Dr Ana Traven - Researcher Profile

Biography

Ana works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University as a Research Fellow.

Qualifications

PHD (MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY)

Institution: University of Zagreb - Croatia

Year awarded: 2002

MASTERS BY RESEARCH

Institution: Unknown

Year awarded: 2001

Unknown

Institution: Unknown

Year awarded: 1997

Publications

Journal Articles

Lev, S., Desmarini, D., Li, c., Chayakulkeeree, M., Traven, A., Sorrell, T.C., Djordjevic, J., 2013, Phospholipase C of Cryptococcus neoformans regulates homeostasis and virulence by providing inositol trisphosphate as a substrate for Arg1 kinase, Infection And Immunity [P], vol E-pub, American Society for Microbiology, USA.

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.

Hewitt, V.L., Heinz, E., Shingu-Vazquez, M.A., Qu, Y., Jelicic, B., Lo, T.L., Beilharz, T.H., Dumsday, G., Gabriel, K., Traven, A., Lithgow, T.J., 2012, A model system for mitochondrial biogenesis reveals evolutionary rewiring of protein import and membrane assembly pathways, Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America [P], vol 109, issue 49, National Academy of Sciences, USA, pp. E3358-E3366.

Qu, Y., Jelicic, B., Pettolino, F.A., Perry, A.J., Lo, T., Hewitt, V.L., Bantun, F., Beilharz, T.H., Peleg, A.y., Lithgow, T.j., Djordjevic, J., Traven, A., 2012, Mitochondrial sorting and assembly machinery subunit Sam37 in Candida albicans: insight into the roles of mitochondria in fitness, cell wall integrity, and virulence, Eukaryotic Cell [P], vol 11, issue 4, American Society for Microbiology, USA, pp. 532-544.

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.

Lo, T.L., Qu, Y., Uwamahoro, N., Quenault, T.L., Beilharz, T.H., Traven, A., 2012, The mRNA decay pathway regulates expressionof the Flo11 adhesin and biofilm formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Genetics [P], vol 191, issue 4, Genetics Society of America, USA, pp. 1387-1391.

Traven, A., Janicke, A., Harrison, P., Swaminathan, A., Seemann, T., Beilharz, T.H., 2012, Transcriptional profiling of a yeast colony provides new insight into the heterogeneity of multicellular fungal communities, PLoS ONE [P], vol 7, issue 9, Public Library of Science, USA, pp. e46243.1-e46243.11.

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.

Alcock, F., Webb, C., Dolezal, P., Hewitt, V.L., Shingu-Vazquez, M.A., Likic, V., Traven, A., Lithgow, T.J., 2011, A small Tim homohexamer in the relict mitochondrion of Cryptosporidium, Molecular Biology And Evolution [P], vol E, Oxford University Press, UK, pp. 113-122.

Dagley, M.J., Gentle, I.E., Beilharz, T.H., Pettolino, F.A., Djordjevic, J., Lo, T., Uwamahoro, N., Rupasinghe, T.W.T., Tull, D., McConville, M.J., Beaurepaire, C., Nantel, A., Lithgow, T.J., Mitchell, A.P., Traven, A., 2011, Cell wall integrity is linked to mitochondria and phospholipid homeostasis in Candida albicans through the activity of the post-transcriptional regulator Ccr4-Pop2, Molecular Microbiology [P], vol 79, issue 4, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 968-989.

Shingu-Vazquez, M., Traven, A., 2011, Mitochondria and fungal pathogenesis: Drug tolerance, virulence, and potential for antifungal therapy, Eukaryotic Cell [P], vol 10, issue 11, American Society for Microbiology, USA, pp. 1376-1383.

Quenault, T.L., Lithgow, T.J., Traven, A., 2011, PUF proteins: repression, activation and mRNAlocalization, Trends in Cell Biology [P], vol 21, issue 2, Elsevier Ltd, UK, pp. 104-112.

Boyd, S.E., Keith, J., Traven, A., Beilharz, T., 2011, Probing connectivity between transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene networks, Microbiology Australia [P], vol 32, issue 4, The Australian Society for Microbiology Inc, Australia, pp. 166-168.

Traven, A., Lo, T.L., Pike, B.L., Friesen, H., Guzzo, J., Andrews, B., Heierhorst, J., 2010, Dual functions of Mdt1 in genome maintenance and cell integrity pathways in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Yeast [P], vol 27, issue 1, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, UK, pp. 41-52.

Traven, A., Andrianopoulos, A., 2010, Fungi to the Fore: The emerging importance of fungi in human health, Australian Biochemist [P], vol 41, issue 1, Manning Printers, Australia, p. 3.

Traven, A., Lo, T.L., Lithgow, T.J., Heierhorst, J., 2010, The yeast PUF protein Puf5 has Pop2-independent roles in response to DNA replication stress, PLoS ONE [P], vol 5, issue 5 (e10651), Public Library of Science, USA, pp. 1-10.

Uwamahoro, N., Traven, A., 2010, Yeast, filaments and biofilms in pathogenesis of Candida albicans, Australian Biochemist [P], vol 41, issue 1, Manning Print Solutions, Australia, pp. 16-19.

Traven, A., Beilharz, T.H., Lo, T.L., Lueder, F.B., Preiss, T., Heierhorst, J., 2009, The Ccr4-Pop2-NOT mRNA deadenylase contributes to septin organization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Genetics [P], vol 182, issue 4, Genetics Society of America, USA, pp. 955-966.

Traven, A., Jelicic, B., Sopta, M., 2006, Yeast Gal4: A transcriptional paradigm revisited, Embo Reports [P], vol 7, issue 5, Nature Publishing Group, UK , Germany, pp. 496-499.

Traven, A., Hammet, A., Tenis, N., Denis, C.L., Heierhorst, J., 2005, Ccr4-not complex mRNA deadenylase activity contributes to DNA damage responses in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Genetics [P], vol 169, issue 1, Genetics Society of America, USA, pp. 65-75.

Jelicic, B., Traven, A., Filic, V., Sopta, M., 2005, Mitochondrial dysfunction enhances Gal4-dependent transcription, FEMS Microbiology Letters [P], vol 253, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK , The Netherlands, pp. 207-213.

Likic, V.A., Perry, A.E., Hulett, J.M., Derby, M.C., Traven, A., Waller, R.F., Keeling, P.J., Koehler, C.M., Curran, S.P., Gooley, P.R., Lithgow, T.J., 2005, Patterns that define the four domains conserved in known and novel isoforms of the protein import receptor Tom20, Journal of Molecular Biology, vol 347, issue 1, Academic Press, UK, pp. 81-93.

Traven, A., Heierhorst, J., 2005, SQ/TQ cluster domains: Concentrated ATM/ATR kinase phosphorylation site regions in DNA-damage-response proteins, Bioessays [P], vol 27, issue 4, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, UK, pp. 397-407.

Traven, A., Huang, D.C.S., Lithgow, T.J., 2004, Protein hijacking: Key proteins held captive against their will, Cancer Cell, vol 5, issue 2, Cell Press, USA, pp. 107-108.

Arneric, M., Traven, A., Staresincic, L., Sopta, M., 2002, The retinoblastoma family of proteins directly represses transcription in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Journal Of Biological Chemistry [P], vol 277, issue 11, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Inc, USA, pp. 8797-8801.

Traven, A., Staresincic, L., Arneric, M., Sopta, M., 2002, The yeast protein Xtc1 functions as a direct transcriptional repressor, Nucleic Acids Research [P], vol 30, issue 11, Oxford University Press, UK, pp. 2358-2364.

Traven, A., Wong, J.W., Xu, D., Sopta, M., Ingles, C.J., 2001, Interorganellar communication. Altered nuclear gene expression profiles in a yeast mitochondrial dna mutant, Journal Of Biological Chemistry [P], vol 276, issue 6, American Association for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Ic, USA, pp. 4020-4027.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Characterisation of Candida albicans virulence and its interaction with Acinetobacter baumannii.

Supervisors:

Peleg, A (Main), Traven, A (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Evolution of post-transcriptional regulatory networks in yeast.

Supervisors:

Traven, A (Main), Lithgow, T (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The Mediator of transcription in Candida albicans: roles in cell wall biogenesis, morphogenesis and virulence..

Supervisors:

Traven, A (Main), Lithgow, T (Associate).