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DR HELEN BILLMAN-JACOBE



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Organization: Microbiology and Immunology
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
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Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science (honours) Monash University 31-Dec-1984
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1994

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
Chemical tools for the study of mycobacterial glycolipid biosynthesis Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2004
Molecular mechanisms of persistence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2006

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

  • Investigating the function of the putative mycolic acid methyltransferase UmaA: divergence between the Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteins
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Biological Chemistry
    Volume: 283
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 1419-1427
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  • Mutations in primE Restore Lipoarabinomannan Synthesis and Growth in a Mycobacterium smegmatis lpqW Mutant
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Bacteriology
    Volume: 190
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 3690-3699
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Identification of a novel protein with a role in lipoarabinomannan biosynthesis in mycobacteria.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Biological Chemistry
    Volume: 281
    Issue: 14
    Page numbers: 9011-9017
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  • PimE is a polyprenol-phosphate-mannose-dependent mannosyltransferase that transfers the fifth mannose of phosphatidylinositol mannoside in mycobacteria
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Biological Chemistry
    Volume: 281
    Issue: 35
    Page numbers: 25143-25155
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  • Population Genetics Study of Isoniazid Resistance Mutations and Evoulution of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
    Volume: 50
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 2640-2649
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Compartmentalization of Lipid Biosynthysis in Mycobacteria
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Biological Chemistry
    Volume: 280
    Issue: 22
    Page numbers: 21645-21652
    Publisher: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology(Maryland)
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  • Function of Phosphatidylinositol in Mycobacteria
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Biological Chemistry
    Volume: 280
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 10981-10987
    Publisher: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology(Maryland)
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  • Molecular Characterization of Isoniazid-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates Collected in Australia
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
    Volume: 49
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 4068-4074
    Publisher: American Society for Microbiology(Washington DC)
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  • Role of embB Codon 306 Mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Revisited: a Novel Association with Broad Drug Resistance and IS6110 Clustering Rather than Ethambutol Resistance
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
    Volume: 49
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 3794-3802
    Publisher: American Society for Microbiology(Washington DC)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Biosynthesis of mycobacterial phosphatidylinositol mannosides
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Biochemical Journal
    Volume: 378
    Page numbers: 589-597
    Publisher: Portland Press(London)
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  • Methylation of GPLs in Mycobaterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium avium
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Bacteriology
    Volume: 186
    Issue: 20
    Page numbers: 6792-6799
    Publisher: American Society for Microbiology(Washington DC)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Biosynthesis of mycobacterial phosphatidylinositol mannosides
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Biochemical Journal
    Volume: 378
    Page numbers: 1-9
    Publisher: Portland Press(London)
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  • Inactivation of mshB, a key gene in the mycothiol biosynthesis pathway in Mycobacterium smegmatis
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Microbiology
    Volume: 149
    Page numbers: 1341-1349
    Publisher: MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica(New York)
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  • Mannose metabolism is required for mycobacterial growth
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Biochemical Journal
    Volume: 372
    Page numbers: 77-86
    Publisher: Portland Press(London)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Modification of glycopeptidolipids by an O-methyltransferase of Mycobacterium smegmatis a
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Microbiology
    Volume: 148
    Page numbers: 3079-3087
    Publisher: MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica(New York)
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