Dr Bronwyn Battersby has 27 years of experience in project and business management, research commercialisation, and nano-biotechnology research. She holds a PhD in Colloid and Surface Science from The University of Queensland and has published 39 research articles in fields including nanotechnology, biophysics and medical diagnostics. As graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and member of the Royal Australian Chemical Society, Bronwyn’s efforts are now focused on enabling world-class, collaborative research into the social and political challenges of the resources sector, supporting leading scientists to create meaningful change in the global mining industry.
Book Chapters
Battersby, B. J., Chen, A., Kozak, D. and Trau, M. (2012). Biosensors for disease biomarker detection. Biosensors for medical applications. (pp. 191-216) edited by Seamus Higson. Oxford, United Kingdom: Woodhead Publishing. doi: 10.1016/B978-1-84569-935-2.50007-3
Battersby, Bronwyn J., Grondahl, Lisbeth, Lawrie, Gwendolyn A. and Trau, Matt (2004). Colloids for encoding chemical libraries: Applications in biological screening. Colloids and Colloid Assemblies. (pp. 507-560) edited by F. Caruso. Weinheim: Wiley VCH. doi: 10.1002/3527602100.ch17
Journal Articles
Ford, Kym, Battersby, Bronwyn J., Wood, Barry J. and Gentle, Ian R. (2012). The production and verification of pristine semi-fluorinated thiol monolayers on gold. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 370 (1), 162-169. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.10.081
Marcon, Lionel, Battersby, Bronwyn J., Ruhmann, Andreas, Ford, Kym, Daley, Matthew, Lawrie, Gwendolyn A. and Trau, Matt (2010). 'On-the-fly' optical encoding of combinatorial peptide libraries for profiling of protease specificity. Molecular Biosystems, 6 (1), 225-233. doi: 10.1039/b909087h
Corrie, Simon, Sova, Pavel, Lawrie, Gwen, Battersby, Bronwyn, Kiviat, Nancy and Trau, Matt (2009). Development of a multiplexed bead-based assay for detection of DNA methylation in cancer-related genes. Molecular Biosystems, 5 (3), 262-268. doi: 10.1039/b813077a
Chen, A., Kozak, D., Battersby, B.J., Forrest, R.M., Scholler, N., Urban, N. and Trau, M. (2009). Antifouling Surface Layers for Improved Signal-to-Noise of Particle-Based Immunoassays. Langmuir, 25 (23), 13510-13515. doi: 10.1021/la903148n
Trau, M. and Battersby, B. (2009). Biosensing cancer biomarkers. The Chemical Engineer (820), 30-31.
Marcon, L., Spriet, C., Meehan, T.D., Battersby, B.J., Lawrie, G.A., Heliot, L. and Trau, M. (2009). Synthesis and Application of FRET Nanoparticles in the Profiling of a Protease. Small, 5 (18), 2053-2056. doi: 10.1002/smll.200801887
Surawski, PPT, Battersby, BJ, Vogel, R, Lawrie, G and Trau, M (2009). Modification and optimization of organosilica microspheres for peptide synthesis and microsphere-based immunoassays. Molecular Biosystems, 5 (8), 826-831. doi: 10.1039/b817080k
Chen, Annie, Kozak, Darby, Battersby, Bronwyn J. and Trau, Matt (2008). Particle-by-particle quantification of protein adsorption onto poly(ethylene glycol) grafted surfaces. Biofouling, 24 (4), 267-273. doi: 10.1080/08927010802058471
Corrie, S. R., Lawrie, G. A., Battersby, B. J., Ford, K., Rühmann, A., Koehler, K., Sabath, D. E. and Trau, M. (2008). Quantitative data analysis methods for bead-based DNA hybridization assays using generic flow cytometry platforms. Cytometry. Part A, 73A (5), 467-476. doi: 10.1002/cyto.a.20534
Surawski, Peter P. T., Battersby, Bronwyn J., Lawrie, Gwendolyn A., Ford, Kym, Ruhmann, Andreas, Marcon, Lionel, Kozak, Darby and Trau, Matt (2008). Flow cytometric detection of proteolysis in peptide libraries synthesised on optically encoded supports. Molecular Biosystems, 4 (7), 774-778. doi: 10.1039/b718513h
Marcon, L., Kozak, D., Battersby, B.J., Chappell, K., Fairlie, D., Young, P.R. and Trau, M. (2008). A dual-purpose synthetic colloidal platform for protease mapping: substrate profiling for Dengue and West Nile virus proteases. Analytical Biochemistry, 2008 (376), 151-153. doi: 10.1016/j.ab.2008.01.034
Johnston, Angus P. R., Lawrie, Gwendolyn A., Battersby, Bronwyn J., Corrie, Simon R. and Trau, Matt (2008). Toward colloid-based biosensors for SNP genotyping and personalised medicine applications. International Journal of Nanotechnology, 5 (2-3), 299-317. doi: 10.1504/IJNT.2008.016920
Corrie, Simon R., Vogel, Robert, Keen, Imelda, Jack, Kevin, Kozak, Darby, Lawrie, Gwendolyn A., Battersby, Bronwyn J., Fredericks, Peter and Trau, Matt (2008). A structural study of hybrid organosilica materials for colloid-based DNA biosensors. Journals of Materials Chemistry, 18 (5), 523-529. doi: 10.1039/b714309e
Vogel, R., Surawski, P.T., Littleton, B. N., Miller, C., Lawrie, G. A., Battersby, B. J. and Trau, M. (2007). Fluorescent organosilica micro- and nanoparticles with controllable size. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 310 (1), 144-150. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2007.01.092
Battersby, B.J. and Trau, M. (2007). Optically encoded particles and their applications in multiplexed biomedical assays. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 60 (5), 343-353. doi: 10.1071/CH07006
Johnston, Angus P. R., Battersby, Bronwyn J., Lawrie, Gwendolyn A., Lambert, Lynette K. and Trau, Matt (2006). A mechanism for forming large fluorescent organo-silica particles: Potential supports for combinatorial synthesis. Chemistry of Materials, 18 (26), 6163-6169. doi: 10.1021/cm0526260
Lawrie, Gwendolyn, Grondahl, Lisbeth, Battersby, Bronwyn, Keen, Imelda, Lorentzen, Michael, Surawski, Peter and Trau, Matt (2006). Tailoring surface properties to build colloidal diagnostic devices: Controlling interparticle associations. Langmuir, 22 (1), 497-505. doi: 10.1021/la051833b
Lawrie, Gwendolyn A., Robinson, Jodie, Corrie, Simon, Ford, Kym, Battersby, Bronwyn J. and Trau, Matt (2006). Multiplexed microsphere diagnostic tools in gene expression applications: Factors and futures. International Journal Nanomedicine, 1 (2), 195-201. doi: 10.2147/nano.2006.1.2.195
Johnston, APR, Battersby, BJ, Lawrie, GA and Trau, M (2005). Porous functionalised silica particles: a potential platform for biomolecular screening. Chemical Communications, 7 (-), 848-850. doi: 10.1039/b415376f
Lawrie, G. A., Battersby, B. J. and Trau, M. (2004). Bioballs: manipulating colloidal nanostructures for biotechnology applications. Applied Nanoscience, 1 (1), 17-24.
Lawrie, G. A., Battersby, B. J., Grondahl, L. and Trau, M. (2003). Advances in encoding of colloids for combinatorial libraries: Applications in genomics, proteomics and drug discovery. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, 4 (6), 439-449. doi: 10.2174/1389201033377256
Lawrie, GA, Battersby, BJ and Trau, M (2003). Synthesis of optically complex core-shell colloidal suspensions: Pathways to multiplexed biological screening. Advanced Functional Materials, 13 (11), 887-896. doi: 10.1002/adfm.200304390
Battersby, BJ and Trau, M (2002). Novel miniaturized systems in high-throughput screening. Trends In Biotechnology, 20 (4), 167-173. doi: 10.1016/S0167-7799(01)01898-4
Battersby, Bronwyn J., Lawrie, Gwendolyn A., Johnston, Angus P. R. and Trau, Matt (2002). Optical barcoding of colloidal suspensions: applications in genomics, proteomics and drug discovery. Chemical Communications, 2 (14), 1435-1441. doi: 10.1039/b200038p
Trau, M and Battersby, BJ (2001). Novel colloidal materials for high-throughput screening applications in drug discovery and genomics. Advanced Materials, 13 (12-13), 975-+. doi: 10.1002/1521-4095(200107)13:12/13<975::AID-ADMA975>3.0.CO;2-#
Battersby, BJ, Lawrie, GA and Trau, M (2001). Optical encoding of microbeads for gene screening: alternatives to microarrays. Drug Discovery Today, 6 (12), S19-S26. doi: 10.1016/s1359-6446(01)00149-0
Matthews, D. C., Grondahl, L., Battersby, B. J. and Trau, M. (2001). Multi-fluorescent silica colloids for encoding large combinatorial libraries. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 54 (9-10), 649-656. doi: 10.1071/CH01120
Grondahl, Lisbeth, Battersby, Bronwyn J., Bryant, Darryn and Trau, Matt (2000). Encoding combinatorial libraries: A novel application of fluorescent silica colloids. Langmuir, 16 (25), 9709-9715. doi: 10.1021/la000995z
Battersby, Bronwyn J., Bryant, Darryn, Meutermans, Wim, Matthews, Daniel, Smythe, Mark L. and Trau, Matt (2000). Toward larger chemical libraries: Encoding with fluorescent colloids in combinatorial chemistry. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 122 (9), 2138-2139. doi: 10.1021/ja993634i
Battersby, B. J., Lawrie, G. A. and Barnes, G. T. (1999). Vesicle formation in aqueous dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine suspensions: A cryo-electron microscopy study. Colloids and Surfaces, 13 (4), 179-185. doi: 10.1016/S0927-7765(99)00010-7
Huebner, Stefan, Battersby, Bronwyn Jean, Grimm, Rudo and Cevc, Gregor (1999). Lipid-DNA complex formation: Reorganization and rupture of lipid vesicles in the presence of DNA as observed by cryoelectron microscopy. Biophysical Journal, 76 (6), 3158-3166. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77467-9
Battersby, Bronwyn Jean, Grimm, Rudo, Huebner, Stefan and Cevc, Gregor (1998). Evidence for three-dimensional interlayer correlations in cationic lipid-DNA complexes as observed by cryo-electron microscopy. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes, 1372 (2), 379-383. doi: 10.1016/S0005-2736(98)00062-5
Battersby, B. J., Bryant, D. E. and Rodger, C. A. (1997). Factorizations of complete multigraphs. Australasian Journal of Combinatorics, 16, 35-43.
Lawrie, G. A., Schneider, P. B., Battersby, B. J., Barnes, G. T. and Cammenga, H. K. (1996). Spreading properties of dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine at the air/water interface. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 79 (1), 1-8. doi: 10.1016/0009-3084(95)02500-6
Barnes, G. T., Lawrie, G. A., Battersby, B. J., Sarge, S. M., Cammenga, H. K. and Schneider, P. B. (1994). Dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine: equilibrium spreading behaviour. Thin Solid Films, 242 (1-2), 201-207. doi: 10.1016/0040-6090(94)90530-4
BATTERSBY, B. J., SHARP, J. C.W., WEBB, R. I. and BARNES, G. T. (1994). Vitrification of aqueous suspensions from a controlled environment for electron microscopy: An improved plunge‐cooling device. Journal of Microscopy, 176 (2), 110-120. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1994.tb03505.x
Lucken, U., Battersby, B. J., Jager, J. and Barnes, G. T. (1992). Cryo-electron microscopy of phospholipid suspensions. Journal of Computer-Assisted Microscopy, 4 (4), 337-371.
Conference Papers
Corrie, S. R., Lawrie, G. A., Battersby, B. J., Ford, K., Ruhmann, A., Koehler, K., Sabath, D. E. and Trau, M. (2007). Quantitative data analysis methods for bead-based DNA hybridization assays using generic flow cytometry platforms. Association for Molecular Pathology 2007 Annual Meeting, The Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California, 7-10 November, 2007. Bethesda, MD: American Society for Investigative Pathology and the Association of Molecular Pathology.
Corrie, Simon, Lawrie, Gwen, Battersby, Bronwyn and Trau, Matt (2006). Organosilica particles for DNA screening applications. ICONN 2006: International Conference On Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 3-7 July, 2006. Piscataway, NJ, USA: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/ICONN.2006.340599
Lawrie, G. A., Battersby, B. J., Grondahl, L., Tam, T., Lorentzen, M. and Trau, M. (2003). To stick or not to stick: Surface modification of colloidal nanoparticles to control interparticle associations. 11th International Conference on Surface & Colloid Science, Brazil, September, 2003.
Battersby, B. J., Bryant, D. E., Meutermans, W. and Smythe, M. L. (2001). Colloidal barcoding in combinatorial chemistry. Innovation & Perspectives in Solid Phase Synthesis & Combinatl, York, England, 31 Aug - 4 Sept, 1999. UK: Mayflower.
Thesis
Battersby, Bronwyn (1994). Relationships between monolayers, bilayers and vesicles. PhD Thesis, School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/366306