Assoc Prof Hans Netter - Researcher Profile

Biography

Hans works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University as an Associate Professor.

Qualifications

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2004

PRIVATE LECTURER (TEACHING LICENSE)

Institution: University of Hamburg, GERMANY

Year awarded: 1997

BIOLOGY

Institution: University of Hamburg, GERMANY

Year awarded: 1996

NATURAL SCIENCE

Institution: LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY - Munich, GER

Year awarded: 1990

Publications

Journal Articles

Gouklani, H., Bull, R.A., Beyer, C., Coulibaly, F.J., Gowans, E.J., Drummer, H.E., Netter, H.J., White, P.A., Haqshenas, G., 2012, Hepatitis C virus nonstructural protein 5B is involved in virus morphogenesis, Journal Of Virology [P], vol 86, issue 9, American Society for Microbiology, USA, pp. 5080-5088.

Kotiw, M., Johnson, M., Pandey, M., Fry, S., Hazell, S.L., Netter, H.J., Good, M.F., Olive, C., 2012, Immunological response to parenteral vaccination with recombinant hepatitis B virus surface antigen virus-like particles expressing Helicobacter pylori KatA epitopes in a murine H. pylori challenge model, Clinical and Vaccine Immunology [E], vol 19, issue 2, American Society for Microbiology, USA, pp. 268-276.

Cheong, W.S., Hyakumura, M., Yuen, L., Warner, N., Locarnini, S., Netter, H.J., 2011, Modulation of the immunogenicity of virus-like particles composed of mutant hepatitis B virus envelope subunits, Antiviral Research [P], vol E, Elsevier BV, The Netherlands, pp. 1-10.

Cheong, W.S., Reiseger, J.J., Turner, S.J., Boyd, R.L., Netter, H.J., 2009, Chimeric virus-like particles for the delivery of an inserted conserved influenza A-specific CTL epitope, Antiviral Research, vol 81, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 113-122.

Cheong, W., Drummer, H.E., Netter, H., 2009, Delivery of a foreign epitope by sharing amino acid residues with the carrier matrix, Journal of Virological Methods [P], vol 158, issue 1-2, Elsevier BV, The Netherlands, pp. 35-40.

Wilson, R.W., Purcell, D., Netter, H.J., Revill, P., 2009, Does RNA interference provide new hope for control of chronic hepatitis B infection?, Antiviral Therapy [P], vol 14, issue 7, International Medical Press, UK, pp. 879-889.

Netter, H.J., Chang, S., Bruns, M., 2008, Host-range and pathogenicity of hepatitis B viruses, Future Virology [P], vol 3, issue 1, Future Medicine Ltd, UK, pp. 83-94.

Haqshenas, G., Dong, X., Netter, H.J., Torresi, J., Gowans, E.J., 2007, A chimeric GB virus B encoding the hepatitis C virus hypervariable region 1 is infectious in vivo, Journal of General Virology, vol 88, issue Pt 3, Society of General Microbiology, Reading England UK, pp. 895-902.

Vietheer, P.T.K., Boo, S.I., Drummer, H., Netter, H.J., 2007, Immunizations with chimeric hepatitis B virus-like particles to induce potential anti-hepatitis C virus neutralizing antibodies, Antiviral Therapy, vol 12, issue 4, Int Medical Press Ltd, London England UK, pp. 477-487.

Woo, W., Doan, T., Herd, K.A., Netter, H.J., Tindle, R.W., 2006, Hepatitis B surface antigen vector delivers protective cytotoxic T-lymphocyte responses to disease-relevant foreign epitopes, Journal of Virology, vol 80, issue 8, American Society for Microbiology, USA, pp. 3975-3984.

Vietheer, P.T.K., Netter, H.J., Sozzi, T., Bartholomeusz, A., 2005, Failure of the lamivudine-resistant rtM204I hepatitis B virus mutants to efficiently support hepatitis delta virus secretion, Journal of Virology, vol 79, issue 10, American Society for Microbiology, USA, pp. 6570-6573.

Chang, S., Chang, S., Li, B., Will, H., Netter, H.J., 2004, Characterization of nonconventional hepatitis B viruses lacking the core promoter, Virology, vol 330, issue 2, Academic Press Inc. Elsevier Science, San Diego USA, pp. 437-446.

Netter, H.J., Woo, W., Tindle, R.W., MacFarlan, R.I., Gowans, E.J., 2003, Immunogenicity of recombinant HBsAg/HCV particles in mice pre-immunised with hepatitis B virus-specific vaccine, Vaccine, vol 21, Elsevier Science Ltd, Kidlington England, pp. 2692-2697.

Netter, H.J., Macnaughton, T.B., Woo, W., Tindle, R.W., Gowans, E.J., 2001, Antigenicity and immunogenicity of novel chimeric hepatitis B surface antigen particles with exposed hepatitis C virus epitopes, Journal of Virology, vol 75, issue 5, American Society for Microbiology, Washington USA, pp. 2130-2141.

Chang, S., Netter, H.J., Hildt, E., Schuster, R., Schaefer, S., Hsu, Y., Rang, A., Will, H., 2001, Duck hepatitis B virus Expresses a regulatory HBx-like protein from a hhidden open reading frame, Journal of Virology, vol 75, issue 1, American Society for Microbiology, Washington USA, pp. 161-170.

Pult, I., Netter, H.J., Bruns, M., Prassolov, A., Sirma, H., Hohenberg, H., Chang, S., Frolich, K., Krone, O., Kaleta, E.F., Will, H., 2001, Identification and Analysis of a New Hepadnavirus in White Storks, Virology, vol 289, issue 1, Academic Press Inc., Elsevier Science, San Diego USA, pp. 114-128.

Other

Gowans, E.J., Macnaughton, T.B., Netter, H.J., 2006, Improved virus like particles based on small envelope protein from hepatitis B (HBsAg-S), Australia.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(POSTGRADUATE QUALIFYING OR PRELIMINARY).

Supervisors:

Netter, H (Main), Marsh, G (Joint).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

A novel vaccine candidate with cell targeting potential.

Supervisors:

Netter, H (Main).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Development and validation of an interleukin-28B polymorphism assay for the prediction of treatment.

Supervisors:

Netter, H (Main), Bowden, D (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Vaccination studies in the woodchuck model with VLP containing foreign Bcell.

Supervisors:

Netter, H (Main), Cheong, W (Associate), Poumbourios, P (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Cheong, W.

Program of Study:

Hepatitis B virus-like particles as a delivery platform for B cell and cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) epitopes. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Netter, H (Main).

Student:

Hyakumura, M.

Program of Study:

. 2008.

Supervisors:

Netter, H (Main).

Student:

Li, S.

Program of Study:

Synthesise recombinant virus-like particles. 2010.

Supervisors:

Cheong, W (Joint), Netter, H (Joint-Co).

Student:

Tang, K.

Program of Study:

. 2008.

Supervisors:

Revill, P (Main), Netter, H (Associate).

Student:

Vietheer, P.

Program of Study:

Hepatitis B surface antigen: a versatile platform for epitope delivery, re-targeting and viral packaging. (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Netter, H (Main), Drummer, H (Associate), Wright, P (Associate).