Mycology Lab ITS

Past Lab Members

		Postdoctoral Fellows and Researchers Ph.D. Students Undergraduate Students Students �Diploma = M.SC. & Honours� Guests Past Research Assistants

Postdoctoral Fellows and Researchers

? Dr. Felix Gilgado, Jan. 2008-Feb 2009	fgilgado10@hotmail.com
? Dr. Carol Serena, Jan. 2008-Feb 2009	carolserena@gmail.com
? Dr. Clement K. M. Tsui, Jan 2006-Dec. 2007	clementsui@gmail.com
? Dr. Haydar Karaoglu, Sept. 2004-Dec. 2005	haydar_karaoglu@wmi.usyd.edu.au
? Crystal Lee, Jan. 2004-Jan. 2005	clee@george.org.au
? Eelse Akker, March 2001-Dec. 2001	jivan_80@hotmail.com
? Dr. Catriona Halliday, Jan. 2001-Jan. 2002	catriona74@optusnet.com.au
? Dr. Peter Zuccolotto, July 1998-Dec. 1999
? Dr. Mario Lorenz, June 1996-April 1998
? Dr. Marcus Sch�tz, Jan. 1996-June 1996	mschuetz@freenet.de

Ph.D. Students

? Popchai Ngamsklurungroj, Ph.D., University of Sydney, 2004-2008. Project :"Molecular characterization of the Vancouver Island Cryptococcus gattii outbreak strains and their placement within the Cryptococcus species complex"	popchai@yahoo.com
? Sarah Kidd, Ph.D., University of Sydney, 2000-2003. Project : "Molecular Epidemiology and Characterization of Genetic Structure to Assess Speciation within the Cryptococcus neoformans complex"	sarah.kidd@med.monash.edu.au
? Haydar Karaoglu, Ph.D., University of Sydney, 1999-2005. Project : "Development of a microsatellite based DNA profiling system for Cryptococcus neoformans"	haydar_karaoglu@wmi.usyd.edu.au
? Nicolas G. Latouche, Ph.D., University of Sydney, 1997-2002. Project : "Development of molecular tools for Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii and their application to characterization of the phospholipase B gene."	Nicolas_Latouche@bd.com
? Heide-Marie Daniel, Ph.D., Technical University, Berlin, Germany, 1997-2002. Project : "Molecular Phylogeny applied to Candida species and related ascomycetous yeasts"	heide-marie.daniel@uclouvain.be

In association with an other lab

? Ahmed Hanafy, Ph.D. Chiba University, Chiba, Japan, 2005-2007. Project: " Identification, Characterization and Application of Simple Sequence Repeats in Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii"	amedo@nms.ac.jp
? Luciana Trilles, Ph.D. University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2005-2008. Project: " Molecular typing and genetic analysis of C. neoformans in Brazil"	luciana.trilles@ipec.fiocruz.br
? Leona Therese Campbell, Ph.D. University of Sydney, 2001-2005. Project: "Recombination studies in Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii"
? Jacqueline Montanaro-Punzengruber, part-time Ph.D. thesis, University of Sydney, 1997-2005. Project: "The identification and investigation of virulence factors in Legionella longbeachae"	jacquie@punzengruber.com
? Katrin Kuhls, Ph.D. thesis, Humboldt University at Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 1992-1997. Project: "Anwendung und Bewertung DNA-analytischer Methoden zur L�sung taxonomisch-phylogenetischer Fragestellungen bei filamentUosen Pilzen am Beispiel der Gattung Trichoderma."
? Olaf Meusel, M.D. thesis, Humboldt University at Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 1992-1996. Project: "Diferenzierung klinischer Candida albicans Isolate mittels PCR-fingerprinting."	Olaf.Meusel@t-online.de

Undergraduate Students

? Katharina Ulrich, 3rd year project, Westf�lische Wilhelms-Universit�t, M�nster, Germany, 2006. Project: "The application of microsatellites for strain typing of cryptococcal isolates"	katharina.ulrich@gmail.com
? Crystal Lee, 3rd year project, University of Sydney, 2002. Project: "The isolation of microsatellite loci from Cryptococcus neoformans"	clee@george.org.au
? Madina Omar, 3rd year project, University of Technology, Sydney, 2000. Project: "Phylogenetic analysis of medical important Candida species using SSU sequence data."
? Krishanthi Nallaretuam, 3rd year project, University of Western Sydney, 2000. Project: "Isolation of microsatellite markers from the genomic library of Cryptococcus neoformans"
? Robert T. Gange, 3rd year project, University of Western Sydney, 2000. Project: "Isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans from the environment around Sydney"
? Paul Ribas, student project, University of Western Sydney, 2000. Project: "Selection of genes, which could be used for phylogenetic analyses among Candida species."
? Catherine Hitchcock, student project, University of Western Sydney, 1999. Project: " Molecular epidemiology of clinical and environmental isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans from Tamil Nadu, India"
? Vennesa Peich, student project, University of Western Sydney, 1998. Project: " The Comparison of two DNA extraction techniques generating low and high molecular weight DNA for PCR-fingerprinting and RAPD analyses of Cryptococcus neoformans isolates"

Students � Diploma = M.SC. & Honours �

Lok Hei Chan, B.Sc. Master Sc in Medicine, University of Western Sydney, 2009	jack_chan_1985@yahoo.com.hk
Rosemary Siafakas, B.Sc. Honours thesis, University of Western Sydney, 2002 Project: "Investigating the Origin of Cryptococcus neoformans Serotype AD"
Stuart Jackson, B.Sc. Honours thesis, University of Western Sydney, 2001 Project: "The URA5 Gene of Cryptococcus neoformans: It's use as an auxotrophic selection marker for biolistic transformation and as a target for RFLP typing"
Sarah Kidd, B.Sc. Honours thesis, University of Sydney, 1999 Project: "Molecular Epidemiology and Characterisation of Molecular types of Cryptococcus neoformans"	sarah.kidd@med.monash.edu.au
David Wood, B.Sc. Honours thesis, University of Sydney, 1999 Project: "Characterisation of possible virulence genes from Cryptococcus neoformans previously obtained by differential display."
Mitra Amirmostofian, Master Sc. in Medicine thesis, University of Sydney, 1997 Project: "Molecular epidemiology of Cryptococcus neoformans."
Nicolas G. Latouche, B.Sc. Honours thesis, University of Sydney, 1996 Project: "Identification of Candida species and related genera based on genotypic and phenotypic characteristics"	Nicolas_Latouche@bd.com
Heide-Marie Daniel, Diploma thesis, Technical University, Berlin, Germany, 1996 Project: "Rekonstruktion phylogenetischer Beziehungen zwischen Hefen mittels DNA-Sequenzanalyse"	heide-marie.daniel@uclouvain.be

In association with an other lab

? Patricia Escandon, MSc. thesis, Instituto National de Salut, Bogota, Colombia, 2004-2005 Project: "Characterization of the C. neoformans species complex in Colombia"	p_escand@yahoo.com
? Alexandra Casta�eda, MSc. thesis, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogot�, Colombia, 2001-2003 Project: Molecular typing of Colombian Cryptococcus isolates"	alejita25@yahoo.com

Ana Lusia Leal, Visiting PhD student, April 2009-October 2009 Department of Biotechnology - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil	lusialeal@yahoo.com.br
Anne-Marije Minten, Internship, Feb. 2008-June 2008 Laboratorium- Milieu- & Procestechniek (LMP), Regionaal Opleidings Center (ROC), Eindhoven	moiannemarije@hotmail.com
Dr. Wisal Gaafar Abdalla Babiker, Visiting Scientist, Aug. 2006-April 2008 Central Veterinary Research Laboratories, Khartoum, Sudan	wisalgafar8@yahoo.com
Dr. Laurence Delhaes, Visiting Scientist, July 2004-July 2005 Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Facult� de M�decine and Institut Pasteur de Lille, France	Laurence.delhaes@yahoo.com
Pr. Elizabeth Casta�eda, Visiting Scientist, March 2002 Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogot�, Colombia	ecastaneda@ins.gov.co
Alexandra Casta�eda, Visiting Scientist, April 2001-Nov. 2001 Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogot�, Colombia	alejita25@yahoo.com
Eelse Akker, Visiting Scientist, March 2001-Dec. 2001 Centraalbureau for Schimmelcultures, Utrecht, The Netherlands	jivan_80@hotmail.com
Tommy B. Letsoalo, Visiting Scientist, Nov. 1999-Jan. 2000 Medunsa University, Pretoria, South Africa	t_letsoalo@hotmail.com
Karen Roger, Visiting Scientist, Dec. 1998 Auckland Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand	karenr1@ihug.co.nz
Claudia Hardtke, Visiting Student, Nov.-Dec. 1998 Universit�t Potsdam, Germany
Katharina Methling, Visiting Student, Nov.-Dec. 1998 Universit�t Potsdam, Germany
Dr. Ricardo Pereira Igreja, Visiting Scientist, Oct. 1997-March 1998 Universitario Clementino Fraga Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	rpigreja@cives.ufrj.br
Rian de Pagter, Visiting Scientist, Oct.- ec. 1997 Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS), Baarn-Delft, The Netherlands	rian.de.pagter@cbs.knaw.nl

Past Research Assistants

? Matthew Hugnh
? Nathalie van de Wiele, Oct. 2006-Aug. 2008 nathalie@vdwiele.com