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Dr Méabh Cullinane

BSc (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland), PhD (University College Cork, Ireland)

Project Co-ordinator CASTLE

 
Email: M.Cullinane@latrobe.edu.au
Telephone: 03 83418578
 

Méabh has a background in Microbiology and received a PhD from University College Cork in 2005. Before joining MCHR, she undertook a post-doctoral position at Monash University working with the pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei. She then changed the focus of her career and joined MCHR in May 2009 to take up the position of project coordinator for the CASTLE study, under the supervision of Dr Lisa Amir. The CASTLE study is an NHMRC-funded project which aims to investigate the role of microorganisms (Staphylococcus aureus & Candida albicans) in the pathogenesis of breast pain and infection in lactating women.

 
CURRENT PROJECTS
 

CASTLE- The role of micro-organisms ( S. aureus & C. albicans ) in the pathogenesis of breast pain and infection in lactating women

Team: Lisa Amir, Suzanne Garland, Susan Donath, Sepehr Tabrizi, Catherine Bennett, Méabh Cullinane (project co-ordinator)
Funding: NHMRC Project Grant, 2009-2010 
Status: Ethics approval obtained from La Trobe University, Royal Women's Hospital and Frances Perry House. Recruitment commencing in October 2009.
 
PUBLICATIONS (Most Recent in 5 Years) IN REFERRED JOURNALS

 

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.

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.

 
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