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Dr Méabh Cullinane

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

Project Co-ordinator CASTLE, SILC

Email: M.Cullinane@latrobe.edu.au

Telephone: 03 8341 8581

Méabh has a background in microbiology and joined MCHR in May 2009 to take up the position of project co-ordinator 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 micro-organisms (Staphylococcus aureus & Candida albicans) in the pathogenesis of breast pain and infection in lactating women.

Méabh is also project co-ordinator for the SILC trial which is evaluating interventions to increase breastfeeding duration in Victorian communities.

CURRENT PROJECTS

SILC: Supporting breastfeeding In Local Communities – a cluster randomised trial (ACTRN12611000898954)
Team:	Helen McLachlan, Lisa Amir, Della Forster, Rhonda Small, Meabh Cullinane, Touran Shafiei
Funding:	Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
Status:	Ethics approvals sought, project development in progress

*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

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.

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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