Dr Catherine Butler
CONTACT
E-mail: cbutler@unimelb.edu.au
Telephone: +61 3 9341 1565
QUALIFICATIONS
- BSc (Hons), The University of Melbourne
- PhD, The University of Melbourne
RESEARCH INTERESTS
(Projects that are available for BSc Honours, MSC, and PhD students are indicated by an asterisk*)
- Iron and haem transport in bacteria*
- Bacterial gene expression*
- Regulation of gene expression by small RNAs*
- DNA binding proteins of P. gingivalis*
- Expression profiling of P. gingivalis, Treponema denticola and Tannerella forsythensis by microarray analysis and real time PCR* s
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
- Iron and haem transport in Porphyromonas gingivalis*
- Purification and characterisation of DNA binding proteins of P. gingivalis*
- Analysis of P. gingivalis transcriptome by microarray analysis and real time PCR*
CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
Recent Publications
- Cheng O, Butler C, Lissel P, Snelgrove S and Dashper S. (2002) Effect of haemin limitation on the extracellular proteolytic activity of the periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis. Periodontology 23:22-29.
Manuscripts Submitted or In Preparation
- Dashper SG, Butler CA, Lissel JP, Paolini, RA, Hoffman, B, Veith, PD, O’Brien-Simpson, NM, Snelgrove SL, Tsiros JT and Reynolds EC. A novel Porphyromonas gingivalis FeoB plays a role in manganese accumulation. Submitted to Journal of Biological Chemistry Mar 2005.
- Butler CA, Dashper SG, Lissel, JP, Chiew, V, Hoffmann, B, Paolini, RA, O’Brien-Simpson, NM, Reynolds, EC. The Porphyromonas gingivalis Htr transport system plays a role in haem transport and is essential for virulence. In preparation.
Conference Papers
- S Dashper, C Butler, P Veith, P Lissel, R Paolini, V Chiew, EC Reynolds. Porphyromonas gingivalis haem / iron acquisition and virulence. The Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, September 2004, Sydney, Australia.
- L Kaing, S Dashper, C Butler, P. Lissel, E Reynolds. Characterisation of Porphyromonas gingivalis FeoB transporters. The International Association for Dental Research ANZ Division, September 2004, Fiji.
- CA Butler, SG Dashper, JP Lissel, SL Snelgrove, RA Paolini, EC Reynolds. Ferrous iron acquisition and virulence in Porphyromonas gingivalis. The International Association for Dental Research ANZ Division, September 2003, Melbourne, Australia. J. Dent. Res. 82:96
- SG Dashper, PD Veith, CA Butler, EC Reynolds. Roles of Porphyromonas gingivalis cell surface proteinases in iron, protoporphyrin IX and peptide acquisition and assimilation. The International Association for Dental Research ANZ Division, September 2003, Melbourne, Australia. J. Dent. Res. 82:89
- SG Dashper, C Butler, S Snelgrove, P Lissel, N Slakeski, EC Reynolds. Role of Porphyromonas gingivalis FeoB in iron acquisition and virulence. 81st General Session of the International Association for Dental Research, June 2003, Gothenburg, Sweden. J. Dent. Res. 81:314.
- SG Dashper, C Butler, P Lissel, S Snelgrove, R Paolini, N Slakeski , N O’Brien-Simpson, EC Reynolds. Iron acquisition and virulence of Porphyromonas gingivalis. Bacterial Pathogenesis Conference, The Australian Society for Microbiology. May 2003.
- CA Butler, SG Dashper, JP Lissel, RA Paolini, N Slakeski, SM Cleal, EC Reynolds. Haem and iron transport in Porphyromonas gingivalis. The Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, September 2002, Melbourne, Australia.
CURRENT GRANTS
- Purification and characterisation of the Fur protein of P. gingivalis
MEMBERSHIPS
- The Australian Society for Microbiology
- The International Association for Dental Research