Member
Member
Associate Professor
Damon Tumes
Education
- 2002
- B.Sc., School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, Australia
- 2003
- B.Sc. with First Class Honours, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, Australia
- 2006
- Visiting Postgraduate Researcher, Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, Hannover, Germany
- 2009
- Ph.D., School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, Australia
Experience
- 2009-2011
- G-COE Research Fellow
- 2011-2012
- G-COE Independent Assistant Professor
- 2012-2013
- Research Assistant Professor
- 2013-2015
- Assistant Professor
- 2015-present
- Associate Professor
Selected Publications
- Hosokawa, H., Kato, M., Tohyama, H., Tamaki, Y., Endo, Y., Kimura, Y. M., Tumes, D. J., Motohashi, S., Matsumoto, M., Nakayama, I. K., Tanaka, T., and Nakayama, T.: Methylation of Gata3 at Arg-261 regulates transactivation of the Il5 gene in T helper 2 cells. J. Biol. Chem. 290:13095-13103 (2015).
- Endo, Y., Hirahara, K., Iinuma, T., Shinoda, K., Tumes, D. J., Asou, H. K., Matsugae, N., Obata-Ninomiya, K., Yamamoto, H., Motohashi, S., Oboki, K., Nakae, S., Saito, H., Okamoto, Y., and Nakayama, T.: The Interleukin-33-p38 kinase axis confers memory T helper 2 cell pathogenicity in the airway. Immunity 42:294-308 (2015).
- Watanabe, Y., Onodera, A., Kanai, U., Ichikawa, T., Obata-Ninomiya, K., Wada, T., Kiuchi, M., Iwamura, C., Tumes, D. J., Shinoda, K., Yagi, R., Motohashi, S., Hirahara, K., and Nakayama, T.: Trithorax complex component Menin controls differentiation and maintenance of T helper 17 cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 111:12829-12834 (2014).
- Onodera, A., Tumes, D. J., and Nakayama, T.: Epigenetic control of immune T cell memory. Transcriptional and Epigenetic Mechanisms Regulating Normal and Aberrant Blood Cell Development. 367-382 (2014).
- Endo, Y., Hirahara, K., Yagi, R., Tumes, D. J., and Nakayama, T.: Pathogenic memory type Th2 cells in allergic inflammation. Trends Immunol. 35:69-78 (2014).
Award
- 2006
- Postgraduate Research Scholarship, Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst
- 2007
- International Travel Award, World Allergy Organisation
- 2007
- Poster Presentation Award, EAACI
- 2008
- Postgraduate International Travel Award, ASI
- 2009
- Deans Commendation
- 2009
- Postgraduate Academic Achievement Award
Society Membership
American Thoracic Society (ATS), Australian Society for Immunology (ASI), European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (EAACI)
