Ms Gail Brammar
CONTACT
E-mail: gbrammar@unimelb.edu.au
Telephone: +61 3 9341 1577
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor of Agricultural Science (La Trobe University)
- Have held positions as Research Assistant in the Medical and Plant Biotechnology field in private/government and university institutions from 1989-current
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
- Real-Time PCR for the measurement of peridontal bacteria and cytokines in mouse jaw tissue
- Microarray for the measurement of cytokines in peridontal disease using the mouse model
CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
- Osicka, TM, Russo, LM, Qiu, M-L, Brammar, GC, Thallas, V, Forbes, JM, Comper, WD and Jerums, G. Additive effects of hypertension and diabetes on renal cortical expression of PKC-α and -ε and α-tubulin but not PKC-β1 and -β2. Journal of Hypertension 21(12): 2399-2407, 2003
- Russo LM, Brammar GC, Jerums G, Comper WD, Osicka TM. The effect of ramipril on albumin excretion in diabetes and hypertension: the role of increased lysosomal activity and decreased transforming growth factor-beta expression. Journal of hypertension 21(2):269-271, 2003
- Russo LM, Osicka TM, Brammar GC, Candido R, Jerums G and Comper WD. Renal processing of albumin in diabetes and hypertension in rats. American journal of Nephrology 23:61-70, 2003
- Osicka, TM, Forbes JM, Thallas V, Brammar GC, Jerums G and Comper WD. Ramipril prevents microtubular changes in proximal tubules from streptozotocin diabetic rats. Nephrology 8: 205-211, 2003
- Twigg SM, Cao Z, McLennan, SV, Burns WC, Brammar G, Forbes JM and Cooper ME. Renal connective tissue growth factor induction in experimental diabetes is prevented by aminoguanidine. Endocrinology 143(12): 4907-4915, 2002
- Forbes JM, Cooper ME, Thallas V, Burns WC, Thomas MC, Brammar GC, Lee F, Grant SL, Burrell LA, Jerums G and Osicka TM. Reduction of the accumulation of advanced glycation end products by ACE inhibition in experimental diabetic nephropathy. Diabetes 51: 3274-3282, 2002
- Jerums G, Forbes JM, Osika TM, Brammar GC, Thallis V, Burns WC, Panagiotopoulos S and Cooper ME. Interactions between the RAS and advanced glycation in the diabetic kidney: Interventional studies, Kumamoto, Japan. 24-26 October 2001
- Forbes JM, Osika TM, Brammar GC, Thallis V, Burns WC, Cooper ME and Jerums G. Interactions between the RAS, advanced glycation and NF-κB in the diabetic kidney: interventional studies. 37th Annual Scientific meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology, Darwin, Australia. 5-7 September, 2001
- Forbes JM, Osika TM, Brammar GC, Thallis V, Burns WC, Cooper ME and Jerums G. Interactions between the RAS, advanced glycation and NF-κB in the diabetic kidney: interventional studies. 34th International Congress of Physiological Sciences. Satellite meeting. Diabetic complications: Mechanisms underlying neuronal and vascular changes, Melbourne Australia. 2-3 September, 2001
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
- Friends of Merri Creek