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Dr Chris Marquis was the subject of a Science article in Melbourne's The Age on 19 May 2013, as the lead researcher in the discovery that some bacteria have developed resistance to nano-silver, a common antimicrobial ingredient used in medical equipment.
The story can be read here: ...
The award for April 2013 was announced at the May staff meeting, and was presented to Associate Professor Kevin Morris for the following paper:
Johnsson P, Ackley A, Vidarsdottir L, Lui WO, Corcoran M, Grandér N & Morris KV. (2013) ‘A pseudogene long-non-coding-RNA network regulates PTEN transcription and translation in human cells’ , Nature...
A/Professor Mike Manefield, who holds an ARC Future Fellowship, featured in an extended interview for the ABC Radio National Off Track program that went to air on Saturday 11 May 2013.
Host Joel Werner discussed Mike's team's research into activated sludge at a major Sydney Water wastewater treatment plant at St Marys in western Sydney. Also heard in the interview is Honours student...
As well as being an expert in microbial genomics, BABS DECRA Fellow Dr Federico Lauro is also a champion sailor. Combining these two talents, Dr Lauro will lead an exciting six-month expedition to investigate the Indian Ocean's microscopic marine life while sailing an 18-metre yacht from South Africa to Singapore.
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Completing his PhD in the School of BABS under the supervision and mentorship of Emeritus Professor Ian Dawes, David co-discovered a molecular cause of aging at MIT in Boston in the mid-1990s. He is now a tenured Professor at Harvard Medical School and also a Professor at the Lowy Cancer Centre at UNSW. His research is aimed at understanding why we grow old and using this knowledge to prevent...
The paper of the month for March was announced by Deputy Head of School, A/Prof Noel Whitaker:
Funnell APW, Wilson MD, Ballester B, Mak KS, Burdach J, Magan N, Pearson RCM, Lemaigre FP, Stowell KM, Odom DT, Flicek P & Crossley M, 2013, ‘A CpG mutational hotspot in a ONECUT binding site accounts for the prevalent variant of Hemophilia B Leyden’, The American Journal of Human Genetics...
Fluorescence microscopy enables members of Professor Brett Neilan's group to acquire revealing qualitative data of community structure in environmental samples.