Methods in Recombinant Protein Production

Dr Gurtler is a Molecular biologist with extensive industry experience and expertise in DNA analysis for the identification and typing of organisms. He is known internationally as the author of the original methodology of ribotyping. He is Advisor to Geneious (Bioinformatics software company) and previous head of Molecular Biology at Austin Health Microbiology, currently Adjunct Professor at RMIT University, Editor of Journal of Microbiological Methods, Editor of Heliyon and Series Editor of Methods in Microbiology. Dr Gurtler is currently working in collaboration with Assoc. Prof Danilla Grando on ribosome analysis of E. coli isolates and association with virulence. He visits RMIT regularly to advise on experimental methods and help PhD students use Geneious Bioinformatic software.

Professor Peter Smooker specialised in protein evolution and vaccines research overseas before he came to RMIT to share his expertise on infection and disease. He is now program leader for the Master of Biotechnology, which offers majors in molecular biology, molecular microbiology, food science, and bioinformatics. He also manages a laboratory devoted to developing solutions for infectious and acquired disease.

Marek Kieliszek, DSc, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Food Biotechnology and Microbiology, Institute of Food Science, at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. He has completed both his DSc and PhD at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. He was previously a professor in the Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology (IBPRS), Department of Microbiology.