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DR SALLY LOUISE GRAS



Contact Details

Organization: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Position: SENIOR LECTURER- BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING
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Homepage: http://www.chemeng.unimelb.edu.au/people/staff/gras.html
Work: 8344 6281
Fax: 8344 4153
Room: 3.08
Level: 03
Building: Chemical Engineering #1
Campus: Parkville

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
PhD biophysics and nanotechnology University of Cambridge 12-May-2007
Science University of Melbourne 18-Dec-2002
Bachelor of Engineering University of Melbourne 18-May-2002

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences Young Scientists Exchange Scheme to China 01-Feb-2009
Prize The Australian Academy of Science Promising Early Career Researchers 03-Mar-2008
Prize Australasian Society for Biomaterials Young Investigator Commendation (oral presentation) 02-Apr-2007
Other (Award) U21 Universities Leadership Award Attend Teaching Conference Virginia USA 04-May-2007
Other (Award) Australian Academy of Science Travel Grant to UK 05-May-2006
Other (Award) Selby Scientific Foundation Selby Research Award 10-Mar-2006

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
Artificial Proteins for the Control of Colloid and Surface Properties Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2006
Milk nutraceuticals: a biotechnology opportunity for Australian and Indian dairy producers. Chief Investigator DEPT OF INNOVATION INDUSTRY SCIENCE & RESEARCH,
DEPT OF EDUCATION SCIENCE & TRAINING
Australia-India Strategic Research Fund (Biotechnology Fund) (DEPT OF EDUCATION SCIENCE & TRAINING) 21/06/2007
From Milk to Curd: Molecular Assembly and Microstructure in Complex Dairy Products Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/01/2008
INTERNATIONAL GENETICALLY ENGINEERING MACHINE COMPETITION AND TO VISIT LEADING LABORATORIES THAT STUDY SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY, METABOLIC ENGINEERING AND PROTEIN ENGINEERING AT THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BOSTON USA NOVEMBER 2008. Chief Investigator THE IAN POTTER FOUNDATION Travel and Conference Grants 01/10/2008
Advanced NanoBiomaterials Imaging Facility Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) 01/01/2009
FACILITY FOR INNOVATION IN STRUCTURAL BIOMATERIALS ENGINEERING Chief Investigator MONASH UNIVERSITY Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2009

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
CURD AND DAIRY MICROSTRUCUTURE AND TEXTURE QUALITY CONTROL TOOLS DR10708 Chief Investigator DAIRY INNOVATION AUSTRALIA LTD,
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
15/11/2007
STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF ENZYMES Chief Investigator CSIRO 12/08/2009

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

Book Chapters

  • Suface- and Solution-Based Assembly of Amyloid Fibrils for Biomedical and Nanotechnology Applications
    Year: 2009
    Book: Advances in Chemical Engineering, Engineering Aspects of Self-Organizing Materials
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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Journal Articles

  • Dopamine and the Dopamine Oxidation Product5,6-Dihydroxylindole Promote Distinct On-Pathway and Off-Pathway Aggregation of α-Synuclein in a pH-Dependent Manner.


     


    Year: 2009
    Journal: Journal of Molecular Biology
    Volume: 387
    Page numbers: 771-785
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  • Binding Properties of Peptidic Affinity Ligands for Plasmid DNA Capture and Detection
    Year: 2009
    Journal: AICHE Journal
    Volume: 55
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 505-515
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  • Peptides Grafted from Solids for the Control of Interfacial Properties
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Langmuir
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1488-1494
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  • Protein Nanofibres of Defined Morphology Prepared from Mixtures of Crude Crystallins
    Year: 2009
    Journal: International Journal of Nanotechnology
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 3&4
    Page numbers: 258-273
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Functionalised Amyloid Fibrils for Roles in Cell Adhesion
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Biomaterials
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1553-1562
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Protein Aggregation: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.


    Year: 2007
    Event name: Chemeca 07
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 35th Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference Proceedings
    Page numbers: 28-32
    Publisher: Institution of Engineers Australia
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  • Electrochemical release of Immobilized IgG Protein
    Year: 2007
    Event name: 2007 MRS Spring Meeting: Symposium V
    Conference Publication: Functional Materials for Chemical and Biochemical Sensors: Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings (2007 MRS Spring Meeting) Symposium V
    Volume: 1010E
    Page numbers: 1-6
    Publisher: Materials Research Society(Pennsylvania)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Functionalised Fibrils for Bio-Nanotechnology
    Year: 2006
    Event name: ICONN 06
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of ICONN 2006
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-9
    Publisher: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(Piscataway)
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

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