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Presentations to Scientific Conferences:

1) Barnard, R., Waters, M.J., Bundesen,P.G., Rylatt, D.B. & Duplock, R. (1983) Monoclonal antibodies to the growth hormone receptor. Proc. Endocrine Soc. Aust. 26, 7.
2) Barnard, R., Munro, K., Duplock, R., Bundesen,P., Rylatt, D. & Waters, M. (1984) Evidence for structural heterogeneity of the growth hormone receptor using monoclonal antibody probes. Proc. Endocrine Soc. Aust. 27, 115.
3) Barnard, R.T. & Waters, M.J. (1985) Ovine and human growth hormones bind differently with respect to two antigenic determinants on one subtype of rabbit liver growth hormone receptor. Proc. Endocrine Soc. Aust. 28, 19.
4) Waters, M.J. & Barnard, R. (1986) The serum growth hormone binding proteins of rabbit serum are antigenically identical to liver membrane receptor subtypes 1 and 2. Proc. Endocrine Soc. U.S.A. 68, 371.
5) Barnard, R. & Waters, M.J. (1986) Rabbit serum and liver cytosolic GH binding proteins are antigenically identical to two classes of liver membrane GH receptors. Proc. Endocrine Soc. Aust. 29, 48.
6) Waters, M.J. & Barnard, R. (1986) growth hormone receptors and binding proteins. Proc. Endocrine Soc. Aust. 29, s4.
7) Barnard, R. & Waters, M.J. (1986) Immunohistochemical localization of GH receptors in thin sections of rabbit tibia. Proc. Endocrine Soc. Aust. 29, 131.
8) Haynes, K., Barnard, R., Waters, M.J. & Werther, G. (1987) Identification of growth hormone receptors on human chondrocytes. Proc. Endocrine Soc. Aust. 30, 85.
9) Barnard, R. & Waters, M.J. (1987) Evidence supporting the interaction of glutamate 33 of human growth hormone with the hormone binding site of the type 2 growth hormone binding protein . Proc. Endocrine Soc. Aust. 30, 86.
10) Cook, J.J., Haynes, K.M., Barnard, R., Waters, M.J. & Werther, G. (1987) Characterization of a monoclonal antibody to the human growth hormone receptor. Proc. Endocrine Soc. U.S.A. 69, 618.
11) Waters, M.J. & Barnard, R. (1988) Growth hormone receptor and binding protein: purification, cloning and expression. Proc. Aust. Biochem. Soc. 20, s53.
12) Barnard, R. & Waters, M.J. (1989) Soluble forms of the rabbit adipose and liver growth hormone receptors are antigenically identical, but the membrane associated forms differ. Proc. Endocrine Soc. Aust. 32, 20.
13) Rowlinson, S.W., Barnard, R., Snoswell, M., Bastiras, S., Robbins, A.R., Wells, J. & Waters, M.J. ( 1989) Identification of position 34 as a critical receptor interactive residue in growth hormone. Proc. Endocr. Soc. Aust. 32, 205.
14) Lobie, P.E., Barnard, R. & Waters, M.J. (1989) The growth hormone nuclear receptor: antigenic and physicochemical characterization. Proc. Endocr. Soc. Aust. 32, 21.
15) Waters, M.J., Barnard, R. , Hamlin, G., Lim, L., Leung, D. Spencer, S.A., Hammonds, R.G., Cachianes, G., Henzel, W.J. & Wood, W.I. (1990) Growth hormone receptor: structural and functional characterization. Proc. Endocrine Soc. Aust. 32, s12.
16) Werther, G. A., Cook, J., Haynes, K., Oakes, S., Herington, A.C., Barnard, R. & Waters, M.J. (1989) Growth hormone action in human tissues. Proc. Endocr. Soc. Aust. 32, s13.
17) Barnard, R., Ng. K.W., Martin, T.J. & Waters, M.J. (1990) Growth hormone (GH) receptors in clonal osteoblast-like cells mediate a proliferative response to GH. Proc. Endocrine Soc. U.S.A. 72, 1341.
18) Lobie, P.E., Barnard, R. & Waters, M.J. (1991) The nuclear growth hormone receptor/binding protein. Proc. Endocrine Soc. U.S.A. 72, 892.
19) Barnard, R., Ng. K.W., Martin, T.J. & Waters, M.J. (1990) Growth hormone receptors in clonal osteoblast-like cells mediate a proliferative response to GH. Proc. Endocrine Soc. Aust. 33, 13.
20) Barnard, R., Gobius, K., Rowlinson, S.W., Robins, A.J., Bastiras, S., Snoswell, M., Wells, J.R.& Waters, M.J. (1991) Use of electrostatic models to define interactive residues in the growth hormone-receptor complex. Sixteenth Annual Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function 23.
21) Gobius, K.S., Barnard, R., Mattick, J.S., & Waters, M.J. (1992) Site-directed mutagenesis of the rabbit growth hormone receptor: identification of residues essential for hormone binding. Proc. Endocrine Soc. U.S.A. 73, 869.
22) Rowlinson, S.W., Barnard, R., Bastiras, S., Robins, A.R., Snoswell, M., Wells, J. & Waters, M.J. (1991) Higher affinity porcine growth hormone (pGH) analogues. Proc. Endocrine Soc. Aust. 34, 104.
23) Waters, M.J., Lobie, P.E., Gobius, K.S., Rowlinson, S.W., Garcia, J., Zhang, C., Young, W.G., Bastiras, S., Robins, A., Wells, J.R. & Barnard, R. (1991). Growth hormone receptors-recent developments. Proc. Endocrine Soc. Aust. 34, 145-150 (Albury meeting).
24) Barnard, R. , Edens, A. , Thordarson, G. , Yamaguchi, M. , Cramer, S. & Talamantes, F. (1992) Growth hormone binding protein mRNA and growth hormone binding protein with hydrophilic C-terminus are expressed by cultured mouse trophoblasts. Proc. Endocrine Soc. U.S.A. 74, 17.
25) Barnard, R. , Lopez, M.F., Yamaguchi, M. , Edens, A. , Cramer, S.D., Ogren, L. & Talamantes, F. (1992) The mouse placental growth hormone receptor and growth hormone binding protein: studies in vivo and in vitro. Trophoblast Cells: Pathways for Maternal-Embryonic Communications. Serono Symposium (Las Vegas, Nevada) 2.
26)Rowlinson,S.W., Bastiras, S., Robins, A.J., Barnard, R. & Waters, M.J. (1992) Use of Ca++ chelation sites as an aid to mapping the receptor interactive region of porcine growth hormone. Ninth International Conference of Endocrinology, Nice, P-08.01.018
27) Barnard, R., Southard, J.N., Edens, A. & Talamantes, F. (1993) Growth hormone receptor and growth hormone-binding protein messages in the mouse placenta do not delete an exon analogous to human exon 3. Proc. Endocrine Soc. U.S.A. 75, .
28) Barnard, R., Southard, J.N., Edens, A. & Talamantes, F. (1993) Growth hormone receptor and growth hormone-binding protein messages in the mouse placenta do not delete an exon analogous to human exon 3. Proc. Endocrine Soc. Aust. 36, 176.
29) Rowlinson, S.W., Barnard, R., Bastiras, S., Robins, A.J., Senn, C., Wells, J.R.E. & Waters, M.J. (1994) Use of Ca2+ chelation sites to aid in mapping receptor interactive regions of porcine GH. Proc. Endocrine Soc. Aust. 36, 177.
30) Waters, M.J., Rowlinson, S.W., Clarkson, R.W.E., Brinkworth, R.I., Baumgartner, J.W., Muscat, G.E.O., Harrison, S., Wells, C.A., Lobie, P.E., & Barnard, R. T. (1993) Signal transduction by the GH receptor/binding protein. The Cell Growth and Growth Hormone Forum on the Superfamily of Receptors for Growth Hormone, Prolactin, Erythropoietin and Cytokines. Haifa, Israel.
31) Rowlinson, S.W., Brinkworth, R., Robins, A.J., Bastiras, S., Barnard, R.T. & Waters, M.J. (1994) Porcine growth hormone (GH) residues not involved in site 2 interaction with the GH receptor can influence bioactivity. Nineteenth Annual Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function.
32) Barnard, R., Garcia-Aragon, J., Wyse, B., Rowlinson, S.W., Owens, P.C., Talamantes, F., Baumbach, W.R. & Waters, M.J. (1994) A rat growth hormone binding protein RIA: effects of IGF-I infusion and GH injection on serum GH binding protein and liver GH receptors in the Lewis dwarf rat. Proc. Endocrine Soc. U.S.A. 76, 1632.
33) Rowlinson, S.W., Singh, R., Waters, M.J., Lewis, U.J. & Barnard, R. (1994) Human growth hormone (hGH) fragments 1-43 and 44-191: in vitro biological activity and GH receptor (GHR) binding characteristics. Proc. Endocrine Soc. Aust. 37, 115.
34) Rowlinson, S.W., Barnard, R., Bastiras, S., Robins, A.J., Brinkworth, R., & Waters, M.J. (1994) Analysis of the mechanism of binding of growth hormone to its receptor. Proc. Endocrine Soc. Aust. 37, 114.
35) Leung, K-C., Millard, W., Peters, E., Markus, I., Baumbach, W., Barnard, R. & Ho,K.K.Y. (1994) Measurement of GH binding protein in the rat by a ligand immunofunctional assay. Proc. Endocrine Soc. Aust. 37, 126.
36) Leung, K-C., Millard, W.J., Peters, E., Markus, I., Barnard, R., Baumbach, W.R. & Ho, K.Y. (1995) Measurement of serum GH binding protein in the rat by a ligand immunofunctional assay. Proc. Endocrine Soc. U.S.A. 76, 1633.
37) Rowlinson, S.W., Barnard, R., Bastiras, S., Robins, A., Brinkworth, R., & Waters, M.J. (1995) Mutations in binding site 1 of porcine growth hormone influence biopotency independently of site 2 interactions. Proc. Endocrine Soc. U.S.A. 77, P2-195.
38) Rowlinson, S.W., Waters, M.J., Singh, R., Lewis, U.J. & Barnard, R. (1995) Human growth hormone fragments 1-43 and 44-191: in vitro somatogenic activity and receptor binding characteristics in human and non-primate systems. Proc. Endocrine Soc. U.S.A. 77, P2-194.
39) Pantaleon, M., Harvey, M.B., Barnard, R.T., Waters, M.J. & Kaye, P.L. (1997) Functional receptors for growth hormone are expressed by and function in the preimplantation mouse embryo. Proc. Endocrine Soc. Aust. 38, 87.
40) Thellin, O., Coumans, B., Melot, F., Melen, L. Zorzi, D., Barnard, R., Igout, A. & Heinen, E (1995) Expression of growth hormone receptors by normal or pathological human lymphoid cells. Reunion de la Societe belge d'Immunologie.
41) Barnard, R., (1995) A role for growth hormone and growth hormone binding protein in fetal development. Invited address to the Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, December, 1995.
42) Barnard, R., Chan, F.Y., Mulcahy, J., Parry, A,F., Black, J., Igout, A., Ho, K.Y. & McIntyre, H.D. (1996) The Australian fetal growth study: I. Investigations of GH and GHBP throughout normal and pathologic gestation. Proceedings of the 10th International Congress of Endocrinology. San Francisco p. 480.
43) Chan, F.Y., McIntyre, H.D., Parry, A., Stone, M., Mulcahy, J. & Barnard, R. (1996) Serial changes of growth hormone binding protein in normal, diabetic, and pregnancies at risk for growth restriction. Annual Meeting of the Australian Perinatal Society.
44) McIntyre, H.D., Barnard, R., Parry, A., Stone, M., Mulcahy, J. & Chan, F.Y. (1996) Gestational profile of growth hormone binding protein in normal and diabetic pregnancies. Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society, Australasian Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy and Obstetric Medicine Group of Australasia Joint Meeting. Adelaide.
45) Barnard, R., McGeever, V. & Walsh, T. (1997) Detection of RAS mutations in colon tumors and faeces using automatable first nucleotide change (FNC) technology. IBC 3rd Annual Conference on Biochip Arrays and Integrated Devices for Clinical Diagnostics. San Diego.
46) McGeever, V., Barnard, R. & Walsh, T. (1997) Detection of k-RAS mutations in colon tumours and faecs using the first nucleotide change technology. Proceedings of the 9th Lorne Cancer Conference , 501.
47) Pecheniuk, N.M., Marsh, N.A., Barnard, R., Walsh, T.P. & Dale, J.L. (1997) Use of automatable first nucleotide change technology to identify factor V Leiden in an Australian population. IBC 3rd Annual Conference on Biochip Arrays and Integrated Devices for Clinical Diagnostics. San Diego.
47) Barnard, R., Livesey, J.H., Veveris, T., Florkowski, C.M., Espiner, E.A. & Donald, R.A. (1998) Baseline leptin and serum GH-binding protein show a strong correlation in GH deficient adults. Third international conference of the growth hormone research society. San Francisco.
48) McIntyre, H.D., Chan, F.Y., Parry, A., Serek, R., Igout, A., Bougoussa, M., Hennen, G. & Barnard, R., (1998) Placental growth hormone (GHv) and growth hormone binding protein (GHBP) in normal and diabetic pregnancy. International Colloquium of the Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group. Cairns.
49) Florkowski, C.M., Barnard, R., Livesey, J.H., Veveris, T., Espiner, E.A., Donald, R.A. (1998) Growth hormone binding protein correlates with leptin and percentage body fat in GH deficient adults and is increased by GH replacement but does not predict IGF-I response. Endocrinology of obesity, basic, clinical and therapeutic aspects. An official satellite meeting of the 8th International Congress on Obesity. Venice, Italy.
50) Barnard, R., Futo, V., Pecheniuk, N., Slattery, M. & Walsh, T. (1998). Biased amplification of mixed single point altered sequences. Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Adelaide.
51) Gobe, G., Zhang, X-J., Cuttle,L., Pat, B., Willgoss, D., Hancock,J., Barnard, R. & Endre, Z. (1999) Bcl-2 genes and growth factors in the pathology of ischaemic acute renal failure (IARF). 5th Annual Curtin Conference, Apoptosis .
52) Dvorak, B., Philipps, A., Herington, A.C., Barnard, R. & Koldovsky, O (1999) Presence of mRNA in suckling rat liver and proximal intestine specific for growth hormone receptor (GHR) and growth hormone bvinding protein (GHBP).Plenary session of the Western Society for Pediatric Research and W. Federation for Exp Biology, Carmel, CA, Feb, 1999. Published as abstract in J. Invest. Med. 47:2A (1999).
53) Slattery, M., Futo, V., Leggett, B., Young, J., Walsh, T. & Barnard, R. (1999) K-ras and p53 mutations in colon tumours. An assessment of correlation with the extent of tumour invasion. HGM '99, HUGO's Human Genome Meeting , Brisbane.
54) Slattery, M., Futo, V., Leggett, B., Young, J., Walsh, T. & Barnard, R. (1999) Combined analysis of k-ras and p53 mutations in colon tumours: potential for increased diagnostic sensitivity. Advances in Diagnostic Technologies, Melbourne, Australia p25.
55) Al-Sheikhly, D., Devine, P., Aaskov, J. and Barnard, R. (1999) A one tube multiplex RT-PCR for the detection of flaviviruses. Advances in Diagnostic Technologies, Melbourne, Australia p15.
56) Livesey, J., Barnard,R., Florkowski, C., Veveris, T., Espiner, E. and Donald, R. (1999) Evidence for heterogeneity of circulating high affinity growth hormone binding protein. Proc. Endocrine Soc. N.Z. Mount Maunganui, New Zealand abstract NZ 23.
57) Slattery, M., Futo, V., Kelly, G., Leggett, B., Young, J., Walsh, T. and Barnard, R. (1999) K-ras and p53 hotspot mutations in a large cohort of colorectal cancer patients: combined testing enhances diagnostic potential. ComBio 99, 43rd annual conference of ASBMB.,Gold Coast, Australia.
58) Al-Sheikhly, Devine, P., Aaskov, J. and Barnard, R. (1999) An ELISA based colourimetric assay for the detection of flavivirus nucleic acids in viral cultures. ComBio 99, 43rd annual conference of ASBMB.,Gold Coast, Australia.
59) Barnard, R., Kelly, G., Al-Sheikhly, D., Devine, P., Castles, D., Cahill, L. and Elarova, I. (1999) A novel thermal cycling apparatus for strip or solution based nucleic acid amplification or detection. The 14th San Diego Conference- Nucleic Acid Technologies in Disease Detection. Clinical Chemistry 45, 2051.
60) Al-Sheikhly, D., Devine, P., Aaskov, J. and Barnard, R. (1999) An RT-PCR ELISA assay for the detection of flavivirus nucleic acids in viral cultures. The 14th San Diego Conference- Nucleic Acid Technologies in Disease Detection. Clinical Chemistry 45, 2053.
61) Slattery, M., Futo, V., Kelly, G., Leggett, B., Young, J., Walsh, T. & Barnard, R. (1999) K-ras and p53 mutation detection in colorectal tumours: relation to tumour stage. Third Peter Mac Symposium, Melbourne, Australia.
62) Al-Sheikhly, D., Devine, P., Aaskov, J. and Barnard, R. (1999) A one-tube multiplex RT-PCR for the detection of Dengue, Yellow fever, and Japanese encephalitis viruses. 48th Annual meeting of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Washington D.C..
63) Wallace, E.M., DŐAntona, D., Veveris, T. and Barnard, R. (2000) Maternal serum growth hormone binding protein in normal and aneuploid human pregnancy . Annual Meeting of the Australian Perinatal Society, Brisbane, Australia.
64) Wan, C., Wolter, J., Barnard, R., Devine, P. and Timms, P. (2000) Development of a PCR-EIA for the detection of Chlamydia Pneumoniae in respiratory samples. Australian Society of Microbiology Annual Scientific meeting. Cairns, Australia 8-13 July 2000.
65) Harris, E.L., Kelly, G. and Barnard, R. (2000) Neither GH nor SS/Jr rats have an A1079T transition in the a1 Na+, K+-ATPase gene. GEHH 2000, Genetics of experimental and human hypertension symposium, Medical College of Ohio in Toledo, Ohio, USA, August 17-18, 2000.
Barnard, R., Kelly, G., Manzetti, S. and Harris, E.L. (2000) Neither GH nor SS/Jr rats have an A 1079 transversion in the a1 isoform of the Na+/K+-ATPase gene. Int. Cong. Endocrinol., Sydney, October 2000.
Manzetti, S. & Barnard, R. (2001) An analysis of reliability of in silico automated modelling using the GROMOS96 force field in prediction of kinetic parameters for trypsin and its substrates. Combined Conference Abstracts, COMBIO 2001, Pos-2-018
Al-Sheikhly, D., Thu, H.M., Barnard, R. & Aaskov, J. (2002) The rapid detection of flaviviruses using a multiplex RT-PCR coupled to a colourimetric ELISA-based assay. IUMS Paris.

A small mathematical essay

The prediction of tree growth ring radius from growth ring radius in the previous season

(for possible application to the study of long term climate change)

by Ross Barnard

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