Staff profile

Dr Michelle Gibson

Lecturer

Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering

School of Pharmacy and Applied Science
Department of Pharmacy

Applied Science 1, Room 3.15, Bendigo

 

Qualifications

BSc Hons, PhD La Trobe

Membership of professional associations

AuPS, ASCEPT

Area of study

Biomedical Science

Research interests

Cell signals and drug metabolism

- Metabolism of substituted -1,3-oxazines and substituted-2-thioxo quinazolin-4-ones by pure cytochrome P450 enzymes.

Muscle Physiology and Pharmacology

- Effect of protein kinase modulation on calcium dynamics in cardiac muscle.

Teaching units

BIO1CO Biology of Cells and Organisms

BIO1OOS Organs and Organ Systems

PHA2PGA Pharmacology A

PHA3THB Pharmacy Practice and Therapeutics B

 

Consulting

Guest Lecturer, Gerontology, Bendigo Health Care Group

Recent publications

Gibson, LM (2010) At the heart of snails. Australasian Science, 31(2) :33-35. 

Dewhurst, AJ, Flens, C, and Gibson, LM (2008) Determining the presence of dopamine receptors and their effects in snail heart. Proceedings of the Australian Health and Medical Research Congress, Abs#654.

Hoo, KV, Byrne, JL and Gibson LM (2008) Does modulation of 5-HT4 receptors alter calcium dynamics in snail heart? Proceedings of the Australian Health and Medical Research Congress, Abs#649. 

Lyons, CE and Gibson LM (2008) The effects of modulating IP3 and PKC on force production in snail heart. Proceedings of the Australian Health and Medical Research Congress, Abs#640. 

Fanning, L, and Gibson, LM (2007) The effects of modulating 5-HT4 and 5-HT2B receptors in snail myocardium.  Proceedings of the joint 41st Annual Scientific Meeting of the australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists and 10th Southeast Asian Western Pacific Regional of Pharmacologists. Poster 2-28.  

Worland, T, Morton, D, and Gibson, LM (2007) Toxicology in snail heart, effects of FeEDTA. Proceedings of the joint 41st Annual Scientific Meeting of the australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists and 10th Southeast Asian Western Pacific Regional of Pharmacologists. Poster 3-90.  Caire, L and Gibson, LM (2006) The effect of ellagic acid on calcium loading by sarcoplasmic reticulum in functionally skinned myocardium from the rat. Proceedings of the Australian Health and Medical Research Congress, 399.  

Moore, C, and Gibson, LM (2006)  The fole and properties of 5-HT receptors in myocardial tissue: A molluscan model. Proceedings of the Australian Health and Medical Research Congress, 400.  

Nancarrow, A, and Gibson, LM (2005) How can pharmacists improve their health promotion to better meet the health needs of men in the Bendigo region? Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of ASCEPT and APSA. 11:Oral56.  

Wood, P, Verrinder, A and Gibson, LM (2005) How Can Service Provision by Community Pharmacists Be Improved To Meet Men's Health Needs in Regional Victoria? Proceedings of the 6th National Men's Health Conference, Melbourne, September.  

Gibson, LM and Stephenson, DG (2003) Calcium loading properties of sarcoplasmic reticulum from rat ventricular myocardium. Proceedings of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society, 33, 28P. September.  

Barnes, M,  Gibson, LM and  Stephenson, DG (2001) Increased muscle glycogen content is associated with increased capacity to respond to T-system depolarisation in mechanically skinned skeletal muscle fibres from the rat, Pflugers Archives-European Journal of Physiology, 442(1):101-106.  

Todorovska, V, Gibson, LM and Raymond, K (2004) Are the Cardiovascular Health Pharmacy Self Care Fact Cards User-Friendly?  Proceedings Annual APSA Conference, Towards Safer Medicines, 95.  

Wood, P, Gibson, LM and Verrinder, A (2004) Community pharmacists and men’s heath in regional Victoria: a questionnaire study. Journal Pharmacy Practice and Research, 34(4):285-287.  

Gibson, LM and Pellas, J. (2002) Therapeutic Counselling Project: A Needs Analysis. LaTrobe University, Bendigo, Australia, ISBN:0 9099774 5 3.  

Gibson, LM and Denner, BJ (2000) MAN Model - Pathway to Men's Health, Men's Health Report 2000, Centre of Research for the Advancement of Rural Health and Centre for Advancement of Men's Health, ISBN 0-9577091-1-0.  

Francis, D, McEvoy, A, Roney, T and Gibson, LM (2000) Farm Safety ~ A Family Priority: The Implementation of a Collaborative Approach to Primary Health Care in a Rural Setting, Australian Journal of Primary Health Interchange, 6(3&4): 202 - 212.  

Francis D, and Gibson, LM (1999) Farm Safety ~ A Family Priority, Centre of Research for the Advancement of Rural Health La Trobe University Bendigo, November.  

Denner, B, and Gibson, LM (1999) MAN Model – Pathway to Men’s/Boy’s Health, Australian Journal of Rural Health, 7 (Supplement): A33-A34.

Research projects

Metabolism of substituted -1,3-oxazines and substituted-2-thioxo quinazolin-4-ones by pure cytochrome P450 enzymes.

Characterization of serotonin receptors and their effects in cardiac muscle.

Effects of dantrolene sodium analogues on calcium movements associated with sarcoplasmic reticulum in cardiac muscle.