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Research output per year
Personal profile
Research
I lead a research group investigating the epigenome and cell identity, at the University of Western Australia and the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research. After receiving my PhD from UWA in 2005, I undertook postdoctoral studies at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, where I developed and applied new techniques to map the epigenome and transcriptome. Having returned to UWA in 2012, my laboratory is focused upon understanding the role of the epigenome in regulation of cell identity, and developing molecular tools to precisely edit the epigenome and transcriptional activity to control cell state and functions.
Previous positions
2009-2011: California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Postdoctoral Trainee (Joseph Ecker), The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA.
2006-2009: Human Frontier Science Project Postdoctoral Fellow (Joseph Ecker), The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA.
2005-2006: Postdoctoral Fellow (James Whelan), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
2001-2005: Ph.D. (James Whelan), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
2006-2009: Human Frontier Science Project Postdoctoral Fellow (Joseph Ecker), The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA.
2005-2006: Postdoctoral Fellow (James Whelan), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
2001-2005: Ph.D. (James Whelan), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
Research expertise keywords
- Epigenetics
- Epigenomics
- DNA methylation
- Genomics (plant, animal)
- Stem cells
- Induced pluripotent stem cells
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CRISPRi screening in cultured human astrocytes uncovers distal enhancers controlling genes dysregulated in Alzheimer's disease
Green, N. F. O., Sutton, G. J., Pérez-Burillo, J., Wang, J., Bagot, S., Danon, H. G., Walsh, K., Gokool, A., Miles, S. A., Yang, G., Herring, C. A., Liang, Y., Pfundstein, G., Sytnyk, V., Alinejad-Rokny, H., Lister, R., Rosenbluh, J., Gagnon-Bartsch, J. A. & Voineagu, I., Mar 2026, In: Nature Neuroscience. 29, 3, p. 703-716 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Designing and testing CRISPRi-based synthetic gene circuits in plants
Khan, A., Herring, G., Zhu, J. Y., Petterson, M. & Lister, R., 4 Feb 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Protocols.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evolutionary diversity of cell-type-specific expression and stress response in Brassicaceae roots
Wang, G., Ryu, K. H., Dinneny, A., Lee, J., Oh, D.-H., Ramachandran, P., Oliva, M., Lister, R., Dinneny, J. R., Schiefelbein, J. & Dassanayake, M., 20 May 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Nature Communications.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evolutionary diversity of cell-type-specific expression and stress response in Brassicaceae roots
Wang, G., Ryu, K. H., Dinneny, A., Lee, J., Oh, D.-H., Ramachandran, P., Oliva, M., Lister, R., Dinneny, J. R., Schiefelbein, J. & Dassanayake, M., 20 Apr 2026, bioRxiv, (bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology).Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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From bottleneck to pipeline: Robotic EM-seq processing for population-scale methylome profiling
Poppe, D., Buckberry, S., Brown, A., Ludington, A., Breen, J., Howard, N. J., Massacci, H., Godwin, S., Llamas, B. & Lister, R., 16 Feb 2026.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference presentation/ephemera
Datasets
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Additional file 2 of Large-scale manipulation of promoter DNA methylation reveals context-specific transcriptional responses and stability
de Mendoza Soler, A. (Creator), Nguyen, T. V. (Creator), Ford, E. (Creator), Poppe, D. (Creator), Buckberry, S. (Creator), Pflueger, J. (Creator), Grimmer, M. R. (Creator), Stolzenburg, S. (Creator), Bogdanovic, O. (Creator), Oshlack, A. (Creator), Farnham, P. J. (Creator), Blancafort, P. (Creator) & Lister, R. (Creator), Figshare, 2022
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20381820, https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Additional_file_2_of_Large-scale_manipulation_of_promoter_DNA_methylation_reveals_context-specific_transcriptional_responses_and_stability/20381820
Dataset
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Human Brain Gene Expression Deconvolution Methods
Sutton, G. J. (Creator), Poppe, D. (Creator), Simmons, R. (Creator), Nawaz, U. (Creator), Lister, R. (Creator), Gagnon-Bartsch, J. A. (Creator) & Voineagu, I. (Creator), Gene Expression Omnibus (NCBI), 28 Aug 2021
DOI: 10.26182/2p1z-rx18, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE175772
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Transient naive reprogramming corrects hiPS cells functionally and epigenetically [RNA-Seq]
Buckberry, S. (Contributor), Liu, X. (Contributor), Poppe, D. (Contributor), Tan, J. P. (Contributor), Polo, J. M. (Contributor) & Lister, R. (Contributor), Gene Expression Omnibus (NCBI), 11 Aug 2023
DOI: 10.26182/ans0-y578, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE159114
Dataset
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Embryonic stem cell-derived neurons as a model system for epigenome maturation during development
Martin, S. (Creator), Poppe, D. (Creator), Olova, N. (Creator), O'Leary, C. (Creator), Ivanova, E. (Creator), Pflueger, J. (Creator), Dechka, J. (Creator), Simmons, R. (Creator), Cooper, H. M. (Creator), Reik, W. (Creator), Lister, R. (Creator) & Wolvetang, E. (Creator), Gene Expression Omnibus (NCBI), 25 Jul 2023
DOI: 10.26182/1gxr-k908, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE137098
Dataset
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Characterization of DNA methylation reader proteins of Arabidopsis thaliana
Lloyd, J. P. B. (Creator), Lister, R. (Creator) & Cahn, J. (Creator), Zenodo, 18 Mar 2024
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10828674, https://zenodo.org10828674
Dataset
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WA Centre for Cell and Genome Engineering
Lister, R. (Investigator 01), Lassmann, T. (Investigator 02), Fear, V. (Investigator 03), Ravenscroft, G. (Investigator 04), Poppe, D. (Investigator 05), Pflueger, C. (Investigator 06), Chen, F. (Investigator 07), Fox, A. (Investigator 08), Velickovic, Z. (Investigator 09), Gray, E. (Investigator 10), Tirnitz-Parker, N. (Investigator 11), Forrest, A. (Investigator 12), Koks, S. (Investigator 13), Rosenbluh, J. (Investigator 14) & Polo, J. (Investigator 15)
30/06/26 → 29/06/30
Project: Research
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Core Freeze Drying and Concentrating Platform to Support Biomedical Research
Flematti, G. (Chief Investigator), Chooi, H. (CoPI), Fox, A. (CoPI), Geddes, D. (CoPI), Kretzmann, J. (CoPI), Lister, R. (CoPI), Pfleger, K. (CoPI), Piggott, M. (CoPI), Smith, N. (CoPI) & Swaminatha Iyer, I. (CoPI)
The University of Western Australia
1/01/26 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Transforming Medical Discovery: Next-Generation High-Performance Computing Infrastructure for Accelerated Translational Research
Dwivedi, G. (Investigator 01), Forrest, A. (Investigator 02), Lister, R. (Investigator 03), Pham, D. S. (Investigator 04), Chan, K. Y. (Investigator 05), Soon, S. (Investigator 06), Maiorana, A. (Investigator 07), Moniruzzaman, M. (Investigator 08), Bartlett, B. (Investigator 09), Afsharan, H. (Investigator 10), Shukla, D. (Investigator 11) & Ali, A. (Investigator 12)
Department of Health (Western Australia)
1/09/25 → 28/08/26
Project: Research
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WA Plant SynBio Innovation Centre
Lister, R. (Investigator 01)
Department of Education (Australia)
1/07/25 → 30/06/27
Project: Research
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WA State Government NCRIS co-investment Plant SynBio
Lister, R. (Investigator 01)
Department of Jobs Tourism Science and Innovation (Western Australia)
1/07/25 → 30/06/28
Project: Research
Prizes
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Vice-Chancellor's Award for Research Impact and Innovation
Khan, A. (Recipient) & Lister, R. (Recipient), 9 Dec 2025
Prize: Award
Courses
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SCIE5508: Synthetic Biology - Solving Global Challenges
Fritz, G., Chooi, H., Lister, R. & Small, I. 27/07/20 → …
Course
Press/Media
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DUG Technology Ltd: Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research increases big data analysis with DUG McCloud partnership
31/10/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Funding boost for mental health support in schools
Lister, R., Whitehouse, A. J. O. & Carapetis, J.
29/08/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media