Dr Michael Ricos

Research Fellow UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences

City East Campus (P5-36)
tel +61 8 830 21525

email Michael.Ricos@unisa.edu.au

Research Degree Supervisor

Research

Research focus

Neurosciences
Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Biological Sciences
Clinical Sciences
Cognitive Sciences

Research

Outputs

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, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2017	Hughes, J, Dawson, R, Tea, M, McAninch, D, Piltz, S, Jackson, D, Stewart, L, Ricos, MG, Dibbens, LM, Harvey, NL & Thomas, P 2017, 'Knockout of the epilepsy gene Depdc5 in mice causes severe embryonic dysmorphology with hyperactivity of mTORC1 signalling', Scientific Reports, vol. 7, no. 1, article no. 12618, pp. 1-15. Open access 45 42 3
2016	Lim, CX, Ricos, MG, Dibbens, LM & Heron, SE 2016, 'KCNT1 mutations in seizure disorders: The phenotypic spectrum and functional effects', Journal of Medical Genetics, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 217-225. Open access 93 83 15
2016	Ricos, MG, Hodgson, B, Pippucci, T, Saidin, A, Ong, YS, Heron, SE, Bayly, MA & Dibbens, LM and 14 other authors and 1 consortium 2016, 'Mutations in the mammalian target of rapamycin pathway regulators NPRL2 and NPRL3 cause focal epilepsy', Annals of Neurology, vol.79,no.1, pp. 120-131. 193 171 3
2015	Møller, RS, Heron, SE, Larsen, LH, Lim, CX, Ricos, MG, Bayly, MA & Dibbens, LM and 24 other authors 2015, 'Mutations in KCNT1 cause a spectrum of focal epilepsies', Epilepsia, vol. 56, no. 9, pp. e114-e120. Open access 133 124 8
2014	Scheffer, I, Heron, SE, Regan, BM, Mandelstam, S, Crompton, DE, Hodgson, BL, Licchetta, L, Provini, F, Bisulli, F, Vadlamudi, L, Gecz, J, Connelly, A, Tinuper, P, Ricos, MG, Berkovic, SF & Dibbens, LM 2014, 'Mutations in mammalian target of rapamycin regulator DEPDC5 cause focal epilepsy with brain malformations', Annals of Neurology, vol. 75, no. 5, pp. 782-787. Open access 207 185

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2024	Hussain, R, Lim, CX, Shaukat, Z, Islam, A, Caseley, EA, Lippiat, JD, Rychkov, GY, Ricos, MG & Dibbens, LM 2024, 'Drosophila expressing mutant human KCNT1 transgenes make an effective tool for targeted drug screening in a whole animal model of KCNT1-epilepsy', Scientific Reports, vol. 14, no. 1, article no. 3357 , pp. 1-12. Open access 5 6 87
2024	Islam, A, Shaukat, Z, Hussain, R, Ricos, MG, Dibbens, LM & Gregory, SL 2024, 'Aneuploidy is linked to neurological phenotypes through oxidative stress', Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, vol. 74, no. 2, article no. 50, pp. 1-11. Open access 1 3
2024	Saidin, A, Cherepnalkovski, AP, Shaukat, Z, Arsov, T, Hussain, R, Roberts, BJ, Bucat, M, Cogelja, K, Ricos, MG & Dibbens, LM 2024, 'A novel pathogenic TUBA1A variant in a Croatian infant is linked to a severe tubulinopathy with Walker-Warburg-like features', Genes, vol. 15, no. 8, pp. 1-11. Open access
2023	Islam, A, Shaukat, Z, Newman, DL, Hussain, R, Ricos, MG, Dibbens, L & Gregory, SL 2023, 'Chromosomal instability causes sensitivity to polyamines and one-carbon metabolism', Metabolites, vol. 13, no. 5, article no. 642. Open access 2 2 1
2023	Shaukat, Z, Byard, RW, Vink, R, Hussain, R, Ricos, MG & Dibbens, LM 2023, 'Investigating genetic variants in microRNA regulators of Neurokinin-1 receptor in sudden infant death syndrome', Acta Paediatrica: Nurturing the Child, vol. 112, no. 2, pp. 273-276. Open access 1
2022	Rychkov, GY, Shaukat, Z, Lim, CX, Hussain, R, Roberts, BJ, Bonardi, CM, Rubboli, G, Meaney, BF, Whitney, R, Møller, RS, Ricos, MG & Dibbens, LM 2022, 'Functional effects of Epilepsy associated KCNT1 mutations suggest pathogenesis via aberrant inhibitory neuronal activity', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, vol. 23, no. 23, article no. 15133, pp. 1-14. Open access 5 4 6
2017	Hughes, J, Dawson, R, Tea, M, McAninch, D, Piltz, S, Jackson, D, Stewart, L, Ricos, MG, Dibbens, LM, Harvey, NL & Thomas, P 2017, 'Knockout of the epilepsy gene Depdc5 in mice causes severe embryonic dysmorphology with hyperactivity of mTORC1 signalling', Scientific Reports, vol. 7, no. 1, article no. 12618, pp. 1-15. Open access 45 42 3
2016	Lim, CX, Ricos, MG, Dibbens, LM & Heron, SE 2016, 'KCNT1 mutations in seizure disorders: The phenotypic spectrum and functional effects', Journal of Medical Genetics, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 217-225. Open access 93 83 15
2016	Ricos, MG, Hodgson, B, Pippucci, T, Saidin, A, Ong, YS, Heron, SE, Bayly, MA & Dibbens, LM and 14 other authors and 1 consortium 2016, 'Mutations in the mammalian target of rapamycin pathway regulators NPRL2 and NPRL3 cause focal epilepsy', Annals of Neurology, vol.79,no.1, pp. 120-131. 193 171 3
2015	Møller, RS, Heron, SE, Larsen, LH, Lim, CX, Ricos, MG, Bayly, MA & Dibbens, LM and 24 other authors 2015, 'Mutations in KCNT1 cause a spectrum of focal epilepsies', Epilepsia, vol. 56, no. 9, pp. e114-e120. Open access 133 124 8
2014	Scheffer, I, Heron, SE, Regan, BM, Mandelstam, S, Crompton, DE, Hodgson, BL, Licchetta, L, Provini, F, Bisulli, F, Vadlamudi, L, Gecz, J, Connelly, A, Tinuper, P, Ricos, MG, Berkovic, SF & Dibbens, LM 2014, 'Mutations in mammalian target of rapamycin regulator DEPDC5 cause focal epilepsy with brain malformations', Annals of Neurology, vol. 75, no. 5, pp. 782-787. Open access 207 185

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Amplexa Genetics	DENMARK
Clinical Hospital Center Split	CROATIA
Copenhagen University Hospital	DENMARK
Danish Epilepsy Centre	DENMARK
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Goce Delcev University	NORTH MACEDONIA
McMaster University	CANADA
Northern Health	AUSTRALIA
Novocraft Technologies SDN Bhd	MALAYSIA
University Libre Bruxelles	BELGIUM
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Bologna	ITALY
University of Leeds	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Melbourne	AUSTRALIA
University of Padua	ITALY
University of Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Split	CROATIA

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Understanding the genetics of Focal Epilepsies through the identification of the spectrum of variants and their combinatorial effects by whole genome sequencing	Current
Exploring the pathomechanisms underlying focal epilepsies	Completed

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