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

Name: Dr Boris BAER
Position:ARC QEII Research Fellow
Laboratory:millar
Email:bcbaer(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Honeybee reproduction, evolutionary biology, spermatheca proteomics
Click here for more information on Boris' work in the UWA Centre for Evolutionary Biology.

Name: Dr Anne BERSOULT
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:small
Email:bersoult(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

PPR, protein-protein interaction, Arabidopsis

Name: Dr John BUSSELL
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:smith
Email:bussell(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Peroxisome mutants, proteomics.

Name: Chris CARRIE
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:whelan
Email:carric02(at)student.uwa.edu.au

Dual targeting of proteins to mitochondria and peroxisomes.

Name: Adam CARROLL
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:millar
Email:carroa01(at)student.uwa.edu.au

Metabolomics in plant mitochondrial response to stress.

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

Scientific Databases

Name: Dr Anne-Laure CHATEIGNER-BOUTIN
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:small
Email:chateign(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Reverse genetics of organelle RNA editing.

Name: Dr Ping CHE
Position:Research Fellow (Metabolic Biology)
Laboratory:smith
Email:pche(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

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

Name: Dr Sheila CHIWOCHA
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:smith
Email:chiwocha(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

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

plant mitochodria, proteomics, formate dehydrogenase

Name: Dr Etienne DELANNOY
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:small
Email:delannoy(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

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

Name: Owen DUNCAN
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:whelan
Email:duncao01(at)tartarus.uwa.edu.au

Name: Dina ELHAFEZ
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:whelan
Email:elhafd01(at)student.uwa.edu.au

Name: Dr Holger EUBEL
Position:ARC Australian Post-doctoral Fellow
Laboratory:millar
Email:heubel(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Plant Mitochondria, Proteomics, Protein Complexes.

Name: Kristen FEHER
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:whelan
Email:feherk01(at)student.uwa.edu.au

Name: Mrs Ricarda FENSKE
Position:Technical and Operations Officer
Laboratory:metabolomics australia
Email:rfenske(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Name: Dr Perry FRANCISCO
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:smith
Email:perryf(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Name: Mrs Jenny GILLETT
Position:Secretary
Laboratory:None
Email:jgillett(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Name: Estelle GIRAUD
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:whelan
Email:giraue01(at)student.uwa.edu.au

AOX promoters

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

Name: Lois HO
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:whelan
Email:hol02(at)student.uwa.edu.au

Characterising the upstream region of stress responsive genes encoding alternate respiratory chain components.

Name: Shaobai HUANG
Position:Affiliate Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:millar
Email:shuang(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Name: Jason ITO
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:millar
Email:itoj01(at)tartarus.uwa.edu.au

Phosphoproteins in plant mitochondria using proteomics.

Name: Dr Aneta IVANOVA
Position:Research Officer
Laboratory:whelan
Email:aneta(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

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

Name: Dr Kristina KUEHN
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:whelan
Email:kristina(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Mitochondrial biogenesis, Mitochondrial DNA maintenance.

Name: Alex LEE
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:millar
Email:leec30(at)student.uwa.edu.au

Shoot and root mitochondrial proteomics.

Name: Dr Jing LI
Position:Research Assoc
Laboratory:smith
Email:jingli(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Beta-amylases and beta-amylase-like proteins.

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

Promoter analysis, nuclear gene expression, co-regulation.

Name: Dr Etienne MEYER
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:millar
Email:meyere(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au (with cv)

Plant mitochondria, Respiration, Complex I, primary metabolism

Name: Dr Harvey MILLAR
Position:Chief Investigator
Laboratory:millar
Email:hmillar(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Name: Mrs Jude MOYLE
Position:Office Administrator, UWA
Laboratory:other
Email:judem(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Accounts, finance, purchasing.

Name: Dr Monika MURCHA
Position:Research Assoc
Laboratory:whelan
Email:monika(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Protein import.

Name: Reena NARSAI
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:whelan
Email:narsar01(at)student.uwa.edu.au

mRNA degradation

Name: Dave NELSON
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:smith
Email:dcnelson(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

butenolide, molecular genetics

Name: Sophia NG
Position:Honours Student
Laboratory:whelan
Email:jinqtyan(at)gmail.com

Name: Dr Nicholas O'TOOLE
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:small
Email:otoolen(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au (with cv)

Bioinformatics, Data Integration, Systems Biology.

Name: Dr Itsara PRACHAROENWATTANA
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:smith
Email:iprach(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Peroxisomal carbon metabolism, Fatty acid and organic acid metabolism, Seed germination.

Name: Dr Sarah PURDY
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:smith
Email:purdys(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Name: Dr Ian SMALL
Position:Director/Chief Investigator
Laboratory:small
Email:iansmall(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Name: Dr Steven SMITH
Position:Federation Fellow
Laboratory:smith
Email:ssmith(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Name: Dr Will STANLEY
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:small
Email:will(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au (with cv)

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.

Name: Yew-Foon TAN
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:millar
Email:tany07(at)student.uwa.edu.au

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

Name: Dr Sandra TANZ
Position:Post-doctoral Research Associate
Laboratory:small
Email:stanz(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

GFP localization and Protein targeting.

Name: Dr Nicolas (Nic) TAYLOR
Position:ARC Australian Post-doctoral Fellow
Laboratory:Millar
Email:ntaylor(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au (with cv)

Proteomics, Mass Spec, Environmental Stress, Lipids

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

Energy Homeostasis, Electron Transport Chain, Stress Tolerance, Phenomics, Proteomics

Name: Julian TONTI-FILIPPINI
Position:PhD Student
Laboratory:millar
Email:tontij01(at)student.uwa.edu.au

Bioinformatics, proteomics and mass spectrometry.

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

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

Analysis of the mitochondrial stress-response and retrograde signalling

Name: Yvonne VAN DER PLOEG
Position:Education,Training and Outreach Officer
Laboratory:other
Email:yvanderp(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Education and Training

Name: Dr Jim WHELAN
Position:Chief Investigator
Laboratory:whelan
Email:seamus(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

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

Discovery and function of peroxisome proteins

Name: Dr Wenxu ZHOU
Position:Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Laboratory:smith
Email:wzhou(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au

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.