Dr Morley Muralitharan
  Phone   +61 3 522 72850
Email   morley.muralitharan@deakin.edu.au
Position   Senior Lecturer
Campus   Geelong

Research interests

  1. Legal Liabilities of Genetically Modified (GM) Agricultural Crops
  2. Commercial Applications of Open Innovation and Intellectual Property (IP) in Biotechnology

Career

2009 - LLB, 2010 - Graduate Diploam in Legal Practice, 2005 - MBA , 1993 - PhD, 1988 - B Ag Sc (Hons)
2001 - Senior Lecturer, Lecturer Deakin University Australia
1997-2000 Lecturer in Biotechnology Charles Sturt University Australia
1994 - 1997 Lecturer in Molecular Biology Victoria University Australia
1992 - 1994 Lecturer in Genetic Engineering University of Tasmania Australia

Key publications

Lambeth, L ., Moore, R., Muralitharan, M. and Doran, T. (2007) Suppression of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus Replication by Small Interfering RNA and Short Hairpin RNA-Mediated RNA Interference Veterinary Microbiology Vol 119, pp. 132-143 Elsevier BV, Netherlands

Lambeth, L., Wise, T., Moore, R.., Muralitharan, M. and Doran, T. (2006) Comparison of Bovine RNA Polymerase III Promoters for Short Hairpin RNA Expression Animal Genetics Vol 37, No 4, pp. 369-372 Blackwell Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom

Lambeth, L., Moore, R., Muralitharan, M., Dalrymple, B., McWilliam, S. and Doran, T. (2005) Characterisation and application of a bovine U6 promoter for expression of short hairpin RNAs BMC Biotechnology Vol 5, pp. 1-13 BioMed Central Ltd., United Kingdom

Ostrowska, E., Cross, R., Warner, R., Muralitharan, M., Bauman, D. and Dunshea, F. (2005) Dietary conjugated linoleic acid improves carcass leanness without altering meat quality in the growing pig Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture Vol 45, pp. 691-697 CSIRO Publishing, Australia

Crowley, T., Muralitharan, M. and Stevenson, T. (2003) Isolating Conifer DNA: A Superior Polysaccharide Elimination Method Plant Molecular Biology Reporter Vol 21, pp. 1-4 NRC Research Press, Canada

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PhD students

Student nameThesis title
Luke Lambeth (2007)Characterisation and Comparison of Bovine RNA Polymerase III Promoters for RNA Interference Tamsyn Crowley (2006)Variation in Cyclaneusma minus Isolates; Fungal Pathogen of Pinus radiata Ben Maynard (2006)Investigation of Abalone Mitochondrial DNA and New Applications  

 

Masters students

Student nameThesis title Kathleen McLachlan (Thesis Submitted)Development of Combinatoral RNAi Transgenes Targetting Influenza Virus  

 

Honours students

Student nameThesis title Vimala Srinivasan (2012)Open Innovation in Drug Discovery and Development  

 

Teaching areas

SLE705 Biopharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, SLE701 Foundations of Biotechnology, SLE335 Industrial
Applications of Science, SLE708 Professional Practice Project


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22nd September 2011