Dr  Ralf Dietzgen

Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
Emerging Technologies
Queensland Bioscience Precinct
University of Queensland
St. Lucia Qld Australia 4072

Tel: (61 7) 3346 2703
Fax: (61 7) 3346 2727
Email: ralf.dietzgen@dpi.qld.gov.au

Fields of Interest

Agricultural, Biodiscovery, Biotechnology, Diagnostics, Molecular Biology, Microbial Diversity, Microbial Genetics, Phylogeny, Evolution, Classification, Nomenclature

Microorganisms and Cell Cultures

Virus, Insect Cells, Plant Cells

Other taxa

cytorhabdovirus, nucleorhabdovirus, potyvirus, cucumovirus, tospovirus

Environments

Terrestrial, Plant;Insect

Methodologies

Real time PCR, transient plant expression vectors for fluorescent fusions, 

Research

The Plant and Microbial Biotechnology team is interested in understanding the molecular interactions between viruses, their plant hosts and insect vectors. We also study the diversity of viral populations and harness RNA silencing for virus control. Skills include the molecular analysis of DNA and RNA, molecular cloning and sequencing, sequence phylogeny, real time PCR, small RNA detection, protein chemistry and serology.