Seers Christine
Dr. Christine Seers
CONTACT

E-mail: caseers@unimelb.edu.au
Telephone: +61 3 9341 1565
QUALIFICATIONS
- BSc (Hons) Monash University
- PhD, The University of Melbourne
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Gene expression in Porphyromonas gingivalis*
- DNA-binding proteins of P. gingivalis*
- Transposons of P. gingivalis*
- Cysteine proteinases of P. gingivalis*
- Methylmalonyl coenzyme A mutase, active site and catalytic mechanism*
- Expression profiling of P. gingivalis, Treponema denticola and Tannerella forsythia by microarray analysis*
- Protein secretion in P. gingivalis*
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
- Cysteine proteinases of P. gingivalis, production, secretion and post-translaton modification*
- Expression profiling of P. gingivalis, Treponema denticola and Tannerella forsythia by microarray analysis*
- Protein secretion in P. gingivalis*
- The substrate-specificity of the RgpB arginine-X proteinase*2
- The role of the C-terminus of RgpB in the localisaton of RgpB on the cell surface*
(Projects that are available for BSc Honours, MSc, and PhD students are indicated by an asterisk*)
CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
- See Dr. Seers' Find an Expert page at The University of Melbourne.
CURRENT GRANTS
- A novel C-terminal motif and bacterial outer membrane protein anchoring
- Construction of Porphyromonas gingivalis strains and plasmids for improved gene cloning and expression.
MEMBERSHIPS
- The Australian Society for Microbiology
- The American Society for Microbiology
- The International Association for Dental Research
STUDENTS
- Supervise BSc(Hons), in 2004 3 PhD students.