Dr John Bruning

Senior Lecturer

School of Biological Sciences

Faculty of Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD, but is currently at capacity - email supervisor to discuss availability.

My Research
Career
Publications
Grants and Funding
Teaching
Supervision
Contact

I head the Laboratory of Protein Crystallography which studeis Nuclear Receptors, Microbial Enzymology, and Broad-Based Cancer Therapeutics. Understanding human disease requires knowledge of the structure-function relationships in protein sensor modulation.This knowledge is incomplete on a broad spectrum of biological systems including nuclear receptor (NR) signalling, proteins involved in cancer biology, and pathogen protein machinery. Our research is focused on understanding these classes of protein interactions on an atomic level. In addition to gaining a basic understanding of protein mechanism, we also focus on structure guided drug design. In our work in understanding NR signalling, we have uncovered new paradigms in NR allostery. These allosteric modulations can now be further studied on a broader scale and harnessed to employ structure guided drug design. Work in the tuberculosis (TB) structural biology consortium has led to a quantum leap in understanding enzymology of the pathogen allowing for new chemotherapy development. We wish to use similar methodology to study a fungal pathogen for the discovery of new anti-fungal molecules.Our research with proteins of the human replication fork, such as PCNA (Proliferating Cellular Nuclear Antigen) has uncovered atomic determinants of these protein modulators that can be used as new paradigms for cancer therapeutic targeting. We will continue this research to aid in the discovery of alternative cancer therapeutic targets and seek to understand their structure-function relationship.

Expand

Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
2016	Adjunct Professor	The Scripps Research Institute
2016	Senior Lecturer Level C (Tenured)	The University of Adelaide
2012 - 2015	Lecturer Level B	The University of Adelaide
2007 - 2012	Associate Research Scientist	Texas A&M University
2005 - 2007	Post-doctoral Research Associate	Scripps Research Institute

Education

Date Institution name Country Title
1998 - 2004 Rice University United States PhD
1994 - 1997 Texas A&M University USA BSc
Postgraduate Training

Date Title Institution Country
2007 - 2012 Assistant Research Scientist Texas A&M USA
2005 - 2007 Post-doctoral Research Assistant The Scripps Research Institute USA

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
1998 - 2004	Rice University	United States	PhD
1994 - 1997	Texas A&M University	USA	BSc

Date	Title	Institution	Country
2007 - 2012	Assistant Research Scientist	Texas A&M	USA
2005 - 2007	Post-doctoral Research Assistant	The Scripps Research Institute	USA

Expand

Journals

Year	Citation
2020	Podgorski, M., Coleman, T., Chao, R., De Voss, J., Bruning, J., & Bell, S. (2020). Investigation of the requirements for efficient and selective cytochrome P450 monooxygenase catalysis across different reactions. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 203, 110913-1-110913-13. DOI
2020	Podgorski, M. N., Harbort, J. S., Coleman, T., Stok, J. E., Yorke, J. A., Wong, L. -L., . . . Bell, S. G. (2020). Biophysical techniques for distinguishing ligand binding modes in cytochrome P450 monooxygenases. Biochemistry, 59(9), 1038-1050. DOI
2019	Schumann, N., Bruning, J., Marshall, A., & Abell, A. (2019). The role of N-terminal heterocycles in hydrogen bonding to α-chymotrypsin. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 29(3), 396-399. DOI
2019	Marshall, A., Kidd, S., Lamont-Friedrich, S., Arentz, G., Hoffmann, P., Coad, B., & Bruning, J. (2019). Structure, mechanism, and inhibition of aspergillus fumigatus thioredoxin reductase. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 63(3), 1-15. DOI Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2019	Elzahhar, P., Alaaeddine, R., Ibrahim, T., Nassra, R., Ismail, A., Chua, B., . . . Belal, A. (2019). Shooting three inflammatory targets with a single bullet: Novel multi-targeting anti-inflammatory glitazones. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 167, 562-582. DOI Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC2
2019	Child, S., Flint, K., Bruning, J., & Bell, S. (2019). The characterisation of two members of the cytochrome P450 CYP150 family: CYP150A5 and CYP150A6 from Mycobacterium marinum. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects, 1863(5), 925-934. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2019	Chang, M., Ciesla, A., Strutzenberg, T., Novick, S., He, Y., Garcia-Ordonez, R., . . . Griffin, P. (2019). Unique Polypharmacology Nuclear Receptor Modulator Blocks Inflammatory Signaling Pathways. ACS Chemical Biology, 14(5), 1051-1062. DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2019	Frkic, R., & Bruning, J. (2019). Obtaining crystals of PPARγ ligand binding domain bound to small molecules. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 1966, 253-260. DOI
2019	Horsfall, A., Abell, A., & Bruning, J. (2019). Targeting PCNA with Peptide Mimetics for Therapeutic Purposes. ChemBioChem, 21(4), 442-450. DOI
2019	Truong, J. Q., Panjikar, S., Shearwin-Whyatt, L., Bruning, J. B., & Shearwin, K. E. (2019). Combining random microseed matrix screening and the magic triangle for the efficient structure solution of a potential lysin from bacteriophage P68. Acta crystallographica Section D. Structural biology, 75(7), 670-681. DOI
2019	Lee, K., Tieu, W., Blanco-Rodriguez, B., Paparella, A., Yu, J., Hayes, A., . . . Abell, A. (2019). Sulfonamide-based inhibitors of biotin protein ligase as new antibiotic leads. ACS Chemical Biology, 14(9), 1990-1997. DOI
2019	Jia, Y., Burbidge, C., Sweetman, C., Schutz, E., Soole, K., Jenkins, C., . . . Ford, C. (2019). An aldo-keto reductase with 2-keto-L-gulonate reductase activity functions in L-tartaric acid biosynthesis from Vitamin C in Vitis vinifera. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 294(44), 15932-15946. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2018	Child, S., Naumann, E., Bruning, J., & Bell, S. (2018). Structural and functional characterisation of the cytochrome P450 enzyme CYP268A2 from Mycobacterium marinum. The Biochemical Journal, 475(4), 705-722. DOI Scopus4 WoS2
2018	Marshall, A., Bond, C., & Bruning, J. (2018). Structure of Aspergillus fumigatus Cytosolic thiolase: trapped tetrahedral reaction intermediates and activation by monovalent cations. ACS Catalysis, 8(3), 1973-1989. DOI
2018	Coleman, T., Wong, S., Podgorski, M., Bruning, J., De Voss, J., & Bell, S. (2018). Cytochrome P450 CYP199A4 from Rhodopseudomonas palustris catalyses heteroatom dealkylations, sulfoxidation and amide and cyclic hemiacetal formation. ACS Catalysis, 8(7), 5915-5927. DOI Scopus4 WoS3
2018	Wegener, K., McGrath, A., Dixon, N., Oakley, A., Scanlon, D., Abell, A., & Bruning, J. (2018). Rational design of a 310-helical PIP-box mimetic targeting PCNA - the human sliding clamp. Chemistry - A European Journal, 24(44), 11325-11331. DOI Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2018	Thompson, A., Wegener, K., Booker, G., Polyak, S., & Bruning, J. (2018). Precipitant-ligand exchange technique reveals the ADP binding mode in Mycobacterium tuberculosis dethiobiotin synthetase. Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology, 74(10), 965-972. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2018	Frkic, R. L., Marshall, A. C., Blayo, A. -L., Pukala, T. L., Kamenecka, T. M., Griffin, P. R., & Bruning, J. B. (2018). PPARγ in complex with an antagonist and inverse agonist: a tumble and trap mechanism of the activation helix. iScience, 5, 69-79. DOI Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC3
2018	Zheng, J., Corzo, C., Chang, M., Shang, J., Lam, V., Brust, R., . . . Griffin, P. (2018). Chemical crosslinking mass spectrometry reveals the conformational landscape of the activation helix of PPARγ; a model for ligand-dependent antagonism. Structure, 26(11), 1431-1439. DOI Scopus7 WoS6 Europe PMC1
2018	Thompson, A., Salaemae, W., Pederick, J., Abell, A., Booker, G., Bruning, J., . . . Polyak, S. (2018). Mycobacterium tuberculosis Dethiobiotin Synthetase Facilitates Nucleoside Triphosphate Promiscuity through Alternate Binding Modes. ACS Catalysis, 8(11), 10774-10783. DOI
2018	Marshall, A., Keiller, B., Pederick, J., Abell, A., & Bruning, J. (2018). Crystal structure of bovine alpha-chymotrypsin in space group P65. Crystals, 8(12), 460. DOI
2018	Wegener, K., Mcgrath, A., Dixon, N., Oakley, A., Scanlon, D., Abell, A., & Bruning, J. (2018). Rational Design of a 310-Helical PIP-Box Mimetic Targeting PCNA, the Human Sliding Clamp [Cover Profile]. Chemistry - A European Journal, 24(44), 11238. DOI
2018	Frkic, R. L., Chua, B. S., Shin, Y., Pascal, B. D., Novick, S. J., Kamenecka, T. M., . . . Bruning, J. B. (2018). Structural and dynamic elucidation of a non-acid PPARγ partial agonist: SR1988. Nuclear Receptor Research, 5, 101350-1-101350-12. DOI
2017	Stevens, T., Song, S., Bruning, J., Choo, A., & Baxter, S. (2017). Expressing a moth abcc2 gene in transgenic Drosophila causes susceptibility to Bt Cry1Ac without requiring a cadherin-like protein receptor. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 80, 61-70. DOI Scopus19 WoS17 Europe PMC6
2017	Marshall, A., Kroker, A., Murray, L., Gronthos, K., Rajapaksha, H., Wegener, K., & Bruning, J. (2017). Structure of the sliding clamp from the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus (AfumPCNA) and interactions with Human p21. FEBS Journal, 284(6), 985-1002. DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2017	Sternicki, L., Wegener, K., Bruning, J., Booker, G., & Polyak, S. (2017). Mechanisms governing precise protein biotinylation. Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 42(5), 383-394. DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC1
2017	Rajapaksha, H., Bhatia, H., Wegener, K., Petrovsky, N., & Bruning, J. (2017). X-ray crystal structure of rivoglitazone bound to PPARγ and PPAR subtype selectivity of TZDs. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects, 1861(8), 1981-1991. DOI Scopus8 WoS9 Europe PMC1
2017	Frkic, R., He, Y., Rodriguez, B., Chang, M., Kuruvilla, D., Ciesla, A., . . . Bruning, J. (2017). Structure-Activity Relationship of 2,4-Dichloro-N-(3,5-dichloro-4-(quinolin-3-yloxy)phenyl)benzenesulfonamide (INT131) Analogs for PPARγ-Targeted Antidiabetics. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 60(11), 4584-4593. DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC3
2017	Zheng, J., Chang, M., Stites, R., Wang, Y., Bruning, J., Pascal, B., . . . Griffin, P. (2017). HDX reveals the conformational dynamics of DNA sequence specific VDR co-activator interactions. Nature Communications, 8(1), 923-1-923-13. DOI Scopus11 WoS11 Europe PMC4
2016	Van Marrewijk, L., Polyak, S., Hijnen, M., Kuruvilla, D., Chang, M., Shin, Y., . . . Bruning, J. (2016). SR2067 reveals a unique kinetic and structural signature for PPARγ partial agonism. ACS Chemical Biology, 11(1), 273-283. DOI Scopus15 WoS14 Europe PMC9
2016	Zhang, X., Bruning, J., George, J., & Abell, A. (2016). A mechanistic study on the inhibition of α-chymotrypsin by a macrocyclic peptidomimetic aldehyde. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 14(29), 6970-6978. DOI Scopus7 WoS7
2016	Stechschulte, L., Czernik, P., Rotter, Z., Tausif, F., Corzo, C., Marciano, D., . . . Lecka-Czernik, B. (2016). PPARG Post-translational modifications regulate bone formation and bone resorption. EBioMedicine, 10, 174-184. DOI Scopus29 WoS27 Europe PMC20
2015	Jia, Y., Wong, D., Sweetman, C., Bruning, J., & Ford, C. (2015). New insights into the evolutionary history of plant sorbitol dehydrogenase. BMC Plant Biology, 15(1), 101-1-101-23. DOI Scopus7 WoS8 Europe PMC4
2015	Kroker, A., & Bruning, J. (2015). p21 exploits residue Tyr151 as a tether for high-affinity PCNA binding. Biochemistry, 54(22), 3483-3493. DOI Scopus13 WoS12 Europe PMC11
2015	Coleman, T., Chao, R., Bruning, J., De Voss, J., & Bell, S. (2015). CYP199A4 catalyses the efficient demethylation and demethenylation of para-substituted benzoic acid derivatives. RSC Advances, 5(64), 52007-52018. DOI Scopus10 WoS8
2015	Marciano, D., Kuruvilla, D., Boregowda, S., Asteian, A., Hughes, T., Garcia-Ordonez, R., . . . Griffin, P. (2015). Pharmacological repression of PPARγ promotes osteogenesis. Nature Communications, 6(1), 7443-1-7443-7. DOI Scopus57 WoS53 Europe PMC38
2015	Kojetin, D., Matta-Camacho, E., Hughes, T., Srinivasan, S., Nwachukwu, J., Cavett, V., . . . Nettles, K. (2015). Structural mechanism for signal transduction in RXR nuclear receptor heterodimers. Nature Communications, 6(1), 8013-1-8013-14. DOI Scopus50 WoS47 Europe PMC36
2015	Kroker, A., & Bruning, J. (2015). Review of the structural and dynamic mechanisms of PPAR γ partial agonism. PPAR Research, 2015, 816856-1-816856-15. DOI Scopus54 WoS45 Europe PMC27
2014	Chua, K., Pietsch, M., Zhang, X., Hautmann, S., Chan, H., Bruning, J., . . . Abell, A. (2014). Macrocyclic protease inhibitors with reduced peptide character. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 53(30), 7828-7831. DOI Scopus18 WoS17 Europe PMC7
2014	Sullivan, A., Raimondo, A., Schwab, T., Bruning, J., Froguel, P., Farooqi, I., . . . Whitelaw, M. (2014). Characterization of human variants in obesity-related SIM1 protein identifies a hot-spot for dimerization with the partner protein ARNT2. Biochemical Journal, 461(3), 403-412. DOI Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC5
2014	Bersten, D., Bruning, J., Peet, D., & Whitelaw, M. (2014). Human variants in the Neuronal Basic Helix-Loop-Helix/ Per-Arnt-Sim (bHLH/PAS) transcription factor complex NPAS4/ARNT2 disrupt function. PLoS One, 9(1), e85768-1-e85768-11. DOI Scopus15 WoS15 Europe PMC15
2014	Reddy, M., Breda, A., Bruning, J., Sherekar, M., Valluru, S., Thurman, C., . . . Sacchettini, J. (2014). Structure, activity, and inhibition of the carboxyltransferase β-Subunit of acetyl coenzyme a carboxylase (AccD6) from mycobacterium tuberculosis. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 58(10), 6122-6132. DOI Scopus10 WoS9 Europe PMC4
2013	Mosser, R., Reddy, M., Bruning, J., Sacchettini, J., & Reinhart, G. (2013). Redefining the role of the quaternary shift in bacillus stearothermophilus phosphofructokinase. Biochemistry, 52(32), 5421-5429. DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC2
2013	Bonnefond, A., Raimondo, A., Stutzmann, F., Ghoussaini, M., Ramachandrappa, S., Bersten, D., . . . Froguel, P. (2013). Loss-of-function mutations in SIM1 contribute to obesity and Prader-Willi-like features. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 123(7), 3037-3041. DOI Scopus53 WoS53 Europe PMC41
2013	Ramachandrappa, S., Raimondo, A., Cali, A., Keogh, J., Henning, E., Saeed, S., . . . Farooqi, I. (2013). Rare variants in single-minded 1 (SIM1) are associated with severe obesity. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 123(7), 3042-3050. DOI Scopus72 WoS66 Europe PMC53
2013	Ramachandrappa, S., Raimondo, A., Cali, A., Keogh, J., Henning, E., Saeed, S., . . . Farooqi, I. (2013). Erratum: Rare variants in single-minded 1 (SIM1) are associated with severe obesity (Journal of Clinical Investigation (2013) 123:7 (3042-3050) DOI: 10.1172/JCI68016). Journal of Clinical Investigation, 123(8), 3635. DOI
2012	Mosser, R., Reddy, M., Bruning, J., Sacchettini, J., & Reinhart, G. (2012). Structure of the apo form of Bacillus Stearothermophilus Phosphofructokinase. Biochemistry, 51(3), 769-775. DOI Scopus8 WoS8 Europe PMC6
2011	Bruning, J., Murillo, A., Chacon, O., Barletta, R., & Sacchettini, J. (2011). Structure of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis D-alanine:D-alanine Ligase, a target of the antituberculosis drug D-Cycloserine. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 55(1), 291-301. DOI Scopus63 WoS60 Europe PMC41
2011	Zhang, J., Chalmers, M., Stayrook, K., Burris, L., Wang, Y., Busby, S., . . . Griffin, P. (2011). DNA binding alters coactivator interaction surfaces of the intact VDR-RXR complex. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, 18(5), 556-563. DOI Scopus131 WoS120 Europe PMC90
2011	Chim, N., Habel, J., Johnston, J., Krieger, I., Miallau, L., Sankaranarayanan, R., . . . Goulding, C. (2011). The TB structural genomics consortium: a decade of progress. Tuberculosis, 91(2), 155-172. DOI Scopus27 WoS26 Europe PMC19
2011	Choi, J., Banks, A., Kamenecka, T., Busby, S., Chalmers, M., Kumar, N., . . . Griffin, P. (2011). Anti-diabetic actions of a non-agonist PPARgamma ligand that blocks Cdk5-mediated phosphorylation. Nature, 477(7365), 477-481. DOI Scopus330 WoS306 Europe PMC239
2010	Bruning, J., Parent, A., Gil, G., Zhao, M., Nowak, J., Pace, M., . . . Nettles, K. (2010). Coupling of receptor conformation and ligand orientation determine graded activity. Nature Chemical Biology, 6(11), 837-843. DOI Scopus85 WoS84 Europe PMC61
2009	Reddy, M., Palaninathan, S., Bruning, J., Thurman, C., Smith, D., & Sacchettini, J. (2009). Structural insights into the mechanism of the allosteric transitions of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis cAMP receptor protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 284(52), 36581-36591. DOI Scopus25 WoS24 Europe PMC16
2008	Nettles, K., Bruning, J., Gil, G., Nowak, J., Sharma, S., Hahm, J., . . . Greene, G. (2008). NFκB selectivity of estrogen receptor ligands revealed by comparative crystallographic analyses. Nature Chemical Biology, 4(4), 241-247. DOI Scopus103 WoS105 Europe PMC69
2008	Dai, S., Chalmers, M., Bruning, J., Bramlett, K., Osborne, H., Montrose-Rafizadeh, C., . . . Griffin, P. (2008). Prediction of the tissue-specificity of selective estrogen receptor modulators by using a single biochemical method. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105(20), 7171-7176. DOI Scopus66 WoS57 Europe PMC42
2007	Nettles, K., Bruning, J., Gil, G., O'Neill, E., Nowak, J., Hughs, A., . . . Greene, G. (2007). Structural plasticity in the oestrogen receptor ligand-binding domain. EMBO Reports, 8(6), 563-568. DOI Scopus89 WoS91 Europe PMC68
2007	Zhou, H., Nettles, K., Bruning, J., Kim, Y., Joachimiak, A., Sharma, S., . . . Katzenellenbogen, J. (2007). Elemental isomerism: a boron-nitrogen surrogate for a carbon-carbon double bond increases the chemical diversity of estrogen receptor ligands. Chemistry & Biology, 14(6), 659-669. DOI Scopus55 WoS55 Europe PMC34
2007	Bruning, J., Chalmers, M., Prasad, S., Busby, S., Kamenecka, T., He, Y., . . . Griffin, P. (2007). Partial agonists activate PPARγ using a helix 12 independent mechanism. Structure, 15(10), 1258-1271. DOI Scopus221 WoS215 Europe PMC140
2004	Bruning, J., & Shamoo, Y. (2004). Structural and thermodynamic analysis of human PCNA with peptides derived from DNA polymerase-δ p66 subunit and flap endonuclease-1. Structure, 12(12), 2209-2219. DOI Scopus137 Europe PMC110

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2010	Mosser, R., Reddy, M., Bruning, J., Sacchettini, J. C., & Reinhart, G. D. (2010). Redefining the Role of the Quaternary Shift in the Allosteric Inhibition of Bacillus Stearothermophilus Phosphofructokinase. In BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL Vol. 98 (pp. 39A). CELL PRESS. DOI
2007	Chalmers, M. J., Busby, S. A., Prasad, S., Bruning, J. B., Pascal, B. D., Southern, M. R., & Griffin, P. R. (2007). P97-S A High-Throughput Method for the characterization of Nuclear Receptor Dynamics. In J Biomol Tech. Vol. 18 (pp. 33). Tampa Florida.

Conference Items

Year	Citation
2018	Downes, C. E., McClure, B. J., Mayne, B. T., Bruning, J. B., Heatley, S. L., Kok, C., . . . White, D. L. (2018). Identification and computational modelling of ruxolitinib resistant mutations in JAK2-rearranged B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Poster session presented at the meeting of APG Student Awards.
2018	Downes, C. E., McClure, B. J., Mayne, B. T., Bruning, J. B., Heatley, S. L., Kok, C., . . . White, D. L. (2018). Identification of ruxolitinib resistance mutations in Pro-B cells driven by a high-risk JAK2 fusion in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Poster session presented at the meeting of ASMR.
2018	Downes, C. E., McClure, B. J., Mayne, B. T., Bruning, J. B., Heatley, S. L., Kok, C., . . . White, D. L. (2018). Identification and Characterisation of Ruxolitinib Resistant Mutations in JAK2-rearranged B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. Poster session presented at the meeting of AGTA.
2018	Downes, C. E., McClure, B. J., Mayne, B. T., Bruning, J. B., Heatley, S. L., Kok, C., . . . White, D. L. (2018). Identification of mutations that cause ruxolitinib resistance in Pro-B cells driven by a high-risk B-ALL JAK2-fusion.. Poster session presented at the meeting of ANZCHOG.
2018	Downes, C. E., McClure, B. J., Mayne, B. T., Bruning, J. B., Heatley, S. L., Kok, C., . . . White, D. L. (2018). Identification and computational modelling of ruxolitinib resistant mutations in JAK2-rearranged B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Poster session presented at the meeting of SAHMRI Scientific Seminar.
2018	Downes, C. E., McClure, B. J., Mayne, B. T., Bruning, J. B., Heatley, S. L., Kok, C., . . . White, D. L. (2018). Identification and computational modelling of ruxolitinib resistant mutations in JAK2-rearranged B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Poster session presented at the meeting of EMBL Australia Postgraduate Symposium.

ARC LIEF Grant (2014). LE15010023. Michael, Dr. Micahel Z; Booker, A/Prof., Grant W; Venter, Dr. Henrietta; Pitson, Prof. Stuart M; McKinnon, Prof. Ross A; Abell, Prof. Andrew D; Soole, A/Prof. Kathleen L; Sykes, Prof. Pamela J; Bruning, Dr. John B. “High Throughput Screening Facility.” ($860,000).
Environment Institute Major Collaborative Project (2015). Dr. Frank Reith, Prof. Peter Hoffmann, Dr. Florian Weiland, Dr. Benjamin Wade, Dr. John Bruning. ($50,000).
Biochemistry Discipline Collaborative Research Grant (2015-2018). Bruning, JB and Booker, GW. “Structural studies of Aspergillus fumigatus enzyme targets for drug discovery.” ($45,000).
AIB Labs, Research Infrastructure Fund (2015). Parkinson-Lawrence, E., Polyak, S.W., Brooks, D., Booker, G.W., Forbes, B.E., Pitson, S., Cowin, A., Bruning, J., Butler, L. ($12,793).
IPAS Pilot Projects (2015). Krogsgaard-Larsen, N.; Bruning, J.B.; Luiten, A.; Callen, D.; Zhang, X.Z.; Alaknanda, A. “First Steps toward a Cancer Biosensor.” ($6,000).
Australian Synchrotron CAP (2013). CAP6919. Hrmova, M. and Bruning, J.B. “X-ray crystal structures of plant and mammalian proteins, and protein design.”
Australian Synchrotron CAP (2014). CAP8221. Hrmova, M. and Bruning, J.B. “X-ray crystal structures of plant and mammalian proteins, and protein design.”

BIOCHEM3000 – Molecular and Structural Biology
BIOCHEM3230 – Molecular and Structural Biology (Biomedical Science)
BIOCHEM3125 – Advanced Molecular Biology IIIA (Biochemistry)
BIOCHEM3001 – Cancer, Stem Cells and Development III
BIOCHEM3235 – Cancer, Stem Cells and Development III (Biomedical Science)
BIOCHEM3520 – Cancer, Stem Cells and Development (Theory) III
BIOCHEM3225 – Advanced Molecular Biology IIIB (Biochemistry)
BIOCHEM2500 – Biochemistry II: Molecular & Cell Biology
BIOCHEM2502 – Biochemistry II (Biotech): Molecular & Cell Biology
BIOCHEM2504 – Biochemistry II (Mol Biol): Molecular & Cell Biology
BIOLOGY1201 – Biology I – Human Perspectives
CHEMENG 2015 - Principles of Biotechnology II
BIOTECH7000 – Advanced Research Platforms
BIOTECH7001 – Drug Discovery and Development
Science2300 – Principles and Practice of Research

Expand

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2020	Principal Supervisor	Peptidomimetic approaches for inhibiting sliding clamp proteins	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Bethiney Chantel Walters
2020	Co-Supervisor	Development of 2-aminoquinoline Derivatives with Improved Drug-like Character as Small Molecule Inhibitors for the Tec SH3 Domain	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Ellen Lillian Swan
2019	Principal Supervisor	Uncovering structural insights to the ligand binding specificity of the Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) subtypes through protein crystallography	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Benjamin Soon Kai Chua
2019	Principal Supervisor	Structural Mechanisms of Estrogen Receptor Allostery and Endocrine Disruption	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Daniel Patrick McDougal
2019	Co-Supervisor	Synthesis and biological evaluation of natural mimetics	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Miss Theresa Chav
2018	Principal Supervisor	Biochemistry	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Stephanie Nguyen
2018	Principal Supervisor	Biochemistry	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Jordan Luke Pederick
2018	Co-Supervisor	Characterising signalling cascades and investigating therapeutic targets in JAK2-rearranged acute lymphoblastic leukaemia	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Charlotte Emma-Jeane Downes
2018	Co-Supervisor	Peptide Synthesis for Biological Application	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Aimee Jade Horsfall
2018	Co-Supervisor	Optimizing Drug Design by Inhibiting the Steroid Biosynthesis Enzyme CYP51	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Hebatalla Ahmed Ibrahim Mohamed
2017	Principal Supervisor	Protein Crystallography	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Rebecca Louise Frkic
2016	Co-Supervisor	The role of Eukaryotic Elongation Factor 2 Kinase (EEF2K) in the Survival of cancer cells and Macrophages	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Roman Valeryevich Lenchine

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2018 - 2019	Co-Supervisor	Structural and Biophysical Characterisation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Dethiobiotin Synthetase	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Andrew Philip Thompson
2017 - 2019	Co-Supervisor	Microbial Biosynthesis of Grapevine Specialised Metabolites	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Miss Emi Kaye Schutz
2016 - 2017	Principal Supervisor	Defining the Key Residues in PCNA-Protein Interactions	Master of Philosophy	Master	Part Time	Alice Jane Kroker
2014 - 2018	Principal Supervisor	Structural and Biochemical Studies on Three Aspergillus fumigatus Proteins That Present as Targets for Novel Antifungal Drugs	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Andrew Craig Marshall
2014 - 2016	Co-Supervisor	Molecular and Structural Characterization of the Candidate Enzymes Responsible for Tartaric Acid Synthesis in the Grapevine	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Yong Jia

Position: Senior Lecturer
Phone: 83135218
Email: john.bruning@adelaide.edu.au
Fax: 8313 4362
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Molecular Life Sciences, floor 2
Room: 2 43
Org Unit: Molecular and Biomedical Science

Dr John Bruning

Appointments

Education

Postgraduate Training

Journals

Conference Papers

Conference Items

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Connect With Me

External Profiles