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Stephen Wilcox

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

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Autonomic neurons are intrinsically hyperexcitable in a Friedreich ataxia iPSC model

Jarmon G. Lees, Haoxiang Zhang, Li Li, Mirella Dottori, Alice Pebay, Louise Corben, Martin Delatycki, Stephen Wilcox, Jeffrey M. Pullin, Jarny Choi, Davis McCarthy, Jill S. Napierala, Jill Napierala, Shiang Yong Lim

This paper establishes that FRDA autonomic neurons are hyperexcitable and exhibit mitochondrial dysfunction using iPSC-derived models.

bioRxiv · Oct 11, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Frataxin deficiency drives cardiac dysfunction and transcriptional dysregulation in Friedreich ataxia iPSC model

Jarmon G. Lees, Haoxiang Zhang, Lebei Jiao, Anne M. Kong, Ren Jie Phang, Li Li, Nan Su, Sebastian Bass-Stringer, Hei-Yi H. Woo, Anthony S Mukhtar, Alice Pébay, Mirella Dottori, Louise A. Corben, Martin Bruce Delatycki, Roger E. Peverill, , Shiang Yong Lim

This study uses iPSCs from FRDA patients to model cardiac dysfunction, finding transcriptional dysregulation and phenotypes like increased cell size and mitochondrial stress.

Cell Death and Disease · Jun 23, 2026Peer-reviewedPathology

A Risk-reward Examination of Sample Multiplexing Reagents for Single Cell RNA-Seq

Daniel V. Brown, Casey J. A. Anttila, Ling Ling, Patrick Grave, Tracey M. Baldwin, Ryan B. Munnings, Anthony J. Farchione, Vanessa L. Bryant, Amelia Dunstone, Christine Biben, Samir Taoudi, Tom S. Weber, Shalin H. Naik, Anthony Hadla, Holly E. Barker, , Rory J. Bowden

This study evaluates sample multiplexing reagents and protocols for scRNA-Seq, finding that workflow improvements and reagent choice impact data quality and cost-effectiveness.

Genomics · Jan 19, 2024Peer-reviewedGenomics

Influence of fecal collection conditions and 16S rRNA gene sequencing protocols at two centers on human gut microbiota analysis

Jocelyn Sietsma Penington, Megan A. S. Penno, Katrina Ngui, Nadim J. Ajami, Alexandra J. Roth‐Schulze, Stephen Wilcox, Esther Bandala‐Sanchez, John M. Wentworth, Simon Charles Barry, Cheryl Y. Brown, Jennifer Couper, Joseph F. Petrosino, Anthony T. Papenfuss, Leonard C. Harrison, ENDIA Study Group*, , Peter Vuillermin

This study evaluates how fecal collection conditions and 16S rRNA sequencing protocols affect gut microbiome analysis across two centers, finding that center-specific differences outweigh collection method variations.

Scientific Reports · Mar 6, 2018Peer-reviewedBioinformatics