Phillip West Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Trained undergraduates in junior through senior and advanced streams of molecular biology and biochemistry courses• Collaborated with course coordinators to troubleshoot wet laboratory classes• Clear communication of complex concepts and teaching practical laboratory skills

Sydney, Australia

• Responsible for laboratory management and assistant tasks• Performed research complementary to postdoctoral researchers in laboratory• Contributed to two peer-reviewed publicationsPublications:Bensellam M., Maxwell E.L., Chan J.Y., Luzuriaga J., West P.K., Jonas J.C., Gunton J.E., Laybutt D.R. (2016). Hypoxia reduces ER-to-Golgi protein trafficking and increases cell death by inhibiting the adaptive unfolded protein response in mouse beta cells. Diabetologia, 59(7)… Show more • Responsible for laboratory management and assistant tasks• Performed research complementary to postdoctoral researchers in laboratory• Contributed to two peer-reviewed publicationsPublications:Bensellam M., Maxwell E.L., Chan J.Y., Luzuriaga J., West P.K., Jonas J.C., Gunton J.E., Laybutt D.R. (2016). Hypoxia reduces ER-to-Golgi protein trafficking and increases cell death by inhibiting the adaptive unfolded protein response in mouse beta cells. Diabetologia, 59(7), 1492-1502. doi:10.1007/s00125-016-3947-y.Chan J.Y., Luzuriaga J., Maxwell E.L., West P.K., Bensellam M., Laybutt D.R. (2015). The balance between adaptive and apoptotic unfolded protein responses regulates β-cell death under ER stress conditions through XBP1, CHOP and JNK. Mol. Cell. Endocrinol., 413, 189 201. doi:10.1016/j.mce.2015.06.025. Show less

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd

Thesis title: "Deciphering the phenotype and function of microglia in interleukin 6- versus interferon alpha-mediated neurological.

Bachelor Of Medical Science (Honours), Biochemistry And Molecular Biology

Thesis title: "Role of ADAM10 and ADAM17 in interleukin-6 receptor processing in astrocytes versus microglia".