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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)
POSTER SESSION A – MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION A – MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION A – MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION A – MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION A – MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION A – MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION A – MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION A – MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION A – MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION A – MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION A – MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION A – MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION A – MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
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
Gene Regulation, Genomics and Bioinformatics 001-013
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)
POSTER SESSION B – TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION B – TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER
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)
Protein Structure, Function and Proteomics 014-027
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)
POSTER SESSION B – TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION B – TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION B – TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER
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)
Developmental Biology 040-047
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)
POSTER SESSION B – TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION B – TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION B – TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION B – TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION B – TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION B – TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION B – TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER
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
Gene Regulation, Genomics and Bioinformatics 001-015
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)
POSTER SESSION C – WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION C – WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
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)
Protein Structure, Function and Proteomics 016-029
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)
POSTER SESSION C – WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION C – WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION C – WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION C – WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
Developmental Biology 041-048
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)
POSTER SESSION C – WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION C – WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION C – WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION C – WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION C – WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
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)
POSTER SESSION C – WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
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)