Dr Julie Old

• Biography
• Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise
• Grants / Current Projects
• Current Students 
• Selected Publications
• Contact Details

Biography

Dr Julie Old graduated in September 2002 with a PhD in marsupial immunology and took up a position at Macquarie University as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in marsupial immunology. Julie left Macquarie University in February 2006 to join UWS as a Lecturer in Animal Science. She was promoted in 2009 to Senior Lecturer. Julie completed her Masters in Higher Education in 2007 and is currently teaching students in the Agriculture, Animal Science, Biology and Environmental key programs. Julie manages the Native Mammal Facility at the Hawkesbury campus. Her key research interests involve the conservation of Australian native mammals and birds, and native mammal immunology. She is a Senior Researcher and Member of the Native and Pest Animal Unit.

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Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

Native mammal and bird research, endangered species conservation, marsupial immunology

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Grants / Current Projects

• Assessing the distribution and impact of Indian mynas (Acridotheres tristis) in the Woolongong LGA
• Taking action to improve wombat health on the Emirates Estates Wolgan Resort Conservation Reserve
• Identification of key sites and habitat preferences of the endangered Bush Stone-curlew
• Wolgan Valley biodiversity
• The impact of foxes on shorebirds
• Marsupial immunology
• Dasyurid biology
• Competence-based assessment of behavioural observations to enhance animal handling skills (Learning and Teaching Action Plan)
  

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Current Students

• Hayley Stannard
• Gonzalo Murialdo
• Fiona Loudon
• Casey Borthwick
• Oselyne Ong 
• Kylie Brice
• Jessica Dormer
• Jai Green-Barber 

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Selected Publications

Stannard HJ, Old JM (2011). Rate of passage through the digestive tract of the kultarr (Antechinomys laniger). Aust J Zool. 59, 273-276. ISSN 00004-959X.

Stannard HJ, Old JM (2011). Digestibility of feeding regimes of the red-tailed phascogale (Phascogale calura) and the kultarr (Antechinomys laniger). Aust J Zool. 59, 257-263. ISSN 00004-959X.

McGlashan JK, Spencer R-J, Old JM (2011). Embryonic communication in the nest: metabolic responses of reptilian embryos to developmental rates of siblings. Proc Royal Soc B. In Press. ISSN 0962-8452.

Old JM, Spencer R-J (2011). Development of online learning activities to enhance student knowledge of animal behaviour prior to engaging in live animal handling practical sessions. Open J Animal Sci. Accepted May 2011. ISSN 2161-7597.

Stannard HJ, Old JM (2010). Observation of reproductive strategies of captive kultarrs (Antechinomys laniger). Aust Mammal. 32(2), 179-182. ISSN 0310-0049.

Stannard HJ, Wolfenden J, Old JM (2010). Evaluating the capacity of constructed wetlands in sustaining a captive population of platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). Australasian J Environmental Man. 17, 27-34. ISSN Not available.

Stannard HJ, Caton W, Old JM (2010). The diet of red-tailed phascogales (Phascogale calura) in a trial translocation at Alice Springs Desert Park, Northern Territory, Australia. J Zool. 280, 326-331. ISSN 1469-7998.

Vilcins I, Fournier P, Parola P, Raoult D, Old J, Deane E (2009). Identification of Francisella-like endosymbionts and Rickettsiae in the reptile tick Amblyomma fimbriatum (Acari: Ixodidae), Northern Territory, Australia. J Med Entomol. 95, 434-442. ISSN 0022-2585.

Vilcins I, Old J, Deane E (2009). Detection of a Hepatozoon and spotted-fever group Rickettsia species in the common marsupial tick (Ixodes tasmani) collected from wild Tasmanian devils, Tasmania. Vet Parasitol. 162(1-2), 23-31. ISSN 0304-4017.

Vilcins I, Old J, Deane E (2009). Molecular detection of Rickettsia, Coxiella and Rickettsiella in three Australian native tick species. Exp App Acarol. 49(3), 229-242. ISSN 0168-8162.

Duncan L, Old J (2009). Characterisation of CD5 cDNA in the Tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii). Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 131(1-2), 117-121. ISSN 0165-2427.

Old J, Lowry J, Young L (2009). Scrub-itch mite (Eutrombicula hirsti) infection in the endangered bridled nailtail wallaby (Onychogalea fraenata). Aust Vet J. 87(8), 338-341. ISSN 0005-0423.

Vilcins, I., Kosoy, M., Old. J. and Deane, E. (2008) Identification of Bartonella-related DNA detected in Ixodes tasmani ticks (Acari: Ixodida) infesting koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in Victoria, Australia. Vector-Borne & Zoonotic Dis. In Press. ISSN 1530-3667. Impact Factor 1.919 (2007).

Vilcins. I., Ujvari. B., Old. J. and Deane, E. (2008) Molecular and morphological description of a Hepatozoon species infecting reptiles and their ticks in the Australian Northern Territory. J Parasitol. 95(2), 434-442. ISSN 0022-3395. Impact Factor 1.129 (2007).

Carman R, Old J, Baker M, Jacques N, Deane E (2008). Identification and expression of a marsupial cathelicidin from the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii). Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 127, 269-275. ISSN 0165-2427.

Vilcins I, Old J, Deane E (2008). The detection of a spotted fever group Rickettsia in the tick Ixodes tasmani infesting koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in Port Macquarie, N.S.W. J Med Entomol. 45, 745-750. ISSN 0022-2585.

Carman R, Simonian M, Old J, Jacques N, Deane E (2008). Immunohistochemistry using antibodies to the Cathelicidin LL37/hCAP18 in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii). Tissue & Cell. 40, 459-466. ISSN 0040-8166.

Vilcins I, Old J, Kortner G, Deane E (2008) Ectoparasites and Skin Lesions in Wild-Caught Spotted-Tailed Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Comp Parasitol. 75, 271-277. ISSN 1525-2647.

Old J, Connelly L, Francis J, Gogler J (2007) Haematology and serum biochemistry of the Carpentarian Rock-rat (Zyzomys palatalis). Comp Clin Pathol. 16, 249-252. ISSN Not available.

Old J, Carman R, Fry G, Deane E (2006) The immune tissues of the endangered Red-tailed phascogale (Phascogale calura). J Anat. 208, 381-387. ISSN 0021-8782.

Ambatipudi K, Old J, Guilhaus M, Raftery M, Hind, L, Deane E (2006) Proteomic analysis of the neutrophil proteins of the Tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii). Comp Biochem Physiol D. 283-291. ISSN 1744-117X.

Waite R, Giraud A, Old J, Howlett M, Shaw G, Nicholas K, Familari M (2005) Cross fostering in Macropus eugenii leads to increased weight but not accelerated gastrointestinal maturation. J Exp Zool. 303A, 331-334. ISSN 1552-5007.

Old J, Deane E (2005) Antibodies to the Ross River virus in captive marsupials in urban areas of eastern New South Wales, Australia. J Wildl Dis. 41, 64-67. ISSN 0090-3558.

Old J, Connelly L, Francis J, Branch K, Fry G, Deane E (2005). Haematology and serum biochemistry of three Australian desert murids, the Plains Rat (Pseudomys australis), the Spinifex Hopping-mouse (Notomys alexis) and the Central Rock-rat, (Zyzomys pedunculatus). Comp Clin Pathol. 14, 130-137. ISSN Not available.

Old J, Selwood L, Deane E (2004a) A developmental investigation of the liver, bone marrow and spleen of the stripe-faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura). Dev Comp Immunol. 28 (4), 347-355. ISSN 0145-305X.

Old J, Selwood L, Deane E (2004b) The appearance and distribution of mature T and B cells in the developing immune tissues of the stripe-faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura). J Anat. 205, 25-33. ISSN 0021-8782.

Old J, Deane E (2003b). The detection of mature T and B-cells during development of the lymphoid tissues of the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii). J Anat. 203, 123-131. ISSN 0021-8782.

Old J, Selwood L, Deane E (2003) A histological investigation of the lymphoid and immunohaematopoietic tissues of the adult stripe-faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura). Cells Tissues Organs. 173, 115-121. ISSN 1422-6405.

Old J, Selwood L, Deane E (2003) Development of the lymphoid tissues of the stripe-faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura). Cells Tissues Organs. 175 (4), 192-201. ISSN 1422-6405.

Old J, Deane E (2002a) The gut-associated lymphoid tissues of the Northern brown bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus). Dev Comp Immunol. 26, 841-848. ISSN 0145-305X.

Old J, Deane E (2002b) Immunohistochemistry of the lymphoid tissues of the tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii. J Anat. 201, 257-266. ISSN 0021-8782.

Old J, Deane E, Harrison G (2001) Molecular characterisation of the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) CD3 epsilon chain cDNA. Mol Immunol. 38, 359-365. ISSN 0161-5890.

Old J, Deane E (2001) Histology and immunohistochemistry of the gut-associated lymphoid tissue of the Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Macropus giganteus. J Anat. 199, 657-662. ISSN 0021-8782.

Old J, Deane E (2000) Development of the immune system and immunological protection in marsupial pouch young. Dev Comp Immunol. 24, 445-454. ISSN 0145-305X.

Old J, Deane E (1998) The effect of oestrus and the presence of pouch young on aerobic bacteria isolated from the pouch of the tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii. Comp Immunol Micro Infect Dis. 21, 237-245. ISSN 0147-9571.

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