Overview
Availability
- Dr Matthew Morris is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Biomedical Science, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy of Biomedical Science, The University of Queensland
Works
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2026
Journal Article
Microcephaly-associated protein WDR62 supports purine metabolism by interacting with co-chaperone BAG2
Morris, Matthew J., Yeap, Yvonne Y., Edwards, Jonathon R., Chen, Chi, Paolino, Annalisa, Furness, Sebastian G. B., Millard, S. Sean, Pagan, Julia K., Fenlon, Laura R. and Ng, Dominic C. H. (2026). Microcephaly-associated protein WDR62 supports purine metabolism by interacting with co-chaperone BAG2. The EMBO Journal, 45 (7), 2157-2181. doi: 10.1038/s44318-026-00724-0
2026
Other Outputs
A novel role for the microcephaly protein WDR62 in protein folding and purine metabolism
Morris, Matthew (2026). A novel role for the microcephaly protein WDR62 in protein folding and purine metabolism. PhD Thesis, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/e3d3660
2026
Journal Article
WDR62 is required for proper proliferation and early differentiation of skeletal myoblasts
Ho, Uda Y., Shohayeb, Belal, Kamei, Hinako, Morris, Matthew J., Yeap, Yvonne Y., Richards, Dominic, Reichelt, Melissa E., Thomas, Walter G., Noakes, Peter G., Millard, S. Sean and Ng, Dominic C. H. (2026). WDR62 is required for proper proliferation and early differentiation of skeletal myoblasts. Communications Biology, 9 (1) 259, 259. doi: 10.1038/s42003-026-09537-7
Featured
2025
Journal Article
Metabolic functions for molecular chaperones and stress proteins in microcephaly
Morris, Matthew J. and Ng, Dominic C. H. (2025). Metabolic functions for molecular chaperones and stress proteins in microcephaly. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 82 (1) 418, 418. doi: 10.1007/s00018-025-05950-z
2021
Journal Article
TDP-43 mutation affects stress granule dynamics in differentiated NSC-34 motoneuron-like cells
Ding, Qiao, Chaplin, Justin, Morris, Matthew J., Hilliard, Massimo A., Wolvetang, Ernst, Ng, Dominic C. H. and Noakes, Peter G. (2021). TDP-43 mutation affects stress granule dynamics in differentiated NSC-34 motoneuron-like cells. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9 611601, 611601. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.611601
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