Overview
Background
Dr. Gabriela Bodea received her PhD in 2014 with highest honours (Summa cum laude) from the University of Bonn, Germany. Subsequently, Dr Bodea joined the Genome Plasticity and Disease group at the Mater Research Institute in Australia. Here, Dr. Bodea began investigating the role of LINE-1 retrotransposons, a class of mobile DNA elements colloquially referred to as "jumping genes", in creating genetic variability within neurons. In 2017, Dr. Bodea joined the Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, where she is currently a Research Fellow in the Computational and Molecular Biology lab. Dr. Bodea's research aims to understand how the dynamic regulation of retrotransposons shapes neuronal identity in the mammalian brain and why certain neuronal subtypes are more susceptible to neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders. Dr Bodea's work has been supported by prestigious fellowships awarded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development. Dr. Bodea has published in top journals such as Nature Neuroscience, Cell Reports, Genome Research, and Development. Dr Bodea has also been involved in the training and mentorship of MSc and PhD students and participated in course coordination and lecturing activities.
Availability
- Dr Gabriela-Oana Bodea is:
- Not available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Bonn
Research interests
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Selective neuronal vulnerability to neurodegneration
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Environmental stress factors and mobile DNA regulation
Works
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Featured
2024
Journal Article
LINE-1 retrotransposons contribute to mouse PV interneuron development
Bodea, Gabriela O., Botto, Juan M., Ferreiro, Maria E., Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., de los Rios Barreda, Jose, Rasmussen, Jay, Rahman, Muhammed A., Fenlon, Laura R., Jansz, Natasha, Gubert, Carolina, Gerdes, Patricia, Bodea, Liviu-Gabriel, Ajjikuttira, Prabha, Da Costa Guevara, Darwin J., Cumner, Linda, Bell, Charles C., Kozulin, Peter, Billon, Victor, Morell, Santiago, Kempen, Marie-Jeanne H. C., Love, Chloe J., Saha, Karabi, Palmer, Lucy M., Ewing, Adam D., Jhaveri, Dhanisha J., Richardson, Sandra R., Hannan, Anthony J. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2024). LINE-1 retrotransposons contribute to mouse PV interneuron development. Nature Neuroscience, 27 (7), 1-34. doi: 10.1038/s41593-024-01650-2
Featured
2022
Journal Article
Somatic retrotransposition in the developing rhesus macaque brain
Billon, Victor, Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J, Rasmussen, Jay, Bodea, Gabriela O, Gerhardt, Daniel J, Gerdes, Patricia, Cheetham, Seth W, Schauer, Stephanie N, Ajjikuttira, Prabha, Meyer, Thomas J, Layman, Cora E, Nevonen, Kimberly A, Jansz, Natasha, Garcia-Perez, Jose L, Richardson, Sandra R, Ewing, Adam D, Carbone, Lucia and Faulkner, Geoffrey J (2022). Somatic retrotransposition in the developing rhesus macaque brain. Genome Research, 32 (7), gr.276451.121-1314. doi: 10.1101/gr.276451.121
Featured
2021
Journal Article
The transcription factor BCL11A defines distinct subsets of midbrain dopaminergic neurons
Tolve, Marianna , Ulusoy, Ayse, Patikas, Nikolaos, Islam, K. Ushna S. , Bodea, Gabriela O. , Öztürk, Ece, Broske, Bianca, Mentani, Astrid , Wagener, Antonia , van Loo, Karen M.J. , Britsch, Stefan , Liu, Pengtao , Khaled, Walid T. , Metzakopian, Emmanouil , Baader, Stephan L. , Di Monte, Donato A. and Blaess, Sandra (2021). The transcription factor BCL11A defines distinct subsets of midbrain dopaminergic neurons. Cell Reports, 36 (11) 109697, 109697. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109697
Featured
2021
Journal Article
No evidence of human genome integration of SARS-CoV-2 found by long-read DNA sequencing
Smits, Nathan, Rasmussen, Jay, Bodea, Gabriela O., Amarilla, Alberto A., Gerdes, Patricia, Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Ajjikuttira, Prabha, Modhiran, Naphak, Liang, Benjamin, Faivre, Jamila, Deveson, Ira W., Khromykh, Alexander A., Watterson, Daniel, Ewing, Adam D. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2021). No evidence of human genome integration of SARS-CoV-2 found by long-read DNA sequencing. Cell Reports, 36 (7) 109530, 109530. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109530
Featured
2018
Journal Article
Retrotransposon-induced mosaicism in the neural genome
Bodea, Gabriela O., McKelvey, Eleanor G. Z. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2018). Retrotransposon-induced mosaicism in the neural genome. Open Biology, 8 (7) 180074, 180074. doi: 10.1098/rsob.180074
Featured
2015
Journal Article
Establishing diversity in the dopaminergic system
Bodea, Gabriela O. and Blaess, Sandra (2015). Establishing diversity in the dopaminergic system. FEBS Letters (Federation of European Biochemical Socities), 589 (24, Part A), 3773-3785. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2015.09.016
Featured
2015
Journal Article
Ubiquitous L1 mosaicism in hippocampal neurons
Upton, Kyle R., Gerhardt, Daniel J., Jesuadian, J. Samuel, Richardson, Sandra R., Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Bodea, Gabriela O., Ewing, Adam D., Salvador-Palomeque, Carmen, van der Knaap, Mario S., Brennan, Paul M., Vanderver, Adeline and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2015). Ubiquitous L1 mosaicism in hippocampal neurons. Cell, 161 (2), 228-239. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.03.026
Featured
2014
Journal Article
Reelin and CXCL12 regulate distinct migratory behaviors during the development of the dopaminergic system
Bodea, Gabriela Oana, Spille, Jan-Hendrik, Abe, Philipp, Andersson, Aycan Senturk, Acker-Palmer, Amparo, Stumm, Ralf, Kubitscheck, Ulrich and Blaess, Sandra (2014). Reelin and CXCL12 regulate distinct migratory behaviors during the development of the dopaminergic system. Development, 141 (3), 661-673. doi: 10.1242/dev.099937
2024
Journal Article
Stimulation of the muscarinic receptor M4 regulates neural precursor cell proliferation and promotes adult hippocampal neurogenesis
Madrid, Lidia I., Hafey, Katelyn, Bandhavkar, Saurabh, Bodea, Gabriela O., Jimenez-Martin, Javier, Milne, Michael, Walker, Tara L., Faulkner, Geoffrey J., Coulson, Elizabeth J. and Jhaveri, Dhanisha J. (2024). Stimulation of the muscarinic receptor M4 regulates neural precursor cell proliferation and promotes adult hippocampal neurogenesis. Development, 151 (1) dev201835, 1-13. doi: 10.1242/dev.201835
2023
Journal Article
Locus-resolution analysis of L1 regulation and retrotransposition potential in mouse embryonic development
Gerdes, Patricia, Chan, Dorothy, Lundberg, Mischa, Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Bodea, Gabriela O., Ewing, Adam D., Faulkner, Geoffrey J. and Richardson, Sandra R. (2023). Locus-resolution analysis of L1 regulation and retrotransposition potential in mouse embryonic development. Genome Research, 33 (9), 1465-1481. doi: 10.1101/gr.278003.123
2023
Journal Article
Methods and applications in cellular neuropathology.
Bodea, Gabriela O. and Yemisci, Muge (2023). Methods and applications in cellular neuropathology.. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 17 1244414, 1244414. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2023.1244414
2022
Journal Article
LINE-1 retrotransposon activation intrinsic to interneuron development
Bodea, Gabriela O., Ferreiro, Maria E., Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Botto, Juan M., Rasmussen, Jay, Rahman, Muhammed A., Fenlon, Laura R., Gubert, Carolina, Gerdes, Patricia, Bodea, Liviu-Gabriel, Ajjikuttira, Prabha, Kozulin, Peter, Billon, Victor, Morell, Santiago, Kempen, Marie-Jeanne H.C., Love, Chloe J., Palmer, Lucy M., Ewing, Adam D., Jhaveri, Dhanisha J., Richardson, Sandra R., Hannan, Anthony J. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2022). LINE-1 retrotransposon activation intrinsic to interneuron development.
2021
Journal Article
An early proinflammatory transcriptional response to tau pathology is age‐specific and foreshadows reduced tau burden
Rasmussen, Jay, Ewing, Adam D., Bodea, Liviu‐Gabriel, Bodea, Gabriela O., Gearing, Marla and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2021). An early proinflammatory transcriptional response to tau pathology is age‐specific and foreshadows reduced tau burden. Brain Pathology, 32 (3) e13018, e13018. doi: 10.1111/bpa.13018
2017
Journal Article
Heritable L1 retrotransposition in the mouse primordial germline and early embryo
Richardson, Sandra R., Gerdes, Patricia, Gerhardt, Daniel J., Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Bodea, Gabriela-Oana, Muñoz-Lopez, Martin, Jesuadian, J. Samuel, Kempen, Marie-Jeanne H. C., Carreira, Patricia E., Jeddeloh, Jeffrey A., Garcia-Perez, Jose L., Kazazian Jr., Haig H., Ewing, Adam D. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2017). Heritable L1 retrotransposition in the mouse primordial germline and early embryo. Genome Research, 27 (8), 1395-1405. doi: 10.1101/gr.219022.116
2017
Book Chapter
Neuronal genome plasticity: retrotransposons, environment and disease
Kempen, Marie-Jeanne H. C., Bodea, Gabriela O. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2017). Neuronal genome plasticity: retrotransposons, environment and disease. Human retrotransposons in health and disease. (pp. 107-125) edited by Gael Cristofari. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-48344-3_5
2013
Journal Article
Meeting report. Imaging in cell biology: where next?
Barry, David, Roque, Hélio, Dumoux, Maud, Kriston-Vizi, Janos, Bodea, Gabriela O. and Harper, Callista (2013). Meeting report. Imaging in cell biology: where next?. Journal of Cell Science, 126 (1), 43-44. doi: 10.1242/jcs.129197
2012
Journal Article
Organotypic slice cultures of embryonic ventral midbrain: a system to study dopaminergic neuronal development in vitro
Bodea, Gabriela Oana and Blaess, Sandra (2012). Organotypic slice cultures of embryonic ventral midbrain: a system to study dopaminergic neuronal development in vitro. Journal of Visualized Experiments : JoVE (59) e3350, e3350-7. doi: 10.3791/3350
2011
Journal Article
Temporal-spatial changes in Sonic Hedgehog expression and signaling reveal different potentials of ventral mesencephalic progenitors to populate distinct ventral midbrain nuclei
Blaess, Sandra, Bodea, Gabriela O., Kabanova, Anna, Chanet, Soline, Mugniery, Emilie, Derouiche, Amin, Stephen, Daniel and Joyner, Alexandra L. (2011). Temporal-spatial changes in Sonic Hedgehog expression and signaling reveal different potentials of ventral mesencephalic progenitors to populate distinct ventral midbrain nuclei. Neural Development, 6 (29) 1749. doi: 10.1186/1749-8104-6-29
2011
Journal Article
Adapted response of the antioxidant defense system to oxidative stress induced by deoxynivalenol in Hek-293 cells
Dinu, Diana, Bodea, Gabriela Oana, Ceapa, Corina Diana, Munteanu, Maria Cristina, Roming, Florentina Israel, Serban, Andreea Iren, Hermenean, Anca, Costache, Marieta, Zarnescu, Otilia and Dinischiotu, Anca (2011). Adapted response of the antioxidant defense system to oxidative stress induced by deoxynivalenol in Hek-293 cells. Toxicon, 57 (7-8), 1023-1032. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.04.006
2009
Journal Article
Influence of deoxynivalenol on the oxidative status of HepG2 cells
Bodea, G. O. Dragomir, Munteanu, M. C., Dinu, D., Serban, A. I., Roming, F. Israel, Costache, M. and Dinischiotu, A. (2009). Influence of deoxynivalenol on the oxidative status of HepG2 cells. Romanian Biotechnological Letters, 14 (2), 4349-4359.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Gabriela-Oana Bodea is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding LINE-1 retrotransposon activity in healthy and diseased dopaminergic neurons
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Geoff Faulkner
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Doctor Philosophy
Visualising genetic mosaicism during development
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sandra Richardson, Professor Geoff Faulkner
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