Professor Derek Richard
Faculty of Health,
School of Biomedical Sciences
Biography
BSc (Hons) University of Dundee, UK
PhD, University of Dundee, UK
ARC Future Fellow 2010-present
Personal details
Positions
- Professor
Faculty of Health,
School of Biomedical Sciences
Research field
Biochemistry and cell biology, Microbiology, Oncology and carcinogenesis
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD (University of Dundee)
Publications
Filter publications:
A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/derek.richard
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Developing inhalable dry powder of ivermectin-loaded lipid polymer hybrid nanoparticles for pulmonary delivery against lung cancer
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Adjunct Professor Godwin Ayoko, Associate Professor Nazrul Islam - Development of 3D cell culture model for high throughput screening of oxidative stress and DNA repair markers in ageing adult stem cells
MPhil, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Karsten Schrobback - Development of an aptamer against the immune checkpoint protein B7-H4
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Ken O'Byrne, Dr Laura Croft, Dr Karsten Schrobback - Dissecting SASH1 Regulation by c-Abl and Its Functional Role in the DNA Damage Response
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Amila Suraweera, Professor Ken O'Byrne - Functional and Biophysical characterisation of TIMLESS-PARP1 interactions in DNA Repair
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Adjunct Professor Neha S. Gandhi, Associate Professor Jamie Riches, Professor Ken O'Byrne - Improving chemotherapy and targeted therapy sensitivity by targeting miRNAs associated with drug resistance in lung cancers
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Mark Adams, Dr Adi Idris - Investigating the Functional Association Between Cell Division Cycle Associated Protein 3 and Mammalian Target of Rapamycin and the Implications for EGFR-Mutant NSCLC
MPhil, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Mark Adams, Professor Ken O'Byrne - Investigating the role of PARP7, AHR, ARNT nexus in DNA damage repair
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Amila Suraweera, Professor Ken O'Byrne - Novel Ecofriendly Biopolymer Based Drug Delivery Carriers and Biosensors: A New Paradigm in Cancer Theranostics
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Emad Kiriakous, Associate Professor Nazrul Islam - Targeting Drug Metabolism to Overcome Chemoresistance in Solid Cancers
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Mark Adams, Professor Ken O'Byrne
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- How Banf1 Functions to Inhibit the Activity of PARP1 (2025)
- The Role of Retinoblastoma Binding Protein 7 (RBBP7) in Maintaining Genomic Stability (2025)
- Deep learning mediated identification of the origins of cancer of unknown primary (2024)
- Development of novel strategies to modulate the activity of integrator complex subunit 3 (INTS3) and Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) (2024)
- Investigating Novel Roles for THOC4 in DNA Double Strand Break Repair and EGFR-Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (2024)
- Investigation of the Association Between Metabolism and DNA Repair (2024)
- Machine Learning Models for Radiogenomics in Cancer (2024)
- Molecular recognition of anion binding proteins: Characterization and inhibition (2024)
- Targeting Banf1 and the Lem Domain Proteins in Triple Negative Breast Cancer (2024)
- The role of Banf1 in mechanisms of cellular ageing and cancer prognosis (2024)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
- Investigating the effects of ageing on DNA repair in mesenchymal stromal cells (2024)
- Pharmacogenomics of an Australian Indigenous populations (2024)
- Assessing the efficacy of a new oligonucleotide drug in triple negative breast cancer (2023)
- Clinical validation of candidate biomarkers in non-small cell lung cancer (2023)
- Characterisation of THOC4 Response to Replicative Stress (2018)
- The Dynamic Nature of Transglutaminases (2018)
Supervision topics
- Understanding the role of the hSSB1 protein in the response to UV induced DNA damage
- Investigating DNA repair mechanisms in aging adult stem cells
- Spatial profiling of the tumour microenvironment
- Improving platinum-based chemotherapy by targeting drug metabolism in lung cancer
- Characterising a DNA repair protein as an anti-cancer therapeutic target and diagnostic marker in brain cancer
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.