Dr Marnie Winter is currently leading an ambitious research theme at the Future Industries Institute, focussed on developing bioengineering technologies to improve prenatal care and address common pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia which have severe consequences for both mother and baby. Specifically, Marnie and her team are developing novel approaches to screen, manage and treat pregnancy complications. Marnie’s work is also focused on developing in vitro models that can improve the molecular understanding of placental dysfunction (such as preeclampsia) with the aim to help us understand molecular origins of disease and accelerate the drug development pipeline. As an emerging leader, in 2019, Marnie was awarded the... Read more
About me
Dr Marnie Winter is currently leading an ambitious research theme at the Future Industries Institute, focussed on developing bioengineering technologies to improve prenatal care and address common pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia which have severe consequences for both mother and baby. Specifically, Marnie and her team are developing novel approaches to screen, manage and treat pregnancy complications. Marnie’s work is also focused on developing in vitro models that can improve the molecular understanding of placental dysfunction (such as preeclampsia) with the aim to help us understand molecular origins of disease and accelerate the drug development pipeline. As an emerging leader, in 2019, Marnie was awarded the prestigious international Thrasher Early Career Award Grant and also a Young Tall Poppy of Science (South Australia) Award. Since 2017, Marnie has also co-led a signature project for the ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent BioNano Science and Technology “New tools for quantifying and manipulating rare entities directly into biological fluids”.
About me
Healthy Development Adelaide
Australasian Cytometry Society
AusBiotech
The Australian Nanotechnology Network
Australian Society of Medical Research
About me
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 06/08/2018 |
The Advertiser - SOAK UP SOME SCIENCE, https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/technology/science/explore-nanotechnology-with-expert-guides-during-national-science-week/news-story/796993e4e88fe45288883e244a5234a9 |
| 20/07/2018 |
7 News - Tiny chip shining a light inside the womb, https://www.facebook.com/7newssydney/videos/2224630870894367/ |
| 23/06/2018 |
2SER - Breakthrough early pregnancy blood test for foetal abnormalities, https://2ser.com/breakthrough-early-pregnancy-blood-test-for-foetal-abnormalities/ |
| 14/06/2018 |
The Lead - Tiny device takes big step in non-invasive fetal blood test technology, http://theleadsouthaustralia.com.au/industries/health/tiny-device-takes-big-step-non-invasive-fetal-blood-test-technology/ |
| 14/06/2018 |
Blood test on mother for foetus, http://online.isentialink.com/adelaidenow.com.au/2018/06/14/b1711354-8877-41bd-9653-a3dc1435f83c.html |
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Bachelor of Laboratory Medicine with Honours University of South Australia
Dr Marnie Winter is biomedical researcher at the newly established Future Industries Institute in the Biomaterials Engineering and Nanomedicine research strand alongside Prof Benjamin Thierry. As an emerging leader in her field, Marnie aspires to transform prenatal care through the development of novel technologies. A significant focus of this work has been the development of a non-invasive prenatal test to improve clinical diagnosis of pregnancy complications and genetic abnormalities. Marnie and her team are also working on developing in vitro models that can improve the molecular understanding of placental dysfunction (including preeclampsia and stillbirth) and accelerate drug development pipelines for such conditions. This work has... Read more
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Circulating Fetal Cells: A new paradigm for the early detection of preeclampsia, Thrasher Research Fund, 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2020
Research
Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
Open access
6
5
2
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| 2019 |
Open access
1
1
3
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| 2018 |
Open access
13
14
63
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| 2016 |
Open access
30
27
52
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| 2015 |
Open access
32
29
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
Open access
6
5
2
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| 2019 |
Open access
2
3
1
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| 2019 |
Open access
1
1
3
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| 2018 |
Open access
1
1
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| 2018 |
Open access
13
14
63
|
| 2016 |
Open access
30
27
52
|
| 2015 |
Open access
32
29
|
| 2015 |
Open access
76
74
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| 2015 |
Open access
8
8
3
|
| 2014 |
24
27
6
|
| 2014 |
23
24
|
| 2012 |
13
12
|
Marnie Winter, Benjamin Thierry, PCT/AU2019/000013; PRE-NATAL CELL ISOLATION
Research
Dr Marnie Winter is biomedical researcher at the newly established Future Industries Institute in the Biomaterials Engineering and Nanomedicine research strand alongside Prof Benjamin Thierry. As an emerging leader in her field, Marnie aspires to transform prenatal care through the development of novel technologies. A significant focus of this work has been the development of a non-invasive prenatal test to improve clinical diagnosis of pregnancy complications and genetic abnormalities. Marnie and her team are also working on developing in vitro models that can improve the molecular understanding of placental dysfunction (including preeclampsia and stillbirth) and accelerate drug development pipelines for such conditions. This work has been supported by a Thrasher Early Career Award, the ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bionano Science and Technology and UniSA.
In 2019, Marnie was a South Australian Young Tall Poppy of Science winner, recognising her scientific and also outreach achievements.
Since 2017, Marnie has been the UniSA Post-Doctoral representative of the CBNS Education Committee. As part of this Marnie is involved and co-ordinates a number of educational and outreach activities for members of the CBNS and also the general public. In 2017, she organised presentations from 8 researchers to over 160 year 10 students. In 2018, she organised the successful 'Super Drugs and Mini-Guts' event for National Science Week which brought 50 Year 11 students with 25 UniSA researchers (https://www.cbns.org.au/events/national-science-week-unisa/). The 2019 full day event 'To BioNano and Beyond' was even more successful brining 50 year 10/11 students from 6 South Australian Schools together with 25 UniSA researchers for interactive activities to promote STEM.
Marnie is regularly invited to review manuscripts for bioengineering journals and have been invited to chair and speak at various events including conferences and community outreach.
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Bionomics Ltd. | AUSTRALIA |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| Forschungszentrum Jülich | GERMANY |
| Monash IVF Group | AUSTRALIA |
| Peter Grunberg Institute (PGI) | GERMANY |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
| Repromed | AUSTRALIA |
| SA Pathology | AUSTRALIA |
| SA Water Corporation | AUSTRALIA |
| Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Southern Medical University | CHINA |
| Tabriz University of Medical Sciences | IRAN |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Technology Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Toronto | CANADA |
| Women's and Children's Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Higher Education Rising Starthe Educator |
2020 |
Committee MemberConvergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology |
2019 |
Founding member and interim co-chairBLiSS*Adelaide (Adelaide ECR conference) |
2019 |
Invited Lecture to clinical industry partner for staff educationRepromed |
2019 |
Newsletter articleFranklin Women |
2019 |
Semi-Finalist, First National Real Estate Innovation AwardSeven News Young Achiever Awards South Australia |
2019 |
Semi-Finalist, The University of Adelaide STEM AwardSeven News Young Achiever Awards South Australia |
2019 |
Young Tall Poppy Science AwardAustralian Institute of Policy and Science |
2019 |
Best Oral Presentation AwardFrontiers in Bio-Nano Science a Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology Early to Mid Career Researcher Event |
2018 |
Committee MemberConvergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology |
2018 |
Community grant ($1,800)National Science Week South Australia Branch |
2018 |
Finalist, Winnovation Award (Technology)Women in Innovation SA |
2018 |
Founding member and interim co-chairBLiSS*Adelaide (Adelaide ECR conference) |
2018 |
Invited lecture at the Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists and Australian Institute of Medical Scientists Combined Scientific meeting (Sydney 2018)Australian Institute of Medical Scientists |
2018 |
Magazine articleThe Pathologist - leading professional magazine |
2018 |
Committee MemberConvergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology |
2017 |
Organiser of national science week events (and other public outreach)ARC CoE Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology |
2017 |
Best oral presentation (PhD)Australian Society for Medical Research SA Scientific Meeting |
2016 |
Best Poster Presentation AwardEMBL Australia Postgraduate Symposium |
2016 |
Fresh Science Finalist (South Australia)Fresh Science |
2015 |
Marnie is a founding member and current co-chair (acting) for a new symposium (Adelaide*BLiSS) that was conceived to break down silos and promote EMCR inter-disciplinary/university collaborations.
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Development of a lab-on-chip technology for single cell whole genome amplification | Current |
| Organs-on-Chips for Infectious Diseases | Current |
| Understanding and targeting preeclampsia molecular mechanisms for improved pregnancy outcomes. | Current |
| Isolation and analysis of circulating fetal cells: towards improved non-invasive prenatal diagnosis of genetic disorders | Completed |
