Dr Marley Binder

Marley Binder is an earlier career researcher who completed her PhD in Feb 2017. Marley has been employed as a research assistant with the Rural Community School since December 2016.

Marley is an early career researcher and has published in a number of peer-reviewed journals. Marley's previous track record was in lab based projects before joining RCCS with her thesis entitled " Characterization of ADAMTS-15: a potential tumour suppressor gene in prostate cancer." Marley has recently has been a part of a team with a successful Western Alliance grant application led by Andrea Hernan.

2013  -  Victorian Prostate Cancer Research Consortium (VPCRC) Scholarship for Honours research

Successful Grant Applications

Let’s have a yarn about chronic disease: A collaborative, multidisciplinary, participatory action research approach to addressing Aboriginal health in south-western Victoria. Hannah Beks, Kerry Hudson, Vincent Versace, John Bell, Josh Hayward, Candice McKenzie, Louis Delaney, Annie Henry, Tamika Amos, Barbara Allen, Marley Binder, Constance Kourbelis, Joleen Ryan, Ashleigh Rodger, Steve Allender, Douglas Creighton, Michael Johnstone, Barry Morphett, Peter Harvey, Robyn Clark, $78,804, Western Alliance.

Patient measure of safety in primary care: Pilot study of an intervention to improve safety in rural Victoria.  Andrea Hernan, Kate Kloot, Hannah Beks, Marley Binder, Vivienne Ramsbottom, Vincent Versace and Kevin McNamara, $87,384, Western Alliance

Journal articles

Binder MJ, McCoombe S, Williams ED, McCulloch DR, Alister Ward, The extracellular matrix in cancer progression: Role of hyalectan proteoglycans and ADAMTS enzymes, Cancer Lett. 2017. 28;385:55-64.

Beattie J, Binder M, Harrison C, Miller GC, Pedler D, Lifestyle risk factors and corresponding levels of clinical advice and counselling in general practice. Aust Fam Physician. 2017.46(10):751-755.

Ajji PK, Binder MJ, Walder K, Puri M, Balsamin induces apoptosis in breast cancer cells via DNA fragmentation and cell cycle arrest, Mol Cell Biochem, 2017.

Brunet FG, Fraser FW, Binder MJ, Smith AD, Kintakas C, Dancevic CM, Ward AC, McCulloch DR, The evolutionary conservation of the A Disintegrin-like and Metalloproteinase domain with Thrombospondin-1 motif metzincins across vertebrate species and their expression in Teleost Zebrafish, BMC Evol Biol, 2015, 15;15:22.

Local conferences:
• Lorne Cancer Conference, 2016, 2015, 2014
• Asia-Pacific Prostate Cancer Conference, 2014
• Matrix biology of Australia and New Zealand Conference, 2014

International conference:
• EMBO/EMBL Tumor Microenvironment and Cell Signalling, Heidelberg, Germany, 2016