John (Eddie) La Marca

Dr John La Marca

Senior Resarch Officer, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Dr John (Eddie) La Marca completed his PhD at La Trobe University, where he studied genes that control stem cell behaviour in Drosophila melanogaster. He then completed post-doctoral work at La Trobe University, researching the genes that regulate tumourigenesis, also using Drosophila melanogaster. He then moved to The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute, where his post-doctoral research explores blood cell and blood cancer development.

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