Dr Vern Bowles
Staff Profile:
Dr Vern Bowles BAgSc PhD (LaTrobe)
Principal Research Fellow
Dr Bowles commenced employment with the Faculty of Veterinary Science in 1988, as a Research Fellow in the Centre for Animal Biotechnology. He has also been a Director of Hatchtech Pty Ltd since 2001.
Contact details:
Telephone: +613 8344 4439
Facsimile: +613 9347 4083
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Teaching Responsibilities:
Supervision of Post Graduate Students, currently Dr Stuart Barber
Field of Expertise:
Ecto and Endo parasite vaccines, controlled drug delivery and novel control strategies
Research Interests:
Novel control strategies against parasites
Current Research Projects:
Development of novel ovicides against lice
Member of Research Groups:
Centre for Animal Biotechnology
Selected Publications:
Balic, A, Bowles, VM and Meeusen, ENT Mechanisms of immunity to Haemonchus contortus infection in sheep. Parasite Immunology 24:39-46 (2002).
Tellam, RL, Eisemann, CH, Vuocolo, T, Casu, R, Jarmey, J, Bowles, VM and Pearson, R. Role of oligosaccharides in the immune response of sheep vaccinated with Lucilia cuprina larval glycoprotein, peritrophin-95. International Journal for Parasitology 31:798-809 (2001).
Young, A., Mancuso, N., Meeusen, E.N.T. and Bowles, V.M. Characterisation of proteases involved in egg hatch of the sheep blowfly, L. cuprina. International Journal for Parasitology.30: 925-932 (2000).
Balic, A. Bowles, V.M. and Meeusen, E.N.T. The immunobiology of gastrointestinal nematode infections in ruminants. Adv. in Parasitol. 45: 182-229. (2000).
Young, A.R., Mancuso, N. and Bowles, V.M. Biochemical aspects of egg hatch in endo- and ectoparasites: potential for rational drug design. Invited review. Int. J. for Parasit.29: 861-867 (1999).
Young, A., Mancuso, N., Meeusen, E.N.T. and Bowles, V.M.. Proteases released by Lucilia cuprina during egg hatch. Insect Biochem. and Mol. Biol. 27: 1017-1026 (1997).
Bowles, V.M., Meeusen, E.N.T., Young, A.R., Nash, A.D., Andrews, A.E. & Brandon, M.R. Vaccination of sheep against larvae of the sheep blowfly (Lucilia cuprina). Vaccine 14: 1347-1352 (1996).
Lofthouse, S.A., Andrews, A.E., Elhay, M.J., Bowles, V.M., Meeusen, E.N.T. and Nash, A.D. Cytokines as adjuvants for ruminant vaccines. Int. J. for Parasitol. 26: 835-842 (1996).
Bowles, V.M., Brandon, M.R. and Meeusen, E.N.T. Characterisation of local antibody responses to the gastrointestinal parasite Haemonchus contortus. Immunol. 84: 669-674 (1995).
Bowles, V.M., Carnegie, P.R. and Sandeman, R.M. Immunisation of sheep against infection with larvae of the blowfly, Lucilia cuprina. Int. J. Parasitol. 17: 753-758 (1987).
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