Assoc Prof Robyn Slattery - Researcher Profile

Biography

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

Qualifications

PHD

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 1992

BSC: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) MEDICAL BIOLOGY

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 1988

Publications

Journal Articles

Angstetra, E., Graham, K., Zhao, Y., Irvin, A.E., Elkerbout, L., Santamaria, P., Slattery, R.M., Kay, T., Thomas, H., 2012, An indirect role for NK cells in a CD4+ T-cell-dependent mouse model of type I diabetes, Immunology And Cell Biology [P], vol 90, issue 2, Nature Publishing Group, UK, pp. 243-247.

Coughlan, M., Yap, F., Tong, D., Andrikopoulos, S., Gasser, A., Thallas-Bonke, V., Webster, D., Miyazaki, J., Kay, T., Slattery, R., Kaye, D., Drew, B., Kingwell, B., Fourlanos, S., Groop, P., Harrison, L., Knip, M., Forbes, J., 2011, Advanced glycation end products are direct modulators of beta-cell function, Diabetes [P], vol 60, issue 10, American Diabetes Association, Alexandria USA, pp. 2523-2532.

Forbes, J., Soderlund, J., Yap, F., Knip, M., Andrikopoulos, S., Ilonen, J., Simell, O., Veijola, R., Sourris, K., Coughlan, T., Forsblom, C., Slattery, R.M., Grey, S., Wessman, M., Yamamoto, H., Bierhaus, A., Cooper, M., Groop, P., 2011, Receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) provides a link between genetic susceptibility and environmental factors in type 1 diabetes, Diabetologia [P], vol 54, issue 5, Springer, USA, pp. 1032-1042.

Fletcher, J.M., Jordan, M.A., Snelgrove, S.L., Slattery, R.M., Dufour, F., Kyparissoudis, K., Besra, G.S., Godfrey, D.I., Baxter, A., 2008, Congenic analysis of the NKT cell control gene Nkt2 Implicates the peroxisomal protein Pxmp4, The Journal of Immunology, vol 181, issue 5, The American Association of Immunologists, Inc., United States, pp. 3400-3412.

Ilmarinen, T., Kangas, H., Kytomaa, T., Eskelin, P., Saharinen, J., Seeler, J., Tanhuanpaa, K., Chan, F., Slattery, R.M., Alakurtti, K., Palvimo, J.J., Ulmanen, I., 2008, Functional interaction of AIRE with PIAS1 in transcriptional regulation, Molecular Immunology [P], vol 45, issue 7, Elsevier Pergamon, UK, pp. 1847-1862.

De Jersey, J., Snelgrove, S.L., Palmer, S.E., Teteris, S.A., Mullbacher, A., Miller, J.F., Slattery, R.M., 2007, Beta cells cannot directly prime diabetogenic CD8 T cells in nonobese diabetic mice, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol 104, issue 4, National academy of sciences, USA, pp. 1295-1300.

De Jersey, J., Palmer, S.E., Slattery, R.M., 2005, Antigen-presenting cell-specific ablation of MHC class I in 'Cre-lox' NOD mice inhibits diabetes, Tissue Antigens, vol 66, issue 5, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford England, p. 393.

Snelgrove, S.L., Monaghan, K.A., Miller, J.F.A., Slattery, R.M., 2005, The role of T cells and NKT cells in beta 2 m mediated susceptibility to type I diabetes, Tissue Antigens, vol 66, issue 5, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford England, p. 548.

Slattery, R.M., 2005, The role of the insulin gene in predisposition to type I diabetes, Tissue Antigens, vol 66, issue 5, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford England, pp. 374-375.

Serreze, D.V., Holl, T.M., Marron, M.P., Graser, R.T., Johnson, E.A., Choisy-Rossi, C., Slattery, R.M., Lieberman, S.M., Di Lorenzo, T.P., 2004, MHC class II molecules play a role in the selection of autoreactive class I restricted CD8 T cells that are essential contributors to type I diabetes development in NOD mice, Journal of Immunology, vol 172, issue 2, American Association of Immunologists, USA, pp. 871-879.

Hamilton-Williams, E.E., Palmer, S.E., Charlton, B., Slattery, R.M., 2003, Beta Cell MHC Class I is a Late Requirement for Diabetes, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol 100, issue 11, National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, pp. 6688-6693.

Silva, D.G., Petrovsky, N., Socha, L., Slattery, R.M., Gatenby, P., Charlton, B., 2003, Mechanisms of accelerated immune-mediated diabetes resulting from islet Beta cell expression of a fas ligand transgene, Journal of Immunology, vol 170, issue 10, American Association of Immunologists, USA, pp. 4996-5002.

Petrovsky, N., Silva, D.G., Socha, L., Slattery, R.M., Charlton, B., 2002, The role of Fas ligand in beta cell destruction in autoimmune diabetes of NOD mice, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol 958, New York Academy of Sciences, USA, pp. 204-208.

Charlton, B., Zhang, M.D., Slattery, R.M., 2001, B lymphocytes not required for progression from insulitis to diabetes in non-obese diabetic mice, Immunology and Cell Biology, vol 79, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 597-601.

Hamilton-Williams, E.E., Serreze, D.V., Charlton, B., Johnson, E.A., Marron, M.P., Mullbacher, A., Slattery, R.M., 2001, Transgenic rescue implicates beta 2 microglobulin as a diabetes susceptibility gene in nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol 98, issue 20, National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, pp. 11533-11538.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Role of MHC class I expression in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes.

Supervisors:

Slattery, R (Main), Plebanski, M (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The Contribution of AGEs and the Receptors to Beta Cell Dysfunction.

Supervisors:

Forbes, J (Main), Slattery, R (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The role of the NFkB transcription factor RelA in the function and homeostasis of CD4+ regulatory T.

Supervisors:

Gerondakis, S (Main), Slattery, R (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Chan, F.

Program of Study:

The ectopic expression of insulin in type 1 diabetes. (PHD) 2012.

Supervisors:

Slattery, R (Main), Toh, B (Associate).