Qualifications
2003 PhD (Biochemistry) The University of Melbourne (Supervisor: Prof. Malcolm McConville)

1997 BSc (Hons) Biochemistry, The University of Melbourne

2008 Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education, La Trobe University

Awards
2008 University of Melbourne Early Career Researcher Grant. ‘Novel techniques for
examining protein regulation in plants’ ($18,000)

1998 Australian Post Graduate Award

Expertise / Research Interests:
Plant proteomics, with a particular focus on quantitative analyses. Expertise with 2D PAGE, DIGE, multidimensional liquid chromatography coupled to MS/MS peptide identification (MuDPIT) and iTRAQ peptide tagging (4-plex and 8-plex). Abiotic stress tolerance in cereals, particularly nutrient toxicities and drought stress.

Memberships:
Australian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Australasian Proteomics Society

Publications

1. Natera SHA, Ford KL, Cassin AM, Patterson JH, Newbigin EJ and Bacic A (2008) Analysis of the Oryza sativa plasma membrane proteome using combined protein and peptide fractionation approaches. J. Proteome Res. 7: 1159-1187
2. Patterson JH, Ford KL, Cassin AM, Natera SHA and Bacic A (2007) Increased abundance of proteins involved in phytosiderophore production in boron tolerant barley. Plant Phys. 144: 1612-1631
3. Perera V, Nachamkin I, Ung H, Patterson J, McConville M, Coloe P and Fry B (2007) Molecular mimicry in Campylobacter jejuni:  Role of the lipo- oligosaccharide core oligosaccharide in inducing anti-ganglioside antibodies. FEMS Immun. Med. Microbiol. 50: 27-36
4. Roessner U, Patterson JH, Forbes MG, Fincher GB, Langridge P and Bacic A (2006) An investigation of boron toxicity in barley using metabolomics. Plant Phys. 142: 1087-1101
5. Kovacevic S, Anderson D, Morita YS, Patterson JH, Haites R, Coppel R, McConville M J and Billman-Jacobe H. (2006) Identification of a novel protein involved in regulating lipoarabinomannan biosynthesis in mycobacteria. J. Biol. Chem. 281: 9011-9017
6. Patterson JH, Ford, KL, Platt M, Sutton T, Langridge P, Fincher GB and Bacic A (2005) A proteomic investigation into the molecular mechanisms of boron tolerance in Hordeum vulgare. Proceedings of the XV International Plant Nutrition Colloquium.
7. Morita YS, Velasquez R, Taig E, Waller RF, Patterson JH, Tull D, Williams SJ, Billman-Jacobe H and McConville MJ (2005) Compartmentalization of lipid biosynthesis in mycobacteria. J. Biol. Chem. 280: 21645 – 21652
8. Morita YS, Patterson JH, Billman-Jacobe H and McConville MJ (2004) Biosynthesis of mycobacterial phosphatidylinositol mannosides. Biochem. J. 378: 589-597
9. Jeevarajah D, Patterson JH, Taig E, Sargeant T, McConville MJ and Billman- Jacobe H. (2004) Methylation of GPLs in Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium avium. J. Bact. 186: 6792 – 6799
10. Patterson JH, Waller RF, Jeevarajah D, Billman-Jacobe H and McConville MJ (2003) Mannose metabolism is required for mycobacterial growth. Biochem J. 373: 77-86
11. Jeevarajah, D., Patterson, J. H., McConville, M. J. and Billman-Jacobe, H. (2002) Modification of glycopeptidolipids by an O-methyltransferase of Mycobacterium smegmatis. Microbiol. 148: 3079-3087
12. Patterson JH, McConville MJ, Haites RE, Coppel RL and Billman-Jacobe H (2000) Identification of a methyltransferase from Mycobacterium smegmatis involved in glycopeptidolipid synthesis. J. Biol. Chem. 275: 24900- 24906
13. Moody-Haupt S, Patterson JH, Mirelman D and McConville, MJ (2000) The major surface antigens of Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites are GPI-anchored proteophosphoglycans. J. Mol. Biol. 297: 409-420