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 Dr
Julie Haynes
BSc, PhD (University of Adelaide, Australia)
Senior Lecturer
Teaching
Coordinator of Undergraduate Teaching in the Department of Anatomical
Sciences. I oversee the allocation of teaching duties of 11 full time
equivalent academic staff for 29 undergraduate courses in BHSc, MBBS,
BDS, and BSc programs as well as courses for Physiotherapy and Podiatry
students enrolled at the University of South Australia.
Honours and PhD Supervision
I have co-supervised one PhD student, five Honours students and I have mentored
three Honours students.
Undergraduate Teaching
Expertise is Histology. 30 years experience in encouraging student understanding
of Histology. The ongoing challenge is presenting Histology in a manner
that highlights the link between structure and function at light and electron
microscopic levels and demonstrates the relevance of Histology in molecular
and cellular biology. Courses are designed to develop the student's skills
in image interpretation and consist of lectures, tutorials and practicals.
Light microscopes, video microscopy, in-house produced CDs, micrographs,
and websites are used for obtaining images. Courses have emphasis on continuous
assessment and weekly feedback on student progress is given.
Main Research Interests:
(1) investigating possible links between aluminium ingestion and renal failure
in koalas in the Adelaide Hills,
(2) the culturing of skin cells from autologous donor skin and blood to create
a new area of epidermis to replace hypopigmented or burnt skin in the same patient
(autologous graft).
Aluminium in Koalas
In the investigation
of possible links between the ingestion of aluminium and renal failure in koalas,
we have demonstrated that gum leaves consumed by koalas in the Adelaide Hills
have moderate to high levels of aluminium and the same element is present in
the bones and kidneys of the animals that succumb to renal failure. However
cellular damage and aluminium are only detectable using special microscopic
techniques (Haynes, Askew and Leigh, 2004). In 2003, a grant ($5,450) from the
Australian Koala Foundation, allowed us to obtain data on blood and urine analyses
in these koalas. This information is being used to gain a better understanding
of the disease in the koalas and to formulate strategies in the management of
captive koalas to prevent them from contracting this fatal disease. Members
of this research project include staff at Cleland Wildlife Park, including the
veterinarian, Dr Ian Hough, the staff at Adelaide Microscopy, Mr Chris Leigh,
Department of Anatomical Sciences, and former Honours student, now PhD student,
Mr Michael Askew.
Autologous Skin Cultures
In the supervisory role of PhD and Honours students, I am involved in the research
of culturing skin cells from autologous donor skin and blood. One of the several
aims of this research was to produce skin constructs that have darker pigmentation
than the autologous donor site. Other members of this research project include
Dr Nicola Dean, Dr John Greenwood, Ms Bronwyn Dearman, Ms Amy Li, Ms Rebecca
Venning, Dr Rodney Cooter (The Royal Adelaide Hospital), Dr Tim Neild (Flinders
University), and Dr Christopher Goddard, Dr Anthony Simula (Gropep).
Other Research Interests:
- investigation of the absorption of GM food in chickens and rats
- investigation of the distribution of capsulated cutaneous sensory nerve
endings in the hands in relation to handedness, age, sex, and hand size.
- investigation of the effectiveness of using lasers to trim chicken beaks.
- investigation of the growth of bone tissue around titanium implants.
- investigation of structures and innervation of glabrous marsupial skin,
particularly paws, and the structure of the musculature and innervation of
spines in the integument of echidnas.
- morphology of marsupial and monotreme parathyroid glands
- mast cells and haematology of dasyurid marsupials
Recent Publications-- Refereed Journals
- Dean, N., Haynes, J., Brennan, J., Neild, T., Goddard, C., Dearman,
B., Cooter, R. Nipple-areolar pigmentation: histology and potential for
reconstitution in breast reconstruction. British Journal of Plastic Surgery
58 (2005): 202 - 208
- Haynes, J.I., Askew, M.J. and Leigh, C. Dietary aluminium and renal
failure in the Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Histology and Histopathology
19 (2004): 777-784.
- Dean, N., Neild, T., Haynes, J., Goddard, C., and Cooter, R. Fading
of nipple areola reconstructions- the last hurdle in breast reconstruction?
British Journal of Plastic Surgery 55 (2002): 574 - 581.
- Dean, N., Brennan, J., Haynes, J., Goddard, C., and Cooter, R.D.
Immunohistochemical labeling of normal melanocytes. Applied Immunohistochemistry
and Molecular Morphology 10 (2002): 199 - 204.
- Dillon D.K., Haynes J.I., Henneberg, M. The relationship of the number
of Meissner's corpuscles to dermatoglyphic characters and finger size. Journal
of Anatomy: 199 (2001): 577 - 584.
- Haynes, J.I. The Marsupial and Monotreme Thymus, Revisited. Journal
of Zoology: 253 (2001): 167-173.
- Haynes, J.I. Parathyroids and ultimobranchial bodies in monotremes.
Anatomical Record 254 (1999): 269 - 280.
- Haynes, J.I. Parathyroid morphology of the brush-tail possum, Trichosurus
vulpecula. Anatomical Record 241 (1995): 401 - 410.
- Haynes, J. Cervical lymph nodes and mast cells in the marsupial Sminthopsis
crassicaudata. Anatomical Record 231 (1991): 7-13.
- Haynes, J.I. and Skidmore, G.W. Haematology of the dasyurid marsupials
Sminthopsis crassicaudata and Sminthopsis macroura. Australian Journal of
Zoology 39 (1991): 157-69.
Publications - Thesis and conference papers
- Haynes, J.I. Parathyroid glands in marsupials and monotremes. PhD
thesis, University of Adelaide (1998).
- Haynes, J.I. Blood Cells and Mast Cells in the Dasyurid Marsupial,
Sminthopsis crassicaudata. Australian Mammal Society Meeting, Sydney, 5-8
July 1999: 24
- Haynes, J.I. Thymus, thyroid, parathyroids and ultimobranchial bodies
in the echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus. Australian Mammal Society Meeting,
Perth, 6-8 July 1998: 60.
- Haynes, J.I., Askew, M.J., Leigh, C.M., and Self, P.G. Detection
of Aluminium (Aluminum) in Koala Tissues by Correlating Light and Electron
Microscopic Techniques. 17th Australian Conference on Electron Microscopy,
Adelaide, 4-8 February 2002, p72.
Contact Julie: julie.haynes@adelaide.edu.au
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