Rate My Professor Terry Mulhern

Mulhern's academic interests center on protein structure and function, employing biophysical techniques such as small-angle X-ray scattering and expressing excitement for the future of structural biology with single-particle cryo-electron microscopy and cryo-electron tomography being established at the Bio21 Institute. His research output, reflected in a Google Scholar profile with affiliations verified at unimelb.edu.au, includes seminal publications like "ATM, a central controller of cellular responses to DNA damage" (Cell Death & Differentiation, 2001), "Endogenous and synthetic inhibitors of the Src-family protein tyrosine kinases" (Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics, 2005), "C-terminal Src kinase (CSK) and CSK-homologous kinase (CHK)—endogenous negative regulators of Src-family protein kinases" (Growth Factors, 2005), "Loss of nucleosomal DNA condensation coincides with appearance of a novel nuclear protein in dinoflagellates" (Current Biology, 2012), and "Crystal structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumolysin provides key insights into early steps of pore formation" (Scientific Reports, 2015). Mulhern also engages in science communication and public scholarship, authoring "A giant lobster, by any other name" for Pursuit by the University of Melbourne, which elucidates nomenclature history and conservation challenges for Tasmania's giant freshwater crayfish, Astacopsis gouldi, culminating in a peer-reviewed paper in the Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. Through research, teaching excellence, and outreach, he significantly influences biomedical education and structural biology.