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. Diane McDougald

  • Position: Senior Research Fellow
  • Room: 621, Biological Sciences
  • Phone: (+61 2) 9385 2090
  • Fax: (+61 2) 9385 1483
  • email: d.mcdougald@unsw.edu.au

Active Research Projects

Publications

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.)
Kjelleberg, S., McDougald, D., Rasmussen, T.B. and Givskov, M. (2008)
Quorum sensing inhibition
In: Chemical Communication Among Bacteria. Winans SC and Bassler BL (Eds). ASM Press, Washington D.C., pp 393-416
McDougald, D., Klebensberger, J., Tolker-Nielsen, T., Webb, J.S., Conibear, T., Rice, S., Kirov, S. and Kjelleberg, S. (2008)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a model for biofilm formulation.
In: Pseudomonas. Modal Organism, Pathogen, Workhorse. Rehm B (Eds). WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH and Co, Weinheim, pp 215-253.
Rice, S.A., McDougald, D., Givskov, M. and Kjelleberg, S. (2008)
Detection and inhibition of bacterial cell-cell communication.
In: Bacterial Pathogenesis: Methods and Protocols. DeLeo F and Otto M (Eds). Humana Press Inc, Totowa, NJ, pp