Dr Ken
Snibson, MSc, PhD
Research Fellow:
Asthma Research
Centre for Animal Biotechnology
The University of Melbourne
Vic 3010, Australia
Telephone: + 61 3 8344 8716
Facsimile: +61 3 9347 4083
E-mail: ksnibson@unimelb.edu.au
Links
CAB home
CAB Acute Asthma
CAB Airway Remodeling
CAB Lung Physiology in Asthma
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Positions held
2004-Present: Lecturer, Centre for Animal Biotechnology, The
University of Melbourne (Australia).
2000–2004: Research Fellow, Centre for Animal Biotechnology, The
University of Melbourne (Australia).
Ken is the author of 9 articles in refereed journals.
Tertiary education
2000: PhD, Cancer Biology, Melbourne Univ., Australia.
1992: Master of Science, Melbrourne Univ., Australia.
1977: Batchelor of Science, La Trobe Univ., Australia.
Research interests
- Airway wall remodelling in chronic asthmatic sheep
- Lung mechanics in asthmatic sheep
Supervised students
- E. Koumoundouros (PhD, 3th year) Allergic asthmatic physiological responses in a sheep model.
- H-H. Yen (PhD, 2006) Modulation of Immune Response to DNA vaccines in sheep.
Selected papers
- SNIBSON, KJ, BISCHOF, RJ, KOUMOUNDOUROS, E, McMURTRIE, LS, COCK, M and HARDING, R. (2006) Altered airway responsiveness in adult sheep born prematurely: effects of allergen exposure. Exp. Lung Res. 32:215-228.
- SNIBSON, KJ, BISCHOF, RJ, SLOCOMBE, RF and MEEUSEN, EN. (2005) Airway remodeling and inflammation in sheep lungs after chronic airway challenge with house dust mite. Clin. Exp. Allergy 35: 146-152. (selected for Editorial)
- BISCHOF, R, SNIBSON, KJ, SHAW, R, and MEEUSEN, EN. (2003) Induction of allergic inflammation in the lungs of sensitized sheep after local challenge with house dust mite. Clin Exp Allergy, 33:367-375
- SNIBSON, KJ. (2002) Hepatocellular kinetics and the expression of growth hormone (GH) in the livers and liver tumours of GH-transgenic mice. Tissue & Cell, 34:88-97
- SNIBSON, K J, BHATHAL, PS, and ADAMS, TE. (2001) Overexpressed growth hormone (GH) synergistically promotes carcinogen- initiated liver tumour growth by promoting cellular proliferation in emerging hepatocellular neoplasms in female and male GH-transgenic mice. Liver, 21:149-58
- SNIBSON, KJ, BHATHAL, PS, HARDY, CL, BRANDON, MR, and ADAMS, TE. (1999) High, persistent hepatocellular proliferation and apoptosis precede hepatocarcinogenesis in growth hormone transgenic mice. Liver, 19:242-252
- SNIBSON, KJ, MADDOX, JF, FABB, SA, and BRANDON, MR. (1998) Allelic variation of ovine MHC class II DQA1 and DQA2 genes. Animal Genetics, 29:356-362
- SNIBSON, KJ, and ADAMS, TE. (1997) Transgene methylation in transgenic animals. In: Houdibine, M.L., editor. Transgenic animals: Generation and use. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers. p 237-243.
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