto University in Japan. Then after one year working in Germany, she began a Phd in Genetics and Biochemistry at the university of Melbourne. In 2010, she joined Queensland University of Technology (QUT). She is passionate about finding novel personalised therapies for advanced prostate cancer particularly in relation to extracellular vesicles. Dr Soekmadji has been investigating the possibility of using exosomes as prognostic biomarkers in prostate cancer. She has been involved in an international collaborative grant, the Movember Global Action Plan for Exosome Biomarkers, which aims to develop non-invasive exosome-based assays for screening and treating porstate cancer. One of Dr Soekmadji’s current projects is investigating extracellular vesicle signatures as novel biomarkers of prostate cancer and the extracellular vesicle pathways in prostate cancer.Personal details
Keywords
extracellular vesicles, exocytosis, exosomes, prostate cancer, cancer, androgen, androgen receptor, endocytosis
Discipline
Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Other Biological Sciences
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (The University of Melbourne)
Professional memberships and associations
Professional affiliations:
International Society for Extracellular Vesicles (ISEV)-Board of Directors Members-at-Large (Asia Pacific)
Prostate Cancer Knowledge Exchange Platform (Promoveo-Movember)-Member
Australian-Canadian Prostate Cancer Research Alliance (ACPCRA)-Member
Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR)-Member
Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre-Queensland (APCRC-Q)-Postdoc fellow
Clinical Oncology Society Australia- Member
Australasian Metastasis Research Society - Member
Teaching
2015 Guest Lecturer LQB182 – Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Health (QUT).
2015 Guest Lecturer LQB583/LQN583 Molecular systems biology, Faculty of Health (QUT).
2011- now assessor and supervisor for thesis, proposals, undergraduate and graduate research
2015 Guest Lecturer LQB583/LQN583 Molecular systems biology, Faculty of Health (QUT).
2011- now assessor and supervisor for thesis, proposals, undergraduate and graduate research
Selected publications
- Soekmadji C, other a, Kim D, Lee J, Kim S, Choi D, Yoon Y, Kim J, Go G, Nhung D, Hong K, Jang S, (2015) EVpedia: a community web portal for extracellular vesicles research, Bioinformatics, 31 (6), pp. 933-939.
- Tse B, Cowin G, Soekmadji C, Jovanovic L, Vasireddy R, Ling P, Khatri A, Liu T, Thierry B, Russell P, (2015) PSMA-targeting iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles enhance MRI of preclinical prostate cancer, Nanomedicine, 10 (3), pp. 375-386.
- Da Silva Liberio M, Sadowski M, Soekmadji C, Davis R, Nelson C, (2014) Differential effects of tissue culture coating substrates on prostate cancer cell adherence, morphology and behavior, PLoS One, 9 (11), pp. 1-13.
- Soekmadji C, Russell P, Nelson C, (2013) Exosomes in prostate cancer: putting together the pieces of a puzzle, Cancers, 5 (4), pp. 1522-1544.
- Soekmadji C, Russell P, Hill M, Dunne J, Jordan T, Nelson C, (2013) Androgen influence on prostate cancer exosomes production and content [Conference Abstract], BJU International, 112, pp. 36-37.
- Soekmadji C, Angkawidjaja C, Kelly L, (2012) Ca2+ regulates the Drosophila stoned-A and stoned-B proteins interaction with the C2B domain of synaptotagmin-1, PLoS One, 7 (6), pp. 1-11.
- Jang Y, Soekmadji C, Mitchell J, Thomas W, Thorn P, (2012) Real-time measurement of F-actin remodelling during exocytosis using lifeact-EGFP transgenic animals, PLoS One, 7 (7), pp. 1-7.
- Talukdar S, Mandal M, Hutmacher D, Russell P, Soekmadji C, Kundu S, (2011) Engineered silk fibroin protein 3D matrices for in vitro tumor model, Biomaterials, 32 (8), pp. 2149-2159.
- Soekmadji C, Thorn P, (2010) Secretory control: Evidence for agonist regulation of post-fusion vesicle behaviour, Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 37 (2), pp. 218-221.
- Takahashi N, Terakado K, Nakamura G, Soekmadji C, Masuoka T, Yamasaki M, Hirose M, (2005) Dynamic mechanism for the serpin loop insertion as revealed by quantitative kinetics, Journal of Molecular Biology, 348 (2), pp. 409-418.
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- International Collaboration
- Reference year
- 2015
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- 2015-2018 co-leader Exosomes, PI: AProf Lisa Butler (Univ of Adelaide)
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2014
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- FY2011 Department of Defense US Army Prostate Cancer Program Postdoctoral Training Award for 2 years
- Type
- Other
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Guest Lecturer LQB583/LQN583 Molecular systems biology, Faculty of Health (QUT).
- Type
- Committee Role/Editor or Chair of an Academic Conference
- Reference year
- 2013
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- Chair of TRI Tuesday Seminar Series Organizing Committee
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Best poster presentation at ISEV 2014 Netherland
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2008
- Details
- 2004-2008 International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS)
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2007
- Details
- 2007 Graduate/Postdoctoral Travel Awards from ASBMB (American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) to attend and present the 2007 ASBMB Annual Meeting on Washington DC, USA.
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2007
- Details
- 2007 Melbourne Abroad Travelling Scholarship (MATS) from The University of Melbourne to attend international conferences.
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2003
- Details
- 2000-2003 Panasonic Scholarship from Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. for 1 year Research Student and 2 years Master by research in Japan.