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Dr John Dearnaley

Name :	Dr John Dearnaley
Position :	Senior Lecturer (Cellular & Molecular Biology)
Section :	Faculty of Sciences Biological and Physical Sciences
Office :	L312
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 2804
Extension :	2804
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BSc(Hons) Monash PhD ANU

Home Page : http://www.usq.edu.au/users/dearns
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Professional Memberships

The Australasian Mycological Society (Secretary since 2011)
The Queensland Mycological Society

Research Interests

My research is focussed on the ecology, taxonomy and economic uses of Australian mycorrhizal and endophytic fungi.

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Le Brocque AF, Case H, Dearnaley JDW. (2013) Response of soil fungal richness and composition to Lantana camara L. infestation on the Toowoomba Escarpment, South-East Queensland. Australasian Mycologist 31: 17-23.

Graham R.R. and Dearnaley J.D.W. (2012) The rare Australian epiphytic orchid Sarcochilus weinthalii associates with a single species of Ceratobasidium. Fungal Diversity 54:31-37.

Dearnaley, J.D.W. and Bougoure, J.J. (2010) Isotopic and molecular evidence for saprotrophic Marasmiaceae mycobionts in rhizomes of Gastrodia sesamoides. Fungal Ecology 3: 288-294.

Most notable :
Dearnaley JDW, Martos F, Selosse MA. (2012). Orchid mycorrhizas: molecular ecology, physiology, evolution and conservation aspects. In: Esser Karl (Ed.) The Mycota Volume IX - Fungal Associations (Second edition) Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

BIO1103 - Pathology Studies
BIO2107 - Cell & Molecular Biology 1
BIO1104 - Microbiology & Immunology 1
BIO2207 - Genetics

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 17 years

Administrative Responsibilities

Departmental honours co-ordinator