Print versionThe success of any Program grant is reliant on good staff who can work collaboratively and share ideas. The Chief Investigators have many years of collaborative work between them. This page is to introduce emerging researchers who are playing an integral part in the success of this program.
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From |
Education & Experience |
Recent Publications (as first author) |
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Simon Nevin |
2005 - | PhD: | |
| Lachlan Rash | 2005 - |
PhD: |
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| Geza Berecki | 2007 - |
Ph.D: Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Leiden, the Netherlands (2001) Appointments: RO - Queensland Brain Institute- current, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2002-6) Awards: 2002: Marie Curie Fellowship from the European Union |
Berecki G, Zegers JG, Wilders R, Van Ginneken AC.Cardiac channelopathies studied with the dynamic action potential clamp technique. 2007. Methods Mol Biol. 403:233-250 Berecki G., Den Ruijter H.M., Verkerk A. O., Schumacher CA, Baartscheer A., Bakker D., Boukens B.J., van Ginneken A.C., Fiolet J.W., Opthof T., Coronel R. 2007. Dietary fish oil reduces the incidence of triggered arrhythmias in pig ventricular myocytes. Heart Rhythm J. 4:1452-1460 Berecki G., Zegers J.G., Bhuiyan Z.A., Verkerk A.O., Wilders R., van Ginneken A.C.G. 2006. Long QT syndrome-related sodium channel mutations probed by dynamic action potential clamp technique. J Physiol. 570:237–250 |
| Anton Grishin | 2006 - | PhD: | |
| Aline Dantas de Araujo | 2006 - | PhD: | |
| Thomas Durek | 2008 - |
PhD: Chemistry, Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany Appointments: IMB, Uni of Qld - current, University of Chicago, USA (2005-6) Awards: Wyeth Award of the Biomedical Society Dortmund (2004) |
Durek T, Alexandrov K, Goody RS, Hildebrand A, Heinemann I, Waldmann H. Synthesis of fluorescently labeled mono- and diprenylated Rab7 GTPase. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2004) 126, 16368-16378 Durek T, Becker CF. Protein semi-synthesis: new proteins for functional and structural studies. Biomolecular Engineering (2005) 22, 153-172 Durek T, Torbeev VY, Kent SB. Convergent chemical synthesis and high-resolution x-ray structure of human lysozyme. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA (2007) 104, 4846-4851 |
| Aihua Jin | 2008 - |
PhD: Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland (2006) Appointments: IMB, Uni of Qld - current |
Jin, A.H., Daly, N.L., Nevin, S.T., Lewis, R.J., Adams, D.J., Craik, D.J., and Alewood, P.F. Molecular engineering of conotoxins: the importance of loop size to a-conotoxins structure and function. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2008 Sep 25; 51 (18): 5575-84. Jin AH, Brandstaetter H, Nevin ST, Tan CC, Clark RJ, Adams DJ, Alewood PF, Craik DJ, Daly NL. Structure of alpha-conotoxin BuIA: Influences of disulfide connectivity on structural dynamics. BMC Structural Biology， 2007 Apr 20;7(1):28. |
| Marion Loughnan | 2009 - |
PhD: University of Queensland (2007), M. Rur Sci., UNE Appointments: IMB, Uni of Qld - current, Centre for Drug Design & Development (UQ) Awards: APA for PhD funding, Dean’s Commendation for PhD thesis |
Loughnan, M.L., Nicke, A., Lawrence, N. and Lewis. R.J. (2009) “Novel αD-conopeptides and their precursors identified by cDNA cloning define the D-conotoxin superfamily” Biochemistry In Press (Accepted manuscript) Loughnan, M., Nicke, A., Jones, A., Schroeder, C.I., Nevin, S.T., Adams, D.J., Alewood, D.F. and Lewis, R.J. (2006) “Identification of a novel class of nicotinic receptor antagonists: Dimeric conotoxins VxXIIA, VxXIIB, and VxXIIC from Conus vexillum”. Journal of Biological Chemistry 281 (34) 24745-24755 Loughnan, M.L. and Alewood, P.F.A. (2004) “Mini Review: Physico-chemical characterization and synthesis of neuronally active α-conotoxins”. European Journal of Biochemistry 271 (12) 2294-2304 |
| Anderson Wang | 2008 - |
PhD: School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences Appointments - Institute for Molecular Biosciences, the University of Queensland -current Awards: UQ joint research scholarship (2005), UQ SMMS scholarship (2004) |
Wang, C.I.A., *Guncar, G., Forwood, J.K., Teh, T., Catanazriti, A.M., Lawrence, G.J., Schirra, H., Anderson, P., Ellis, J.G., Dodds, P.N. and Kobe, B. (2007). Crystal structure of flax rust avirulence proteins AvrL567-A and AvrL567-D reveal the structure basis for flax disease resistance specificity. Plant Cell 19, 2898-2912 |
| Asa Andersson | 2007 - |
Master of Pharmaceutical Bioscience at Göteborg University, Sweden (2003)
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| Lotten Ragnarsson-McGrath | 2007 - |
PhD: Department of Biochemistry, University of Queensland (2004) Appointments: RO- IMB, University of Queensland-current Awards: • 2000 – Awarded University of Queensland International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (UQIPRS). |
Ragnarsson L., Yasuda T., Lewis R.J., Dodd P.R. and Adams D.J. (2006) NMDA receptor subunit-dependent modulation by conantokin-G and Ala(7)-conantokin-G. J Neurochem. 96(1): 283-91. Ragnarsson L., Mortensen M., Dodd P. R., and Lewis R. (2002) Spermine modulation of the glutamate-NMDA receptor is differentially responsive to conantokins in normal and Alzheimer diseased human cerebral cortex. J.Neurochem. 81(4): 765-79. Ragnarsson L, Strömberg T, Wijdenes J, Tötterman TH, and Weigelt C. (2001) Multiple myeloma cells are killed by syndecan-1-directed superantigen-activated T cells. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 50(7):382-90. |
| Brid Callaghnan | 2006 - |
Ph.D: (Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology). University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, 2005. Appointments: Queensland Brain Institute |
Callaghan, B., J. Zhong, and K.D. Keef, Signaling pathway underlying stimulation of L-type Ca2+ channels in rabbit portal vein myocytes by recombinant Gbetagamma subunits. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 2006. 291(5): p. H2541-6 B.P. Callaghan, Cobine, C.A., and K.D. Keef, Role of L-type Calcium Channels and PKC in Active Tone Development in Rabbit Coronary Artery. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 2007. Jun;292(6):H3079-88 |
| Irina Vetter | 2008 - |
PhD: School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland (2007)
Appointments: IMB, Uni of Qld-current, Queensland Brain Institute, Axon guidance Awards:2008 NHMRC Australian Biomedical Training Fellowship |
Vetter I*, Pujic Z*, Goodhill GJ. Response of Dorsal Root Ganglion Axons to NGF gradients depends on spinal level. In preparation. Vetter I, Cheng W, Peiris M, Wyse BD, Roberts-Thomson SJ, Zheng J, Monteith GR, Cabot PJ. Rapid, opioid-sensitive mechanisms involved in transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 sensitization. J Biol Chem. 2008 Jul 11;283(28):19540-50. (IF 5.58) Vetter I, Wyse BD, Roberts-Thomson SJ, Monteith GR, Cabot PJ. Mechanisms involved in potentiation of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 responses by ethanol. Eur J Pain. 2008 May;12(4):441-54. (IF 3.71) |
| Christine Mozar | 2009 - | PhD: | |
| Markus Muttenthaler | 2006 - |
PhD: University of Queensland -submiited 2008 Appointment: IMB, Uni of Qld -current Awards:IMB/UQ – Scholarship for PhD program |
Muttenthaler M and Alewood PF. in Oxidative Folding of Peptides and Proteins, Chapter 8: Selenocystine Peptides - Synthesis, Folding and Applications (eds. Johannes B and Moroder L), Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 2009. Muttenthaler M and Alewood PF. Selenopeptide chemistry. Journal of Peptide Science, 2008; 14, 1223-39. Muttenthaler M, Nevin ST, Grishin AA, Ngo ST, Choy PT, Daly NL, Hu S-H, Armishaw CJ, Martin JL, Noakes PG, Craik DJ, Adams DJ and Alewood PF. Solving the folding problem of α−Conotoxins with selenocysteine leads to more potent and stable neuronal nicotinic blockers. Nature Chemical Biology, 2009; submitted. |
Former Staff
Melissa Moretta, Thea Monks, Natalie Lumsden, Nira Gamage, Gene Hopping, Beth Rycroft, Aijun Yang, Filip Paczkowski, Alison Haythornthwaite, Christina Schroeder, Paramjit Bansal, Nicole Lawrence, Brooke Purdue