Jessica Mountford

Motivated and ambitious researcher, with over 7 years post-PhD experience in the field of molecular visual sciences.

• 2024: Telethon 7 Research Project Grant ($177, 032).
• 2024: Raine Medical Research Foundation Collaboration Award ($30, 000).
• 2024: WA Near-miss Award: Idea’s Grant ($100, 000).
• 2023: Telethon 7 Research Project Grant ($81, 462.37).
• 2022: Stan Perron Charitable Foundation ($10, 000).
• 2022: Perpetual IMPACT Philanthropy Grant ($94, 522).
• 2022: Australian Vision Research: Perth Eye Foundation ($42, 194.33).
• 2022: Telethon 7 Research Project Grant ($133, 000).
• 2022: Lions Eye Institute Stop Gap Funding ($15, 000).

1.  Xie, J., Jusuf, P. R., Carvalho, L. S., Davies, W. I. L. and Mountford, J. K. (2023). Comparison of visual systems in vertebrates to improve our understanding of myopia. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. (In Review). 2.  Eilertsen, M., Davies, W. I., Patel, D., Barnes, J., Karlsen, R., Mountford, J. K., Stenkamp, D., Patel, J. S. and Helvik, J. V. (2022). An EvoDevo Study of Salmonid Visual Opsin Dynamics and Photopigment Spectral Sensitivity. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. Provisionally accepted. 3.  Nagloo, N., Mountford, J. K., Gundry, B. J., Hart, N. S., Davies, W. I. L., Collin, S, P. and Hemmi, J. M. (2022). Enhanced short-wavelength sensitivity in the blue-tongued skink, Tiliqua rugosa. J Exp. Biol. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.25.485754 4.  Musilova, Z., Cortesi, F., Matschiner, M., Davies, W.I.L., Patel, J.S., Stieb, S.M., de Busserolles, F., Malmstrøm, M., Tørresen, O.K., Brown, C.J., Mountford, J.K., Hanel, R., Stenkamp, D.L., Jakobsen, K.S., Carleton, K.L., Jentoft, S., Marshall, J. and Salzburger, W. (2019). Vision using multiple distinct rod opsins in deep-sea fishes. Sci. 364, 6440. 5.  Mountford, J.K., Davies, W.I.L., Griffiths, L.R., Yazar, S., Mackey, D.A. and Hunt, D.M. (2019). Differential stability of variant OPN1LW gene transcripts in myopic patients. Mol Vis. 25. 6.  Hart, N.S., Mountford, J.K., Voight, V., Fuller-Carter, P., Barth, M., Nerbonne, J.M., Hunt, D.M. and Carvalho, L.S. (2019). The Role of the Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel Proteins Kv8.2 and Kv2.1 in Vision and Retinal Disease: Insights from the Study of Mouse Gene Knock-Out Mutations. eNeuro. 6, 1. 7.  de Busserolles, F., Cortesi, F., Helvik, J.V., Davies, W.I.L., Templin, R.M., Sullivan, R.K.P., Michell, C.T., Mountford, J.K., Collin, S.P., Irigoien, X., Kaartvedt, S. and Marshall, J. (2017). Pushing the limits of photoreception in twilight conditions: The rod-like cone retina of the deep-sea pearlsides. Sci Adv. 3, 11. 8.  Carvalho, L.S., Pessoa, D.M.A., Mountford, J.K., Davies, W.I.L. and Hunt, D.M. (2017).  The genetic and evolutionary drives behind primate color vision. Front. Ecol. Evol. 5, 34. 9.  Hart, N.S., Mountford, J.K., Davies, W.I., Collin, S.P. and Hunt, D.M. (2016). Visual pigments in a palaeognath bird, the emu Dromaius novaehollandiae: Implications for spectral sensitivity and the origin of ultraviolet vision. Proc Biol Sci. 283, 1834. 10.  Petitjean, C., Setiabakti, N.M., Mountford, J.K., Aurthur, J.F., Ellis, S. and Hamilton, J.R. (2016). Combined deficiency of PI3KC2a and PI3KC2b reveals a non-redundant role for PI3KC2a in regulating mouse platelet structure and thrombus stability. Platelets. 27, 5. 11.  Mountford, J.K., Petitjean, C., Putra, H.W., McCafferty, J.A., Setiabakti, N.M., Lee, H., Tønnesen, L.L., McFadyen, J.D., Schoenwaelder, S.M., Eckly, A., Gachet, C., Ellis, S., Voss, A.K., Dickins, R.A., Hamilton, J.R. and Jackson, S.P. (2015). The Class II PI 3-kinase, PI3KC2a, links platelet internal membrane structure to shear-dependent adhesive function. Nat. Comm. 6, 6535. 12.  Lee, H., Sturgeon, S.A., Mountford, J.K., Jackson, S.P. and Hamilton, J.R. (2012). Safety and efficacy of targeting platelet protease-activated receptors in combination with existing anti-platelet drugs as antithrombotics in mice. Br J Pharmacol. 166, 7. 13.  Hamilton, J.R., Mountford, J.K., Cornelissen, I. and Coughlin, S.R. (2009). Atherosclerosis proceeds independently of thrombin-induced platelet activation in ApoE-/- mice. Atherosclerosis. 205, 2.

• 2023: ARVO abstract selected for news release.
• 2021: Nominated for a Business News 2022 40 Under 40 Award.
• 2021- Present: Brian King Fellowship, Lions Save-Sight Foundation WA.
• 2012: Haematology of Australia Association non-member travel grant.
• 2012: Australian Vascular Biology Society travel scholarship.
• 2012: Highly ranked (Top 5%) PhD Thesis.
• 2011: Travel Grant, ASCEPT.
• 2011: Student Oral Prize Session, ASCEPT.
• 2008 – 2012: Australian Postgraduate Award.
• 2007: First in class in BSc (Hons) cohort of 2007 (86% - H1).
• 2007 – Present: Member of Golden Key International Honour Society.
• 2006 – 2007: Firkin Award (Summer Scholarship Award of the ACBD).