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Frances Foong

Dr Frances Foong

PhD, UCDavis, USA

Lecturer

Room No:

S108

Office:

1st Floor, Samuels Bldg

Phone:

9385 3872

Fax:

9313 6710

Email:

f.foong@unsw.edu.au
Teaching Responsibilities:

BIOT7091  Course Coordinator
BIOT7070  Course Coordinator
MICR3021/3621  Course Lecturer
BIOT3061  Course Lecturer

Research Description:

Design and development of chimeric proteins for biotechnology applications and genomic analysis of regulatory regions of mammalian genes. Research projects include a) molecular biology and improvement of microbial enzymes b) detection and characterization of inducible regulatory regions of mammalian genes c) development of chimeric proteins for targeted gene delivery d) development of chimeric proteins for enrichment and purification of rare blood cells e) genetic engineering of cells for biological and toxicity assays of biopharmaceuticals.

Selected Publications:

Orser, C., F. C. F. Foong, S. R. Capaldi, J. Nalezny, W. McKay, M. B. Benjamin, and S. B Farr. (1995). Use of prokaryotic stress promoters as indicators of the mechanisms of chemical toxicity. In Vitro Toxicology. 8:71-85.

Yeh, M., S. Craig, M. G. Lum, and F. Foong. (2003). Effects of the PT region of EngD and HLD domain of CbpA on catalytic activity, stability and solubility of EngD and CbpA chimeric proteins from Clostridium cellulovorans. Submitted for publication.

Kwek, C. K., and F. Foong. (2003). Single cell analysis of CHO-K1 indicates that transactivator protein VP16 increases transcriptional rate of an MMTV-LTR basal promoter via the rheostatic mode of activation. Submitted for publication.

Craig, S. C., F. C. Foong, and R. Nordon. (2003). Engineered proteins containing the cohesin and dockerin domains from Clostridium thermocellum provides a reversible, high affinity interaction. Submitted for publication.
Other Professional Activities:

Member, American Society for Microbiology
 


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