Staff profile

Dr Meabh Cullinane

Research Fellow, Project Coordinator SILC

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Nursing and Midwifery Mother and Child Health Research Centre

La Trobe University, 215 Franklin Street, Melbourne (City)

 

Qualifications

BSc, PhD

Area of study

Nursing

Brief profile

Meabh is involved in breastfeeding research and is emplyed as a project co-ordinator (CASTLE study and SILC trial).

The CASTLE study is investigating the role of micro-organisms (Staphylococcus aureus & Candida albicans) in the pathogenes of breast pain and infection in lactating women. The SILC trial which is evaluating interventions to increase breastfeeding duration in Victorian communities.

Recent publications

Amir LH, Cullinane M, Garland SM, Tabrizi SN, Donath SM, Bennett CM, Cooklin AR, Fisher JRW, Payne MS. The role of micro-organisms (Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans) in the pathogenesis of breast pain and infection in lactating women: study protocol. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2011; 11:54.http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2393-11-54.pdf

Gong L, Cullinane M, Treerat P, Ramm G, Prescott M, Adler B, Boyce JD, Devenish RJ. The Burkholderia pseudomallei type III secretion system and BopA are required for evasion of LC3-associated phagocytosis. PLoS One. 2011; 6:e17852.  

Adler NR, Govan B, Cullinane M, Harper M, Adler B, Boyce JD. (2009). The molecular and cellular basis of pathogenesis in melioidosis: how does Burkholderia pseudomallei cause disease? FEMS Microbiol Rev. Nov; 33(6):1079-99.

Cullinane, M., Gong, L., Li, X., Lazar-Adler, N., Tra, T., Wolvetang, E., Prescott, M., Boyce, J. D., Devenish, R. J. & Adler, B. (2008). Stimulation of autophagy suppresses the intracellular survival of Burkholderia pseudomallei in mammalian cell lines. Autophagy. Aug;4(6):744-53.

Older publications

Cullinane, M., Baysse, C., Morrissey, J. P. & O'Gara, F. (2005). Characterisation of two lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferases with overlapping function in Pseudomonas fluorescens.  Microbiology. Sep;151(Pt 9):3071-80.

Baysse, C., Cullinane, M., Denervaud, V., Burrowes, E., Dow, M. J., Morrissey, J. P. & O'Gara, F. (2005).  Modulation of quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa through alteration of membrane properties.  Microbiology. Aug;151(Pt 8):2529-42.

Guihen, E., Glennon, J. D., Cullinane, M. & O'Gara, F. (2004). Rapid analysis of antimicrobial metabolites monoacetylphloroglucinol and 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol using capillary zone electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 25, 1536-1542.

Ram, S., Cullinane, M., Blom, A. M., Gulati, S., McQuillen, D. P., Boden, R., Monks, B. G., O'Connell, C., Elkins, C., Pangburn, M. K., Dahlback, B. & Rice, P. A. (2001). C4bp binding to porin mediates stable serum resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Int Immunopharmacol 1, 423-432.

Ram, S., Cullinane, M., Blom, A. M., Gulati, S., McQuillen, D. P., Monks, B. G., O'Connell, C., Boden, R., Elkins, C., Pangburn, M. K., Dahlback, B. & Rice, P. A. (2001). Binding of C4b-binding protein to porin: a molecular mechanism of serum resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. J Exp Med 193, 281-295.

Book Sections Morrissey, J. P., Cullinane, M., Abbas, A., Mark, G. L. & O'Gara, F. (2004). Biosynthesis and Regulation of Anti-Fungal Metabolites by Pseudomonads.  In Pseudomonas Vol III: 635-670. Ed Ramos, J.L. Kluyver Press.