Overview
Background
Dr Adam Walker received his BSc(Hons) in Biochemistry from the University of Tasmania, and PhD in Neuroscience from the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health at the University of Melbourne, focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms of motor neuron disease (MND). He undertook a postdoctoral fellowship with Professor Virginia Lee at the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, University of Pennsylvania (2011-2015), developing new transgenic TDP-43 mouse models of disease. Dr Walker was previously an NHMRC CJ Martin Overseas Biomedical Research Fellow and was awarded an NHMRC RD Wright Career Development Fellowship (2018-2022), to continue his research on neurodegenerative diseases. His research has been supported by fellowships and project grants from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council, the Australian National Foundation for Medical Research and Innovation, Dementia Australia, Motor Neuron Disease Research Institute of Australia, MonSTaR Foundation and the Cure for MND Foundation.
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- Professor Adam Walker is:
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Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne
Research interests
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Motor neuron disease (MND)/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
Molecular mechanisms of disease and pre-clinical studies in model systems.
Works
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2022
Journal Article
Impaired glymphatic function in the early stages of disease in a TDP-43 mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Zamani, Akram, Walker, Adam K., Rollo, Ben, Ayers, Katie L., Farah, Raysha, O’Brien, Terence J. and Wright, David K. (2022). Impaired glymphatic function in the early stages of disease in a TDP-43 mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Translational Neurodegeneration, 11 (1) 17, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s40035-022-00291-4
2022
Journal Article
Early and progressive dysfunction revealed by in vivo neurite imaging in the rNLS8 TDP-43 mouse model of ALS
Zamani, Akram, Walker, Adam K., Rollo, Ben, Ayers, Katie L., Farah, Raysha, O'Brien, Terence J. and Wright, David K. (2022). Early and progressive dysfunction revealed by in vivo neurite imaging in the rNLS8 TDP-43 mouse model of ALS. NeuroImage: Clinical, 34 103016, 103016. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103016
2022
Journal Article
miR-23a suppression accelerates functional decline in the rNLS8 mouse model of TDP-43 proteinopathy
Tsitkanou, Stavroula, Della Gatta, Paul A., Abbott, Gavin, Wallace, Marita A., Lindsay, Angus, Gerlinger-Romero, Frederico, Walker, Adam K., Foletta, Victoria C. and Russell, Aaron P. (2022). miR-23a suppression accelerates functional decline in the rNLS8 mouse model of TDP-43 proteinopathy. Neurobiology of Disease, 162 105559, 105559. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2021.105559
2021
Journal Article
Mislocalisation of TDP-43 to the cytoplasm causes cortical hyperexcitability and reduced excitatory neurotransmission in the motor cortex (vol 157, pg 1300, 2020)
Dyer, Marcus S., Reale, Laura A., Lewis, Katherine E., Walker, Adam K., Dickson, Tracey C., Woodhouse, Adele and Blizzard, Catherine A. (2021). Mislocalisation of TDP-43 to the cytoplasm causes cortical hyperexcitability and reduced excitatory neurotransmission in the motor cortex (vol 157, pg 1300, 2020). Journal of Neurochemistry, 159 (4), 789-790. doi: 10.1111/jnc.15494
2021
Journal Article
Riluzole does not ameliorate disease caused by cytoplasmic TDP‐43 in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Wright, Amanda L., Della Gatta, Paul A., Le, Sheng, Berning, Britt A., Mehta, Prachi, Jacobs, Kelly R., Gul, Hossai, San Gil, Rebecca, Hedl, Thomas J., Riddell, Winonah R., Watson, Owen, Keating, Sean S., Venturato, Juliana, Chung, Roger S., Atkin, Julie D., Lee, Albert, Shi, Bingyang, Blizzard, Catherine A., Morsch, Marco and Walker, Adam K. (2021). Riluzole does not ameliorate disease caused by cytoplasmic TDP‐43 in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. European Journal of Neuroscience, 54 (6) ejn.15422, 6237-6255. doi: 10.1111/ejn.15422
2021
Journal Article
Mislocalisation of TDP-43 to the cytoplasm causes cortical hyperexcitability and reduced excitatory neurotransmission in the motor cortex
Dyer, Marcus S., Reale, Laura A., Lewis, Katherine E., Walker, Adam K., Dickson, Tracey C., Woodhouse, Adele and Blizzard, Catherine A. (2021). Mislocalisation of TDP-43 to the cytoplasm causes cortical hyperexcitability and reduced excitatory neurotransmission in the motor cortex. Journal of Neurochemistry, 157 (4), 1300-1315. doi: 10.1111/jnc.15214
2021
Journal Article
Unbiased label-free quantitative proteomics of cells expressing Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) mutations in CCNF reveals activation of the apoptosis pathway: a workflow to screen pathogenic gene mutations
Cheng, Flora, De Luca, Alana, Hogan, Alison L., Rayner, Stephanie L., Davidson, Jennilee M., Watchon, Maxinne, Stevens, Claire H., Muñoz, Sonia Sanz, Ooi, Lezanne, Yerbury, Justin J., Don, Emily K., Fifita, Jennifer A., Villalva, Maria D., Suddull, Hannah, Chapman, Tyler R., Hedl, Thomas J., Walker, Adam K., Yang, Shu, Morsch, Marco, Shi, Bingyang, Blair, Ian P., Laird, Angela S., Chung, Roger S. and Lee, Albert (2021). Unbiased label-free quantitative proteomics of cells expressing Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) mutations in CCNF reveals activation of the apoptosis pathway: a workflow to screen pathogenic gene mutations. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 14 627740, 1-18. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2021.627740
2020
Journal Article
Impaired NHEJ repair in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is associated with TDP-43 mutations
Konopka, Anna, Whelan, Donna R., Jamali, Md Shafi, Perri, Emma, Shahheydari, Hamideh, Toth, Reka P., Parakh, Sonam, Robinson, Tina, Cheong, Alison, Mehta, Prachi, Vidal, Marta, Ragagnin, Audrey M G, Khizhnyak, Ivan, Jagaraj, Cyril J., Galper, Jasmin, Grima, Natalie, Deva, Anand, Shadfar, Sina, Nicholson, Garth A., Yang, Shu, Cutts, Suzanne M., Horejsi, Zuzana, Bell, Toby D M, Walker, Adam K., Blair, Ian P. and Atkin, Julie D. (2020). Impaired NHEJ repair in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is associated with TDP-43 mutations. Molecular neurodegeneration, 15 (1) 51, 51. doi: 10.1186/s13024-020-00386-4
2020
Journal Article
Neurodegenerative disease-associated protein aggregates are poor inducers of the heat shock response in neuronal cells
Gil, R. San, Cox, D., McAlary, L., Berg, T., Walker, A. K., Yerbury, J. J., Ooi, L. and Ecroyd, H. (2020). Neurodegenerative disease-associated protein aggregates are poor inducers of the heat shock response in neuronal cells. Journal of Cell Science, 133 (15), 1-15. doi: 10.1242/jcs.243709
2020
Journal Article
Workflow for rapidly extracting biological insights from complex, multicondition proteomics experiments with WGCNA and PloGO2
Wu, Jemma X., Pascovici, Dana, Wu, Yunqi, Walker, Adam K. and Mirzaei, Mehdi (2020). Workflow for rapidly extracting biological insights from complex, multicondition proteomics experiments with WGCNA and PloGO2. Journal of Proteome Research, 19 (7), 2898-2906. doi: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00198
2020
Journal Article
Correction: The cysteine (Cys) residues Cys-6 and Cys-111 in mutant superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) A4V are required for induction of endoplasmic reticulum stress in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Perri, Emma R., Parakh, Sonam, Vidal, Marta, Mehta, Prachi, Ma, Yi, Walker, Adam K. and Atkin, Julie D. (2020). Correction: The cysteine (Cys) residues Cys-6 and Cys-111 in mutant superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) A4V are required for induction of endoplasmic reticulum stress in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 70 (9), 1369-1369. doi: 10.1007/s12031-020-01617-5
2020
Journal Article
The cysteine (Cys) residues Cys-6 and Cys-111 in mutant superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) A4V are required for induction of endoplasmic reticulum stress in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Perri, Emma R., Parakh, Sonam, Vidal, Marta, Mehta, Prachi, Ma, Yi, Walker, Adam K. and Atkin, Julie D. (2020). The cysteine (Cys) residues Cys-6 and Cys-111 in mutant superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) A4V are required for induction of endoplasmic reticulum stress in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 70 (9), 1357-1368. doi: 10.1007/s12031-020-01551-6
2019
Journal Article
Proteomics approaches for biomarker and drug target discovery in ALS and FTD
Hedl, Thomas J., San Gil, Rebecca, Cheng, Flora, Rayner, Stephanie L., Davidson, Jennilee M., De Luca, Alana, Villalva, Maria D., Ecroyd, Heath, Walker, Adam K. and Lee, Albert (2019). Proteomics approaches for biomarker and drug target discovery in ALS and FTD. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13 (JUN) 548, 548. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00548
2019
Journal Article
Label-free fluorescent poly(amidoamine) dendrimer for traceable and controlled drug delivery
Wang, Guoying, Fu, Libing, Walker, Adam, Chen, Xianfeng, Lovejoy, David B., Hao, Mingcong, Lee, Albert, Chung, Roger, Rizos, Helen, Irvine, Mal, Zheng, Meng, Liu, Xiuhua, Lu, Yiqing and Shi, Bingyang (2019). Label-free fluorescent poly(amidoamine) dendrimer for traceable and controlled drug delivery. Biomacromolecules, 20 (5), 2148-2158. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00494
2019
Journal Article
The Pathobiology of TDP-43 C-Terminal Fragments in ALS and FTLD
Berning, Britt A. and Walker, Adam K. (2019). The Pathobiology of TDP-43 C-Terminal Fragments in ALS and FTLD. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13 (APR) 335, 335. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00335
2019
Journal Article
Genetic and immunopathological analysis of CHCHD10 in Australian amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia and transgenic TDP-43 mice
McCann, Emily P., Fifita, Jennifer A., Grima, Natalie, Galper, Jasmin, Mehta, Prachi, Freckleton, Sarah E., Zhang, Katharine Y., Henden, Lyndal, Hogan, Alison L., Chan Moi Fat, Sandrine, Wu, Sharlynn S.L., Jagaraj, Cyril J., Berning, Britt A., Williams, Kelly Louise, Twine, Natalie A., Bauer, Denis, Piguet, Olivier, Hodges, John, Kwok, John B.J., Halliday, Glenda M., Kiernan, Matthew C., Atkin, Julie, Rowe, Dominic B., Nicholson, Garth A., Walker, Adam K., Blair, Ian P. and Yang, Shu (2019). Genetic and immunopathological analysis of CHCHD10 in Australian amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia and transgenic TDP-43 mice. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 91 (2), 162-2019. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2019-321790
2018
Journal Article
Stilbenes from Veratrum maackii Regel protect against ethanol-induced DNA damage in mouse cerebellum and cerebral cortex
Wu, Yantong, Li, Shasha, Liu, Jinjin, Liu, Xiping, Ruan, Weimin, Lu, Jengwei, Liu, Yong, Lawson, Tom, Shimoni, Olga, Lovejoy, David B., Walker, Adam K., Cong, Yue and Shi, Bingyang (2018). Stilbenes from Veratrum maackii Regel protect against ethanol-induced DNA damage in mouse cerebellum and cerebral cortex. ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 9 (7), 1616-1624. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00006
2018
Journal Article
ERp57 is protective against mutant SOD1-induced cellular pathology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Parakh, Sonam, Jagaraj, Cyril J., Vidal, Marta, Ragagnin, Audrey M. G., Perri, Emma R., Konopka, Anna, Toth, Reka P., Galper, Jasmin, Blair, Ian P., Thomas, Colleen J., Walker, Adam K., Yang, Shu, Spencer, Damian M. and Atkin, Julie D. (2018). ERp57 is protective against mutant SOD1-induced cellular pathology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Human Molecular Genetics, 27 (8), 1311-1331. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddy041
2017
Journal Article
Note in reference to “Mutant FUS induces endoplasmic reticulum stress in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and interacts with protein disulfide-isomerase” [Neurobiol. Aging 33(12) (2012) 2855-2868]
Farg, Manal A., Soo, Kai Y., Walker, Adam K., Pham, Hong, Orian, Jacqueline, Horne, Malcolm K., Warraich, Sadaf T., Williams, Kelly L., Blair, Ian P. and Atkin, Julie D. (2017). Note in reference to “Mutant FUS induces endoplasmic reticulum stress in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and interacts with protein disulfide-isomerase” [Neurobiol. Aging 33(12) (2012) 2855-2868]. Neurobiology of Aging, 60. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2017.10.001
2017
Journal Article
Casein kinase II phosphorylation of cyclin F at serine 621 regulates the Lys48-ubiquitylation E3 ligase activity of the SCF(cyclin F) complex
Lee, Albert, Rayner, Stephanie L., De Luca, Alana, Gwee, Serene S. L., Morsch, Marco, Sundaramoorthy, Vinod, Shahheydari, Hamideh, Ragagnin, Audrey, Shi, Bingyang, Yang, Shu, Williams, Kelly L., Don, Emily K., Walker, Adam K., Zhang, Katharine Y., Yerbury, Justin J., Cole, Nicholas J., Atkin, Julie D., Blair, Ian P., Molloy, Mark P. and Chung, Roger S. (2017). Casein kinase II phosphorylation of cyclin F at serine 621 regulates the Lys48-ubiquitylation E3 ligase activity of the SCF(cyclin F) complex. Open Biology, 7 (10) 170058, 170058. doi: 10.1098/rsob.170058
Funding
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
The role and regulation of TDP-43 phosphorylation in the pathogenesis of ALS and FTD
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Adekunle Bademosi
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Doctor Philosophy
Mechanism underpinning TDP43 aggregation
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Rachel Gormal, Dr Adekunle Bademosi, Professor Frederic Meunier
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Doctor Philosophy
Targeting metabolic flexibility as a therapeutic approach for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (METALS)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Frederik Steyn, Associate Professor Shyuan Ngo
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Investigating novel modulators of TDP-43 pathology within the context of ALS and FTD
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Rebecca San Gil
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Molecular elucidation of TDP-43 co-aggregators in models of ALS/FTD
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Massimo Hilliard
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
TDP-43 and protein clearance in the pathogenesis and treatment of ALS and FTD
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Rebecca San Gil
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
From Shields to Scaffolds - Perineuronal Nets in Neuroprotection and Neuroplasticity
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Mark Bellingham, Associate Professor Peter Noakes
Media
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- Frontotemporal dementia
- Motor Neuron Disease
- Neurodegenerative disease mechanisms
- Pre-clinical disease research
- TDP-43
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