Dr Donna Easton
OHS Manager
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
+61 7 344 38288
Book Chapter
Mayer, Matthew L., Easton, Donna M. and Hancock, Robert E. W. (2010). Fine tuning host responses in the face of infection: Emerging roles and clinical applications of host defence peptides. Antimicrobial Peptides: Discovery, Design and Novel Therapeutic Strategies. (pp. 195-220) edited by Guangshun Wang. Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK: CABI Publishing.
Journal Articles
Easton, Donna M., McGarry, Peter and Johnstone, Kelly (2024). Evaluation of chlorine dioxide exposure in an Australian gnotobiotic mouse research facility. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 21 (10), 677-686. doi: 10.1080/15459624.2024.2394102
Wurpel, Daniel J., Moriel, Danilo G., Totsika, Makrina, Easton, Donna M. and Schembri, Mark A. (2015). Comparative analysis of the uropathogenic Escherichia coli surface proteome by tandem mass-spectrometry of artificially induced outer membrane vesicles. Journal of Proteomics, 115, 93-106. doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2014.12.005
Easton, Donna M., Allsopp, Luke P., Phan, Minh-Duy, Gomes Moriel, Danilo, Goh, Guan Kai, Beatson, Scott A., Mahony, Timothy J., Cobbold, Rowland N. and Schembri, Mark A. (2014). The intimin-like protein FdeC is regulated by H-NS and temperature in Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 80 (23), 7337-7347. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02114-14
Easton, Donna M., Totsika, Makrina, Allsopp, Luke P., Phan, Minh-Duy, Idris, Adi, Wurpel, Daniël J., Sherlock, Orla, Zhang, Bing, Venturini, Carola, Beatson, Scott A., Mahony, Timothy J., Cobbold, Rowland N. and Schembri, Mark A. (2011). Characterization of EhaJ, a new autotransporter protein from enterohemorrhagic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli. Frontiers in Microbiology: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2 (JUNE), 120.1-120.9. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00120
Easton, Donna M., Cripps, Allan W., Foxwell, A. Ruth and Kyd, Jennelle M. (2011). Mucosal immunization with the Moraxella catarrhalis porin M35 induces enhanced bacterial clearance from the lung: A possible role for opsonophagocytosis. Frontiers in Mucosal Immunity, 2 (13) Article 13, 13.1-13.11. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2011.00013
Nijnik, A, Madera, L, Ma, SH, Waldbrook, M, Elliott, MR, Easton, DM, Mayer, ML, Mullaly, SC, Kindrachuk, J, Jenssen, H and Hancock, REW (2010). Synthetic cationic peptide IDR-1002 provides protection against bacterial infections through chemokine induction and enhanced leukocyte recruitment. Journal of Immunology, 184 (5), 2539-2550. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.0901813
Easton, DM, Nijnik, A, Mayer, ML and Hancock, REW (2009). Potential of immunomodulatory host defense peptides as novel anti-infectives. Trends in Biotechnology, 27 (10), 582-590. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2009.07.004
Easton, D. M., Maier, E., Benz, R., Foxwell, A. R., Cripps, A. W. and Kyd, J. M. (2008). Moraxella catarrhalis M35 is a general porin that is important for growth under nutrient-limiting conditions and in the nasopharynges of mice. Journal of Bacteriology, 190 (24), 7994-8002. doi: 10.1128/JB.01039-08
Easton, D. M., Smith, A., Gallego, S. G., Foxwell, A. R., Cripps, A. W. and Kyd, J. M. (2005). Characterization of a novel porin protein from Moraxella catarrhalis and identification of an immunodominant surface loop. Journal of Bacteriology, 187 (18), 6528-6535. doi: 10.1128/JB.187.18.6528-6535.2005
Conference Paper
Vance, Megan, Mahony, Timothy, Easton, Donna, Alikhan, Nabil, Beatson, Scott, Schembri, Mark and Cobbold, Rowland (2014). Inoculation of cattle with novel Escherichia coli antigens reduces enteric colonisation by enterohaemorrhagic E. coli O26. Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 5 - 9 July 2014.