Position

Laboratory Head and Convenor, ARC/NHMRC Research Network for Parasitology

Address

Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases,
University of Technology, Sydney,
PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW, 2007
Tel: +61 2 9514 4013
Fax: +61 2 9514 4201
Email: nick.smith@uts.edu.au

Qualifications

PhD (ANU, 1988) BSc Honours (ANU, 1985)

Ten Most Significant Publications

Ferguson DJP, Belli SI, Smith NC and Wallach MG (2003) The development of the macrogamete and oocyst wall in Eimeria maxima. International Journal for Parasitology 33: 1329-1340

Belli SI, Wallach MG, Luxford C, Davies MJ and Smith NC (2003) The role of tyrosine-rich precursor glycoproteins and dityrosine-/DOPA-mediated protein crosslinking in oocyst wall assembly in the coccidian parasite, Eimeria maxima. Eukaryotic Cell 2: 456-464

Dobbin CA, Smith NC and Johnson AM (2002) Heat Shock Protein 70 is a potential virulence factor in murine Toxoplasma infection via immunomodulation of host nuclear factor kappa B and nitric oxide. Journal of Immunology 169: 958-965

Miller CM, Smith NC and Johnson AM (1999) Cytokines, nitric oxide, heat-shock protein and virulence in Toxoplasma. Parasitology Today 15: 418-422

Smith NC, Fell AH and Good MF (1998) Immunology of intracellular asexual blood stages of Plasmodium. Chemical Immunology 70: 144-162

Wallach M, Smith NC, Petracca M, Miller CMD, Eckert J and Braun R (1995) Eimeria maxima gametocyte antigens : potential use in a subunit maternal vaccine. Vaccine 13: 347-354

Smith NC, Wallach M, Miller CMD, Morgenstern R, Braun R and Eckert J (1994) Maternal transmission of immunity to Eimeria maxima : ELISA analysis of protective antibodies induced by infection. Infection and Immunity 62: 1348-1357

Smith NC, Wallach M, Miller CMD, Braun R and Eckert J (1994) Maternal transmission of immunity to Eimeria maxima : Western blot analysis of protective antibodies induced by infection. Infection and Immunity 62: 4811-4817

Smith NC (1992) Concepts and strategies for anti-parasite immunoprophylaxis and therapy. International Journal for Parasitology 22: 1047-1082

Smith NC and Bryant C (1989) Free radical generation during primary infections with Nippostrongylus brasiliensis. Parasite Immunology 11: 147-160