Dr Gabriela Bodea completed her PhD with highest honours (Summa cum laude) in April 2014 in the laboratory of Prof. Sandra Blaess at the University of Bonn, Germany. Dr Bodea's PhD work was focused on understanding developmental mechanisms leading to neuronal diversity in the mammalian brain. In June 2014, Dr Bodea joined the Genome Plasticity and Disease group at the Mater Research Institute, Australia, where she began investigating the role of LINE-1 retrotransposons, a class of mobile DNA elements colloquially referred to as "jumping genes", in creating genetic variability within neurons. In 2017, Dr Bodea moved to the Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, to continue her work on understanding the impact of LINE-1 retrotransposon activity on specific subpopulations of neurons focusing on its potential link to neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disease. Dr Bodea's work has been supported by prestigious fellowships awarded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development scheme. Dr. Bodea has published in top journals, such as Cell, Cell Reports, Genome Research, and Development. Dr Bodea has also been involved in the training and mentorship of PhD students and participated in course coordination and lecturing activities.
Journal Article: Locus-resolution analysis of L1 regulation and retrotransposition potential in mouse embryonic development
Gerdes, Patricia, Chan, Dorothy, Lundberg, Mischa, Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Bodea, Gabriela O., Ewing, Adam D., Faulkner, Geoffrey J. and Richardson, Sandra R. (2023). Locus-resolution analysis of L1 regulation and retrotransposition potential in mouse embryonic development. Genome Research, 33 (9), 1465-1481. doi: 10.1101/gr.278003.123
Journal Article: Somatic retrotransposition in the developing rhesus macaque brain
Billon, Victor, Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J, Rasmussen, Jay, Bodea, Gabriela O, Gerhardt, Daniel J, Gerdes, Patricia, Cheetham, Seth W, Schauer, Stephanie N, Ajjikuttira, Prabha, Meyer, Thomas J, Layman, Cora E, Nevonen, Kimberly A, Jansz, Natasha, Garcia-Perez, Jose L, Richardson, Sandra R, Ewing, Adam D, Carbone, Lucia and Faulkner, Geoffrey J (2022). Somatic retrotransposition in the developing rhesus macaque brain. Genome Research, 32 (7), gr.276451.121-1314. doi: 10.1101/gr.276451.121
Journal Article: The transcription factor BCL11A defines distinct subsets of midbrain dopaminergic neurons
Tolve, Marianna , Ulusoy, Ayse, Patikas, Nikolaos, Islam, K. Ushna S. , Bodea, Gabriela O. , Öztürk, Ece, Broske, Bianca, Mentani, Astrid , Wagener, Antonia , van Loo, Karen M.J. , Britsch, Stefan , Liu, Pengtao , Khaled, Walid T. , Metzakopian, Emmanouil , Baader, Stephan L. , Di Monte, Donato A. and Blaess, Sandra (2021). The transcription factor BCL11A defines distinct subsets of midbrain dopaminergic neurons. Cell Reports, 36 (11) 109697, 109697. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109697
Journal Article: No evidence of human genome integration of SARS-CoV-2 found by long-read DNA sequencing
Smits, Nathan, Rasmussen, Jay, Bodea, Gabriela O., Amarilla, Alberto A., Gerdes, Patricia, Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Ajjikuttira, Prabha, Modhiran, Naphak, Liang, Benjamin, Faivre, Jamila, Deveson, Ira W., Khromykh, Alexander A., Watterson, Daniel, Ewing, Adam D. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2021). No evidence of human genome integration of SARS-CoV-2 found by long-read DNA sequencing. Cell Reports, 36 (7) 109530, 109530. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109530
Journal Article: Retrotransposon-induced mosaicism in the neural genome
Bodea, Gabriela O., McKelvey, Eleanor G. Z. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2018). Retrotransposon-induced mosaicism in the neural genome. Open Biology, 8 (7) 180074, 180074. doi: 10.1098/rsob.180074
Journal Article: Heritable L1 retrotransposition in the mouse primordial germline and early embryo
Richardson, Sandra R., Gerdes, Patricia, Gerhardt, Daniel J., Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Bodea, Gabriela-Oana, Muñoz-Lopez, Martin, Jesuadian, J. Samuel, Kempen, Marie-Jeanne H. C., Carreira, Patricia E., Jeddeloh, Jeffrey A., Garcia-Perez, Jose L., Kazazian Jr., Haig H., Ewing, Adam D. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2017). Heritable L1 retrotransposition in the mouse primordial germline and early embryo. Genome Research, 27 (8), 1395-1405. doi: 10.1101/gr.219022.116
Book Chapter: Neuronal genome plasticity: retrotransposons, environment and disease
Kempen, Marie-Jeanne H. C., Bodea, Gabriela O. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2017). Neuronal genome plasticity: retrotransposons, environment and disease. Human retrotransposons in health and disease. (pp. 107-125) edited by Gael Cristofari. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-48344-3_5
Journal Article: Establishing diversity in the dopaminergic system
Bodea, Gabriela O. and Blaess, Sandra (2015). Establishing diversity in the dopaminergic system. FEBS Letters (Federation of European Biochemical Socities), 589 (24, Part A), 3773-3785. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2015.09.016
Journal Article: Ubiquitous L1 mosaicism in hippocampal neurons
Upton, Kyle R., Gerhardt, Daniel J., Jesuadian, J. Samuel, Richardson, Sandra R., Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Bodea, Gabriela O., Ewing, Adam D., Salvador-Palomeque, Carmen, van der Knaap, Mario S., Brennan, Paul M., Vanderver, Adeline and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2015). Ubiquitous L1 mosaicism in hippocampal neurons. Cell, 161 (2), 228-239. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.03.026
Journal Article: Reelin and CXCL12 regulate distinct migratory behaviors during the development of the dopaminergic system
Bodea, Gabriela Oana, Spille, Jan-Hendrik, Abe, Philipp, Andersson, Aycan Senturk, Acker-Palmer, Amparo, Stumm, Ralf, Kubitscheck, Ulrich and Blaess, Sandra (2014). Reelin and CXCL12 regulate distinct migratory behaviors during the development of the dopaminergic system. Development, 141 (3), 661-673. doi: 10.1242/dev.099937
Blaess, Sandra, Bodea, Gabriela O., Kabanova, Anna, Chanet, Soline, Mugniery, Emilie, Derouiche, Amin, Stephen, Daniel and Joyner, Alexandra L. (2011). Temporal-spatial changes in Sonic Hedgehog expression and signaling reveal different potentials of ventral mesencephalic progenitors to populate distinct ventral midbrain nuclei. Neural Development, 6 (29) 1749. doi: 10.1186/1749-8104-6-29
UQ AWARE - Dr Gabriela-Oana Bodea
(2019–2020) UQ Amplify Women's Academic Research Equity
(2016–2021) NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowships Scheme
Understanding LINE-1 retrotransposon activity in healthy and diseased dopaminergic neurons
Doctor Philosophy
Visualising genetic mosaicism during development
Doctor Philosophy
Gerdes, Patricia, Chan, Dorothy, Lundberg, Mischa, Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Bodea, Gabriela O., Ewing, Adam D., Faulkner, Geoffrey J. and Richardson, Sandra R. (2023). Locus-resolution analysis of L1 regulation and retrotransposition potential in mouse embryonic development. Genome Research, 33 (9), 1465-1481. doi: 10.1101/gr.278003.123
Somatic retrotransposition in the developing rhesus macaque brain
Billon, Victor, Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J, Rasmussen, Jay, Bodea, Gabriela O, Gerhardt, Daniel J, Gerdes, Patricia, Cheetham, Seth W, Schauer, Stephanie N, Ajjikuttira, Prabha, Meyer, Thomas J, Layman, Cora E, Nevonen, Kimberly A, Jansz, Natasha, Garcia-Perez, Jose L, Richardson, Sandra R, Ewing, Adam D, Carbone, Lucia and Faulkner, Geoffrey J (2022). Somatic retrotransposition in the developing rhesus macaque brain. Genome Research, 32 (7), gr.276451.121-1314. doi: 10.1101/gr.276451.121
The transcription factor BCL11A defines distinct subsets of midbrain dopaminergic neurons
Tolve, Marianna , Ulusoy, Ayse, Patikas, Nikolaos, Islam, K. Ushna S. , Bodea, Gabriela O. , Öztürk, Ece, Broske, Bianca, Mentani, Astrid , Wagener, Antonia , van Loo, Karen M.J. , Britsch, Stefan , Liu, Pengtao , Khaled, Walid T. , Metzakopian, Emmanouil , Baader, Stephan L. , Di Monte, Donato A. and Blaess, Sandra (2021). The transcription factor BCL11A defines distinct subsets of midbrain dopaminergic neurons. Cell Reports, 36 (11) 109697, 109697. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109697
No evidence of human genome integration of SARS-CoV-2 found by long-read DNA sequencing
Smits, Nathan, Rasmussen, Jay, Bodea, Gabriela O., Amarilla, Alberto A., Gerdes, Patricia, Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Ajjikuttira, Prabha, Modhiran, Naphak, Liang, Benjamin, Faivre, Jamila, Deveson, Ira W., Khromykh, Alexander A., Watterson, Daniel, Ewing, Adam D. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2021). No evidence of human genome integration of SARS-CoV-2 found by long-read DNA sequencing. Cell Reports, 36 (7) 109530, 109530. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109530
Retrotransposon-induced mosaicism in the neural genome
Bodea, Gabriela O., McKelvey, Eleanor G. Z. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2018). Retrotransposon-induced mosaicism in the neural genome. Open Biology, 8 (7) 180074, 180074. doi: 10.1098/rsob.180074
Heritable L1 retrotransposition in the mouse primordial germline and early embryo
Richardson, Sandra R., Gerdes, Patricia, Gerhardt, Daniel J., Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Bodea, Gabriela-Oana, Muñoz-Lopez, Martin, Jesuadian, J. Samuel, Kempen, Marie-Jeanne H. C., Carreira, Patricia E., Jeddeloh, Jeffrey A., Garcia-Perez, Jose L., Kazazian Jr., Haig H., Ewing, Adam D. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2017). Heritable L1 retrotransposition in the mouse primordial germline and early embryo. Genome Research, 27 (8), 1395-1405. doi: 10.1101/gr.219022.116
Neuronal genome plasticity: retrotransposons, environment and disease
Kempen, Marie-Jeanne H. C., Bodea, Gabriela O. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2017). Neuronal genome plasticity: retrotransposons, environment and disease. Human retrotransposons in health and disease. (pp. 107-125) edited by Gael Cristofari. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-48344-3_5
Establishing diversity in the dopaminergic system
Bodea, Gabriela O. and Blaess, Sandra (2015). Establishing diversity in the dopaminergic system. FEBS Letters (Federation of European Biochemical Socities), 589 (24, Part A), 3773-3785. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2015.09.016
Ubiquitous L1 mosaicism in hippocampal neurons
Upton, Kyle R., Gerhardt, Daniel J., Jesuadian, J. Samuel, Richardson, Sandra R., Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Bodea, Gabriela O., Ewing, Adam D., Salvador-Palomeque, Carmen, van der Knaap, Mario S., Brennan, Paul M., Vanderver, Adeline and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2015). Ubiquitous L1 mosaicism in hippocampal neurons. Cell, 161 (2), 228-239. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.03.026
Bodea, Gabriela Oana, Spille, Jan-Hendrik, Abe, Philipp, Andersson, Aycan Senturk, Acker-Palmer, Amparo, Stumm, Ralf, Kubitscheck, Ulrich and Blaess, Sandra (2014). Reelin and CXCL12 regulate distinct migratory behaviors during the development of the dopaminergic system. Development, 141 (3), 661-673. doi: 10.1242/dev.099937
Blaess, Sandra, Bodea, Gabriela O., Kabanova, Anna, Chanet, Soline, Mugniery, Emilie, Derouiche, Amin, Stephen, Daniel and Joyner, Alexandra L. (2011). Temporal-spatial changes in Sonic Hedgehog expression and signaling reveal different potentials of ventral mesencephalic progenitors to populate distinct ventral midbrain nuclei. Neural Development, 6 (29) 1749. doi: 10.1186/1749-8104-6-29
Neuronal genome plasticity: retrotransposons, environment and disease
Kempen, Marie-Jeanne H. C., Bodea, Gabriela O. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2017). Neuronal genome plasticity: retrotransposons, environment and disease. Human retrotransposons in health and disease. (pp. 107-125) edited by Gael Cristofari. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-48344-3_5
LINE-1 retrotransposons contribute to mouse PV interneuron development
Bodea, Gabriela O., Botto, Juan M., Ferreiro, Maria E., Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., de los Rios Barreda, Jose, Rasmussen, Jay, Rahman, Muhammed A., Fenlon, Laura R., Jansz, Natasha, Gubert, Carolina, Gerdes, Patricia, Bodea, Liviu-Gabriel, Ajjikuttira, Prabha, Da Costa Guevara, Darwin J., Cumner, Linda, Bell, Charles C., Kozulin, Peter, Billon, Victor, Morell, Santiago, Kempen, Marie-Jeanne H. C., Love, Chloe J., Saha, Karabi, Palmer, Lucy M., Ewing, Adam D., Jhaveri, Dhanisha J., Richardson, Sandra R., Hannan, Anthony J. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2024). LINE-1 retrotransposons contribute to mouse PV interneuron development. Nature Neuroscience, 1-34. doi: 10.1038/s41593-024-01650-2
Madrid, Lidia I., Hafey, Katelyn, Bandhavkar, Saurabh, Bodea, Gabriela O., Jimenez-Martin, Javier, Milne, Michael, Walker, Tara L., Faulkner, Geoffrey J., Coulson, Elizabeth J. and Jhaveri, Dhanisha J. (2024). Stimulation of the muscarinic receptor M4 regulates neural precursor cell proliferation and promotes adult hippocampal neurogenesis. Development, 151 (1) dev201835, 1-13. doi: 10.1242/dev.201835
Gerdes, Patricia, Chan, Dorothy, Lundberg, Mischa, Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Bodea, Gabriela O., Ewing, Adam D., Faulkner, Geoffrey J. and Richardson, Sandra R. (2023). Locus-resolution analysis of L1 regulation and retrotransposition potential in mouse embryonic development. Genome Research, 33 (9), 1465-1481. doi: 10.1101/gr.278003.123
Methods and applications in cellular neuropathology.
Bodea, Gabriela O. and Yemisci, Muge (2023). Methods and applications in cellular neuropathology.. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 17 1244414, 1244414. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2023.1244414
Somatic retrotransposition in the developing rhesus macaque brain
Billon, Victor, Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J, Rasmussen, Jay, Bodea, Gabriela O, Gerhardt, Daniel J, Gerdes, Patricia, Cheetham, Seth W, Schauer, Stephanie N, Ajjikuttira, Prabha, Meyer, Thomas J, Layman, Cora E, Nevonen, Kimberly A, Jansz, Natasha, Garcia-Perez, Jose L, Richardson, Sandra R, Ewing, Adam D, Carbone, Lucia and Faulkner, Geoffrey J (2022). Somatic retrotransposition in the developing rhesus macaque brain. Genome Research, 32 (7), gr.276451.121-1314. doi: 10.1101/gr.276451.121
LINE-1 retrotransposon activation intrinsic to interneuron development
Bodea, Gabriela O., Ferreiro, Maria E., Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Botto, Juan M., Rasmussen, Jay, Rahman, Muhammed A., Fenlon, Laura R., Gubert, Carolina, Gerdes, Patricia, Bodea, Liviu-Gabriel, Ajjikuttira, Prabha, Kozulin, Peter, Billon, Victor, Morell, Santiago, Kempen, Marie-Jeanne H.C., Love, Chloe J., Palmer, Lucy M., Ewing, Adam D., Jhaveri, Dhanisha J., Richardson, Sandra R., Hannan, Anthony J. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2022). LINE-1 retrotransposon activation intrinsic to interneuron development.
The transcription factor BCL11A defines distinct subsets of midbrain dopaminergic neurons
Tolve, Marianna , Ulusoy, Ayse, Patikas, Nikolaos, Islam, K. Ushna S. , Bodea, Gabriela O. , Öztürk, Ece, Broske, Bianca, Mentani, Astrid , Wagener, Antonia , van Loo, Karen M.J. , Britsch, Stefan , Liu, Pengtao , Khaled, Walid T. , Metzakopian, Emmanouil , Baader, Stephan L. , Di Monte, Donato A. and Blaess, Sandra (2021). The transcription factor BCL11A defines distinct subsets of midbrain dopaminergic neurons. Cell Reports, 36 (11) 109697, 109697. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109697
Rasmussen, Jay, Ewing, Adam D., Bodea, Liviu‐Gabriel, Bodea, Gabriela O., Gearing, Marla and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2021). An early proinflammatory transcriptional response to tau pathology is age‐specific and foreshadows reduced tau burden. Brain Pathology, 32 (3) e13018, e13018. doi: 10.1111/bpa.13018
No evidence of human genome integration of SARS-CoV-2 found by long-read DNA sequencing
Smits, Nathan, Rasmussen, Jay, Bodea, Gabriela O., Amarilla, Alberto A., Gerdes, Patricia, Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Ajjikuttira, Prabha, Modhiran, Naphak, Liang, Benjamin, Faivre, Jamila, Deveson, Ira W., Khromykh, Alexander A., Watterson, Daniel, Ewing, Adam D. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2021). No evidence of human genome integration of SARS-CoV-2 found by long-read DNA sequencing. Cell Reports, 36 (7) 109530, 109530. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109530
Retrotransposon-induced mosaicism in the neural genome
Bodea, Gabriela O., McKelvey, Eleanor G. Z. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2018). Retrotransposon-induced mosaicism in the neural genome. Open Biology, 8 (7) 180074, 180074. doi: 10.1098/rsob.180074
Heritable L1 retrotransposition in the mouse primordial germline and early embryo
Richardson, Sandra R., Gerdes, Patricia, Gerhardt, Daniel J., Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Bodea, Gabriela-Oana, Muñoz-Lopez, Martin, Jesuadian, J. Samuel, Kempen, Marie-Jeanne H. C., Carreira, Patricia E., Jeddeloh, Jeffrey A., Garcia-Perez, Jose L., Kazazian Jr., Haig H., Ewing, Adam D. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2017). Heritable L1 retrotransposition in the mouse primordial germline and early embryo. Genome Research, 27 (8), 1395-1405. doi: 10.1101/gr.219022.116
Establishing diversity in the dopaminergic system
Bodea, Gabriela O. and Blaess, Sandra (2015). Establishing diversity in the dopaminergic system. FEBS Letters (Federation of European Biochemical Socities), 589 (24, Part A), 3773-3785. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2015.09.016
Ubiquitous L1 mosaicism in hippocampal neurons
Upton, Kyle R., Gerhardt, Daniel J., Jesuadian, J. Samuel, Richardson, Sandra R., Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Bodea, Gabriela O., Ewing, Adam D., Salvador-Palomeque, Carmen, van der Knaap, Mario S., Brennan, Paul M., Vanderver, Adeline and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2015). Ubiquitous L1 mosaicism in hippocampal neurons. Cell, 161 (2), 228-239. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.03.026
Bodea, Gabriela Oana, Spille, Jan-Hendrik, Abe, Philipp, Andersson, Aycan Senturk, Acker-Palmer, Amparo, Stumm, Ralf, Kubitscheck, Ulrich and Blaess, Sandra (2014). Reelin and CXCL12 regulate distinct migratory behaviors during the development of the dopaminergic system. Development, 141 (3), 661-673. doi: 10.1242/dev.099937
Meeting report. Imaging in cell biology: where next?
Barry, David, Roque, Hélio, Dumoux, Maud, Kriston-Vizi, Janos, Bodea, Gabriela O. and Harper, Callista (2013). Meeting report. Imaging in cell biology: where next?. Journal of Cell Science, 126 (1), 43-44. doi: 10.1242/jcs.129197
Bodea, Gabriela Oana and Blaess, Sandra (2012). Organotypic slice cultures of embryonic ventral midbrain: a system to study dopaminergic neuronal development in vitro. Journal of Visualized Experiments : JoVE (59) e3350, e3350. doi: 10.3791/3350
Blaess, Sandra, Bodea, Gabriela O., Kabanova, Anna, Chanet, Soline, Mugniery, Emilie, Derouiche, Amin, Stephen, Daniel and Joyner, Alexandra L. (2011). Temporal-spatial changes in Sonic Hedgehog expression and signaling reveal different potentials of ventral mesencephalic progenitors to populate distinct ventral midbrain nuclei. Neural Development, 6 (29) 1749. doi: 10.1186/1749-8104-6-29
Dinu, Diana, Bodea, Gabriela Oana, Ceapa, Corina Diana, Munteanu, Maria Cristina, Roming, Florentina Israel, Serban, Andreea Iren, Hermenean, Anca, Costache, Marieta, Zarnescu, Otilia and Dinischiotu, Anca (2011). Adapted response of the antioxidant defense system to oxidative stress induced by deoxynivalenol in Hek-293 cells. Toxicon, 57 (7-8), 1023-1032. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.04.006
Influence of deoxynivalenol on the oxidative status of HepG2 cells
Bodea, G. O. Dragomir, Munteanu, M. C., Dinu, D., Serban, A. I., Roming, F. Israel, Costache, M. and Dinischiotu, A. (2009). Influence of deoxynivalenol on the oxidative status of HepG2 cells. Romanian Biotechnological Letters, 14 (2), 4349-4359.
The effect of deoxynivalenol on hepatic cell line HepG2
Dragomir, G., Huculeci, R., Munteanu, C., Ceapa, C., Bodea, L. and Dinischiotu, A. (2007). The effect of deoxynivalenol on hepatic cell line HepG2. Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry, 23 (5-6-1), 583-588. doi: 10.2298/bah0701583d
UQ AWARE - Dr Gabriela-Oana Bodea
(2019–2020) UQ Amplify Women's Academic Research Equity
(2016–2021) NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowships Scheme
Note for students: Dr Gabriela-Oana Bodea is not currently available to take on new students.
Understanding LINE-1 retrotransposon activity in healthy and diseased dopaminergic neurons
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Visualising genetic mosaicism during development
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors: