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DR CATHRYN HAIGH



Contact Details

Organization: Pathology
Position: SENIOR RESEARCH OFFICER
Email:
Work: 41952
Fax: 44004
Room: 338
Level: 03
Building: Alan Gilbert Building
Campus: Parkville

Biography

PUBLICATIONS

Haigh, CL. Drew, SC. Boland, MP. Masters, CL. Barnham, KJ. Lawson, VA. Collins, SJ. (2009) Dominant roles of the polybasic proline motif and copper in the PrP23-89-mediated stress protection response. Journal of Cell Science 122(10), 1518-1528. Journal impact factor 6.247; Number of citations 0.

Haigh, CL. Lewis, V. Vella, LJ. Masters, CL. Hill, AF. Lawson, VA. Collins, SJ. PrPC related signal transduction is influenced by copper, membrane integrity and the alpha cleavage site. Cell Research 19, 1062-1078.  Journal impact factor 4.535; Number of citations 1.

 Lewis, V. Hill, AF. Haigh, CL. Klug, GM. Masters, CL. Lawson, VA. Collins, SJ. Increased proportions of C1 truncated prion protein protect against cellular prion infection. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology 68(10), 1125-1135. Journal impact factor 5.14; Number of citations 0.

Haigh, CL. Brown, DR. Investigation of PrPC metabolism and function in live cells: methods for studying individual cells and cell populations. In “Prion Protein Protocols” Methods in Molecular Biology, 2008, vol. 459, (Ed. A.F. Hill), Humana Press, New Jersey, pp 21-34.

Haigh, CL. Wright, JA. Brown, DR. (2007) Regulation of Prion protein Expression by non coding regions of the Prnp gene. Journal of Molecular Biology, 368(4), 915-27. Journal impact factor 4.146; Number of citations 4.

Haigh, CL. Brown, DR. (2006) Prion protein reduces both oxidative and non-oxidative copper toxicity. Journal of Neurochemistry 98 (3), 677-89. Journal impact factor 4.5; Number of citations 7.

Haigh, C.L. Brown, D.R. (2006) Regulation of Prion Protein Expression: A Potential Site for Therapeutic Intervention in the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies. International Journal of Biomedical Science 2 (4), 315-23.

Cheng, F. Lindqvist, J. Haigh, CL. Brown, DR. Mani, K. (2006) Copper-Dependent Co-Internalisation of the Prion Protein and Glypican-1. Journal of Neurochemistry 98 (5), 1445-57. Journal impact factor 4.5; Number of citations 9.

Haigh, CL. Edwards, KE, Brown, DR. (2005) Copper binding is the governing determinant of prion protein turnover. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience 30, 186-96. Journal impact factor 3.934; Number of citations 17.

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Prion Disease Trafficking, Expression, Copper Metabolism United Kingdom
Prion disease - Role of alpha and beta cleavage events Cleavage, Signal Transduction, Copper, ROS Australia
Prion disease - Oxidative stress response ROS, Lipid peroxidation, Infection Australia
Prion disease - Apoptosis Caspase, Signal Transduction, Fluorescence Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
BSc(hons) Biomedical Sciences University of Wales 31-Dec-2002
PhD in Biology/Biochemistry University of Bath 31-Mar-2006

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member FABLS Network Member: Academic 01-Oct-2006
Associate Mental Health Research Institute Honorary Researcher 01-Jan-2007
Member Fluorescence Imaging Group (FIG) Member 01-Aug-2008
Member British Neuroscience Association (BNA) Member 31-Oct-2002
Member Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Member 01-Jul-2005

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Prize Institute of Biomedical Sciences 16-Jul-2002
Prize British Neuroscience Association (BNA) 02-Sep-2005

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
Early oxidative changes in live cells following infection with the neurodegenerative disease associated prion protein. Chief Investigator BRAIN FOUNDATION Specific Research Grants 30/09/2007
Non-invasive monitoring of neurodegeneration in vivo using near infrared optical imaging Chief Investigator ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS Medical Research and Technology Grants 01/01/2009

Additional Grant and Contract Information

2006-2007 University of Melbourne Early Career Researcher Grant (Principle Investigator). Project Title: The role of PrP N-terminal cleavage products in intracellular signalling.

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

  • Dominant roles of the polybasic proline motif and copper in the PrP23-89-mediated stress protection response
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Journal of Cell Science
    Volume: 122
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 1518-1528
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  • PrPC-related signal transduction is influenced by copper, membrane integrity and the alpha cleavage site
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Cell Research
    Volume: 19
    Page numbers: 1062-1078
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Publications in 2008

Book Chapters

  • Investigation of PrPC Metabolism and Function in Live Cells


    Year: 2008
    Book: Prion Protein Protocols
    Publisher: Humana Press(New Jersey)
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Regulation of Prion Protein Expression by Noncoding Regions of the Prnp Gene
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Molecular Biology
    Volume: 368
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 915-927
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Copper-dependent co-internalization of the prion protein and glypican-1
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Neurochemistry
    Volume: 98
    Page numbers: 1445-1457
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  • Prion protein reduces both oxidative and non-oxidative copper toxicity
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Neurochemistry
    Volume: 98
    Page numbers: 677-689
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  • Regulation of Prion Protein Expression: A Potential Site for Therapeutic Intervention in the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Journal of Biomedical Science
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 315-323
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Copper binding is the governing determinant of prion protein turnover
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 186-196
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