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Dr Melanie Norgate

B.Sc. (Hons) Genetics and Biochemistry, Massey University NZ

Ph.D., University of Melbourne

Contact details

Telephone:+61 3 990 55902
Fax:+61 3 990 55613
E-mail:melanie.norgate@sci.monash.edu.au
Building/Room: 17/121


Research Interests

  • Applying functional genetics to ecological studies
  • Genes involved in butterfly flight ability and thermotolerance
  • The relationship between genetics, climate and species range distribution
See also
Molecular Ecology Research Group
  

Publications

  • Norgate, M., Southon, A., Zou, S., Zhan, M., Sun, Y., Batterham, P. and Camakaris, J. Copper homeostasis gene discovery in Drosophila melanogaster. Biometals. In Press.
  • Norgate, M., Lee, E., Southon, A., Farlow, A., Batterham, P., Camakaris, J. and Burke, R. Essential roles in development and pigmentation for the Drosophila copper transporter DmATP7. Molecular Biology of the Cell 2006, 17(1): 475-484.
  • Southon, A., Burke, R., Norgate, M., Batterham, P. and Camakaris, J. Copper homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster S2 cells. Biochemistry Journal 2004, 383: 303-309.
  • Davis, M., Brown, R., Dickson, A., Horton, H., James, D., Laing, N., Marston, R., Norgate, M., Perlman, D., Pollock, N. and Stowell, K. Malignant hyperthermia associated with exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis or congenital abnormalities and a novel RYR1 mutation in New Zealand and Australian pedigrees. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2002, 88(4): 508-15.