By Associate Professor Brendan Burns

Journal articles

Blaber EA; Dvorochkin N; Torres ML; Yousuf R; Burns BP; Globus RK; Almeida EAC, 2014, 'Mechanical unloading of bone in microgravity reduces mesenchymal and hematopoietic stem cell-mediated tissue regeneration', Stem Cell Research, 13, pp. 181 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scr.2014.05.005

Montgomery K; Charlesworth JC; LeBard R; Visscher PT; Burns BP, 2013, 'Quorum sensing in extreme environments', Life, 3, pp. 131 - 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life3010131

Blaber EA; Dvorochkin N; Lee C; Alwood JS; Yousuf R; Pianetta PA; Globus RK; Burns BP; Almeida EAC, 2013, 'Microgravity Induces Pelvic Bone Loss through Osteoclastic Activity, Osteocytic Osteolysis, and Osteoblastic Cell Cycle Inhibition by CDKN1a/p21', PLoS One, 8, pp. Article numbere61372, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061372

Burns BP; Gudhka RK; Neilan BA, 2012, 'Genome sequence of the halophilic archaeon Halococcus hamelinensis', Journal of Bacteriology, 194, pp. 2100 - 2101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.06599-11

Storey MV; van der Gaag B; Burns BP, 2011, 'Advances in on-line drinking water quality monitoring and early warning systems.', Water Research, 45, pp. 741 - 747, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2010.08.049

Leuko S; Neilan BA; Burns BP; Walter MR; Rothschild L, 2011, 'Molecular assessment of UVC radiation-induced DNA damage repair in the stromatolitic halophilic archaeon, Halococcus hamelinensis', Photochemistry and Photobiology, 102, pp. 140 - 145

Goh F; Jeon YJ; Barrow KD; Neilan BA; Burns BP, 2011, 'Osmoadaptive strategies of the archaeon Halococcus hamelinensis isolated from a hypersaline stromatolite environment', Astrobiology, 11, pp. 529 - 536, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/ast.2010.0591

Marcal H; Burns BP, 2010, 'A human mission to Mars: A bioastronautics analysis of the biomedical risks and challenges', Journal of Cosmology, 12, pp. 3748 - 3757

Blaber E; Marcal H; Burns BP, 2010, 'Bioastronautics: The influence of microgravity on astronaut health.', Astrobiology, 10, pp. 463 - 473

Leuko S; Rothschild L; Burns BP, 2010, 'Halophilic archaea and the search for extinct and extant life on Mars', Journal of Cosmology, 5, pp. 940 - 950

Goh QY; Barrow KD; Burns BP; Neilan BA, 2010, 'Identification and regulation of novel compatible solutes from hypersaline stromatolite-associated cyanobacteria', Archives of Microbiology, 192, pp. 1031 - 1038, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00203-010-0634-0

Blaber E; Marcal H; Foster LJ; Burns BP, 2010, 'In space no one can hear you sneeze.', Australasian Science Magazine, June 10, pp. 29 - 31, http://www.australasianscience.com.au/article/issue-june-2010/space-no-one-can-hear-you-sneeze.html

Burns BP, 2010, 'Life: Not as we know it', Journal of Cosmology, 13, pp. 3621 - 3624

Allen MA; Neilan BA; Burns BP; Jahnke LL; Summons RE, 2010, 'Lipid biomarkers in Hamelin Pool microbial mats and stromatolites', Organic Geochemistry, 41, pp. 1207 - 1218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.07.007

Allen MA; Goh F; Burns BP; Neilan BA, 2009, 'Bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic diversity of smooth and pustular microbial mat communities in the hypersaline lagoon of Shark Bay', Geobiology, 7, pp. 82 - 96

Goh F; Allen MA; Leuko S; Kawaguchi T; Decho A; Burns BP; Neilan BA, 2009, 'Determining the specific microbial populations and their spatial distribution within the stromatolite ecosystem of Shark Bay', ISME Journal, 3, pp. 383 - 396

Leuko S; Raftery MJ; Burns BP; Walter MR; Neilan BA, 2009, 'Global protein-level responses of halobacterium salinarum NRC-1 to prolonged changes in external sodium chloride concentrations', Journal of Proteome Research, 8, pp. 2218 - 2225

Jungblut A; Allen MA; Burns BP; Neilan BA, 2009, 'Lipid biomarker analysis of cyanobacteria-dominated microbial mats in meltwater ponds on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica', Organic Geochemistry, 40, pp. 258 - 269

Burns BP; Anitori R; Butterworth P; Henneberger R; Goh F; Allen MA; Ibanez-Peral R; Bergquist P; Walter MR; Neilan BA, 2009, 'Modern analogues and the early history of microbial life', Precambrian Research, 173, pp. 10 - 18

Burns BP, 2009, 'Understanding the Origins of Life on Earth', Journal of Cosmology, 1, pp. 60 - 62

Allen MA; Goh QY; Leuko S; Igo A; Mizuki T; Usami R; Karnekura M; Neilan BA; Burns BP, 2008, 'Haloferax elongans sp nov and Haloterax mucosum sp nov., isolated from microbial mats from Hamelin Pool, Shark Bay, Australia', International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 58, pp. 798 - 802, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65360-0

Leuko S; Goh QY; Ibanezz-Peral R; Burns BP; Walter MR; Neilan BA, 2008, 'Lysis efficiency of standard DNA extraction methods for Halococcus spp. in an organic rich environment', Extremophiles, 12, pp. 301 - 308, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00792-007-0124-8

Castiglioni S; Pomati F; Miller K; Burns BP; Zuccato E; Calamari D; Neilan BA, 2008, 'Novel homologs of the multiple resistance regulator marA in antibiotic-contaminated environments', Water Research, 42, pp. 4271 - 4280

Burns B; Neilan B, 2008, 'Session 18. Functional Complexity of Modern Stromatolites and Microbial Mats', Astrobiology, 8, pp. 378 - 383, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/ast.2008.1242

Goh F; Jeon YJ; Barrow K; Neilan BA; Burns BP, 2007, 'Osmoadaptation of microorganisms from stromatolites', , pp. 203 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.11490/isea.2005.0.203.0

Leuko S; Goh F; Allen MA; Burns BP; Walter MR; Neilan BA, 2007, 'Analysis of intergenic spacer region length polymorphisms to investigate the halophilic archaeal diversity of stromatolites and microbial mats', Extremophiles, 11, pp. 203 - 210

Marshall C; Leuko S; Coyle C; Walter MR; Burns BP; Neilan BA, 2007, 'Carotenoid analysis of halophilic archaea by resonance Raman Spectroscopy', Astrobiology, 7, pp. 631 - 643

Munchhoff J; Hirose E; Maruyama T; Sunairi M; Burns BP; Neilan BA, 2007, 'Host specificity and phylogeography of the prochlorophyte Prochloron sp., an obligate symbiont in didemnid ascidians', Environmental Microbiology, 9, pp. 890 - 899

D Elia M; Blanco A; Licchelli D; Orofino V; Fonti S; Pomati F; Burns BP, 2007, 'Physical characterisation of biotic and abiotic minerals of exobiological interest', Il Nuovo Cimento, pp. 833 - 842

Pomati F; Kellmann R; Cavaliere R; Burns BP; Neilan BA, 2006, 'Comparative gene expression of PSP-toxin producing and non-toxic Anabaena circinalis strains', Environment International, 32, pp. 743 - 748, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2006.03.010

Goh QY; Leuko S; Allen MA; Bowman J; Kamekura M; Neilan BA; Burns BP, 2006, 'Halococcus hamelinensis sp nov., a novel halophilic archaeon isolated from stromatolites in Shark Bay, Australia', International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 56, pp. 1323 - 1329

D Elia M; Blanco A; Licchelli D; Orofino V; Fonti S; Pomati F; Burns BP, 2006, 'Infrared spectral properties of recent and fossil biominerals of Martian interest', Nuovo Cimento della Societa Italiana di Fisica B - General Physics Relativity Astronomy and Mathematical Physics and Methods, 121, pp. 833 - 842

Burns BP; Pomati F; Goh F; Yasar S; Neilan BA, 2006, 'Stromatolites as a resource for novel natural products', Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, 36, pp. 623 - 624

Hawkins PR; Novic S; Cox P; Neilan BA; Burns BP; Shaw G; Wickramasinghe WA; Peerapornpisal Y; Ruangyuttikarn W; Itayama T; Shaitou T; Mizuochi M; Inamori Y, 2005, 'A review of analytical methods for assessing the public health risk from microcystin in the aquatic environment', Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology, 54, pp. 509 - 518

Jungblut A; Hawes I; Mountfort D; Hitzfeld B; Dietrich D; Burns BP; Neilan BA, 2005, 'Diversity within cyanobacterial mat communities in variable salinity meltwater ponds of McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica', Environmental Microbiology, 7, pp. 519 - 529

Burns BP; Seifert A; Goh F; Pomati F; Jungblut A; Yasar SA; Neilan BA, 2005, 'Genetic potential for secondary metabolite production in stromatolite communities', FEMS Microbiology Letters, 243, pp. 293 - 301, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T2W-4F3FBHT-3/2/d650a0cb2be4dfcc17a343948e716905

Dasey M; Ryan N; Wilson J; McGregor G; Fabbro L; Neilan BA; Burns BP; Kankaanpaa H; Morrison L; Codd G; Rissik D; Bowling L, 2005, 'Investigations into the taxonomy, toxicity and ecology of benthiccyano bacterial accumulations in Myall Lake, Australia', Marine and Freshwater Research, 56, pp. 45 - 55

Burns BP; Neilan BA; Goh QY, 2004, 'Dynamics of cyanobacterial communities in living stromatolites.', Current Trends in Microbiology, 1, pp. 103 - 106

Pomati F; Burns BP; Neilan BA, 2004, 'Identification of an Na(+)-dependent transporter associated with saxitoxin-producing strains of the cyanobacterium Anabaena circinalis', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70, pp. 4711 - 4719

Pomati F; Rossetti C; Manarolla G; Burns BP; Neilan BA, 2004, 'Interactions between intracellular Na+ levels and saxitoxin production in Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii T3', Microbiology, 150, pp. 455 - 461

Burns BP; Goh QY; Allen MA; Neilan BA, 2004, 'Microbial diversity of extant stromatolites in the hypersaline marine environment of Shark Bay, Australia', Environmental Microbiology, 6, pp. 1096 - 1101

P Burns B; A Neilan B, 2004, 'The living rocks of Shark Bay', Microbiology Australia, 25, pp. 18 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ma04118

Pomati F; Neilan BA; Burns BP, 2004, 'Use of Ion-Channel Modulating Agents to Study Cyanobacterial Na+-K+ Fluxes', Biological Procedures Online, 6, pp. 137 - 143

Mendz GL; Burns BP, 2003, 'Characterization of Arginine Transport in Helicobacter pylori', Helicobacter, 8, pp. 245 - 251

Saito T; Okano K; Park H; Itayama T; Inamori Y; Neilan BA; Burns BP; Sugiura N, 2003, 'Detection and sequencing of the microcystin LR-degrading gene, mlrA, from new bacteria isolated from Japanese lakes', FEMS Microbiology Letters, 229, pp. 271 - 276

Kavermann H; Burns BP; Angermuller K; Odenbreit S; Fischer W; Melchers K; hAAS R, 2003, 'Identification and characterization of Helicobacter pylori genes essential for gastric colonization', Journal of Experimental Medicine, 197, pp. 813 - 822

Neilan BA; Saker M; Fastner J; Torokne A; Burns BP, 2003, 'Phylogeography of the invasive cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii', Molecular Ecology, 12, pp. 133 - 140

Burns BP; Feitz AJ; Lukondeh T; Moffitt MC; Naidoo D; Della Vedova J; Gooden J; Neilan BA, 2002, 'Absence of cyanobacterial toxin (microcystin-LR) carry-over into milk', Toxicon, 40, pp. 1173 - 1180

Feitz AJ; Lukondeh T; Moffitt MC; Burns BP; Naidoo D; Vedova JD; Gooden J; Neilan BA, 2002, 'Absence of detectable levels of the cyanobacterial toxin (microcystin-LR) carry-over into milk', Toxicon, 40, pp. 1173 - 1180

Neilan BA; Burns BP; Relman D; Lowe D, 2002, 'Genetic diversity, ecology, and evolution of stromatolite-associated cyanobacteria', Astrobiology, 2, pp. 271 - 280

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