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DR ROBERT JOHN CENTER



Contact Details

Organization: Microbiology and Immunology
Position: SENIOR RESEARCH OFFICER
Email:
Work: 8344 9779
Fax: 9347 1540
Room: 2.01
Level: 02
Building: Microbiology Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Molecular virology with a specific focus of HIV envelope protein-based vaccine approaches Molecular Virology, viral vaccines, HIV Australia
antibody-based HIV vaccines antibody, HIV, vaccine Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Austria POLYMUN Scientific Immunbiologische Forschung GmbH Exchange

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science (honours) La Trobe University 31-Dec-1988
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1998

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
Enhancing the ability of the HIV-1 envelope protein to elicit neutralizing antibodies Chief Investigator NHMRC R Douglas Wright Awards 01/01/2005

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 2008

Journal Articles

  • Sindbis virus vectors elicit hemagglutinin-specific humoral and cellular immune responses and offer a dose-sparing strategy for vaccination
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Vaccine
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: 5641-5648
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Publications in 2005

Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Promoting trimerization of soluble human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) env through the use of HIV-1/simian immunodeficiency virus chimeras.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Virology
    Volume: 78
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 2265-2276
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • The Oligomeric Structure of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Envelope Protein on the Virion Surface. 
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Virology
    Volume: 76
    Issue: 15
    Page numbers: 7863-7867
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Oligomeric structure of virion-associated and soluble forms of the simian immunodeficiency virus envelope protein in the pre-fusion activated conformation.
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
    Volume: 98
    Page numbers: 14877-14882
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