EMPLOYMENT
2020–present Postdoctoral scientist at the Earlham Institute, Norwich, UK.
2017–2020 Postdoctoral researcher at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.
EDUCATION
2011–2017 PhD in the Department of Biology, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University, New York, NY.
2010 Honors in Botany, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Australia.
2007–2009 Bachelor of Science, University of Melbourne, Australia.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2020–Present Postdoctoral research, Earlham Institute, Norwich, UK. Prof. Neil Hall Laboratory. Protist genome sequencing, assembly and analysis as part of the Darwin Tree of Life Project.
2017–2020 Postdoctoral research, American Museum of Natural History. Dr Eunsoo Kim Laboratory. Sequencing, assembly, annotation and analysis of protist species including novel and recently described species and representatives of orphan lineages.
2011–2017 PhD research, NYU Department of Biology, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology. Prof. Jane Carlton Laboratory. Investigating the complex genome of the sexually transmitted parasite Trichomonas vaginalis; the effects of transposable elements on gene expression and biology of T. vaginalis, and the mechanisms employed by the parasite to counteract their effect.
2010 Honours Thesis, University of Melbourne, School of Botany. Prof. Geoff McFadden Laboratory. Localization and genetic manipulation of the Toxoplasma gondii Chloroquine Resistance Transporter (CRT) protein. Identification and Characterization of a novel intracellular vesicle in T. gondii parasites.
PUBLICATIONS
Sally D. Warring, Frances Blow, Grace Avecilla, Jordan C. Orosco, Steven A. Sullivan, Jane M. Carlton. Small RNAs Are Implicated in Regulation of Gene and Transposable Element Expression in the Protist Trichomonas vaginalis. mSphere Jan 2021, 6 (1), https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.01061-20
Heiss, A.A., Warring, S.D., Lukacs, K., Favate, J., Yang, A., Gyaltshen, Y., Filardi, C., Simpson, A.G. and Kim, E. (2021), Description of Imasa heleensis, gen. nov., sp. nov. (Imasidae, fam. nov.), a Deep‐Branching Marine Malawimonad and Possible Key Taxon in Understanding Early Eukaryotic Evolution. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12837
Martina Bradic, Sally D. Warring, Grace E. Tooley, Paul Scheid, William E. Secor, Kirkwood M. Land, Po-Jung Huang, Ting-Wen Chen, Chi-Ching Lee, Petrus Tang, Steven A. Sullivan, Jane M. Carlton, Genetic Indicators of Drug Resistance in the Highly Repetitive Genome of Trichomonas vaginalis, Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 9, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 1658–1672, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evx110
Warring SD, Dou Z, Carruthers VB, McFadden GI and van Dooren GG, Characterisation of the Chloroquine Resistance Transporter homologue in Toxoplasma gondii. Eukaryotic Cell, 2014 May 23, https://doi.org/10.1128/EC.00027-14
Bradic M, Warring SD, Low V, and Carlton JM, The Tc1/mariner transposable element family shapes genetic variation and gene expression in the protist Trichomonas vaginalis. Mobile DNA, 2014 Apr 24;5:12, https://doi.org/10.1186/1759-8753-5-12
Conrad MD, Bradic M, Warring SD, Gorman AW, and Carlton JM. Getting Trichy: Tools and Approaches to interrogating Trichomonas vaginalis in a Post-Genome World. Trends in Parasitology. 2012 Jan;29(1):17-25, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2012.10.004
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2017–2020 Instructor, Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History.
2011–2016 Teaching Assistant in the Department of Biology at New York University in: Molecular and Cellular Biology, undergraduate TA. Principles of Biology, undergraduate TA.
2010–2011 Teaching Assistant at The University of Melbourne in: Biology of Cells and Organisms, undergraduate TA. Genetics and the Evolution of Life, undergraduate TA.