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DR TONY CHIOVITTI



Contact Details

Organization: Botany
Position: Honorary (Fellow)
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Homepage: http://www.botany.unimelb.edu.au/RW/people
Work: 8344 8931
Fax: 9347 5460
Room: 101
Level: 01
Building: Botany
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Extracellular matrix and carbohydrate metabolism of algae Polysaccharides, carbohydrates, diatoms, phytoplankton, algae Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
France Universite Paris Research
Australia Monash University Research
Germany University of Konstanz Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Diploma of Education University of Melbourne 31-Dec-2004
Bachelor of Science University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1992
Honors University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1993
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1997

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Prize Australasian Society of Phycology and Aquatic Botany 01-Dec-1992
Other (Award) University of Melbourne Australian Postgraduate Research Award 01-Mar-1993
Prize Australasian Society of Phycology and Aquatic Botany 01-Aug-1995
Prize Eurocarb 2nd best student poster at 4th European Training Course on Carbohydrates 01-Jul-1996
Scholarship Prize University of Melbourne Sophie Ducker Scholarship 01-Jan-1996

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Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

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 2006

Journal Articles

  • 1, 3-ß-D-glucans from Haramonas dimorpha (Raphidophyceae)
    Year: 2006
    Volume: 49
    Page numbers: 360-362
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Single adhesive nanofibres from a live diatom have the signature fingerprint of modular proteins
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Biophysical Journal
    Volume: 89
    Page numbers: 4252-4260
    Publisher: Biophysical Society(Maryland)
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  • Variations in the substituted 3-linked mannans closely associated with the silicified walls of diatoms
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Phycology
    Volume: 41
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1154-1161
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Massachusetts)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • A nearly idealized 6'-0-methylated ι-carrageenan from the Australian red alga Claviclonium ovatum (Acrotylaceae, Gigartinales)
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Carbohydrate Research
    Volume: 339
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 1459-1466
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • Backbone resonance assignment of the L-arabinose binding protein in complex with D-Galactose
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Biomolecular NMR
    Volume: 82
    Page numbers: 191-192
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers(Dordrecht)
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  • Extraction and characterization of agar from Australian Pterocladia lucida
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Applied Phycology
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 41-48
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
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  • Small-subunit rDNA sequences from representatives of selected families of the Gigartinales and Rhodymeniales (Rhodophyta). 3. Delineating the Gigartinales sensu stricto
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Canadian Journal of Botany - Revue Canadienne De Botanique
    Volume: 82
    Page numbers: 43-74
    Publisher: National Research Council of Canada(Ottawa)
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  • The genome of the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana: Ecology, evolution and metabolism
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Science
    Volume: 306
    Page numbers: 79-86
    Publisher: American Society for the Advancement of Science(Washington DC)
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  • The glucans extracted with warm water from diatoms are mainly derived from intracellular chrysolaminaran and not extracellular polysaccharides
    Year: 2004
    Journal: European Journal of Phycology
    Volume: 39
    Page numbers: 117-128
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Heterogeneous xylose-rich glycans are associated with extracellular glycoproteins from the biofouling diatom Craspedostauros australis (Bacillariophyceae)
    Year: 2003
    Journal: European Journal of Phycology
    Volume: 38
    Page numbers: 351-360
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • The cell wall galactans from Australian representatives of the genus Meristotheca (Solieriaceae, Rhodophyta)
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Phycologia
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 572-581
    Publisher: International Phycological Society(Kansas)
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  • The complex polysaccharides of the raphid diatom Pinnularia viridis (Bacillariophyceae)
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Phycology
    Volume: 39
    Page numbers: 543-554
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Massachusetts)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Chemistry, properties, and phylogenetic implications of the methylated carrageenans from red algae of the genus Areschougia (Areschougiaceae, Gigartinales, Rhodophyta)
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Phycology
    Volume: 37
    Page numbers: 1127-1137
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Massachusetts)
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  • Gelling polysaccharides from Australian seaweeds: research and potential
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Marine and Freshwater Research
    Volume: 52
    Page numbers: 917-935
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Collingwood)
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