ProfessorDavid Ackerley
Professor of Biotechnology
School of Biological Sciences
Orcid identifier0000-0002-6188-9902
- Professor of BiotechnologySchool of Biological Sciences
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- TTR 411, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Directed evolution, artificial acceleration of rates of mutation and recombination in genes and genomes, and selection of variants with improved qualities
RANGAHAU | RESEARCH
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- PROJECT GRANTUsing functional metagenomics to train AI to develop more-effective plastic-degrading enzymesRoyal Society of New Zealand1 May 2026 - 31 Dec 2029People funded by this grant:
- Ackerley D
Royal Society of New Zealand - PROJECT GRANTDiscovery and optimisation of enzymes to enable engineered immunotherapies to synergise with chemotherapiesMaurice Wilkins Centre1 Jan 2026 - 30 Jun 2028People funded by this grant:
- Ackerley D
Maurice Wilkins Centre - PROJECT GRANTClean solutions from dirty genes: Discovery of enzymes from soil-dwelling bacteria to detoxify persistent organic pollutantsRoyal Society of New Zealand1 Jul 2025 - 30 Jun 2027People funded by this grant:
- Ackerley D
Royal Society of New Zealand - PROJECT GRANTA synthetic biology route to new drugs to treat multiple myelomaCancer Society Of NZ - Wgtn Division1 Jul 2025 - 31 Mar 2026People funded by this grant:
- Ackerley D
Cancer Society Of NZ - Wgtn Division - PROJECT GRANTEngineering enzymes to enable CAR T-cells to synergise with chemotherapyHealth Research Council of New Zealand1 Jun 2024 - 30 Jun 2028People funded by this grant:Health Research Council of New Zealand
- PROJECT GRANTClean solutions from dirty genes: discovery of enzymes for plastic recyclingTe Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington1 Mar 2024 - 28 Feb 2026People funded by this grant:
- Ackerley D,
- Brown A
Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington - PROJECT GRANTDiscovery and evolution of enzymes to enable CAR T-cells to synergise with chemotherapyTe Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington1 Mar 2024 - 28 Feb 2025People funded by this grant:
- Sharrock A,
- Ackerley D
Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington - PROJECT GRANTEnzyme Engineering Conference – Alexandria Linton-deBoerCancer Society Of NZ - Wgtn Division1 Aug 2023 - 31 Jul 2024People funded by this grant:
- Ackerley D
Cancer Society Of NZ - Wgtn Division - EXTERNAL GRANTAwakening dormant drug biosynthesis by decoding regulatory gene networksRoyal Society of New Zealand1 Jul 2023 - 1 Jul 2026People funded by this grant:
- Owen J,
- Ackerley D,
- de Rond T
- EXTERNAL GRANTEngineering Fungal Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases for Novel AlkaloidsAustralian Research Council30 Jun 2023 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- Chooi YH,
- Vrielink A,
- Stewart S,
- Calcott M,
- Ackerley D
- EXTERNAL GRANTBuilding A Synthetic Biology Pipeline To Develop Nucleoside Therapeutics (23/484)Health Research Council of New Zealand1 Jun 2023 - 30 Nov 2025People funded by this grant:
- PROJECT GRANTEnzyme Engineering Meeting In Singapore-J FrancisWellington Medical Research Foundation1 Apr 2023 - 31 Mar 2024People funded by this grant:
- Ackerley D
Wellington Medical Research Foundation - PROJECT GRANT2022 Summer School on Applied Molecular MicrobiologyWellington Medical Research Foundation1 Jul 2022 - 31 Jan 2023People funded by this grant:
- Ackerley D
Wellington Medical Research Foundation - PROJECT GRANTUsing synthetic biology to access next-generation antiviral, antibiotic and anticancer nucleoside analogue drugsTe Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington10 Jan 2022 - 15 Dec 2023Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
- EXTERNAL GRANTIntersectional Transgenic Targeting of Discrete Neuronal and Glial subtypesJohns Hopkins University1 Aug 2021 - 26 Aug 2025People funded by this grant:
- Ackerley D
- EXTERNAL GRANTMolecular Contingency on a Massive Scale: How Entirely New Antibiotic Resistance Genes EvolveRoyal Society of New Zealand1 Jun 2020 - 31 May 2023People funded by this grant:
- Ackerley D
- EXTERNAL GRANTUsing the Tumour-homing Properties of CAR T-cells to Facilitate Targeted Chemotherapy of Solid TumoursMalaghan Institute of Medical Research1 Mar 2020 - 28 Feb 2023People funded by this grant:
- Ackerley D
- EXTERNAL GRANTTravel GrantMAURICE AND PHYLLIS PAYKEL TRUST1 Aug 2019 - 30 Nov 2019
- EXTERNAL GRANTEnabling NZ Biomedical Research with Superior Targeted Cell Ablation ModelsHealth Research Council of New Zealand1 May 2019 - 30 Apr 2022People funded by this grant:
- Ackerley D
- EXTERNAL GRANTEngineering Enzymes to protect cellular therapy vectors against activated prodrugsWELLINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION1 May 2019 - 6 Apr 2020
- EXTERNAL GRANTRepurposing the Anthelmentic Niclosamide to Combat Gram Negative SuperbugsHEALTH RESEARCH COUNCIL OF NEW ZEALAND1 Apr 2019 - 31 Mar 2022
- EXTERNAL GRANTRepurposing the Anthelmentic Niclosamide to Combat Gram Negative SuperbugsHEALTH RESEARCH COUNCIL OF NEW ZEALAND1 Apr 2019 - 31 Mar 2023
- PROJECT GRANTRepurposing the Anthelmentic Niclosamide to Combat Gram Negative Superbugs (Head Project) (NSC9a)Health Research Council of New Zealand1 Apr 2019 - 31 Mar 2023People funded by this grant:
- Ackerley D
Health Research Council of New Zealand - EXTERNAL GRANTEnabling New Zealand biomedical research with superior targeted cell ablation modelsHealth Research Council of New Zealand1 Jan 2019 - 1 Jan 2021People funded by this grant:
- Ackerley D
- EXTERNAL GRANTEnabling New Zealand biomedical research with superior targeted cell ablation modelsHealth Research Council of New Zealand1 Jan 2019 - 1 Nov 2022People funded by this grant:
- Ackerley D