Alison Rodger
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences
Macquarie University
Australia
Biography
Alison Rodger moved to Macquarie in 2017 after over 20 years at the University of Warwick. Her research focuses on understanding the structure and function of biomacromolecules and their assemblies. Her particular expertise is with spectroscopic biophysical methods particularly circular dichroism and linear dichroism in the UV, visible and infra red regions of the spectrum for use with nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates. She designs and applies new techniques to understand how biomolecules interact. She is currently working to understanding molecular aspects of bacterial cell-division and to develop and apply Raman Linear Difference Spectroscopy which she invented and various forms of infra-red spectroscopy. At Macquarie she is establishing an open access biophysical spectroscopy laboratory for collaborators and commercial users.
Research Interest
Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences
Publications
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Inside Back Cover: Os2–Os4 Switch Controls DNA Knotting and Anticancer Activity (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 31/2016) Fu, Y., Romero, M. J., Salassa, L., Cheng, X., Habtemariam, A., Clarkson, G. J., Prokes, I., Rodger, A., Costantini, G. & Sadler, P. J. 25 Jul 2016 In : Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 55, 31, p. 9097 1 p.
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Biophysical characterization of a protein for structure comparison: Methods for identifying insulin structural changes Sklepari, M., Rodger, A., Reason, A., Jamshidi, S., Prokes, I. & Blindauer, C. A. 7 Nov 2016 In : Analytical Methods. 8, 41, p. 7460-7471 12 p.
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Beyond the discovery void: New targets for antibacterial compounds Broughton, C. E., Van Den Berg, H. A., Wemyss, A. M., Roper, D. I. & Rodger, A. 1 Jun 2016 In : Science Progress. 99, 2, p. 153-182 30 p.
