Research Program

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Dr Jovin Hasjim: Structural changes in starch with digestion in vivo

Working with: Prof RG Gilbert, Prof Mike Gidley

(Support: UQ)

 
Dr Francisco Vilaplana: Two-dimensional distributions of starch

Working with: Prof RG Gilbert, Prof Peter Schoenmakers (University of Amsterdam)

(Support: Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden, ARC Discovery)

 
Dr Kinnari Shelat: Non-starch polysaccharides

Working with: Prof RG Gilbert, Prof Mike Gidley, Dr Tim Nicholson

(Support: CSIRO Food Futures Flagship)

 
Shang Chu: Next-generation technology for determining fitness-for-use of starches in cereal grains

Working with: Prof R G Gilbert, Dr Peter Kilz (PSS), Dr Glen Fox, Dr Mike Sissons (NSW Dept Primary Industry)

(Support: ARC Linkage, PSS, Postnova)

 
Peter Gous: Increasing malt extract and the export competitiveness of Australian barley

Working with: Prof R G Gilbert, Dr Glen Fox

(Support: ARC Discovery, GRDC)

 
Daniel Tang: CNAFS Laboratory Manager

(Support: ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls)

 
Sarah Chung: Size characterization of starch and glycogen

Working with: Prof RG Gilbert, Dr Jovin Hasjim (Support: ARC Linkage)

 
Jacob Malouf: Molecular biology of starch branching enzymes

Working with: Dr Mark Turner (UQ), Prof RG Gilbert (Support: ARC Discovery)

EnPeng Li: Characterization of sorghum starches

Working with: Prof RG Gilbert, Prof Ian Godwin (Support: ARC Discovery)

 
Torsten Witt: Third-level structure-property relations of starch

Working with: Prof RG Gilbert, Prof Mike Gidley, Dr Elliott Gilbert (AINSE) (Support: APA, AINSE)

 
Riza (Syahariza) Zainul: Rice starch and good nutrition

Working with: Prof RG Gilbert, Prof Mike Gidley, Associate Professor Norziah Mohd Hani (Universiti Sains Malaysia) (Support: Malaysian Government, ARC Discovery)

 
Mitch Sullivan: Glycogen structure

Working with: Prof RG Gilbert, Prof Ling Zheng (Wuhan University), Dr David Stapleton (Melbourne) (Support: ARC Discovery)

 
Alex Wu: Evolution equations for starch biosynthesis

Working with: Prof RG Gilbert, Dr Matthew Morell (CSIRO) (Support: ARC Discovery, CSIRO)

 
Michael Sweedman: Enzyme mechanisms in modified starches

Working with: Prof RG Gilbert, Dr Christian Schaefer (DSM Nuritional Products) (Support: ARC Linkage, DSM Nutritional Products)

 
Morgan Tizzotti: Structure-property relations of modified starches

Working with: Prof RG Gilbert, Dr Christian Schaefer (DSM Nuritional Products) (Support: ARC Linkage, DSM Nutritional Products)

 
Ming Li: Mechanism of structural changes in starch extrusion

Working with: Prof RG Gilbert, Prof Peter Halley, Dr FengWei Xie (Support: Chinese Government CSC, UQ)

 
Kai Wang: Chain-length distributions in different grains

Working with: Prof RG Gilbert, Alex Wu (Support: ARC Discovery)

 
Felipe Umana: Glycogen structure in pigs

Working with: Dr Eugeni Roura, Mitch Sullivan, Prof RG Gilbert (Support: Pork CRC)

 
Antoine Bsaibes: Measurement of number-average molecular weight of amylopectin

Working with: Prof RG Gilbert, Dr Morgan Tizzotti (Support: ARC Discovery)

 
Cheng Li: Novel starch branching enzymes

Working with: Prof RG Gilbert, Dr Mark Turner, Prof Ian D Godwin

 
David Besnard: Strctural differences between rices through weight-average molecular weights

Working with: Prof RG Gilbert, Dr Jovin Hasjim