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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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Research Output 2000 2019
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
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 May 2018, In : Molecular Pharmacology. 94, 1, p. 770-783 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Structural insights into binding specificity, efficacy and bias of a β 2 AR partial agonist
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 Nov 2018, In : Nature Chemical Biology. 14, 11, p. 1059-1066 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Synthesis and Pharmacological Evaluation of Heterocyclic Carboxamides: Positive Allosteric Modulators of the M1 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor with Weak Agonist Activity and Diverse Modulatory Profiles
Dallagnol, J. C. C., Khajehali, E., Van Der Westhuizen, E. T., Jörg, M., Valant, C., Gonçalves, A. G., Capuano, B., Christopoulos, A. & Scammells, P. J., 12 Apr 2018, In : Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 61, 7, p. 2875-2894 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Purinergic Receptor Transactivation by the β2-Adrenergic Receptor Increases Intracellular Ca2+ in Nonexcitable Cells
Stallaert, W., van der Westhuizen, E. T., Schonegge, A-M., Plouffe, B., Hogue, M., Lukashova, V., Inoue, A., Ishida, S., Aoki, J., Le Gouill, C. & Bouvier, M., 1 May 2017, In : Molecular Pharmacology. 91, 5, p. 533-544 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
Canadian Institutes of Health Research in partnership with Canadian Hypertension Society Fellowship
Emma van der Westhuizen (Recipient), 24 Apr 2008
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
Fonds de la recherche en sante Quebec bourse
Emma van der Westhuizen (Recipient), 11 Apr 2008
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
Fonds de la recherche en sante Quebec bourse renouvellement
Emma van der Westhuizen (Recipient), 28 Apr 2011
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Research Fellowship
Emma van der Westhuizen (Recipient), 4 Apr 2008
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
National Health and Medical Research Council Australia Dora Lush PhD scholarship
Emma van der Westhuizen (Recipient), 2004
Prize: Other distinction
Activities 2012 2012
- 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