Current Appointment: Senior Lecturer

Contact: Department of Environmental Sciences
University of Technology, Sydney
PO Box 123
BROADWAY NSW 2007 Australia

 Office: CB04.05.47B
Phone: +61 2 9514 4152
Fax: +61 2 9514 4079
E-mail: Lou.Defilippis@uts.edu.au

Research Interests

• Molecular Fingerprinting of Plants
• Gene and Chromosome Mapping
• Salinity and Forest Trees
• Heavy Metal Toxicity
• Growth Media and Soils

Research Grants

• UTS Internal Research Grants Scheme (IRG)
• Nursery Industry Association (NSW)(NIAN) - Research Grant
• Australian Research Grants (ARC) Scheme - Small
• Australian Institute of Horticulture - Research Grant

Research Students

Research Projects Include:

DNA/RNA Fingerprinting and Diversity in a Eucalypt Forest
Application of a simple molecular biology method using RNA and PCR to detect genetic and physiological variation in individual trees in a mixed breeding (hybridizing) Eucalypt forest.
Physiological Bioassays for Salt Adaptation and Tolerance
Possible physiological and biochemical bioassays and their application for the determination of salt sensitivity and salt tolerance in cultures and seedlings of Eucalypt and Grevillea
Physiology and Genetics of Heavy Metal Tolerance in Algae
Physiological and biochemical studies and their application for the determination of heavy metal tolerance in cultures and populations of algae.
Characterisation and Remediation of Soils on Contaminated Sites

Publications

Chen, D.M. and De Filippis, L.F., 1996, Application of Genomic DNA and RAPD-PCR in Genetic Analysis and Fingerprinting of Various Species of Woody Trees. Aus. Forest. 59:46-55.

De Filippis, L.F., Hoffman, H. and Hampp, R., 1996. Identification of Somatic Hybrids of Tobacco Generated by Electrofusion and Culture of Protoplasts using RAPD-PCR. Plant Sci. 121:39-46.

Chen, D.M., and De Filippis, L.F.,1996. Physiological Changes Accompanying Salt Adaptation in Culture of Eucalyptus microcorys. Proc. 36th General Meeting of the Australian Society of Plant Physiologists, Canberra, poster 109-01.

Hampp, R., Hoffman, H., Schonherr, K., Johann, P. and De Filippis, L.F., 1997. Fusion and Metabolism of Plant Cells as Affected by Microgravity. Planta 203:S42-S53.

Chen, D.M. and De Filippis, L.F., 1997. Chloroplast Ultrastructural Changes Accompanying Salt Adaptation in Culture of Eucalyptus microcorys. Proc. 37th General Meeting of the Australian Society of Plant Physiologists, Canberra, poster P1-60.

Chen, D.M., Keiper, F.J and De Filippis, L.F., 1998. Physiological Changes Accompanying the Induction of Salt Tolerance in Eucalyptus microcorys Shots in Tissue Culture. J. Plant Physiol. 152:555-563.

Keiper, F.J., Chen, D.M. and De Filippis, L.F., 1998. Respiratory, Photosynthetic and Ultrastructural Changes Accompanying Salt Adaptation in Culture of Eucalyptus microcorys. J. Plant Physiol. 152:564-573

De Filippis, L.F. and Magel, E., 1998. Genetic Differences in DNA Extracted from Bark and from Wood of DifferentZones in Robinia Trees using RAPD-PCR. Trees 12:277-384.

Kaub, J.S., Train, L.J., Vitiello, R.U and De Filippis, L.F., 1998. Mechanism of Chemical Root Pruning in Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos flavidus) by Selected Heavy Metal Carbonates. J. Hortic Sci. Biotech. 73:177-181.

De Filippis, L.F., 1998., University of Technology Active in Plant Fingerprinting. Australian Horticulture 96:19-20.

Kennedy, B.F. and De Filippis, L.F., 1999. Physiological and Oxidative Response to NaCI of the Salt Tolerant Grevillea ilicifolia and the Salt Sensitive Grevillea arenaria. J. Plant Physiol. 155:746-754.

Chen, D.M. and De Filippis, L.F., 1999. The Up-Regulation of a-tubulin Expression During the Development of Salt Tolerance in Eucalyptus microcorys. Proc. Symposium on Molecular Genetics of Eucalyptus, University of Tasmania, Hobart, p 24.

De Filippis, L.F., Hampp, R. and Ziegler, H., 2000. Membrane Permeability Changes and Ultrastructural Abnormalities Observed During Protoplast Fusion. J. Plant. Physiol. 156:628-634.

Chen, D.M. and De Filippis, L.F., 2001. Down Regulation of Differentially Expressed Genes Identified During Salt Adaptation in Eucalyptus microcorys: Down Regulation of cDNA Coding for z-tubulin. J> Plant Physiol. 157: in press.

Magel, E. and De Filippis, L.F., 2001. Polymorphic DNA and PCR Techniques Used in the Study of Sapwood and Heartwood. In CHAFFNEY N (Ed.), Techniques in Wood Analysis, Chapter 14, 30 pp. Hardwood Academic Publishers, London.

Teaching Areas

• Plant Physiology




• Molecular Genetics




• Plant Breeding




• Plant Production

Qualifications

BSc (Hons),
PhD (LaTrobe University),
MAIH