Interests and areas of expertise

• Veterinary pathology
• Veterinary histopathology
• Diagnostic investigation of diseases of aquatic organisms
• Diagnostic investigation of diseases of farm livestock
• Diseases of oysters (Pacific oyster mortality syndrome, QX disease, winter mortality)
• Thymic and T cell immunology

Background

Melinda Gabor studied Veterinary Science at the University of Sydney and completed an intercalated Bachelor of Science (Veterinary) degree in 1992 in the Department of Veterinary Pathology in collaboration with the CSIRO. Her thesis was entitled “Interactions between the neural and immune responses in the gastro-intestinal tract of sheep”. Melinda participated in the Leadership Program for Veterinary Students at Cornell University in 1993. She graduated with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science degree with First Class Honours from the University of Sydney in 1994. Melinda gained her PhD in Immunology from the Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney in 1999 through research on the “Regulation of mature T cell production by the thymus”. She has been a Veterinary Pathologist in the State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute since 2008. Melinda attained Membership of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists (MACVSc) in the field of Pathobiology by examination in 2010. She attended the Descriptive Veterinary Pathology Course at Cornell University in 2011. Melinda is involved in diagnostic veterinary pathology across a wide range of species and currently has a special interest in diseases of aquatic organisms, particularly oysters.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science (Veterinary) - BSc (Vet) - University of Sydney - 1992
• Bachelor of Veterinary Science with First Class Honours - BVSc (Hon I) - University of Sydney - 1994
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - University of Sydney - 1999
• Membership of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists (Pathology) (MACVSc) - 2010

Professional associations

Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (Pathobiology Chapter)

Australian Veterinary Association

Selected publications

Gabor LJ, Srivastava M, Titmarsh J, Dennis M, Gabor M, Landos M. Cryptosporidiosis in intensively reared barramundi (Lates calcarifer). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 2011;23:383-386.

Lee EJ, Gabor M, Turner M, Ball M, Gabor L. Tonsillitis in a weaner pig associated with Geotrichum candidum. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 2011;23:175-177.

Gabor M, Gabor LJ, Srivastava M, Booth M, Reece R. Chronic myositis in an Australian alpaca (Llama pacos) associated with Sarcocystis spp. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 2010;22:966-969.

Spiers ZB, Biddle AJ, Gabor MJ, Lee E, Gabor LJ. Monocephalic thoracopagus tetrabrachius in twin lambs. Canadian Veterinary Journal 2010;51:1037-1039.

Gabor MJ, Sedgwick JD, Lemckert FA, Godfrey DI, Körner H. Lymphotoxin controls aEß7-integrin expression by peripheral CD8+ T cells. Immunology and Cell Biology 2001;79:323-331.

Grech AP, Riminton DS, Gabor MJ, Hardy CL, Sedgwick JD, Godfrey DI. Increased thymic B cells but maintenance of thymic structure, T cell differentiation and negative selection in lymphotoxin- a and TNF gene-targeted mice. Developmental Immunology 2000;8:61-74.

Gabor MJ, Scollay R, Godfrey DI. Thymic T cell export is not influenced by the peripheral T cell pool. European Journal of Immunology 1997;27:2986-2993.

Gabor MJ, Godfrey DI, Scollay R. Recent thymic emigrants are distinct from most medullary thymocytes. European Journal of Immunology 1997;27:2010-2015.

Stewart MJ, Emery DL, McClure SJ, Bendixsen T. The effects of four neuropeptides on the degranulation of mucosal mast cells from sheep. Immunology and Cell Biology 1996;74:255-257.

Fields of Research

070703 Veterinary Diagnosis and Diagnostics

070705 Veterinary Immunology

070709 Veterinary Pathology

110704 Cellular Immunology

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)