Dr Rob Moore

MIIN Executive Member

Livestock Industries
CSIRO
+61352275760
rob.moore@csiro.au

Research Activities:

Development of live bacterial vectors for delivery of therapeutic proteins
Pathogenicity of Clostridium perfringens
Microarray analysis of host/pathogen interactions in chickens
Role of microRNA in cellular differentiation and development in chickens
Therapeutic application of antimicrobial proteins
Vaccine antigen discovery
Avian influenza resistant chickens

Techniques/Expertise:

Molecular biology
Bacteriology
Gene expression analysis (Microarrays and qPCR)
Gene silencing using RNA interference
Development of animal disease models
Recombinant E. coli fermentation

Collaborations:

With staff in Department of Microbiology, Monash Univeristy

Animal Disease Models:

Necrotic enteritis (Clostridium perfringens) in chickens
Campylobacter jejuni colonisation in chickens
Enzootic pneumonia (Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae) in pigs
Access to many other disease models within CSIRO Livestock Industries (viral and bacterial)