University home page

Find an ExpertProfiling the University of Melbourne's Researchers

PROF ROY ROBINS-BROWNE



Contact Details

Organization: Microbiology and Immunology
Position: HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
Email:
Homepage: http://www.microbiol.unimelb.edu.au/research/groups/robinsbrowne
Work: 8344 8275
Fax: 8344 8276
Room: 4.08
Level: 04
Building: Microbiology Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Pathogenesis of bacterial infections Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United Kingdom Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine Research
United States University of Maryland Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Surgery University of Witwatersrand 27-Nov-1970
Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene University of Witwatersrand 30-Nov-1973
Bachelor of Medicine University of Witwatersrand 27-Nov-1970
Doctor of Philosophy University of Witwatersrand 31-Dec-1982

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Australian Society of Microbiology (FASM) 23-Sep-1990
Fellow of the College of Pathologists of South Africa (FCPATH (S.AFR.)) 31-Oct-1975
Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, Australia (FRCPA) 26-Sep-1993
Fellow of the College (now Royal College) of Pathologists (FCPATH) 10-Jan-1994

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
Molecular analysis of regulation of virulence gene expression in pathogenic E. coli strains (ETEC and atypical EPEC) Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2006
HOST CELL TARGETS OF BACTERIAL VIRULENCE EFFECTORS Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/09/2007
IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL VIRULENCE DETERMINANTS OF ENTEROHAEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI USING A WHOLE GENOME APPROACH Principal Supervisor NHMRC Peter Doherty Fellowships 01/01/2008
How pathogenic bacteria sense and respond to the varied environments they encounter in their hosts' tissues Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2009
Determining how the ability to secrete proteins assists E. coli to cause disease Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2009
MICROBIAL AND CELLULAR IMAGING AND ANALYSIS FACILITY Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2009
A case-control study of rotavirus vaccine effectiveness against gastroenteritis hospitalisation of children in the NT Chief Investigator MENZIES SCHOOL HEALTH RESEARCH Project Grants (NHMRC) 01/01/2009
A SELF ADJUVANTING VACCINE FOR ST-ETEC Chief Investigator GATES FOUNDATION Grand Challenges Explorations 01/05/2009
Examination of the role of biofilms in infection with enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY Project Grants (NHMRC)

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

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Assessing immune function in adult bronchiectasis
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Clinical and Experimental Immunology
    Volume: 144
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 440-446
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infection and prolonged diarrhea in children
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Emerging Infectious Diseases
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 597-603
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infections and prolonged diarrhea in children.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Emerging Infectious Diseases
    Volume: 12
    Page numbers: 597-603
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Contribution of FliC to Epithelial Cell Invasion by Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O113:H21
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Infection and Immunity
    Volume: 74
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 6999-7004
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Essential role of the type III secretion system effector NleB in colonisation of mice by Citrobacter rodentium
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Infection and Immunity
    Volume: 74
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 2328-37
    Author(s):
    URL - open access http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16552063?ordinalpos=3&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Essential role of the type III secretion system effector NleB in colonization of mice by Citrobacter rodentium
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Infection and Immunity
    Volume: 74
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 2328-2337
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Pneumococcal Meningitis: Development of a New Animal Model
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Otology & Neurotology- An International Forum
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 844-854
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Pneumococcal meningitis threshold model: A new potential tool to assess infectious risk of new or existing inner ear surgical interventions
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Otology & Neurotology- An International Forum
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 1152-1161
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Pneumococcal meningitis threshold model: A potential tool to assess infectious risk of new or existing inner ear surgical interventions
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Otology & Neurotology- An International Forum
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 1152-1161
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Probiotic use in clinical practice: what are the risks?
    Year: 2006
    Journal: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
    Volume: 83
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1256-1263
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Protective effects of local administration of ciprofloxacin on the risk of pneumococcal meningitis after cochlear implantation
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Laryngoscope
    Volume: 116
    Page numbers: 2138-2144
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Risk factors for intussception in infants in Vietnam and Australia: Adenovirus implicated, but not rotavirus
    Year: 2006
    Journal: The Journal of Pediatrics
    Volume: 149
    Page numbers: 452-460
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.

Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Tissue tropism in intestinal colonization
    Year: 2005
    Book: Colonization of mucosal surfaces
    Publisher: ASM Press(Washington DC)
    Authors(s):

Journal Articles

  • Distribution of tccP in Clinical Enterohemorrhagic and Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Isolates
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
    Volume: 43
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 5715-5720
    Publisher: American Society for Microbiology(Washington DC)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Current Problems in Pediatrics and Adolescent Health Care
    Volume: 35
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 310-330
    Publisher: Mosby
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Homologues of Insecticidal Toxin Complex Genes in Yersinia enterocolitica Biotype 1A and Their Contribution to Virulence
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Infection and Immunity
    Volume: 73
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 6860-6867
    Publisher: American Society for Microbiology(Washington DC)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Invasion of Epithelial Cells by Locus of Enterocyte Effacement-Negative Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia Coli
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Infection and Immunity
    Volume: 73
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 3063-3071
    Publisher: American Society for Microbiology(Washington DC)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Restriction of DNA encoding selectable markers decreases the transformation efficiency of Helicobacter pylori
    Year: 2005
    Journal: FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology
    Volume: 44
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 213-219
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • The H-NS protein represses transciption of the eltAB operon, which encodes heat-labile enterotoxin in enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, by binding to regions downstream of the promoter
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Microbiology-SGM
    Volume: 151
    Page numbers: 1199-1208
    Publisher: Society for General Microbiology(Reading)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • The H-NS protein represses transcription of the eltAB operon which codes for heat-labile enterotoxin in enterotoxigenic E. coli by binding to regions downstream of the promoter.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Microbiology-SGM
    Volume: 151
    Page numbers: 1199-1208
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • The Relentless Evolution of Pathogenic Escherichia coli
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Communicable Diseases Intelligence
    Volume: 41
    Issue: September
    Page numbers: 793-794
    Publisher: Department of Health and Family Services
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.

Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • Vaccines Against Alzheimer's Disease
    Year: 2004
    Book: New Generation Vaccines
    Publisher: Dekker - Marcel Dekker(New York)
    Authors(s):

Journal Articles

  • Chips with everything: DNA microarrays in infectious diseases.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: The Lancet Infectious Diseases
    Volume: 4
    Page numbers: 100-111
    Publisher: The Lancet Publishing Group(London)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Contribution of Long Polar Fimbriae to the Virulence of Rabbit-Specific Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Infection and Immunity
    Volume: 72
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 1230-1239
    Publisher: American Society for Microbiology(Washington DC)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Detection of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli in patients attending hospital in Melbourne, Australia.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Pathology
    Volume: 36
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 345-351
    Publisher: Carfax Publishing(Basingstroke)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Escherichia coli and Community-acquired Gastroenteritis, Melbourne, Australia
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Emerging Infectious Diseases
    Volume: 10
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 1797-1805
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.

Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Yersinia enterocolitica
    Year: 2003
    Book: Foodborne Microorganisms of Public Health Significance
    Publisher: Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology(Sydney)
    Authors(s):
  • Yersinia Species
    Year: 2003
    Book: International Handbook of Foodborne Pathogens
    Publisher: Dekker - Marcel Dekker(New York)
    Authors(s):

Journal Articles

  • A Newly Discovered Verotoxin Variant, VT2g, Produced by Bovine Verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
    Volume: 69
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 7549-7553
    Publisher: American Society for Microbiology(Washington DC)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Acquired T-helper 1 Lymphocyte Anergy Following Infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Clinical Infectious Diseases
    Volume: 36
    Issue: 15 April
    Page numbers: 1076-1077
    Publisher: University Chicago Press(Illinois)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Contribution of Efa1/LifA to the adherence of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli to epithelial cells
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Microbial Pathogenesis
    Volume: 34
    Page numbers: 205-215
    Publisher: Academic Press(London)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Divinatorins A-C, New Neoclerodane Diterpenoids from the Controlled Sage Salvia divinorum
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Natural Products
    Volume: 66
    Page numbers: 1242-1244
    Publisher: American Chemical Society(Washington DC)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Pathogenicity of Yersinia enterocolitica biotype 1A
    Year: 2003
    Journal: FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology
    Volume: 38
    Page numbers: 127-137
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Yersinia enterocolitica Biotype 1A: Not as Harmless as You Think
    Year: 2003
    Event name: 8th International Symposium on Yersinia
    Conference Publication: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
    Volume: 529
    Page numbers: 125-128
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers(New York)
    Author(s):

Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
    Year: 2002
    Book: Infections of the gastrointestinal tract
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Philadelphia)
    Authors(s):

Journal Articles

  • Advances in pediatric gastroenterology and hepatology. Escherichia coli as a cause of diarrhea
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 467-475
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Characterization and evidence of mobilization of the LEE pathogenicity island of rabbit-specific strains of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Molecular Microbiology
    Volume: 44
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1533-1550
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Cytokine Profiles of Patients Infected with Mycobacterium ulcerans and Unaffected Household Contacts
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Infection and Immunity
    Volume: 70
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 5562-5567
    Publisher: American Society for Microbiology(Washington DC)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Detection of a Widespread Clone of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Clinic
    Year: 2002
    Journal: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
    Volume: 166
    Page numbers: 983-987
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Enteric pathogens, intestinal permeability and nitric oxide production in acute gastroenteritis
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 730-739
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Identification of a Novel Fimbrial Gene Cluster Related to Long Polar Fimbriae in Locus of Enterocyte Effacement-Negative Strains of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Infection and Immunity
    Volume: 70
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 6761-6769
    Publisher: American Society for Microbiology(Washington DC)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Identification of a protein secretory pathway for the secretion of heat-labile enterotoxin by an enterotoxigenic strain of Escherichia coli
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
    Volume: 99
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 7066-7071
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Identification of a protein secretory pathway for the secretion of heat-labile enterotoxin by an enterotoxigenic strain of Escherichia coli
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
    Volume: 99
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 7066-7071
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Mechanisms, organisms and markers of infection in pregnancy
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Reproductive Immunology
    Volume: 57
    Page numbers: 169-183
    Publisher: Elsevier Science Ireland(Coclare)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.

Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • Yersinia enterocolitica
    Year: 2001
    Book: Food Microbiology
    Publisher: ASM Press(Washington DC)
    Authors(s):

Journal Articles

  • Brachyspira aalborgi infection in four Australian children
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 872-875
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Effect of Shiga toxin and Shiga-like toxins on eukaryotic cells
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Microbes and Infection
    Volume: 3
    Page numbers: 1-16
    Publisher: Editions Scientifiques Medicales Elsevier(Paris)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • EspG, a Novel Type III System-Secreted Protein from Enteropathogenic Eschericia coli with Similarities to VirA of Shigella flexneri
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Infection and Immunity
    Volume: 69
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 4027-4033
    Publisher: American Society for Microbiology(Washington DC)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Immune Response to Infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Infection and Immunity
    Volume: 69
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 1704-1707
    Publisher: American Society for Microbiology(Washington DC)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Nationwide study of haemolytic uraemic syndrome: clinical, microbiological, and epidemiological features
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Archives of Disease in Childhood
    Volume: 85
    Page numbers: 125-131
    Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group(London)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
top of page