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Heath Ecroyd

University of Wollongong · AU
Area of research
Molecular Biology · Neurology
Research interest
Research focused on Proteostasis and Protein aggregation, with related work in Heat shock protein, Chaperone (clinical), Hsp27. Notable publications include 'Invited review: Caseins and the casein micelle: Their biological functions, structures, and behavior in foods', 'Walking the tightrope: proteostasis and neurodegenerative disease', and 'The structured core domain of αB-crystallin can prevent amyloid fibrillation and associated toxicity'.
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67
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Recent publications

Development of a targeted BioPROTAC degrader selective for misfolded SOD1
Nature Communications 2025cited by 5position: middledoi
Competing chaperone pathways in α‐synuclein disaggregation and aggregation dynamics
Protein Science 2025cited by 3position: lastdoi
A polytherapy approach demonstrates therapeutic efficacy for the treatment of SOD1 associated amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
EBioMedicine 2025cited by 2position: middledoi
Single-molecule observations of human small heat shock proteins in complex with aggregation-prone client proteins
Biochemical Journal 2025cited by 1position: lastdoi
Stress biology: Complexity and multifariousness in health and disease
Cell Stress and Chaperones 2024cited by 6position: middledoi
The beauty and complexity of the small heat shock proteins: a report on the proceedings of the fourth workshop on small heat shock proteins
Cell Stress and Chaperones 2023cited by 12position: firstdoi
Real-time single-molecule observation of chaperone-assisted protein folding
Science Advances 2022cited by 28position: lastdoi
The Monomeric α-Crystallin Domain of the Small Heat-shock Proteins αB-crystallin and Hsp27 Binds Amyloid Fibril Ends
Journal of Molecular Biology 2022cited by 11position: middledoi
Exploiting flow cytometry for the unbiased quantification of protein inclusions in <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i>
Journal of Neurochemistry 2022cited by 2position: lastdoi
Proteostasis in the Male and Female Germline: A New Outlook on the Maintenance of Reproductive Health
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 2021cited by 24position: middledoi
DNAJB chaperones suppress destabilised protein aggregation via a region distinct from that used to inhibit amyloidogenesis
Journal of Cell Science 2021cited by 23position: lastdoi
Illuminating amyloid fibrils: Fluorescence-based single-molecule approaches
Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 2021cited by 22position: middledoi
De Novo Design, Synthesis, and Mechanistic Evaluation of Short Peptides That Mimic Heat Shock Protein 27 Activity
ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2021cited by 5position: middledoi
Regional Differences in Heat Shock Protein 25 Expression in Brain and Spinal Cord Astrocytes of Wild-Type and SOD1 G93A Mice
Cells 2021cited by 4position: middledoi
N- and C-terminal regions of αB-crystallin and Hsp27 mediate inhibition of amyloid nucleation, fibril binding, and fibril disaggregation
Journal of Biological Chemistry 2020cited by 41position: middledoi
An α-Cyanostilbene Derivative for the Enhanced Detection and Imaging of Amyloid Fibril Aggregates
ACS Chemical Neuroscience 2020cited by 34position: lastdoi
Single-molecule fluorescence-based approach reveals novel mechanistic insights into human small heat shock protein chaperone function
Journal of Biological Chemistry 2020cited by 22position: lastdoi
Native disulphide-linked dimers facilitate amyloid fibril formation by bovine milk αS2-casein
Biophysical Chemistry 2020cited by 17position: middledoi
Neurodegenerative disease-associated protein aggregates are poor inducers of the heat shock response in neuronal cells
Journal of Cell Science 2020cited by 17position: lastdoi
Proteomics Approaches for Biomarker and Drug Target Discovery in ALS and FTD
Frontiers in Neuroscience 2019cited by 86position: middledoi
Small heat shock proteins: multifaceted proteins with important implications for life
Cell Stress and Chaperones 2019cited by 81position: middledoi
High tolerance of repeated heatwaves in Australian native plants
Austral Ecology 2019cited by 23position: middledoi
The small heat shock protein Hsp27 binds α-synuclein fibrils, preventing elongation and cytotoxicity
Journal of Biological Chemistry 2018cited by 139position: lastdoi
Single-Molecule Characterization of the Interactions between Extracellular Chaperones and Toxic α-Synuclein Oligomers
Cell Reports 2018cited by 76position: middledoi
Proteostasis and the Regulation of Intra- and Extracellular Protein Aggregation by ATP-Independent Molecular Chaperones: Lens α-Crystallins and Milk Caseins
Accounts of Chemical Research 2018cited by 55position: middledoi
Using Single-Molecule Approaches to Understand the Molecular Mechanisms of Heat-Shock Protein Chaperone Function
Journal of Molecular Biology 2018cited by 47position: lastdoi
Stress in native grasses under ecologically relevant heat waves
PLoS ONE 2018cited by 19position: middledoi
Assessment of metal concentrations in the SOD1G93A mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and its potential role in muscular denervation, with particular focus on muscle tissue
Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience 2018cited by 10position: middledoi
The influence of the N-terminal region proximal to the core domain on the assembly and chaperone activity of αB-crystallin
Cell Stress and Chaperones 2018cited by 10position: lastdoi
The growing world of small heat shock proteins: from structure to functions
Cell Stress and Chaperones 2017cited by 183position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

John A. Carver · Australian National University17 papers (2012–2020)Justin J. Yerbury · University of Wollongong12 papers (2012–2025)Dezerae Cox · University of Wollongong9 papers (2014–2025)David C. Thorn · Australian National University9 papers (2013–2020)Antoine M. van Oijen · The University of Sydney8 papers (2018–2025)Rebecca San Gil · University of Wollongong7 papers (2016–2021)Mark R. Wilson · University of Wollongong7 papers (2013–2018) · 6 papers (2014–2020)Nicholas R. Marzano · University of Wollongong6 papers (2018–2025)Christopher M. Dobson · University of Cambridge5 papers (2013–2018)Carl Holt · University of Glasgow5 papers (2013–2020) · 4 papers (2012–2022)J. Andrew Aquilina · University of Wollongong4 papers (2013–2018)Luke McAlary · University of Wollongong4 papers (2016–2025)Lezanne Ooi · University of Wollongong4 papers (2015–2020)Anthony Dosseto · University of Wollongong4 papers (2016–2025)Blagojce Jovcevski‬ · University of Wollongong3 papers (2015–2018)Jane L. Roberts · Virginia Commonwealth University3 papers (2016–2016) · 3 papers (2016–2016)Laurence Booth · Virginia Commonwealth University3 papers (2016–2016)