Rate My Professor Briana Smith

Briana Smith completed a Bachelor of Biomedical Science with Honours at the University of Otago, Christchurch, in 2022. Her honours thesis, titled 'The effect of physiological oxidants on the amyloid formation of the tumour suppressor protein p16INK4a', investigated the influence of oxidants on protein aggregation processes relevant to tumour suppression. This work was conducted within the Department of Pathology and Biomedical Science.

As a postgraduate student in the same department, Briana Smith focused on investigating the redox state of p16 under the supervision of Christoph Göbl, Mark Hampton, Nick Magon, and Vanessa Morris. She is listed as an alumnus of the Centre for Redox Biology and Medicine (Mātai Hāora) for 2022. Briana Smith contributed to research on lipidomics profiles comparing planktonic and biofilm forms of susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, co-authoring the paper 'Comparative lipidomics profiles of planktonic and biofilms of susceptible Staphylococcus aureus' published in Analytical Biochemistry in 2024 with S.S. Nair, Vanessa Morris, Christoph Göbl, Daniel Pletzer, and Matthias Fellner. She also co-authored studies on myeloperoxidase enzyme activity in inflammatory bowel disease, including 'Myeloperoxidase Enzyme Activity in Feces Reflects Endoscopic Severity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease' and 'Fecal Myeloperoxidase Levels Reflect Disease Activity in Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease', both published in 2025. Following her postgraduate studies, she worked as an Assistant Research Fellow at Mātai Hāora - Centre for Redox Biology and Medicine and is currently a Technical Writer at Streamliners NZ.