Griffith University

BSc Biology, MA Teaching and Learning, PhD Cell Biology

Contact details for Dr Louise Alldridge

Biography

Dr Louise Alldridge joined Griffith University School of Medicine in April 2008 and is currently Academic Lead for Assessment and for Admissions and Selection. She obtained her PhD in Cell Biology from The University of Essex in 1992. Her research track record is firmly based in translational research into medical conditions such as Endotoxaemia, Leukaemia and more recently Breast Cancer with over 20 peer reviewed publications and is on peer review committees for several international journals. She has been involved in undergraduate Medical, Veterinary and Nursing education since 1987 at Essex University, Cambridge University and Anglia Ruskin University. She recently completed a Masters in Learning and Teaching and is now developing a research portfolio in medical education. 

Research interests

• Breast carcinoma cell mechanisms of invasion
• Mechanisms of breast carcinoma cell resistance to chemotherapy
• Medical school selections
• Quantitative evaluation of the efficacy of complementary therapies

Publications

Refereed journal articles

• Zakharchenko O, Greenwood C, Alldridge L, Souchelnytskyi S (2011) Optimized Protocol for Protein Extraction from the Breast Tissue that is Compatible with Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis.        Breast Cancer: basic and clinical research. 10 (5), 37-42.
• Zakharchenko O, Greenwood C, Lewandowska A, Hellman U, Alldridge L, Souchelnytskyi S (2011) Meta-data analysis as a strategy to evaluate individual and common features of proteomic changes in breast cancer. Cancer Genomics and Proteomics. 8 (1), 1-14.
• Zakharchenko O, Greenwood C, Lewandowska A, Hellman U, Alldridge L, Souchelnytskyi S (2010) Meta-data analysis as a strategy to evaluate individual and common features of proteome changes in breast cancer. Cancer Genomics and Proteomics. 7, 3-16.
• Docquier F, Kita G-X, Farrar D, Jat P, O’Hare M, Cherukhin I, Gretton S, Mandal A, Alldridge L and Klenova E. (2009) Decreased poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of CTCF, a transcription factor, is associated with breast cancer phenotype and cell proliferation. Clinical Cancer Research. 15, 5762-5771.
• Metodieva G, Greenwood C, Alldridge L, Metodiev M. (2009) A peptide-centric approach to breast cancer biomarker discovery utilizing label-free multiple reactions monitoring mass spectrometry. Proteomics Clinical Applications. 3, 78–82.
• Alldridge L, Metodieva G, Greenwood C, Al-janabi K, Thwaites L, Metodiev M. (2008) Proteome profiling of breast tumours by gel electrophoresis and nano-scale electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Journal of Proteome Research. 7 (4), 1458-1469.
• Souchelnytskyi S, Alldridge L. (2008) Breast Cancer Proteomics. The inaugural Mammary Gland Proteome Initiative Workshop. Proteomics-Clinical Applications. 2, 8-10.
• Metodiev M, Alldridge L. (2008) Phosphoproteomics a possible route to novel biomarkers of breast cancer. Proteomics-Clinical Applications. 2, 182-194.
• Mc Vicar AJ, Greenwood CR, Fewell F, D’Arcy V, Chandrasekharan S, Alldridge LC. (2007) Evaluation of anxiety, salivary cortisol and melatonin secretion following reflexology treatment: A pilot study in healthy individuals. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice. 13, 137-145.
• Smyth T, Harris H, Brown A, Tötemeyer S, Farnfield B, Maskell D, Matsumoto M, Plevin R, Alldridge L, Bryant C. (2006) Differential modulatory effects of annexin 1 on nitric oxide synthase induction by lipopolysaccharide in macrophages. Immunology. 117, 340-349.

Current teaching areas

• Human Homeostasis
• Immunology
• Cancer cell biology