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Molecular Biology
Australia
2025

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Molecular Biology

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Medicine

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Michael Fenech is affiliated with the University of South Australia in Australia. Their research spans various domains within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

The main fields of study in their research include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Subfields of their work cover:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Rheumatology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Hematology

Fenech's research focuses on key topics such as:

  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Folate and B Vitamins Research
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Iron Metabolism and Disorders

They have contributed to research published in the following venues:

  • Life
  • Annual Review of Nutrition

Two notable recent papers include:

  • "Evaluation of GammaH2AX in Buccal Cells as a Molecular Biomarker of DNA Damage in Alzheimer's Disease in the AIBL Study of Ageing" (2020), published in Life
  • "Multiomics: Functional Molecular Biomarkers of Micronutrients for Public Health Application" (2024), published in Annual Review of Nutrition

Fenech frequently collaborates with several other researchers, including:

  • Mohd Faizan Siddiqui
  • Maxime François
  • Stephanie R. Rainey-Smith
  • Ralph N. Martins
  • Colin L. Masters

Best Publications

  • The in vitro micronucleus technique.

    Michael Fenech

  • Measurement of micronuclei in lymphocytes.

    Michael Fenech;Alexander A. Morley

  • Cytokinesis-block micronucleus cytome assay

    Michael Fenech

  • HUMN project: detailed description of the scoring criteria for the cytokinesis-block micronucleus assay using isolated human lymphocyte cultures.

    Michael Fenech;W. P. Chang;M. Kirsch-Volders;N. Holland

  • Health benefits of herbs and spices: the past, the present, the future

    Linda C Tapsell;Ian Hemphill;Lynne Cobiac;Craig S Patch

  • Molecular mechanisms of micronucleus, nucleoplasmic bridge and nuclear bud formation in mammalian and human cells

    M. Fenech;M. Kirsch-Volders;A. T. Natarajan;J. Surralles

  • The cytokinesis-block micronucleus technique: A detailed description of the method and its application to genotoxicity studies in human populations

    Michael Fenech

  • An increased micronucleus frequency in peripheral blood lymphocytes predicts the risk of cancer in humans.

    Stefano Bonassi;Ariana Znaor;Marcello Ceppi;Cecilia Lando

  • Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development (BOND)-Iron Review.

    Sean Lynch;Christine M Pfeiffer;Michael K Georgieff;Gary Brittenham

  • Low-grade inflammation, diet composition and health: current research evidence and its translation

    Anne-Marie Minihane;Sophie Vinoy;Wendy R. Russell;Athanasia Baka

  • The HUman MicroNucleus Project--An international collaborative study on the use of the micronucleus technique for measuring DNA damage in humans.

    Michael Fenech;Nina Holland;Wushou P Chang;Errol Zeiger

  • The micronucleus assay in human buccal cells as a tool for biomonitoring DNA damage: The HUMN project perspective on current status and knowledge gaps

    Nina Holland;Claudia Bolognesi;Micheline Kirsch-Volders;Stefano Bonassi

  • Buccal micronucleus cytome assay

    Philip Thomas;Nina Holland;Claudia Bolognesi;Micheline Kirsch-Volders

  • Report from the in vitro micronucleus assay working group

    Micheline Kirsch-Volders;Toshio Sofuni;Marilyn Aardema;Silvio Albertini

  • Cytokinesis-block micronucleus method in human lymphocytes: effect of in vivo ageing and low dose X-irradiation.

    Michael Fenech;Alexander A. Morley

  • The role of folic acid and Vitamin B12 in genomic stability of human cells.

    Michael Fenech

  • Cytokinesis-block micronucleus assay evolves into a "cytome" assay of chromosomal instability, mitotic dysfunction and cell death.

    Michael Fenech

  • HUman MicroNucleus Project: International database comparison for results with the cytokinesis-block micronucleus assay in human lymphocytes: I. Effect of laboratory protocol, scoring criteria, and host factors on the frequency of micronuclei

    Stefano Bonassi;Michael Fenech;Cecilia Lando;Yi‐ping Lin

  • Micronuclei frequency in peripheral blood lymphocytes and cancer risk: evidence from human studies

    Stefano Bonassi;Randa El-Zein;Claudia Bolognesi;Michael Fenech

  • A quantitative PCR method for measuring absolute telomere length

    Nathan J O'Callaghan;Michael Fenech

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip J. Thomas
Philip J. Thomas The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Stefano Bonassi
Stefano Bonassi San Raffaele University of Rome
Micheline Kirsch-Volders
Micheline Kirsch-Volders Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Claudia Bolognesi
Claudia Bolognesi National Cancer Research Institute, UK
Errol Zeiger
Errol Zeiger National Institutes of Health
Peter M. Clifton
Peter M. Clifton University of South Australia
Lynnette R. Ferguson
Lynnette R. Ferguson University of Auckland
Manny Noakes
Manny Noakes Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Bruce K. Armstrong
Bruce K. Armstrong University of Sydney
Ralph N. Martins
Ralph N. Martins Edith Cowan University

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