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SYM-06A-01
Adapting to change: flexible learning in the new millennium

Poronnik P

12:40 pm

SYM-06A-02
Driving curriculum reform through national graduate learning outcomes

Johnson E

1:00 pm

SYM-06A-03
Scaffolding student writing in science: initiatives, implementation and indicators of success

Gleadow RM, Rayner G and Abbott K

1:20 pm

SYM-06A-04
Learning about research: supporting student learning in an undergraduate research project

Howitt SM, Rivers J, Longbottom C, Mills R, Higgins D and Wilson A

1:40 pm

SYM-06A-05
Enhancing student motivation and participation in large biology courses through peer assessment, group work and novel incentive-driven assessment strategies

Galea AM, Delaney S and Wilson JE

1:55 pm

POS-MON-001
Emerging roles for hnrnpul2 in transcription and the DNA damage response

Allen J, Bond C and Winteringham L

POS-MON-004
Keratinocytes exposure to ultraviolet radiation, hydroquinone and heat in vitro leads to hallmarks of skin cancer formation

Calapre L, Gray E and Ziman M

POS-MON-007
The role and regulation of the BH3-only protein Bim in immune homeostasis during sepsis

Doerflinger M, Reljic B, Sanchez-Herrero A, Al Khalkali Z and Puthalakath H

POS-MON-010
GCTM-5 to selectively identify tumorigenic liver progenitor cells in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Kramer AS, Laurent G, Elsegood C, Pera M and Yeoh G

POS-MON-013
Localization of α_1A-adrenoceptors in CHO cells using the fluorescent ligand BODIPY-FL prazosin

Lim L, May LT, Hutchinson DS, Summers RJ, Evans BA and Ventura S

POS-MON-016
Aldehyde dehydrogenase activity, ALDEFLUOR™, and their relationship with liver progenitor cell differentiation and transformation

McSpadden S, Woo K, Passman A and Yeoh G

POS-MON-019
Inhibition of the liver progenitor cell response and tumour burden by the CCR5 antagonist, Maraviroc

Passman A, McSpadden S, Strauss R, Finch M, London R, Callus B, Blanco JR, Ochoa-Callejero L and Yeoh G

POS-MON-022
Effects of some plant extracts against toxicity induced by cyanide in mice

Shati A

POS-MON-025
Inheritance of a locus on chromosome 14 influences glomerular disease progression in mice lacking the tetraspanin CD151

Passfield C, Smith B, Bond D, Jankowski H, Scott R, Ashman L, Roselli S and Weidenhofer J

POS-MON-028
Molecular evolution of the β-carbonic anhydrase gene family in Neurachne, a genus of Australian native grasses

Clayton HAC, Finnegan PM and Ludwig M

POS-MON-031
Identification and differential expression of flavonoid biosynthesis genes of three genetically diverse mango fruit varieties

Hoang VLT, Innes DJ, Roberts-Thomson SJ, Shaw PN, Monteith GR, Gidley MJ and Dietzgen RG

POS-MON-034
Hsp90 chaperones ethylene signaling

Lehrer J, Khodai-Kalaki M and Krishna P

POS-MON-037
Understanding the role of the auxin signalling pathway in grape berry ripening

Moss SMA, Schwerdt J, Burbidge CA, Tucker MR and Davies C

POS-MON-040
Calcium-mediated reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton directs wall ingrowth formation in transfer cells

Zhang HM, Patrick JW and Offler CE

POS-MON-043
The soybean symbiosome membrane: a plant membrane that is the interface between rhizobia and its host plant

Clarke V, Qu Y, Brear EM, Noor SM, Loughlin PC, Chen C, Gavrin A, Overall RL, Day DA and Smith PMC

POS-MON-046
Understanding vitamin C metabolism in grapevine through investigation of transcriptional regulatory networks and alternative pathway genes

Wong DCJ, Sweetman C, Soole KL and Ford CM

POS-MON-049
Chilling night temperatures disrupt pollen formation in wheat

Barton DA, Cantrill L, Law A, Sutton B and Overall RL

POS-MON-052
Terminal drought effect is ameliorated by elevated CO₂ in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes with contrasting tillering capacity

Dias De Oliveira E, Bramley H, Palta JA and Siddique KH

POS-MON-055
Temperature response of leaf hydraulic conductance and links with photosynthetic capacity

Loucos KE, Barbour MM and Simonin KA

POS-MON-058
Natural variation of CRY2 is responsible for the temperature insensitive nature of Cvi-0

Zhu WS, Tasset C, Eimer H and Balasubramanian S

POS-MON-061
Moonlighting catalytic functions of IRAK3

Freihat LA, Wheeler JI, Manallack D and Irving HR

POS-MON-064
Evaluation of a novel combinatorial chemotherapy in paediatric brain tumour models

McGlade J, Endersby R, Hii H and Gottardo N

POS-MON-067
The effect of an acidic environment on the response to CD30 signalling in anaplastic large cell lymphoma

Rea AJ, Karimi M, Schutze DM, Ho DS and Abraham LJ

POS-MON-070
Understanding the role of tumour suppressor TRIM35 in TGF-β signaling

Van Vuuren JH, Winteringham LN, Beaumont JG, Alexander W and Klinken P

POS-MON-073
Directing the differentiation of fibroblasts towards the megakaryocyte lineage

Artuz CM, Funnell APW, Pearson RCM, Gonda TJ and Crossley M

POS-MON-076
A neat non-coding RNA in skeletal muscle

Butchart LC, Fox A, Shavlakadze T and Grounds MD

POS-MON-079
The interaction of cisplatin with human transcriptional elements and the development of improved anti-tumour agents

Galea AM and Murray V

POS-MON-082
Engineering next generation artificial transcription factors for improved chromatin access

Lim WF, Funnell APW, Pearson RCM and Crossley M

POS-MON-085
Annotation of long intergenic non-coding RNAs and natural antisense transcripts in post-mortem human brain of neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders

Ragan C, Patel K, Gratten J and Mowry B

POS-MON-088
Investigating the effects of a novel mutation in POLR3A on the RNA polymerase III transcriptome

Siira SJ, Azmanov DN, Shearwood AMJ, Chamova T, Guergueltcheva V, Tournev I, Rackham O, Kalaydjieva L and Filipovska A

POS-MON-091
Novel regulatory complexes controlling globin gene expression

Wienert B, Funnell APW, Pearson RCM and Crossley M

POS-MON-094
The signal recognition particle RNA and its multi functions

Ataide S, Voigts-Hoffmann F, Schmitz N, Shen K, Shan S and Ban N

POS-MON-097
Stabilised GPCRs for solution NMR-based dynamics studies

Bumbak F, Scott DJ, Bathgate RAD and Gooley PR

POS-MON-100
New synthetic biology technologies to manipulate endogenous gene expression

Chia TS, Razif MFM, Hibbs ME, Filipovska A and Rackham O

POS-MON-103
Dicarba modification of the insulin peptide provides greater glucose lowering effect, while avoiding mitogenic activity of unmodified insulin

Forbes BE, Ong SC, Andrikopoulos S, Van Lierop B and Robinson A

POS-MON-106
Synthetic RNA binding pentatricopeptide repeat proteins

Gully BS, Shah KR, Sadowska A, Lee M, Small I and Bond CS

POS-MON-109
Choosing a stable partner: exploring the dynamics of obligatory dimerisation in DBHS proteins

Knott GJ, Lee M, Fox AH and Bond CS

POS-MON-112
The phosphoproteomes of Bacillus sp. CDB3 under arsenic stress

Li H, Yang Y, Scifleet J and Zhang R

POS-MON-115
Convergent evolution upon a protease inhibitor sequence, structure and function within a new peptide family

Elliott AG, Delay C, Rosengren KJ, Benfield AH, Panero JL, Colgrave ML, Schilling EE, Ortiz-Barrientos D, Craik DJ and Mylne JS

POS-MON-118
Biotin protein ligase: a novel anti-TB drug target

Paparella AS, Tieu W, Lumb R, Soares Da Costa TP, Abell AD, Bastian I, Polyak SW and Booker GW

POS-MON-121
Using methanogen enzyme screening assays and enzyme structures to discover novel inhibitory compounds for controlling ruminant methane emissions

Ronimus RS, Zhang Y, Sang C, Dey D, Sutherland-Smith AJ, Cook GM, Carbone V and Schofield LR

POS-MON-124
Engineering APOBEC3G enzymes for altered specificity and processivity

Scott LH, Razif MFM, Filipovska A and Rackham O

POS-MON-127
The role of endotoxin phosphoforms in sepsis and meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis

Snowball CE, Kahler CM and Vrielink A

POS-MON-130
Inhibition of the human kynurenine aminotransferase: progression with hKAT-II

Sun G, Nadvi NA, Kwan AH, Gorrell MD and Church WB

POS-MON-133
Glycosylation of adiponectin is not sufficient to drive HMW formation

Webster JA, Kim Y-H, Ng CP, Whitehead J and Chen C

POS-MON-136
Intrinsically semi-disordered state and its role in induced folding and protein aggregation

Zhang T, Faraggi E, Li Z and Zhou Y

POS-MON-139
The BRCA1-binding protein BRAP2 as a negative regulator of nuclear import in the testis

Fatima S, Wagstaff KM, Loveland KL and Jans DA

POS-MON-142
Separation Staphylococcus aureus in human milk by cold centrifugation

Lai CT, Alhagoug MHZ, Hepworth AR, Lui J, Hartmann PE and Geddes D

POS-MON-145
The RNA-binding factor ZFP36L1 is a downstream target of Nfix during cortical development

Harvey T, Bailey T, Gronostajski R and Piper M

POS-MON-148
The role of PAX6 and PAX6(5A) in neuronal survival

Welch CJ, Thomas MG and White RB

POS-MON-151
The use of iron oxide nanoparticles to manipulate cell migration

Bradshaw M, Ho D, Gutierrez L, Lazaro F, Clemons T, Pierre T, Fear M, Wood F and Iyer KS

POS-MON-154
Low to moderate sodium is beneficial to wheat genotypes grown under potassium deficient conditions

Krishnasamy K, Bell R and Ma Q

POS-MON-157
Adipogenic differentiation of supernumerary tooth-derived dental pulp stem cells on the nano-scale ridge/groove-pattern arrayed surface

Kim D and Roh S

POS-MON-160
A level 3 laboratory practical that investigates allosteric enzyme activation, protein phosphorylation and the application of mass spectrometry to protein analysis

Attwood PV and Arthur PG

POS-MON-163
Assessing, understanding and improving quantitative literacy skills in molecular biology students

Pakay JL and Spencer D

POS-MON-166
Is transgenic canola growing on road sides in Western Australia?

Busi R, Yu Q and Powles SB

POS-MON-169
A second-generation inducible and non-leaky system for gene expression in transgenic mice

Delerue F, White M and Ittner LM

PLE-MON-05
"Alu"strious effects on human RNA metabolism: post-transcriptional gene regulation by inter-and intra-molecular Alu element base-pairing

Maquat LE

2:20 pm

POS-TUE-002
Optimisation of microRNA extraction from human milk

Alsaweed M, Hepworth AR, Lefevre C, Hartmann PE and Hassiotou F

POS-TUE-005
Crosstalk between the androgen receptor (AR) and hedgehog signalling pathways in breast cancer cells

Chua V, Roehrig K, Harvey J and Bentel J

POS-TUE-008
Immune cells in breastmilk respond to infections of the mother but also the infant

Hassiotou F, Underhill J, Geddes DT, Filgueira L and Hartmann PE

POS-TUE-011
Genome-wide identification of miR-200 targets reveals a regulatory network controlling cell invasion

Li X, Bracken CP, Wright JA, Anderson MA, Lawrence D, Yap AS, Khew-Goodall Y and Goodall GJ

POS-TUE-014
Efficacy and potential mechanisms of psychotropic drugs and statins in the treatment of glioblastoma

Wijenayake N, Fernandez HR, Catts VS, Whitaker NJ and Lutze-Mann LH

POS-TUE-017
Ferroportin1 is essential for iron absorption in suckling mice but is not downregulated by hepcidin

Mirciov C, Wilkins SJ, Frazer DM, Darshan D and Anderson GJ

POS-TUE-020
Deconstructing the invasive machinery of cancer cells

Ralph TJ, Durand FM, Talbo GH, Hulett MD and Lock P

POS-TUE-023
Loss of CDKN2A contributes to liver progenitor cell transformation and liver abnormalites

Strauss R, Passman A, Van Vuuren J, Chin Lin C, Elsegood C, London R, Yeoh G and Callus B

POS-TUE-026
Reduced grain starch phosphate increases coleoptile growth

Bowerman AF, Howitt CA, Gubler F, Pogson B, Morell MK and Ral J-P

POS-TUE-029
A potential role for seed microflora in mediating dormancy release in annual ryegrass seeds

Goggin DE, Emery RJN and Powles SB

POS-TUE-032
Amino acid turnover in salt stressed barley

Jacoby RP, Alexova R, Millar AH and Nelson CJ

POS-TUE-035
The microRNA394 F-Box target gene, leaf curling responsiveness, post-translationally regulates the expression of MLP protein family members

Litholdo Junior CG, Parker B, Cordwell S, Eamens A and Waterhouse P

POS-TUE-038
Arbuscular mycorrhizas regulate plant phosphorus uptake after plants experience a pulse of phosphorus

Nazeri NK, Lambers H, Tibbett M and Ryan MH

POS-TUE-041
Molecular responses of Hakea prostrata to changes in mineral nutrition

Prodhan MA, Finnegan PM, Lambers H and Jost R

POS-TUE-044
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of soybean Glycine max cultivar Bunya

Wan Ibrahim WS, Singh MB and Bhalla PL

POS-TUE-047
The uniform wall of transfer cells unique assembly, structure and function

Xia X, Patrick JW and Offler CE

POS-TUE-050
New insights into regulation of shoot water balance in wheat genotypes

Bramley H, Zimmermann U, Ryan L, Veneklaas E, Palta JA and Siddique KHM

POS-TUE-053
Salt sensitivity at different growth stages of chickpea

Khan HA, Siddique KHM and Colmer TD

POS-TUE-056
Canopy structure and position interact with shading to influence photosynthetic saturation state of seagrass canopies

Mcmahon K, Hedley J, Fearns P and Lavery P

POS-TUE-059
Cluster roots of Chilean Proteaceae from volcanic young soils

Zúñiga-Feest A, Avila A and Piper F

POS-TUE-062
ERBB receptor inhibition: a novel treatment strategy for medulloblastoma

Hii H, Endersby R, Johns T and Gottardo N

POS-TUE-065
The multifaceted regulatory mechanism of PSKR1-mediated catalysis

Muleya V, Wheeler JI, Mok Y-F, Griffin M, Ruzvidzo O, Marondedze C, Thomas LA, Gehring CA and Irving HR

POS-TUE-068
The role of Src family kinases in CSF-1-induced macrophage motility and tumour cell invasion

Sullivan AR, Mouchemore KA, Sunderland AJ and Pixley FJ

POS-TUE-071
Do bacterial quorum sensing signals interfere with plant development?

Veliz D and Mathesius U

POS-TUE-074
The function of ribosomal protein RACK1 in miRNA-mediated translational repression

Bajan SM, Jannot G, Giguere NJ, Banville IH, Piquet S, Simard M and Hutvagner G

POS-TUE-077
Novel expression of microRNA (miR)-196a1 and miR-196a2 in the mammalian central nervous system

Coughlan E, Bourne JA and McGlinn E

POS-TUE-080
At the heart of the tail: microRNA variants and alternative polyadenylation in cardiac hypertrophy

Hynes CJ, Patel HR, Humphreys DT, Smith NJ, Beilharz TR, Graham RM, Clancy JL and Preiss T

POS-TUE-083
A potential role for GF200 in the silencing of the foetal gamma-globin gene

Martyn GE, Funnell APW, Pearson RCM and Crossley M

POS-TUE-086
A glyphosate resistant mutant sheds light on the regulation of the shikimate pathway

Sharkhuu A, Narasimhan M, Merzaban J, Bressan R, Weller S and Gehring C

POS-TUE-089
Impact of fasting on the rhythmic expression of myogenic and metabolic factors in skeletal muscle of adult mice

Soffe ZR, Anwari T, Cozens G, Mark PJ, Gondro C, Grounds MD and Shavlakadze T

POS-TUE-092
Characterization of a novel RNAse III enzyme, Mrpl44

Yeo JHC and Chong MMW

POS-TUE-095
Biochemistry and in vivo processing of a small cyclic sunflower peptide

Bernath-Levin K and Mylne JS

POS-TUE-098
GloA2: a metalloswitching, bifunctional enzyme

Bythell-Douglas R, Flematti G, Suttisansanee U, Honek J and Bond CS

POS-TUE-101
Role of dynamin 1 middle domain splicing in self-assembly and enzyme activity

Collett M and Robinson PJ

POS-TUE-104
Influence of phosphorylation patterns on the structure of proline rich fragments of tau protein: a molecular dynamics simulation study

Lyons A, Gandhi NS and Mancera RL

POS-TUE-107
Probing the structure and dynamics of a G protein-coupled receptor using small-angle x-ray scattering

Gunn NG, Mertens HDT and Scott DJ

POS-TUE-110
Rapid evolution of detergent-stable α1B-adrenoceptor variants with cellular high-throughput encapsulation, solubilisation and screening (CHESS)

Lam NY, Liew CK, Smith NJ, Graham RM and Scott DJ

POS-TUE-113
Characterisation of the viral receptor BILF1

Liew CK, Smith NJ, Stock D and Graham RM

POS-TUE-116
Leaf proteome mapping of wheat varieties to improve use of nitrogen fertilisers

Nguyen TTT, Rengel Z, Lipscombe R and Martin T

POS-TUE-119
Scale-up of production and purification of recombinant non-animal collagens

Peng YY, Stoichevska V, Howell L, Dumsday GJ, Werkmeister JA and Ramshaw JAM

POS-TUE-122
The hunt for small novel proteins encoded by small open reading frames

Nouwens AS, Feng C, Zainal N, Ning WN, Al-Mansoori S, Friend L, Smith R and Rothnagel JA

POS-TUE-125
Two novel polymorphisms of human endothelial lipase display impaired hydrolysis of high-density lipoproteins

Shearston KD, Marais D, Rye KA and Lambert G

POS-TUE-128
Investigating protease resistant IGFBP-2 as a potential tumour growth inhibitor

Soh CL, Delaine C, McNeil K, Wallace JC and Forbes BE

POS-TUE-131
Bacterial expression of human CYP24A1 and kinetic analysis of its metabolism of vitamin D3 by the C24 oxidation pathway

Tieu EW and Tuckey RC

POS-TUE-134
The utility of novel peptides targeting beta-amyloid aggregates in Alzheimer's disease

Barr RK, Wijaya LK, Morici M, Verdile G, Gupta VB, Taddei K, Nicolazzo JA and Martins RN

POS-TUE-137
Biodegradation of cylindrospermopsin toxin by microcystin-degrading bacteria isolated from cyanobacterial blooms

Mohamed ZA and Alamri SA

POS-TUE-140
Breastmilk contains a cellular hierarchy from mature epithelial cells to pluripotent stem cells

Hassiotou F, Blancafort P, Filgueira L and Hartmann PE

POS-TUE-143
Development of the avian retrovirus RCANBP for gonad-specific gene expression in chicken embryos

Lambeth L, Ohnesorg T, Sinclair A and Smith C

POS-TUE-146
Enzyme-labelled fluorescence coupled with epi-fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry for quantifying P mineralising microorganisms in pig waste

Weerasekara MLMAW, Jenkins SN, Abbott LK, Waite IS, Lee-Pullen T, Rigby P, Linden M, Whiteley A and O'Donnell AG

POS-TUE-149
Cauli: a mouse strain with an Ift140 mutation that results in a skeletal ciliopathy modelling Jeune syndrome

Miller KA, Ah-Cann CJ, Welfare MF, Tan TY and Farlie PG

POS-TUE-152
Multifunctional nanoparticles for combinatorial therapy in cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury

Hardy N, Viola HM, Singh R, Smith NM, Iyer KS and Hool LC

POS-TUE-155
Retinal pigment epithelial differentiation in human limbal neurosphere cultures

McLenachan S, Zhang D and Chen FK

POS-TUE-158
Neurons made from breastmilk stem cells

Twigger A-J, Geddes DT, Hartmann PE and Hassiotou F

POS-TUE-161
A laboratory program for future scientists, not master cooks

Ludwig M, Attwood PV and Arthur PG

POS-TUE-164
Contribution of the two genes encoding the histone variant H3.3 to viability and fertility in mice

Tang MC, Jacobs SA, Graham A, Kalitsis P, Mattiske DM, Bryan MK, Wong LH and Mann JR

POS-TUE-167
Are misfolded proteins all just the same sticky business? Unmasking of distinct aggregation patterns in the cell with new analytical toolkits

Polling S, Mok Y-F, Ramdzan YM, Griffin MDW, Turner BJ, Yerbury J, Hill AF and Hatters DM

POS-TUE-170
Characterisation of bacteriocin(s) from Lactobacillus plantarum B21 as new antibacterial agents and natural food preservatives

Golneshin A, Smith AT, May B and Van TTH

POS-WED-003
The regulation of cell motility by tropomyosin

Brayford S, Schevzov G and Gunning P

POS-WED-006
Immune mechanisms of human anaphylaxis: investigating the potential role of neutrophil activation by measuring plasma levels of myeloperoxidase

Creamer A, Stone SF and Brown SGA

POS-WED-009
Origin of appetite hormones found in human milk

Hassiotou F, Geddes DT and Hartmann PE

POS-WED-012
The long non-coding RNA NEAT1 is induced with stress in cultured cells

Li R, Hodgetts S, Harvey A and Fox A

POS-WED-015
Effect of scymnol on testosterone metabolism

Hodges LD, Macrides TA, Glowacki LL, Kalafatis N, Wright PFA and Wynne PM

POS-WED-018
Proteoglycans as regulators of the neural stem cell niche

Oikari LO, Okolicsanyi RK, Griffiths LR and Haupt LM

POS-WED-021
ETS1 regulates epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in prostate cancer cells

Rodgers JJ, Epis M, Roehrig K, Cohen R, Leedman P, Harvey J, Bentel J and Thomas M

POS-WED-024
Explosive co-operation between FLT3-ITD and Cbl ring finger mutations in murine acute myeloid leukaemia

Taylor SJ, Thien CBF, Dagger SA, Duyvestyn JM and Langdon WY

POS-WED-027
Genetic markers for starch phosphorylation in potato

Carpenter MA, Joyce NI, Genet RA, Cooper RD, Butler RC, Noble A and Timmerman-Vaughan GM

POS-WED-030
A holistic high-throughput screening framework for biofuel feedstock assessment that characterises variation in soluble sugar and cell wall composition in Sorghum bicolor

Martin A, Palmer W, Furbank R and Grof C

POS-WED-033
The metabolism of organic acids in the cultivated grapevine Vitis vinifera

Jia Y, Contreras D, Sweetman C, Jiranek V and Ford C

POS-WED-036
Characterising Arabidopsis nitrilase family and 14-3-3 protein interactions

Man J, Li R, Van Der Kwast M, Martin T and Millar H

POS-WED-039
Dynamic regulation of light intensity and spectrum on stomatal behaviour and photosynthesis in tomato

O'Carrigan A, Hinde E, Lu N, Xu XQ, Duan H, Huang G, Mak M, Bellotti B and Chen ZH

POS-WED-042
Pollen development in Brachypodium distachyon

Sharma A, Singh MB and Bhalla PL

POS-WED-045
Callose plays a key role in regulating the construction of wall ingrowths of transfer cells

Wheeler SL, Zhang H-M, Kang S, Offler CE and Patrick JW

POS-WED-048
Investigation of the genus Mycoplana for plant biotechnology applications

Yu VCW, Webster DE, Palombo EA and Walmsley AM

POS-WED-051
Cluster roots of Gevuina avellana (South American proteaceae) affect chemical properties, biomass and microbial activity associated to rhizosphere soil

Delgado M, Zúñiga-Feest A and Borie Borie F

POS-WED-054
Comparison of growth and physiology of barley genotypes in aerated and stagnant conditions

Khan UA, Colmer TD and Finnegan PM

POS-WED-057
Tolerance of chickpea and faba bean to hypoxia in stagnant nutrient solution

Munir R, Colmer TD and Siddique KHM

POS-WED-060
Visualizing and quantifying oxidized protein thiols in tissue sections

Iwasaki T, Terrill J, Shavlakadze T, Grounds MD and Arthur PG

POS-WED-063
Signalling pathways intersected by the tyrosine kinase Lyn involved in leukaemia and sarcoma development

Slavova-Azmanova N, Maxwell M, Tie SR, McCarthy DJ, Satiaputra J, Louw A, Kucera N, Erber W, Hibbs ML and Ingley E

POS-WED-066
Stress-stimulated cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase and c-jun N-terminal kinase crosstalk mediates stathmin phosphorylation for the maintenance of interphase microtubules

Yip YY, Yeap YY, Bogoyevitch MA and Ng DCH

POS-WED-069
Study of G protein-coupled receptor signalling pathways using real-time cell analysis

Thirkettle-Watts D and Mawdsley D

POS-WED-072
Gene structure and transcriptional regulation of the TaHKT2;1 family of genes in wheat

Ariyarathna HACK, Francki M and Colmer T

POS-WED-075
Targeting small RNAs as a novel anti-angiogenic therapy

Balsara S, Plummer PN and Mellick AS

POS-WED-078
Investigating the role of long non coding RNA in essential hypertension through the use of RNA-seq

Doogan C, Deniff M, Tomaszewski M and Charchar F

POS-WED-081
Deregulated gene expression in a mouse model of obesity

Knights AJ, Funnell APW, Pearson RCM, Bell-Anderson K and Crossley M

POS-WED-084
How do introns leave a lasting effect despite their short life within RNA?

Monash JJ, Hellens RP and Macknight RC

POS-WED-087
DAMGO induced gene expression in human neuroblastoma cells

Lewis J and Shields K

POS-WED-090
Increases in sample throughput achieved by bead beating and automated oocyst and tissue DNA purification in a large volume commercial laboratory

Weaving LS, Groves PJ and Pavic A

POS-WED-093
Structural studies of an endotoxin modifying enzyme from Neisseria meningitidis

Anandan A, Piek S, Moares I, Kahler C and Vrielink A

POS-WED-096
The RNA binding specificity of Spt4/5 uncovered: the role of KOW domains in transcription elongation revealed

Blythe A, Mackay J, Hartzog G and Vrielink A

POS-WED-099
Defining the actions of the brain JNK1 and JNK3 interactomes

Chen W-K, Yeap YYC and Bogoyevitch MA

POS-WED-102
A study of the anticoagulant properties of a snake venom phospholipase A₂

Du QS, Trabi M, Zhao KN, Johnson LA, De Jersey J, Lavin MF, Guddat LW and Masci PP

POS-WED-105
Probing the role of hydrogen atoms in cholesterol oxidase by neutron crystallography

Golden E, Duff A, Blakeley M, Meilleur F and Vrielink A

POS-WED-108
Identification of Hepatitis C NS3/4A protease inhibitors active against multiple genotypes

Johnson ME, Lee H, Zhu T, Truong L and Hevener K

POS-WED-111
The light-harvesting complexes of Halomicronema hongdechloris, a cyanobacterium containing chlorophyll f

Li Y, Lin Y and Chen M

POS-WED-114
Plant protein extraction and solubilization methods are determining factors in proteome-based systems analyses

Marondedze C, Thomas L, Groen A, Wong A, Serrano N, Lilley K and Gehring C

POS-WED-117
Cell-free synthesis of proteins with genetically encoded phosphoserine

Ozawa K and Otting G

POS-WED-120
The birth of new proteins and biosyntheses by protein hijack

Pouvreau B, Benfield AH and Mylne JS

POS-WED-123
New quantitative high-throughput methods for the study of protein-nucleic acid interactions and their applications in drug discovery

Schaeffer PM, Moreau MJJ, Askin SP and Sorensen A

POS-WED-126
A comparative analysis of transient expression of tuberculosis antigens ESAT6 and Ag85B targeted to different subcellular locations of N. benthamiana leaves

Singh I, Webster DE, Balasubramanian S and Walmsley AM

POS-WED-129
Investigating the transcription factor Single-Minded 1 as a monogenic obesity factor

Sullivan AE, Raimondo A, Schwab T, Bruning J, Peet DJ and Whitelaw ML

POS-WED-132
The molecular basis of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor specificity

Vivian JP, Saunders P, O'Connor G, Pymm P, Hitchen C, Price DA, McVicar D, Brooks A and Rossjohn J

POS-WED-135
The identification of serological autoantibodies as diagnostic biomarkers for cutaneous melanoma

Zaenker P and Ziman M

POS-WED-138
Comparing the effects of holder pasteurization and ultraviolet treatment on the bacteriostatic properties of human milk using Staphylococcus aureus and Lactobacillus gasseri

Cai L, Lui JK, Lai CT, Hepworth A, Hartmann PE and Geddes D

POS-WED-141
TUBB5 regulates the terminal maturation of cerebral cortical neurons

Ngo L, Qu Z, Haas M, Breuss M, Keays D and Heng J

POS-WED-144
Superstars and also-rans in the genesis of the enteric nervous system: enormous heterogeneity in the ENS revealed by clonal labelling and mathematical modelling

Newgreen DF, Zhang DC, Cheeseman B, Binder BJ and Landman KA

POS-WED-147
A novel resource for the development and characterization of a mouse model of diabetic retinopathy

Weerasekera LY, Balmer LA and Morahan G

POS-WED-150
Interferon pathway during megakaryocyte ontogeny: implications for spontaneous resolution of transient myeloproliferative disorder in infants with Down syndrome

Woo AJ, Wieland K, Huang H, Akie TE, Piers T, Kim J and Cantor AB

POS-WED-153
Distribution and mode of uptake of poly(ethyleneimine)-functionalized nanoparticles in a pregnant rat model

Ho D, Leong J, Clemons T, Mark P, Abel T, Waddell BJ, Iyer KS and Keelan JA

POS-WED-156
Dystropathology increases energy expenditure and protein turnover in the mdx mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Radley-Crabb HG, Marini JC, Grounds MD and Fiorotto ML

POS-WED-159
Efficient transfection of neural stem cell cultures with mRNA

Zhang D, McLenachan S and Chen FK

POS-WED-162
The collaborative universities biomedical education network (CUBEnet)

Macaulay J, Abbott C, Dawes I, Hodgson Y, Howitt S, Lutze-Mann L, Rowland S, Saint D, Tregloan P and Poronnik P

POS-WED-165
More light, greater sensitivity – revolutionary new LVF Monochromator™ technology in the CLARIOstar® microplate reader

Balmer J

POS-WED-168
Structural and functional analysis of the GM-CSF:GM-CSF receptor alpha chain binary complex provide further insight into the mechanism of GM-CSF receptor signalling

Broughton SE, Hercus TR, Nero TL, Dhagat U, Dottore M, McClure BJ, Lopez AF and Parker MW

POS-WED-171
Prenatal vitamin D deficiency inhibits feto-placental growth and alters gene expression of regulators of neural development

Hawes JE, Tesic D, Zosky GR, Smith JT and Wyrwoll CS

SYM-18A-01
Using Labguru to manage lab activities

Hatters DM

12:35 pm

SYM-18A-02
LabArchives: organise, document, share research data

Hoy AJ

12:50 pm

SYM-18A-03
Using Agilent's OpenLab ELN system for lab management, experiment documentation and collaboration

Millar H, Fenske R and Taylor N

1:05 pm

Career Development Forum: “Academia and Alternatives”

4:00–7:30 pm (Room G.33, Bayliss Building, UWA)

Conference opening

8:30–8:45 am (Riverside Theatre, PCEC)

Plenary 1–2

8:45–9:30 am

Plenary 3–4

9:35–10:20 am

Concurrent Symposia 1

10:50 am–12:20 pm

Education Workshop (SYM-6A)

12:40–2:10 pm (Riverside Room 5, PCEC)

Poster Session A

1:20–2:20 pm (Pavilion 1, PCEC)

Plenary 5

2:20–3:05 pm (Riverside Theatre, PCEC)

Plenary 6–7

3:10–3:55 pm

Concurrent Symposia 2

4:30–6:00 pm

Plenary 8–9

8:30–9:20 am

Award presentations

9:20–9:30 am

Plenary 10–11

9:30–10:20 am

Concurrent Symposia 3

10:50 am–12:20 pm

Exploring electronic lab notebooks – a window into the lab of the future?

12:30–1:25 pm (Meeting Room 1, PCEC)

Poster Session B

1:00–2:00 pm (Pavilion 1, PCEC)

Concurrent Colloquia

2:00–3:30 pm

Concurrent Symposia 4

4:00–5:30 pm

Plenary 12–13

8:30–9:15 am

Award presentations

9:20–9:25 am

Plenary 14–15

9:25–10:15 am

Concurrent Symposia 5

10:45 am–12:15 pm

Poster Session C

12:55–1:55 pm (Pavilion 1, PCEC)

Plenary 16–17

1:55–2:40 pm

Plenary 18–19

2:45–3:30 pm

Concurrent Symposia 6

4:00–5:30 pm

Annual General Meetings

5:35–6:30 pm

Concurrent Symposia 7

9:00–10:30 am

Concurrent Symposia 8

11:00 am–12:30 pm

Plenary 20–21

1:30–2:15 pm

Plenary 22–23

2:20–3:05 pm

Closing Ceremony and Award Presentations

3:10–3:40 pm (Riverside Theatre, PCEC)