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Alexandra Roberts

Research Fellow
Centre for Biosecurity in Tropical Infectious Diseases
James Cook University
Singapore

Biography

She is currently funded by a Queensland Accelerate Fellowship to characterise the virulence mechanisms of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a pathogen that has caused massive population declines in frog species worldwide. Alex is also funded by a JCU Rising Star Grant to study how oxidative stress can drive obesity-linked liver cancer.She is currently funded by a Queensland Accelerate Fellowship to characterise the virulence mechanisms of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a pathogen that has caused massive population declines in frog species worldwide. Alex is also funded by a JCU Rising Star Grant to study how oxidative stress can drive obesity-linked liver cancer.

Research Interest

Her previous research has focused on thiol-dependent antibiotic resistance and oxidative stress protection in Firmicutes, iron sequestration in marine actinomycetes, and the biosynthesis of cyanobacterial toxins.

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