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Professor Roberta Farrell

Role: Professor Qualifications: MSc PhD Ilinois FRSNZ FIAWS Email: r.farrell@waikato.ac.nz Location: C.2.10 Contact: [+64] (7) 838 4704

Research Interests:

- NZ Sapstain Fungi
- Bio Fibres and Fungi for use in Wood, Pulp and Paper Industries
- Sapstain Fungi
- Antarctic Research
- Ganga

Research and postgraduate study are encouraged in the Department of Biological Sciences. All research students acquire basic research skills and a knowledge of techniques, as well as training in specialist disciplines.

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See Professor Farrell's Curriculum Vitae [CV].

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See complete list of publications - [as compiled by the Department of Biological Sciences].

Selected Publications:

Recent Publications in Biochemistry and Fungal Studies:

Farrell, R.L., Duncan, S.M. (2005). Uniqueness of Antarctica and potential for commercial success, In Antarctic Bioprocessing. Eds. A. Hemmings and M. Rogan-Finnemore. Published by Gateway Antarctica Special Publication Series, No. 0501, University of Canterbury. ISBN 0-476-01647-9, pages 10-40.

Farrell, Roberta L, Krzywanski, Romuald, Pikula, Stewart. (2005). China Paper 2005, pp 77-86.

Thwaites, J.M., Farrell, R.L., Duncan, S.M., Reay, S.D., Blanchette, R.A., Hadar, E., Hadar, Y, and Harrington, T.C. (2005). Survey of potential sapstain fungi on Pinus radiata in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 43(3): 653-663.

Reay, S.D., Thwaites, J.M., & Farrell, R.L. (2005). A Survey of Ophiostoma species vectored by Hylastes ater to pine seedlings in New Zealand. For. Path. 35: 1-9.

Held, B.W., Jurgens, J.A., Arenz, B.E., Duncan, S.M., Farrell, R.L., & Blanchette, R.A. (2005). Environmental factors influencing microbial growth inside the Historic Expedition Huts of Ross Island, Antarctica. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 55:45-53.

Thwaites, Joanne M, Farrell, Roberta L, Hata, Kunio, Carter, Peter, Lausberg, Marco. (2004). Sapstain fungi on Pinus radiata logs – from New Zealand Forest to export in Japan. The Japan Wood Research Society 50, pp 459-465.

Farrell, Roberta, Blanchette, Robert, (et al). (2004). Scientific evaluation of deterioration in historic huts of Ross Island, Antarctica. Cultural Heritage in the Arctic and Antarctic regions, complied and edited for the International Polar Heritage Committee of ICOMOS, pp 33-38.

Blanchette, Robert A., Held, Benjamin, W., Jurgens, Joel A., McNew, Douglas L., Harrington, Thomas C., Duncan, Shona M., Farrell, Roberta L. (2004). Wood-Destroying Soft Rot Fungi in the Historic Expedition Huts of Antarctica. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, pp1328-1335.

Blanchette, Robert A., Held, Benjamin, W., Jurgens, Joel A., Aislabie, Jackie, Duncan, Shona, Farrell, Roberta L. (2004). Environmental pollutants from the Scott and Shackleton expeditions during the ‘Heroic Age’ of Antarctic exploration. Polar Record 40 (213), pp 143-151.

Roberta's 'complete' publication list can be found in her CV (above).

Research Publications:

You may like to view publications from 1997 onwards for Professor Roberta Farrell