Els Meeusen – Professor and Head of BRL
Email: els.meeusen@monash.edu.au
Phone: 9905 2513
Professor Els Meeusen obtained her first degree in Biology at the University of Ghent, Belgium. She worked for two years as an Associate Expert for the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation in Uruguay, before embarking on a PhD at the University of Cambridge, UK. In 1983, she emigrated to Australia and was an active researcher at the University of Melbourne for the next 22 years, the last 5 years as Director of the Centre for Animal Biotechnology. In January 2006, she was appointed Professor in the Department of Physiology at Monash University, where she will continue her efforts to integrate a whole body approach to science into practical applications for the biotechnology and animal and human health industries.
Other Positions:
- Member ARC College of Experts BRB panel 2005-2007
- Member of NH&MRC Project Grant Review Panel 2008 & 2009
- Co-convenor and lecturer BTH3012 - Biotechnology Science, Industry and Commercialisation Course
Research interests
- The immunobiology of parasite infections
- New approaches to vaccine development
- Reproductive Immunology
- Asthma and Allergy
- Cancer diagnostics
- Biotechnology & Commercialisation of research
Selected publications
- Sou T, Meeusen E.N., de Veer M, Morton D.A.V., Kaminskas L.M. and McIntosh M.P. (2011). New developments in dry powder pulmonary vaccine delivery. Trends in Biotechnology 29: 191-198
- Piedrafita D, Raadsma HW, Gonzalez J and EN Meeusen. Increased production through parasite control: can ancient sheep breeds teach us new lessons? Trends in Parasitology 2010 26(12):568-73.
- de Veer M, Kemp J, Chatelier J, Elhay MJ, Meeusen EN. 2010. The kinetics of soluble and particulate antigen trafficking in the afferent lymph, and its modulation by aluminum-based adjuvant. Vaccine. 2010 28(40):6597-602.
- Fox A, Maddox JF, de Veer MJ, Meeusen EN. (2010). GammadeltaTCR+ cells of the pregnant ovine uterus express variable T cell receptors and contain granulysin. Journal of Reproductive Immunology 84: 52-56.
- Young AR, Barcham GJ, Kemp JM, Dunphy JL, Nash A and ENT Meeusen. Functional characterization of an eosinophil-specific galectin, ovine galectin-14 (2009). Glycoconjugate Journal 26:423-432.
- Meeusen E. N. T., Jungersen G., Walker J. and P.P. Pastoret. Current Status of Veterinary Vaccines. Clinical Microbiology Reviews.Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 20(3):489-510
- Snibson, K.J.,Bischof, R.B.,Slocombe, R.F. Meeusen E.N. (2005). Airway remodeling and inflammation in sheep lungs after chronic airway challenge with house dust mite. Clinical & Experimental Allergy 35(2) 146-152.
- Dunphy, J.L., Barcham, G.J., Bischof, R.J., Nash, A, Young A.R. and Meeusen E.N.T.(2002) Isolation and characterization of a novel eosinophil-specific galectin released into lung fluid in response to allergen-challenge. Journal of Biological Chemistry 277:14916-14924.
- Meeusen, E.N.T., Bischof, R.J. and Lee, C.S. (2001). Comparative T cell responses during pregnancy in large animals and humans. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology 46(2):169-179.
- Dunphy, J.L., Balic, A., Barcham, G.J., Horvath, A.J., Nash, A.D., and Meeusen, E.N.T. (2000). Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Inducible Mammalian Galectin. Journal of Biological Chemistry 275(41):32106-13.
- Meeusen, E.N.T. and Balic, A. (2000) Do eosinophils have a role in the killing of helminth parasites? Parasitology Today, 16:95-101.
- Meeusen, E.N.T., Premier, R.R. and Brandon, M.R. (1996). Tissue-specific migration of lymphocytes: a key role for Th1 and Th2 cells? Immunology Today 17:421-424.
For full publication list: search for 'Meeusen E' in PubMed
