Nysa's research is on the molecular biology of blood groups with a special interest in the Rh blood group system.
Nysa received her PhD from the University of Queensland on the development of monoclonal anti-D antibodies and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in blood group gene regulation at the Division of Transfusion Medicine at Lund University in Sweden.
Awards
- ANZSBT CSL Behring Overseas Grant (2025)
- Pathology Update Roche Scientific E-poster Display: Winner in Genetic Pathology (2022)
- ANZSBT Virtual Registration Grant for Blood (2021)
- 3-Minute Thesis winner at Australian Institute of Biotechnology (2019)
- Harold Gunson Fellowship (2017)
- New Investigator Project Grant - The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation (2013)
Leadership
- Chair (2023/24) and Secretary (2022/23) of ISBT Young Professionals Council (Western Pacific representative)
- Peer reviewer for Vox Sanguinis, Blood Advances and Blood Journal
- Member of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion
Key publications
Key Publications
An intronic polymorphism associated with 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate levels in human red cells is linked to expression of RhCE blood groups
2023
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S
121 (36) e2412585121
A Bioinformatically Initiated Approach to Evaluate GATA1 Regulatory Regions in Samples with Weak D, Del, or D- Phenotypes Despite Normal RHD Exons
2024
Transfus Med Hemother
51 (4): 252–264
Feasibility for non-invasive prenatal fetal blood group and platelet genotyping by massively parallel sequencing: A single test system for multiple atypical red cell, platelet and quality control markers
2024
Br J Haematol
204(2):694-705
Aggregates in blood filter chambers used from the plasma donations of anti-D donors: evaluation for monoclonal antibody discovery using phage display
2021
Blood Transfus
19:64-72
Diverse and novel RHD variants in Australian blood donors with a weak D phenotype: implication for transfusion management
2017
Vox Sang
112(3):279-287