Rate My Professor Kirsty Danielson

Danielson's research specializations encompass extracellular vesicles and RNA as plasma biomarkers for risk stratification, prediction of therapy response in patient cohorts, and elucidation of their functional mechanisms in cellular disease models. Her academic interests include extracellular RNA, microRNA, diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers, particularly in colorectal cancer, alongside obesity, type II diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Collaborating with surgeons from the University of Otago and Wellington Hospital, she investigates novel biomarkers in colorectal cancer through the Surgical Cancer Research Group. Key publications include 'Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles (MISEV2023): From basic to advanced approaches' (Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, 2024), 'exRNA atlas analysis reveals distinct extracellular RNA cargo types and their carriers present across human biofluids' (Cell, 2019), 'Small RNA sequencing across diverse biofluids identifies optimal methods for exRNA isolation' (Cell, 2019), 'Circulating extracellular vesicle microRNA as diagnostic biomarkers in early colorectal cancer—A review' (Cancers, 2019), and 'miRNA signatures of insulin resistance in obesity' (Obesity, 2017). Her contributions have advanced the understanding of extracellular RNAs in biofluids and their diagnostic potential.