Research interests
Interactions of plants with microorganisms, especially fungi and oomycetes
Mechanisms of plant disease resistance
Interactions of native plants with Phytophthora cinnamomi
Plant productivity in natural and agricultural systems
Use of nanoparticles in plant science
Teaching interests
Agricultural Biotechnology
Plant Biology
Plant Pathology
Units taught
SLE 132 Biology: Form and Function
SLE 208 Forensic Biology (Forensic Botany component)
SLE 703 Agricultural Biotechnology
Knowledge areas
Plant Biology
Plant Pathology
Agricultural Biotechnology
Agricultural Nanotechnology
Awards
2002 - Certificate of Appreciation, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, in recognition of reseacrh effort and successful supervsion of higher degree by research students
2005 - Award for high achievement in unit evaluation in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences
2006/2007 - Certificate of Recognition for achieving the highest score in the combined research performance index in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences
2008 - Commendation for Excellence in Teaching, for outstanding student evaluation results, School of Life and Environmental Sciences
2009 - Certificate of Recognition, for outstanding student evaluation results, School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Publications
Biochar for delivery of agri-inputs: current status and future perspectives
P Sashidhar, M Kochar, B Singh, M Gupta, D Cahill, A Adholeya, M Dubey
(2020), pp. 1-19, Science of the total environment, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Microbial biofilms in nature: unlocking their potential for agricultural applications
A Pandit, A Adholeya, D Cahill, L Brau, M Kochar
(2020), pp. 1-13, Journal of applied microbiology, Chichester, Eng., C1
M Shettigar, S Balotra, A Kasprzak, S Pearce, M Lacey, M Taylor, J Liu, D Cahill, J Oakeshott, G Pandey
(2020), Vol. 86, pp. 1-17, Applied and environmental microbiology, Washington, D.C., C1
M Islam, H Gan, M Ziemann, H Hussain, T Arioli, D Cahill
(2020), Vol. 11, Frontiers in Plant Science, Lausanne, Switzerland, C1
Sagar Arya, James Rookes, David Cahill, Sangram Lenka
(2020), Vol. 45, Biotechnology Advances, New York, N.Y., C1
Xinhua Lu, Dequan Sun, Xiumei Zhang, Huigang Hu, Lingxue Kong, James Rookes, Jianghui Xie, David Cahill
(2020), Vol. 156, pp. 566-577, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Sagar Arya, M Sharma, James Rookes, David Cahill, Sangram Lenka
(2020), Biologia, Heidelberg, Germany, C1
Long term impacts of Phytophthora cinnamomi infestation on heathy woodland in the Great Otway National Park in south-eastern Australia
B Wilson, K Annett, W Laidlaw, D Cahill, M Garkaklis, L Zhuang-Griffin
(2020), Vol. 68, pp. 542-556, Australian Journal of Botany, C1
S Srivastava, D Cahill, A Adholeya
(2019), Vol. 23, Biotechnology reports, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Functional analysis of elicitins and identification of cell wall proteins in Phytophthora cinnamomi
M Islam, H Hussain, R Russo, A Chambery, A Amoresano, A Schallmey, W Oßwald, P Nadiminti, D Cahill
(2019), Vol. 107, pp. 21-32, Physiological and molecular plant pathology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Immobilisation of microperoxidase-11 into layered MoO3 for applications of enzymatic conversion
Y Wang, S Zhang, E Haque, B Zhang, J Ou, J Liu, Z Liu, Y Li, W Gao, F Haque, K Xu, H Wang, D Cahill, L Kong, W Yang
(2019), Vol. 16, pp. 185-192, Applied materials today, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
P Nadiminti, H Sharma, S Kada, F Pfeffer, L O'Dell, D Cahill
(2019), Vol. 7, pp. 10962-10970, ACS sustainable chemistry and engineering, Washington, D.C., C1
S Arya, M Sharma, R Das, J Rookes, D Cahill, S Lenka
(2019), Vol. 5, pp. 1-11, Heliyon, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
X Lu, D Sun, J Rookes, L Kong, X Zhang, D Cahill
(2019), Vol. 10, pp. 1-14, Frontiers in Plant Science, Lausanne, Switzerland, C1
M Islam, H Hussain, J Rookes, D Cahill
(2018), Vol. 20, pp. 130-142, Plant biology, Chichester, Eng., C1
L Johny, X Conlan, A Adholeya, D Cahill
(2018), Vol. 132, pp. 479-495, Plant cell, tissue and organ culture, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, C1
Delivery of abscisic acid to plants using glutathione responsive mesoporous silica nanoparticles
D Sun, H Hussain, Z Yi, J Rookes, L Kong, D Cahill
(2018), Vol. 18, pp. 1615-1625, Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology, Valencia, Calif., C1
H Irving, D Cahill, C Gehring
(2018), Vol. 9, Frontiers in Plant Science, Lausanne, Switzerland, C1
The influence of ascorbic acid on root growth and the root apical meristem in Arabidopsis thaliana
Noura Kka, James Rookes, David Cahill
(2018), Vol. 129, pp. 323-330, Plant physiology and biochemistry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Meixia Guo, Zongqiang Gong, Renhui Miao, Chunyun Jia, James Rookes, David Cahill, Jie Zhuang
(2018), Vol. 212, pp. 15-23, Chemosphere, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Novel self-assembling conjugates as vectors for agrochemical delivery
Pavani Nadiminti, Qingtao Liu, Lavanya Vanjari, Yao Dong, Ben Boyd, David Cahill
(2018), Vol. 16, Journal of nanobiotechnology, London, Eng., C1
Tristearin as a model cuticle for high-throughput screening of agricultural adjuvant systems
G Webster, N Bisset, D Cahill, P Jones, A Killick, A Hawley, B Boyd
(2018), Vol. 3, pp. 16672-16680, ACS Omega, Washington, D.C., C1
Madhura Shettigar, Sahil Balotra, David Cahill, Andrew Warden, Michael Lacey, Hans-Peter Kohler, Daniel Rentsch, John Oakeshott, Gunjan Pandey
(2018), Vol. 84, Applied and environmental microbiology, Washington, D.C., C1
Plant-pathogen interactions: toward development of next-generation disease-resistant plants
N Nejat, J Rookes, N Mantri, D Cahill
(2017), Vol. 37, pp. 229-237, Critical reviews in biotechnology, Abingdon, Eng., C1
N Kka, J Rookes, D Cahill
(2017), Vol. 81, pp. 283-292, Plant growth regulation, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, C1
M Guo, Z Gong, X Li, G Allinson, J Rookes, D Cahill
(2017), Vol. 140, pp. 191-197, Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
M Islam, J Rookes, D Cahill
(2017), Vol. 44, pp. 386-399, Functional plant biology, Clayton, Australia, C1
Progress on azadirachta indica based biopesticides in replacing synthetic toxic pesticides
S Chaudhary, R Kanwar, A Sehgal, D Cahill, C Barrow, R Sehgal, J Kanwar
(2017), Vol. 8, pp. 1-13, Frontiers in plant science, Lausanne, Switzerland, C1
M Maniruzzaman, A Sinclair, D Cahill, X Wang, X Dai
(2017), Vol. 37, pp. 1393-1404, Plasma chemistry and plasma processing, New York, N.Y., C1
Distribution and diversity of Phytophthora across Australia
T Burgess, D White, K McDougall, J Garnas, W Dunstan, S Català, A Carnegie, S Worboys, D Cahill, A Vettraino, M Stukely, E Liew, T Paap, T Bose, D Migliorini, B Williams, F Brigg, C Crane, T Rudman, G Hardy
(2017), Vol. 23, pp. 150-162, Pacific conservation biology, Clayton, Vic., C1
M Guo, Z Gong, R Miao, J Rookes, D Cahill, J Zhuang
(2017), Vol. 113, pp. 130-142, Soil biology and biochemistry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
P Nadiminti, J Rookes, Y Dong, C Sayer, B Boyd, D Cahill
(2016), Vol. 82, pp. 17-29, Crop protection, Amsterdam, The Nethelands, C1
S Srivastava, A Adholeya, X Conlan, D Cahill
(2016), Vol. 71, pp. 72-80, Plant foods for human nutrition, Berlin, Germany, C1
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles enhance seedling growth and photosynthesis in wheat and lupin.
D Sun, H Hussain, Z Yi, J Rookes, L Kong, D Cahill
(2016), Vol. 152, pp. 81-91, Chemosphere, Amsterdam , The Netherlands, C1
Elite hairy roots of Ocimum basilicum as a new source of rosmarinic acid and antioxidants
S Srivastava, X Conlan, A Adholeya, D Cahill
(2016), Vol. 126, pp. 19-32, Plant cell, tissue and organ culture, Berlin, Germany, C1
G Webster, N Bisset, D Cahill, P Jones, A Killick, A Hawley, B Boyd
(2016), Vol. 64, pp. 6139-6147, Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, Washington, D.C., C1
S Srivastava, X Conlan, D Cahill, A Adholeya
(2016), Vol. 26, pp. 919-930, Mycorrhiza, Berlin, Germany, C1
A Feng, J Rookes, G Xie, D Cahill, X Cai, Z Zou, L Kong
(2016), Vol. 35, pp. 701-709, Journal of plant growth regulation, New York, N.Y., C1
D Lovelock, I Šola, S Marschollek, C Donald, G Rusak, K-H van Pée, J Ludwig-Müller, D Cahill
(2016), Vol. 17, pp. 1237-1251, Molecular plant pathology, Chichester, Eng., C1
S Mintoff, J Rookes, D Cahill
(2015), Vol. 17, pp. 703-711, Plant biology, London, Eng., C1
The top 10 oomycete pathogens in molecular plant pathology
S Kamoun, O Furzer, J Jones, H Judelson, G Ali, R Dalio, S Roy, L Schena, A Zambounis, F Panabières, D Cahill, M Ruocco, A Figueiredo, X-R Chen, J Hulvey, R Stam, K Lamour, M Gijzen, B Tyler, N Grunwald, M Mukhtar, D Tome, M Tor, G Van Den Ackerveken, J Mcdowell, F Daayf, W Fry, H Lindqvist-Kreuze, H Meijer, B Petre, J Ristaino, K Yoshida, P Birch, F Govers
(2015), Vol. 16, pp. 413-434, Molecular plant pathology, London, Eng., C1
N Nejat, A Valdiani, D Cahill, Y Tan, M Maziah, R Abiri
(2015), Vol. 2015, pp. 1-19, Scientific world journal, Cairo, Egypt, C1-1
P Nadiminti, J Rookes, B Boyd, D Cahill
(2015), Vol. 252, pp. 1475-1486, Protoplasma, Berlin, Germany, C1
F An, X Cai, J Rookes, G Xie, Z Zou, D Cahill, L Kong
(2015), Vol. 38, pp. 211-221, Brazilian journal of botany, New York, N. Y., C1
N Nejat, D Cahill, G Vadamalai, M Ziemann, J Rookes, N Naderali
(2015), Vol. 290, pp. 1899-1910, Molecular genetics and genomics, New York , N. Y., C1
F An, Z Zou, X Cai, J Wang, J Rookes, W Lin, D Cahill, L Kong
(2015), Vol. 10, pp. 1-21, PLoS one, San Francisco, Calif., C1
Z Yi, H Hussain, C Feng, D Sun, F She, J Rookes, D Cahill, L Kong
(2015), Vol. 7, pp. 9937-9946, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, United States, C1
Z Yi, L Dumée, C Garvey, C Feng, F She, J Rookes, S Mudie, D Cahill, L Kong
(2015), Vol. 31, pp. 8478-8487, Langmuir, Washington, DC, C1
Z Yi, C Feng, L Kong, D Cahill
(2015), pp. 413-418, Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Materials Science and Energy Engineering; CMSEE 2014, Sanya,China, E1
Uptake and cellular distribution, in four plant species, of fluorescently labeled mesoporous silica nanoparticles
D Sun, H Hussain, Z Yi, R Siegele, T Cresswell, L Kong, D Cahill
(2014), Vol. 33, pp. 1389-1402, Plant cell reports, Berlin, Germany, C1
S Srivastava, D Cahill, X Conlan, A Adholeya
(2014), Vol. 62, pp. 10064-10075, Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, Washington, D.C., C1
F An, W Lin, D Cahill, J Rookes, L Kong
(2014), Vol. 58, pp. 182-187, Industrial crops and products, Amsterdam, Netherlands, C1
F An, D Cahill, J Rookes, W Lin, L Kong
(2014), Vol. 55, pp. 1-11, Botanical Studies, London, Eng., C1
L Johny, X Conlan, D Cahill, A Adholeya
(2014), Vol. 120, pp. 1-12, Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, Dordrecht , Netherlands, C1
D Lovelock, C Donald, X Conlan, D Cahill
(2013), Vol. 42, pp. 141-153, Australasian Plant Pathology, C1
P Nadiminti, Y Dong, C Sayer, P Hay, J Rookes, B Boyd, D Cahill
(2013), Vol. 5, pp. 1818-1826, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, C1
J Allardyce, J Rookes, H Hussain, D Cahill
(2013), Vol. 13, pp. 217-228, Functional and Integrative Genomics, C1
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles as a biomolecule delivery vehicle in plants
H Hussain, Z Yi, J Rookes, L Kong, D Cahill
(2013), Vol. 15, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, C1
T Gunning, X Conlan, R Parker, G Dyson, M Adams, N Barnett, D Cahill
(2013), Vol. 40, pp. 1089-1097, Functional Plant Biology, C1
D Sun, X Lu, Y Hu, W Li, K Hong, Y Mo, D Cahill, J Xie
(2013), Vol. 164, pp. 484-491, Scientia Horticulturae, C1
Defining Plant Resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi: A Standardized Approach to Assessment
J Allardyce, J Rookes, D Cahill
(2012), Vol. 160, pp. 269-276, Journal of Phytopathology, C1
V Çevik, B Kidd, P Zhang, C Hill, S Kiddle, K Denby, E Holub, D Cahill, J Manners, P Schenk, J Beynon, K Kazan
(2012), Vol. 160, pp. 541-555, Plant Physiology, C1
A Agarwal, V Kaul, R Faggian, J Rookes, J Ludwig-Müller, D Cahill
(2011), Vol. 38, pp. 462-478, Functional Plant Biology, C1
Diverse roles of the Mediator complex in plants
B Kidd, D Cahill, J Manners, P Schenk, K Kazan
(2011), Vol. 22, pp. 741-748, Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, C1
The role of oomycete effectors in plantpathogen interactions
A Hardham, D Cahill
(2010), Vol. 37, pp. 919-925, Functional Plant Biology, C1-1
J Petkowski, J Cunnington, E Minchinton, D Cahill
(2010), Vol. 59, pp. 282-288, Plant Pathology, C1-1
Races of albugo candida causing white blister rust on brassica vegetables in Australia
J Petkowski, E Minchinton, F Thomson, R Faggian, D Cahill
(2010), Vol. 867, pp. 133-141, Acta Horticulturae, C1-1
A Agarwal, V Kaul, R Faggian, D Cahill
(2009), Vol. 38, pp. 120-127, Australasian Plant Pathology, C1
A soil-free plant growth system to facilitate analysis of plant pathogen interactions in roots
T Gunning, D Cahill
(2009), Vol. 157, pp. 497-501, Journal of Phytopathology, C1
R Hill, B Wilson, J Rookes, D Cahill
(2009), Vol. 38, pp. 110-119, Australasian Plant Pathology, C1
J Rookes, M Wright, D Cahill
(2008), Vol. 72, pp. 151-161, Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, C1
B Kunz, P Dando, D Grice, P Mohr, P Schenk, D Cahill
(2008), Vol. 148, pp. 1021-1031, Plant Physiology, C1
D Cahill, J Rookes, B Wilson, L Gibson, K McDougall
(2008), Vol. 56, pp. 279-310, Australian Journal of Botany, C1
M Kowalski, D Cahill, T Doran, S Colegate
(2007), pp. 296-302, Poisonous plants : global research and solutions, Wallingford, England, B1-1
Plant natriuretic peptide active site determination and effects on cGMP and cell volume regulation
Y Wang, C Gehring, D Cahill, H Irving
(2007), Vol. 34, pp. 645-653, Functional Plant Biology, C1
M Lovelace, D Cahill
(2007), Vol. 165, pp. 223-229, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, C1
Comparison of chicken 7SK and U6 RNA polymerase III promoters for short hairpin RNA expression
S Bannister, T Wise, D Cahill, T Doran
(2007), Vol. 7, BMC Biotechnology, London, England, C1
P Mohr, D Cahill
(2007), Vol. 7, pp. 181-191, Functional and Integrative Genomics, C1
M Kowalski, D Cahill, T Doran, S Colegate
(2007), Vol. 47, pp. 177-183, Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, C1
Plant Responses to UV Radiation and Links to Pathogen Resistance
B Kunz, D Cahill, P Mohr, M Osmond, E Vonarx
(2006), Vol. 255, pp. 1-40, International Review of Cytology, B1
R Daniel, B Wilson, D Cahill
(2005), Vol. 34, pp. 541-548, Australasian Plant Pathology, C1
Spatial prediction of rufous bristlebird habitat in a coastal heathland: A GIS-based approach
L Gibson, B Wilson, D Cahill, J Hill
(2004), Vol. 41, pp. 213-223, Journal of Applied Ecology, C1
L Gibson, B Wilson, D Cahill, J Hill
(2004), Vol. 117, pp. 143-150, Biological Conservation, C1
J Rookes, D Cahill
(2003), Vol. 109, pp. 83-94, European Journal of Plant Pathology, C1
R Daniel, B Wilson, D Cahill
(2003), Vol. 32, pp. 403-409, Australasian Plant Pathology, C1
V Bluett, G Weste, D Cahill
(2003), Vol. 32, pp. 479-491, Australasian Plant Pathology, C1
M Maryani, M Morse, G Bradley, H Irving, D Cahill, C Gehring
(2003), Vol. 54, pp. 1553-1564, Journal of Experimental Botany, C1
P Mohr, D Cahill
(2003), Vol. 30, pp. 461-469, Functional Plant Biology, C1
Ecotypic variation in the response of Arabidopsis thaliana to Phytophthora cinnamomi
L Robinson, D Cahill
(2003), Vol. 32, pp. 53-64, Australasian Plant Pathology, C1
D Cahill, J Rookes, A Michalczyk, K McDonald, A Drake
(2002), Vol. 51, pp. 629-640, Plant Pathology, C1
M Gibson, R Milne, D Cahill, B Wilson
(2002), Ballarat, Vic., A6
D Cahill, C Harding, J O`May, B Wilson
(2002), Melbourne, Vic., A6
P Mohr, D Cahill
(2001), Vol. 58, pp. 31-41, Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, C1
M Maryani, G Bradley, D Cahill, C Gehring
(2001), Vol. 161, pp. 443-452, Plant Science, C1
Development of disease caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi in mature Xanthorrhoea australis
M Aberton, B Wilson, J Hill, D Cahill
(2001), Vol. 49, pp. 209-219, Australian Journal of Botany, C1
B Wilson, J Aberton, D Cahill
(2000), Vol. 48, pp. 247-260, Australian journal of botany, Clayton, Vic., C1-1
K McDonald, D Cahill
(1999), Vol. 55, pp. 197-203, Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, London, Eng., C1-1
M Aberton, B Wilson, D Cahill
(1999), Vol. 28, pp. 225-234, Australasian Plant Pathology, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, C1-1
K McDonald, D Cahill
(1999), Vol. 105, pp. 651-658, European Journal of Plant Pathology, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, C1-1
Detection, identification and disease diagnosis of soilborne pathogens
D Cahill
(1999), Vol. 28, pp. 34-44, Australasian Plant Pathology, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, C1-1
Development of a quantitative immunodipstick assay for Phytophthora nicotianae
Y Gautam, D Cahill, A Hardham
(1999), Vol. 11, pp. 229-242, Food and Agricultural Immunology, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Cell surface antigens of Phytophthora spores: biological and taxonomic characterization
A Hardham, D Cahill, M Cope, B Gabor, F Gubler, G Hyde
(1994), Vol. 181, pp. 213-232, Protoplasma, Wien, Austria, C1-1
D Cahill, P Morris, E Ward
(1993), Vol. 42, pp. 109-121, Physiological and molecular plant pathology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Formation of callose deposits as a response to infection with Phytophthora cinnamomi
D Cahill, G Weste
(1983), Vol. 80, pp. 23-29, Transactions of the British Mycological Society, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Changes in root tissue associated with infection by Phytophthora cinnamomi
G Weste, D Cahill
(1982), Vol. 103, pp. 97-108, Phytopathologische Zeitschrift/Journal of phytopathology, Chichester, Eng., C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
A novel link between plant pathogen defence and DNA repair capability
Prof David Cahill, Prof Bernard Kunz, Dr Peer Schenk, Dr Daniel Klessig
ARC - Discovery Projects
- 2008: $78,132
- 2007: $75,358
- 2006: $126,356
Nanostructured liquid crystal particles as Next Generation agricultural bioactive delivery systems
Dr Benjamin Boyd, Prof David Cahill, Dr Ian Larson, Mr Phillip Hay
ARC Linkage - Projects Rnd 2 APAI
- 2013: $11,965
- 2012: $27,651
- 2011: $27,436
- 2010: $26,681
Mediator: A new concept for controlled gene expression in plant biotechnology
Dr Peer Schenk, Prof David Cahill
ARC - Discovery Projects
- 2014: $2,500
- 2013: $5,000
- 2012: $3,750
- 2011: $2,500
Nanoassembling agrochemicals - a new paradigm in delivery for enviro-friendly crop treatment
Dr Benjamin Boyd, Dr Bimbil Graham, Dr Yao Dong, Mr Phillip Hay, Prof David Cahill
ARC Linkage - Projects
- 2016: $30,000
- 2015: $30,000
- 2014: $30,000
Bio-nanotechnology applications to improve plant productivity and ecosystems services.
Prof Tes Toop, Prof Andrew Parratt, Prof David Cahill
DIISR/AISRF Grant - AISRF/India-Australian Strategic Research Fund - Department of Innovation, Industry, Science & Research
- 2014: $56,280
ARC Research Hub for Frontier Inorganic Nanomaterials and Technology
Prof Ying (Ian) Chen, Prof Colin Barrow, Prof David Cahill, Dr Md Mokhlesur Rahman, A/Prof Wenrong Yang, Dr Srikanth Mateti, Dr Baozhi Yu
ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs
- 2020: $1,017,999
Other Public Sector Funding
PhD Scholarship - Investigation of Plasmodiophora brassicae (clubroot) in vegetable brassica using Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system
Prof David Cahill, Dr Arati Agarwal
- 2007: $13,523
- 2006: $18,983
Monitoring the control and spread of Phytophthora cinnamomi in the fire affected areas of Brisbane Ranges National Park
Prof David Cahill, Dr Jim Rookes
- 2008: $4,000
- 2007: $4,132
Defining plant resistance against Phytophthora cinnamomi and application of resistance for revegetation
Prof David Cahill
- 2009: $4,129
- 2008: $85,631
- 2007: $85,631
- 2006: $164,183
Biochemistry of Brassica defence against soilborne and airborne pathogens
Prof David Cahill, Dr Caroline Donald, Dr David Lovelock
- 2010: $25,000
- 2009: $25,000
- 2008: $25,000
Impact of monochloramine on lettuce growth and development
Prof David Cahill
- 2010: $26,202
Analysis of Phytophthora cinnamoni decontamination procedures in the Brisbane Ranges National Park
Dr Jim Rookes, Prof David Cahill
- 2012: $10,000
- 2011: $10,000
PhD Project for Madhura Shettigar - Biotransformation of lignin
Prof David Cahill, Ms Madhura Shettigar
- 2015: $96,000
RNAi transgenesis to control traits in the chicken - CSIRO Top-Up Scholarship for Arjun Challagulla
Prof David Cahill, Mr Arjun Challagulla
- 2015: $3,500
- 2014: $7,000
- 2013: $7,000
The use of Next Generation Sequencing and Climate Modelling to Determine the Impacts of Phytophthora cinnamomi Under Future Climate Scenarios
Prof David Cahill
- 2013: $5,950
Katherine Birrer CSIRO Scholarship - Low wax Australian cotton - reducing the scouring requirements of cotton fabric
Prof David Cahill, Ms Katherine Birrer
- 2016: $30,000
- 2015: $30,000
- 2014: $30,000
Evaluation of Phytophthora cinnamomi at the Eumeralla Mountain Bike Park, Anglesea, Victoria
Dr Jim Rookes, Prof David Cahill
- 2017: $3,900
Industry and Other Funding
Nanostructured liquid crystal particles as Next Generation agricultural bioactive delivery systems
Dr Benjamin Boyd, Prof David Cahill, Dr Ian Larson, Mr Phillip Hay
- 2012: $9,000
- 2011: $15,000
- 2010: $8,000
Nufarm Contract Testing Agreements
Prof David Cahill, Dr Jim Rookes
- 2011: $13,520
- 2010: $23,980
Deakin-Phenoxy NG Screen 2
Dr Jim Rookes, Prof David Cahill
- 2011: $6,335
Deakin-Star - 2,4-D and Deakin Star - MCPA Screen 2011
Dr Jim Rookes, Prof David Cahill
- 2011: $30,840
Deakin - Flurox NG Prescreen 2011
Dr Jim Rookes, Prof David Cahill
- 2011: $4,160
Deakin Tebcaps & Bromngxscreen 2011 and Flurox NG Screen 2012
Dr Jim Rookes, Prof David Cahill
- 2012: $23,800
NUF-TEBCAPS-NOV2012
Dr Jim Rookes, Prof David Cahill
- 2013: $11,540
Project Star Leaf Screen 2012
Dr Jim Rookes, Prof David Cahill
- 2013: $6,950
- 2012: $6,950
Phytophthora soil testing for the Warby Ovens National Park
Dr Jim Rookes, Prof David Cahill
- 2012: $3,500
Piclorum Range Finding Experiment
Dr Jim Rookes, Prof David Cahill
- 2014: $5,960
Sampling and analysis of the presence of Phytophthora cinnamomi at Cape Sir William Grant Wind Farm
Dr Jim Rookes, Prof David Cahill
- 2015: $6,670
Screen Tea Tree Oil (TTO) as fungicide, testing 3 'products'
Prof David Cahill
- 2015: $5,720
Seasol activation of plant defence in Arabidopsis - pilot study
Prof David Cahill
- 2016: $10,000
Seasol seaweed extract activation of plant defence through resistance priming
Prof David Cahill
- 2019: $83,000
- 2017: $70,000
Investigating chestnut rot in Castanea spp and its control in orchards of southeast Australia.
Prof David Cahill
- 2020: $40,000
- 2018: $20,000
Other Funding Sources
Field-emission gun transmission electron microscope for the research in nanomaterials, metal alloys and biological sciences
Prof Ying (Ian) Chen, Prof Matthew Barnett, Prof Peter Hodgson, Prof Xungai Wang, Dr Takuya Tsuzuki, Dr Cui'E Wen, Dr Alexey Glushenkov, Prof Lingxue Kong, Prof Charles Sorrell, Dr Yuebin Zhang, Prof Vicki Chen, Dr Dominic Phelan, Prof Ken Walder, Dr Germanas Peleckis, A/Prof Simon Moulton, Prof John Beynon, Dr Xiaolin Wang, Prof David Cahill, Dr Pavel Cizek, Prof Neil Barnett, A/Prof Nicole Stanford, Prof Qipeng Guo
- 2011: $230,000
Morphological and molecular diagnostics of seed borne pathogens of rice
Prof David Cahill
- 2015: $6,525
Supervisions
Manyu Vittal
Thesis entitled: Surfactant behaviour on plant cuticles- Physicochemical Roughness and Permeability
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Shalini Kirthi Vasan
Thesis entitled: MOLECULAR BASIS OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL INVASION EVENTS IN PLANT ROOTS
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Katherine Birrer
Thesis entitled: The effect of abiotic stress on cotton fibre
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Xinhua Lu
Thesis entitled: Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticle Delivery of Biomolecules into Plants
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Md Tohidul Islam
Thesis entitled: Interactions of Phytophthora cinnamomi with Model and Native Plant Species
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
David Lovelock
Thesis entitled: Salicylic acid and its role in defence against Plasmodiophora brassicae
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Jane Alisa Allardyce
Thesis entitled: Defence Mechanisms of a Resistant Monocot Model to Phytophthora Cinnamomi
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Melissa Kowalski
Thesis entitled: A Genomic Approach for Improved Detection of Annual Ryegrass Toxicity
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Tiffany Gunning
Thesis entitled: Profiling Secondary Metabolites of Plant Roots Inoculated with Phytophthora cinnamomi
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Arati Agarwal
Thesis entitled: Interactions of Plasmodiophora with Arabidopsis Thaliana
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Joanna Elizabeth Petkowski
Thesis entitled: Biology and Control of White Blister Rust in Brassicaceae Vegetables
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Michael Lovelace
Thesis entitled: Steroid Metabolism in Cultured Mammalian Astrocytes
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Peter Geoffrey Mohr
Thesis entitled: Abscisic Acid Regulation of Plant Defence Responses during Pathogen Attack
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
James Rookes
Thesis entitled: Cellular and Molecular Components of Plant Defence against Pathogens
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Maryani Maryani
Thesis entitled: Characterisation and Physiological Functions of Plant Natriuretic Peptides
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Michael John Aberton
Thesis entitled: The use of Phosphite as a Control for Phytophthora cinnamomi
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Rosalie Daniel
Thesis entitled: Aspects of the Interaction between Xanthorrhoea australis and Phytophthora cinnamomi
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Madhura Shettigar
Thesis entitled: Bacterial catabolism of (+)-pinoresinol
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Dequan Sun
Thesis entitled: Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles as a Biomolecule Delivery System in Plants
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Noura Masseh Ellya Kka
Thesis entitled: Plant Ascorbate Influence on Cell Division, Growth and Seed Production of Arabidopsis thaliana
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Arjun Challagulla
Thesis entitled: Precision Engineering of the Chicken Genome for Disease Control
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Leena Johny
Thesis entitled: Induction and quantification of secondary metabolites in mycorrhized root cultures
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Shivani Srivastava
Thesis entitled: Mycorrhizal elicitation of secondary metabolities in hairy roots of Ocimum basilicum
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Pavani Praveen Nadiminti
Thesis entitled: Nanostructured liquid crystalline particles as next generation agrochemical delivery vehicles
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Sharl Mintoff
Thesis entitled: RESPONSES OF ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA TO UV-C RADIATION AND HYALOPERONOSPORA ARABIDOPSIDIS
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Sharareh Heydari Kavkani
Thesis entitled: Exploiting plant antiviral RNA silencing for novel applications
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Mohammad Maniruzzaman
Thesis entitled: Investigation of plasma-treated water for plant growth
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), Institute for Frontier Materials
Yuanyuan Guo
Thesis entitled: Development of Novel High Performance Protein Materials as Bioadhesives
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), Institute for Frontier Materials
Rita Choudhary
Thesis entitled: Integration of biologicals and value added nano-materials in seed treatment: Aiming for sustainable agriculture
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), Institute for Frontier Materials
Shilpi Vajpai
Thesis entitled: Characterisation of chromium interactions with Aspergillus flavus
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Zhifeng Yi
Thesis entitled: Functionalised Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Smart Agrochemical Delivery System
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), Institute for Frontier Materials
Taiwo Olusesan Akanbi
Thesis entitled: Characterization and Lipase concentration of omega-3 rich oils
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Feng An
Thesis entitled: Role of aquaporins and phloem-turgor-pressure in Hevea yield: mechanism of Ethrel stimulation
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), Institute for Frontier Materials
Dean Phillips
Thesis entitled: Phytophthora's Missing Link: An Alternate Phospholipase C, with Antibiotic Potential
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Kathleen McLachlan
Thesis entitled: Development of Combinatorial RNAi Transgenes Targeting Influenza Virus
Master of Science (Biology & Chemistry), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Geoffrey McDermott
Thesis entitled: Determination of Antioxidants using Chemiluminescence Detection
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Kylie Annett
Thesis entitled: Impacts of Phytophthora cinnamoni on fauna and ecosystem functions
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Ellen Mitchell
Thesis entitled: Influence of Disturbance on Threatened Fauna and Associated Habitat, Victoria
Master of Science (Ecology & Environment), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Heather Anderson
Thesis entitled: Molecular Responses to UV-Induced DNA Damage in Plants
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Tamsyn Mary Crowley
Thesis entitled: Molecular Characterisation of Cyclaneusma Minus: Fungal Pathogen of Pinus Radiata
Doctor of Philosophy (Biol & Chem), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Paula Stiles
Thesis entitled: Development and Evaluation of an ELISA for the Detection of 3D Antibodies of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus
Master of Science (Biology & Chemistry), School of Life and Environmental Sciences