Dr Felipe Fenselau de Felippes
Faculty of Science,
School of Biology & Environmental Science
Biography
Dr de Felippes has focused most of his career studying the mechanism of RNA interference in plants, which plays a critical role in many physiological processes, from development to defense against viruses. He completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil. He then joined the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology (Tübingen, Germany) as a Ph.D. student, and later worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland. In 2017, Dr de Felippes joined the group of Prof. Peter Waterhouse at the Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy (CAB) - QUT, as a Senior Research Associate. Since then, he has been engaged in research involving the RNA interference pathway, plant response to abiotic stress, protection against virus, gene regulation, and genomics.
Personal details
Positions
- Senior Research Associate
Faculty of Science,
School of Biology & Environmental Science
Keywords
Control of gene expression, small RNAs, Gene silencing, RNA interference, Plant biotechnology, Plant molecular and cell biology, Genomics, Genome Structure and regulation
Research field
Plant biology, Genetics, Other biological sciences
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology)
Teaching
Dr de Felippes is currently a lecturer at BVB317 - Principles of Genomics and Biotechnology
Publications
- F. de Felippes, F., McHale, M., Doran, R., Roden, S., Eamens, A., Finnegan, E. & Waterhouse, P. (2020). The key role of terminators on the expression and post-transcriptional gene silencing of transgenes. Plant Journal, 104(1), 96–112. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/231734
- De Felippes, F., Wang, J. & Weigel, D. (2012). MIGS: miRNA-induced gene silencing. Plant Journal, 70(3), 541–547. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/231738
- De Felippes, F., Marchais, A., Sarazin, A., Oberlin, S. & Voinnet, O. (2017). A single miR390 targeting event is sufficient for triggering TAS3-tasiRNA biogenesis in Arabidopsis. Nucleic Acids Research, 45(9), 5539–5554. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/231735
- de Felippes, F. & Waterhouse, P. (2023). Plant terminators: The unsung heroes of gene expression. Journal of Experimental Botany, 74(7), 2239–2250. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/241486
- Asadyar, L., de Felippes, F., Bally, J., Blackman, C., An, J., Sussmilch, F., Moghaddam, L., Williams, B., Blanksby, S., Brodribb, T. & Waterhouse, P. (2024). Evidence for within-species transition between drought response strategies in Nicotiana benthamiana. New Phytologist, 244(2), 464–476. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/250368
- de Felippes, F. & Waterhouse, P. (2020). The Whys and Wherefores of Transitivity in Plants. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, Article 579376. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/231732
- De Felippes, F., Shand, K. & Waterhouse, P. (2022). Identification of a Transferrable Terminator Element That Inhibits Small RNA Production and Improves Transgene Expression Levels. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, Article 877793. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/231752
- de Felippes, F., (2019). Gene Regulation Mediated by microRNA-Triggered Secondary Small RNAs in Plants. Plants, 8(5), Article 112. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/231751
- Ranawaka, B., An, J., Lorenc, M., Jung, H., Sulli, M., Aprea, G., Roden, S., Llaca, V., Hayashi, S., Asadyar, L., LeBlanc, Z., Ahmed, F., Naim, F., Bolzan De Campos, S., Cooper, T., Fenselau de Felippes, F., Dong, P., Zhong, S., Garcia-Carpintero, V. & Orzaez, D. (2023). A multi-omic Nicotiana benthamiana resource for fundamental research and biotechnology. Nature Plants, 9(9), 1558–1571. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/241500
- Ranawaka, B., Hayashi, S., Waterhouse, P. & de Felippes, F. (2020). Homo sapiens: The superspreader of plant viral diseases. Viruses, 12(12), Article 1462. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/231730
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Supervision
Current supervisions
- A new CRISPR-based approach for the regulation of gene expression based on the terminator function
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Emeritus Professor Peter Waterhouse, Professor Peter Prentis, Dr Satomi Hayashi - Development of synthetic biology tools in Nicotiana benthamiana
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Emeritus Professor Peter Waterhouse, Dr Julia Bally, Dr Jiyuan An - Investigating the Role of Terminators on the Expression of Stress-Responsive Genes in Plants
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Emeritus Professor Peter Waterhouse - Molecular Mechanisms driving Bcl-2 3UTR Mediated Stress Tolerance in Plants
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Brett Williams
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
Supervision topics
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.