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DR ROSS WALLER



Contact Details

Organization: Botany
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
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Homepage: http://www.botany.unimelb.edu.au/eukdiv/
Work: 8344 5042
Fax: 9347 5460
Room: 219
Level: 02
Building: Botany
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Cell biology, molecular evolution, protislology, parasitology Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Japan Osaka University Research
Canada University of British Columbia Research
Canada Dalhousie University Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science University of Melbourne
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Victoria State Government Awarded for PhD research work advancing medical science 01-Jun-2000

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Proteomics-based investigations of the subcellular compartments of the secretory pathway of Leishmania parasites Chief Investigator NHMRC Peter Doherty Fellowships 01/01/2001
Molecular-genetic organization and evolution of dinoflagellate mitochondria Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2006
Infrakingdom Alveolata: searching for a defining structural feature Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2006

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Evidence of a reduced and modified mitochondrial protein import apparatus in microsporidian mitosomes.
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Eukaryotic Cell
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 19-26
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Broad genomic and transcriptional analysis reveals a highly dervied genome in dinoflagellate mitochondria
    Year: 2007
    Journal: BMC Biology
    Volume: 5
    Page numbers: 41
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  • Origin and distribution of epipolythiodioxopiperazine (ETP) gene clusters in filamentous ascomycetes
    Year: 2007
    Journal: BMC Evolutionary Biology
    Volume: 7
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  • Transit peptide diversity and divergence: a global analysis of plastid targeting signals
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Bioessays
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 1048-1058
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Phylogenetic history of plastid-targeted proteins in the peridinin-containing dinoflagellate Heterocapsa triquetra


    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
    Volume: 56
    Page numbers: 1439-1447
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  • A tertiary plastid uses genes from two endosymbionts
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Molecular Biology
    Volume: 357
    Page numbers: 1373-1382
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  • Alveolate and chlorophycean mitochondrial cox2 genes split twice independently
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Gene
    Volume: 383
    Page numbers: 33-37
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  • Lateral gene transfer of a multigene region from a cyanobacteria to dinoflagellates resulting in a novel plastid-targeted fusion protein
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Molecular Biology and Evolution
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 1437-1443
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  • Macronuclear genome sequence of the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, a model eukaryote
    Year: 2006
    Journal: PLoS Biology
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: e286
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  • PimE is a polyprenol-phosphate-mannose-dependent mannosyltransferase that transfers the fifth mannose of phosphatidylinositol mannoside in mycobacteria
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Biological Chemistry
    Volume: 281
    Issue: 35
    Page numbers: 25143-25155
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  • The C-terminal TPR domain of Tom70 defines a family of mitochondrial protein receptors found only in animals and fungi
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Molecular Biology
    Volume: 358
    Page numbers: 1010-1022
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Compartmentalization of Lipid Biosynthysis in Mycobacteria
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Biological Chemistry
    Volume: 280
    Issue: 22
    Page numbers: 21645-21652
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  • Complex protein targeting to dinoflagellate plastids
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Molecular Biology
    Volume: 348
    Page numbers: 1015-1024
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  • Patterns that define the four domains conserved in known and novel isoforms of the protein import receptor Tom20
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Molecular Biology
    Volume: 347
    Page numbers: 81-93
    Publisher: Academic Press(London)
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  • The apicoplast: a review of the derived plastid of apicomplexan parasites
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Current Issues in Molecular Biology
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 57-79
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • The Apicoplast


    Year: 2004
    Book: Genomes and The Molecular Cell Biology of Malaria Parasites
    Publisher: Horizon Bioscience(Norwich)
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  • The apicoplast
    Year: 2004
    Book: Malaria parasites: genomes and molecular biology
    Publisher: Caister Academic Press(Norwich)
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Journal Articles

  • Localization and activity of multidrug resistance protein 1 in the secretory pathway of Leishmania parasites
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Molecular Microbiology
    Volume: 51
    Issue: 1563
    Page numbers: 6
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Oxford)
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  • Metabolic maps and functions of the Plasmodium falciparum apicoplast
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Nature Reviews Microbiology
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 203-216
    Publisher: Nature Publishing Group(London)
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  • Metabolic maps and functions of the Plasmodium falciparum apicoplast
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Nature Reviews Microbiology
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 203-216
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  • More plastids in human parasites?
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Trends in Parasitology
    Volume: 20
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 54-57
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  • Purification, characterization of O-acetylated sialoglycoconjugates-specific IgM, and development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis and follow-up of Indian visceral leishmaniasis patients
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    Volume: 50
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 15-24
    Publisher: Elsevier(Philadelphia)
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  • The Omp85 family of proteins is essential for outer membrane biogenesis in mitochondria and bacteria
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Cell Biology
    Volume: 164
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 19-24
    Publisher: Rockefeller University Press(New York)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • A Type II Pathway for Fatty Acid Biosynthesis Presents Drug Targets in Plasmodium falciparum
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
    Volume: 47
    Page numbers: 297-301
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  • Comment on "A Green Algal Apicoplast Ancestor"
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Science
    Volume: 301
    Page numbers: 49
    Publisher: American Society for the Advancement of Science(Washington DC)
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  • Mannose metabolism is required for mycobacterial growth
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Biochemical Journal
    Volume: 372
    Page numbers: 77-86
    Publisher: Portland Press(London)
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  • The Omp85 family of proteins is essential for outer membrane biogenesis in mitochondria and bacteria
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Cell Biology
    Volume: 164
    Page numbers: 19-24
    Publisher: Rockefeller University Press(New York)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Developmental changes in lysosome morphology and function Leishmania parasites
    Year: 2002
    Journal: International Journal for Parasitology
    Volume: 32
    Page numbers: 1435-1445
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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