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Biography
Position
Research Fellow
Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Drug Discovery Biology
Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dr Van Der Westhuizen obtained her PhD in Molecular Pharmacology from Monash University in 2008, and was then awarded post-doctoral fellowships from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Canadian Hypertension Society, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Fonds de Recherche Sante Quebec and an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship to support her post-doctoral studies at the University of Montreal, Canada. In 2014, she returned to Australia to the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences to continue post-doctoral studies within the Drug Discovery Biology Group.
External positions
Post-doctoral research fellow, Université de Montréal
Nov 2008 → Nov 2013Research Assistant, Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research
Mar 2000 → Apr 2001
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Projects
- 1 Finished
Research Output
6-Phenylpyrimidin-4-ones as Positive Allosteric Modulators at the M1 mAChR: The Determinants of Allosteric Activity
Jorg, M. T., van der Westhuizen, E. T., Khajehali, E., Burger, W. A. C., White, J., Choy, K. H. C., Tobin, A. B., Sexton, P. M., Valant, C., Capuano, B., Christopoulos, A. & Scammells, P. J., 20 Mar 2019, In : ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 10, 3, p. 1099-1114 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
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Crystal structure of the M5 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor
Vuckovic, Z., Gentry, P. R., Berizzi, A. E., Hirata, K., Varghese, S., Thompson, G., van der Westhuizen, E. T., Burger, W. A. C., Rahmani, R., Valant, C., Langmead, C. J., Lindsley, C. W., Baell, J. B., Tobin, A. B., Sexton, P. M., Christopoulos, A. & Thal, D. M., 17 Dec 2019, In : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116, 51, p. 26001-26007 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
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Citation
(Scopus)
Erratum to: Structural insights into binding specificity, efficacy and bias of a β2AR partial agonist (Nature Chemical Biology, (2018), 14, 11, (1059-1066), 10.1038/s41589-018-0145-x)
Masureel, M., Zou, Y., Picard, L. P., van der Westhuizen, E., Mahoney, J. P., Rodrigues, J. P. G. L. M., Mildorf, T. J., Dror, R. O., Shaw, D. E., Bouvier, M., Pardon, E., Steyaert, J., Sunahara, R. K., Weis, W. I., Zhang, C. & Kobilka, B. K., 1 Feb 2019, In : Nature Chemical Biology. 15, 2, 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other › peer-review
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(Scopus)
Exploring use of unsupervised clustering to associate signaling profiles of GPCR ligands to clinical response
Benredjem, B., Gallion, J., Pelletier, D., Dallaire, P., Charbonneau, J., Cawkill, D., Nagi, K., Gosink, M., Lukasheva, V., Jenkinson, S., Ren, Y., Somps, C., Murat, B., Van Der Westhuizen, E., Le Gouill, C., Lichtarge, O., Schmidt, A., Bouvier, M. & Pineyro, G., 9 Sep 2019, In : Nature Communications. 10, 1, 15 p., 4075.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
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1
Citation
(Scopus)
Assessment of the molecular mechanisms of action of novel 4-phenylpyridine-2-one and 6-phenylpyrimidin-4-one allosteric modulators at the M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors
van der Westhuizen, E. T., Spathis, A., Khajehali, E., Jorg, M., Mistry, S. N., Capuano, B., Tobin, A. B., Sexton, P. M., Scammells, P. J., Valant, C. & Christopoulos, A., 1 Jul 2018, In : Molecular Pharmacology. 94, 1, p. 770-783 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Citations
(Scopus)
Prizes
Canadian Institutes of Health Research in partnership with Canadian Hypertension Society Fellowship
van der Westhuizen, Emma (Recipient), 24 Apr 2008
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
Fonds de la recherche en sante Quebec bourse
van der Westhuizen, Emma (Recipient), 11 Apr 2008
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
Fonds de la recherche en sante Quebec bourse renouvellement
van der Westhuizen, Emma (Recipient), 28 Apr 2011
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Research Fellowship
van der Westhuizen, Emma (Recipient), 4 Apr 2008
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
National Health and Medical Research Council Australia Dora Lush PhD scholarship
van der Westhuizen, Emma (Recipient), 2004
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
- 1 Peer review responsibility
British Journal of Pharmacology (Journal)
Emma Van Der Westhuizen (Peer reviewer)
17 Feb 2012 → 17 Feb 2018
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility