Fields of Research

Microbiology
Microbial ecology
Other agricultural, veterinary and food sciences

Research Objectives

Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
Biodiversity in Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments
Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences
Tree nuts (excl. almonds and macadamias)

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

Bacteriophages and nuts; two routes to safe and healthy food; 2010 Agricultural Research Development Agency Conference : Food for Health, Beauty and Long-life
Extensive gene acquisition in the extremely psychrophilic bacterial species Psychroflexus torquis and the link to sea-ice ecosystem specialism; Genome Biology and Evolution
Genomic and proteomic insights of enhanced growth of a sea-ice psychrophile Psychroflexus torquis by proteorhodopsin pohotorophy during salinity stress; First EMBO Conference on Aquatic Microbial Ecology: SAME13
Light stimulated growth of proteorhodopsin bearing sea-ice psychrophile Psychroflexus torquis is salinity-dependent; Strategic Science in Antarctica 2013 Conference
The light-driven proton pump proteorhodopsin promotes growth of sea-ice psychrophile during salinity stress; The Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting

Research Projects

Research Candidate Supervision