Network Member Profile
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DR KIRK JENSEN
Department:
School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, Discipline of Biochemistry
Organisation:
University of Adelaide
Address:
Molecular Life Sciences Building, Room 3..43, Adelaide, SA 5005
Telephone: 08 8303 3793 Facsimile: 08
8303 4362
Email: kirk.jensen@adelaide.edu.au
Web Address
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Current Field of Study
- Developmental neuroscience, mRNA processing
Australian Collaborators
- Dr Simon Koblar, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
International Collaborators
- Dr Robert Darnell, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
Facilities
2 Leica 16FA Stereomicroscopes, GE Biosciences Phosphoimager
Lab Members
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Dr Kirk Jensen
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Head of the Lab
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| Dr Kate Dredge |
ARC Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Dr Jane Sibbons |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Mr Jonathan Webb |
PhD Student |
| Mr Peter McCarthy |
PhD Student |
| Mr Fook Hing |
PhD Student |
| Ms Sophie Wiszniak |
PhD Student |
| Mr Bradley Simpson |
PhD Student |
Grant Income
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Description
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CIs
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Type of Grant
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Year
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Income p.a.
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The role of the neuronal Hu proteins in the regulation of
the BMP signalling pathway
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CIA |
ARC Discovery Grant DP0559550
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2005-2007 |
100,000 |
| Regulation of pre-mRNA and mRNA processing by the neuron-specific
Hu RNA-binding proteins |
CIA |
NHMRC Project Grant 349540 |
2005-2007 |
154,000 |
| ARC Special Centre for the Molecular Genetics of Development |
13 CIs |
ARC SRI00001531 |
2005-2008 |
100,000 |
Recent Publications
Ule, J., Jensen, K. B., Mele, A., and Darnell, R. B. CLIP: a method for identifying
protein-RNA interaction sites in living cells. Methods 37, 376-386 (2005).
Ule, J., Jensen, K.B., Ruggiu, M., Mele, A., Ule, A., and Darnell, R.B. CLIP
identifies Nova-regulated RNA networks in the brain. Science, 302, 1212-1215
(2003).?
Jensen, K.B., Dredge, B.K., Stefani, G., Zhong, R., Buckanovich, R.J., Okano,
H.J., Yang, Y.L., and Darnell, R.B. Nova-1 regulates neuron-specific alternative
splicing and is essential for neuronal viability. Neuron, 25, 359-371 (2000).?
Jensen, K.B., Musunuru, K Lewis, H.A, Burley, S.K., and Darnell, R.B. The tetranucleotide
UCAY directs the specific recognition of RNA by the Nova KH3 domain. Proc. Natl.
Acad. Sci., USA, 97, 5740-5745 (2000).
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