Published in BioRxiv, 2025
The skin microbiome is essential in stimulating the regeneration response to injury in Xenopus laevis tapoles
Published in International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2025
The first published record of a myxozoan parasite in Murray River turtles (Emydura macquarii) in Australia
Published in FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2024
Antibiotics are routinely used in Xenopus husbandry, yet bacteria play an important role in tissue regeneration. The first in-depth bacterial microbiome source and inheritance analysis for captive and non-antibiotic-treated Xenopus laevis suggests that vertical transmission plays an important role in establishing tadpole skin microbiomes, and should be considered in the context of colony husbandry and experimental regeneration studies.
Published in Journal of Neurochemistry, 2023
Automated detection of various types of seizure activity in Xenopus laevis tadpoles can be successfully achieved using Topscan software.
Published in Wound Repair and Regeneration, 2022
Regeneration and CRISPR experiments along with 16S amplicon sequencing of microbial communities finds that bacterial lipopolysaccharides, through TLR4 signalling, play a role in tail regeneration in African clawed frog Xenopus laevis tadpoles.
Published in Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2021
Complete genomes from three bacteria isolated from the skin of adult African clawed frogs, Xenopus laevis
Published in Journal of Wildlife Disease, 2020
A meta-analysis of green turtle coccidiosis in Australia provides the first attempt to identify broader epidemiology and causative factors in mass mortality events.
Published in Journal of Helminthology, 2020
Reports of pronocephaloid cercariae from gastropods in Queensland, Australia.
Published in Frontiers in Veterinary Medicine, 2019
A phylogenetic investigation of coccicia causing mass mortality in sea turtles finds no evidence of geographical structuring between the USA and Australia, suggesting recent interoceanic dissemination of these parasites, posing a risk to endangered sea turtle populations.
Published in Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 2019
A comprehensive review of current knowledge in marine spirorchiid blood flukes, including diversity, taxonomy/phylogeny, pathology, epidemiology and diagnostics
Published in Journal of Parasitology, 2017
A detailed molecular examination of spirorchiid blood fluke infection in Florida sea turtles reveals extensive diversity and host/site specificity, as well as associated pathological effects.
Published in International Journal for Parasitology - Parasites and Wildlife, 2017
The eggs of spirchiid blood flukes lodge in sea turtle tissue and cause potentially harmful lesions. This study provides the first species level investigation of egg-associated pathology and spirorchiid epidemiology
Published in International Journal for Parasitology, 2017
The life cycle of a marine spirorchiid blood fluke, a significant parasite of endangered sea turtles, is uncovered for the first time, leading to opportunities for improved control and elucidation of life cycles for further spirorchiid species. Featuring my design on the issue cover!
Published in Northern Territory Naturalist, 2016
Two species of spirorchiid blood fluke are reported from sea turtles residing in Northern Territory (Australia) waters for the first time.
Published in PLoS One, 2016
The development of a cost-effective and accurate molecular method to identify mixed infections of spirorchiid blood flukes from sea turtle tissue samples, using Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymoprhism (T-RFLP).
Published in PLoS One, 2016
Molecular, morphological and pathologial characteristics of microsporidian parasites infecting sea snakes are described in detail.
Published in PLoS One, 2016
The first molecular characterisation of coccidian parasites causing mass mortality events in sea turtles, revealing several tissue-specific genotypes.
Published in Systematic Parasitology, 2015
Phylogenetic analysis of Hapalotrema and Learedius, genera of spirochiid trematodes infecting sea turtles, indicates geographic cryptic speciation and suggests that re-examination of the validity of Learedius as a genus may be justified.
Published in Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 2006
A mark-recapture study of the invasive mosquitofish finds limited voluntary mixing of populations inhabiting small connected ponds, and significant susceptibility to flood events.
Published in Wildlife Australia, 2004
A public interest article about the importance of habitat hetereogeneity in urban streams.