Assoc Prof Coral Warr - Researcher Profile

Biography

Coral works in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University as an Associate Professor and Deputy Head of School

 

 

Coral’s research areas of interest are:

 

• Drosophila Olfaction
• MACPF proteins in Drosophila development
• Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases and Cellular Signalling in Drosophila

 

More research information:  www.biolsci.monash.edu.au/staff/warr/research.html

 

Honours projects for prospective students: www.biolsci.monash.edu.au/honours/warr.html

 

Qualifications

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2005

B. SC (HONS)

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 2002

PHD

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 1997

Publications

Book Chapters

Tunstall, N., Warr, C., 2012, Chemical communication in insects: the peripheral odour coding system of Drosophila melanogaster, in Sensing in Nature, eds Carlos Lopez-Larrea, Springer Science+Business Media, USA, pp. 59-77.

Journal Articles

Tunstall, N.E., Herr, A., de Bruijne, M., Warr, C.G., 2012, A screen for genes expressed in the olfactory organs of Drosophila melanogaster identifies genes involved in olfactory behaviour, PLoS ONE [P], vol 7, issue 4, Public Library Science, San Francisco USA, pp. 1-11.

Lye, J.C., Richards, C.D., Dechen, K., Paterson, D.J., De Jonge, M., Howard, D., Warr, C.G., Burke, R.E., 2012, Systematic functional characterization of putative zinc transport genes and identification of zinc toxicosis phenotypes in Drosophila melanogaster, Journal Of Experimental Biology [P], vol 215, issue 18, Company of Biologists, Cambridge England, pp. 3254-3265.

Wu, C., Buszard, B., Teng, C., Warr, C., Tiganis, T., Meng, T., 2011, Dock/Nck facilitates PTP61F/PTP1B regulation of insulin signaling, Biochemical Journal [P], vol 439, issue 1, Portland Press Ltd, UK, pp. 151-159.

Marshall, B.K., Warr, C.G., de Bruijne, M., 2010, Detection of volatile indicators of illicit substances by the olfactory receptors of Drosophila melanogaster, Chemical Senses [P], vol 35, issue 7, Oxford University Press, Oxford England, pp. 613-625.

de Bruijne, M., Smart, R.S., Zammit, E.A., Warr, C.G., 2010, Functional and molecular evolution of olfactory neurons and receptors for aliphatic esters across the Drosophila genus, Journal Of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural And Behavioral Physiology [P], vol 196, issue 2, Springer, New York USA, pp. 97-109.

Anderson, A.R., Wanner, K.W., Trowell, S., Warr, C.G., Jaquin-Joly, E., Zagatti, P.M., Robertson, H.M., Newcomb, R., 2009, Molecular basis of female-specific odorant responses in Bombyx mori, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology [P], vol 39, issue 3, Elsevier, UK, pp. 189-197.

Smart, R.S., Kiely, A., Beale, M.J., Vargas, E., Carraher, C., Kralicek, A.V., Christie, D., Chen, C., Newcomb, R., Warr, C.G., 2008, Drosophila odorant receptors are novel seven transmembrane domain proteins that can signal independently of heterotrimeric G proteins, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, vol 38, issue 8, Elsevier, UK, pp. 770-780.

Kiely, A., Authier, A., Kralicek, A.V., Warr, C.G., Newcomb, R.D., 2007, Functional analysis of a Drosophila melanogaster olfactory receptor expressed in Sf9 cells, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, vol 159, issue 2, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 189-194.

Tunstall, N.E., Sirey, T., Newcomb, R.D., Warr, C.G., 2007, Selective pressures on Drosophila chemosensory receptor genes, Journal Molecular Evolution, vol 64, Springer New York LLC, USA, pp. 628-636.

De Bruyne, M., Warr, C.G., 2006, Molecular and cellular organization of insect chemosensory neurons, BioEssays, vol 28, issue 1, John Wiley, Hoboken USA, pp. 23-34.

Goldman, A.L., van der Goes van Naters, W., Lessing, D., Warr, C.G., Carlson, J.R., 2005, Coexpression of two functional odor receptors in one neuron, Neuron, vol 45, issue 5, Cell Press, Cambridge USA, pp. 661-666.

Dobritsa, A.A., van der Goes van Naters, W., Warr, C.G., Steinbrecht, R.A., Carlson, J.R., 2003, Integrating the molecular and cellular basis of odor coding in the Drosophila antenna, Neuron, vol 37, issue 5, Cell Press, Cambridge MA USA, pp. 827-841.

Robertson, H.M., Warr, C.G., Carlson, J.R., 2003, Molecular evolution of the insect chemoreceptor gene superfamily in Drosophila melanogaster, Colloquium: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, vol 100, issue 2, National Academy of Science, Washington DC, pp. 14537-14542.

Warr, C.G., Clyne, P.J., De Bruyne, M., Kim, J., Carlson, J.R., 2001, Olfaction in Drosophila: coding, genetics and e-genetics, Chemical Senses, vol 26, Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford England, pp. 201-206.

Warr, C.G., Vosshall, L.B., Amrein, H., Carlson, J.R., Gao, Q., Smith, D.P., 2000, A unified nomenclature system for the Drosophila odorant receptors, Cell, vol 102, Cell Press, Cambridge USA, pp. 145-146.

Clyne, P.J., Warr, C.G., Carlson, J.R., 2000, Candidate taste receptors in Drosophila, Science, vol 287, American Association Advancement Science, Washington USA, pp. 1830-1834.

Kim, J., Moriyama, E.N., Warr, C.G., Clyne, P.J., Carlson, J.R., 2000, Identification of novel multi-transmembrane proteins from genomic databases using quasi-periodic structural properties, Bioinformatics, vol 16, Oxford University Press, Oxford England, pp. 767-775.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

A genetic modifier screen to identify new genes acting downstream of torso-like in Drosophila.

Supervisors:

Warr, C (Main), Whisstock, J (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Extracellular signalling mechanisms involved in patterning the Drosophila embryo.

Supervisors:

Warr, C (Main), Whisstock, J (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Functional Characterisation of Chloride Channel Coding Genes in Drosophila Melanogaster.

Supervisors:

Burke, R (Main), Warr, C (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Investigating the function of MACPF proteins in immunity in Drosophila melanogaster.

Supervisors:

Warr, C (Main), Burke, R (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Investigating the genetic basis of zinc homeostasis in drosophila melanogaster.

Supervisors:

Burke, R (Main), Warr, C (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Modelling the effect of pathogenic Menkes and Wilson disease mutations in vivo.

Supervisors:

Burke, R (Main), Warr, C (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Natural variation in odorant receptor ligand-binding properties in Drosophila melanogaster.

Supervisors:

Warr, C (Main), De Bruyne, M (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The generation of olfactory neuronal signals: genetics and electrophysiology.

Supervisors:

Warr, C (Main), De Bruyne, M (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The genetic and morphological characterisation of a novel zebrabish mutant, HL-7.2.

Supervisors:

Verkade, H (Main), Warr, C (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Buszard, B.

Program of Study:

Functional characterisation of the Drosophila protein tyrosine phosphatase dPTP61F. (PHD) 2012.

Supervisors:

Tiganis, T (Joint), Warr, C (Joint-Co).

Student:

Tunstall, N.

Program of Study:

Comparative genomics of odorant receptors and identification of novel olfactory genes in Drosophila. (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Warr, C (Main), Mckechnie, S (Associate).