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Name:
Denis Ballantyne Phone: (08)
9361 0168
Email: denis.ballantyne@student.curtin.edu.au Course of Study: Doctor
of Philosophy |
| Supervisors:
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| Project
Title: |
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Characterisation
of recombinant human insulin-degrading enzyme |
| Brief
Project Summary |
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It
has been shown that the insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) plays
an active role in mediating the many biological processes
regulated by insulin. Elucidation of structural characteristics
that impart the unique biochemical properties to IDE has the
potential to provide important information that may lead to
the development of novel drugs for therapeutic intervention
in the Type II diabetic (insulin resistant) condition. |
| Education: |
- Bachelor Science (Medical Science)
- Master Sciences (Biomedical Sciences)
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| Scholarships
/ Awards: |
- Genetica Biotechnologies: Stipend
- Best Poster (Microbiology). Combined
Biological Sciences Seminars for Medical Research Students,
(1998).
- 2004 - Schulten IAS Computational Biology
Workshop Scholarship
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| Publications: |
- Ballantyne, D. S., Warmington,
J. R., 2000., Purification of native enolase from medically
important Candida species., Biotechnol Appl Biochem. Jun;
31 ( Pt 3):213-8.
- Masters Thesis: Identification and characterisation
of immunologically significant antigens from the pathogenic
fungi, Candida paripsilosis and Candida krusei
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| Memberships
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- Australian Society for Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
- Australian institute of Medicals Scientists
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| Patents: |
- United States Patent 08/841,
188; Detection of Candida., Griffith Hack, Patent &
Trademark Attorneys, Victoria Australia., ref: FP14345
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