Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr Rhys Grinter runs the Molecular Physiology of Microbial Pathogens (MP2) Lab in the Department of Microbiology at Monash University. He completed an honours degree in Biotechnology at Flinders University and received his PhD from the University of Glasgow. In 2015, he obtained a Sir Henry Wellcome Fellowship and returned from the UK to Australia, to work on iron uptake by bacterial pathogens at Monash University. In 2021, he founded his lab and was awarded an NHMRC Investigator Grant to continue his work on iron piracy by bacterial pathogens. In addition to this work, he performs ARC-funded research into the structure and function of bacterial enzymes that oxidise atmospheric trace gases and discovering novel antibiotics to combat the antibiotic resistance crisis. The Grinter lab utilises current and emerging technologies to understand how microbes work. It harnesses this understanding to prevent disease and to develop enzymes and natural products as tools for biotechnology. It utilises diverse techniques across genomics, bioinformatics, molecular microbiology, biochemistry, and structural biology.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Research Fellow, University of Birmingham
1 Mar 2015 → 1 Mar 2019
Research area keywords
- Bacteriology
- X-Ray Crystallography
- Membrane biochemistry
- Protein Trafficking
- Protein Biophysics
- Protein structure
- Iron Acquisition
Network
-
Hitting bacteria with a Bam: Lectin-Like Antimicrobials as New Antibiotics
Grinter, R., Knott, G. & Connolly, J.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University – Internal Department Contribution
1/02/23 → 31/01/26
Project: Research
-
Extracting energy from air: mechanism of a bacterial hydrogenase
Greening, C., Grinter, R. & Vincent, K.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University – Internal Department Contribution
1/01/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
-
Hydrogen metabolism: a novel target space to inhibit methanogenesis and enhance production in ruminants
3/10/22 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
-
Targeting iron piracy from host proteins by Neisseria and Haemophilus spp. for the development of novel antimicrobials
1/01/21 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
-
-
Atmospheric hydrogen oxidation extends to the domain archaea
Leung, P. M., Grinter, R., Tudor-Matthew, E., Jimenez, L., Lee, H., Milton, M., Hanchapola, I., Tanuwidjaya, E., Peach, H. A., Carere, C. R., Stott, M. B., Schittenhelm, R. B. & Greening, C., 13 Dec 2022, 37 p. bioRxiv.Research output: Other contribution › Research
Open Access -
Microbial oxidation of atmospheric trace gases
Greening, C. & Grinter, R., Sep 2022, In: Nature Reviews Microbiology. 20, p. 513-528 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
12 Citations (Scopus) -
BonA from Acinetobacter baumannii forms a divisome-localized decamer that supports outer envelope function
Grinter, R., Morris, F. C., Dunstan, R. A., Leung, P. M., Kropp, A., Belousoff, M., Gunasinghe, S. D., Scott, N. E., Beckham, S., Peleg, A. Y., Greening, C., Li, J., Heinz, E. & Lithgow, T., Aug 2021, In: mBio. 12, 4, 18 p., e01480-21.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus) -
Cofactor F420: An expanded view of its distribution, biosynthesis and roles in bacteria and archaea
Grinter, R. & Greening, C., Sep 2021, In: FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 45, 5, 46 p., fuab021.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access10 Citations (Scopus) -
Multiple energy sources and metabolic strategies sustain microbial diversity in Antarctic desert soils
Ortiz, M., Leung, P. M., Shelley, G., Jirapanjawat, T., Nauer, P. A., Van Goethem, M. W., Bay, S. K., Islam, Z. F., Jordaan, K., Vikram, S., Chown, S. L., Hogg, I. D., Makhalanyane, T. P., Grinter, R., Cowan, D. A. & Greening, C., 9 Nov 2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 45, 10 p., e2025322118.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access26 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
-
Anders Young Investigator Award
Grinter, Rhys (Recipient), 13 Feb 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
-
Biochemical Society Travel Grant
Grinter, Rhys (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
-
British Crystallography Association Travel Grant
Grinter, Rhys (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
-
Chancellors Letter of Commendation
Grinter, Rhys (Recipient), 2006
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
-
Diamond Light Source PhD Investigator Award for Life Sciences
Grinter, Rhys (Recipient), Sep 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
-
Scientific Reports (Journal)
Rhys Grinter (Peer reviewer)
2018 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
-
Journal of Molecular Biology (Journal)
Rhys Grinter (Peer reviewer)
2018 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
-
British Biophysical Society Biennial Meeting 2018
Rhys Grinter (Speaker)
11 Jul 2018 → 13 Jul 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
-
Asian Crystallographic Association (AsCA) and the Society of Crystallographers in Australia and New Zealand Conference 2018
Rhys Grinter (Speaker)
2 Dec 2018 → 5 Dec 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
-
Microbial Ecology (Journal)
Rhys Grinter (Peer reviewer)
2018 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
Press/Media
-
-
Mysterious mechanism of plant-rotting bacterium exposed
Trevor Lithgow & Rhys William Grinter
2/08/18 → 3/08/18
1 item of Media coverage, 3 Media contributions
Press/Media: Research
-
HADDOCK shows how bacteria steal iron from the plants they infect
16/05/17
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research