University of Tasmania, Australia

Lecturer
Team Leader Technical Services

DipAppSci, BSc, PhD student

General Responsibilities

• Academic teaching and assessment in Biomedicine-related units in the School of Medicine
• Technical Support Team Leader overseeing operations and staff for practical classes in Anatomy, Pathology, Microbiology, Histology, Neuroscience and Physiology

Teaching Responsibilities

Units Taught

• CBA235 - Biochemistry (Agriculture)
• CBA260 - Biochemistry: Metabolism & Nutrition
• CBA265 - Molecular Biology in Health & Disease
• CBA341 - Molecular Biology and Protein Biochemistry
• CBA342 - Techniques in Molecular Biology and Protein Biochemistry
• CBA343 - Advanced Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• CBA344 - Research Project in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• CHP311 - Neuroscience A
• CHP312 - Neuroscience B
• CJA214 - Microbiology B (Pharmacy)
• CJA313 - Medical Microbiology and Immunology
• CJA314 - Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Publications

• Harris, J. A., West, A. K., & Chuah, M. I. (2009). Olfactory ensheathing cells: nitric oxide production and innate immunity. Glia, 57(16), 1848-1857.
• Leung, J. Y., Chapman, J. A., Harris, J. A., Hale, D., Chung, R. S., West, A. K., Chuah, M. I. (2008). Olfactory ensheathing cells are attracted to, and can endocytose, bacteria. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 65(17), 2732-2739.
• Vincent, A. J., Choi-Lundberg, D. L., Harris, J. A., West, A. K., & Chuah, M. I. (2007). Bacteria and PAMPs activate nuclear factor kappa B and Gro production in a subset of olfactory ensheathing cells and astrocytes but not in Schwann cells. Glia, 55(9), 905-916.
• Kabat, A. P., Rose, R. W., Harris, J., & West, A. K. (2003). Molecular identification of uncoupling proteins (UCP2 and UCP3) and absence of UCP1 in the marsupial Tasmanian bettong, Bettongia gaimardi. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 134(1), 71-77.
• Chung, R. S., Holloway, A. F., Eckhardt, B. L., Harris, J. A., Vickers, J. C., Chuah, M. I., & West, A. K. (2002). Sheep have an unusual variant of the brain-specific metallothionein, metallothionein-III. Biochemical Journal, 365(1), 323-328.

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Additional Information

Research Interests

Mrs Julie Harris is a PhD student with the NeuroRepair Research Group, a large research group with interests in Alzheimer's Disease, Motor Neuron Disease, Parkinson's Disease and brain trauma. The title of her PhD is Olfactory Ensheathing Cells, Innate Immunity and Nitric Oxide. She has presented at conferences at the Pasteur Institut in Paris, Edinburgh University, University College in London, as well as in Thailand, Melbourne and the Gold Coast.