Prof David Yellowlees ~ Adjunct Professor

Professor David Yellowlees is the Assistant Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence. Educated in Scotland as a biochemist, he has undertaken extensive research on the symbiosis between coral reef organisms, particularly in corals and tridacnid clams. His major interests have centred on the metabolic relationship between the symbiotic partners. His research on the acquisition of inorganic carbon, its photosynthetic fixation and transfer to the animal host forms the basis of much of our understanding of these organisms at the metabolic level. David has published over 80 papers in international journals. He has had a long career at James Cook University commencing in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in 1971. After resigning as Head of the School of Pharmacy and Molecular Sciences at the beginning of 2007, he joined the staff of the Centre as its Assistant Director. He now applies many of those skills learned as Head of School to assist with the running of the Centre. In particular he mentors the postdoctoral fellows, assists researchers with grant submissions and acts as the postgraduate liaison officer for the ARC Centre. He is a member of the JCU Research Committee and on the DVC’s (Research and Innovation) Research Advisory Group.

Experience

• 2008 to present - JCU Research Committee, James Cook University

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Journal Articles

• Boldt L, Yellowlees D and Leggat W (2012) Hyperdiversity of genes encoding integral light-harvesting proteins in the dinoflagellate Symbiodinium sp. PLoS ONE, 7 (10). pp. 1-13
• Ainsworth T, Wasmund K, Ukani L, Seneca F, Yellowlees D, Miller D and Leggat W (2011) Defining the tipping point. A complex cellular life/death balance in corals in response to stress. Scientific Report, 1. pp. 1-9
• Leggat W, Yellowlees D and Medina M (2011) Recent progress in Symbiodinium transcriptomics. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 408 (1-2). pp. 120-125
• Leggat W, Seneca F, Wasmund K, Ukani L, Yellowlees D and Ainsworth T (2011) Differential responses of the coral host and their algal symbiont to thermal stress. PLoS ONE, 6 (10). pp. 1-11
• Carter D, Yellowlees D and Tibbett M (2010) Moisture can be the dominant environmental parameter governing cadaver decomposition in soil. Forensic Science International, 200 (1-3). pp. 60-66
• Voolstra C, Sunagawa S, Schwarz J, Coffroth M, Yellowlees D, Leggat W and Medina M (2009) Evolutionary analysis of orthologous cDNA sequences from cultured and symbiotic dinoflagellate symbionts of reef-building corals (Dinophyceae: Symbiodinium). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics, 4 (2). pp. 67-74
• Carter D, Yellowlees D and Tibbett M (2008) Using ninhydrin to detect grave soil. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 53 (2). pp. 397-400
• Carter D, Yellowlees D and Tibbett M (2008) Temperature affects microbial decomposition of cadavers (Rattus rattus) in contrasting soils. Applied Soil Ecology, 40 (1). pp. 129-137
• Yellowlees D, Rees T and Leggat W (2008) Metabolic interactions between algal symbionts and invertebrate hosts. Plant, Cell & Environment, 31 (5). pp. 679-694
• Carter D, Yellowlees D and Tibbett M (2007) Autoclaving kills soil microbes yet soil enzymes remain active. Pedobiologia, 51 (4). pp. 295-299

Book Chapters

• Carter D, Yellowlees D and Tibbett M (2009) Can temperature affect the release of ninhydrin-reactive nitrogen in gravesoil following the burial of a mammalian (Rattus rattus) cadaver? In: Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics. Springer, Netherlands, pp. 333-340

Conference Papers

• Boldt L, Yellowlees D and Leggat W (2010) Measuring Symbiodinium sp. gene expression patterns with quantitative real-time PCR. Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium. 7-11 July 2008, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 28+ research outputs authored by Prof David Yellowlees from 1993 onwards.