Doctor Anya Salih

Doctor Anya Salih

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPIST (SENIOR RES FELLOW),
Dean's Unit - School of Science and Health

Personal

Qualifications

  • PhDSc University of Sydney
  • MA University of Khartoum, Sudan
  • BSc University of Khartoum, Sudan

UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • Dean's Unit - School of Science and Health

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Publications

Chapters in Books

  • Salih, A. (2012), 'Screening Reef Corals for Novel GFP-Type Fluorescent Proteins by Confocal Imaging', In Vivo Cellular Imaging Using Fluorescent Proteins : Methods and Protocols, Springer 9781617797965.
  • Salih, A. (2012), 'Fluorescence control in natural green fluorescent protein (GFP)-based photonic structures of reef corals', Optical Biomimetics: Materials and Applications, Woodhead Publ 845698029.
  • Salih, A. (2012), 'Screening reef corals for novel GFP-type fluorescent proteins by confocal imaging', In Vivo Cellular Imaging Using Fluorescent Proteins: Methods and Protocols, Humana 9781617797965.
  • Salih, A. (2012), 'Fluorescence control in natural green fluorescent protein (GFP)-based photonic structures of reef corals', Optical Biomimetics: Materials and Applications, Woodhead 9781845698027.
  • Salih, A., Wormell, P., Garbutcheon-Singh, K., Harper, B., Myers, S., Geny, D., Hammang, C. and Aldrich-Wright, J. (2011), 'Applications of Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Confocal Microscopy.', Metallointercalators Synthesis and Techniques to Probe Their Interactions with Biomolecules, Springer 9783211094273.
  • Salih, A. (2011), 'Laser Scanning Confocal Imaging of Forensic Samples and Their 3D Visualization', Digital Forensics for the Health Sciences: Applications in Practice and Research, Max Planck Institute for Molecular 9781609604837.
  • Prescott, M. and Salih, A. (2009), 'Genetically encoded fluorescent probes and their applications in the life sciences', Fluorescence applications in biotechnology and life sciences., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken 000.

Journal Articles

  • Salih, A. (2012), 'A novel epiphytic chlorophyll d-containing cyanobacterium isolated from a mangrove-associated red algaJournal Phycology', Journal Phycology, 1.
  • Salih, A. (2012), 'Screening reef corals for novel GFP-type fluorescent proteins by confocal imaging', Methods in Molecular Biology, 17.
  • Larkum, A., Chen, M., Li, Y., Schliep, M., Trampe, E., West, J., Salih, A. and Kuhl, M. (2012), 'A novel epiphytic chlorophyll d-containing cyanobacterium isolated from a mangrove-associated red alga', Journal of Phycology, 8.
  • Xu, C., Salih, A., Ghannoum, O. and Tissue, D. (2012), 'Leaf structural characteristics are less important than leaf chemical properties in determining the response of leaf mass per area and photosynthesis of Eucalyptus saligna to industrial-age changes in [CO2] and temperature', Journal of Experimental Botany, 13.
  • Kenkel, C., Traylor, M., Wiedenmann, J., Salih, A. and Matz, M. (2011), 'Fluorescence of coral larvae predicts their settlement response to crustose coralline algae and reflects stress', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 7.
  • Liu, A., Lee, K., Tran, K., Yang, H., Hoffman, R., Salih, A., Miller, J., Fong, A., Becket, E., Yuan, J., Tamae, C., Medrano, L., Maiz, M., Wahba, C. and Lee, C. (2011), 'Selective advantage of resistant strains at trace levels of antibiotics: A simple and ultrasensitive color test for detection of antibiotics and genotoxic agents', Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 7.
  • Alieva, N., Konzen, K., Field, S., Meleshkevitch, E., Hunt, M., Beltran-Ramirez, V., Salih, A. and + 3 Externals, . (2008), 'Diversity and evolution of coral fluorescent proteins', PLoS One, .
  • D'Angelo, C., Denzel, A., Vogt, A., Matz, M., Oswald, F., Salih, A., Nienhaus, G. and Wiedenmann, J. (2008), 'Blue light regulation of host pigment in reef-building corals', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 10.
  • Leutenegger, A., Kredel, S., Gundel, S., D'Angelo, C., Salih, A. and Wiedenmann, J. (2007), 'Analysis of fluorescent and non-fluorescent sea anemones from the Mediterranean Sea during a bleaching event', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 14.
  • Leutenegger, A., D'Angelo, C., Matz, M., Denzel, A., Oswald, F., Salih, A., Nienhaus, G. and Wiedenmann, J. (2007), 'It's cheap to be colorful: Anthozoans show a slow turnover of GFP-like proteins', FEBS Journal, 10.
  • Cox, G., Matz, M. and Salih, A. (2007), 'Fluorescence lifetime imaging of coral fluorescent proteins', Microscopy Research and Technique, 9.
  • Oswald, F., Nienhaus, G., Matz, M., Wiedenmann, J., Schmitt, F., Leutenegger, A., Ivanchenko, S., D'Angelo, C., Salih, A., Maslakova, S., Bulina, M. and Schirmbeck, R. (2007), 'Contributions of host and symbiont pigments to the coloration of reef corals', FEBS Journal, 8.
  • Baird, A., Salih, A. and Trevor-Jones, A. (2006), 'Fluorescence census techniques for the early detection of coral recruits', Coral Reefs, 4.
  • Kahng, S. and Salih, A. (2005), 'Localization of fluorescent pigments in a nonbioluminescent, azooxanthellate octocoral suggests a photoprotective function', Coral Reefs, -434.
  • Wiedenmann, J., Ivanchenko, S., Oswald, F., Schmitt, F., Rocker, C., Salih, A., Spindler, K. and Nienhaus, G. (2004), 'EosFP, a fluorescent marker protein with UV-inducible green-to-red fluorescence conversion', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 6.
  • Gilmore, A., Larkum, A., Salih, A., Itoh, S., Shibata, Y., Bena, C., Yamasaki, H., Papina, M. and Van Woesik, R. (2003), 'Simultaneous Time Resolution of the Emission Spectra of Fluorescent Proteins and Zooxanthellar Chlorophyll in Reef-building Corals', Photochemistry and Photobiology, 9.

Conference Papers

  • Salih, A., Wiedmann, J. and Cox, G. (2007), 'EosFP - A multi-state photoconvertible protein from the coral Lobophyllia hemprichii', Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE , .
  • Salih, A., Wiedmann, J., Matz, M., Larkum, A. and Cox, G. (2006), 'Photoinduced activation of GFP-like proteins in tissues of REEF corals', Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE , .
  • Cox, G. and Salih, A. (2005), 'Fluorescence lifetime imaging of symbionts and fluorescent proteins in reef corals', Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE , .
  • Salih, A., Larkum, A., Cronin, T., Wiedenmann, J., Szymczak, R. and Cox, G. (2004), 'Biological properties of coral GFP-type proteins provide clues for engineering novel optical probes and biosensors', Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering , .
  • Salih, A., Cox, G. and Larkum, A. (2003), 'Cellular organization & spectral diversity of GFP-like proteins in live coral cells studied by single & multi-photon imaging & microspectroscopy', Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering , .

Research

Previous Projects

Title:Development of novel fluorescent proteins from marine organisms for in vivo fluorescence imaging technologies and cancer research
Years:2007-06-13 - 2011-08-30
ID:P0015748
UWS Researchers:Anya Salih
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)
Title:Fluorescent proteins in reef organisms: biology and biotechnological applications [via Macquarie University]
Years:2008-01-01 - 2009-01-31
ID:P0015999
UWS Researchers:Anya Salih
Funding:
  • ARC/NHMRC Research Network
Title:Genetic tuning of novel GFP-type probes from reef organisms for bio-imaging at molecular scales
Years:2008-06-17 - 2010-11-30
ID:P00016155
UWS Researchers:Anya Salih
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Impact of Environmental Stress on Terestrial Vegetation and Marine Algae
Years:2009-09-11 - 2012-09-10
ID:P00017326
UWS Researchers:David Tissue, Oula Ghannoum and Anya Salih
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy [via UNSW - no funding to UWS]
Years:2010-01-01 - 2010-12-31
ID:P00017154
UWS Researchers:Anya Salih
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (non ACRG)
Title:Eutrophication of Lord Howe Island reefs: stable isotope analysis of reef species as a "fingerprint" of potential sewage contamination
Years:2011-11-01 - 2012-11-30
ID:P00019448
UWS Researchers:Anya Salih and Sandra Diamond-Tissue
Funding:
  • Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering Ltd (ACRG)
Title:The effects of fishing and nutrient enrichment on marine fish communities at Lord Howe Island
Years:2010-11-17 - 2012-12-30
ID:P00019424
UWS Researchers:Sandra Diamond-Tissue and Anya Salih
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney

Supervision

Doctor Salih is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects

Current Supervision

Title:4D Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging
Field of Research:

Previous Supervision

Title:Genetic Development of a Photoconvertable Fluorescent Protein from a Reef Coral for Live Cell Imaging Applications
Field of Research:NATURAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Thesis:Genetic Development of a Photoconvertable Fluorescent Protein from a Reef Coral for Live Cell Imaging Applications

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