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South Australian Node:
Waite Campus
Wine Innovation Central
THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
Urrbrae SA 5064

Victorian Node:
Plant Cell Biology Research Centre
School of Botany
THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
Parkville VIC 3010

Queensland Node:
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation
John Hines Building
THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
St Lucia QLD 4072 

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Telephone: +61 8 8313 1284

Achievements

  • Professor Geoff Fincher presented the Inaugural Peter Waite Lecture. Read more and listen to his lecture here
  • Professor Geoff Fincher was awarded with the 2011 Belfort Lecture Award from Purdue University, USA. Read more about the Belfort Lectures here
  • Professor Geoff Fincher was awarded the 2011 Bio Innovation SA Industry Leader of the Year Award

Publications of Interest

  • Burton RA, Collins HM, Kibble NAJ, Smith JA, Shirley NJ, Jobling SA, Henderson M, Singh RR, Pettolino F, Wilson SM, Bird AR, Topping DL, Bacic A and Fincher GB (2011) Over-expression of specific HvCslF cellulose synthase-like genes in transgenic barley increases the levels of cell wall (1,3;1,4)-β-d-glucans and alters their fine structure. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 9 (2): 117-135 [Abstract]

 

  • Burton, RA; Gidley, MJ; Fincher, GB (2010) Heterogeneity in the chemistry, structure and function of plant cell walls. Nature Chemical Biology, 6 (10): 724-732 [Abstract]

 

  • Collins, HM; Burton, RA; Topping, DL; Liao, ML; Bacic, A; Fincher, GB (2010) Variability in Fine Structures of Noncellulosic Cell Wall Polysaccharides from Cereal Grains: Potential Importance in Human Health and Nutrition. Cereal Chemistry, 87 (4):272-282 [Abstract]

 

  • Doblin M, Pettolino F, Bacic A (2010) The skeleton of the plant world and more: role in plant growth, development and biotechnology. Func Plant Biol (Evans Review) 37, 357-381

 

  • Ellis M, Egelund J, Schultz C, Bacic A (2010) Arabinogalactan-proteins (AGPs): Key regulators at the cell surface? Plant Physiology 153: 403-419

 

  • Egelund J, Ellis M, Doblin M, Qu Y, Bacic A (2010) The genes and enzymes of CAZy GT-family-31: Towards unravelling the function(s) of the plant glycosyltransferase family members. Annual Plant Reviews series "Plant Polysaccharides" Vol 41, Ed Ulvskov, P. Wiley/Blackwell (In press, ISBN: 9781405181723)

 

  • P Gunness, B M Flanagan and M J Gidley (2010) Molecular interactions between cereal soluble dietary fibre polymers and a model bile salt deduced from 13C NMR titration. Journal of Cereal Science, doi:10.1016/j.jcs.2010.07.009

 

  • B A Williams, D Mikkelsen, Laure Le Paih and M J Gidley (2010) In vitro fermentation kinetics and end-products of cereal arabinoxylans and (1,3;1,4)-β-glucans by porcine faeces, Journal of Cereal Science, doi:10.1016/j.jcs.2010.09.003

 

  • P Gunness and M J Gidley (2010) Mechanisms underlying the cholesterol-lowering properties of soluble dietary fibre polysaccharides. Food and Function, doi:10.1039/C0FO00080A
  • Bacic A, Fincher GB, Stone BA (eds) (2009) Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biology of (1,3)-Beta Glucans and Related Polysaccharides, Academic Press, Elsevier Inc., San Diego, USA, 677pp.
  • Burton, RA; Fincher, GB (2009) (1,3;1,4)-beta-D-Glucans in Cell Walls of the Poaceae, Lower Plants, and Fungi: A Tale of Two Linkages. Molecular Plant, 2 (5): 873-882 [Abstract]
  • Doblin, MS; Pettolino, FA; Wilson, SM; Campbell, R; Burton, RA; Fincher, GB; Newbigin, E; Bacic, A (2009). A barley cellulose synthase-like CSLH gene mediates (1,3;1,4)-β-d-glucan synthesis in transgenic Arabidopsis. PNAS, 106 (14): 5996-6001 [Abstract]
  • Dwivany FM, Yulia D, Burton RA, Shirley NJ, Wilson SM, Fincher GB, Bacic A, Newbigin E, Doblin MS (2009) The cellulose-synthase like C (CslC) gene family of barley includes members that are integral membrane proteins targeted to the plasma membrane. Mol Plant 2: 1025-1039.
  • D Mikkelsen, B M Flanagan, G A Dykes and M J Gidley (2009) Influence of different carbon sources on bacterial cellulose production by Gluconacetobacter xylinus strain ATCC 53524. J Appl. Microbiol., 107, 576 - 583
  • B A McKenna, D Mikkelsen, J B Wehr, M J Gidley and N W Menzies (2009) Mechanical and structural properties of native and alkali-treated bacterial cellulose produced by Gluconacetobacter xylinus strain ATCC 53524. Cellulose, 16, 1047-1055
  • Burton, RA; Wilson, SM; Hrmova, M; Harvey, AJ; Shirley, NJ; Stone, BA; Newbigin, EJ; Bacic, A; Fincher, GB (2006). Cellulose synthase-like CslF genes mediate the synthesis of cell wall (1,3;1,4)-beta-D-glucans. Science, 311 (5769): 1940-1942 [Abstract]