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Mr Chris Leigh

BSc (The University of Adelaide, Australia)

email:Chris.Leigh@adelaide.edu.au

Chris is the Chief Technical Officer reponsible for managing the electron microscopy preparation laboratory in the department. He is also responsible for the preparation of tissue and skeleton material from animals donated to the department from collaborative institutions. His other duties include casting of animal and human material for research and teaching.

Chris is Research and Development Manager of SOMA. Also working in many SOMA projects.

Chris is a member of the Neurobiology Research Group and the Reproductive Biology Group

Collaborators

He closely collaborates with the Friends of NativeWildlife Group for South Australia of which he is Vice President.

Other Collaborators include :
Monarto Zoo
Adelaide Zoo
Cleland Wildlife Park
Veterinary Service of South Australia

Other Interests:

He helps in the survey and conservation of native animals. In his spare time he is a volunteer fire fighter and is the Captain of the Country Fire Brigade.

Recent Publications:

  1. Ghabriel MN, Zhu C, Leigh C (2002) Electron microscope study of blood-brain barrier opening induced by immunological targeting of the endothelial barrier antigen. Brain Research (in press).
  2. NJ Cooper, RV McLean, CM Leigh and WG Breed (2001) Glycoconjugates on the surface of epididymal spermatozoa in a marsupial, the brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula. Reproduction 122, 165-176.
  3. RJ Gibson, CM Leigh and WG Breed (2000). Unusual macromorphology of the ductuli efferentes and epididymis of the koala. Australian Journal of Zoology 48, 681-689.
  4. WG Breed, CM Leigh, and M Ricci (2000). The structural organisation of sperm head components of the wombat and koala (Superfamily: Vombatoidea): an enigma amoungst marsupials. Journal of Anatomy 198: 57-56.
  5. Ghabriel MN, Lu MX, Leigh C, Cheung WC and Allt G (1999) Substance P-induced enhanced permeability of dura mater microvessels is accompanied by pronounced ultrastructural changes, but is not dependent on the density of endothelial cell anionic sites. Acta Neuropathologica, 97: 297-305.
  6. Abbott JR, Smart RST, Henneberg M, Yuen T, Skinner W, Leigh CM, Hermanis GM, David DJ (2000), Functionally graded surface layers on titanium implants, Proceedings of the 8th International Congress of the Int. Soc. Of Craniofacial Surgery, Monduzzi Editore, Bologna , pp. 17-19