Dr Elly Tchoubrieva,
BSc, MSc, PhD

Research Fellow

Centre for Animal Biotechnology
The University of Melbourne
Vic 3010, Australia
Telephone: + 61 3 8344 7348
Facsimile: +61 3 8344 7374
E-mail: elly.tchoubrieva@unimelb.edu.au

Positions held

2007–Present: Research Fellow, Schistosome group, Centre for Animal Biotechnology, The University of Melbourne (Australia)
2004–2007: Senior Research Officer, Growth and Differentiation Programme, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne (Australia)
2003–2004: Research Officer, Growth Regulation Laboratory, Baker Heart Research Institute, (Australia)

Tertiary education

2003: PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
1997:MSc Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Sofia, Bulgaria.
1995:BSc Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Sofia, Bulgaria.

Research interests

• Regulation of gene expression
• Mobile Genetic Elements/ Non-coding DNA
• PolI and PolIII transcription
• Vaccine and drug development

Selected papers

• Tchoubrieva E.B. and Kalinna B.H. Advances in mRNA Silencing and transgene expression: A gateway to functional genomics in schistosomes, Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering Reviews, 2009, Vol. 26: 273-292
• Jastrzebski K, Hannan K, Tchoubrieva E.B., Hannan R, Pearson R 2007. Coordinate regulation of ribosome biogenesis and function by the ribosomal protein S6 kinase, a key mediator of mTOR function, Growth Factors, 2007 25(4): 209-226
• Tchoubrieva, E. and Gibson, J. 2003. Conserved (CT)n.(GA)n repeats in the non-coding regions at the Gpdh locus are binding sites for the GAGA factor in Drosophila melanogaster and its sibling species, Genetica, 1881:1-9