Dr. Owen Duncan

Biography

Owen Duncan is an early to mid-career protein scientist specialized in using protein mass spectrometry and bioinformatics to address complex biochemical questions. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Western Australia in 2006 with Class Honours in Genetics. In 2012, he earned his PhD in mitochondrial membrane proteomics and is currently the scientific lead of the University of Western Australia's node at the Western Australian Proteomics Facility, which he helped establish in 2019. His research focuses on quantifying the contributions of gene expression, translation, and degradation to protein homeostasis. Owen has participated in a wide range of research projects leveraging his proteomics expertise and has made significant contributions to over 40 research articles that have been cited more than 2300 times. His interests lie primarily in protein biology, especially in developing and deploying mass spectrometry-based proteomics combined with bioinformatics. His extensive expertise includes developing multipronged approaches to discover identities of proteins located at the outer mitochondrial membrane and characterizing the functions of protein import components. Dr. Duncan is also committed to facilitating access to advanced proteomics data for local and international researchers affiliated with the WA Proteomics Facility and actively participates in various scientific meetings and collaborations.

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