SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES
The Australian Institute of Tropical Veterinary and Animal Science
ANIMAL HEALTH
Aquatic Pathobiology
Diseases of prawns and their health management.Diseases of farmed fish species.
Microbiology
Immunological and molecular studies on Brucella suis in pigs.Development of a diagnostic ELIZA test for bovine botulism.
Molecular and immunological studies on Mycoplasma bovis and its distribution on dairy cattle.
Listeria monocytogenes in tropical beef production systems.
The development and evaluation of a multivalent Pasteurella multocida type A vaccine against Fowl Cholera in Asian poultry.
Role of Mycoplasma bovis in bovine clinical and subclinical mastitis.
Parasitology
Epidemiology and control of a range of intestinal and tissue parasites of livestock in northern Australia and SE Asia (especially Fasciola gigantica and Trypanosoma evansi).Onchocerca gibsoni in cattle as a model for Onchocerca volvulus in humans, its diagnosis and control.
Canine and rodent babesiosis: aspects of cell mediated immunity, including the role of cellular messengers and cytokines.
Arthropod vector-parasite relationships, with reference to the development of the parasite within its vector (haemoprotozoa and filarial nematodes).
Pathology
The pathology of disease in saltwater crocodiles and marine turtles.
Virology and Immunology
Immunological and molecular techniques for the detection and monitoring of Marek’s disease virus infection.Study of prawn endocrinology using immunological techniques.
Strain differentiation techniques for Newcastle disease virus.
Infectious bursal disease: isotype-specific immune responses and viral detection.
ANIMAL PRODUCTION
Reproductive Physiology and Biology
Embryonic development and mechanisms of establishment of pregnancy.Control of reproduction in Bos indicus cattle.
Bull fertility, selection and use in extensive tropical environments.
Nutritional effects on ovarian function in cattle.
Physiological mechanisms in the development of puberty in heifers.
Biology of the male and female reproductive tracts and their interactions.
Nutritional physiology and metabolism
The role and underlying mechanisms of the relative quantitative variations in muscle/adipose tissues in production/ performance and health of mammals.Feed and management strategies for improved reproductive efficiency in cattle.
Breeding and feeding of tropically adapted pigs.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Molecular biology, evolution and
biochemistry of plant carbonic anhydrases.
Regulation of C3 and C4 photosynthesis.
Biotechnology of crop plants.
Development of novel herbicides.
Cold tolerance of C4 plants.
Molecular biology of dengue virus replication.
Bacterial signal transduction.
Protein-protein interactions.
Biochemical investigation of symbiosis in corals
and clams.
Dinoflagellate Rubisco and CO2 fixation.
Evolution of developmental mechanisms.
Molecular developmental biology of animals.
Coral evolutionary genetics.
Molecular genetics of light-harvesting in dinoflagellates.
Molecular evolution.
Regulation of gene expression in animals and
plants.
Biological function of protein protease inhibitors.
Chemistry
Synthesis of biologically and
pharmacologically active molecules; medicinal chemistry.
Macrocyclic ligands as specific reagents for
metal ions and small molecules.
Host-guest and supramolecular chemistry; molecular
recognition; molecular devices.
Synthetic and structural studies of organometallic chemistry
of main group and lanthanoid elements.
Spectroscopic, stereochemical and reactivity
studies of polymetallic molecular assemblies and their application
to photochemical molecular devices.
Molecular structure, molecular assemblies and molecular
interactions using x-ray diffraction, NMR and ESR.
Theoretical and computational chemistry.
Computer modelling applied to atmospheric chemistry
and to transition metal clusters.
Novel active compounds from marine organisms
and terrestrial plants.
Environmental geochemistry of metals in natural water
systems.
Role of organic molecules in the ecology of
marine organisms.
Dimethylsulfide in the GBR lagoon and Southern Ocean.
Marine pollution studies.
Chemical and physical speciation of metals
in natural waters.
Chemistry of mango skin browning.
Institute of Sport and Exercise Science
Physiological profiles of athletes
under hot and humid conditions.
Predictive indicators of human performance
under hot and humid conditions.
Temperature regulation during exercise in extreme hot
and humid conditions.
The identification of risk factors in groin
injuries.
The influence of tissue compliance in motor
control and protection from injury.
The mechanisms underlying stretch exercises
and their role in the prevention of injury.
Mathematical and computer modelling of the musculo-tendinous
system.
Notational analysis of dominant movement patterns in
sport and exercise.
Electromyographic (EMG) feedback in training.
Peripheral vision and reaction times as performance indicators.
Microbiology and Immunology
Control of fasciolosis due to Fasciola gigantica.
Vector potential of north Queensland Tabanids
for Trypanosoma theileri and T.
evansi.
Epidemiology of infection due to T.
evansi.
Nematode pests of sugar cane.
Nematophagous fungi in ovine and bovine faeces
in north Queensland.
Control potential of tea tree oil for banana
and papaya diseases.
Ratoon stunting disease of sugar cane.
Microbial loss of sucrose in continuous sugar
cane crushing.
Canine and rodent babesiosis.
Host/vector relationships of ticks
and mosquitoes.
Penaeid prawn virology.
Gene probe development of aquatic diseases.
Avian adenoviruses.
Immunochemical technologies for detection of alphavirus
antigens and immune responses.
Specific diagnostics for Dengue and other flaviviruses.
Comparative studies of Asian isolates of infectious bursal
disease.
Pathogenesis of Berkholderia
pseudomallei infection.
The role of Mycoplasma bovis in
bovine clinical and subclinical mastitis.
Role of Helicobacter pylori in
human gastric ulcer disease.
Characterisation and pathogenesis of Bohle Iridovirus.
Studies on Cherax baculovirus in
the red claw.
Penaeid prawn immunity to disease.
Epidemiology of bovine botulism.
Microbial degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons.
Taxonomy, ecology and significance of Vibrio species.
Expression of the Clostridium
botulinum toxin heavy chain molecule formed as a vaccine
immunogen and diagnostic antigen.
Marek’s disease of poultry, immunological
and molecular aspects.
Diagnostic tests for Trypanosoma
evansi.
Molecular diagnosis of herpes virus diseases.
Expression of viral proteins in baculovirus
Mycorrhizal associations with eucalypts.
Physiology and Pharmacology
Magnetic resonance imaging and
spectroscopy applied to whole animal studies – brain and spinal
cord injury; heart metabolism; muscle exercise and fatigue; hypoxia
and ischaemia; liver toxicology; carcinogenesis.
Control of oxygen consumption and ion gradients.
Placental development in early stages of pregnancy.
Cellular proliferation and differentiation
in reproductive tissues.
Glucose homeostasis.
Pharmacotherapy in brain injury following trauma or
neonatal hypoxia.
Pharmacological characterisation of neuropeptides and
their receptors.
In vitro neuropeptide
release studies – the effects of neurotoxins.
Receptor structure/function relationships.
Drug metabolism and biological free radical toxicology
of hallogenated environmental pollutants.
Corticosteroid therapy in chronic lung disease.
Interrelationships between temperature and
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in tissue and organ injury.
Cellular adaptation to drugs of abuse.
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