Select Publications
Book Chapters
2016, 'ePortfolios, Assessment and Professional Skills in the Medical Sciences', in Rowley J (ed.), ePortfolios in Australian Universities, Springer, Singapore, pp. 47 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1732-2_4
,2015, 'Analyzing Ion Permeation in Channels and Pumps Using Patch-Clamp Recording', in Clarke RJ; Khalid MAA (ed.), Pumps, Channels and Transporters Methods of Functional Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, pp. 51 - 88
,Journal articles
2019, 'Revisiting autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (ADNFLE) mutations in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor reveal an increase in efficacy regardless of stochiometry', Pharmacological Research, 139, pp. 215 - 227, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2018.11.031
,2018, 'The teacher-student journey: Program-wide teamwork skills development and evaluation in the medical sciences', International Journal of Assessment and Evaluation, 24, pp. 1 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/2327-7920/cgp/v24i04/1-24
,2018, 'Conditional Upregulation of KCC2 selectively enhances neuronal inhibition during seizures', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/253831
,2017, 'Replicable Expansion and Differentiation of Neural Precursors from Adult Canine Skin.', Stem Cell Reports, 9, pp. 557 - 570, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2017.07.008
,2016, 'Ligand Binding at the α4-α4 Agonist-Binding Site of the α4β2 nAChR Triggers Receptor Activation through a Pre-Activated Conformational State', PLoS One, 11, pp. e0161154 - e0161154, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161154
,2015, 'A Hydrophobic Area of the GABA ρ
2013, 'Covalent trapping of methyllycaconitine at the α4-α4 interface of the α4α2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor: Antagonist binding site and mode of receptor inhibition revealed', Journal of Biological Chemistry, 288, pp. 26521 - 26532, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M113.475053
,2013, 'An optimised 3 M KCl salt-bridge technique used to measure and validate theoretical liquid junction potential values in patch-clamping and electrophysiology', European Biophysics Journal, 42, pp. 631 - 646, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00249-013-0911-3
,2012, 'Mixed antagonistic effects of the ginkgolides at recombinant human ρ1 GABAC receptors', Neuropharmacology, 63, pp. 1127 - 1139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2012.06.067
,2010, 'Conformational changes in extracellular loop 2 associated with signal transduction in the glycine receptor', Journal of Neurochemistry, 115, pp. 1245 - 1255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.07021.x
,2010, 'External divalent cations increase anion-cation permeability ratio in glycine receptor channels', Pflugers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology, 460, pp. 131 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00424-010-0792-6
,2010, 'Further analysis of counterion permeation through anion-selective glycine receptor channels.', Channels, 4, pp. 142 - 149, http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/channels/article/11020
,2009, 'Characterization of the effects of charged residues in the intracellular loop on ion permeation in α1 glycine receptor channels', The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 284, pp. 2023 - 2030, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M806618200
,2009, 'Gating mechanisms in Cys-loop receptors', European Biophysics Journal, 39, pp. 37 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00249-009-0452-y
,2009, 'Pore structure of the Cys-loop ligand-gated ion channels', Neurochemical Research, 34, pp. 1805 - 1815
,2008, 'Anion-cation permeability correlates with hydrated counterion size in glycine receptor channels', Biophysical Journal, 95, pp. 4698 - 4715, http://dx.doi.org/10.1529/biophysj.107.125690
,2006, 'A single P-loop glutamate point mutation to either lysine or arginine switches the cation-anion selectivity of the CNGA2 channel', Journal of General Physiology, 127, pp. 375 - 389, http://dx.doi.org/10.1085/jgp.200509378
,2005, 'Channel gating in the LGIC receptor superfamily – insights into the signal', Physiology News, pp. 27 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.36866/pn.57.27
,2005, 'Mutation of the pore glutamate affects both cytoplasmic and external dequalinium block in the rat olfactory CNGA2 channel', European Biophysics Journal with Biophysics Letters, 34, pp. 442 - 453
,2004, 'In vivo somatic delivery of plasmid DNA and retrograde transport to obtain cell-specific gene expression in the central nervous system', Journal of Neurochemistry, 90, pp. 1445 - 1452
,2004, 'Mechanisms of channel gating of the ligand-gated ion channelsuperfamily inferred from protein structure', Experimental Physiology, 89, pp. 145 - 153
,2003, 'Kinetic determinants of agonist potency at the recombinant human glycine receptor', The Journal of Physiology, 549, pp. 361 - 374
,2003, 'Role of charged residues in coupling ligand binding and channel activation in the extracellular domain of the clycine receptor', The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278, pp. 50151 - 50157
,2002, 'Hyperekplexia associated with compound heterozygote mutations in the β-subunit of the human inhibitory glycine receptor (GLRB).', Human Molecular Genetics, 11, pp. 853 - 860, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hmg/11.7.853
,2001, 'Compound heterozygosity and nonsense mutations in the α1-subunit of the inhibitory glycine receptor in hyperekplexia', Human Genetics, 109, pp. 267 - 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004390100569
,2000, 'A transient hyperekplexia phenotype associated with compound heterozygote mutations in the human beta-subunit of the inhibitory glycine receptor (GLRB).', AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS, 67, pp. 391 - 391, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000089400702194&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,1999, 'Identification of a new ligand binding domain in the alpha1 subunit of the inhibitory glycine receptor', Journal of Neurochemistry, pp. 2158 - 2166
,1999, 'Structure-function relationships of the human glycine receptor: Insights from hyperekplexia mutations', Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, pp. 681 - 684
,1998, 'Properties of human glycine receptors containing the hyperekplexia mutation α1 (K276E), expressed in Xenopus oocytes', Journal of Physiology, 507, pp. 25 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.025bu.x
,1997, 'The ion channel properties of a rat recombinant neuronal nicotinic receptor are dependent on the host cell type', Journal of Physiology, 505, pp. 299 - 306, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.299bb.x
,1997, 'Recombinant nicotinic receptors, expressed in Xenopus oocytes, do not resemble native rat sympathetic ganglion receptors in single-channel behaviour', Journal of Physiology, 500, pp. 123 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1997.sp022004
,1994, 'Immunolabelling for VDAC, the mitochondrial voltage-dependent anion channel, on sarcoplasmic reticulum from amphibian skeletal muscle', Neuroscience Letters, 181, pp. 83 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-3940(94)90565-7
,1992, 'Ultrastructure of sarcoballs on the surface of skinned amphibian skeletal muscle fibres', Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility, 13, pp. 640 - 653, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01738254
,Conference Papers
2017, 'TEAMWORK SKILLS BUILDING AND REFLECTIVE PRACTICE IN THE MEDICAL SCIENCES USING EPORTFOLIO LEARNING AND AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT', in Chova LG; Martinez AL; Torres IC (eds.), 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION AND NEW LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES (EDULEARN17), IATED-INT ASSOC TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT, SPAIN, Barcelona, pp. 2086 - 2086, presented at 9th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN), SPAIN, Barcelona, 03 July 2017 - 05 July 2017, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000491356002027&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,Conference Posters
2014, 'A novel startle disease mutation reveals the significance of W170 in glycine receptor function', Mt Holyoke College, MA, USA, presented at Gordon Research Conference. Ion Channels: The Molecular Basis of Excitability and Disease., Mt Holyoke College, MA, USA, 06 July 2014 - 11 July 2014
,Conference Presentations
2011, 'An improved method, with theoretical analysis, for the simple experimental measurement of liquid junction potentials', presented at Joint ASB-BioPhysChem 2011 Conference, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia, 03 December 2011 - 06 December 2011
,2011, 'Conformational changes in extracellular loop 2 associated with signal transduction in the glycine receptor', presented at 23rd ISN-ESN Biennial Meeting, Athens, Greece, 28 August 2011 - 01 September 2011, https://www.neurochemistry.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2011-Programme-book.pdf
,Conference Abstracts
2015, 'Exploiting ligand selectivity to understand allosteric receptor opening', in BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY, PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, IL, Chicago, Vol. 97, pp. 624 - 624, presented at Conference on Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors as Therapeutic Targets - Emerging Frontiers in Basic Research and Clinical Science, IL, Chicago, 14 October 2015 - 15 October 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bcp.2015.08.012
,2011, 'Investigating the role of loop 9 in glycine receptor signal transduction.', in Gage conference, presented at Gage conference
,2009, 'Conformational changes in extracellular loop 2 associated with signal transduction in the glycine receptor', in Gage conference, presented at Gage conference
,2009, 'Loop 2 in the extracellular domain of the glycine receptor is involved in signal transduction', in Proceedings of Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL, USA., presented at Society for Neuroscience 2009, Chicago, IL, USA.
,2008, 'Conformational changes in extracellular loop 2 associated with signal transduction in the glycine receptor.', in The Australian Society for Biophysics, presented at The Australian Society for Biophysics
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