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DR KEN SNIBSON



Contact Details

Organization: Veterinary Science
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
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Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Dr Snibsons major research interests are centered on the development of animal models for chronic respiratory disease. Asthma, airway wall remodeling, Bronchial hyperresponsiveness, Adult lung function in respiratory disease, Lung growth and development Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Austria Research Institute of Molecular Pathology Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Master of Science University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1992
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-2000

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Functional and structural relationships of the peripheral airways in chronic asthma Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2007
The relationship between blood vessel remodelling and inflammatory cells in chronic asthma Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2009

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Thoracic duct cannulation without thoracotomy in sheep: A method for accessing efferent lymph from the lung
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology
    Volume: 129
    Page numbers: 76-81
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Biomedical applications of sheep models: from asthma to vaccines
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Trends in Biotechnology
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 259-266
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  • Immune response to allergens in sheep sensitized to house dust mite
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Inflammation
    Volume: 5
    Page numbers: 16
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  • Lung parenchyma at maturity is influenced by postnatal growth but not by moderate preterm birth in sheep
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Neonatology: foetal and neonatal research
    Volume: 93
    Page numbers: 28-35
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  • Postnatal growth rate, but not mild preterm birth, influences airway structure in adult sheep challenged with house dust mite
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Experimental Lung Research
    Volume: 34
    Page numbers: 69-84
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  • Pulmonary delivery of ISCOMATRIX influenza vaccine induces both systemic and mucosal immunity with antigen dose sparing
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Mucosal Immunology
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 489-496
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Oesophageal techniques for deriving the lung dynamics of quietly breathing sheep
    Year: 2008
    Event name: 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: 'Personalized Healthcare through Technology'
    Page numbers: 2435-2438
    Publisher: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(Piscataway)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Altered airway responsiveness in adult sheep born prematurely: effects of allergen exposure
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Experimental Lung Research
    Volume: 32
    Page numbers: 215-228
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  • Chronic airway disease: deteriorating pulmonary function in sheep associated with repeated challenges of house dust mite
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Experimental Lung Research
    Volume: 32
    Page numbers: 321-330
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Airway remodelling and inflammation in sheep lungs after chronic airway challenge with house dust mite
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Clinical and Experimental Allergy
    Volume: 35
    Page numbers: 146-152
    Publisher: Blackwell Science
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Inflammatory responses, airway wall remodeling and functional changes in sheep lungs chronically exposed to house dust mite
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 35th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Society for Immunology and 14th International HLA & Immunogenetics Workshop
    Conference Publication: Tissue Antigens: Abstracts of the 35th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Society for Immunology and 14th International HLA & Immunogenetics Workshop
    Volume: 66
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 548
    Publisher: Blackwell Munksgaard(Oxford)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Effects of implantation and early pregnancy on the expression of cytokines and vascular surface molecules in the sheep endometrium
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Reproductive Immunology
    Volume: 64
    Page numbers: 45-58
    Publisher: Elsevier Science Ireland(Coclare)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Induction of allergic inflammation in the lungs of sensitized sheep after local challenge with house dust mite
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Clinical and Experimental Allergy
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 367-375
    Publisher: Blackwell Science
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Hepatocellular kinetics and the expression of growth hormone (GH) in the livers and liver tumours of GH-transgenic mice
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Tissue and Cell
    Volume: 34
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 88-97
    Publisher: Churchill Livingstone(Leith Walkedinburgh)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Overexpressed growth hormone (GH) synergistically promotes carcinogen initiated liver tumour growth by promoting cellular proliferation in emerging hepatocellular neoplasms in female and male GH transgenic mice
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Liver
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 149-158
    Publisher: Munksgaard International Publishers(Copenhagen)
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