Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
| Research Interest |
Key Words |
Country of Expertise |
| Copper homeostasis, Inherited diseases of copper homeostasis, Cell biology of copper transporters, Menkes disease, Alzheimers disease |
Copper, Menkes disease, Alzheimers disease, Protein trafficking, confocal microscopy |
Australia |
International Linkages
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other
Awards
Qualifications
| Title |
Institution |
Date Awarded |
Abbreviation |
| Bachelor of Science |
University of Melbourne |
01-Dec-1968 |
|
| Doctor of Philosophy |
University of Melbourne |
01-Dec-1973 |
|
Memberships
| Membership Type |
Membership Body |
Description |
Start Date |
End Date |
| Member |
American Society for Cell Biology |
Member |
01-Jan-2000 |
|
| Member |
Australian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
Member |
01-Jan-1976 |
|
| Member |
Human Genetics Society of Australasia |
Member |
01-Jan-1996 |
|
Other Awards
| Award Type |
Awarding Body |
Comments |
Date Awarded |
| Other (Award) |
IGOR STOJILJKOVIC MEMORIAL AWARD |
In recognition of outstanding contributions at the international level to the field of biometals research |
18-Jul-2008 |
| Medal |
AINSE |
AINSE gold medal awarded for excellence in research |
26-May-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 |
| Characterisation of heavy metal transport genes in the plant Arabidopsis: potential roles in metal detoxification & accumulation |
Chief Investigator |
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Discovery Projects |
01/01/2003 |
| Application of radiocopper for investigation of copper homeostasis and Alzheimer's disease |
Chief Investigator |
AINSE |
Awards |
01/01/2005 |
| Mechanisms of zinc transport and homeostasis in the plant, arabidopsis |
Chief Investigator |
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Discovery Projects |
01/01/2005 |
| Identification & characterisation of genes involved in the copper regulation of the human Alzheimer's disease Amyloid-beta Precursor Protein(APP) gene |
Chief Investigator |
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development Scheme |
01/01/2005 |
| Gene discovery and functional analysis of copper homeostasis genes in drosophila |
Chief Investigator |
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Discovery Projects |
01/01/2005 |
| Elucidation of trafficking of the Menkes (MNK;ATP7A) copper-transporting ATPase in epthelial cells |
Chief Investigator |
NHMRC |
Project Grants |
01/01/2006 |
| Use of radiocopper to investigate normal copper homeostasis and role of copper in early development and Alzheimer's disease |
Chief Investigator |
AINSE |
Awards |
01/01/2006 |
| Copper deficiency in Alzheimer's disease |
Chief Investigator |
NHMRC |
Project Grants |
01/01/2007 |
| APPLICATION OF COPPER-64 TO STUDIES ON ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND CHARACTERISATION OF NOVEL GENES AND PROTEINS INVOLVED IN COPPER HOMEOSTASIS |
Chief Investigator |
AINSE |
Awards |
01/01/2007 |
| COPPER HOMEOSTASIS AND ADD-INDUCED NEURODEGENERATION IN DROSOPHILA |
Chief Investigator |
MONASH UNIVERSITY |
Project Grants (NHMRC) |
01/01/2007 |
| UTILISATION OF COPPER-64 IN INVESTIGATIONS OF INVOLVEMENT OF COPPER IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE |
Chief Investigator |
AINSE |
Awards |
01/01/2008 |
| BIOMEDICAL - CHARACTERISATION OF NOVEL COPPER HOMEOSTASIS PROTEINS |
Principal Supervisor |
NHMRC |
Scholarships |
01/01/2008 |
| APPLICATION OF COPPER-64 IN STUDIES OF THE ROLE OF COPPER IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE |
Chief Investigator |
AINSE |
Awards |
01/01/2009 |
| PROTEIN NETWORKS MEDIATING COPPER BALANCE AND THEIR BREAK-DOWN IN DISEASE |
Chief Investigator |
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY |
Project Grants (NHMRC) |
|
Contracts
| Title |
Role |
Funding Source |
Award Date |
| COPPER HOMEOSTASIS: GENE DISCOVERY AND ANALYSING USING DROSOPHOLI |
Chief Investigator |
INTERNATIONAL COPPER ASSOC LTD |
01/01/2003 |
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.
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