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74
Citations
15208
World Ranking
1988
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70

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Overview

Ian W. Dawes is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work focuses on several subfields, including Molecular Biology and Biochemistry.

Their research is centered around key topics such as Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, and Biochemical Acid Research Studies.

Dawes has authored papers published in venues including Redox Biology and FEMS Yeast Research. Notable recent publications include:

  • Genetic screening reveals phospholipid metabolism as a key regulator of the biosynthesis of the redox-active lipid coenzyme Q, 2021, Redox Biology
  • Aging research has lost a brilliant investigator-Michael Breitenbach, 1943-2024, 2025, FEMS Yeast Research

They have collaborated frequently with researchers such as Anita Ayer, Daniel J. Fazakerley, Cacang Suarna, Ghassan J. Maghzal, and Diba Sheipouri.

Ian W. Dawes was recognized as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Aged mother cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae show markers of oxidative stress and apoptosis

    Peter Laun;Alena Pichova;Frank Madeo;Jörg Fuchs

  • Cells have distinct mechanisms to maintain protection against different reactive oxygen species: Oxidative-stress-response genes

    Geoffrey W. Thorpe;Chii S. Fong;Nazif Alic;Vincent J. Higgins

  • Complex cellular responses to reactive oxygen species

    Mark D. Temple;Gabriel G. Perrone;Ian W. Dawes

  • Reactive oxygen species and yeast apoptosis.

    Gabriel G. Perrone;Shi-Xiong Tan;Ian W. Dawes

  • Glutathione is an essential metabolite required for resistance to oxidative stress in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Chris M. Grant;Fiona H. MacIver;Ian W. Dawes

  • A role for phosphatidic acid in the formation of "supersized" lipid droplets.

    Weihua Fei;Guanghou Shui;Yuxi Zhang;Natalie Krahmer

  • The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains two glutaredoxin genes that are required for protection against reactive oxygen species.

    Sandra Luikenhuis;Gabriel Perrone;Ian W. Dawes;Chris M. Grant

  • Yeast glutathione reductase is required for protection against oxidative stress and is a target gene for yAP-1 transcriptional regulation

    Chris M. Grant;Lindsay P. Collinson;Jung Hye Roe;Ian W. Dawes

  • Inducibility of the response of yeast cells to peroxide stress.

    Lindsay P. Collinson;Ian W. Dawes

  • Glutathione synthetase is dispensable for growth under both normal and oxidative stress conditions in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae due to an accumulation of the dipeptide gamma-glutamylcysteine.

    C M Grant;F H MacIver;I W Dawes

  • Glutathione and catalase provide overlapping defenses for protection against hydrogen peroxide in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Chris M. Grant;Gabriel Perrone;Ian W. Dawes

  • Redox control of cell proliferation

    Joyce Chiu;Ian W. Dawes

  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae has an inducible response to menadione which differs from that to hydrogen peroxide.

    Jacinta Flattery-O'Brien;Lindsay P. Collinson;Ian W. Dawes

  • PI3K(p110 alpha) protects against myocardial infarction-induced heart failure: identification of PI3K-regulated miRNA and mRNA.

    Ruby Cy Lin;Kate L Weeks;Xiao-Ming Gao;Rohan Bh Williams

  • Mitochondrial Iba57p Is Required for Fe/S Cluster Formation on Aconitase and Activation of Radical SAM Enzymes

    Cristy Gelling;Ian W. Dawes;Nadine Richhardt;Roland Lill

  • Guidelines and recommendations on yeast cell death nomenclature

    Didac Carmona-Gutierrez;Maria Anna Bauer;Andreas Zimmermann;Andrés Aguilera

  • Differential Protein S-Thiolation of Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Isoenzymes Influences Sensitivity to Oxidative Stress

    Chris M. Grant;Kathryn A. Quinn;Ian W. Dawes

  • Mitochondrial function is required for resistance to oxidative stress in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Chris M Grant;Fiona H MacIver;Ian W Dawes

  • The freeze-thaw stress response of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is growth phase specific and is controlled by nutritional state via the RAS-cyclic AMP signal transduction pathway.

    Jong In Park;Chris M. Grant;Paul V. Attfield;Ian W. Dawes

  • The cytoplasmic Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase of saccharomyces cerevisiae is required for resistance to freeze-thaw stress. Generation of free radicals during freezing and thawing.

    Jong In Park;Chris M. Grant;Michael J. Davies;Ian W. Dawes

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris M. Grant
Chris M. Grant University of Manchester
Michael Breitenbach
Michael Breitenbach University of Salzburg
Hongyuan Yang
Hongyuan Yang University of New South Wales
Roland Stocker
Roland Stocker The Heart Research Institute
Frank Madeo
Frank Madeo University of Graz
David A. Sinclair
David A. Sinclair Harvard University
Paul M. G. Curmi
Paul M. G. Curmi University of New South Wales
Sepp D. Kohlwein
Sepp D. Kohlwein University of Graz
Jung-Hye Roe
Jung-Hye Roe Seoul National University
Sabrina Büttner
Sabrina Büttner Stockholm University

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