Posters FINAL 23.08.12 FINAL 23.08.12.pdf · Posters 001-015 Gene Regulation, Genomics and Bioinformatics Posters 016-029 Protein Structure, Function and Proteomics Posters 030-037

POSTER SESSION A – MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER

Posters 001-015 Gene Regulation, Genomics and Bioinformatics Posters 016-029 Protein Structure, Function and Proteomics Posters 030-037 Cell Biology, Architecture and Trafficking Posters 038-042 Signalling Posters 043-050 Developmental Biology Posters 051-078 Plant Biology Posters 079-084 Plant Pathology Posters 085-087 Education Posters 088-090 Late Posters

Gene Regulation, Genomics and Bioinformatics 001-015

POS-MON-001 13:30 - 14:30 Sequencing and de novo analysis of a snail mucus gland and

dart sac transcriptome: revealing reproduction related factors Adamson, K.J., Stewart, M., Kuballa, A. and Cummings, S.F.

(Australia) POS-MON-002 13:30 - 14:30 Application of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to the

analysis dynamics of sulfate reducing bacterial community in an oily bench scale reactor

Alamri, S. and Hesham, A. (Saudi Arabia) POS-MON-003 13:30 - 14:30 Bioinformatic analysis of GDAP1 expression Algothmi, K., Hoonhout, C. and Shield, A. (Australia) POS-MON-004 13:30 - 14:30 Cellular reprogramming towards the megakaryocyte lineage Artuz, C.M., Funnell, A.P.W., Pearson, R.C.M., Gonda, T.J.

and Crossley, M. (Australia) POS-MON-005 13:30 - 14:30 Idenficiation of modulons in bacterial microarray expression

data: fighting the overprediction Permina, E.A., Hedge, S.H., Medvedeva, Y.U.A., Baeck,

P.M., Mande, S.H. and Makeev, V.J. (Australia)


POS-MON-006 13:30 - 14:30 Comparison of cisplatin analogue compounds for DNA

interstrand covalent crosslinks by fluorescent quantification and application for a newly developed denatauring slab gel electrophoresis

Burgess, M.W., Aldrich-Wright, J. and Temple, M.D. (Australia)

POS-MON-007 13:30 - 14:30 Rapidly profiling thousands of large non-coding RNAs from

nanogram amounts of total RNA using a single microarray design

Lucas, A.B., Swaminathan, K., Kulkarni, V., Mullinax, B., Cher, C., Srinivasan, M., Leproust, E. and Fulmer-Smentek, S. (USA)

POS-MON-008 13:30 - 14:30 High mobility group proteins in neurogenesis and

regeneration Colquhoun, D.E., Tang, K.Y.K. and Kaslin, J. (Australia) POS-MON-009 13:30 - 14:30 Assembligration: a simple, fast and scalable chromosomal

integration strategy in bacteria Cui, L., St Pierre, F., Priest, D., Dodd, I., Endy, D. and

Shearwin, K. (Australia and USA) POS-MON-010 13:30 - 14:30 OPTX:luc based cyclic nucleotide sensitive promoter reporter

systems Wheeler, J.I., Freihat, L.A. and Irving, H.R. (Australia) POS-MON-011 13:30 - 14:30 Translational control of gene expression mediated by mRNA

elements Garama, D., Stevens, S., Chen, X., Biswas, A., Sarman, A.,

Chen, A. and Brown, C. (New Zealand) POS-MON-012 13:30 - 14:30 Utilization of the Bombyx mori hsp70 promoter for efficient

transgene expression Goo, T.W., Kim, S.W., Kim, S.R., Park, S.W., Choi, K.H.,

Kang, S.W. and Yun, E.Y. (Republic of Korea)


POS-MON-013 13:30 - 14:30 Investigation into the role of ursodeoxycholic acid in the

regulation of the UDP glycosyltransferase 3A1 and 3A2 genes Haines, A.Z., Meech, R. and Mackenzie, P.I. (Australia) POS-MON-014 13:30 - 14:30 Reverse bacterial two hybrid: a new tool for studying dimeric

protein interactions Hao, N., Whitelaw, M.L., Shearwin, K.E., Dodd, I.B.and

Chapman-Smith, A. (Australia) POS-MON-015 13:30 - 14:30 Transcriptome profiling of bovine ovarian follicular granulosa

cells in vitro and in vivo Hatzirodos, N., Knight, P.G., Glister, C. and Rodgers, R.J.

(Australia and UK)

Protein Structure, Function and Proteomics 016-029

POS-MON-016 13:30 - 14:30 Fluorescence labelling of a transcription factor for single-

molecule imaging Al-Zyoud, W., Sobey, T., Liu, D. and Böcking, T. (Australia

and USA) POS-MON-017 13:30 - 14:30 The metamorphic CLIC1 protein requires cholesterol for

optimal conduction in membranes Alkhamici, H., Carne, S., Brown, L., Cornell, B. and

Valenzuela, S. (Australia) POS-MON-018 13:30 - 14:30 Analysis of subunit interactions within the nucleosome

remodelling and deacetylase (NuRD) complex Alqarni, S., Thong, S. and Mackay, J. (Australia) POS-MON-019 13:30 - 14:30 The roles of Arg427 and Arg472 in the allosteric regulation of

Rhizobium etli pyruvate carboxylase Adina-Zada, A., Sereeruk, C., Jitrapakdee, S., Zeczycki, T.N.,

St Maurice, M., Cleland, W.W., Wallace, J.C. and Attwood, P.V. (Australia, Thailand and USA)


POS-MON-020 13:30 - 14:30 RMND5 proteins are novel E3 ubiquitin ligases that target the

prostatic tumour suppressor, NKX3.1 Louw, A., Thomas, M.A., Harvey, J.M. and Bentel, J.M.

(Australia) POS-MON-021 13:30 - 14:30 Structure-function relationships of UDP-

Glucuronosyltransferase (UGT2B7): application of protein homology modelling, docking and mutagenesis to identify critical residues involved in cofactor binding

Chau, N., Lewis, B.C., Mackenzie, P.I. and Miners, J.O. (Australia)

POS-MON-022 13:30 - 14:30 Prediction of VLP antigen structure using molecular dynamics

simulation Connors, N.K., Anggraeni, M.R., Chuan, Y.P., Lua, L.H.L.,

Zhang, L., Sun, Y. and Middleberg, A.P.J.M. (Australia and China)

POS-MON-023 13:30 - 14:30 Polyplex grid array, ELISA and immuno-PCR for the

diagnosis of melioidosis Cooper, A., Williams, N., Morris, J., Ketheesan, N., Norton,

R. and Schaeffer, P. (Australia) POS-MON-024 13:30 - 14:30 Insight into the venom of the beneficial parasitoid wasp,

Diadegma semiclausum Cooper, T., Asgari, S. and Glatz, R. (Australia) POS-MON-025 13:30 - 14:30 Structural and functional analysis of the GM-CSF:GM-CSF

receptor alpha chain binary complex Dottore, M., McClure, B., Hercus, T.R., Broughton, S.E.,

Nero, T.L.,Taing, H.H., Parker, M.W. and Lopez, A.F. (Australia)

POS-MON-026 13:30 - 14:30 Characterising the role of factor inhibiting HIF (FIH) in

poxvirus infection Fabrizio, J.A., Wilkins, S.E., Chen, D., Mercer, A. and Peet,

D.J. (Australia and New Zealand)


POS-MON-027 13:30 - 14:30 Structural and functional characterisation of acyl-CoA

thioesterases Forwood, J.K. (Australia) POS-MON-028 13:30 - 14:30 Extended exposure to caffeine and sucrose has differential

effects on locomotor response and the proteome of adult and adolescent sprague dawley rats

Franklin, J.F., Sauer, M., Wearne, T., Clemens, K.J., Homewood, J., Haynes, P.A. and Cornish, J.L. (Australia)

POS-MON-029 13:30 - 14:30 Discovery and characterisation of novel substrates of the HIF

hydroxylase, FIH Hampton-Smith, R.J., Devries, I., Mulvihill, M., Komives,

E. and Peet, D., (Australia and USA)

Cell Biology, Architecture and Trafficking 030-037

POS-MON-030 13:30 - 14:30 Cyokine regulation by alcohol extract from Allomyrina

dichotoma and its composition of glycosaminoglycan Ahn, M.Y., Kim, S.J., Han, J.W., Hwang, J.S. and Yun, E.Y.

(South Korea) POS-MON-031 13:30 - 14:30 Evaluation the biological activity of a computationally de

nova deigned peptide on skin cancer cells in vitro Almansour, N., Pirogova, E., Colo, P., Cosic, I. and Istivan,

T. (Australia) POS-MON-032 13:30 - 14:30 Regulation of breast cancer progression by the microRNAs,

miR-193b and miR-342-3p Arnet, V.K., Roslan, S., Johnstone, C.T., Li, X., Khew-

Goodall, Y., Anderson, R.L., Goodall, G.J. and Gregory, P.A. (Australia)


POS-MON-033 13:30 - 14:30 Investigation into the structure and function relationship for

biotin transporter from Staphylococcus aereus Azhar, A., Wiridja, A., Baker, P., Polyak, S.W. and Booker,

G.W. (Australia) POS-MON-034 13:30 - 14:30 Passing the baton: Npas4 responds and delivers under stress Bhakti, V.L.D., Hao, N. and Whitelaw, M.L. (Australia) POS-MON-035 13:30 - 14:30 Determining the role of tropomyosins in triggering anoikis Desouza, M., Gunning, P. and Stehn, J. (Australia) POS-MON-036 13:30 - 14:30 Intermediate secreted substrates of the novel secretion system

in Porphyromonas gingivalis form multimeric complexes Glew, M.D., Veith, P.D., Gorasia, D.G., Chen, D., Chen, Y.Y.

and Reynolds, E.C. (Australia) POS-MON-037 13:30 - 14:30 Targeting chromosomal instability Shaukat, Z., Wong, H.W.-S., Nicolson, S., Saint, R.B. and

Gregory, S.L. (Australia)

Signalling 038-042

POS-MON-038 13:30 - 14:30 Evidence for a role for protein kinase C in impaired store

operated calcium entry in steatotic liver cells Ali, E.S., Wilson, C.H., Scrimgeour, N.R., Martin, A.,

Rychkov, G.Y. and Barritt, G.J. (Australia) POS-MON-039 13:30 - 14:30 Measuring protein thiol oxidation in vivo Arthur, P.G., Armstrong, A.E. and Fournier, P.A. (Australia) POS-MON-040 13:30 - 14:30 The thioredoxin system under intermittent hypoxia in cancer

cells Bhatia, M., Karlenius, T.C., Di Trapani, G. and Tonissen,

K.F. (Australia)


POS-MON-041 13:30 - 14:30 The loss of the CDKN2A gene is a critical event in the

transformation of liver progenitor cells Strauss, R., Passman, A., VanVuuren, J., London, R., Yeoh,

G.C. and Callus, B.A. (Australia) POS-MON-042 13:30 - 14:30 Small molecules that render 14-3-3 phosphorylatable and

induce apoptosis Coolen, C., Pitson, S., Bittman, R., Lopez, A. and Woodcock,

J. (Australia and USA)

Developmental Biology 043-050

POS-MON-043 13:30 - 14:30 Wnt and NK genes in sponge body plan patterning Adamska, M.A., Admaski, M., Bergum, B., Fortunato, S.,

Guder, C. and Leininger, S. (Norway) POS-MON-044 13:30 - 14:30 Longitudinal study of nucloetide metabolites in infants' saliva

compared to adults and mammals Al-Shehri, S., Henman, M., Cowley, D.C., Shaw, P.N., Liley,

H., Tomarchio, A., Charles, B.G., Wright, J.R. and Duley, J.A. (Australia)

POS-MON-045 13:30 - 14:30 Dynamic remodelling of the lymphatic vasculature during

postnatal mouse mammary gland morphogenesis is mediated via epithelial-derived lymphangiogenic stimuli

Betterman, K.L., Paquet-Fifield, S., Asselin-Labat, M.-L., Visvader, J.E., Butler, L.M., Stacker, S.A., Achen, M.G. and Harvey, N.L. (Australia)

POS-MON-046 13:30 - 14:30 Cell systems for the study of endogenous leucine-rich repeat

proteins during development Gaskin, S.M. and Haines, B.P. (Australia)


POS-MON-047 13:30 - 14:30 A Tasmanian Devil growth factor supports pluripotent stem

cells in vitro Maclennan, I.O.A., Reiger, J., Chan, C.-K. and Hart, A.H.

(Australia) POS-MON-048 13:30 - 14:30 Regulation of Drosophila spermatogenesis via endocrine

signaling Dominado, N., Siddall, N.A., Chan, F.L. and Hime, G.R.

(Australia) POS-MON-049 13:30 - 14:30 USP9X is a novel intellectual disability gene that regulates

neuronal migration Homan, C., Wood, S., Gecz, J. and Jolly, L. (Australia) POS-MON-050 13:30 - 14:30 Investigating semaphorin 3A mediated neural crest cell

migration using ex vivo and cell culture models Kabbara, S., Scherer, M.A. and Schwarz, Q.P. (Australia)

Plant Biology 051-078

POS-MON-051 13:30 - 14:30 Cell wall invertase positively regulates pollen germination and

elongation and confers heat tolerance Astija, S., Wang, L., Liu, Y., Offler, C.E., Patrick, J.P. and

Ruan, Y.-L. (Australia) POS-MON-052 13:30 - 14:30 Does the growth response of woody plants to elevated CO2

increase with growth temperature? a meta-analysis Baig, S. and Medlyn, B.E. (Australia) POS-MON-053 13:30 - 14:30 Leaf internal conductance to CO2 diffusion in C4 plants Barbour, M.M., Evans, J.R., Simonin, K.A. and von

Caemmerer, S. (Australia)


POS-MON-054 13:30 - 14:30 A seed based assay for measuring meiotic recombination in

Arabidopsis Barrell, P.J., Gatehouse, M.L. and Conner, A.J. (New

Zealand) POS-MON-055 13:30 - 14:30 Mixed-linkage glucans in Sorghum Betts, N.S., Byrt, C.S., Nguyen, H., Ermawar, R., Collins,

H.M., Fincher, G.B. and Burton, R.A. (Australia) POS-MON-056 13:30 - 14:30 Glucan, Water Dikinase down regulation in wheat endosperm

alters germination characteristics Bowerman, A.F., Howitt, C.A., Gubler, F., Pogson, B.,

Morell, M.K. and Ral, J.-P. (Australia) POS-MON-057 13:30 - 14:30 Is plastoquinone involved in the red-light response of stomatal

regulation? Busch, F.A. and von Caemmerer, S. (Australia) POS-MON-058 13:30 - 14:30 Agave biomass composition Byrt, C.S., Karem, G., Henderson, M., Betts, N.S., Fincher,

G.B., Beck-Oldach, K., Chambers, D. and Burton, R.A. (Australia)

POS-MON-059 13:30 - 14:30 Role of betalains in vegetative plant tissues Calcott, K.E., Gould, K.S., Lewis, D.H., Davies, K.M. and

Schwinn, K.E. (New Zealand) POS-MON-060 13:30 - 14:30 Transgenic hulless barley over expressing the cellulose

synthase-like gene (HvCslF6) shows an increase in (1,3;1,4)-β-D-glucan levels and modified grain morphology

Collins, H.M., Kibble, N.A.J., Singh, R.R., Burton, R.A. and Fincher, G.B. (Australia)

POS-MON-061 13:30 - 14:30 Field to fuel: conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to

bioethanol Corbin, K.R., Byrt, C.S., Betts, N.S., Fincher, G.B., Grbin,

P.R., Jiranek, V., Liccioli, T. and Burton, R.A. (Australia)


POS-MON-062 13:30 - 14:30 Cereal (1,3;1,4)-β-D-glucans: a study into the mechanism of

biosynthesis and CSLF6 function Dimitroff, G., Burton, R.A., Little, A. and Fincher, G.B.

(Australia) POS-MON-063 13:30 - 14:30 Double-stranded RNA binding proteins DRB2, DRB3 and

DRB5 function in a tissue-specific, non-canonical microRNA pathway in Arabidopsis

Eamens, A.L. and Waterhouse, P.M. (Australia) POS-MON-064 13:30 - 14:30 Role of endosomal sodium-proton antiporters in seed protein

processing Ernest, J.R. and Gendall, A.R. (Australia) POS-MON-065 13:30 - 14:30 Drought increases heat tolerance of leaf respiration in

equcalyptus globulus saplings grown under ambient and elevated atmospheric [C02] and temperature

Gauthier, P.P.G., Crous, K.Y., Ayub, G., Duan, H., Ellsworth, D.S., Tissue, D.T., Tjoelker, M.G., Evans, J.R. and Atkin, O.K. (Australia)

POS-MON-066 13:30 - 14:30 A cellular ultrastructural view of manganese stress responses

in tolerant and sensitive wheat varieties Fernando, D.R., Moroni, JS., Lynch, J.P. and Marshall, A.T.

(Australia and USA) POS-MON-067 13:30 - 14:30 How do odd SOCs regulate flowering time in Medicago

truncatula Fudge, J.B. and Macknight, R.C. (New Zealand) POS-MON-068 13:30 - 14:30 Signalling in plants: less a cue, but clueless? Gagliano, M. (Australia) POS-MON-069 13:30 - 14:30 California poppy colour variants as a model system to search

for candidate regulators of carotenoid accumulation Gatehouse, M., Conner, A. and Barrell, P. (New Zealand)


POS-MON-070 13:30 - 14:30 The effect of cold stress on protein variations and tissue

culture optimization of 3 tomato varieties (Superqueen, Nemador and UC-105)

Ghasempour, H. and Hosseininia, S. (Iran) POS-MON-071 13:30 - 14:30 High-throughput phenotyping of Sorghum using the plant

accelerator Gleadow, R., Berger, B., Blomstedt, C., Edwards, A.,

O'Donnell, N., Neale, A., Hammill, J., Moller, B.L. and Neilson, E. (Australia and Denmark)

POS-MON-072 13:30 - 14:30 Biomineralisation in Australian Desert Acacia species: much

more to expect beyond calcium oxalate He, H., Kuo, J., Bleby, T., Veneklaas, E. and Lambers, H.

(Australia) POS-MON-073 13:30 - 14:30 Improvement salinity tolerance of commercial rice cultivars

by expressing sodium transporter genes in specific cell types Hairmansis, A., Berger, B., Tester, M. and Roy, S.

(Australia) POS-MON-074 13:30 - 14:30 The role of HD-Zip I transcription factors in the drought

response of wheat (T. aestivum L) Harris, J.C., Eliby, S.N., Sivasankar, S., Tingey, S., Lopato,

S. and Langridge (Australia and USA) POS-MON-075 13:30 - 14:30 Betalain production in anthocyanin-producing plant species by

expression of DOPA-dioxygenase and L-DOPA feeding Harris, N.N., Javellana, J., Davies, K.M., Lewis, D.H.,

Jameson, P.E., Deroles, S.C., Calcott, K.E., Gould, K.S. and Schwinn, K.E. (Australia and New Zealand)

POS-MON-076 13:30 - 14:30 Germanium as a chemical analogue for boron in barley and

wheat Hayes, J.E., Pallotta, M., Baumann, U., Berger, B., Langridge, P. and Sutton, T. (Australia)


POS-MON-077 13:30 - 14:30 Comparison of the bioactivities of peel and flesh extracts of

three mango varieties Hoang, V.l.T., Pierson, J.-T., Curry, M.C., Flanagan, B.,

Dietzgen, R.G., Gidley, M.J., Roberts-Thomas, S.J., Shaw, P.N. and Monteith, G.R. (Austrlaia)

POS-MON-078 13:30 - 14:30 Varietal differences in grape cell wall morphology and

nutrient accumulation Hocking, B.J., Burton, R., Tyerman, S.D. and Gilliham, M.

(Australia)

Plant Pathology 079-084

POS-MON-079 13:30 - 14:30 A molecular tool for quantifying viable resting spores of

Spongospora subterranea - an RT-qPCR assay Agarwal, A., Wiechel, T.J., Richardson, F., Wardzynski, M.,

Verstraten, J., Auer, D., De Boer, R.F. and Edwards, J. (Australia)

POS-MON-080 13:30 - 14:30 A structural and functional investigation into the Hop effector

proteins from Pseudomonas syringae Tan, K.S., Gabriel, K. and Clements, C.S. (Australia) POS-MON-081 13:30 - 14:30 Secondary metabolism in Stagonospora nodorum: a

metabolomic approach Gonzalez, M.J. and Solomon, P.S. (Australia) POS-MON-082 13:30 - 14:30 Identification of flagellar mastigoneme proteins from

Phytophthora Hee, W.Y., Blackman, L.M. and Hardham, A.R. (Australia) POS-MON-083 13:30 - 14:30 Whole genome average interval mapping of agronomic and

metabolic traits to identify novel drought tolerance related quantitative trait loci in bread wheat

Hill, C.B., Taylor, J.D., Edwards, J., Mather, D., Bacic, A., Langridge, P. and Roessner, U. (Australia)


POS-MON-084 13:30 - 14:30 Phoma koolunga, blackspot pathogen of field pea: is the

fungus seed-borne? Khani, M., Davidson, J., Sosnowski, M. and Scott, E.

(Australia and Iran)

Education 085-087

POS-MON-085 13:30 - 14:30 The effect of formative and summative e-assessment tasks on

student learning in the sciences Riggs, K.M., Loveys, B.R., Scott, E.S., Schultz, C.J. and

Able, A.J. (Australia) POS-MON-086 13:30 - 14:30

Assessing relevance and success of independent research in level 2 plant science Loveys, B.R., Riggs, K., Kaiser, B.N. and Able, A.J. (Australia)

POS-MON-087 13:30 - 14:30 Broadening student learning experiences via integration of cross-disciplinary education programs Speed, C.J., Kleiner, A. and Macaulay, J.O. (Australia)

Late Posters

088-090 POS-MON-088 13:30 - 14:30

Haloplex PCR technology: data and applications Belluoccio, D., Isaksson, M., Eriksson, P., Forsmark, L., Zetterman, K., Skarpas, B., Rojmyr, M., Roos, F., Johansson, H. and Dahl, F. (Australia and Sweden)

POS-MON-089 13:30 - 14:30 Dynamic chromatin states regulate microRNA-200 family gene expression in epithelial-mesenchymal-transition Attema, J.L., Lim, Y., Bert, A.G., Smith, E., Drew, P., Khew-Goodall, Y. and Goodall, G.J. (Australia and Malaysia)


POS-MON-090 13:30 - 14:30 Abnormal retention of endosome markers during the

maturation of Helicobacter pylori phagosomes Borlace, G.N., Keep, S.J., Butler, R.N. and Brooks, D.A.

(Australia)

POSTER SESSION B – TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER

Posters 001-013 Gene Regulation, Genomics and Bioinformatics Posters 014-027 Protein Structure, Function and Proteomics Posters 028-034 Cell Biology, Architecture and Trafficking Posters 035-039 Signalling Posters 040-047 Developmental Biology Posters 048-075 Plant Biology Posters 076-082 Plant Pathology Posters 083-090 Late Posters


POS-TUE-001 13:00 - 14:00 Molecular characterization and apoptotic mechanisms in

human leukemia cells of defensin-like peptide, harmoniasin from harmonia axyridis

Hwang, J.S., Kim, I.W., Lee, J.H., Kwon, Y.N., Yun, E.Y., Nam, S.H. and Ahn, M.Y. (Republic of Korea)

POS-TUE-002 13:00 - 14:00 Hepatocyte nuclear factor-4alpha regulates pyruvate

carboxylase gene expression through the non-classical DR motif located in the proximal promoter

Chavalit, T., Rojvirat, P. and Jitrapakdee, S. (Thailand) POS-TUE-003 13:00 - 14:00 The role of GATA2 in the development and maintenance of

lymphatic vasculature Kazenwadel, J.S., Secker, G.A., Chong, C.E., Lee, Y.,

Sutton, D.L., Hahn, C.N., Scott, H.S. and Harvey, N.L. (Australia)

POS-TUE-004 13:00 - 14:00 Papiliocin, a family of antifungal peptide from the swallowtail

butterfly, Papilio xuthus Kim, S.R., Park, S.W., Choi, K.H., Goo, T.W., Kang, S.W.

and Hwang, J.S. (South Korea) POS-TUE-005 13:00 - 14:00 Identification of a novel Pu.1 isoform and its potential role in

regulating erythroid differentiation Mak, K.S., Funnell, A.P.W., Pearson, R.C.M. and Crossley,

M. (Australia)


POS-TUE-006 13:00 - 14:00 Implementation of a high-throughput genomic pipeline for

discovering disease causing mutations in mendelian and complex diseases

Marshall, M., Leo, P., Mukhopadhyay, P., McInerney-Leo, A., Duncan, E. and Brown, M. (Australia)

POS-TUE-007 13:00 - 14:00 Development of an expression system to manipulate organic

acid metabolism in vitis vinifera Marshall, T.C., Sweetman, C., Ford, C.M., Jenkins, C.L.D.

and Soole, K.L. (Australia) POS-TUE-008 13:00 - 14:00 Investigating the transcriptional regulation of HIF-2 and its

relevance to multiple myeloma Martin, N.M., Hewett, D., Zannettino, A.C.W. and Peet, D.J.

(Australia) POS-TUE-009 13:00 - 14:00 Assessment of physiological and transcriptional changes in

young sugarcane plants exposed to water stress Mingossi, F.B., Silva-Filho, M.C. and Casu, R.E. (Australia

and Brazil) POS-TUE-010 13:00 - 14:00 Influence of Gibberellins on the transcriptional activity of the

soybean nodule transcription factor GmSAT1 Mohammadi-Dehcheshmeh, M., Chiasson, D.,

Mazurkiewicz, D., Ebrahimie, E., Tyerman, S. and Brent K. (Australia)

POS-TUE-011 13:00 - 14:00 Characterising the mutation in the ovine heritable cataract Morton, J.D., McEwan, J.C., Lee, H.Y.Y., Anderson, R.M.,

Wilson, G.R., Gately, K. and Brauning, R. (New Zealand) POS-TUE-012 13:00 - 14:00 Stemformatics: a biology-centric resource for intuitive

exploration of gene expression in stem cells and their differentiated progeny

Mosbergen, R., Choi, J., Korn, O., Seidenman, N., Matigian, N., Degraaf, C., Anderson, M., Sargeant, T., Miotto, A. and Wells, C. (Australia)


POS-TUE-013 13:00 - 14:00 Genetic associations of acute anterior uveitis identified by

genomewide association study Mukhopadhyay, P., Claushius, D., Leo, P., Hadler, J.,

Bradbury, L.A., Evans, D.M. and Brown, M.A. (Australia)


POS-TUE-014 13:00 - 14:00 The role of Ezh2 in mesenchymal stem cell growth and multi-

differentiation Hemming, S.E., Cakouros, D. and Gronthos, S. (Australia) POS-TUE-015 13:00 - 14:00 Insect olfactory proteins Hill, K., Stevenson, B.J., Anderson, A., Glatz, R.V. and Chyb,

S. (Australia) POS-TUE-016 13:00 - 14:00 Improving protein detection using IR-based quantitation Utzat, C., Strug, I., Amara, R., Goncalves, N., Lento, J.,

Nadler, T. and Kraschnefski, M. (USA and Australia) POS-TUE-017 13:00 - 14:00 Determination of glycan composition and site occupancy of

soluble recombinant Hendra virus (HeV) and Nipah virus (NiV) structural proteins

Shiell, B.J., Colgrave, M., Snelling, H., Feng, Y., Chan, Y., Broder, C.C. and Michalski, W.P. (Australia and USA)

POS-TUE-018 13:00 - 14:00 c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1 (JNK1) phosphorylation under

control and stress conditions: phosphorylation site indentification by mass spectrometry

Misheva, M., Williamson, N.A., Yeap, Y.Y.C. and Bogoyevitch, M.A. (Australia)

POS-TUE-019 13:00 - 14:00 Growth differentiation factor-9/bone morphogenetic protein-

15 synergism: mechanism and significance Mottershead, D.G., Maritn, G.A., Shi, J.Y. and Gilchirist,

R.B. (Australia)


POS-TUE-020 13:00 - 14:00 Structure-function studies of the potent prokaryotic

transcriptional activator CII Murchland, I. and Shearwin, K.E. (Australia) POS-TUE-021 13:00 - 14:00 Functional and structural properties of a barley borate

transporter Nagarajan, Y., Shadiac, N., Mertens, H., Tyerman, S.,

Sutton, T. and Hrmova, M. (Australia) POS-TUE-022 13:00 - 14:00 Characterization of the alveolate mitochondrial ATP synthase

complex Naqvi, A.Z., White, I., Herbert, J.D.K., Nisbet, R.E.R. and

Menz, R.I. (Australia and Pakistan) POS-TUE-023 13:00 - 14:00 Identification and characterization of bi-thiazole-2,2'-diamines

as kinase inhibitory scaffolds Ngoei, K., Ng, D.C.H., Fairlie, D.P., Stoermer, M.J. and

Bogoyevitch, M.A. (Australia) POS-TUE-024 13:00 - 14:00 The Src homology 3 domain of dihydropyridine receptor β1A

interacts with the α1S II-III loop Norris, N.C., Karunasekara, Y., Dulhunty, A.F., Board, P.G.

and Casarotto, M.G. (Australia) POS-TUE-025 13:00 - 14:00 Pilot production of novel recombinant bacterial collagen for

use as a tissue engineering scaffold Peng, Y.P., Stoichevska, V.S., Howell, L.H., Schacht, K.S.,

Dumsday, G.D., Werkmister, J.W. and Ramshaw, J.R. (Australia)

POS-TUE-026 13:00 - 14:00 Investigations into the effect of different expression

conditions on the level of soluble TEV protease Quinsey, N.S. and Bottomley, S.P. (Australia) POS-TUE-027 13:00 - 14:00 Hybrid structure-ligand-based drug discovery: can we have

the best of both worlds? Roach, M.J. and Menz, R.I. (Australia)


Cell Biology, Architecture and Trafficking 028-034

POS-TUE-028 13:00 - 14:00 Characterization of viral DNA replication, mRNA expression

level and protein production of baculovirus infected Sf9 cultures at various cell densities

Huynh, H.T., Tran, T.T.B., Chan, L.C.L., Nielsen, L.K. and Reid S. (Australia)

POS-TUE-029 13:00 - 14:00 Essential role for the 5β-scymnol tri-hydroxy side chain in

hepatoprotection against paracetamol toxicity in Swiss mice Hodges, L., Macrides, T., Carter, F., Glowacki, L., Kalafatis,

N. and Wright, P. (Australia) POS-TUE-030 13:00 - 14:00 Comprehensive cell health analysis on a novel multi-

parametric cell analyzer Gillis, K., Khan, A., Clor, J., Tyagarajan, K. and Noone, C.

(USA and Australia) POS-TUE-031 13:00 - 14:00 Over-expression of RCAN1 causes Down syndrome-like

immune dysfunction Martin, K.R., Corlett, A., Layton, D., Seach, N., Boyd, R.L.,

Scott, B. and Pritchard, M.A. (Australia) POS-TUE-032 13:00 - 14:00 Understanding the genetic basis of tolerance to low pH and

SO2 in S. cerevisiae Schmidt, S.A., Li, J., Kolouchova, R., Borneman, A.R.,

Henschke, P.A. and Chambers, P.J. (Australia and China) POS-TUE-033 13:00 - 14:00 Loss of caspase-2 results in increased oxidative stress and

early onset of ageing in mice Shalini, S., Dorstyn, L., Wilson, C., Puccini, J. and Kumar, S.

(Australia) POS-TUE-034 13:00 - 14:00 Regulation of Rab11 and exocytosis of immune response

mediators Sorvina, A., Brooks, D.A., Bader, C. and Shandala, T.

(Australia)


Signalling 035-039

POS-TUE-035 13:00 - 14:00 An oncogenic role of calcium and integrin binding protein 1

via modulation of sphingosine kinase 1 Gliddon, B.L., Jarman, K.E., Moretti, P.A.B. and Pitson,

S.M. (Australia) POS-TUE-036 13:00 - 14:00 Altered expression of the protein handling complex after acute

exposure to leptin Ginfeld, E., McAinch, A.J. and Hryciw, D.H. (Australia) POS-TUE-037 13:00 - 14:00 Dual nuclear import mechanisms of sex determining factor

SRY; intracellular Ca2+ as a switch Kaur, G. and Jans, D.A. (Australia) POS-TUE-038 13:00 - 14:00 Serotonin 2B receptor activates TRPC6 channel via Gαq-

PLC-dependent pathway in pelvic ganglion neurons Cha, S.K., Kim, J.H., Park, K.S., Jeong, S.W., Yeh, B.Y. and

Kong, I.D. (Republic of Korea) POS-TUE-039 13:00 - 14:00 Non-classical actions of Androgen Receptor Mann, N.K., Peet, D.J., Ivell, R. and Anand-Ivell, R.

(Australia and Germany)


POS-TUE-040 13:00 - 14:00 Using zebrafish to identify factors involved in neurogenesis

and brain regeneration Kaslin, J., Wikhe, K., Tang, J. and Colquhoun, D. (Australia) POS-TUE-041 13:00 - 14:00 Differentiation of multipotent stem cells derived from the

epiblast of postimplantation mouse embryos on 3D scaffolds Kaufman-Francis, K., Kojima, Y., Studdert, J.B., Steiner,

K.A., Power, M.D., Loebel, D.A.F. and Tam, P.P.L. (Australia)


POS-TUE-042 13:00 - 14:00 Characteristics of multipotent stem cells derived from the

epiblast and ectoderm of postimplantation mouse embryos Kojima, Y., Studdert, J.B., Steiner, K.A., Kaufman-Francis,

K., Power, M.D., Loebel, D.A.F. and Tan, P.P.L. (Australia) POS-TUE-043 13:00 - 14:00 Neural crest cell migration, a little less per-plexin Lumb, R., Kabbara, S., Scherer, M. and Schwarz, Q.

(Australia) POS-TUE-044 13:00 - 14:00 The histone variant H3.3 is required for fertility in the mouse Tang, M., Jacobs, S.A., O'Bryan, M.K., Wong, L. and Mann,

J.R. (Australia) POS-TUE-045 13:00 - 14:00 Do expanded polyalanine tract mutations in ARX alter

interaction with the novel protein partner UBQLN4 and disrupt degradation by ubiquitin-proteasome pathway?

Mattiske, T., Gecz, J. and Shoubridge, C. (Australia) POS-TUE-046 13:00 - 14:00 Species-dependent effects of vitamin D metabolite 1, 25

(OH)2D3 during osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells in vitro

Pande, V., Martin, E., Croom, S., Chousalkar, K., Bhanugopan, M. and Quinn, J. (Australia)

POS-TUE-047 13:00 - 14:00 The miR-15 family regulates postnatal cardiac regenerative

capacity in mammals Porrello, E.R., Mahmoud, A.I., Simpson, E., Kocabas, F.,

Grinsfelder, D., Canseco, D., Mammen, P.P., Rothermel, B.A., Olson, E.N. and Sadek, H.A. (Australia and USA)

Plant Biology

048-075 POS-TUE-048 13:00 - 14:00 Role of AtCIPK16 in plant salinity tolerance Huang, W., Tester, M. and Roy, S. (Australia)


POS-TUE-049 13:00 - 14:00 Can sucrose transporter overexpression increase micronutrient

accumulation in rice grains? Huynh, M., Jenkins, C.L.D., Anderson, P.A. and Stangoulis,

J.C.R. (Australia) POS-TUE-050 13:00 - 14:00 Calcium enchances the guanylate cyclase activity of the

moonlighting enzyme PSKR1 but inhibits kinase activity in vitro

Muleya, V., Wheeler, J.I., Kwezi, L., Ruzvidzo, O., Gehring, C. and Irving, H.R. (Australia, South Africa and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

POS-TUE-051 13:00 - 14:00 Nitrogen isotope discrimination predictably changes among

hydroponically grown knockout lines of Arabidopsis thaliana Kalcsits, L. and Guy, R.D. (Canada) POS-TUE-052 13:00 - 14:00 TaMYB13 is a master regulator in controlling the expression

of genes involved in the fructan synthesis pathway in wheat Kooiker, M., Drenth, J. Glassop, D., McIntye, C.L. and Xue,

G.P. (Australia) POS-TUE-053 13:00 - 14:00 Carboxylate-exuding cluster roots in nutrient-rich landscapes Lambers, H., Bishop, J.G., Hopper, S.D., Laliberté, E. and

Zúñlga-Feest A POS-TUE-054 13:00 - 14:00 Functional characterization of two putative chloride

transporters in Arabidopsis Li, B., Jha., D., Johnson, A., Tester, M., Gilliham, M. and

Roy, S. (Australia) POS-TUE-055 13:00 - 14:00 The microRNA394-regulated F-Box protein is involved in

plant development in Arabidopsis thaliana Litholdo Junior, C.G., Eamens, A., Parker, B. and

Waterhouse, P. (Australia and Brazil)


POS-TUE-056 13:00 - 14:00 Global expression changes of transporter genes in the

chlorophyll d-producing cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina under oxygen stress

Loughlin, P.C., Lin, Y. and Chen, M. (Australia) POS-TUE-057 13:00 - 14:00 Genetic regulation of phloem parenchyma transfer cell

development in Arabidopsis McCurdy, D.W., Hou, J., Wu, Y., Arun Chinnappa, K.S. and

Sheahan, M.B. (Australia) POS-TUE-058 13:00 - 14:00 Building a dynaic archtectural and biochemical plant model

for rice (oryza sativa) Meacham, K.G., Furbank, R., von Caemmerer, S. and Sirault,

X. (Australia) POS-TUE-059 13:00 - 14:00 Overgrowth mutants of barley: phenotypes of selected

overgrowth alleles in a Sloop genetic background Miraghazadeh, A., Harding, C.A., Hossain, S., Zwart, A. and

Chandler P.M. (Australia) POS-TUE-060 13:00 - 14:00 Mechanistic modulation of a bifunctional GC-linked receptor

kinase, PSKR1 Muleya, V., Wheeler, J.I., Ruzvidzo, O., Kwezi, L.,

Marondedze, C., Thomas, L., Gehring, C. and Irving H.R. (Australia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and South Africa)

POS-TUE-061 13:00 - 14:00 Silencing of selected HvCKX genes decrease the cytokinin

dehydrogenase activity in defined organs of barley plants and lead to higher plant productivity

Nadolska-Orczyk, A., Zalewski, W. and Orczyk, W. (Poland) POS-TUE-062 13:00 - 14:00 Impacts of the expression of alanine aminotransferase on the

nitrogen use efficiency of barley Negrini, A.C.A., Gauthier, P., Long, B., Garnica, D., Evans,

J., Millar, H., Okamoto, M., Kaiser, B., Kridl, J.C. and Atkin, O.K. (Australia, Brazil and USA)


POS-TUE-063 13:00 - 14:00 Auxin, abscisic acid and invertase activity during grain-fill in

rice Nonhebel, H.M. and Bennett, K. (Australia) POS-TUE-064 13:00 - 14:00 Extracellular reactive oxygen species regulate ingrowth wall

formation during transfer cell trans-differentiation Xia, X., Zhang, H.-M., Andriunas, F.A., Offler, C.E. and

Patrick, J.W. (Australia) POS-TUE-065 13:00 - 14:00 Xylem refilling and recovery from drought: are there

fundamental differences between conifers and angiosperms? Choat, B., Brodersen, C.R. and McElrone, A.J. (Australia and

USA) POS-TUE-066 13:00 - 14:00 Ovule culture and embryo rescue facilitates interspecific

hybridisation in blueberry Pathirana, R., Scalzo, J., Frew, T., Pathirana, S.,

Timmerman-Vaughan, G. and Morgan, E. (New Zealand) POS-TUE-067 13:00 - 14:00 Cryotherapy of grapevine to remove leafroll virus from

infected plants Pathirana, R., McLachlan, A. and Hedderley, D. (New

Zealand) POS-TUE-068 13:00 - 14:00 Transgenic manipulation of the C4 cycle: antisense reduction

of NADP-MALIC enzyme in Flaveria bidentis Pengelly, J.J.L., Tan, J., Furbank, R.T. and von Caemmerer,

S. (Australia and Singapore) POS-TUE-069 13:00 - 14:00 Xylans in Plantago species Phan, J., Tucker, M.R. and Burton, R.A. (Australia) POS-TUE-070 13:00 - 14:00 Use of high throughput phenotyping of brachypodium

distachyon to enable new breeding stategies Poiré, R., Sirault, X., Bragg, J., Vogel, J. Watt, M. and

Furbank, R. (Australia)


POS-TUE-071 13:00 - 14:00 Investigating the mechanisms of shoot chloride exclusion in

Arabidopsis Qiu, J., Roy, S. and Gilliham, M. (Australia) POS-TUE-072 13:00 - 14:00 Water relations in five breeding lines of almond (Prunus

dulcis) Rahimi Eichi, V., Wirthensohn, M., Tyerman, S. and

Downey, M. (Australia) POS-TUE-073 13:00 - 14:00 Transactivation of ALMTs by external anions can confer

sustained cellular anion efflux Ramesh, S.A., Tyerman, S.D., Ryan, P.R. and Gilliham, M.

(Australia) POS-TUE-074 13:00 - 14:00 Preferential allocation of energy to protein synthesis in rice

coleoptiles under oxygen deprivation Edwards, J.M., Roberts, T.H. and Atwell, B.J. (Australia) POS-TUE-075 13:00 - 14:00 Progress towards the generation of salinity tolerant wheat and

barley Tilbrook, J., Schilling, R., Trittermann, C., Plett, D., Jacobs,

A., McDonald, G., Tester, M. and Roy, S.J. (Austrlaia)

Plant Pathology 076-082

POS-TUE-076 13:00 - 14:00 Genetic and biological resistance to root lesion nematode in

wheat Linsell, K.J., Davies, K., Riley, I., Wallwork, H. and Oldach,

K. (Australia) POS-TUE-077 13:00 - 14:00 The role of plant cell wall-derived oligosaccharides in defence

signalling in barley Jasmin, B.N., Little, A., Tucker, M.R., Lahstein, J., Shirley,

N.J., Burton, R.A. and Fincher, G.B. (Australia)


POS-TUE-078 13:00 - 14:00 Effect of elevated carbon-dioxide on host-pathogen interaction

of wheat and Fusarium SPP Melloy, P., Chakraborty, S., Aitken, E. and Luck, J.

(Australia) POS-TUE-079 13:00 - 14:00 Positional cloning of the gene Rrs1 mediating resistance to the

fungus Rhynchosporium secalis in barley Oldach, K.H., Rongala, J., Al-Ani, I. and Baumann, U.

(Australia) POS-TUE-080 13:00 - 14:00 Identification of wheat genes differentially regulated in TcLr9

line during an incompatible wheat-brown rust interaction Dmochowska-Boguta, M., Alaba, S., Lasota, E., Nadolska-

Orczyk, A., Karlowski, W. and Orczyk, W. (Poland) POS-TUE-081 13:00 - 14:00 Application of silencing suppressor in single cell co-

expression of target proteins Reis, R.S., Litholdo Junior, C.G., Mackay, J. and Waterhouse,

P. (Australia) POS-TUE-082 13:00 - 14:00 Investigating flax rust effector uptake into plant cells Wu, W.J., Koeck, M., Zhang, A., Catanzariti, A.-M., Dodds,

P.N. and Hardham, A.R. (Australia)

Late Posters 083-090

POS-TUE-083 13:00 - 14:00 Ezh2 regulates histone methylation along the Ink4A/Arf locus

in Twist-1 expressing mesenchymal stem cells and mediates lineage determination

Cakouros, D., Hemming, S.E., Isenmann, S., Cooper, L., Anderson, P.J. and Gronthos, S. (Australia)

POS-TUE-084 13:00 - 14:00 Genetic variability of the alpha-amylase 1 gene family in

barley Cu, S.T., Roumeliotis, S. and Eglinton, J. (Australia)


POS-TUE-085 13:00 - 14:00 In vivo site-specific incorporation of unnatural cross-linking

amino acids into IGF-II for the study of the IGF-II interaction with the insulin and type 1 IGF receptors

Alvino, C.L., Evans, M., Delaine, C., Ong, S., McCarthy, P., Wallace, J.C. and Forbes, B.E. (Australia)

POS-TUE-086 13:00 - 14:00 Automation of the buccal cytome and neutral lipid analyses in

human buccal cells by laser scanning cytometry Francois, M., Leifert, W.R., Thomas, P., Martins, R. and

Fenech, M. (Australia) POS-TUE-087 13:00 - 14:00 Monomeric status of 14-3-3zeta is controlled by salt bridging

interactions within the dimer interface Goodwin, K.L., Carver, J.A. and Woodcock, J.M. (Australia) POS-TUE-088 13:00 - 14:00 Patched-deficient mice exhibit increased liver injury following

thioacetamide treatment Grzelak, C.A., Patkunanathan, B., Warner, F.J., Shackel,

N.A. and McCaughan, G.W. (Australia) POS-TUE-089 13:00 - 14:00 Building, evaluating and rebuilding bioinformatics pipelines Lawrence, D.M. (Australia) POS-TUE-090 13:00 - 14:00 Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase is a key

component of the antifungal activity of the plant defensin NaD1

Bleackley, M.R., Wiltshire, J.L., van der Weerden, N.L. and Anderson, M.A. (Australia)

POSTER SESSION C – WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER

Posters 001-015 Gene Regulation, Genomics and Bioinformatics Posters 016-029 Protein Structure, Function and Proteomics Posters 030-036 Cell Biology, Architecture and Trafficking Posters 037-040 Signalling Posters 041-048 Developmental Biology Posters 049-075 Plant Biology Posters 076-080 Plant Pathology Posters 081-090 Late Posters


POS-WED-001 13:00 - 14:00 IsomiRs - the overlooked repertoire that contributes to the

dynamic microRNAome Neilsen, C.T., Bracken, C.P. and Goodall, G.J. (Australia) POS-WED-002 13:00 - 14:00 Alterations in ribosomal protein expression: potential roles in

childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia Nelmes, G., Ho, N., Henry, M. and Catchpoole, D.R.

(Australia and USA) POS-WED-003 13:00 - 14:00 Expression and functional analysis of decapentaplegic gene

originated from the Bombyx mori Park, S.W., Goo, T.W. Choi, G.H., Kim, S.R. and Kang,

S.W. (Repbulic of Korea) POS-WED-004 13:00 - 14:00 Quantification of RNA integrity by standard qPCR, for

measuring transcript number Brisco, M.J. and Morley, A.A. (Australia) POS-WED-005 13:00 - 14:00 DNA loop domains: testing the theory of enhancer blocking

insulators in E. Coli Priest, D.G., Shearwin, K.E. and Dodd, I.B. (Australia) POS-WED-006 13:00 - 14:00 Genome-wide analysis in developmental eye disease to

determine underlying genetic factors Prokudin, I., Storen, R., Simons, C. and Jamieson, R.

(Australia)


POS-WED-007 13:00 - 14:00 Does the red gene in grapes affect the flavour of wine? Rinaldo, A.R., Boss, P.K., Ford, C.M. and Walker, A.R.

(Australia) POS-WED-008 13:00 - 14:00 Characterisation of peptides encoded by upstream open

reading frames Andrews, S., Friend, L., Smith, R. and Rothnagel, J.A.

(Australia) POS-WED-009 13:00 - 14:00 Role of ZEB1 and chromatin modifying enzymes in epithelial-

to-mesenchymal transition Sadras, F., Attema, J.L., Gregory, P.A. and Goodall, G.J.

(Australia) POS-WED-010 13:00 - 14:00 Human plasma infused with jet propulsion-8 (JP-8) aviation

fuel displays cytotoxicity for human haematopoietic cells Scott, A.P., Jansen, E.S., Warner, R., Gallagher, R.l., Bowlay,

M., Crowley, L.C., Christensen, M.E., Wallis, T.P., McWhinney, A.C., Gardner, I.R., Price, G.R., Venter, D.J., Bowling, F.G. and Waterhouse, N.J. (Australia)

POS-WED-011 13:00 - 14:00 Effects of aqueous extracts of rosemary and green coffee on

the depression-induced by forced swimming test on brain of rats

Shati, A., Alzylaey, K. and Elsaid, F. (Saudi Arabia) POS-WED-012 13:00 - 14:00 Non-additive gene expression in Arabidopsis hybrids Tanurdzic, M., Finigan, P., Auer, P., Ernst, E., Doerge, R.W.

and Martienssen, R. (Australia and USA) POS-WED-013 13:00 - 14:00 Transposon-mediated recruitment of the TaMATE1B gene of

wheat into aluminium tolerance Tovkach, A., Lewis, D., Rathjen, T., Ryan, P.R., Richardson,

A.E., Ramesh, S., Tyerman, S.D. and Delhaize, E. (Australia)


POS-WED-014 13:00 - 14:00 Transcriptional regulation and gene functions of Bacillus

sp.CDB3 ars 1 Yu, X., Zheng, W., Aquilina, A. and Zhang, R. (Australia and

China) POS-WED-015 13:00 - 14:00 Characterization of antimicrobial peptides over-expressed in

damaged gut cells of Drosophila melanogaster Yun, E.Y., Yoon, Y.I., Hwang, J.S., Ahn, M.Y. and Goo,

T.W. (South Korea)


POS-WED-016 13:00 - 14:00 Biological changes in the hippocampus following chronic

methamphetamine use: a proteomic approach Sauer, M., Mirzaei, M., Wearne, T., Haynes, P.A.,

Goodchild, A.K. and Cornish, J.L. (Australia) POS-WED-017 13:00 - 14:00 Investigating lipid uptake, metabolism and biosynthesis in a

southern bluefin tuna cell line Scholefield, A.M. and Schuller, K.A. (Australia) POS-WED-018 13:00 - 14:00 C3 - adding structure to your research Seabrook, S.A., Faxio, V.J. and Newman, J. (Australia) POS-WED-019 13:00 - 14:00 Identification and structural characterisation of a novel gene

product in mycobacterium smegmatis implemented in macrophage survivability

Shahine, A., Pelosi, A., Brammanth, R., Crellin, P., Coppell, R., Rossjohn, J. and Beddoe, T. (Australia)

POS-WED-020 13:00 - 14:00 NuRDy proeins: structure determination of the

uncharacterized CHD4 domains Silva, A.P.G., Mansfield, R.E. and Mackay, J.P. (Australia)


POS-WED-021 13:00 - 14:00 Investigation of the mode of activation of the insulin and

insulin-like growth factor receptors Sit, K.C., Croll, T.I., Walsh, T. and Van Lonkhuyzen, D.

(Australia) POS-WED-022 13:00 - 14:00 Protease resistant IGFBP-2 as a potential tumour growth

inhibitor Soh, C.L., Delaine, C., McNeil, K., Wallace, J.C. and Forbes,

B.E. (Australia) POS-WED-023 13:00 - 14:00 Biochemical models to investigate function of single-minded

proteins Sullivan, A.E., Raimondo, A.,Schwab, T. and Whitelaw,

M.L. (Australia) POS-WED-024 13:00 - 14:00 How calcium induces perforin membrane binding? Crystal

structures of perforin-like C2 domains Traore, D.A., Rosado, C.J., Porter, C.J.H. and Whisstock,

J.C. (Australia) POS-WED-025 13:00 - 14:00 Multi-parametric surface plasmon resonance - the new

generation of SPR Granqvist, N., Sadowski, J. and Tuppurainen, J. (Finland) POS-WED-026 13:00 - 14:00 A proteomic analysis of the prefrontal cortex in an animal

model of methamphetamine-induced behavioural sensitization Wearne, T.A., Mirzaei, M., Goodchild, A.K., Haynes, P.A.

and Cornish, J.L. (Australia) POS-WED-027 13:00 - 14:00 The ins and outs of the Streptococcus pneumoniae solute

binding protein PsaA Ween, M.P., Counago, R.L.M., Morey, J.R. Paton, J.C. and

McDevitt, C.A. (Australia) POS-WED-028 13:00 - 14:00 Fragment based screening methods targeting the E. coli β-

sliding-clamp Whittell, L.R., Yin, Z., Beck, J.L., Kelso, M.J. and Oakley,

A.J. (Australia)


POS-WED-029 13:00 - 14:00 Multiple-labelling (2H/15N/13C) of proteins at the National

Deuteration Facility enabling structural investigations using NMR

Wilde, K.L., Morris, V., Linser, R., Kwan, A.H., Sunde, M., Duff, A.P. and Holden, P.J. (Australia)

Cell Biology, Architecture and Trafficking

030-036 POS-WED-030 13:00 - 14:00 Analysis of tyrosinase variant alleles in cultured human

melanocytes Sturm, R.A., Jagirdar, K., Smit, D.J. and Duffy, D.L.

(Australia) POS-WED-031 13:00 - 14:00 Orai1, the pore-forming polypeptide of plasma membrane

store operated calcium channels, is predominately located in the endoplasmic reticulum in liver subcellular fractions

Tam, K.C. and Barritt, G.J. (Australia) POS-WED-032 13:00 - 14:00 Development of novel conjugated-quinoline-indole

compounds as potential antimalarial agents Teguh, S.C., Hutton, C.A., Klonis, N., Duffy, S., Avery,

V.M., Baell, J.B. and Tilley, L.M. (Australia) POS-WED-033 13:00 - 14:00 Evaluation of an intracellular metabolite extraction protocol

for baculovirus-infected insect cells Tran, T.T.B., Huynh, H.T., Chan, L.C.L., Nielsen, L.K. and

Reid, S. (Australia) POS-WED-034 13:00 - 14:00 The pro-metastasis protein NEDD9 mediates trafficking of the

epidermal growth factor receptor and down-stream signalling Zhong, J., Turner, K., Ching, Y.W. and O'Neill, G.

(Australia)


POS-WED-035 13:00 - 14:00 The novel secretion system of P. gingivalis and other

bacteriodetes attaches copious quanitites of its substrate proteins to the cell surface to form distinct cell-surface structures

Veith, P.D., Nor Muhammad, N.A., Chen, Y.Y., Dashper, S.G., Likic, V., Gorasia, D.G., Hanssen, E.G. and Reynolds, E.C. (Australia)

POS-WED-036 13:00 - 14:00 Defining the mechanism(s) of action of a novel class of anti-

obesity drug Ng, C.P., Vath, J., Huges, T. and Whitehead, J. (Australia

and USA)

Signalling 037-040

POS-WED-037 13:00 - 14:00 Sphingosine kinase 1, a therapeutic target for acture myeloid

leukaemia Zhu, W., Powell, J.A., Coolen, C., Pitman, M.R. and Pitson,

S.M. (Australia) POS-WED-038 13:00 - 14:00 The molecular mechanism of the functional changes of

TRPV6 by internal and external protons Namkung, J., Choi, J.W., Yeh, B.I. and Kong, I.D. (Republic

of Korea) POS-WED-039 13:00 - 14:00 Stress-stimulated phosphorylation of the microtubule

destabiliser stathmin: a role for protein kinase A Yip, Y.Y., Bogoyevitch, M.A. and Ng, D.C.H. (Australia) POS-WED-040 13:00 - 14:00 Ethylene and ROS regulate Ca2+ channel activity to direct wall

ingrowth formatin of transfer cells Zhang, H.M., McCurdy, D.W., Offler, C.E. and Patrick, J.W.

(Australia)



POS-WED-041 13:00 - 14:00 RNA Pol II pausing: novel mechanisms for patterning MYC

expression during development Cranna, N.J., Lee Jue Er, A., Mitchell, N.C., Nie, Z., Levens,

D.L., Hannan, R.D. and Quinn, L.M. (Australia) POS-WED-042 13:00 - 14:00 A new model of development of the mammalian ovary and

follicles Hummitzsch, K., Irving-Rodgers, H.F., Hatzirodos, N.,

Bonner, W.M., Wilhelm, D. and Rodgers, R.J. (Australia) POS-WED-043 13:00 - 14:00 Generation of pluripotent stem cell lines from nuclear transfer

bovine embryos Kim, D., Park, S. and Roh, S. (Republic of Korea) POS-WED-044 13:00 - 14:00 14-3-3zeta maintains phophorylation of Ndel1 to control

neural migration and axon guidance Saleh, E.O., Ramshaw, H., Xu, X., Lopez, A.F. and Schwarz,

Q. (Australia) POS-WED-045 13:00 - 14:00 Defining the role of the Nedd4 ubiquitin ligase during

lymphatic vascular morphogenesis in the mouse embryo Secker, G.A., Kazenwadel, J.S., Betterman, K.L., Boase, N.,

Sutton, D.L., Kumar, S. and Harvey, N.L. (Australia) POS-WED-046 13:00 - 14:00 Spatial mapping and quantitation of developmental branching

morphogenesis Short, K.M., Hodson, M.J. and Smyth, I.M. (Australia) POS-WED-047 13:00 - 14:00 Regulation of ARX transcriptional activity by protein kinase C

phosphorylation: implications for intellectual disability Tan, M.H., Hii, C.S., Gecz, J. and Shoubridge, C. (Australia)


POS-WED-048 13:00 - 14:00 Molecular function of a novel RNA binding protein in

embryonic and mature endoderm cells Fossat, N., Tourle, K., Radziewic, T., Jones, V., Studdert,

J.B., Power, M. Steiner, K., Loebel, D.A.F. and Tam, P.P.L. (Australia)

Plant Biology

049-075 POS-WED-049 13:00 - 14:00 Regulation of fruit set by cell wall invertase: phloem-specific

localization and activity burst during ovary-to-fruit transition Palmer, W., Jin, J., Ru, L., Wang, L., Patrick, J.W. and Ruan, Y.-L. (Australia) POS-WED-050 13:00 - 14:00 Quantitative trait loci for temperature and photoperiod

response in sorghum Sangma, H.B., Van Oosterom, E.J., Mace, E.S., Jordan, D.R.

and Godwin, I.D. (Australia) POS-WED-051 13:00 - 14:00 Regulation of AtHKT1;1 expression, a gene encoding for a

sodium transporter in the plant Arabidopsis thaliana Schmoeckel, S.M., Sundstrom, J.F., Tester, M., Berger, B.

and Roy, S.J. (Australia) POS-WED-052 13:00 - 14:00 Comparison of fungal gene expression in Arum-and Paris-

type mycorrhizal colonization Schultz, C.J. (Australia) POS-WED-053 13:00 - 14:00 Activation and repression of anthocyanin pigmentation -

insights from the model petunia Schwinn, K., Albert, N., Montefiori, M., Brendolise, C.,

Boase, M., Zhang, H., Lewis, D., and Davies, K. (New Zealand)

POS-WED-054 13:00 - 14:00 QTL study for salinity tolerance in Australian bread wheat Shamaya, N., Rabie, H., Berger, B., Langridge, P. and

Tester, M. (Australia)


POS-WED-055 13:00 - 14:00 Genetic variation in the root growth response of barley

cultivars to salinity stress Shelden, M.C., Roessner, U., Tester, M. and Bacic, A.

(Australia) POS-WED-056 13:00 - 14:00 High-throughput screening for photosynthetic efficiency and

capacity in wheat Silva-Perez, V., Reynolds, M., Condon, T., Furbank, R. and

Evans, J. (Australia and Mexico) POS-WED-057 13:00 - 14:00 A novel stable isotope technique for evaluating the hydraulic

architecture of leaves Simonin, K.A., Hu, J. and Barbour, M.M. (Australia) POS-WED-058 13:00 - 14:00 Understanding sugarcane seed composition to enable study of

seed longevity Siqueira, G.F., Pierre, J.S., Rae, A.L., Crusciol, C.A.C. and

Bonnett, G.D. (Australia, Brazil) POS-WED-059 13:00 - 14:00 Comparative studies on Medicago truncatula and Medicago

orbicualris: towards regulatory control of seed storage partitioning

Song, Y.S., Sheahan, M.B.S., Liao, S.L., Wang, X.D.W., Garg, M.G. and Rose, R.J.R. (Australia)

POS-WED-060 13:00 - 14:00 Organic acid metabolism of Vitis vinifera fruit Jia, Y., Higginson, E.G., Contreras-Pezoa, D.A., Sweetman,

C., Thomas, M.R., Soole, K.L. and Ford, C.M. (Australia) POS-WED-061 13:00 - 14:00 Warming effects on malic acid metabolsm in field-grown Vitis

vinifera winegrapes Sweetman, C., Jenkins, C.L.D., Sadras, V.O., Ford, C.M. and

Soole, K.L. (Australia) POS-WED-062 13:00 - 14:00 Effects of altering the expression of cellulose synthase (CesA)

genes in barley Tan, H.-T., Burton, R.A. Shirley, N.J., Henderson, M. and

Fincher, G.B. (Australia)


POS-WED-063 13:00 - 14:00 Characterization of alternative dehydrogenases in Oryza

sativa and their transcription profiles in response to stress Taylor, D.C., Foo, C.Z., Smith, C.A., Shavrukov, Y., Day,

D.A. and Soole, K.L. (Australia) POS-WED-064 13:00 - 14:00 Investigation of ultra short term growth behaviour of two

crops soybean and radish under ozone stress using statistical interferometry technique(SIT)

Thilakarathne B.L.S., Kadono, H. and Yonekura, T. (Japan) POS-WED-065 13:00 - 14:00 Influence of abiotic stresses on peroxisome dynamics in

different plant tissues of Arabidopsis Tiew, T.W.Y., Sheahan, M.B. and Rose, R.J. (Australia) POS-WED-066 13:00 - 14:00 Functional analysis of plant cell wall polysaccharides during

reproductive development Tucker, M.R., Phan, J., Aditya, J., Fincher, G.B. and Burton,

R.A. (Australia) POS-WED-067 13:00 - 14:00 Shoot-to-root signals controlling root hydraulic conductivity

via aquaporins Vandeleur, R.K., Sullivan, W., Athman, A., Gilliham, M.,

Kaiser, B.N. and Tyerman, S.D. (Australia) POS-WED-068 13:00 - 14:00 Using transgenic grapevines to understand anthocyanin and

tannin synthesis Walker, A.R. and Robinson, S.P. (Australia) POS-WED-069 13:00 - 14:00 Pollinia removal in Cymbidium orchid flowers induces

ethylene-mediated anthocyanin biosynthesis Wang, L., Lewis, D.H., Arathoon, H.S., Ngo, H., Boase,

M.R., Zhang, H., Schwinn, K.E. and Davies, K.M. (New Zealand)

POS-WED-070 13:00 - 14:00 New insights into roles of cell wall invertase in early seed

development Wang, L. and Ruan Y.-L. (Australia)


POS-WED-071 13:00 - 14:00 Selection of thin cell-wall barley for reduced steeping during

malt production Washington, J.M., Burton, R.A., Little, A., Stewart, D. and

Fincher, G.B. (Australia) POS-WED-072 13:00 - 14:00 Cell-type specific expression of multiple salt tolerance genes

to improve plant salinity tolerance Wellman, G., Roy, S.J. and Jacobs, A. (Australia) POS-WED-073 13:00 - 14:00 Exploring gene co-expression networks in Vitis vinifera Wong, D.C.J., Sweetman, C. and Ford, C.M. (Australia) POS-WED-074 13:00 - 14:00 Do aquaporins facilitate CO2 diffusion? Zhao, M., Evans, J., McCaffery, S. and Tyerman, S.

(Australia) POS-WED-075 13:00 - 14:00 Carotenoid biosynthetic pathway in petals of orange flower

Eschscholzia californica is not feedback regulated by its metabolites

Zhou, J., McManus, M., Hunter, D., Lewis, D. and Zhang, H. (New Zealand)

Plant Pathology

076-080 POS-WED-076 13:00 - 14:00 Transcriptional profiling of Zea mays roots reveals rapid up-

regulation of defence-related genes following inoculation with Phytophthora cinnamomi

Allardyce, J.A., Rookes, J.E., Hussain, H.I. and Cahill, D.M. (Australia)

POS-WED-077 13:00 - 14:00 The role of cell wall degrading enzymes in Phytophthora

pathogenicity Torreña, P.S., Blackman, L.M. and Hardham, A.R.

(Australia)


POS-WED-078 13:00 - 14:00 Site-directed mutagenesis of an avirulence protein, AvrLm6,

of the plant pathogenic fungus, Leptosphaeria maculans Van De Wouw, A.P., Dubois, D.J. and Howlett, B.J.

(Australia) POS-WED-079 13:00 - 14:00 A single protein produced by Mycosphaerella graminicola

causes necrosis and chlorosis in wheat Wagner, M., Ash, G., Milgate, A. and Solomon, P.

(Australia) POS-WED-080 13:00 - 14:00 Soilborne disease potential in potato fields using DNA

technology Wiechel, T.J., Crump, N.S., De Boer, R.F., McKay, A. and

Ophel Keller, K. (Australia)

Late Posters 081-090

POS-WED-081 13:00 - 14:00 Investigating the erythroid roles of the transcription factors

KLF3 and KLF8 Funnell, A.P.W., Mak, K.S., Norton, L.J., Burdach, J.G.,

Twine, N.A., Pelka, G.J., Tam, P.P., Pearson, R.C.M. and Crossley, M. (Australia)

POS-WED-082 13:00 - 14:00 Mitogenic and metabolic signalling via the insulin receptor

isoform-A Rajapaksha, H., McCarthy, P., Wallace, J.C., Hoffmann, P.,

Booker, G. and Forbes, B.E. (Australia) POS-WED-083 13:00 - 14:00 The role of amyloid fibril proteins in HIV infection Regoeng, K. (Australia) POS-WED-084 13:00 - 14:00 Investigating the function of autophagy related proteins in

drosophila Bader, C., Brooks, D.A. and Shandala, T. (Australia)


POS-WED-085 13:00 - 14:00 DNA wrapping and looping by a circular 14-mer wheel of the

bacteriophage 186 CI repressor Shearwin, K.E., Wang, H., Finzi, L., Dunlap, D., Murchland,

I. and Dodd, I.B. (Australia and USA) POS-WED-086 13:00 - 14:00 Gamma-H2AX is a biomarker of ionizing radiation induced

DNA damage in the fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni Siddiqui, S., Filomeni, E., Francois, M., Collins, S.R., Glatz,

R.V., Taylor, P.W., Fenech, M. and Leifert, W.R. (Australia) POS-WED-087 13:00 - 14:00 Investigation of a novel binding partner of the tumour

suppresor p53 Su, S.-P., Hahn, M.A., Dickson, K.-A. and Marsh, D.J.

(Australia) POS-WED-088 13:00 - 14:00 The structural and functional characterisation of thioesterases

within Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, and Legionella pneumophila

Swarbrick, C.M.D. and Forwood, J.K. (Australia) POS-WED-089 13:00 - 14:00 Mast cells are key negative regulators of UVB-induced skin

tumourigenesis Taing, H.H., Gordon, E.J., Yip, K.H., Betterman, K.L.,

Pejler, G., Galli, S.J., Lopez, A.F., Harvey, N.L. and Grimbaldeston, M.A. (Australia, Sweden and USA)

POS-WED-090 13:00 - 14:00 Mechanistic insight into the pathology of polyalanine

expansion disorders revealed by a mouse model for X linked hypopituitarism

Hughes, J., Piltz, S., Rogers, N., McAninch, D. and Thomas, P. (Australia)

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