The School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences at UNSW

The University of New South Wales

A leading research and teaching school with expertise in biotechnology, molecular biology, genetics, environmental microbiology, medical microbiology, immunology, biochemistry, protein chemistry and other areas of biological science.

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Dr. Torsten Thomas

  • Position: Senior Research Fellow
  • Room: CMB, Biological Sciences
  • Phone: (+61 2) 9385 3467
  • Fax: (+61 2) 9385 1483
  • email: t.thomas@unsw.edu.au

Active Research Projects

Publications

Allen, M., Lauro, F.M., Williams, T.J., Burg, D., Siddiqui, K.S., De Francisci, D., Chong, K.W.Y., Pilak, O., Chew, H.H., De Maere, M.Z., Ting, L., Katrib, M., Ng, C., Sowers, K.R., Galperin, M.Y., Anderson, I.J., Ivanova, N., Dalin, E., Martinez, M., Lapidus, A., Hauser, L., Land, M., Thomas, T. & Cavicchioli, R. (2009)
The genome sequence of the psychrophilic archaeon, Methanococcoides burtonii: the role of genome evolution in cold-adaptation.
International Society of Microbial Ecology Journal 3: 1012-1035. (Feature article)
Lauro, F.M., McDougald, D., Thomas, T., Williams, T.J., Egan, S., Rice, S., DeMaere, M.Z., Ting, L., Ertan, H., Johnson, J., Ferriera, S., Lapidus, A., Anderson, I., Kyrpides, N., Munk, A.C., Detter, C., Brown, M.V., Robb, F.T., Kjelleberg, S. and Cavicchioli, R. (2009)
The genomic basis of trophic strategy in marine bacteria.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 106: 15527–15533. (Cover story and Commentary: Church, M.J. The trophic tapestry of the sea. 15519-15520.)
Egan, S., Thomas, T. and Kjelleberg, S. (2008)
Unlocking the diversity and biotechnological potential of marine surface associated microbial communities.
Current Opinion in Microbiology, (in press May 2008)
Mai-Prochnow A, Lucas-Elio P, Egan S, Thomas T, Webb JS, Sanchez-Amat A, Kjelleberg S (2008)
Hydrogen peroxide linked to lysine oxidase activity facilitates biofilm differentiation and dispersal in several Gram negative bacteria
Journal of Bacteriology. 2008 May 23.
Siddiqui, KS and Thomas T. (2008)
Protein adaptation to High Pressure Environments
Editor. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY, USA
Kato, C., Sato, T., Abe, R., Ohmae, E., Tamegai, H., Nagason, K., Siddiqui, K.S. and Thomas, T. (2008)
Protein adaption in extremophiles.
In: Protein Adaption to High Pressure Environments. Siddiqui KS and Thomas T (Eds). Nova Sciences, New York, pp 167-192.
Burke, C.,  Thomas, T.,  Egan, S. and Kjelleberg, S (2007)
The use of functional genomics for the identification of an antifungal gene cluster in the epiphytic marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas tunicata
Environmental Microbiology, 9:814-818
Thomas, T.,  Egan, S., Burg, D., Ng, C., Ting, L. and Cavicchioli, R (2007)
Integration of genomic and proteomics into microbial ecology
Marine Ecology Progress Series, 332:291-299
Siddiqui KS, Francisci D, Thomas T (2007)
Analysis of unfolding-refolding patterns and stabilities of proteins by transverse urea gradient gel electrophoresis (TUG-GE). In: Protein Structures
Methods in Protein Structure and Stability Analysis. (eds. Uversky VN & Permyakov AE) Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY, USA
Cavicchioli R, Demaere MZ, Thomas T (2007)
Metagenomic studies reveal the critical and wide-ranging ecological importance of uncultivated archaea: the role of ammonia oxidizers.
Bioessays. 29(1): 11-14