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.