Long Distance Signals and Biologically Active Molecules in Plants
Chief Investigator and Node Leader
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ANU researchers and students
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Dr Michael Djordjevic
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Expertise: Microbial and plant molecular genetics, microbial proteomics
- Isolation, purification, identification and bioassay of low molecular weight peptides isolated from various plant tissues of the model legumes M truncatula and L. japonicus.
- Identification of proteins using mass spectrometry and bioinformatics
Senior Researchers
Dr Charles Buer
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Other Research Staff and Students
Lucia Kusumawati
PhD student
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Marie Oakes
Senior Technical Officer
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Signalling Interactions during Root and Nodule Formation
Chief Investigator
Expertise: Plant physiology and development, legume nodulation and signal exchange
- Studies to link measurements on plant hormone quantification and measurements on auxin transport with genetics of meristem mutants using plant hormone analysis and auxin transport measurements
- Generation of transgenic plants containing hormone-responsive promoters
- Proteome analysis of plant mutants of M. truncatula, L. japonicus and G. max to produce a global picture of protein expression in mutants and following hormone and nutrient treatments
- Investigation into the role of flavanoids as developmental regulators in legumes
Senior Researchers
Dr Britta Winterberg
Post Doctoral Fellow
Other Research Staff and Students
Karsten Oelkers
PhD Student
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Anton Wasson
PhD student
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Cassandra Harris
Technical Assistant
Plant Stem Cells Biology
Chief Investigator
Professor Barry Rolfe
Phone: 61-2 6125 4054
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Expertise: Plant molecular genetics
- Characterisation of cell types arising during the meristematic pre-embryo phase of somatic embryogenesis
- Proteomic analysis and assessing detected protein profiles
Senior Researchers
Dr Hancai Chen
Research Officer
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Dr Charles Hocart
Research Officer
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Dr Jeremy Weinman
Research Officer
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Cancer and Vascular Biology
Chief Investigator
Professor Chris Parish
Phone: 02 6125 2604
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Expertise: Animal cell systems
- Screening molecules for their biological activity
- Characterisation of molecules that exhibit clinical biological activity
Research Staff and Students
Anna Bezos
Senior Technical Officer
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Anna Browne
Technical Assistant
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Gene Regulation Network and Non-Coding RNA Genes in Legumes
Chief Investigator
Dr Georg Weiller
Phone: 61-2 6125 5916
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Expertise: Yeast molecular biology
- Bioinformatics
- Gene and protein identification
- Computational modelling of genetic regulatory networks and integrative plant development
Senior Researchers
Dr Tancred Frickey
Phone: 61-2 6125 7923
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Associate Researchers
Dr Jean Wen
Phone: 61-2 6125 2490
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Dr Edward Steele
Dr Nicholas Goffard