Faculty of Veterinary Science Research Areas

Staff Profile:

Dr Philip Markham BSc (Monash) PhD (Melbourne)
Senior Lecturer

Dr Markham commenced employment with Veterinary Microbiology, School of Veterinary Science in 1986, as a Technical Assistant. After completing his PhD, he became a Research Fellow with the Faculty of Veterinary Science in 1995.

Contact details:
Telephone: +613 8344 7368
Facsimile: +613 8344 7374
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Teaching Responsibilities:
Unit in Master of Veterinary Studies MVS (Avian Health) - 'Current molecular biology techniques in the detection of Avian pathogens'

Field of Expertise:
Mycoplasma diseases of animals

Research Interests:
Molecular Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease
Mycoplasmas of Animals

Current Research Projects:
Molecular biology, pathogenesis and immunology of Mycoplasma infections in domestic animals
Development and testing of Mycoplasma vaccines

Member of Research Groups:
Microbiology (Research Leader)

Selected Publications:

AMAVISIT P, LIGHTFOOT D, BROWNING GF, MARKHAM PF. 2003. Variation between pathogenic serovars within Salmonella pathogenicity islands. Journal of Bacteriology 185:3624-3635

MARKHAM PF, KANCI A, CZIFRA G, SUNDQVIST B, BROWNING GF. 2003. Malp homologue of Mycoplasma gallisepticum is not essential for growth in vitro or in tracheal organ cultures. Journal of Bacteriology. 185:2538-2547

NOORMOHAMMADI, A. H., MARKHAM, P. F., KANCI, A., WHITHEAR, K. G., AND BROWNING, G. F. - A novel mechanism for control of antigenic variation in the haemagglutinin gene family of Mycoplasma synoviae. Molecular Microbiology 35:911-923 (2000).

MARKHAM, P. F., GLEW, M. D., BROWNING, G. F., WHITHEAR, K. G., AND WALKER, I. D. - Expression of two members of the pMGA gene family of Mycoplasma gallisepticum oscillates and is influenced by pMGA-specific antibodies. Infection and Immunity,66: 2845-2853 (1998).

GLEW, M. D., MARKHAM, P. F., BASEGGIO, N., BROWNING, G. F., AND WALKER, I. D. - Expression of the pMGA genes of Mycoplasma gallisepticum is controlled by variation in the GAA trinucleotide repeat lengths within the noncoding regions. Infection and Immunity 66: 5833-5841 (1998)

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