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Dr Renae Barr
Research Fellow
| Telephone: | (61 8) 6304 5214 |
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| Email: | r.barr@ecu.edu.au |
| Campus: | Joondalup |
| Room: | JO17.111 |
Staff Qualifications
- PhD (Doctoral Degree), University of Western Australia, 2004 .
Research
Recent Research Grants
- Australian Fellowship - NHMRC Peter Doherty Training Fellowship, National Health and Medical Research Council, Fellowship, 2011, $26,726.
- Neon Transfection System and Biomedical Research Grade -30oC Freezer for Alzheimer?s and Melanoma Research, National Health and Medical Research Council, Equipment Grant 2011, 2011, $10,928.
- Australian Fellowship - NHMRC Peter Doherty Training Fellowship, National Health and Medical Research Council, Fellowship(**), 2010, $71,258.
- Australian Fellowship - NHMRC Peter Doherty Training Fellowship, National Health & Medical Research Council, Fellowship, 2009, $29,925.
Recent Publications (within the last five years)
Journal Articles
- Bharadwaj, P., Verdile, G., Barr, R., Gupta, V., Steele, J., Lachenmayer, L., Yue, Z., Ehrlich, M., Petsko, G., Ju, S., Ringe, D., Sankovich, S., Caine, J., Macreadie, I., Gandy, S., Martins, R., (2012), Latrepirdine (Dimebon?) enhances autophagy and reduces intracellular GFP-A?42 levels in yeast. Journal of Alzheimer's disease, 32(4), 949-967, Netherlands, DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2012-120178.
- Steele, JW., Ju, S., Lachenmayer, M., Liken, J., Stock, A., Kim, SH., Delgado, L., Alfaro, I., Bernales, S., Verdile, G., Bharadwaj, P., Gupta, V., Barr, R., Friss, A., Dolios, G., Wang, R., Ringe, D., Protter, A., Martins, R., Ehrlich, M., Yue, Z., Petsko, G., Gandy, S., (2012), Latrepiridine stimulates autophagy and reduces accumulation of alpha-synuclein in cells and in mouse brain. Molecular Psychiatry, n/a(n/a), n/a, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1038/mp.2012.115.
- Steele, JW., Lachenmayer, ML., Ju, S., Stock, A., Liken, J., Kim, SH., Delgado, LM., Alfaro, IE., Bernales, S., Verdile, G., Bharadwaj, P., Gupta, V., Barr, R., Friss, A., Dolios, G., Wang, R., Ringe, D., Fraser, P., Westaway, D., St George-Hyslop, P0., Szabo, P., Relkin, N0., Buxbaum, J0., Glabe, C0., Protter, A0., Martins, R., Ehrlich, M0., Petsko, G0., (2012), Latrepirdine improves cognition and arrests progression of neuropathology in an Alzheimer's mouse model. Molecular Psychiatry, 1-9, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1038/mp.2012.106.
- Steele, J., Su, J., Lachenmayer, L., Liken, J., Stock, A., Kim, S., Delgado, L., Alfaro, I., Bernales, S., Verdile, G., Bharadwaj, P., Gupta, V., Barr, R., Friss, A., Dolios, G., Wang, R., Ringe, D., Protter, A., Martins, R., Ehrlich, M., Yue, Z., Petsko, G., Gandy, S., (2012), Latrepirdine stimulates autophagy and reduces accumulation of a-synuclein in cells and in mouse brain. Molecular Psychiatry, n/a(n/a), 1-7, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1038/mp.2012.115.
- Pitman, MR., Barr, R., Gliddon, BL., Magarey, AM., Moretti, PA., Pitson, SM., (2011), A critical role for the protein phosphatase 2A B?? regulatory subunit in dephosphorylation of sphingosine kinase 1. International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 43(3), 342-347, DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2010.11.001.
- Barr, R., Lynn, H., Moretti, P., Khew-Goodall, Y., Pitson, S., (2008), Deactivation of Sphingosine Kinase 1 by Protein Phosphatase 2A. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283(50), 34994-35002, United States, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M804658200.