Associate Professor Htin Lin Aung

A profile photo of Dr Htin Lin Aung Molecular Microbiologist
Rutherford Discovery Fellow
Associate Dean Pacific Research
Councillor, Royal Society Te Apārangi New Zealand Council
Sir Charles Hercus Health Research Fellow (2017–2022)

BSc(Hons) (Otago), PhD (Otago)

Appointed: 2014

Email htin.aung@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 4795091
Twitter @DrHtinLinAung
Linkedin https://bit.ly/2QO3l5K

Teaching roles

GENE 223 Developmental and Applied Genetics
GENE 221 Molecular and Microbial Genetics
GENE 411 Current Topics in Genetics
MELS 306 Medical Microbiology
MICR 332 Health Microbiology
MICR 335 Molecular Microbiology
MICR 461 Molecular Microbiology (Convenor)

Research interests

Antimicrobial resistance, health inequalities, genome sequencing, clinical microbiology, molecular microbiology, molecular diagnostics, molecular epidemiology, host-pathogen interaction, global public health

Current research

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is a global public health emergency. Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) including multidrug-resistant (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR-TB) is the main cause of deaths related to AMR. In addition, TB disproportionally affects socio-economically disadvantaged individuals and communities across the world.

Using TB as an examplar, our research goal is to tackle health inequalities and AMR with a transdisciplinary, integrative approach employing cutting-edge technologies such as next- and third generation whole-genome sequencing (Illumina and Oxford Nanopore).

Research in my group is focused on:

Characterisation of genetic diversity and population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) in low- and high TB burden settings
Decoding the genetic basis of NZ unique Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) strains for their virulence and host specificity in Māori and Pasifika
Identification of the genetic basis for resistance in Mtb and the consequent development of diagnostics and anti-TB drugs
Investigating the genomic landscape of Mycobacterium bovis, a causative agent of bovine TB, at the wildlife-livestock-human interface using a One Health approach
Understanding the molecular epidemiology of TB transmission in the populations/communities for effective policy interventions
Engagement with affected communities to understand perceptions of TB and barriers to care

A photo of Dr Htin Lin Aung and six students

Aung Lab

A photo of Dr Aung and some students on a lunchtime run

Lab Lunchtime Run

Tackling tuberculosis in the lab and on the frontline

A photo of people in the Tuberculosis Clinic lab, Yangon, Myanmar

Tuberculosis Clinic, Yangon, Myanmar

A photo of Dr Aung and the Myanmar Team at the National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory

Myanmar Team at the National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory

A photo of Dr Aung with two students working on the next-generation illumina iSeq sequencing at the National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Myanmar

Next-generation illumina iSeq sequencing at the National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Myanmar

Third-generation long-read Nanopore sequencing

A photo of Dr Aung talking with children in a classroom

Community Engagement

A photo of Dr Aung with Māori and Pasifika students from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology

With Māori and Pasifika students from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Dr Aung with Māori students at Wairoa College, Hawkes Bay

With Māori students at Wairoa College, Hawkes Bay

Pacific Intermediate Sciences Holiday Programme at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Publications

Christensen, P., Cinzah, R., Suwanarusk, R., Chua, A. C. Y., Kaneko, O., Kyle, D. E., Aung, H. L., Matheson, J., … Cook, G. M., … Russell, B. (2024). Extended blood stage sensitivity profiles of Plasmodium cynomolgi to doxycycline and tafenoquine, as a model for Plasmodium vivax. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1128/aac.00280-24 Journal - Research Other

Tun, T., Baleivanualala, S. C., Erdmann, M. B., Gimenez, G., & Aung, H. L. (2024). An extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate from Myanmar [Genome note]. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 36, 1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2023.11.004 Journal - Research Other

van Os, M., Cross, H., Kardailsky, O., Jeunen, G.-J., Collins, C., McDonald, K., Kinaston, R., Vlok, M., Walter, R., Cook, G., Aung, H. L., Matisoo-Smith, L., Buckley, H., & Knapp, M. (2023). The conundrum of related taxa: Detection and authentication of pathogen DNA in bioarchaeological samples from the Pacific. Proceedings of the 1st Australian & New Zealand Environmental DNA (eDNA) Conference: Innovation & Application. Retrieved from https://ednaconference.com.au Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Phyu, A. N., Aung, S. T., Palittapongarnpim, P., Htet, K. K. K., Mahasirimongkol, S., Ruangchai, W., … Aung, H. L., … Chongsuvivatwong, V. (2023). Genomic sequencing profiles of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Mandalay region, Myanmar. Tropical Medicine & Infectious Disease, 8, 239. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed8040239 Journal - Research Article

Aung, S. T., Nyunt, W. W., Moe, M. M., Aung, H. L., & Lwin, T. (2022). The fourth national tuberculosis prevalence survey in Myanmar. PLOS Global Public Health, 2(6), e0000588. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000588 Journal - Research Article

2024

Journal - Research Other

2023

Journal - Research Article

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

2022

Journal - Research Article

Phyu, A. N., Aung, S. T., Palittapongarnpim, P., Htet, K. K. K., Mahasirimongkol, S., Aung, H. L., … Chongsuvivatwong, V. (2022). Distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages and drug resistance in Upper Myanmar. Tropical Medicine & Infectious Disease, 7, 448. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed7120448

Christensen, P., Racklyeft, A., Ward, K. E., Matheson, J., Suwanarusk, R., Chua, A. C. Y., … Aung, H. L., … Cook, G. M., … Russell, B. (2022). Improving in vitro continuous cultivation of Plasmodium cynomolgi, a model for P. vivax. Parasitology International, 89, 102589. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2022.102589

Journal - Research Other

Mulholland, C. V., Gimenez, G., Williamson, A., Steele, M., Thorpe, D., Karalus, N., … Cook, G. M., … Aung, H. L. (2022). Complete genome sequence of a New Zealand Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain responsible for ongoing transmission over the past 30 years. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 11(11). doi: 10.1128/mra.00781-22

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

van Os, M., Cross, H., Kardailsky, O., Collins, C., Walter, R., Cook, G., Aung, H. L., Matisoo-Smith, L., Buckley, H., & Knapp, M. (2022). Pathogen hunters: Using ancient DNA to authenticate the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other microbes in early Polynesian settlers of Aotearoa New Zealand. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go

van Os, M., Cross, H., Kardailsky, O., Collins, C., Walter, R., Cook, G., Aung, H. L., Matisoo-Smith, L., Buckley, H., & Knapp, M. (2022). Pathogen hunters: Using ancient DNA to authenticate the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other microbes in early Polynesian settlers of Aotearoa New Zealand. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Annual Conference. (pp. 39). Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Aung, H. L. (2022, August). Genetic diversity and transmission patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in low and high tuberculosis burden countries. Verbal presentation at the Webster Centre for Infectious Diseases Satellite Meeting: Queenstown Research Week, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2021

Journal - Research Article

Aung, H. L., Nyunt, W. W., Fong, Y., Biggs, P. J., Winkworth, R. C., Lockhart, P. J., … Hill, P. C., Cook, G. M., & Aung, S. T. (2021). Genomic profiling of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains, Myanmar. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(11), 2847-2855. doi: 10.3201/eid2711.210726.

Aung, S. T., Thu, A., Aung, H. L., & Thu, M. (2021). Measuring catastrophic costs due to tuberculosis in Myanmar. Tropical Medicine & Infectious Disease, 6(3), 130. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed6030130

Parker, H. A., Dickerhof, N., Forrester, L., Ryburn, H., Smyth, L., Messens, J., Aung, H. L., Cook, G. M., Kettle, A. J., & Hampton, M. B. (2021). Mycobacterium smegmatis resists the bactericidal activity of hypochlorous acid produced in neutrophil phagosomes. Journal of Immunology, 206, 1901-1912. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2001084

Journal - Research Other

Humblestone, L., Arnold, B., & Aung, H. L. (2021). Translating whole-genome sequence data for drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis diagnostics in clinics. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1533), 115-117. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Talalima, T. S. A., Gimenez, G., & Aung, H. L. (2021). A genomic voyage: Exploring tuberculosis in Pasifika. In M. Colombo, P. Vakaoti, R. Richards, M. Schaaf, M. Taumoepeau & L. Moata'ane (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific Voices XVIII. (pp. 41). Dunedin, New Zealand: Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/16236

van Os, M., Cross, H., Kardailsky, O., Collins, C., McDonald, K., Kinaston, R., Vlok, M., Walter, R., Cook, G., Aung, H. L., Matisoo-Smith, L., Buckley, H., & Knapp, M. (2021). Tuberculosis or soil bacteria? Detection and authentication of highly degraded M. tuberculosis DNA in bioarchaeological remains from the Pacific. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go

2020

Journal - Research Article

Maung, H. M. W., Palittapongarnpim, P., Aung, H. L., Surachat, K., Nyunt, W. W., & Chongsuvivatwong, V. (2020). Geno-spatial distribution of mycobacterium tuberculosis and drug resistance profiles in Myanmar-Thai border area. Tropical Medicine & Infectious Disease, 5(4), 153. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5040153

Lee, B. M., Harold, L. K., Almeida, D. V., Afrait-Jurnou, L., Aung, H. L., Forde, B. M., Hards, K., … Cook, G. M., & Jackson, C. J. (2020). Predicting nitroimidazole antibiotic resistance mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis with protein engineering. PLoS Pathogens, 16(2), e1008287. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008287

Journal - Research Other

McDonald, S. K., Matisoo-Smith, E. A., Buckley, H. R., Walter, R. K., Aung, H. L., Collins, C. J., Cook, G. M., Kardailsky, O., Krause, K., & Knapp, M. (2020). 'TB or not TB': The conundrum of pre-European contact tuberculosis in the Pacific. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 375, 20190583. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0583

2019

Journal - Research Article

Mulholland, C. V., Shockey, A. C., Aung, H. L., Cursons, R. T., O'Toole, R. F., Gautam, S. S., … Cook, G. M., … Arcus, V. L. (2019). Dispersal of Mycobacterium tuberculosis driven by historical European trade in the South Pacific. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, 2778. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02778

Lu, X., Williams, Z., Hards, K., Tang, J., Cheung, C.-Y., Aung, H. L., … Cook, G. M. (2019). Pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine inhibitor of the respiratory cytochrome bcc complex for the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis. ACS Infectious Diseases, 5(2), 239-249. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.8b00225

Journal - Research Other

Aung, H. L., Devine, T. J., Mulholland, C. V., Arcus, V. L., & Cook, G. M. (2019). Tackling tuberculosis in the indigenous people of New Zealand. Lancet Public Health, 4(10), e496. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(19)30180-X

Aung, H. L., & Devine, T. J. (2019). Reducing the burden of tuberculosis in the Māori, the Indigenous people of New Zealand. Lancet Global Health, 7(7), e845. doi: 10.1016/s2214-109x(19)30236-0

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Taylor, J. T., Cook, G. M., Gimenez, G., & Aung, H. L. (2019). Otara: Fighting tuberculosis on the home front. In A. Finigan, P. Vakaoti, R. Richards & M. Schaaf (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific Voices XVI. (pp. 31). Dunedin, New Zealand: The Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/pacific

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Knapp, M., McDonald, S. K., Buckley, H., Kardailsky, O., Aung, H. L., Cross, H., Jeunen, G.-J., Matisoo-Smith, E., Walter, R., & Cook, G. M. (2019, August-September). Origin and evolution of tuberculosis in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2018

Journal - Research Article

Basu, I., Bower, J. E., Roberts, S. A., Henderson, G., Aung, H. L., Cook, G., … Newton, S. (2018). Utility of whole genome sequencing for multidrug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in a reference TB laboratory in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1487), 15-22. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Mortuza, R., Aung, H. L., Taiaroa, G., Opel-Reading, H. K., Kleffmann, T., Cook, G. M., & Krause, K. L. (2018). Overexpression of a newly identified d-amino acid transaminase in Mycobacterium smegmatis complements glutamate racemase deletion. Molecular Microbiology, 107(2), 198-213. doi: 10.1111/mmi.13877

Journal - Research Other

Aung, H. L., Nyunt, W. W., Fong, Y., Russell, B., Cook, G. M., & Aung, S. T. (2018). Acquired resistance to antituberculosis drugs. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24(11), 2134. doi: 10.3201/eid2411.180465

Htuna, K. S., Fong, Y., Kyaw, A. A., Aung, S. T., Oo, K. Z., Zaw, T., … Russell, B., Cook, G. M., Aung, H. L., & Hlaing, T. M. (2018). Microbiome dataset from the upper respiratory tract of patients living with HIV, HIV/TB and TB from Myanmar [Data article]. Data in Brief, 21, 354-357. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.10.003

Mulholland, C. V., Thorpe, D., Cursons, R. T., Karalus, N., Fong, Y., Arcus, V. L., Cook, G. M., & Aung, H. L. (2018). Evaluation of the rapid molecular diagnostic test for the New Zealand Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rangipo strain in a clinical setting. New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1478), 70-72. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Aung, H. L., Tun, T., Nyunt, W. W., Fong, Y., Crump, J. A., Thinn, K. K., … Cook, G. M. (2018). Association between anti-tuberculosis drug resistance-conferring mutations and treatment outcomes in Myanmar. Infectious Diseases, 50(5), 388-390. doi: 10.1080/23744235.2017.1404632

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Mulholland, C. V., Aung, H. L., Karalus, N., Cursons, R. T., Roberts, S. A., Cook, G. M., … Arcus, V. L. (2018). Mycobacterium tuberculosis accompanies historic European trade expansion in the South Pacific. Proceedings of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB) Joint Annual Conference: Microbes & Molecules. (pp. 46). Retrieved from https://www.nzmsconference.org.nz

Playle, V. M., Basu, I., Cook, G. M., Aung, H. L., Crawshaw, S., Hay, D., & Roberts, S. (2018). The molecular epidemiology of a MIRU-VNTR linked Mycobacterium tuberculosis cluster in New Zealand. Proceedings of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) New Zealand Annual Meeting. Retrieved from https://www.asid.net.au

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Saul, D., Rawle, C. B., Muralidhar, A., Rand, C. J., Mayall, K., Boykin, L., McNeil, M., Aung, H. L., & Stanton, J. L. (2018, December). Reliable sample preparation technology for point-of-need applications. Verbal presentation at the 4th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.

Aung, H. L., Nyunt, W. W., Fong, Y., Cook, G. M., & Aung, S. T. (2018, November). A molecular weapon to combat tuberculosis: The role of next-generation sequencing in the management of tuberculosis in high burden settings. Verbal presentation at the Proceedings of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB) Joint Annual Conference: Microbes & Molecules, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Aung, H. L. (2018, August). Investigating transmission dynamics of tuberculosis for the design of effective interventions in Myanmar: Lessons from a high-burden setting. Verbal presentation at the Australasian Tuberculosis Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.

2017

Journal - Research Article

Nakatani, Y., Opel-Reading, H. K., Merker, M., Machado, D., Andres, S., Kumar, S. S., … Aung, H. L., Cook, G. M., … Krause, K., & Köser, C. U. (2017). Role of alanine racemase mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis D-cycloserine resistance. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 61(12), e01575-17. doi: 10.1128/aac.01575-17

Mulholland, C. V., Ruthe, A., Cursons, R. T., Durrant, R., Karalus, N., Coley, K., … Permina, E., Coleman, M. J., … Cook, G. M., & Aung, H. L. (2017). Rapid molecular diagnosis of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rangipo strain responsible for the largest recurring TB cluster in New Zealand. Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease, 88(2), 138-140. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.03.012

Journal - Research Other

Nyunt, W. W., Aung, S. T., Cook, G. M., & Aung, H. L. (2017). Evaluation of the genotype MTBDRsl test for detection of second-line drug resistance in drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in Myanmar. Infectious Diseases, 49(11-12), 865-866. doi: 10.1080/23744235.2017.1341056

Aung, H. L., Nyunt, W. W., Fong, Y., Cook, G. M., & Aung, S. T. (2017). First 2 extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis cases from Myanmar treated with bedaquiline. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 65(3), 531-532. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix365

Nyunt, W. W., Aung, S. T., Lwin, T., Cook, G. M., & Aung, H. L. (2017). First- and second-line antituberculosis drug resistance patterns among previous treatment failure patients in Myanmar. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 9, 34-35. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2017.02.007

Tun, T., Aye, K. S., Nyunt, W. W., Crump, J. A., Nakajima, C., Suzuki, Y., … Cook, G. M., & Aung, H. L. (2017). Genotypic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in Myanmar. Infectious Diseases, 49(3), 237-239. doi: 10.1080/23744235.2016.1231419

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Opel-Reading, H., Nakatani, Y., Aung, H. L., Cook, G. M., & Krause, K. L. (2017, September). The impact of Mycobacterium tuberculosis alanine racemase mutations on D-cycloserine inhibition. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Aung, H. L. (2017, December). Combating tuberculosis at international frontlines. Verbal presentation at the 3rd One Health Aotearoa Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.

Aung, H. (2017, September). Whole-genome sequencing for the management of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Myanmar. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2016

Journal - Research Article

Aung, H. L., Tun, T., Permina, E., Nyunt, W. W., Aung, S. T., Thinn, K. K., Crump, J. A., & Cook, G. M. (2016). Draft genome sequences of two drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Myanmar. Genome Announcements, 4(5), e00850-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00850-16

Petridis, M., Vickers, C., Robson, J., McKenzie, J. L., Bereza, M., Sharrock, A., Aung, H. L., … Cook, G. M. (2016). Structure and function of AmtR in Mycobacterium smegmatis: Implications for post-transcriptional regulation of urea metabolism through a small antisense RNA. Journal of Molecular Biology, 428(21), 4315-4329. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.09.009

Aung, H. L., Tun, T., Moradigaravand, D., Köser, C. U., Nyunt, W. W., Aung, S. T., … Crump, J. A., … Cook, G. M., & Hill, P. C. (2016). Whole-genome sequencing of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Myanmar. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 6, 113-117. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2016.04.008

Journal - Research Other

Tun, T., Nyunt, W. W., Latt, K. Z., Samaranayaka, A., Crump, J. A., Thinn, K. K., Cook, G. M., & Aung, H. L. (2016). Drug-resistant tuberculosis among previously treated patients in Yangon, Myanmar. International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 5(3), 366-367. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2016.06.004

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Williams, Z. C., Hards, K., Aung, H. L., & Cook, G. M. (2016, November). Regulation of cytochrome bd in mycobacteria in response to carbon and oxygen availability. Verbal presentation at the Joint Meeting of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) and the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB), Christchurch, New Zealand.

2015

Journal - Research Article

Aung, H. L., Dixon, L. L., Smith, L. J., Sweeney, N. P., Robson, J. R., Berney, M., … Cook, G. M. (2015). Novel regulatory roles of cAMP receptor proteins in fast-growing environmental mycobacteria. Microbiology, 161(3), 648-661. doi: 10.1099/mic.0.000015

Aung, H. L., Samaranayaka, C. U. K., Enright, R., Beggs, K. T., & Monk, B. C. (2015). Characterisation of the DNA gyrase from the thermophilic eubacterium Thermus thermophilus. Protein Expression & Purification, 107, 62-67. doi: 10.1016/j.pep.2014.11.009

Journal - Research Other

Aung, H. L., Dey, D., Janssen, P. H., Ronimus, R. S., & Cook, G. M. (2015). A high-throughput screening assay for identification of inhibitors of the A₁A_o-ATP synthase of the rumen methanogen Methanobrevibacter ruminantium M₁ [Note]. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 110, 15-17. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2014.12.022

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Krause, K., Poen, S., Mortuza, R., Nakatani, Y., Aung, H., Opel-Reading, H., & Cook, G. (2015). Glutamate racemase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis: New genetic and structural insights into a target for antituberculosis drug design. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2(Suppl. 1), 881. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofv133.598

Aung, H. L., Tun, T., Moradigaravand, D., Köser, C. U., Nyunt, W. W., Aung, S. T., … Crump, J. A., … Cook, G. M., & Hill, P. C. (2015). Whole-genome sequencing of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Myanmar. Proceedings of the 8th Annual Otago International Health Research Network (OIHRN) Conference. (pp. 1). Retrieved from http://dnmeds.otago.ac.nz/departments/psm/research/international_hlth

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Aung, H. L., Tun, T., Moradigaravand, D., Köser, C. U., Nyunt, W. W., Aung, S. T., … Crump, J. A., … Cook, G. M., & Hill, P. C. (2015, August-September). Whole-genome sequencing of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Myanmar. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2014

Journal - Research Article

Aung, H. L., Berney, M., & Cook, G. M. (2014). Hypoxia-activated cytochrome bd expression in Mycobacterium smegmatis is cyclic AMP receptor protein dependent. Journal of Bacteriology, 196(17), 3091-3097. doi: 10.1128/jb.01771-14

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Krause, K. L., Poen, S., Mortuza, R., Li, Y., Aung, H., Milligan, D., Robson, J., Opel-Reading, H., … Cook, G. M. (2014). Glutamate racemase as a target for antibiotic design in tuberculosis. Proceedings of the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). Retrieved from http://www.asm.org/index.php/meetings

2013

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Aung, H. L., Robson, J. R., Berney, M., & Cook, G. M. (2013, August). Deciphering the physiological role of cAMP receptor proteins (CRP) in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2011

Journal - Research Other

McMillan, D. G. G., Ferguson, S. A., Dey, D., Schröder, K., Aung, H. L., Carbone, V., … Cook, G. M. (2011). A₁A_o-ATP synthase of Methanobrevibacter ruminantium couples sodium ions for ATP synthesis under physiological conditions. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 286(46), 39882-39892. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M111.281675

2007

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Samaranayaka, C., Aung, H. L., & Monk, B. C. (2007). Reconstitution of a thermophilic DNA gyrase for drug discovery. New Zealand Medical Journal, 120(1255). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/120-1255/2574/content.pdf

Samaranayaka, C., Aung, H. L., & Monk, B. C. (2007). Reconstitution of a thermophilic DNA gyrase for drug discovery. Proceedings of the Faculty of Dentistry 3M Research Day. Retrieved from http://dentistry.otago.ac.nz/research/rd2007/presentations.html

Samaranayaka, C., Aung, H., & Monk, B. C. (2007). Reconstitution of a thermophilic DNA gyrase for drug discovery. Journal of Dental Research, 86(Spec Iss B). Retrieved from http://www.dentalresearch.org

2006

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Aung, H. L., Samaranayaka, C. U. K., Beggs, K. T., & Monk, B. C. (2006, November). Characterisation of DNA gyrase from Thermus thermophilus. Poster session presented at the New Zealand Microbiological Society Conference, Hamilton, New Zealand.