Dr Peter Boag - Researcher Profile

Biography

Peter works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University as a Lecturer.

Qualifications

VETERINARY SCIENCE

Institution: The University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 2002

SCIENCE (HONS)

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1991

Publications

Book Chapters

Newton, S.E., Boag, P.R., Gasser, R.B., 2002, World Class Parasites Volume 2, in The Geohelminths: Ascaris, Trichuris & Hookworm, eds CV Holland,MW Kennedy, Springer, USA, pp. 235-268.

Journal Articles

Sengupta, M.S., Low, W.(., Patterson, J.R., Kim, H., Traven, A., Beilharz, T.H., Colaiacovo, M.P., Schisa, J.A., Boag, P.R., 2013, ifet-1 is a broad scale translational repressor required for normal P granule formation in C. elegans, Journal Of Cell Science [P], vol E-pub, The Company of Biologists Ltd, UK, pp. 1-39.

Simpson, K.J., Davis, G.m., Boag, P.R., 2012, Comparative high-throughput RNAi screening methodologies in C. elegans and mammalian cells, New Biotechnology [P], vol 29, issue 4, Elsevier BV, The Netherlands, pp. 459-470.

Sengupta, M.S., Boag, P.R., 2012, Germ granules and the control of mRNA translation, Iubmb Life [P], vol 64, issue 7, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 586-594.

Miyamoto, Y., Boag, P., Hime, G.R., Loveland, K.A., 2012, Regulated nucleocytoplasmic transport during gametogenesis, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta [P], vol 1819, issue 6, Elsevier BV, The Netherlands, pp. 616-630.

Uwamahoro, N., Qu, Y., Jelicic, B., Lo, T., Beaurepaire, C., Bantun, F., Quenault, T., Boag, P., Ramm, G., Callaghan, J.M., Beilharz, T.H., Nantel, A., Peleg, A.Y., Traven, A., 2012, The functions of mediator in Candida albicans support a role in shaping species-specific gene expression, Plos Genetics [P], vol 8, issue 4 (Art. ID: e1002613), Publc Library of Science, USA, pp. 1-18.

Janicke, A., Vancuylenberg, J., Boag, P., Traven, A., Beilharz, T.H., 2012, ePAT: a simple method to tag adenylated RNA to measure poly(A)-tail length and other 3' RACE applications, Rna-A Publication Of The Rna Society [P], vol 18, issue 6, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, USA, pp. 1289-1295.

Campbell, B., Boag, P.R., Hofmann, A., Cantacessi, C., Wang, C.K., Taylor, P., Hu, M., Sindhu, Z., Loukas, A., Sternberg, P.W., Gasser, R.B., 2011, Atypical (RIO) protein kinases from Haemonchus contortus - promise as new targets for nematocidal drugs, Biotechnology Advances [P], vol 29, issue 3, Elsevier Inc., USA, pp. 338-350.

Ewen, K., Boag, P., 2010, Meiotic crossover: what controls the breaks?, Asian Journal of Andrology [P], vol E-pub, Nature Publishing Group, USA & China, pp. 1-2.

Hammell, C.M., Lubin, I., Boag, P.R., Blackwell, T.K., Ambros, V., 2009, nhl-2 Modulates microRNA activity in Caenorhabditis elegans, Cell [P], vol 136, issue 5, Cell Press, USA, pp. 926-938.

Gartner, A., Boag, P.R., Blackwell, T.K., 2008, Germline survival and apoptosis., WormBook, vol 0, The C. elegans Research Community, USA, pp. 1-20.

Boag, P.R., Atalay, A., Robida, S., Reinke, V., Blackwell, T.K., 2008, Protection of specific maternal messenger RNAs by the P body protein CGH-1 (Dhh1/RCK) during Caenorhabditis elegans oogenesis, The Journal of Cell Biology, vol 182, issue 3, Rockefeller University Press, USA, pp. 543-557.

Walker, A.K., Boag, P.R., Blackwell, T.K., 2007, Transcription reactivation steps stimulated by oocyte maturation in C. elegans, Developmental Biology, vol 304, issue 1, Academic Press, USA, pp. 382-393.

Hu, M., Abs El-Osta, Y.G., Campbell, B.E., Boag, P.R., Nisbet, A.J., Beveridge, I., Gasser, R.B., 2007, Trichostrongylus vitrinus (Nematoda: Strongylida): molecular characterization and transcriptional analysis of Tv-stp-1, a serine/threonine phosphatase gene, Experimental Parasitology, vol 117, issue 1, Academic Press, USA, pp. 22-34.

Lehtinen, M.K., Yuan, Z., Boag, P.R., Yang, Y., Villen, J., Becker, E.B.E., DiBacco, S., de la Iglesia, N., Gygi, S., Blackwell, T.K., Bonni, A., 2006, A conserved MST-FOXO signaling pathway mediates oxidative-stress responses and extends life span, Cell, vol 125, issue 5, Cell Press, USA, pp. 987-1001.

Boag, P.R., Nakamura, A., Blackwell, T.K., 2005, A conserved RNA-protein complex component involved in physiological germline apoptosis regulation in C. elegans, Development (Cambridge), vol 132, issue 22, The Company of Biologists Ltd., UK, pp. 4975-4986.

Cottee, P.A., Nisbet, A.J., Boag, P.R., Larsen, M., Gasser, R.B., 2004, Characterization of major sperm protein genes and their expression in Oesophagostomum dentatum (Nematoda: Strongylida), Parasitology (Cambridge), vol 129, issue 4, Cambridge University Press, UK, pp. 479-490.

Boag, P.R., Parsons, J.C., Presidente, P.J.A., Spithill, T.W., Sexton, J.L., 2003, Characterisation of humoral immune responses in dogs vaccinated with irradiated Ancylostoma caninum, Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, vol 92, issue 1-2, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 87-94.

Boag, P.R., Gasser, R.B., Nisbet, A.J., Newton, S.E., 2003, Genomics of reproduction in parasitic nematodes: fundamental and biotechnological implications, Biotechnology Advances, vol 21, issue 2, Elsevier Inc, USA, pp. 103-108.

Boag, P.R., Ren, P., Newton, S.E., Gasser, R.B., 2003, Molecular characterisation of a male-specific serine/threonine phosphatase from Oesophagostomum dentatum (Nematoda: Strongylida), and functional analysis of homologues in Caenorhabditis elegans, International Journal for Parasitology, vol 33, issue 3, Elsevier Ltd, UK, Australia, pp. 313-325.

Boag, P., Ranganathan, S., Newton, S.E., Gasser, R.B., 2002, A male-specific (cysteine-rich) protein of Oesophagostomum dentatum (Strongylida) with structural characteristics of a serine protease inhibitor containing two trypsin inhibitor-like domains, Parasitology (Cambridge), vol 125, issue Pt. 5, Cambridge University Press, UK, pp. 445-455.

Boag, P., Newton, S.E., Gasser, R.B., 2001, Molecular aspects of sexual development and reproduction in nematodes and schistosomes, Advances in Parasitology, vol 50, Academic Press, USA, pp. 153-198.

Boag, P.R., Newton, S.E., Hansen, N., Christensen, C.M., Nansen, P., Gasser, R.B., 2000, Isolation and characterisation of sex-specific transcripts from Oesophagostomum dentatum by RNA arbitrarily-primed PCR, Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, vol 108, issue 2, Elsevier BV, The Netherlands, pp. 217-224.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Discovering novel vaccine targets for the human blood fluke, Schistosoma japonicum.

Supervisors:

Meeusen, E (Joint-co), Piedrafita, D (Joint), Boag, P (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Engineering local antibody probes to identify vaccines and therapeutic targets.

Supervisors:

Meeusen, E (Main), Boag, P (Associate).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Functional characterisation of the rio kinase family.

Supervisors:

Boag, P (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The TRIM protein NHL-2, contributes to germline chromosomal maintanance through small non-coding RNAs.

Supervisors:

Boag, P (Main).