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DR CHARLES ROBIN



Contact Details

Organization: Genetics
Position: LECTURER
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Homepage: http://www.genetics.unimelb.edu.au/research/robin/index.html

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Molecular Evolution and Population genetics Adaptation, natural selection Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Doctor of Philosophy The Australian National University 31-Dec-1999
Bachelor of Science University of Sydney 31-Dec-1989
Bachelor of Applied Science (honours) University of Technology Sydney 31-Dec-1990

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Genetics Society of Australia Member 01-Jan-1992

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Scholarship ANU 01-Jan-1992

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
Using comparative genomics to identify genes responsible for adaptation to environmental toxins Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2005
Testing the DNA decay hypothesis of ecological specialization 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 2008

Journal Articles

  • Identification of candidate genes for fenvalerate resistance in Helicoverpa armigera using cDNA-AFLP
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Insect Molecular Biology
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 351-360
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Nature
    Volume: 450
    Page numbers: 203-218
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  • Fighting fly genes
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Trends in Genetics
    Volume: 23
    Page numbers: 51-4
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  • Molecular Evolution of Glutathione S-Transferased in the Genus Drosophila
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Genetics
    Volume: 177
    Page numbers: 1363-1375
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  • Two independent duplications forming the Cyp307a genes in Drosophila
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 1044-53
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • A comparison of Drosophila melanogaster detoxification gene induction responses for six insecticides, caffeine and phenobarbital
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    Volume: 36
    Page numbers: 934-942
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  • Positional cloning of a cyromazine resistance gene in Drosophila melanogaster
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Insect Molecular Biology
    Volume: 15(2)
    Page numbers: 181-186
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Smg1 nonsense mutations do not abolish nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in Drosophila melanogaster
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Genetics
    Volume: 171
    Page numbers: 403-406
    Publisher: Genetic Society of America(Maryland)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Developmental expression and gene/enzyme identifications in the alpha esterase gene cluster of Drosophila melanogaster
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Insect Molecular Biology
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 459-471
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Oxford)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • hairy: A Quantitative Trait Locus for Drosophila Sensory Bristle Number
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Genetics
    Volume: 162
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 155-164
    Publisher: Genetic Society of America(Maryland)
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