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Robert Moore

Biography/ Background

Previous research:

  • Assisted in research at Australian National University: Molecular regulation of plant cell division
  • PhD thesis at the University of Sydney: "Molecular Ecology and Phylogeny of Protistan Algal Symbionts from Corals"
  • Dinoflagellate and apicomplexan evolution (via collaborations). Characterisation of protalveolates
  • Recent research at the University of Iowa: Evolution of Meiosis. Eukaryotic Tree of Life (protist phylogeny)

Qualifications

  • BSc, Australian National University, 1994
  • PhD, University of Sydney, 2006

Teaching Interests

  • Genetics (Iowa), Microbiology (Sydney)

Research Interests

Current research:

  • DNA transfers naturally from organelle to nucleus in real time.

Publications

Some available as pdf (this site)

  • Mews, M., Sek, F.J., Moore, R., Volkmann, D., Gunning, B.E.S., and John, P.C.L. (1997). Mitotic cyclin distribution during maize cell division: implications for the sequence diversity and function of cyclins in plants. Protoplasma 200, 128-145.

  • John, P.C., Mews, M., Moore, R. (2001). Cyclin/Cdk complexes: their involvement in cell cycle progression and mitotic division. Protoplasma 216,119-142. Review.

  • Moore R.B., Ferguson K.M , Loh W.K., Hoegh-Guldberg O, Carter D.A. (2003). Highly organized structure in the non-coding region of the psbA minicircle from clade C Symbiodinium. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53, 1725-1734.

Professional Interests

Attended at:

  • International Society for Evolutionary Protistology XIV 2002 - at the University of British Columbia
  • Inaugural Protistology Workshop - at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 2005

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Entry last updated: Wednesday, 10 Jan 2007

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