STAFF PROFILE
Associate Professor Taghrid Istivan
Position:
Associate Professor
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Science
Phone:
+61399257107
Email:
taghrid.istivan@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Bundoora West
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Research interests
- Application of de novo designed peptides as alternative therapeutics. RRM designed peptides as novel therapeutics for cancer, wound healing, and as antimicrobials
- Application of molecular biology techniques for Pathogen detection, bacterial pathogenesis and vaccine development
- Epidemiology and virulence of Campylobacter concisus as an emerging bacterial pathogen. In collaboration with The Royal Children’s Hospital and Austin’s Health.
- Antimicrobial resistance of bacterial Biofilms in collaboration with the Royal Children’s Hospital and Griffith University
Membership of professional associations
Postgraduate research supervisor
- PhD research candidates on the application of electromagnetism in alternative therapeutics, in collaboration with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University
- PhD and Masters research candidates on the application of molecular techniques for detection and virulence markers in Campylobacter spp
Teaching
- Coordinator and lecturer for Microbiology (BIOL 2158;BIOL2159; BIOL2173; and BIOL2195)
- Coordinator and lecturer for the Microbiology part of Introduction to Clinical Microbiology and Immunology (ONPS 2299)
- Lecturer in other PG and UG courses (Medical Microbiology ONPS1054 and Pathogenesis of Enteric Infections ONPS1057)
- PhD (Biotechnology), RMIT University, 2005. Thesis titled “Molecular Characterisation of Campylobacter concisus, a potential etiological agent of gastroenteritis in children.”
- MSc. (Microbial Genetics), University of Mosul, Iraq. Thesis titled “Genetics of Resistance to the Anti-metabolite p-fluorophenylalanine in Aspergillus amestelodami”
- BSc. (Microbiology), University of Mosul, Iraq
- Huq, M.,Wahid, S.,Istivan, T. (2024). Biofilm Formation in Campylobacter concisus: The Role of the luxS Gene In: Microorganisms, 12, 1 - 18
- Istivan, T.,Huq, M. (2023). Biofilms of Campylobacter concisus: a potential survival mechanism in the oral cavity In: Microbiology Australia, 44, 100 - 103
- Morrish, C.,Whitehead, F.,Istivan, T.,Kasapis, S. (2022). The effect of trisodium phosphate crosslinking on the diffusion kinetics of caffeine from chitosan networks In: Food Chemistry, 381, 1 - 9
- Cornelius, A.,Huq, M.,On, S.,Istivan, T., et al, . (2021). Genetic characterisation of Campylobacter concisus: Strategies for improved genomospecies discrimination In: Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 44, 1 - 12
- Nassar, N.,Whitehead, F.,Istivan, T.,Shanks, R.,Kasapis, S. (2021). Manipulation of the glass transition properties of a high-solid system made of acrylic acid-n,n'-methylenebisacrylamide copolymer grafted on hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22, 1 - 15
- El-Kady, A.,Fouad, S.,Istivan, T.,Osman, H. A., et al, . (2021). Pomegranate peel extract is a potential alternative therapeutic for giardiasis In: Antibiotics, 10, 1 - 15
- Marqus, S.,Lee, L.,Istivan, T.,Chang, R.,Dekiwadia, C.,Chan, H.,Yeo, L. (2020). High Frequency Acoustic Nebulization for Pulmonary Delivery of Antibiotic Alternatives Against Staphylococcus aureus In: European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 151, 181 - 188
- Morrish, C.,Teimouri, S.,Istivan, T.,Kasapis, S. (2020). Molecular characterisation of hot moulded alginate gels as a delivery vehicle for the release of entrapped caffeine In: Food Hydrocolloids, 109, 1 - 7
- Istivan, T.,ALMANSOUR, N.,Pirogova, E. (2018). The Akt signaling pathway in skin cancer cell lines treated with RRM-MV, a short peptide analogue of the MT5 protein of myxoma virus In: Cancer Studies and Therapeutics, 3, 1 - 10
- Huq, M.,Van, T.,Gurtler, V.,Elshagmani, E.,Allemailem, K.,Smooker, P.,Istivan, T. (2017). The ribosomal RNA operon (rrn) of Campylobacter concisus supports molecular typing to genomospecies level In: Gene Reports, 6, 8 - 14
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
13 PhD Completions and 3 Masters by Research Completions2 PhD Current Supervisions and 1 Masters by Research Current Supervisions
Molecular detection, identification and virulence of bacterial pathogens. Toxins of Gram-negative bacteria. Developing effective veterinary vaccines against bacterial pathogens. Investigating novel technologies for tumour treatment.
- A Fast-Scanning Spectral Confocal Microscope for RMIT Bundoora for use in cardiovascular, diabetes, cancer and neuroscience research. Funded by: Ramaciotti Foundation Equipment Grant pre-2014 from (2009 to 2009)
- Development of molecular techniques for the diagnosis of emerging pathogens causing childhood gastroenteritis.. Funded by: RMIT Emerging Researcher Grants from (2008 to 2009)
- Vectoring antigens to the chicken immune system - studies with Campylobacter antigens. Funded by: CRC Poultry from (2007 to 2010)