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Email

mgriffin@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Principal Research Fellow
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Education
Post Graduate Diploma
University of Canterbury
PhD
University of Canterbury
Bachelors Degree
University of Canterbury
ORCID

0000-0001-9845-7735

A/Prof Michael Griffin

Principal Research Fellow
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology

136 Scholarly works
29 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Mechanism of NanR transcriptional activation of sialic acid metabolism in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
    DOI: 10.64898/2025.12.10.693482
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The Structure of the Apolipoprotein A-I Monomer Provides Insights Into Its Oligomerisation and Lipid-binding Mechanisms
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2025.169394
  • 2021

    Research Grant

    New Biomolecular Capabilities for the Melbourne Magnetic Resonance Facility
  • 2021

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    ARC Training Centre for Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Membrane Proteins for Drug Discovery (CCeMMP)
  • 2019

    Journal article

    The structure of the PA28–20S proteasome complex from Plasmodium falciparum and implications for proteostasis
    DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0524-4
  • 2017

    Research Grant

    Molecular Structure Elucidation Facility
  • 2015

    Journal article

    Polyalanine expansions drive a shift into α-helical clusters without amyloid-fibril formation
    DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3127
Michael Griffin

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Natural product-mediated reaction hijacking mechanism validates Plasmodium aspartyl-tRNA synthetase as an antimalarial drug target
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1013057
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The structure of the IL-11 signalling complex provides insight into receptor variants associated with craniosynostosis
    DOI: 10.1111/febs.17307
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Reaction hijacking inhibition of Plasmodium falciparum asparagine tRNA synthetase
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45224-z
  • 2024

    Journal article

    A potent and selective reaction hijacking inhibitor of Plasmodium falciparum tyrosine tRNA synthetase exhibits single dose oral efficacy in vivo
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012429
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Heterochromatin protein 1 alpha (HP1α) undergoes a monomer to dimer transition that opens and compacts live cell genome architecture
    DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae720
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Craniosynostosis-associated variants in the IL-11R complex: new insights and questions
    DOI: 10.1111/febs.17078
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Structural and biophysical analysis of a Haemophilus influenzae tripartite ATP-independent periplasmic (TRAP) transporter
    DOI: 10.7554/elife.92307.3
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Structural and biophysical analysis of a Haemophilus influenzae tripartite ATP-independent periplasmic (TRAP) transporter
    DOI: 10.7554/eLife.92307

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