Danny Hatters
He/Him
I am gay and I am a professor in biochemistry.//
I run a research laboratory to study how proteins misfold and interfere with cellular functions, with a particular focus on mechanisms related to neurodegenerative disease. The research combines building new tools, biosensors and methods using various aspects of protein biochemistry and cell biology. I completed my PhD at the University of Melbourne in 2002 studying the biophysics of amyloid formation. I then completed his post doc at the Gladstone Institutes/University of California, San Francisco under the mentorship of Dr Karl Weisgraber from 2002-2007 studying the structure and function of apolipoprotein E4 protein, which is an important modifier of Alzheimer’s disease risk. In 2007, I returned to Melbourne to establish my own (current) research program.
I am passionate about ways to improve visibility of LGBTQ folk in STEM since when I was a graduate researcher and post doc I felt an acute lack of role models and identity in a very hetero-dominated industry. I am very happy to now lend myself to this goal of visibility!