Staff, Students and Affliates* of the Western Node - UWA

BAER Name: Dr Boris BAER
Position:ARC QEII Research Fellow
Laboratory:ciber
Email:bcbaer(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4495

Honeybee reproduction, evolutionary biology, spermatheca proteomics
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BATES Name: Ms Tiffane BATES
Position:None
Laboratory:ciber
Email:tiffbee(at)hotmail.com
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4469

Bee Yard manager
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BUSSELL Name: Dr John BUSSELL
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:smith
Email:bussell(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 7005 lab: (08) 6488 4417

Peroxisome mutants, proteomics.

CARRIE Name: Chris CARRIE
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:whelan
Email:carric02(at)student.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4435 lab: (08) 6488 2123

Dual targeting of proteins to mitochondria and peroxisomes.

CASTLEDEN Name: Dr Ian CASTLEDEN
Position:Database/Systems Engineer
Laboratory:small
Email:iancas(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au (with cv)
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4466

Scientific Databases

CHATEIGNER-BOUTIN Name: Dr Anne-Laure CHATEIGNER-BOUTIN
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:small
Email:chateign(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4433 lab: (08) 6488 4498

Reverse genetics of organelle RNA editing.

CHE Name: Dr Ping CHE
Position:Research Fellow (Metabolic Biology)
Laboratory:smith
Email:pche(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4457 lab: (08) 6488 4417

Energy metabolism and metabolic signaling in the plant cell. Metabolic control of plant growth Fatty acid metabolism, signaling and plant development.

CLIFTON Name: Dr Rachel CLIFTON
Position:Research Associate
Laboratory:whelan
Email:crachel(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4468 lab: (08) 6488 4417

dual-targeting proteins Arabidopsis

COLAS DE FRANCS-SMALL Name: Dr Catherine COLAS DE FRANCS-SMALL
Position:Visiting Academic
Laboratory:other
Email:cathiedf(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08)6488 4469

plant mitochodria, proteomics, formate dehydrogenase

DELANNOY Name: Dr Etienne DELANNOY
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:small
Email:delannoy(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4433 lab: (08) 6488 4498

PPR, translation, polysomes, ribosomes, translational regulation, CMS

DUNCAN Name: Owen DUNCAN
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:whelan
Email:duncao01(at)tartarus.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4434 lab: (08) 6488 2123

ELHAFEZ Name: Dina ELHAFEZ
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:whelan
Email:elhafd01(at)student.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4433 lab: (08) 6488 2123

EUBEL Name: Dr Holger EUBEL
Position:ARC Australian Post-doctoral Fellow
Laboratory:millar
Email:heubel(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4411 lab: (08) 6488 7004

Plant Mitochondria, Proteomics, Protein Complexes.

FARTHING Name: Rosemary FARTHING
Position:Laboratory Technician
Laboratory:PGAF
Email:farthing(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4468

FEHER Name: Kristen FEHER
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:whelan
Email:feherk01(at)student.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4431

FENSKE Name: Mrs Ricarda FENSKE
Position:Technical and Operations Officer
Laboratory:metabolomics australia
Email:rfenske(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4457 lab: (08) 6488 4417

FRANCISCO Name: Dr Perry FRANCISCO
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:smith
Email:perryf(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4430 lab: (08) 6488 4417

FUJII Name: Dr Sota FUJII
Position:Research Associate
Laboratory:Small
Email:sfujii(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 5903

GILLETT Name: Mrs Jenny GILLETT
Position:Admin Assistant
Laboratory:Admin Office
Email:jgillett(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4416

GIRAUD Name: Estelle GIRAUD
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:whelan
Email:giraue01(at)student.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4434 lab: (08) 6488 2123

AOX promoters

HAMMANI Name: Kamel HAMMANI
Position:Co-tutelle PhD Student
Laboratory:small
Email:Kamel.Hammani(at)ibmp-ulp.u-strasbg.fr

Reverse genetic of PPR editing factors in Arabidopsis chloroplast

HUANG Name: Shaobai HUANG
Position:Affiliate Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:millar
Email:shuang(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4431 lab: (08) 6488 7044

IVANOVA Name: Dr Aneta IVANOVA
Position:Research Officer
Laboratory:whelan
Email:aneta(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4434 lab: (08) 6488 2123

Gene expression, germination in rice, postharvesting treatment in grape.

JACOBY Name: Mr Richard JACOBY
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:millar
Email:jacobr01(at)student.uwa.edu.au

Function of mitochondrial small heat shock proteins during abiotic stress

KAHLAU Name: Dr Sabine KAHLAU
Position:Research Associate
Laboratory:Small
Email:kahlau(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4468

KEECH Name: Dr Olivier KEECH
Position:Research Associate
Laboratory:Smith
Email:okeech(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4468 lab: (08) 6488 4417

Regulation of plant metabolism, abiotic stresses (senescence, ozone, cold, salt)

KING Name: Dr Michaela KING
Position:Research Associate
Laboratory:ciber
Email:mking(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

honey bee, sperm viability, seminal fluid proteins
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KUEHN Name: Dr Kristina KUEHN
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:whelan
Email:kristina(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 7005 lab: (08) 6488 2123

Mitochondrial biogenesis, Mitochondrial DNA maintenance.

LAW Name: Mr Simon LAW
Position:Hons. Student
Laboratory:Whelan
Email:laws03(at)student.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4434

LEE Name: Alex LEE
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:millar
Email:leec30(at)student.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4435 lab: (08) 6488 7004

Shoot and root mitochondrial proteomics.

LI Name: Dr Jing LI
Position:Research Assoc
Laboratory:smith
Email:jingli(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4430 lab: (08) 6488 4417

Beta-amylases and beta-amylase-like proteins.

LI Name: Lei LI
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:Whelan
Email:lil13(at)student.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4434

Lin Name: Xu LIN
Position:PhD student
Laboratory:Whelan
Email:xul04(at)student.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4431

LIU Name: Sheng LIU
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:small/whelan
Email:lius07(at)student.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4431 lab: (08) 6488 4498

LOW Name: Jasmine LOW
Position:Honours Student
Laboratory:whelan
Email:low03(at)student.uwa.edu.au

Promoter analysis, nuclear gene expression, co-regulation.

MEYER Name: Dr Etienne MEYER
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:millar
Email:meyere(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au (with cv)
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4411 lab: (08) 6488 7004

Plant mitochondria, Respiration, Complex I, primary metabolism

MILLAR Name: Dr Harvey MILLAR
Position:Chief Investigator
Laboratory:millar
Email:hmillar(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 7245 lab: (08) 6488 7004

MOYLE Name: Mrs Jude MOYLE
Position:Office Administrator, UWA
Laboratory:Admin Office
Email:judem(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4436

Accounts, finance, purchasing.

MURCHA Name: Dr Monika MURCHA
Position:ARC Post-doctoral Fellow
Laboratory:whelan
Email:monika(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au (with cv)
Phone: office: (08) 6488 2112 lab: (08) 6488 2123

Protein import, mitochondrial biogenesis

NARSAI Name: Reena NARSAI
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:whelan
Email:narsar01(at)student.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4434 lab: (08) 6488 2123

mRNA degradation, Arabidopsis and Rice germination, transcript data analysis

NELSON Name: Dave NELSON
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:smith
Email:dcnelson(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4430 lab: (08) 6488 4417

butenolide, molecular genetics

NG Name: Sophia NG
Position:Ph D student
Laboratory:whelan
Email:jinqtyan(at)gmail.com

O'TOOLE Name: Dr Nicholas O'TOOLE
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:small
Email:otoolen(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au (with cv)
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4433 lab: (08) 6488 4466

Bioinformatics, Data Integration, Systems Biology.

PAYNTER Name: Ellen PAYNTER
Position:Honours Student
Laboratory:Whelan
Email:paynte01(at)student.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4434 lab: (08) 6488 2123

POLAND Name: Dr Veronica POLAND
Position:Research Associate
Laboratory:ciber
Email:vpoland(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4431

Honey bee sperm, proteomics, sexual conflict

PURDY Name: Dr Sarah PURDY
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:smith
Email:purdys(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4430 lab: (08) 6488 4417

RISEBOROUGH Name: Ms Julie-Anne RISEBOROUGH
Position:None
Laboratory:Metabolomics Australia
Email:risebj01(at)student.uwa.edu.au

SHINGAKI-WELLS Name: Rachel SHINGAKI-WELLS
Position:Honours Student
Laboratory:Millar
Email:shingr01(at)student.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4435 lab: (08) 6488 7004

SMALL Name: Dr Ian SMALL
Position:Director/Chief Investigator
Laboratory:small
Email:iansmall(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4499 lab: (08) 6488 4498

SMITH Name: Dr Steven SMITH
Position:Federation Fellow
Laboratory:smith
Email:ssmith(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4403 lab: (08) 6488 4417

Solheim Name: Dr Cory SOLHEIM
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:Millar
Email:csolheim(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 2795 lab: (08) 6488 7004

Proteomics, Mass Spec, Environmental Stress

STANLEY Name: Dr Will STANLEY
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:small
Email:will(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au (with cv)
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4431 lab: (08) 6488 4498

Recombinant protein production and purification.
Biochemical and biophysical characterisation of proteins.
Protein structure and folding.
Protein trafficking, translocation and assembly.
Structure and interactions of helical repeat (TPR/PPR) proteins.

STEWART Name: Diane STEWART
Position:Operations Manager
Laboratory:Administration
Email:DianeS(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4471

TAN Name: Yew-Foon TAN
Position:Research Associate
Laboratory:millar
Email:tany07(at)student.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4435 lab: (08) 6488 7004

Isolation, identification and characterisation of potential metal-binding proteins and metal transporters in the mitochondria.

TANZ Name: Dr Sandra TANZ
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:small
Email:stanz(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4433 lab: (08) 6488 4498

Subcellular localization and Protein targeting.

TAYLOR Name: Dr Nicolas (Nic) TAYLOR
Position:ARC Australian Post-doctoral Fellow
Laboratory:Millar
Email:ntaylor(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au (with cv)
Phone: office: (08) 6488 2795 lab: (08) 6488 7004

Proteomics, Mass Spec, Environmental Stress, Lipids, Milk Drinking

Timmins Name: Mr Matthew TIMMINS
Position:Development Scientist
Laboratory:metabolomics australia
Email:matthew.timmins(at)uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4457 lab: (08) 6488 4417

Metabolomics, energy metabolism, photosynthetic hydrogen production from green algae

TOMAZ Name: Tiago TOMAZ
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:millar
Email:tomazt01(at)student.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: 4435

Analysing the Involvement of Plant Mitochondria in the Regulation of Foliar Vitamin C levels

TONTI-FILIPPINI Name: Julian TONTI-FILIPPINI
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:millar
Email:tontij01(at)student.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4466 lab: (08) 6488 7004

Bioinformatics, proteomics and mass spectrometry.

UGGALLA Name: Vindya UGGALLA
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:whelan
Email:uggalv01(at)student.uwa.edu.au

Kinetics of transcript induction under stress, Promoter Analysis, RNAi silencing

VAN AKEN Name: Dr Olivier VAN AKEN
Position:Research Associate
Laboratory:millar
Email:olake(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: 2122

Analysis of the mitochondrial stress-response and retrograde signalling

VAN DER PLOEG Name: Yvonne VAN DER PLOEG
Position:Education and Communications Manager
Laboratory:other
Email:yvanderp(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4481

Education and Training

WHELAN Name: Dr Jim WHELAN
Position:Chief Investigator
Laboratory:whelan
Email:seamus(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 1749 lab: (08) 6488 2123

Wiszniewski Name: Andrew WISZNIEWSKI
Position:PhD student
Laboratory:smith
Email:wiszna01(at)student.uwa.edu.au

Discovery and function of peroxisome proteins

YAP Name: Aaron YAP
Position:PhD student
Laboratory:Small
Email:yapa02(at)student.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4433 lab: (08) 6488 4498

ZHANG Name: Bo ZHANG
Position:PhD student
Laboratory:Whelan
Email:zhangb01(at)student.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4431 lab: (08) 6488 2123

ZHOU Name: Dr Wenxu ZHOU
Position:Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Laboratory:smith
Email:wzhou(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Phone: office: (08) 6488 4457 lab: (08) 6488 4417

Energy metabolism, fatty acids and sterol function in plants. Metabolomics methods development. Metabolic profiling of mutants.


 

*This list includes Centre-funded personnel (designated in postion titles) and also personnel funded independently on ARC, state government and independent university funds (termed Affiliates) but housed within the laboratories of the Chief Investigators within the School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences at the University of Western Australia.