DR Kate Howell
Positions
- Academic, Agriculture and Food
- Pest and Diseases
- Wine
Overview
Affiliation
Member of
- Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Normal Member 2005 -
Publications
Selected publications
2017
Journal Articles Refereed
- Assessment of beer quality based on foamability and chemical composition using computer vision algorithms, near infrared spectroscopy and machine learning algorithms. 2017
- Complexity and health functionality of plant cell wall fibers from fruits and vegetables. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 57. 2017
- Development of a robotic and computer vision method to assess foam quality in sparkling wines 2017
- Dietary Phytochemicals Promote Health by Enhancing Antioxidant Defence in a Pig Model. Nutrients. 9. 2017
- Influence of Production Method on the Chemical Composition, Foaming Properties, and Quality of Australian Carbonated and Sparkling White Wines. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 65. 2017
- Physicochemical properties of dietary phytochemicals can predict their passive absorption in the human small intestine. Scientific Reports. 7. 2017
Journal Articles Unrefereed
2016
Journal Articles Refereed
- Comparison data of common and abundant terpenes at different grape development stages in Shiraz wine grapes. 2016
- Distribution of Rotundone and Possible Translocation of Related Compounds Amongst Grapevine Tissues in Vitis vinifera L. cv. Shiraz. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7. 2016
- Terpene evolution during the development of Vitis vinifera L. cv. Shiraz grapes. Food Chemistry. 204. 2016
Conference Papers Refereed
2015
Journal Articles Refereed
- Drosophila-associated yeast species in vineyard ecosystems. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 362. 2015
- Environmental Factors and Seasonality Affect the Concentration of Rotundone in Vitis vinifera L. cv. Shiraz Wine. PLoS One. 10. 2015
- Iron sequestration is not the main mechanism in the inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus growth by cranberry phytochemicals 2015
- Within-Vineyard, Within-Vine, and Within-Bunch Variability of the Rotundone Concentration in Berries of Vitis vinifera L. cv. Shiraz. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 63. 2015
Conference Papers Unrefereed
- Modelling passive absorption properties of phytochemicals using physicochemical properties. ACTA Horticulturae. 2015
2014
Journal Articles Refereed
- Selenium-Enriched Agaricus bisporus Mushroom Protects against Increase in Gut Permeability ex vivo and Up-Regulates Glutathione Peroxidase 1 and 2 in Hyperthermally-Induced Oxidative Stress in Rats. Nutrients. 6. 2014
- Wild Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains display biofilm-like morphology in contact with polyphenols from grapes and wine. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 189. 2014
2013
Journal Articles Refereed
- Biodiversity, dynamics and ecology of bacterial community during grape marc storage for the production of grappa. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 162. 2013
- Regulation of milk protein solubility by a whey-derived proline-rich peptide product. Journal of Dairy Research. 80. 2013
- Selenium-enriched Agaricus bisporus increases expression and activity of glutathione peroxidase-1 and expression of glutathione peroxidase-2 in rat colon. Food Chemistry. 146. 2013
2009
Journal Articles Refereed
- Protection of C. elegans from Anoxia by HYL-2 Ceramide Synthase. Science. 324. 2009
2008
Journal Articles Refereed
- Identifying Key Residues of Sphinganine-1-phosphate Lyase for Function in Vivo and in Vitro. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283. 2008
- The role of cysteine and cysteine–S conjugates as odour precursors in the flavour and fragrance industry. Flavour & Fragrance Journal. 23. 2008
2006
Journal Articles
2005
Journal Articles
- Genetic determinants of volatile-thiol release by Saccharomyces cerevisiae during wine fermentation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71. 2005
2004
Journal Articles
- Microsatellite PCR profiling of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains during wine fermentation. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 38. 2004
- Variation in 4-mercapto-4-methyl-pentan-2-one release by Saccharomyces cerevisiae commercial wine strains. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 240. 2004
Research
Investigator on
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Contract
- Characterisation of physicochemical properties of selected polyphenolic-rich dietary plants that can influence bioavailability 2014
- New Vegetable Products for Personal Nutrition awarded by CSIRO 2013 - 2016
- Understanding rotundone accumulation in Vitis vinifera cv. Shiraz grapevines 2013 - 2015
- Effects of whey proline-rich peptides (DISSPEP) on solubility of milk proteins following concentration and storage 2013 -
- Efficacy of protection of a novel whey peptide product on the N-terminally truncated forms of amyloid peptides 2013 -
- R-824-1 Anti cancer properties of dietary plants 2012 -
- PROCESSES OPTIMISATION OF PEPTIDE FRACTIONS FROM WHEY PROTEIN AS PROTEIN STABILISING AGENTS (PROJECT B) awarded by CSIRO 2011
- THE EFFECTS OF HYDROSAFE PRODUCT PREPARED FROM BOVINE WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE AND FRACTIONATED BY C18 SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION (SPE PRODUCT) ON THE HEAT STABILITY OF SKIM MILK AND WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE 2011
- EVALUATION OF INSERTION ELEMENT INVERSE PCR AS A METHOD FOR DEFINING STRAIN-SPECIFIC TAGS IN LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS awarded by DAIRY INNOVATION AUSTRALIA LTD 2009 -
- NON-SACCHAROMYCES WINE YEAST awarded by AUST WINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2009 -
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Grant
- Microbial terroir: Understanding the importance of the soil-borne microbial community to Australian terroir (Honours, Masters and PhD scholarships) awarded by AUSTRALIAN GRAPE AND WINE AUTHORITY 2017 - 2019
- Climate change and grape functional components (Innovation Seed Fund for Horticulture Development) awarded by UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE 2017
- Defining the distinctiveness of Victorian wine using critical quality traits and climate modelling; adapting to climate change using environmental modelling and management strategies (Sustainable Agriculture Fellowship) awarded by VESKI 2016 - 2018
- Objective measures of sparkling wine quality (Honours, Masters and PhD scholarships) awarded by AUSTRALIAN GRAPE AND WINE AUTHORITY 2016 - 2018
- Support to take up INRA/ Agreenskills + fellowship in Montpellier, France (Travel Grant) awarded by AUSTRALIAN GRAPE AND WINE AUTHORITY 2015 - 2016
- Yeasts associated with Drosophila in winegrowing environments (Visiting AgreenSkills Fellowship) awarded by INRA - L'INSTITUTE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCE AGRONOMIQUE 2015 - 2016
- Yeast and Drosophila Interactions: Towards understanding microbial terroir in Australian vineyards (Postgraduate Scholarships) awarded by AUSTRALIAN GRAPE AND WINE AUTHORITY 2013
- The biological origin of rotundone in Vitis vinifera cv. Shiraz grapevine (Postgraduate Scholarships) awarded by AUSTRALIAN GRAPE AND WINE AUTHORITY 2012 - 2015
- Defining interactions of mixed-culture biofilms (Early Career Researcher Grants Scheme) awarded by UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Ethanol and membrane lipids in yeasts (Dyason Fellowship) awarded by UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- THE FORMATION OF ROTUNDONE, THE 'PEPPER' CHARACTER IN VICTORIAN SHIRAZ WINE GRAPES (Research Collaboration Grants) awarded by UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
Awards
Education and training
- PhD, University of New South Wales 2005
- B APPL SCI, Charles Sturt University 2004
- B SCI, University of New South Wales 2003
Supervision
Available for supervision
- Y
Supervision Statement
- I am currently focussed on the microbial ecology of agricultural landscapes and food systems. I am interested in how microbes communicate with one another in a food ecosystem and how this may affect the aroma and flavour of food. Interactions between yeast and their insect partners and how this may be used for invasive pest control is another interest.
- Contact Details
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khowell@unimelb.edu.au
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+61 3 90353119
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Location
- Level: 01 Room: 133, FVAS Building, Parkville
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