Dr Jean-Pierre
Scheerlinck, MSc,
DiplEd, PhD, MBA, FAICD

Director

Centre for Animal Biotechnology
The University of Melbourne
Vic 3010, Australia
Telephone: + 61 3 8344 4441
Mobile: 0402 584 108
Facsimile: +61 3 9347 4083
E-mail: j.scheerlinck@unimelb.edu.au

Links

CAB home
JP Scheerlinck publication list
CAB Cellular Immunology
Australasian Society for Immunology
Allergenix Pty Ltd

Positions held

Present: Director, Centre for Animal Biotechnology, The University of Melbourne (Australia). Director of Allergenix Pty Ltd since 2003.
2000–2005: Business Manager and Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Animal Biotechnology, The University of Melbourne (Australia).
1996–2000: Project Leader, CSIRO (Australia).
1994–1996: Post-Doctoral Fellow, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (Australia).
1992–1994: Post-Doctoral Fellow, International Livestock Research Institute (Kenya).

Jean-Pierre is the author of over 50 articles in refereed journal and is a member of the Australasian Society for Immunology and AusBiotech. He sits on the Editorial Advisory Board of " Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology". Jean-Pierre is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Tertiary education

2002: MBA(Technol Mgt), Deakin Univ., Australia (Distinction).
1992: Doctor of Sciences. VUB, Belgium. (Cum laude) Thesis: "Scrutiny of subunit immunogens".
1991: Master in Biol and Biotechnol. VUB, Belgium. (Highest distinction)
1987: Diploma of Education. VUB, Belgium. (High distinction)
1987: Master in Zoological Science. VUB, Belgium. (Highest distinction)

Research interests

• Regulation of immune responses and lymphocyte recirculation
• Development of protein and DNA vaccines
• Animal models for human diseases
• Infectious diseases

Supervised students

• J Van der Velden (PhD, Started 2008) Study of chronic asthma in sheep
• A Vujanic (PhD, Started 2008) Mechanism of induction of the immune response following lung vaccination
• A Elbaz (PhD, Started 2007) Local immune response to adjuvants in sheep
• J Ravichandran (Hon, 2007) Activation of sheep dendritic cells by CpG motives in vivo
• H-H. Yen (PhD, 2006) Modulation of Immune Response to DNA vaccines in sheep.
• R. De Rose (PhD, 2004) Immune response following DNA vaccination.
• J. Uilenreef (MSc, 2000) Cytokine responses in Johne's Disease.
• M. Riffkin (PhD, 1997) Immunoregulation by Trichostrongylus colubriformis.
• T. Van de Putte (MSc, 1993) Immunity to Theileira parva in young cattle.
• P. Stass (MSc, 1991) Computer modelling of the peptide MHC interactions.
• A. Geldhoff (MSc, 1990) Antigen presentation.

Selected papers

• Scheerlinck J-P. Y, K. J. Snibson, V. M. Bowles, P. Sutton (2008). Biomedical applications of sheep models: From asthma to vaccines. Trends Biotechnol (In press).
• Yen H-H. and J-P. Y. Scheerlinck (2007). Co-delivery of plasmid-encoded cytokines modulates the immune response to a DNA vaccine delivered by in vivo electroporation. Vaccine 25:14, 2575-82
• Scheerlinck J.-P. Y. (2001). Genetic adjuvants for DNA vaccines. Vaccine 19:17-19, 2647-2656.
• Gerondakis S., A. Strasser, D. Metcalf, G. Grigoriadis, J.-P. Y. Scheerlinck and R. J. Grumont. (1996). Rel-deficient T cells exhibit defects in production of interleukin 3 and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 93, 3405–3409.
• Lucas R., S. Magez, R. Deleys, L. Fransen, J.-P. Scheerlinck, M. Rampelberg, E. Sablon and P. De Baetselier. (1994). Mapping the lectin like activity of tumor necrosis factor. Science. 263, 814–817.