Patents Assigned to James Cook University
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Publication number: 20240174719Abstract: The present invention relates to proteins suitable for treating or preventing an inflammatory or autoimmune condition, pharmaceutical compositions comprising same, and methods of use comprising same.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2022Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: James Cook UniversityInventors: Alexander Constantine Loukas, Paul Robert Giacomin, Stephanie Margaret Ryan, Roland Ruscher
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Patent number: 11976108Abstract: A modified Ac-TMP-2 protein lacks one or a plurality of acidic C-terminal amino acids normally present in a full-length or wild-type Ac-TMP-2 protein and may also lack one or a plurality of N-terminal amino acids while retaining the amino acid sequence C-S-C at or near the N-terminus. The modified Ac-TMP-2 protein may be useful in method and composition for reducing or alleviating inflammation in a subject. Inflammation may be associated with a disease is a disease of the digestive tract such as chronic gastritis or an inflammatory bowel disease such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, or a disease of the respiratory system, such as asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: James Cook UniversityInventors: Alex Loukas, Andrew Leech, Darren Pickering
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Patent number: 11883449Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reducing total gas production and/or methane production in a ruminant animal.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignees: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Meat & Livestock Australia Limited, James Cook UniversityInventors: Lorenna Machado, Marie Elisabeth Magnusson, Nigel William Tomkins, Robert Douglas Kinley, Peter Canisius Denys, Nicholas Andrew Paul
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Publication number: 20210077555Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reducing total gas production and/or methane production in a ruminant animal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicants: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Meat & Livestock Australia Limited, James Cook UniversityInventors: Lorenna MACHADO, Marie Elisabeth MAGNUSSON, Nigel William TOMKINS, Robert Douglas KINLEY, Peter Canisius DENYS, Nicholas Andrew PAUL
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Patent number: 10881697Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reducing total gas production and/or methane production in a ruminant animal.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignees: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Meat & Livestock Australia Limited, James Cook UniversityInventors: Lorenna Machado, Marie Elisabeth Magnusson, Nigel William Tomkins, Robert Douglas Kinley, Peter Canisius Denys, Nicholas Andrew Paul
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Patent number: 9980995Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reducing total gas production and/or methane production in a ruminant animal.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignees: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Meat & Livestock Australia Limited, James Cook UniversityInventors: Lorenna Machado, Marie Elisabeth Magnusson, Nigel William Tomkins, Robert Douglas Kinley, Peter Canisius Denys, Nicholas Andrew Paul
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Publication number: 20160229905Abstract: A modified Ac-TMP-2 protein lacks one or a plurality of acidic C-terminal amino acids normally present in a full-length or wild-type Ac-TMP-2 protein and may also lack one or a plurality of N-terminal amino acids while retaining the amino acid sequence C—S—C at or near the N-terminus. The modified Ac-TMP-2 protein may be useful in method and composition for reducing or alleviating inflammation in a subject. Inflammation may be associated with a disease is a disease of the digestive tract such as chronic gastritis or an inflammatory bowel disease such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, or a disease of the respiratory system, such as asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2014Publication date: August 11, 2016Applicant: James Cook UniversityInventors: Alex Loukas, Andrew Leech, Darren Pickering
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Patent number: 8293093Abstract: A method of electrowinning or electrorefining copper from a copper electrolyte solution which contains chloride ions, the method comprising the steps of: (a) forming a polyacrylamide solution by dissolving polyacrylamide, having a molecular weight range of 5,000 to 20,000,000 Daltons, in an acidic medium and under conditions to form a polyacrylamide block copolymer having blocks of carboxyl groups dispersed along the polymer backbone; (b) introducing the polyacrylamide solution into an electrolytic cell containing the copper electrolyte solution at a polyacrylamide concentration of 0.01-10 mg/L; and (c) electroplating copper from the copper electrolyte solution to form a copper cathode.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2005Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: James Cook UniversityInventors: Cesimiro Paulino Fabian, Thomas William Lancaster, Natalie Lancaster, legal representative
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Publication number: 20110129935Abstract: The invention relates to methods and compositions for assessing protein stability, including improved assays for distinguishing between soluble and aggregated proteins. The methods and compositions include measuring residual fluorescence of a fusion protein in a soluble fraction as an indicator of protein solubility, and monitoring fluorescence quenching of a fusion protein as an indicator of protein stability. The fusion protein may comprise an amino acid sequence of a protein of interest, a peptide linker amino acid sequence and an amino acid sequence of a fluorescent marker protein.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2010Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: James Cook UniversityInventor: Patrick Schaeffer
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Patent number: 6500632Abstract: An assay to screen potential inhibitors of the C4 acid cycle in plants. The assay involves testing inhibition of C4 enzymes by incubating a mixture that includes pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase and malate dehydrogenase and their substrates with a potential inhibitor. Detection of inhibition depends on comparing the resulting levels of NADH or NAD+ in the test mixture to the levels of NADH or NAD+ in a control.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2000Date of Patent: December 31, 2002Assignees: Australian Institute of Marine Science, James Cook University of North QueenslandInventors: James Nigel Burnell, Lyndon Edwin Llewellyn
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Patent number: 5823800Abstract: An electrical socket is formed in a printed circuit board (PCR) using standard automated PCB production techniques. The socket (20) comprises a respective three legged slotted aperture (22) for each pin (11) of a male plug. The slotted aperture (22) defines two cantilevered portions (23) which receive a respective pin (11) in A slot defined therebetween. The slot is of slightly narrower width than the corresponding pin (11), but the cantilevered portions (23) are resiliently movable to enable the slot to receive and frictionally retain the pin therein. Plated contact surfaces are formed on either side of the slot to make physical and electrical contact with the pin. A modified socket (40) includes an integrally formed isolation switch. The cantilevered portions (41) extend beyond the point where the pin (11) is inserted therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 1996Date of Patent: October 20, 1998Assignee: James Cook University of North QueenslandInventors: Harry Suehrcke, Noel Wilhelmus Lovisa
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Patent number: 5032794Abstract: Changes in underwater sediment level in a marine environment are monitored electronically using a probe embedded in the sediment. The probe includes an electrical current source to generate an electric field extending across the sediment interface. Voltage measurements are taken at at least three sensors on the probe whose positions are known relative to the current source. The height of the sediment interface relative to the current source can then be calculated, and logged, and changes in sediment level can be monitored. The conductivities of the sediment and seawater can also be calculated by taking additional voltage measurements.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 1990Date of Patent: July 16, 1991Assignees: James Cook University of Northern Queensland, Australian Institute of Marine ScienceInventors: Peter V. Ridd, John L. Nicol, Eric Wolanski