PAST MEMBERS OF THE ACNFP

	Professor Richard Oliver
	1979-1982	University of Bristol, UK, PhD in the Department of Biochemistry. Supervisor: Dr. Trevor Griffiths; Protochlorophyllide Reductase
	1982-1984	Carlsberg Laboratory, Denmark, Department of Physiology: EMBO fellowship. Plastid Molecular Biology
	1984-1998	Lecturer in Molecular Biology, University of East Anglia, School of Biological Sciences. Molecular Plant Pathology. C. fulvum Molecular Genetics and Arabidopsis pathology
	1996-1999	Carlsberg Laboratory, Denmark, Professor and Head of Department of Physiology, Molecular Plant Pathology, C. fulvum and Blumeria graminis genetics and pathology.
	2000	Fungal genomics Consultant, Zeneca Agrochemicals, U.K.
	2000-Current	Director of the Australian Centre for Nectrophic Fungal Pathogens and Professor of Molecular Plant Pathology, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia

	Dr Peter Solomon
	1995-1998	University of Queensland, Department of Microbiology. PhD. Supervised by Dr Al McEwan on "The characterisation of the molybdenum cofactor in dimethylsulfoxide reductase in Rhodobacter capsulatus."
	1998-2000	Carlsberg Laboratory, Denmark, Department of Physiology. Postdoctoral Fellowship. C. fulvum infection biochemistry.
	2000-2005	ACNFP, Murdoch University, Perth. Postdoctoral Fellowship. Molecular dissection of the Stagonospora nodorum - wheat interaction.
	2005-Current	ACNFP, Murdoch University, Perth. Senior Lecturer.

	Dr Simon Ellwood
	1995-1998	Molecular Biology Sector, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, U.K., PhD: Characterisation of two powdery mildew diseases on Arabidopsis thaliana and positional cloning of a powdery mildew resistance gene. Supervised by Prof. Richard Oliver and Dr. John Turner.
	1999-2001	Institute of Food Research, UK: Postdoctoral research including S. cerevisiae PTK1 expression and activity assays, suppressors of the effects of low polyamin levels, and analysis of plant transgenic loci.
	2001-Current	ACNFP, Murdoch University, Perth, Postdoctoral Fellowship. Genetic diversity for disease resistance in the model legume M. truncatula

	Dr Judith Lichtenzveig
	1991-1994	Faculty of Natural Science at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. BSc.
	1994-1997	Faculty of Natural Science at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. MSc supervised by Prof. Josef Mizrahi and Dr. Shahal Abbo. " Occurrence of self-incompatibility and semi-sterility in climbing cacti of the genera Hylocereus and Selenicereus" .
	1997-2003	Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Quality at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. PhD supervised by Dr. Shahal Abbo and Prof. Dan Shtienberg. " Genetic and epidemiological aspects of the chickpea (Cicer arietinum) resistance to Didymella rabiei" .
	2003-Current	Centre for Legumes In Mediterranean Agriculture (CLIMA) at the University of Western Australia - Research associate as part of the project " Genetic diversity for disease resistance in the model legume Medicago truncatula" .

	Dr Margo Ferguson-Hunt
	1999	School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Perth. BSc with Honours (1st Class): Transcriptional regulation of the pur2 and pur5 genes which encode enzymes involved in purine biosynthesis. Supervised by Dr Penny Smith and Professor Craig Atkins.
	2000-2004	School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Perth. PhD: Characterisation and manipulation of genes involved in nitrogen metabolism during lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L. cv. Merrit) seed development. Supervised by Dr Penny Smith abd Professor Craig Atkins.
	2004 (concurrently)	School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Perth. Graduate Research Assistant.
	2005-2006	Neuroscience, School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Perth. Research Officer.
	2006-Current	ACNFP, Murdoch University, Perth. Research Associate. Involved in research on fungal genetics of Stagonospora nodorum with particular reference to the action of Sn ToxA produced by this fungus.

	Joel Gummer
	2001-2004	Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology, minor in Conservation Biology, with honours. Honours supervisor Dr. K. Gregg.
	2005-2006	CSIRO Plant Industry, Perth, Technical Officer. Supervised by Drs J. Anderson, L. Gao, J. Lichtenzveig and K. Singh.
	2007	CSIRO Entomology, Perth, Technical Officer. Supervised by Drs O. Edwards and J. Klinger.
	2008-current	ACNFP, Murdoch University, Perth, PhD student. Metabolomic Characterisation of Signalling in Stagonospora nodorum. Supervisors: Prof. R. Oliver, Assoc. Prof. R. Trengove and Dr P. Solomon.

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	Ormonde Waters
	2003-2004	ACNFP, Murdoch University, Perth. Honours Student. Molecular dissection of the Stagonospora nodorum - wheat interaction. Supervisors: Professor Richard Oliver and Dr. Peter Solomon.
	2005-Current	ACNFP, Murdoch University, Perth. PhD Student. Metabolism and Infection in the Stagonospora nodorum - wheat pathosystem. Supervisors: Professor Richard Oliver and Dr Peter Solomon.
	Awards Received
	2000	Vice Chancellor's Commendation for Academic Excellence, Emrys Grimley memorial Prized in Biological Sciences
	2001	Vice Chancellor's Commendation for Academic Excellence
	2002	Vice Chancellor's Commendation for Academic Excellence, AMGEN Australia Prize in Biotechnology
	2003	EPA Prize in Conservation Biology
	2005	Innovation Research Australia Prize for Most Innovative Honours Thesis in Agricultural Biotechnology
	2006	School of Veterinary and Biomedical Science Research Poster Day, "Best Poster on Pathology", Sponsored by Interpath Services Pty. Ltd.

	Kar-Chun Tan
	1998-2001	Division of Science and Engineering, Murdoch University, Perth. B.Sc in molecular biology.
	2001-2002	ACNFP, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Murdoch University, Perth. Completing honours degree, supervised by Professor Richard Oliver and Dr. Peter Solomon. Title: Signal transduction in Stagonospora nodorum.
	2002-2003	Research Assistant at the National University of Singapore for Professor Ding Jeak Ling. Title: Gene expression of the horseshoe crab in response to bacterial infection.
	2004-2007	ACNFP, Murdoch University, Perth. PhD student. Supervised by Professor Richard Oliver and Dr Peter Solomon. Title: Proteomics of Stagonospora nodorum.
	2007-2008	Research officer for Dr Boris Baer, Dr Holger Eubel and Prof. Harvey Millar in the ARC Centre of Excellence, University of Western Australia. Title: Understanding the mechanism of bee reproduction by proteomics.
	2008-present	Post-doctoral fellow for Prof. Richard Oliver, Murdoch University. Title: Identification of toxins in Stagonospora nodorum.
	Awards Received
	2002	Vice Chancellor's Commendation for Academic Excellence 2001
	2002	Runner-up placing in the Western Australian Division of the AusBiotech Excellence Award for Top Honours Thesis
	2005	Semifinalist of the Western Australian Achiever Award for the Science and Technology category

	Angela Williams
	1997-2002	Part-time Bachelor of Applied Science (Applied Biology/Biotechnology), RMIT University, Melbourne.
	2000	RMIT TAFE Diploma of App. Sci-Biotechnology
	2003	Honours RMIT University, Melbourne - Genetics and biochemistry of strawberry flavour supervised by Dr. E. Pang
	2004-2006	ACNFP, Murdoch University, Perth, Research Assistant
	2006-Current	ACNFP, Murdoch University, Perth, Ph.D student The role of secondary metabolites in legume defence against fungal pathogens, investigated using the model legume, Medicago truncatula. Supervisors: Prof. R. Oliver, Dr. J. Lichtenzveig, Dr. K. Singh (CSIRO), Assoc. Prof. R. Trengove

	Simon Ip-Cho
	1999-2002	Division of Science and Engineering, Murdoch University, Perth. B.Sc in Biotechnology.
	2001	ACNFP, Murdoch University, Perth. Independant Study Contract, supervised by Dr. Steve Thomas.
	2002-2003	ACNFP, Murdoch University, Perth. Honours degree, supervised by Professor Richard Oliver and Dr. Rob Lee.
	2004-2006	Centre for Human Proteomics, Research Assistant.
	2006-Current	ACNFP, Murdoch University, Perth. PhD Student.
		Awards Received
	2003	Runner-up placing in the Western Australian Division of the AusBiotech Excellence Award for Top Honours Thesis.
	2003	Ann Osbourn Memmorial Price in Biotechnology
	2003	Innovation Research Australian Price for Agricultural Biotechnology

	James Kyawzwar Hane
	2000-2004	University of Western Australia, Perth, Bachelor of Molecular Biology with Honours.
	2004-2005	ACNFP, Murdoch University, Perth, Research Assistant.
	2005-2006	ACNFP, Murdoch University, Perth Research Assistant - Bioinformatics
	2007-Current	ACNFP, Murdoch University, Perth, PhD Student.

	Francis K Kessie
	2001-2005	Crop Science Dept. University of Ghana. Bachelor of Science honours. Title: Genetic diversity among 37 Sorghum bicolor accessions in Ghana. Supervised by Prof. S.K. Offei.
	2005-2006	Teaching Assistant, Crop Science Department, University of Ghana.
	2006-2007	Ministry of food and Agriculture project. Crop Science Dept. University of Ghana. Title: Diagnosis and control of a shallot (Allium ascalonicum) bulb rot disease in the Volta Region of Ghana.
	2007- current	ACNFP, Murdoch University, Perth. PhD student.

	Ramisah Mohd Shah
	1993-1998	University of Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia. Bachelor of Agricultural Science.
	1999-2002	University of Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia. Master of Science.
	2003-current	University of Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia - Lecturer (Study leave)
	2008-current	ACNFP, Murdoch University, Perth - PhD student.

	Christian Krill
	2001-2007	Universitat Kaiserslautern (Germany), Fachbereich Biologie. Diploma in Biology in the Department of Biotechnology, supervised by Eckhard Thines and Andrew Foster on pathogenicity of Magnaporthe grisea.
	2007	Insitute of Biotechnology and Drug Research (ibwf), Kaiserslauter, Research Assistant.
	2008-current	ACNFP, Murdoch University, Perth. PhD student: Metabolomics of Stagonospora nodorum. Supervisors Professor Richard Oliver, Dr Peter Solomon and Professor Robert Trengove.

	Kasia Rybak
	1996-1999	Environmental Science, Murdoch University, Perth, BSc
	1999-2003	Trace Element Laboratory, Murdoch University, Research Assistant/Lab manager for A/Prof Bernie Dell.
	1999-2002 (concurrently)	School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, and Alcoa Dieback Research Facility, Murdoch University, Research Assistant for Dr Giles Hardy.
	2001-2002 (concurrently)	Plant Nutrition Services, Murdoch University, Research Assistant for Dr Longbin Huang.
	2002	tate Agricultural and Biotechnology Centre, Murdoch University, Barley Molecular Marker project, Research Assistant for Dr Max Paris and Dr Chengdao Li.
	2003-Current	ACNFP, Murdoch University, Perth. Research Assistant

	Julie Lawrence
	1988-1992	University of Western Australia, BSc majoring in microbiology, molecular biology and biochemistry, with Honours (1st Class) in biochemistry
	1993-1996	Graduate research assistant, CRS research project on iron nutrition in Rhizobia.
	1997	Research Assistant, Centre for Fish Research, phycological taxonomy and culture collection.
	2003	Senior technician, State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Murdoch University performing high throughput DNA sequencing and analysis.
	1997-2005	Tutor, Life and the Universe, Murdoch University
	2005-2007	Laboratory Assistant Level 4, Biochemistry Department, the University of Western Australia, coordinating the laboratory components for third year biochemistry and molecular biology units.
	2005	Part time lecturer in microbiology, Australian Institute of Holistic Medicine.
	2007-current	ACNFP, Murdoch University, Perth. Research Assistant as part of the project: "Genetic diversity for disease resistance in the model legume Medicago truncatula".

	Eva Antoni
	2007-2007	University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, Diploma in Microbiology.
	2008-current	ACNFP, Murdoch University, Perth, Research Assistant