Robert Tuckey

Robert Tuckey is an Associate Professor and Senior Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia. His research focuses on vitamin D metabolism, cytochrome P450 enzymology, and steroid biochemistry, with emphasis on therapeutic applications for cancer and immune disorders.

• Roles: Protein Chemistry, Enzymology, Recombinant DNA Technology, Steroid & Vitamin D Biochemistry
• Key Techniques: Organelle isolation, bacterial expression systems, peptide analysis, photoisomer characterization

Research Interests span vitamin D synthesis in skin, alternative activation pathways via cytochrome P450 enzymes, and photoprotective mechanisms against UV damage. His work has identified 24-hydroxylumisterol as an anti-cancer agent that induces DNA repair without calcemic side effects.

Recent Articles (15 most recent) demonstrate trends in vitamin D derivatives, skin cancer prevention, fibrosis treatment, and evolutionary biochemistry. Collaborations with Professor Andrzej Slominski at University of Alabama, Birmingham, have led to novel non-toxic analogs with therapeutic potential.

Grants include NIH-funded projects on lumisterol activation (2017-2022), NHMRC grants for photoprotective systems (2014-2016), and University of Western Australia support for bacterial enzyme expression (2005, 2008).