David Yellowlees
Professor (ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies)

BSc PhD (H-W)         
Appointed to JCU - 1971

David Yellowlees

ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University
Douglas Campus
Townsville, Queensland 4811
Australia


Phone:
National (07) 4781 6249
International +61 7 4781 6249

Fax:
National (07) 4781 4775
International +61 7 4781 4775

E-mail:
David.Yellowlees@jcu.edu.auellowlees@jcu.edu.au

Biographical Notes

Visiting scientist, Protein Phosphorylation unit, Dundee University – 1980-81, 1986; Visiting Professor, Marine Biotechnology Institute, Shimizu, Japan – 1992;

Research Interests

Metabolic interactions between symbiotic dinoflagellates and their invertebrate hosts; inorganic carbon acquisition in marine symbioses; the role of carbonic anhydrase in marine symbioses; photosynthesis in symbiotic dinoflagellates; the role of lectins and a2-macroglobulin in the immunology of tridacnids.

Current Research Programs

  • Carbonic anhydrase structure and function in the coral symbiosis
  • Mechanisms of inorganic carbon acquisition and photosynthetic fixation in corals
  • Analysis of Symbiodinium EST library sequences