Professor John Davies

MIIN Member

Department of Microbiology
Monash University
+61399054824
john.davies@med.monash.edu.au

Research Activities:

Regulation of virulence genes in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis
Intermediate vancomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
Genetics of virulence in Mycobacterium ulcerans and Mycobacterium marinum (with Tim Stinear and Paul Johnson)
Nascent project on innate immunity – especially in relation to Toll-like receptors

Techniques/Expertise:

DNA microarrays
In vitro transcription
Bacterial genome sequencing

Collaborations:

Paul Johnson (Austin hospital)
Nigel Saunders (Oxford)

Existing Websites:

http://www.med.monash.edu.au/microbiology/research/davies/rsch-jkd.html

Lab Group Personnel:

Catherine Ryan
Sally Turner
Shauna Lyons-Schindler
Ben Howden