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Current PhD and Masters Students

PhD Students

Sarah Abbott 2008  

Sarah Abbott

Supervisors: Tony Hulbert & Paul Else

  Project: Effect of dietary fatty acid profile on Metabolic physiology of the rat.  

 

   

Sam Abraham

Supervisors: Ren Zhang

  Project: Molecular approaches to analyze stress inducing probiotic/pathogen interactions.  

 

   

Maria Adams

Supervisor:  Kris French

 

 

 

 

Project:  Vertical stratification of bats and insects in harvested forests.

 

 

 

 
 
Sherin Alex 2008  

Sherin Alex

Supervisors: Ren Zhang & Ross Lilley

  Project: Arsenic resistance.  

  

   

Peter Barnes

Supervisor: Andy Davis

  Project: Impacts of coastal development on estuaries.  

  

Harry Battam 2008  

Mr Harry Battam

Supervisor: Bill Buttemer

  Project: Energetics of non-breeding albatrosses.  

  

   

Daniel Bogema

Supervisor: Mark Walker

  Project: Molecular and proteomic analysis of Mycoplasma Hyopneumoniae Adhesiont  
      
   

James Bower

Supervisor: David Ayre & Mark Dowton

  Project: Concerted evolution of the rDNA ITS1 in the Anopheles punctulatus group.  
 
Blake Cochrane 2008  

Blake Cochran

Supervisor:  Marie Ranson (Principal)

  Project:  Understanding the Molecular Biology of PAI-2.  
 
Luke Collins 2008  

Luke Collins

Supervisor:  Ross Bradstock

 

  Project:  Landscape and fire regimes as determinants of mammal species diversity.  
 
Amanda Cork 2008  

Amanda Cork

Supervisor: Mark Walker

  Project:  Investigating the role of Streptokinase, Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin B and Fibrinogen binding proteins in plasmin(Ogen)-Mediated invasion by Group A Streptococci  
     
Rebecca Dabbs 2008  

Rebecca Dabbs

Supervisor: Mark Wilson & Mark Walker

  Project:  Exploring the potential of Clusterin as an immune modulator  
     
 

Fay Dawes

Supervisor: Mark Walker

  Project: The molecular characterisation of antibiotic resistance genes located in integrons isolated from E. coli.  
 
   

Ania Deustcher

Supervisor:  Mark Walker

 

Project:  Molecular analysis of Mycoplasma Hyopneumonia Putative cell surface adhesions

 

  

   

Karen Fildes

Supervisors: Bill Buttemer & Lee Astheimer

  Project: Sublethal effects of pesticide exposure on native vertebrates.  
 
 

Nicole Grant

Supervisor: Sharon Robinson

  Project: Thermogenesis and Thermoregulation in Lotus Plants.  
 

 

Anna Henningham

Supervisor: Mark Walker

 

Project:  Analysis of the Group A Streptococcal Cell Surface. 

 

 

Tyge Hermansen 2008

 

Tyge Hermansen

Supervisor: David Ayre

 

 

Project:  Ecological and genetic tests of the status of the Sea Anemones at the Species borders. 

 

 

 

 

Andrew Hollands

Supervisor: Mark Walker

 

 

Project:  Characterisation of cell surface Peptidases of Group A Streptococcus. 

 

 
 

Tina Hsu

Supervisor: Kris French

 

Project: Are we farming trees or creating forests? A comparative assessment of the conservation value of native eucalypt plantations.  
 
   

Megan Kelly

Supervisor: Bill Buttemer & Mike Mahony (Newcastle University)

  Project:  Stress and immune function interactions in amphibians.  
 
   

Malsha Kitulagodage

Supervisors:  Lee Astheimer & Bill Buttemer

 

Project:  Effects of fipronil on avian development and health.

 

 
           
Troy Koglin 2008  

Troy Koglin

Supervisor: Mats Olsson

  Project:  Evolutionary ROS Biology.  
 
Justin Lathlean 2008  

Justin Lathlean

Supervisor: David Ayre & Todd Minchinton

  Project:  Factors influencing range limits of Marine Invertebrates.  
 
Jodi Lee 2008  

Jodi Lee

Supervisor:  Marie Ranson (Principal)

 

 

Project:  Understanding the role of the plasminogen activation system and their inhibitors in Leukocytes.

 
           
   

Renee Levings

Supervisor: Mark Walker

 

  Project: Detailed molecular analysis of antibiotic resistance regions within a collection of multi-drug resistant Salmonella spp. from Australian sources.  
 
   

Xiulan Liu

Supervisor: Mark Walker

 

 

 

Project: Molecular analaysis of Salmonella antibiotic resistance genes.

 
 
Peter Maamary 2008  

Peter Maamary

Supervisor: Mark Walker

 

 

Project: Pathogenesis of Group A Streptococci.

 
 
   

John Martin

Supervisor: Kris French

 

 

Project: Movement and control of Ibis in cities.

 
 
Kim Maute 2008  

Kimberly Maute

Supervisor:  Lee Asteimer & Bill Buttemer

  Project:  Conservation management of Granivorous birds in tropical Australian savannahs.  
 
Chris McLean 2008  

Chris McLean

Supervisor:  Ross Bradstock

  Project:  Fire in wet Sclerophyll forests.  
 
Beth Mott  

Beth Mott

Supervisor:  Kris French

 

Project:  Factors affecting vertebrate assemblages in hardwood plantations.

 
           
 

Leigh Nelson

Supervisors: Mark Dowton & James Wallman

  Project: The molecular identification and thermal attributes of forensically important blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae).  
 
   

Amber Pares

Supervisor: Rob Whelan

 

 

Project: The importance of soil in explaining the relationship between fire and vegetation.

 
 
 

Holly Parsons

Supervisor: Kris French

  Project: The effect of urbanisation on superb fairy wrens.  
 
   

Angelique Riepsamen

Supervisor: Mark Dowton

  Project: Multipartite genomes in nematodes.  
 
David Roberts 2008  

David Roberts

Supervisor: David Ayre

 

Project: Hybridization in Bream.

 

 

 

James Scifleet 2008  

James Scifleet

Supervisor: Ren Zhang

 

 

Project: Characterization of novel arsenic resistance proteins from Bacillus sp. CDB3.

 

 

Lisa Seymour 2008  

Lisa Seymour

Supervisor: Mark Walker

 

 

Project: The role of Mycoplasma Hyopneumoniae in prcine enzootic pneunomia.

 

 

Jim Su 2008  

Shih-Ping Su

Supervisor: Andrew Aquilina

 

Project: a-Crystallin and its role in age-related diseases.

 

 

   

Sameer Tiwari

Supervisor:  Ren Zhang and Ming-Bo Wang (CSIRO).

  Project:  Gene silencing and plant disease resistance.  
 
Madga T 2008  

Magdalene Trzcionka

Supervisor:  Bill Buttemer & Tony Hulbert

  Project:  Physiological basis of ageing in birds.  
 
 

Annette Usher

Supervisor: Rob WhelanDavid Ayre

 

Project: Models of Hybrid Zone Structure.

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Carola Venturini 2008  

Carola Venturini

Supervisor: Mark Walker

  Project: Molecular characterisation of multiple antibiotic resistance patterns in over 700 E.coli Isolates, comprising different sterotypes from humans and animals in Australia, and analysis of the Transfer potential of these resistance determinants between animal and human strains.  

   

   

Chris Walsh

Supervisor: Ron West

 

  Project:  Effects of environmental flows on teo co-occurring Percilthyidae fishes.  
 
   

Jody Gorman

Supervisor: Mark Walker

 

  Project:  Development of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae vaccines.  
 
   

Pia Winberg

Supervisor: Andy Davis

 

  Project:  Confronting the challenges of tidal flat conservation: Spatial patterns and human impacts in a marine protected area in Southern NSW, Australia.  
 
Lauren Woolley 2008  

Lauren Woolley

Supervisor: Mark Walker

 

  Project:  Developing an effective vaccine to prevent the colonisation of swine by mycoplasma Hyopneumoniae.  
 

 

Amy Wyatt

Supervisor: Mark Wilson

 

 

Project: Quality Control Mechanisms for the Folding State of Extracellular Proteins.

 

 
 

Masters Students

   

Terina Bruhn

Supervisor: Mark Dowton

 

  Project: Assessment of the mitochondrial control regon of Chrysoma blowflies as a means of forensoc identification.  
 
   

Rachel Caldwell

Supervisor: Ren Zhang and Yan-Xia Lin

 

Project:  Sequence length distribution and correlation between gene regions.

 

 
           
   

Katie French

Supervisor: Mark Wilson

  Project: Alpha-2-Macrogloblobulin: An abundant extracellular chaperone.  
 
   

Yao Han

Supervisor: Gordon Wallace & Kerry Gilmore

  Project: Electrical stimulation of muscle cells.  
 
   

James Indsto

Supervisor:Rob Whelan

 

Project:  Species relationships and pollination ecology of orchids.

 

 
 

Mel Norton 2008

 

 

 

 

Mel Norton

Supervisor:  Kris French & Rob Whelan

 

Project:  Conservation ecology of the Long-nosed Potoroo.

 

 

   

Kiran Sarfaraz

Supervisor: Ren Zhang

  Project:  Examination of small RNA interferring pathways in Heterosis.  
 
   

Paul Story

Supervisors:  Bill Buttemer & Lee Astheimer

 

Project:  Behavioural and physiological consequences of sublethal pesticide exposure in dunnarts.

 
           
 

Johanna Turnbull

Supervisors: Sharon Robinson

  Project:  Impact of UV-B and dessication on Antartic mosses.  
           

 

 
   

Last reviewed: 26 June, 2008 

 
   
 
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