Dr Joshua Mylne, PhD    ARC QEII Fellow

	Biography

Plant Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Dr Mylne (PhD, Botany) worked at the John Innes Centre (2001-2005), using molecular genetics to study proteins that accelerate flowering in response to prolonged cold (vernalization). In 2006 he moved to the IMB where he holds an ARC QEII Fellowship (2008-2012) and is the current John S. Mattick Fellow (2010-2012). His research interests are the biosynthesis and evolution of cyclic peptides in sunflowers and the use of this system to produce peptide drugs in plants.

Recent news

TV Story: "Secret Protein", Channel 10 Mar 23 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sptxho8F7U8)
Press release: "Cancer drug found hiding in sunflower seed protein" (www.uq.edu.au/news/index.html?article=22878)
Publication: Nature Chemical Biology "Albumins and their processing machinery are hijacked for cyclic peptides in sunflower" (http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/NChemBio.542)
Publication: Plant Methods "Protocol: A simple phenol-based method for 96-well extraction of high quality RNA from Arabidopsis" (www.plantmethods.com/content/7/1/7/abstract)

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		SFTI-1 letters Sunflower trypsin inhibitor 1 (SFTI-1) is a 14 amino acid cyclic peptide from sunflower seeds.