Specialises in cell migration, cytoskeleton biology and light controlled cell biology tools.
Joyce Meiring studied biomedical science at the University of Queensland. She received her PhD in cell biology with Prof. Peter Gunning from the University of New South Wales in 2018. In 2019 she moved to the Netherlands for a postdoc in the lab of Prof. Anna Akhmanova at Utrecht University. Here she spent 7 years studying the role of microtubules in cell migration and developing optogenetic tools for the manipulation of the cytoskeleton. She has been a postdoc with Samantha Stehbens since May 2026.
Funding
2020 – 2022 European Molecular Biology Organization Long Term Fellowship (LTF 261-2019) 2016 School of Medical Sciences Postgraduate Travel Award, UNSW 2015 School of Medical Sciences Postgraduate Travel Award, UNSW 2015 – 2018 School of Medical Sciences Top-Up Scholarship, UNSW 2015 – 2018 Australian Postgraduate Award, UNSW/Australian Government