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  • Exciting new research by Dr Mike Bunce’s team and the CCG on the novel use of DNA to unravel the ingredients contained within Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCM). The research is published in the journal PLoS Genetics more...
  • In a lively session at the Doha Debates that featured geneticists and cultural commentators, speakers including Prof. Alan Bittles, grappled repeatedly with the scientific and religious aspects of consanguineous was also broadcasted on BBC World Service TV
  • Cattle tick vaccine a step closer Using a novel science that has not been carried out anywhere else in the world, researchers have pinpointed tick vaccine antigens that will enable cattle to resist tick infestations. The vaccine antigens produce a bovine immune response that... more...
  • Murdoch supercomputer hangs out its shingle Researchers to apply for time on world's 87th (as of June 2011) fastest machine. Supercomputing group iVEC has invited its first applications from researchers seeking access to its $5 million Linux cluster at Murdoch University more...
iVEC@Murdoch Supercomputer Launch
  • iVEC@Murdoch launched at Murdoch University New supercomputer ranked 87th in the world (Top500.org) launched at Murdoch University. "The supercomputing facilities promote world class research into areas such as energy exploration and agriculture production that will greatly enhance our national prosperity and quality of life,” Senator Carr said. more...


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  • Prof Matthew Bellgard has been awarded a 2012 short-term OECD Fellowship award from the Co-operative Research Programme in Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems. He will reside at the National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
  • Prof Rudi Appels is an invited guest speaker at the Gluten workshop in Beijing in August 2012, discussing mass spectrometry based analysis of wheat proteins using the bioinformatics resources at CCG.
  • Prof Rudi Appels will attend The Annual International Triticeae Mapping Initiate (ITMI) held in Fargo USA in June 2012 will be presenting an Australian perspective on the origin and impact of ITMI since formed in 1989. Professor Appels is one of the founding members of ITMI.
  • On May 7, Prof Alan Bittles book entitled 'Consanguinity in Context' will be published by Cambridge University Press, UK:more...
  • Prof Rudi Appelsis an invited guest speaker at the final European Triticeae Genome (TG) meeting in Versailles May 2012 assessing the impact of the TG research program in an Australian/ China context.
  • Prof Alan Bittles has been invited, and to Lecturer at several International Conferences; Sultan Qaboos University Muscat, Duke University USA; and Royal Society of Medicine London. His new book 'Consanguinity in Context' will be published in May to coincide with his visit to the UK.
  • CCG Open Source Projects: The CCG has a commitment to open source software and maintains a number of public open source projects more...
  • Dr Roberto Barrero presented the discovery of a unique set of small RNA genes in the Australian cattle tick at the Plant and Animal Genome (PAG) conference in San Diego January 2012
  • Upgrades to the BRL Display Wall are now complete. The nine HD projectors powering the display are now capable of higher contrast and better colour reproduction under varied lighting conditions. See pictures...
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Latest Publications

  • Black ML, Moolhuijzen P , Chapman B , Barrero B, Howieson J, Hungria M and Bellgard MI, The Genetics of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation: Comparative Genomics of 14 Rhizobia Strains by Resolution of Protein Clusters. Genes. 2012 Mar;3 (1): 138-166. doi: 10.3390/genes3010138
  • Lane A,E Black ML and Wyatt KM, Toxicity and efficacy of a novel doxorubicin and carboplatin chemotherapy protocol for the treatment of canine appendicular osteosarcoma following limb amputation. Aust Vet J. 2012 Mar; 90(3):69-74. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2011.00878.x. PubMed PMID: 22339117 more...
  • Appels R, Barrero R, Bellgard M. Advances in biotechnology and linking outputs to variation in complex traits: Plant and Animal Genome meeting January 2012. Funct Integr Genomics. 2012 Mar;12(1):1-9. Epub 2012 Feb 22 PubMed PMID: 22354577. more...
  • Hunter A, Macgregor B, Szabo T, Wellington C and Bellgard MI, Yabi: An online research environment for Grid, High Performance and Cloud computing, Source Code for Biology and Medicine 2012, 7:1 doi:10.1186/1751-0473-7-1 Published: 15 February 2012 more...
  • Bellgard MI, Moolhuijzen PM, Guerrero FD, Schibeci D, Rodriguez-Valle M, Peterson DG, Dowd SE, Barrero R, Hunter A, Miller RJ, Lew-Tabor AE. CattleTickBase: An integrated Internet-based bioinformatics resource for Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. Int J Parasitol. 2012 Feb;42(2):161-9. Epub 2011 Dec 1. PubMed PMID: 22178513. more...
  • Barrero R, Chapman B, Yang Y, Moolhuijzen P, Keeble-Gagnere G, Zhang N, Tang Q, Bellgard MI and Qiu D, De novo assembly of Euphorbia fischeriana root transcriptome identifies prostratin pathway related genes, BMC Genomics 2011, 12:600 doi:10.1186/1471-2164-12-600 Published: 13 December 2011more...
  • Bellgard MI, Moolhuijzen PM, Guerrero FD, Schibeci D, Rodriguez-Valle M, Peterson DG, Dowd SE, Barrero R, Hunter A, Miller RJ, Lew-Tabor AE. CattleTickBase: An integrated Internet-based bioinformatics resource for Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. Int J Parasitol. 2012 Feb;42(2):161-9. Epub 2011 Dec 1.PubMed PMID: 22178513.more...
  • Taniya T, Tanaka S, Yamaguchi-Kabata Y, Hanaoka H, Yamasaki C, Maekawa H,Barrero RA, Lenhard B, Datta MW, Shimoyama M, Bumgarner R, Chakraborty R,Hopkinson I, Jia L, Hide W, Auffray C, Minoshima S, Imanishi T, Gojobori T. A prioritization analysis of disease association by data-mining of functional annotation of human genes. Genomics. 2011 Oct 14. PubMed PMID: 22019378.more...
  • Bellgard MI, Bellgard SE. A bioinformatics framework for plant pathologists to deliver global food security outcomes Accepted: 12 October 2011 Australasian Plant Pathology Society Inc. 2011 more...
  • Murray DC, Bunce M, Cannell BL, Oliver R, Houston J, White NE, Barrero RA, Bellgard MI, Haile J. DNA-Based Faecal Dietary Analysis: A Comparison of qPCR and High Throughput Sequencing Approaches. PLoS One. 2011;6(10):e25776. Epub 2011 Oct 6. PubMed PMID: 21998697; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3188572. more...
  • Zheng, W, Peng, Y, Ma J, Appels R, Sun D, Ma W.High frequency of abnormal high molecular weight glutenin alleles in Chinese wheat landraces of the Yangtze-River region. Journal of Cereal Science (Article in Press) Aug 2011 more...
  • Diepeveen D, Clarke G.P.Y., Ryan K, Tarr A, Ma W, Appels R, Molecular genetic mapping of NIR spectra variation. The Journal of Cereal Science (2011), July 2011 doi:10.1016/j.jcs.2011.07.007 [Ahead of Print]
  • Sinha S, Black ML, Agarwal S, Das R, Bittles AH, Bellgard M. ThalInd, a β-thalassemia and hemoglobinopathies database for India: defining a model country-specific and disease-centric bioinformatics resource. Hum Mutat. 2011 Aug;32(8):887-93. doi: 10.1002/humu.21510. Epub 2011 Jun 23. PubMed PMID: 21520336.more...
  • Bittles AH. Assessing the influence of consanguinity on congenital heart disease. Ann Pediatr Cardiol. 2011 Jul;4(2):111-6. PubMed PMID: 21976867;PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3180965.more...
  • Gao L, Yan X, Li X, Guo G, Hu Y, Ma W, Yan Y. Proteome analysis of wheat leaf under salt stress by two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE). Phytochemistry. 2011 Jul;72(10):1180-91. Epub 2011 Jan 21. PubMed PMID: 21257186.more...
  • Roessner U, Nahid A, Chapman B, Hunter A, and Bellgard M .Systems Biology Metabolomics – The Combination of Analytical Biochemistry, Biology, and Informatics. In: Murray Moo-Young (ed.), Comprehensive Biotechnology, Second Edition, volume 1, pp. 447–459. Elsevier. (In Print - July 2011)
  • Ghamkhar K, Isobe S, Nichols P, Faithfull T, Ryan M, Snowball R, Sato S, Appels R, The first genetic maps for subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.) and comparative genomics with T. pratense L. and Medicago truncatula Gaertn. to identify new molecular markers for breeding. Molecular Breeding. (Article in Press).
  • Moolhuijzen P, Lew-Tabor A, Morgan J, Valle M, Peterson D, Dowd S, Guerrero F, Bellgard MI, Appels R. The complexity of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus genome characterised through detailed analysis of two BAC Clones. more...
  • Barrero RA, Keeble-Gagnère G, Bing Zhang B, Moolhuijzen P,Kazuho Ikeo, Yoshio Tateno, Takashi Gojobori, Guerrero F, Lew-Tabor A, Bellgard MI. Evolutionary conserved microRNAs are ubiquitously expressed compared to tick-specific miRNAs in the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus.BMC Genomics. 2011; 12: Published online 2011 June 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-328. more...
  • Bittles AH. Time to get real: investigating potential beneficial genetic aspects of consanguinity. Public Health Genomics. 2011;14(3):169-71; discussion 172. Epub 2010 Dec 10. PubMed PMID: 21150169. more...
  • Islam S, Ma W, Yan G, Gao L, Appels R. Differential recovery of lupin proteins from the gluten matrix in lupin-wheat bread as revealed by mass spectrometry and two-dimensional electrophoresis. J Agric Food Chem. 2011 Jun 22;59(12):6696-704.Epub 2011 May 24. PubMed PMID: 21548652. more...
  • Lew-Tabor AE, Kurscheid S, Barrero R, Gondro C, Moolhuijzen PM, Rodriguez Valle M, Morgan JA, Covacin C, Bellgard MI. Gene expression evidence for off-target effects caused by RNA interference-mediated gene silencing of Ubiquitin-63E in the cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus. Int J Parasitol. 2011 Jun 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21712043. more...
  • Zou Z, Hu H, Song M, Shen Y, Guo X, McElreavey K, Bittles AH, Wang W. Semen quality analysis of military personnel from six geographical areas of the People's Republic of China. Fertil Steril. 2011 May;95(6):2018-23, 2023.e1-3. Epub 2011 Mar 27. PubMed PMID: 21444069.more...
  • Hamamy H, Antonarakis SE, Cavalli-Sforza LL, Temtamy S, Romeo G, Ten Kate LP,Bennett RL, Shaw A, Megarbane A, van Duijn C, Bathija H, Fokstuen S, Engel E, Zlotogora J, Dermitzakis E, Bottani A, Dahoun S, Morris MA, Arsenault S, Aglan MS, Ajaz M, Alkalamchi A, Alnaqeb D, Alwasiyah MK, Anwer N, Awwad R, Bonnefin M,Corry P, Gwanmesia L, Karbani GA, Mostafavi M, Pippucci T, Ranza-Boscardin E,Reversade B, Sharif SM, Teeuw ME, Bittles AH. Consanguineous marriages, pearls and perils: Geneva International Consanguinity Workshop Report. Genet Med. 2011 May 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21555946. more...
  • Egerbladh I, Bittles AH. Socioeconomic, demographic and legal influences on consanguinity and kinship in northern coastal sweden 1780-1899. J Biosoc Sci. 2011 Jul;43(4):413-35. Epub 2011 Mar 22. PubMed PMID: 21418728. more...
  • Sun Y, He Z, Ma W, Xia X. Alternative splicing in the coding region of Ppo-A1 directly influences the polyphenol oxidase activity in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Funct Integr Genomics. 2011 Mar;11(1):85-93. Epub 2010 Nov 3. PubMed PMID: 21046181.more...
  • She M, Ye X, Yan Y, Howit C, Belgard M, Ma W. Gene networks in the synthesis and deposition of protein polymers during grain development of wheat. Funct Integr Genomics. 2011 Mar;11(1):23-35. Epub 2010 Oct 20. Review. PubMed PMID: 20960020.more...
  • La T, Phillips ND, Wanchanthuek P, Bellgard MI, O'Hara AJ, Hampson DJ. Evidence that the 36kb plasmid of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae contributes to virulence. Vet Microbiol. 2011 Mar 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21458173.more...
  • Jin X, Harasymow S, Bonnardeaux Y, Tarr A, Appels R, Lance R, Zhang G LiC QTLs for malting flavour component associated with pre-harvest sprouting susceptibility in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)Journal of Cereal Science Volume 53, Issue 2, March 2011, Pages 149-153. more...
  • Wang K, Gao L, Wang S, Zhang Y, Li X, Zhang M, Xie Z, Yan Y, Belgard M, Ma W. Phylogenetic relationship of a new class of LMW-GS genes in the M genome of Aegilops comosa. Theor Appl Genet. 2011 May;122(7):1411-25. Epub 2011 Feb 8. PubMed PMID: 21301802. more...
  • Appels R, Adelson DL, Moolhuijzen P, Webster H, Barrero R, Bellgard M. Genome studies at the PAG 2011 conference. Funct Integr Genomics. 2011 Mar 1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21360134. more...
  • Barrero RA, Bellgard M, Zhang X. Diverse approaches to achieving grain yield in wheat. Funct Integr Genomics. 2011 Jan 8.[Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21221697. more...
  • Mago R, Simkova H, Brown-Guedira G, Dreisigacker S, Breen J, Jin Y, Singh R,Appels R, Lagudah ES, Ellis J, Dolezel J, Spielmeyer W. Erratum to: An accurate DNA marker assay for stem rust resistance gene Sr2 in wheat. Theor Appl Genet. 2010 Dec 24. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21184047. more...


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