Dr Michelle Dunstone

MIIN Member

Department of Microbiology and Department of Biochemistry
Monash University
+61399053577
michelle.dunstone@med.monash.edu.au

Research Activities:

Structural and functional studies of enteropathogenic E. coli virulence factors
Structural and functional studies of proteases from Legionella pneumophila (Legionnaire’s disease)
Characterisation of the MACPF family of pore forming toxins
Structural and functional studies of Shigella flexneri virulence factors

Techniques/Expertise:

Protein expression using bacterial and baculovirus expression systems
Proteins purification
X-ray crystallography
Protein structure analysis
Bioinformatics

Collaborations:

Dr Elizabeth Hartland
A/Professor Rob Pike
Professor James Whisstock