Dr Marnie Winter is currently leading an ambitious research theme at the Future Industries Institute. Her research is 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. This work is focused on developing approaches to enrich and analyse fragments of placental material (including extracellular vesicles) found in maternal blood to generate comprehensive non-invasive insights into pregnancy and its complications. Marnie’s work is also focused on developing in vitro... Read more
About me
Dr Marnie Winter is currently leading an ambitious research theme at the Future Industries Institute. Her research is 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. This work is focused on developing approaches to enrich and analyse fragments of placental material (including extracellular vesicles) found in maternal blood to generate comprehensive non-invasive insights into pregnancy and its 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 understand molecular origins of disease and accelerate the drug development pipeline. As an emerging leader, Marnie has been awarded a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenge Explorations Grant (<2% awarded globally), a prestigious international Thrasher Early Career Award Grant and also a Australian Institute of Policy and Science Young Tall Poppy of Science (South Australia) Award. From 2017-20221, Marnie 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
Australia and New Zealand Placental Research Association
Healthy Development Adelaide
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 currently leading an ambitious research theme at the Future Industries Institute. Her research is 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. This work is focused on developing approaches to enrich and analyse fragments of placental material (including extracellular vesicles) found in maternal blood to generate comprehensive non-invasive insights into pregnancy and its complications. Marnie’s work is also focused on developing in vitro... 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 outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
Open access
1
6
|
| 2021 |
Open access
8
8
6
|
| 2019 |
Open access
25
22
8
|
| 2019 |
Open access
9
8
3
|
| 2018 |
Open access
32
30
63
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
Open access
1
6
|
| 2022 |
Open access
9
8
1
|
| 2022 |
Open access
4
4
|
| 2022 |
5
5
1
|
| 2021 |
Open access
13
12
7
|
| 2021 |
Open access
17
14
4
|
| 2021 |
Open access
8
8
6
|
| 2019 |
Open access
25
22
8
|
| 2019 |
Open access
16
15
1
|
| 2019 |
Open access
9
8
3
|
| 2019 |
Open access
|
| 2018 |
Open access
7
6
|
| 2018 |
Open access
32
30
63
|
| 2016 |
Open access
55
51
51
|
| 2015 |
Open access
48
46
3
|
| 2015 |
Open access
124
109
|
| 2015 |
Open access
10
10
3
|
| 2014 |
42
45
6
|
| 2014 |
31
31
|
| 2012 |
16
16
|
Marnie Winter, Benjamin Thierry, PCT/AU2019/000013; PRE-NATAL CELL ISOLATION
Research
Dr Marnie Winter is currently leading an ambitious research theme at the Future Industries Institute. Her research is 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. This work is focused on developing approaches to enrich and analyse fragments of placental material (including extracellular vesicles) found in maternal blood to generate comprehensive non-invasive insights into pregnancy and its 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 understand molecular origins of disease and accelerate the drug development pipeline. As an emerging leader, Marnie has been awarded a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenge Explorations Grant (<2% awarded globally), a prestigious international Thrasher Early Career Award Grant and also a Australian Institute of Policy and Science Young Tall Poppy of Science (South Australia) Award. From 2017-20221, Marnie 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”.
Marnie was a South Australian Young Tall Poppy of Science winner (2019) and recognised as a Rising star 2020 by The Educator (Higher Education Edition) for her scientific and also outreach achievements.
Marnie is currently a member of the UniSA ECR Network Committee organising development opportunities for ECRs at the university. From 2017-2021, Marnie was the UniSA Post-Doctoral representative of the CBNS Education Committee. As part of this Marnie is involved and co-ordinated 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 |
| Deakin University | AUSTRALIA |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| Forschungszentrum Julich | GERMANY |
| Monash IVF Group | AUSTRALIA |
| Peter Grunberg Institute (PGI) | GERMANY |
| 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 |
| The Queen Elizabeth Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
| University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Sydney | 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 |
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 was a founding member and co-chair (acting) for the Adelaide*BLiSS symposium designed to break down silos and promote EMCR inter-disciplinary/university collaborations.
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Non-invasive prenatal testing using extracellular vesicle derived fetal DNA | Current |
| Systematic characterisation of existing and new models of the vaginal mucosa and their application to assess the vaginal delivery of nanomedicine | Current |
| Enrichment and proteomic analysis of placenta-specific extracellular vesicles towards non-invasive diagnosis of preeclampsia | Completed |
| Isolation and analysis of circulating fetal cells: towards improved non-invasive prenatal diagnosis of genetic disorders | Completed |
