Dr hab. Simon Drew

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Background

Simon has over 25 years of research experience spanning physics, chemistry, and biology. He has conducted research at many high-ranking international institutions in Australia, Germany, France, and Poland.

Research themes

The lab conducts interdisciplinary research covering diverse areas, including protein misfolding, (bio)inorganic chemistry, and free radicals in biological and materials sciences.

Physical methods: electronic absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging, fluorescence polarisation spectroscopy, circular dichroism spectroscopy, paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, density functional theory.

Chemical methods: spin labelling, spin trapping, functional fluorescence assays (ROS detection, enzyme activity, protein aggregation), synthetic vesicle assays, NIR fluorescence imaging probes.

Biological methods: mammalian cell culture, immunological techniques (western blot, ELISA, IF/IHC, immuno-spin trapping, immunoprecipitation).

Lab facilities

Key instrumentation includes:

• EPR spectrometer (Adani CMS-8400)
• Fluorescence/luminescence/polarisation microplate reader (POLARstar, BMG Labtech)
• UV-vis absorption microplate reader/cuvette (SPECTROstar, BMG Labtech)
• Fluorescence spectrometer (LS 55, Perkin Elmer)

Education

2020	DSc (Biological Sciences), Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
2002	PhD, School of Physics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Professional experience

2022–2023	Visiting Scientist, Brain–Immune Communication Laboratory, Department of Immunology, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
2018–2021	Institute Professor, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
2017–2018	Senior Research Fellow, Department of Medicine (Royal Melbourne Hospital), The University of Melbourne, Australia
2012–2016	ARC Future Fellow (Senior Research Fellow), Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia
2011–2012	Senior Research Fellow, Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria, Australia
2010–2011	Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
2006–2009	Research Fellow, Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Australia
2004–2006	Research Officer, Centre for Magnetic Resonance, The University of Queensland, Australia
2002–2004	Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Magnetic Resonance, The University of Queensland, Australia

Publications

A full list of publications can be found on Google Scholar.