Dr Mara Rocchi
ManagerÂ
Moredun flow cytometric unit
Moredun Research Institute
United States of America
Biography
Mara Rocchi graduated in 1990 from Milan Veterinary School in Italy and then obtained her PhD investigating the pathogenesis of experimental scrapie, also in Milan. Mara joined Moredun in 2000, after 4 years at the International Livestock Research Institute of Nairobi, Kenya, working on the immune responses to ruminant tropical protozoan diseases. Mara holds a long standing interest in the pathogenesis of, and the immune responses to, intracellular pathogens as well as the immunological consequences of infection during pregnancy. Mara is also the Manager of the Moredun flow cytometric unit and from 2007 has taken up the role of Biological Safety Advisor and is Associate Member of the Institute of Safety and Technology and Research.
Research Interest
Immune responses to infection during pregnancy in ruminants (especially Chlamydophila and Neospora); T cell regulation, antigen presentation and immunomodulation; Prion diseases
Publications
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Eaton SL, Rocchi M, González L, Hamilton S, Finlayson J, Sales J, Jeffrey M, Steele PJ, Dagleish MP, Rodger SM, Reid HW. Immunological differences between susceptible and resistant sheep during the preclinical phase of scrapie infection. Journal of general virology. 2007 Apr 1;88(4):1384-91.
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Rocchi MS, Anderson MJ, Eaton SL, Hamilton S, Finlayson J, Steele P, Barclay GR, Chianini F. Three-colour flow cytometric detection of PrP in ovine leukocytes. Veterinary immunology and immunopathology. 2007 Apr 15;116(3):172-81.
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Rocchi MS, Ballingall KT, MacHugh ND, McKeever DJ. The kinetics of Theileria parva infection and lymphocyte transformation in vitro. International journal for parasitology. 2006 Jun 30;36(7):771-8.
