Fiona J. McDonald
Fiona Jean McDonald is a New Zealand physiologist, professor and head of the McDonald Lab and the Department of Physiology at the University of Otago.[1][2]
Fiona J. McDonald | |
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Born | Roxburgh, New Zealand |
Nationality | New Zealand |
Education | University of Otago |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Awards | Fulbright scholarship |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Otago |
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Academic career
McDonald was born in Roxburgh, New Zealand.[3] After graduating from St Hilda's Collegiate School in Dunedin she completed a BSc at the University of Otago.[3] She then studied at the University of Oxford for a DPhil for her thesis, "Studies on the role of FGF-4 in mouse development".[4][5] In 2011 McDonald was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study the function of a protein named COMMD10 at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.[3][6] Returning to her position at Otago, she was promoted to full professor, with effect from 1 February 2020.[7]
Selected works
- Adam W Ware; Sahib R Rasulov; Tanya T Cheung; Shaun Lott; Fiona J McDonald (28 October 2019). "Membrane trafficking pathways regulating the epithelial sodium channel, ENaC". American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology. doi:10.1152/AJPRENAL.00277.2019. ISSN 1931-857X. PMID 31657249. Wikidata Q90966259.
- Tanya T Cheung; Anna C Geda; Adam W Ware; Sahib R Rasulov; Polly Tenci; Kirk L Hamilton; Fiona J McDonald (5 October 2020). "Retromer is involved in epithelial sodium channel trafficking". American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology. doi:10.1152/AJPRENAL.00198.2019. ISSN 1931-857X. PMID 33017185. Wikidata Q100444727.
- Puja Paudel; Fiona J McDonald; Martin Fronius (4 December 2020). "The δ subunit of Epithelial sodium channel in humans - a potential player in vascular physiology". American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology. doi:10.1152/AJPHEART.00800.2020. ISSN 0363-6135. PMID 33275523. Wikidata Q104069083.
- Fiona J McDonald (16 December 2020). "Explosion in the complexity of membrane protein recycling". American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology. doi:10.1152/AJPCELL.00171.2020. ISSN 0363-6143. PMID 33326310. Wikidata Q104483535.
References
- "McDonald Lab". University of Otago. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- "Our people in the Department of Physiology". University of Otago. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- Gibb, John (26 October 2011). "Fulbright awards for Otago trio". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- "Profile: Professor Fiona McDonald". University of Otago. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- McDonald, Fiona Jean (1992). Studies on the role of FGF-4 in mouse development (Ph.D. thesis). University of Oxford.
- "Fulbright Awards for three Otago academics". University of Otago. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- "30 new Professors for the University of Otago". University of Otago. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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