Dr Annalise Spek

Dr Annalise Spek

Post-Doc Fellow
Medicine & Health
Pathology

Annalise completed a Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours) at the University of New South Wales, Sydney (2016 - 2019), where she received the University Medal in Genetics. In 2020 Annalise was awarded a Scientia PhD Scholarship and completed her PhD (2020 - 2024) under the supervision of Professor Kate Quinlan, within the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences at the University of New South Wales, Sydney where she investigated the role of immune cells within the adipose tissue with the aim of finding new therapeutic targets for obesity. Annalise is currently employed as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Deborah Burnett's lab, within the School of Biomedical Science at UNSW.

Location
School of Biomedical Science Level 5, Wallace Wurth UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
  • Journal articles | 2025
    Felton JM; Edsall LE; Troutman TD; Mack L; Kotliar M; Morgenstern NBB; Psaila AM; Rochman M; Klingler AM; Osswald GA; Zhang S; Dunn JLM; Wronowski B; Shoda T; Caldwell JM; Herro R; Barski A; Quinlan KGR; Weirauch MT; Rothenberg ME, 2025, 'Epigenetic and transcriptional programming of murine eosinophils in the esophagus', Nature Communications, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65440-5
    Journal articles | 2023
    Shah M; Knights AJ; Vohralik EJ; Psaila AM; Quinlan KGR, 2023, 'Blood and adipose-resident eosinophils are defined by distinct transcriptional profiles', Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 113, pp. 191 - 202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jleuko/qiac009
    Journal articles | 2022
    Psaila AM; Vohralik EJ; Quinlan KGR, 2022, 'Shades of white: new insights into tissue-resident leukocyte heterogeneity', FEBS Journal, 289, pp. 308 - 318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/febs.15737
    Journal articles | 2020
    Vohralik EJ; Psaila AM; Knights AJ; Quinlan KGR, 2020, 'EoTHINophils: Eosinophils as key players in adipose tissue homeostasis', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 47, pp. 1495 - 1505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1440-1681.13304