Dr Greta Moraes
Staff Profile
Role at ANSTO
Greta provides key analytical and separations expertise to the Chemical deuteration and Biodeuteration teams. She is also responsible for the running and maintenance of the 4000QTrap mass spectrometer which is an essential tool in the determination of deuteration levels of molecules produced in the National Deuteration laboratories. Greta’s background is in Natural Products Chemistry and she is interested in the extraction of deuterated fatty acids and lipids from deuterated biomass.
Expertise
Mass Spectrometry, LCMS, HPLC, Flash Chromatography, NMR, structure elucidation of organic molecules.
Qualifications & Achievements
- Research Scientist, Industrial Research Limited, Lower Hutt, New Zealand (1997-2007)
- Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (2006)
- Bright Futures Enterprise Scholarship (2001-2003)
- BRAP (Bilateral Research Activities Program) Grant (2002)
- Research Chemist, Hoechst Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Mumbai, India
Publications
Yibmantasiri P.’,Leahy D.C., Busby B.P.; Angermayr S.A., Sorgo A.G., Boeger K., Heathcott R., Barber J.M., Moraes G., Matthews J.H., Northcote P.T., Atkinson P.H., Bellows D.S. “Molecular basis for fungicidal action of neothyonidioside, a triterpene glycoside from the sea cucumber, Australostichopus mollis” , Mol. BioSyst., 2012, 8, 902-912
Darwish T.A.; Smith, A. R. G.; Gentle, I. R.; Burn, P. L.; Luks, E.; Moraes, G.; Gillon, M.; Holden, P. J.; James, M., “Deuteration of Molecules for Neutron Reflectometry on Organic Light-Emitting Diode Thin Films” Tetrahedron Letters, 2012, 53, 931-935.
Moraes G., Northcote P.T., Stonik V.A. et al. “Mollisosides A, B1, and B2: Minor triterpene glycosides from the New Zealand and South Australian sea cucumber Australostichopus mollis”, Journal of Natural Products, 2005, 68, 842.
Moraes G., Northcote P.T., Stonik V.A., Levin V.S. et al. “Structure of the major triterpene glycoside from the sea cucumber Stichopus mollis and evidence to reclassify this species into the new genus Australostichopus”, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 2004, 32, 637.
Robertson A.J., Conrad V., Moraes G., “Stabilisation of carboxypeptidases in acid extracts of ovine pancreas”, Process Biochemistry, 2004, 39 (5), 615.
Stevenson D.E., Morgan K.R., Fenton G.A., Moraes G. “The use of NMR and Mass Spectrometry to Detect and Quantify Protease-Catalysed peptide Bond Formation in Complex Mixtures”, Enzyme and Microbial Technology Journal, 1999, 25, 125.
Khandelwal Y., Moraes G., De Souza N.J. “Oxidation/Reduction Studies with Forskolin” Tetrahedron Letters, 1986, 27, (51), 6249