Dr Elecia Johnston ~ Postdoctoral Researcher

Teaching

• BC2024: Principles of Molecular Cell Biology (Level 2; TSV)
• BC3101: Genes, Genomes and Development (Level 3; TSV)
• BC5101: Advanced Genes, Genomes and Development (Level 5; TSV)

Research Disciplines

• Immunology (1107)
• Medical Biochemistry and Metabolomics (1101)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Clinical Health (9201)
• Health and Support Services (9202)
• Education and Training (9399)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Pratap K, Taki A, Johnston E, Lopata A and Kamath S (2020) A comprehensive review on natural bioactive compounds and probiotics as potential therapeutics in food allergy treatment. Frontiers in Immunology, 11, Article: 996, DOI:10.3389/fimmu.2020.00996.
• Johnston E, Kamath S, Iyer S, Pratap K, Karnaneedi S, Taki A, Nugraha R, Schaeffer P, Rolland J, O'Hehir R and Lopata A (2019) Defining specific allergens for improved component-resolved diagnosis of shrimp allergy in adults. Molecular Immunology, 112, pp. 330-337, DOI:10.1016/j.molimm.2019.05.006.
• Nugraha R, Kamath S, Johnston E, Karnaneedi S, Ruethers T and Lopata A (2019) Conservation analysis of B-cell allergen epitopes to predict clinical cross-reactivity between shellfish and inhalant invertebrate allergens. Frontiers in Immunology, 10, Article: 2676, DOI:10.3389/fimmu.2019.02676.
• Nugraha R, Kamath S, Johnston E, Zenger K, Rolland J, O’Hehir R and Lopata A (2018) Rapid and comprehensive discovery of unreported shellfish allergens using large-scale transcriptomic and proteomic resources. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 141 (4), Article: e8, pp. 1501-1504, DOI:10.1016/j.jaci.2017.11.028.
• Ruethers T, Taki A, Johnston E, Nugraha R, Le T, Kalic T, McLean T, Kamath S and Lopata A (2018) Seafood allergy: a comprehensive review of fish and shellfish allergens. Molecular Immunology, 100, pp. 28-57, DOI:10.1016/j.molimm.2018.04.008.
• Hardy M, Desselle M, Allen J, Andrews K, Barrington D, Borg D, Butler K, Calvin R, Cooper T, Furlong E, Hugo H, Johnston E, Iacona G, Kenkel C, Kuempel C, Khosla A, Langbecker D, Liddle J, Lucia D, Lussini V, Nazareth L, Peel A, Saunders M, Smith M and Valesquez J (2017) Engaging rural Australian communities in national science week helps increase visibility for women researchers. Royal Society Open Science, 4 (10), Article: 170548, DOI:10.1098/rsos.170548.
• Kamath S, Johnston E, Iyer S, Schaeffer P, Koplin J, Allen K and Lopata A (2017) IgE reactivity to shrimp allergens in infants and their cross-reactivity to house dust mite. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 28 (7), pp. 703-707, DOI:10.1111/pai.12764.
• Johnston E, Kamath S, Lopata A and Schaeffer P (2014) Tus-Ter-lock immuno-PCR assays for the sensitive detection of tropomyosin-specific IgE antibodies. Bioanalysis, 6 (4), pp. 465-476, DOI:10.4155/bio.13.315.
• Ma C, Yang X, Kandemir H, Mielczarek M, Johnston E, Griffith R, Kumar N and Lewis P (2013) Inhibitors of bacterial transcription initiation complex formation. ACS Chemical Biology, 8 (9), pp. 1972-1980, DOI:10.1021/cb400231p.
• Johnston E, Lewis P and Griffith R (2009) The interaction of Bacillus subtilis sigmaA with RNA polymerase. Protein Science, 18 (11), pp. 2287-2297, DOI:10.1002/pro.239.
• Yang X, Molimau S, Doherty G, Johnston E, Marles-Wright J, Rothnagel R, Hankamer B, Lewis R and Lewis P (2009) The structure of bacterial RNA polymerase in complex with the essential transcription elongation factor NusA. EMBO Reports, 10 (9), pp. 997-1002, DOI:10.1038/embor.2009.155.

Other research outputs

• Nugraha R, Kamath S, Ruethers T, Johnston E, Koeberl M, Rolland J, O'Hehir R, Zenger K and Lopata A (2016) Identification of novel oyster allergens using a combined transcriptomic and proteomic approach for improved component resolved diagnosis. Internal Medicine Journal, 46 (Supplement 4), Article: P16, p. 9, DOI:10.1111/imj.16_13197.

These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Utilising Bioinformatics Tools to Improve the Diagnosis of Crustacean and Fish Allergy (PhD , External Advisor)

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