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DR ALEX ANDRIANOPOULOS



Contact Details

Organization: Genetics
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
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Homepage: http://www.genetics.unimelb.edu.au/person/academics/aa.html
Work: 8344 5164
Fax: 8344 5139
Room: 2.11
Level: 02
Building: Genetics Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Genetics of cellular morphogenesis Dimorphic switching, Penicillium marneffei, gene regulation, development, yeast, filamentous fungi, mycosis United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Spain
Genetics of development Dimorphic switching, Penicillium marneffei, Aspergillus nidulans, gene regulation, development, competence United States of America, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Mexico

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Thailand Mahidol University Exchange, Research, Technical Assistance/Training
United States Youngstown State University Research
United States The Institute for Genomic Research Research
United Kingdom Imperial College London Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1984
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1989

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Council Genetics Society of Australasia 01-Jan-1985
Unspecified Genetics Society of America 01-Jan-2001
Council Lorne Genome Inc 01-Jan-2000

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) University of Melbourne Dean of Science Research Excellence Award 10-May-2005
Other (Award) University of Melbourne Dean of Science Teaching Excellence Award 16-May-2006
Other (Award) Howards Hughes Medical Institute USA Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Scholar 01-Jan-2005

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
Molecular genetic analysis of dimorphic switching in Penicillium marneffei Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Large Research Grants Scheme 01/01/2001
Identifying and characterising the molecular determinants of fungal pathogenesis Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2003
Molecular genetic analysis of genes controlling morphogenesis: dimorphic switching in the fungus penicillium marneffei Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2004
FUNGAL AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE: A MOLECULAR GENETIC STUDY OF THE CONTROL OF DEVELOPMENT AND PATHOGENICITY OF DIMORPHIC HUMAN PATHOGEN PENICILLIUM Chief Investigator HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE International Research Scholars Program, Infectious Diseases and Parasitology 01/09/2005
MAJOR UPGRADE OF THE COMPUTING HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR THE WIDELY USED BIOMANAGER BIOINFORMATICS SERVICE Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2006
Discovering unique pathways in pathogens which can be used to control them. Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2008
Understanding how pathogens infect their hosts and cause disease. Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2009
Genetic and epigenetic control of developmental competence. Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2009

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 2007

Book Chapters

  • The biology of the thermally dimorphic fungal pathogen Penicillium marneffei
    Year: 2007
    Book: New insights in medical mycology
    Publisher: Springer
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Journal Articles

  • A p21-activated kinase is required for conidial germination in Penicillium marneffei
    Year: 2007
    Journal: PLoS Pathogens
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 1-14
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  • Cis-Regulatory Elements in the Accord Retrotransposon Result in Tissue-Specific Expression of the Drosophila melanogaster Insecticide Resistance Gene Cyp6g1
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Genetics
    Volume: 175
    Page numbers: 1071-77
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  • Regulating the transition between the two major fungal cell types; yeast cells and filamentous hyphal cells
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Microbiology Australia
    Volume: 28
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 79-81
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Morphogenesis: Control of Cell Types and Shape
    Year: 2006
    Book: The Mycota I- Growth, Differentation and Sexuality
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Berlin)
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  • Morphogenesis:Control of cell types and shape
    Year: 2006
    Book: The Mycota:Growth, differentiation and sexuality
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Heidelberg)
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  • Signaling pathways in the dimorphic human fungal pathogen Penicillium marneffei
    Year: 2006
    Book: Molecular principles of fungal pathogenesis
    Publisher: ASM Press(Washington DC)
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Journal Articles

  • Developmental regulation of the glyoxylate cycle in the human pathogen Penicillium marneffei
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Molecular Microbiology
    Volume: 62
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1725-1738
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  • The Aspergillus nidulans rcoA gene is required for veA-dependent sexual development
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Genetics
    Volume: 174
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 1685-1688
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Conditional lethal disruption of TATA-binding protein gene in Penicillium marneffei
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Fungal Genetics and Biology
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 893-903
    Publisher: Academic Press(San Diego)
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  • The Ras and Rho GTPases genetically interact to co-ordinately regulate cell polarity during development in Penicillium marneffei
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Molecular Microbiology
    Volume: 55
    Page numbers: 1487-1501
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Oxford)
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  • The Ras and Rho GTpases genetically interact to co-ordinately regulate cell polarity during development in Penicillium marneffei
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Molecular Microbiology
    Volume: 55
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 1487-1501
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Control of morphogenesis and actin localization by the Penilillium marneffei RAC homolog
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Cell Science
    Volume: 116
    Page numbers: 1249-1260
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  • Control of morphogenesis and actin localization by the Penicillium marneffei RAC homolog
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Cell Science
    Volume: 116
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 1249-1260
    Publisher: Company of Biologists(Cambridge)
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  • The G-Protein α-subunit GasC Plays a Major Role in Germination in the Dimorphic Fungus Penicillium marneffei
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Genetics
    Volume: 164
    Page numbers: 487-499
    Publisher: Genetic Society of America(Maryland)
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  • TupA, the Penicillium marneffei Tup 1p homologue, represses both yeast and spore development
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Molecular Microbiology
    Volume: 48
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 85-94
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Oxford)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • A basic helix-loop-helix protein with similarity to the fungal morphological regulators, Phd1p, Efg1p and StuA, controls conidiation but not dimorphic growth in Penicillium marneffei
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Molecular Microbiology
    Volume: 44
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 621-631
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Oxford)
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  • Control of morphogenesis in the human fungal pathogen Penicillium marneffei
    Year: 2002
    Journal: International Journal of Medical Sciences
    Volume: 292
    Page numbers: 331-347
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  • G-Protein Signaling Mediates Asexual Development at 25 degrees but Has No Effect on Yeast-Like Growth at 37 degrees in the Dimorphic Fungus Penicillium marneffei
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Eukaryotic Cell
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 440-447
    Publisher: American Society for Microbiology(Washington DC)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • A Single Gene Produces Mitochondrial, Cytoplasmic, and Peroxisomal NADP-dependent Isocitrate Dehydrogenase in Aspergillus nidulans
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Biological Chemistry
    Volume: 276
    Issue: 40
    Page numbers: 37722-37729
    Publisher: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology(Maryland)
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  • An STE12 Homolog From the Asexual, Dimorphic Fungus Penicillium marneffei Complements the Defect in Sexual Development of an Aspergillus nidulans steA Mutant
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Genetics
    Volume: 157
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 1003-1014
    Publisher: Genetic Society of America(Maryland)
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  • The CDC42 Homolog of the Dimorphic Fungus Penicillium marneffei Is Required for Correct Cell Polarization during Growth but Not Development
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Bacteriology
    Volume: 183
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 3447-3457
    Publisher: American Society for Microbiology(Washington DC)
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  • the CDC42 Homolog of the Dimorphic Fungus Penicillium marneffei Is Required for Correct Cell Polarization during Growth but Not Development
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Bacteriology
    Volume: 183
    Page numbers: 3447-3457
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