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Graduating Year Author Thesis Title
1975 Anderson, R. L. The structure and biosynthesis of endosperm cell wall components.
1976 Anderson, M. A. Study of the action pattern and active sites of certain polysaccharide hydrolases.
  Duley, J. A. L-alpha-hydroxyacid oxidase isozymes.
1977 Ashton, A. R. Cyclic nucleotide metabolism in plants.
1978 Chappel, A. Multiple forms of mammalian aldolase.
1979 Bacic, A. Biochemical and ultrastructural studies on endosperm cell walls.
1981 Brownlee, A. G. Enzymology and control of fungal cyclic nucleotide metabolism.
  Eagle, G. R Studies with reconstituted glycolytic and gluconeogenic systems.
  Gray, P.J. Photochemistry of daunomycin and DNA-daunomycin complexes.
  Suvachittanont, W. Studies with reconstituted glycolytic and gluconeogenic systems.
  Welch, P. Enzymology of glycolysis.
1982 Henry, R. J. Biosynthesis of B-glucans by ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) endosperm cells in suspension-culture.
  Wardrop, A. J. Auxin binding to plant proteins.
1983 Cohen, P. B. Studies on the structure and biosynthesis of an arabinogalactan protein from endosperm cells of ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum).
  Woodward, J. R. Studies on barley (1-3), (1-4)-B-D-glucan 4-glucanohydrolases and their substrate in barley endosperm cell walls.
1984 Barton, P. A. Interconnection between pyrimidine and urea biosynthesis in rat hepatocytes.
1985 McIntyre, P. Molecular studies on the Mitochondrial Urea Cycle Enzymes.
1986 Lingelbach, K. R. Studies on the transport of pre-ornithine transcarbamylase into mitochondria.
  Tonkin, K. C. Synthesis of fluorinated derivatives of daunomycin and their interaction with DNA.
  Wraight, C. J. Studies on the mitochondrial urea cycle enzymes.
1988 Hook, R. J. The synthesis of bis-anthracyclines and anthracycline-acridines and their interactions with DNA.
  Neale, A. D. Molecular studies on pyruvate decarboxylase from Zymomonas mobilis.
1989 Limtrakul, P.-n. Ribosomal protein S6 kinases in proliferating cells.
  White, R. J. A transcriptional analysis of drug-DNA interactions.
1990 Slade, A. M. The purification and characterisation of (1->4)-B-D-xylan endohydrolases from germinated barley.
1991 Kanagasundaram, S. V. Cloning and expression of the genes of the sorbitol/gluconate pathway in Zymomonas mobilis.
  Karagianis, G. Synthesis and evaluation of porphyrin C analogues and porphyrin-acridine conjugates as antitumour drugs.
1992 Doan, D. N. P. Studies on hydrolytic enzymes in germinated barley.
  Jinsart, W. Calmodulin antagonists and protein kinase inhibitors.
  Lithgow, T. J. The insertion of preproteins into the mitochondrial outer membrane.
  Menting, J. G. T. Purification of microsomal membrane enzymes of Petunia hybrida flowers.
  Slakeski, N. (1992). Structure and differential expression of barley (1-3, 1-4)-B-glucanase genes.
  Woodburn, K. W. Synthesis and biological evaluation of porphyrins for use in photodynamic therapy.
1993 Hartman, D. J. Identification, purification and characterisation of a mammalian mitochondrial Chaperonin 10.
  Liu, X.-l. Molecular structure of NADH oxidase from an anaerobic thermophile, Thermoanaerobium brockii Rt8.G4.
  Peralta, D. Mitochondrial chaperonin 60 : cloning, biogenesis and expression in heterologous hosts.
  Rhodes, D. I. Structural analysis of wheat endosperm cell walls.
  Rodriguez, M. S. Studies on the metal content of 6-phosphogluconate dehydratase from Zymomonas mobilis.
  Yong, S. L. Studies on ornithine acetyltransferase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
1994 Cullinane, C. M. Detection and characterisation of Adriamycin-DNA adducts.
  McDowall, S. Molecular biological studies of enzymes of ornithine metabolism.
  McPherson, R. A. Rotational dynamics of band 3 protein in the erythrocyte membrane.
  Xu, P. Characterization of the (1-3)-B-glucan endohydrolase gene family in barley.
1995 Cartwright, P. The translocation of precursor proteins into mitochondria.
  Chen, L. Barley (1->3)- and (1->3, 1->4)-B-glucanases : studies on their catalytic mechanisms, three-dimensional structures and evolution of substrate specificities.
  Tetaz, T. J. The development and application of high sensitivity microsequencing techniques for analysis of membrane-associated proteins.
1996 Cutts, S. M. Molecular and cellular analysis of adriamycin-DNA adducts.
  Dolezal, O. Engineering of mammalian antibodies for diagnostic application.
  Dougan, D. A. Protein engineering of a neuraminidase-antibody complex.
  Masta, A. N. Effect of mustard-DNA adducts on transcription and translation.
  Ryan, M. T. Mammalian chaperonin 10 : the protein and the gene.
  Wang, B. H. Biochemical interactions of plant bioactive compounds.
1997 Berman, A. Trafficking of hydrophobic molecules in P. falciparum-infected erythrocytes.
  Cull, R. Characterisation of restriction endonucleases from extremphiles.
  Davidson, S. In vivo growth of a murine lymphoma cell line alters regulation of expression of HSP72.
  Hanson, B. J. Isolation and characterisation of mammalian receptor proteins for mitochondrial import.
  Panousis, C. Oxidative metabolism of mitoxantrone by the human nuetrophil enzyme myeloperoxidase.
  Pettolino, F. A. Immunological and biochemical studies of (1-4)-B-mannans of plant cell walls and secretions.
  Raynes, K. The synthesis and biological evaluation of novel quinoline compounds.
  Stasinopoulos, S. J. Molecular genetics of (1->3)-B-glucan (curdlan) biosynthesis by Agrobacterium sp. ATCC31749.
  Thomas, T. M. Temperature effects on enzyme activity and stability : 3-phosphoglycerate kinase.
  Timms, M. W. Investigations into mitochondrial biogenesis.
  Truscott, K. N. Chaperonins 60 & 10 from Thermoanaerobacter wiegelii : characterisation, cloning and expression in a heterologous host.
1998 Hasmeda, M. Plant defensive proteins and secondary metabolites interacting with signal transduction components.
  Webster, T. Isolation and characterisation of rat mitochondrial HSP70 cDNA and investigations in the heat shock response of p0 cells.
1999 Chen, X.-M. The effect of mustard-DNA adducts on eukaryotic transcription.
  Clark, M. S. Molecular chaperones, variation in melatonin production in relation to multiple sclerosis.
  Miller, E. A. Trafficking and processing of a multidomain proteinase inhibitor within the secretory pathway of stigmas.
  Scoble, J. A. Adsorbents for protein purification: synthesis, characterisation and use.
  Talarico, T. Activity and DNA binding of Organoamidoplatinum (II) complexes.
  Xiong, L. Z. Biochemical sites of action of bioactive medicinal plant constituents.
2000 Abu-Asi, M. A. Use of phage display to produce antibody and peptide reagents against malarial antigens for potential use in medical diagnostics and therapy.
  Adda, C. Peptides mimicking epitopes on malarial antigens from random peptide libraries displayed on phage.
  Albano, F. R. Identification and characterisation of a homologue of a small GTPase, Sar1p, that localises to a novel trafficking pathway in Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes.
  Wijaya, R. Structure and biochemical sites of action of plant defensive components.
2001 Karnezis, T. The molecular biology of (1>3)-B-Glucan [Curdlan] biosynthesis by Agrobacterium sp. ATCC31749
  Nikolovski, S. An examination of the role of the ring-infected erythrocyte surface antigen (RESA) of Plasmodium falciparum and its association with the host membrane.
  Parker, B. S. Molecular and cellular studies of DNA damage induced by Mitoxantrone.
  Rajic, A. Structure/function of natural and synthetic anti-insect compounds.
2002 Adisa, A. O. Export of proteins in malaria parasite-infected erythrocytes : transport signals and machinery.
  Carmichael, J. A. Expression, purification, crystallisation and preliminary structural studies on CMP-NEU5A-Cytidylyltransferase and the crystal structure of an anti-CEA diabody.
  Jennings, C. V. Biosynthesis of cyclotides : the cyclic knotted proteins from plants.
  Li, F. Apical membrane Antigen-1 binding peptides from phage display libraries inhibit erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium falciparum.
  Pinheiro, L. B. A. Enzyme stabilisation by random mutagenesis : alcohol dehydrogenase and pyruvate decarboxylase from Zymomomas mobilis.
  Wang, J. Expression of chaperones and mitochondrial proteases in response to stresses.
  West, J. A. Lepidopteran serine proteases: targets for the control of cotton pests.
2003 Dunse, K. M. Coevolution of insect serine proteases and plant proteinase inhibitors.
  George, R. Protein targeting and the nascent polypeptide-associated complex in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
  Lay, F. T. Structure and function of floral defensins from Nicotiana alata and Petunia hybrida.
  McQualter, J.  
  Roiniotis, J. Directed evolution of molecular chaperones Hsp 70, Hsp 60 and Hsp 10.
  Pitt, J. J. Analysis of post-translational modifications of the haemagglutinin-neuraminidase protein of Newcastle disease virus by mass spectrometry.
  Moufarij, M. A. Potentiation of cisplatin cytotoxicity by gemcitabine in ovarian cancer cells.
  Kalkanidis, M. Synthesis and biochemical evaluation of novel antimalarial compounds.
2004 Umina, P. A. Biological and molecular analysis of important agricultural pest species in southern Australia : Penthaleus species and Halotydeus destructor.
  Pillay, V.  
  McIntosh, M. An investigation of the production of curdlan, a (1->3)-B-glucan, by an Agrobacterium sp.
  Johnston, A. J. Biogenesis of the Human Translocase Complex of the mitochondrial outer membrane.
  Swift, L. P. Enhancing the anti-cancer activity of Adriamycin.
  Wallis, T. P. Analysis of the post-translational modifications of viral proteins by mass spectrometry.
2005 Parker, P. D. Parasite-induced reorgnanization of membrane proteins in Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes.
  Stojanovski, D. Human Fis1 and mitochondrial fission.
2006 Harris, K. Binding hot spot for invasion inhibitory molecules on Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen 1.
  Spencer, D.  
  Weston, R. Use of phage display to isolate and characterise peptides that bind to lethal factor and protective antigen, two components of the anthrax toxin.
  Busuttil, R.  
  Ward, L. A. Studies on mitochondrial chaperonin 60 from mammaliam cells.
  Frankland, S. Trafficking of the major virulence factor PfEMP1 in P. falciparum infected erythrocytes.
  Dunning, C.  
  Koutsopoulos, O.  
2007 Van De Velde, N. C. The role of FcgRIIa in antibody-induced tissue destruction in auto-immune disease.
  Van Der Weerden, N. L.  
  Lazarou, M. Biogenesis of human respiratory chain complex I and its defects in mitochondrial disease.
  Simmons, D.  
  Evison, B. The structural and functional characterisation of covalent Pixantrone-DNA adducts.
  Gillon, A. D. The biosynthesis of plant cyclotides.
  Putnam (nee Jackson), K.  
  Coldwell, K.  
  Wang, D.-W. The relationship between axonal injury and other pathological changes in early stages of murine multiple sclerosis-like diseases.
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