“The research programs of the Reynolds laboratory focus on the prevention and early diagnosis of oral disease, and on the known links to systemic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer.“ - Laureate Professor Eric Reynolds AO
Biography
Received the Australian Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation in 2017. This prize is awarded for the innovative translation of scientific knowledge into a commercially available product, service or process that has had a substantial economic, social and environmental benefit
Laureate Professor Eric Reynolds AO is Chief Executive Officer and Research Director at the Oral Health CRC at the Melbourne Dental School at the University of Melbourne. For 16 years until 2015 Eric was Head of the Melbourne Dental School. He has lectured and published extensively and has chaired and participated in a wide range of professional committees and panels. Eric was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for his service to community dental health in 2005. He has also been awarded the Clunies Ross National Science and Technology award in 2002 and the Victoria Prize for Science in 2005. In 2011 he was awarded the Distinguished Scientist Award by the International Association for Dental Research, and in 2015 the Leach Medal for research excellence and the Global Health Impact Award from the University of Melbourne. In 2016 he received the Award of Merit from the Australian Dental Association and in 2017 he received the Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation.
Awards and Recognition
• Australian Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation, 2017.
• Australian Dental Association Award of Merit in recognition of the very significant contribution provided to dentistry and in particularly to dental research, 2016.
• Global Impact Award by the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, in recognition of far reaching improvements in oral and general health arising out of research into oral disease prevention, 2015
• Awarded the Leach Medal at the Lorne 40th International Meeting on Protein Structure and Function, 2015
• Australian Dental Association Victorian Branch Award for Distinguished Service, 2013
• Appointed as a University of Melbourne Laureate Professor, 2011.
• Distinguished Scientist Award, International Association for Dental Research, 2011
• Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons, 2010
• IADR/GlaxoSmithKline Innovation in Oral Care Award, 2009.
• Fellow of the International College of Dentists, 2008
• Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 2008
• For Excellence in Innovation for Tooth Mousse Plus., Cooperative Research Centres Association Award for Excellence in Innovation, 2008
• Anne and Eric Smorgon Memorial Award for outstanding contribution to science, technology and/or engineering, Jack & Robert Smorgon Families Foundation, 2005
• Officer of the Order of Australia, AO, 2005
• For scientific discovery or technological innovation to significantly advanced the State of Victoria., Victoria Prize - State of Victoria, 2005
• Recognize outstanding achievement in the successful application of science and technology for the economic, social and environmental benefit of Aust., Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award, 2002
• The Loftus Hill Memorial Medal Award of Merit for outstanding scientific achievement, Dairy Industry Association of Australia, 2001
• Alan Docking Science Award for outstanding scientific achievement in the field of dental research., International Association for Dental Research, Australian and New Zealand Division, 1997
• William J. Gies Award - for best paper published in Journal of Dental Research in 1992, International Association for Dental Research and the American Association for Dental Research, 1992
Research
• The Reynolds laboratory is characterizing the novel Type IX Secretion System of Gram-negative bacteria using Electron Cryo Tomography.
• Using recently developed techniques the team is studying the proteome, transcriptome and metabolome of oral pathogenic bacteria and have developed novel bacterial biofilm culture techniques and animal models to study how the interactions between the bacterial community and host contribute to disease.
• They are developing and assessing novel peptide-based vaccine technologies. They have characterized novel virulence factors of P. gingivalis and secretion, transport and genetic regulatory systems and determined the contributions of these to the virulence of the bacterium.
• They have developed a novel nanotechnology based on stannous cross-linked phosphopeptides that have utility in the prevention and treatment of periodontal disease.
Techniques
• Structural chemistry,
• Bacterial proteomics and transcriptomics,
• Bacterial ecology,
• Bacterial biofilm analyses,
• Immunology,
• Protein chemistry
• Peptide vaccine technology.
Group Members
Group Leader
Laureate Prof Eric Reynolds
Senior Research Fellows
Prof Neil O'Brien-Simpson
Assoc/Prof Paul Veith
Research Assistants
Cheryl Augustine
Sally Byers
Susan Veith
Postdoctoral Fellows
Brent Ward
Lianyi Zhang
Yu-yen Chen
Keith Cross
Sabine Flenady
Michelle Glew
Dhana Gorasia
Laila Huq
Wenyi Li
Christine Seers
Graduate Research Students
Ibrahim Ali Mohammed
Rita Paolini
Ciara Redmond
Chirayu Ruengrungsom
Kevin Selva
David Stanton
Zhe Sun
Yan Tan
