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Biomedical Science and Biochemistry Seminar Series
Seminars from the RSB Division of Biomedical Science and Biochemistry.
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Past events
02
Jun
2022
BSB PhD Exit Seminar: Characterising aspects of the CoA biosynthesis pathway in P. falciparum and T. gondii »
Malaria is an ancient disease leading to the death of more than half a million people every year.
26
May
2022
BSB Seminar: Molecular structure of the intact bacterial flagellar basal body »
Bacterial flagella self-assemble a strong, multi-component drive shaft that couples rotation in the inner membrane to the microns-long flagellar filament that powers bacterial swimming in viscous fluids.
28
Apr
2022
BSB PhD Exit Seminar: Amodiaquine resistance in the malaria parasite – revealing the How »
The antimalarial drug amodiaquine has been around for nearly 60 years during which time it has been deployed as a monotherapy, then removed from recommendations due to toxicity fears, re-instated, and is now deployed in artemisinin-based combinations therapies to combat malaria.
17
Feb
2022
BSB PhD Exit Seminar: Elucidating and exploiting the mitochondrial electron transport chain of T. gondii parasites »
As you read this abstract, your lungs are (I hope!) bringing live-sustaining oxygen into your body. Oxygen is required by our cells for one key purpose – to act as the final electron acceptor in the mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC).
20
Jan
2022
BSB PhD Exit Seminar: Study of the functional roles of hypothetical proteins in the virulence of Shigella flexneri serotype 1c »
Shigella flexneri is an entero-pathogen that is considered a significant public health risk, causing shigellosis or bacillary dysentery, and accounts for the highest percentage of diarrheal deaths annually.
02
Dec
2021
BSB PhD Exit Seminar: A study of cellular amino acid homeostasis identifies novel combination therapies for cancer »
Scientific and technological advancements in the field of cell physiology over the last thirty years have uncovered the identities and functions of over sixty solute carriers which participate in the transport of amino acids in mammalian cells.
18
Nov
2021
BSB PhD Exit Seminar: Structure-function studies of multidrug resistance transporters of the malaria parasite »
Many genes that have been recently identified as determinants of drug resistance in the malaria parasite encode membrane transport proteins (also known as transporters).
15
Jun
2021
BSB PhD Exit Seminar: Study of O-acetyltransferase B (oacB) and three novel orfs encoded by Sf101 bacteriophage of Shigella flexneri »
In my project, I explored how oacB gene was acquired in these strains and the mechanism by which OacB modifies O-antigen. Using bioinformatics tools, I investigated the distribution of oacB gene in whole-genome sequences of over 80 clinical isolates of S. flexneri.
20
Oct
2020
Australian Synthetic Biology Challenge: The Final Showcase »
National undergraduate synthetic biology challenge.
08
Oct
2020
MicroED for Biological Samples: Requirements, Sample Preparation and Data Processing »
Seminar by Mathieu Coincon, Senior Researcher – MicroED specialist Swedish CryoEM Facility, Stockholm
24
Sep
2020
The role of nutrient balance in lifespan extension by dietary restriction in Drosophila »
The role of nutrient balance in lifespan extension by dietary restriction in Drosophila, Matthew Piper, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
27
Aug
2020
"Poly(sodium acrylate) - Branching out from standard delivery systems." »
PhD exit seminar by Elizabeth Whitty of the Callaghan Group. Research School of Biology - Division of Biomedical Science and Biochemisitry.
27
Aug
2020
"Poly(sodium acrylate) - Branching out from standard delivery systems." »
PhD exit seminar by Elizabeth Whitty of the Callaghan Group. Research School of Biology - Division of Biomedical Science and Biochemisitry.
05
Mar
2020
Characterising putative transporter proteins in apicomplexan parasites identifies one that is critical for Toxoplasma gondii invasion »
PhD exit seminar by Sanduni Hapuarachchi from the van Dooren Group at the Research School of Biology, whose work highlights the important roles transporters play in parasites and open avenues to further explore this important class of proteins.
02
Mar
2020
Forward genetic screening identifies a link between Plasmodium falciparum fever response, artemisinin resistance and the algal origins of the apicoplast »
The emergence and spread of Plasmodium falciparum parasites that are resistant to front-line antimalarial artemisinin-combination therapies (ACT) threatens to erase the considerable gains against the disease of the last decade. We developed a new large-scale phenotypic screening pipeline and used it to carry out the fi
