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Dr Richard Burke

Lecturer

BSc. (Hons)
Ph.D.
Telephone: +61-3-9905-9531
Fax: +61-3-9905-5613
E-mail: richard.burke@sci.monash.edu.au
Dr Richard Burke
Research areas
  • Molecular genetics of Drosophila melanogaster
  • Heavy metal homeostasis
  • Invertebrate developmental biology
  • Animal models of human neurodegenerative diseases
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Selected publications
  • Norgate M, Lee E, Southon A, Farlow A, Batterham P, Camakaris J, Burke R. Essential Roles in Development and Pigmentation for the Drosophila Copper Transporter DmATP7. Mol Biol Cell. 2006 Jan;17(1):475-84. Epub 2005 Oct 26.
  • Southon A, Burke R, Norgate M, Batterham P, Camakaris J. Copper Homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster S2 cells Biochem J 2004 Oct 15;383(Pt 2):303-9. Authors contributed equally to this publication
  • Burke R, Nellen D, Bellotto M, Hafen E, Senti KA, Dickson BJ, Basler K. Dispatched, a novel sterol-sensing domain protein dedicated to the release of cholesterol-modified hedgehog from signaling cells. Cell. 1999 Dec 23;99(7):803-15.
  • Zilian O, Frei E, Burke R, Brentrup D, Gutjahr T, Bryant PJ, Noll M. double-time is identical to discs overgrown, which is required for cell survival, proliferation and growth arrest in Drosophila imaginal discs. Development 1999 Dec;126(23):5409-20.
  • Burke R, Basler K. Hedgehog signaling in /Drosophila/ eye and limb development - conserved machinery, divergent roles? Current Opinion in Neurobiology (1997) 7(1):55-61.
  • Burke R, Basler K. Dpp receptors are autonomously required for cell proliferation in the entire developing Drosophila wing. Development (1996)
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