Stephen Ralph
Position: Associate Professor
Room: 18.226
Phone No: +61 2 4221 4286
E-mail: sralph@uow.edu.au
Lab: 18.213
Lab Phone: +61 2 4221 3527
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Research Interests
Investigating Interactions between Metallointercalators and DNA
Nanofiltration using Carbon Nanotube Membranes
Separation and Recovery of Precious Metals using Conducting Polymers
Bioinorganic Chemistry of Metallodrugs
Molecular Cages for Metal Ions
Representative Publications
A.M.T. Bygott, R.J. Geue, S.F. Ralph, A.M. Sargeson and A.C. Willis, “Octahedral and Trigonal Prismatic Structure Preferences in a Bicyclic Hexaamine Cage for Zinc(II), Cadmium(II) and Mercury(II) Ions”, Dalton Transactions, 4778 (2007). – article featured on Journal cover – see below
S. Kemp, N.J. Wheate, S. Wang, J.G. Collins, S.F. Ralph, A.I. Day, V.J. Higgins and J.R. Aldrich-Wright, “Encapsulation of platinum(II)-based DNA intercalators Within Cucurbit[6,7,8]urils”, J. Biol. Inorg. Chem.,12, 969 (2007).
J. Talib, J.L. Beck and S.F. Ralph, “A Mass Spectrometric Investigation of the Binding of Gold Antiarthritic Agents and the Metabolite [Au(CN)2]- to Human Serum Albumin”, J. Biol. Inorg. Chem.,11, 559 (2006).
D.A. Reece, S.F. Ralph and G.G. Wallace, “Metal Transport Studies on Inherently Conducting Polymer Membranes Containing Cyclodextrin Dopants”, Journal of Membrane Science , 249, 9 (2005).
R. Gupta, J.L. Beck, M.M. Sheil and S.F. Ralph, “Identificationo of Bifunctional GA and AG Intrastrand Crosslinks Formed Between Cisplatin and DNA”, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry , 99 , 552 (2005).
J. Ding, W.E. Price, S.F. Ralph and G.G. Wallace, “Electroless Recovery of Gold Chloride Using Inherently Conducting Polymers”, Polymer International, 53, 681 (2004).
T. Urathamakul, J.L. Beck, M.M. Sheil, J.R. Aldrich-Wright and S.F. Ralph, “A Mass Spectrometric Investigation of Non-Covalent Interactions Between Ruthenium Complexes and DNA”, Dalton Transactions, 2683 (2004).
Searchable Publication List

Current Students
PhD:
Jihan Talib Metallointercolators for transcription therapy
Shannon Little Electrocatalytic properties of nanostructured CNT materials
Suggested Topics for Future Students
Metal ion Chemistry of Me8Tricosane, an Expanded Hexaamine Cage Ligand
Selective Filtration of Biomolecules using Carbon Nanotube Membranes
Novel Anticancer Approaches: Dinuclear Platinum Complexes that Bind Selectively to DNA Quadruplexes and Inhibit Telomerase
Abbreviated CV
B.Sc (Hons) University of Queensland
PhD University of Queensland
Postdoctoral fellow, University of Illinois
ARC Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University
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