PhD Candidate
BBiomedSc(Hons) graduate
Tel +64 3 364 0566
Email therese.featherston@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Research interests
Tess Featherson completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Auckland, completing a Bachelor of Science majoring in Biomedical Sciences. She then completed her Bachelor of Biomedical Science with First Class Honours at the Centre for Free Radical Research, University of Otago, Christchurch.
Tess is currently undertaking her PhD with the Centre for Free Radical Research, under the supervision of Dr Martina Paumann-Page and Professor Mark Hampton. Her project is investigating exploiting oxidative stress in the treatment of metastatic melanoma.
Publications
Featherston, T., Paumann-Page, M., & Hampton, M. B. (2024). Melanoma redox biology and the emergence of drug resistance. In Advances in cancer research. Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/bs.acr.2024.06.004 Chapter in Book - Research
Featherston, T., Helem, S., Smyth, L. C. D., Hampton, M. B., & Paumann-Page, M. (2024). Comparing automated cell imaging with conventional methods of measuring cell proliferation and viability. Toxicology Mechanisms & Methods. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/15376516.2024.2360051 Journal - Research Article
Featherston, T. M. (2024). Exploiting oxidative stress in the treatment of drug-resistant metastatic melanoma (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/16588 Awarded Doctoral Degree
Featherston, T., Paumann-Page, M., & Hampton, M. (2023). Treating vemurafenib-resistant metastatic melanoma cells with thioredoxin reductase inhibitors. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB) 50th Anniversary Conference. Retrieved from https://www.nzsbmb.org/conference Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Featherston, T., Khor, C., Paumann-Page, M., & Hampton, M. (2022, August). Reprogrammed antioxidant defences in metastatic melanoma cells. Verbal presentation at the Cancer Satellite Meeting: Queenstown Research Week, Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs