Marguerite Evans-Galea
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Marguerite Evans-Galea | |
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| Born | Mackay, Queensland, Australia |
| Education | University of Queensland BSc/BMus, PGDipSc University of NSW PhD |
| Known for | Research to develop cell and gene therapies and identify therapeutic targets for Friedreich ataxia |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Molecular Biologist |
| Institutions | Murdoch Children's Research Institute & Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne |
| Research | Gene therapy and neurodegenerative diseases. |
Marguerite Virginia Evans-Galea AM is the co-founder of Women in STEMM Australia. STEMM (science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine). Her research is focused on gene therapy and neurodegenerative diseases.
Evans-Galea grew up in Mackay, Queensland. She was raised by her mother after her parents separated.[1]: 2:20 mins In High School she learned clarinet and discovered classical music. After school she planned to be a music therapist, but she was "bitten by the science bug" in her third year of university.[1]: 3:50 mins
In 1994 she graduated with a double degree from the University of Queensland BSc/BMus. This was followed by a PGDipSc (Postgraduate Diploma in Science) in 1995 also from the University of Queensland and a PhD from the University of New South Wales in 1999.[2] Her doctoral thesis in molecular biology was titled Characterisation of the response to lipid hydroperoxide stress of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.[3]
