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Research Interests

Mycoplasma pathogenicity

Science education

Representative Publications

Burnett, T.A., Dinkla, K., Rohde, M., Chhatwal, G.S., Uphoff, C., Srivastava, M., Cordwell, S., Geary, S., Liao, X., Minion, F.C., Walker, M. J. and Djordjevic, S.P. 2006. P159 is a proteolytically processed, surface adhesin of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae: defined domains of P159 bind heparin and promote adherence to and invasion of eukaryote cells. Molecular Microbiology, 60: 669-686.

Burnett, T.A., Hornitzky, M.A., Kuhnert, P. and Djordjevic, S.P. 2002. Speciating Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolates from poultry and humans using six PCR-based assays. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 216: 201-209.

Searchable Publications List

Suggested Topics for Future Students

Best methods of evaluating science teaching and learning.

Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae pathogenic mechanisms.

See Also the Honours Topics Page

Abbreviated CV

Employment History

Lecturer, University of Wollongong, 2006-present.

Research Fellow, University of Wollongong, 2005-2007.

Research Assistant, University of Wollongong, 2004-2005.

Awards and Memberships

2002 to present - Member of the International Organization for Mycoplasmology.

2002 to present - Member of the Australian Society for Microbiology.

2007 to present - Member of the Scientist in Schools program initiated by the Australian Government.

2006 - Australian Pork Limited Industry award granted by the Australian Government’s Bureau of Rural Sciences as part of the 2006 Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

Academic Degrees

Bachelor of Science Degree, The University of Western Sydney, 2000.

Bachelor of Science Honours Degree (First class), The University of Western Sydney, 2001. Thesis title: Development of an assay for the identification of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli: epidemiological studies of C. jejuni from humans and poultry.

Doctoral Degree, The University of Wollongong, 2005. Thesis title: Analysis of the novel surface protein P159 and the ribosomal protein L7/L12 of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae.