User:Melanie L Conrad

Melanie L Conrad, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow Biomedical Research Centre (BMFZ) Philipps University Hans-Meerweinstrasse 2 Marburg, Germany 35043 phone:+49 (0)6421 28 66036 email: conradml^at^gmail^dot^com

• I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Professor Harald Renz's lab at Phillips University in Marburg, Germany

• My PhD work was done in the Koop lab at the Centre for Biomedical Research at University of Victoria.

Education

• PhD, Department of Biology, University of Victoria
• BSc, Biology, University College of the Cariboo

Research interests

1. Asthma and the hygiene hypothesis
2. Immunological aspects of prenatal transfer of allergy protection from mother to child
3. Gamma-delta T cells

Publications

1. Conrad ML, Yildirim AO, Sonar SS, Kiliç A, Sudowe S, Lunow M, Teich R, Renz H, and Garn H. Comparison of adjuvant and adjuvant-free murine experimental asthma models. Clin Exp Allergy. 2009 Aug;39(8):1246-54. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2222.2009.03260.x |
2. Yazawa R, Cooper GA, Hunt P, Beetz-Sargent M, Robb A, Conrad M, McKinnel L, So S, Jantzen S, Phillips RB, Davidson WS, and Koop BF. Striking antigen recognition diversity in the Atlantic salmon T-cell receptor alpha/delta locus. Dev Comp Immunol. 2008;32(3):204-12. DOI:10.1016/j.dci.2007.05.002 |
3. Conrad ML, Davis WC, and Koop BF. TCR and CD3 antibody cross-reactivity in 44 species. Cytometry A. 2007 Nov;71(11):925-33. DOI:10.1002/cyto.a.20435 |
4. Conrad ML, Mawer MA, Lefranc MP, McKinnell L, Whitehead J, Davis SK, Pettman R, and Koop BF. The genomic sequence of the bovine T cell receptor gamma TRG loci and localization of the TRGC5 cassette. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2007 Feb 15;115(3-4):346-56. DOI:10.1016/j.vetimm.2006.10.019 |
5. Conrad ML, Pettman R, Whitehead J, McKinnel L, Davis SK, and Koop BF. Genomic sequencing of the bovine T cell receptor beta locus. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2002 Sep 10;87(3-4):439-41. DOI:10.1016/s0165-2427(02)00093-4 |

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