Sebastian Kurscheid


Contact Details

Office: Murdoch Campus, BITL Building, Room 3.002
Phone Number: +61 8 9360 2790
Fax Number: +61 8 9360 7238
Mailing Address: Centre for Comparative Genomics,
Murdoch University,
Perth WA 6150,
Australia
E-Mail Address: skurscheid@ccg.murdoch.edu.au
Current project: Identification of novel tick antigens

Information

Qualifications

Certified IT Professional for Application Development Chamber of Commerce, Bochum, Germany
BSc (Molecular Biology and Biomedical Science) Murdoch University

Research Interests

  • Molecular Parasitology of hematophagus arthropods (ticks, mosquitoes, flies)
  • Genomic determinants of parasite-host interaction
  • Functional Genomics
  • RNA interference in vitro and in vivo
  • Gene expression studies
  • Bioinformatics for molecular biologists

Professional Associations

Conference contributions

Kurscheid S, Rodriguez Valle M, Moolhuijzen P, Barrero R, Guerrero F, Lew A, Bellgard M. 2008. In silico prediction of tick vaccine candidates.
Australian Society for Parasitology & Australian Research Council/National Health and Medical Research Council, Research Network for Parasitology Annual Conference, 6-9th July 2008, Adelaide, Australia.
Abstract accepted.

Lew A, Jackson L, Rodriguez Valle M, Kurscheid S, Moolhuijzen P, Jones M, Piper E, Constantinoiu C, Jorgensen W, Jonsson N; Bellgard M, and Guerrero F. 2008. Reverse vaccinology approach to identify Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus tick vaccine candidates.
Australian Society for Parasitology & Australian Research Council/National Health and Medical Research Council, Research Network for Parasitology Annual Conference, 6-9th July 2008, Adelaide, Australia.
Abstract accepted.

Kurscheid S, Rodriguez Valle M, Zhang B, Bruyeres A, Minchin C, Barrero R, Guerrero F, Bellgard M, and Lew A. 2008. Putative RNA interference pathway in ticks.
The VI International Conference on Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens (TTP-6), 21-26th September 2008, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Abstract accepted.

Kurscheid S, Rodriguez Valle M, Guerrero F, Lew A, and Bellgard M. 2008. Serine proteinase inhibitor families in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus.
The VI International Conference on Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens (TTP-6), 21-26th September 2008, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Abstract accepted.

Lew A, Jackson L, Rodriguez Valle M, Piper E, Kurscheid S, Moolhuijzen P, Constantinoiu C, Jones M, Jorgensen W, Gondro C, Bruyeres A, Jarrett S, Minchin C, Venus B, Zhang B, Bellgard M, Guerrero F, and Jonsson N. 2008. Reverse vaccinology approach for the identification of novel Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus vaccine candidates.
The VI International Conference on Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens (TTP-6), 21-26th September 2008, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Abstract accepted.

Rodriguez Valle M, Lew A, Gondro C, Kurscheid S, Jarrett S, Minchin C, Moolhuijzen P, Bellgard M, and Guerrero F. 2008. Transcriptome analysis of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus.
The VI International Conference on Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens (TTP-6), 21-26th September 2008, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Abstract accepted.