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Position
Professor
University of Melbourne
Research interests
Molecular Parasitology
Qualifications
PhD, DVSc
Ten Most Significant Publications
Gasser RB, Hu M, Chilton NB, Campbell BE, Jex AR, Otranto D, Cafarchia C, Beveridge I, Zhu XQ (2006) Single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) for the analysis of genetic variation. Nature Protocols 1, 3121-3128.
Peng W, Yuan K, Hu M and Gasser RB (2007) Recent insights into the epidemiology and genetics of Ascaris using molecular tools. Parasitology.134, 325-330.
Nikolaou S, Gasser RB (2007) Extending from PARs in Caenorhabditis elegans to homologues in Haemonchus contortus and other parasitic nematodes. Parasitology 134, 461-482.
Nagaraj SH, Gasser RB, Ranganathan S (2007) A hitchhiker's guide to expressed sequence tag (EST) analysis. Briefings in Bioinformatics 8, 6-21. [impact factor: 24.4].
Gasser RB, de Gruijter JM, Polderman AM (2007) The utility of molecular methods for elucidating primate-pathogen relationships - the Oesophagostomum bifurcum example. In: Primate parasite ecology: The dynamics and study of host-parasite relationships (M.A. Huffman and C.A. Chapman, editors). Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (In Press).
Nagaraj SH, Deshpande N, Gasser RB and Ranganathan S (2007) ESTExplorer: an expressed sequence tag (EST) assembly and annotation platform. Nucleic Acids Research 35(Web Server issue):W143-W147.
Laha T, Pinlaor P, Mulvenna J, Sripa B, Sripa M, Smout MJ, Gasser RB, Brindley PJ, Loukas A (2007) Gene discovery for the carcinogenic human liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini. BMC Genomics 8, 189.
Jex AR, Whipp M, Campbell BE, Cacciò SM, Stevens M, Hogg G and Gasser RB (2007) A practical and cost effective mutation scanning approach for investigating population genetics of Cryptosporidium. Electrophoresis 28, 3875-3883.
Campbell BE, Nagaraj SH, Hu M, Zhong W, Sternberg PW, Ong EK, Loukas A, Ranganathan S, Beveridge I, McInnes RL, Gasser RB (2007) Gender-enriched transcripts in adult Haemonchus contortus - predicted functions and genetic interactions based on comparative analyses with Caenorhabditis elegans. International Journal for Parasitology. In Press 030707.
Hu M, Jex AR, Campbell BE and Gasser RB (2007) Long PCR amplification of the entire mitochondrial genome from individual helminths for direct sequencing. Nature Protocols 2, 2339-2344.
Currently Held Grants
[G71] Australian Research Council (LX0882215; Award) (2008-2010)
Jex AR, Gasser RB and Littlewood DTJ
MitoGenomics of Key Pathogens An International Research Co operative
[G73] Australian-American Fulbright Commission
Gasser RB
2008 Fulbright Senior Scholarship
[G74] Australian Academy of Science (Scientific visit to North America in 2008/2009;
R1 175.1; 10-25th Feb 2008)
Gasser RB
The genomics of parasitic nematodes: toward new intervention strategies 10300
[G75] National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC; 2009-2011)
Cocks TC, Gasser RB and Meeusen ENT
Investigating a new therapy for immune system diseases 464525
[G76] Australian Research Council (2009-2011) LP0989137
Gasser RB and Beveridge I
Catchment sources of microorganisms
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