Dr Mara Rocchi
Moredun Research Institute
Pentlands Science Park
Bush Loan
Penicuik
Midlothian EH26 0PZ
Pentlands Science Park
Bush Loan
Penicuik
Midlothian EH26 0PZ
Biography
Mara Rocchi graduated in 1990 from Milan Veterinary School in Italy and then obtained her PhD investigating the pathogenesis of experimental scrapie, also in Milan. Mara joined Moredun in 2000, after 4 years at the International Livestock Research Institute of Nairobi, Kenya, working on the immune responses to ruminant tropical protozoan diseases. Mara holds a long standing interest in the pathogenesis of, and the immune responses to, intracellular pathogens as well as the immunological consequences of infection during pregnancy. Mara is also the Manager of the Moredun flow cytometric unit and from 2007 has taken up the role of Biological Safety Advisor and is Associate Member of the Institute of Safety and Technology and Research.
Current Research
- Immune responses to infection during pregnancy in ruminants (especially Chlamydophila and Neospora)
- T cell regulation, antigen presentation and immunomodulation
- Prion diseases
- Flow cytometry
- Biosafety
Selected Key Publications
- 2006. The kinetics of Theileria parva infection and lymphocyte transformation in vitro International Journal for Parasitology 36(7):771 - 778.
- 2007. Three-colour flow cytometric detection of PrP in ovine leukocytes Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 116(3-4):172 - 181.
- 2007. Immunological differences between susceptible and resistant sheep during the preclinical phase of scrapie infection Journal of General Virology 88(4):1384 - 1391.
- 2007. Cross-reactivity of mAbs to human CD antigens with sheep leukocytes Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 119(1-2):115 - 122.
- 2008. A rapid and sensitive intracellular flow cytometric assay to identify Theileria parva infection within target cells Parasitology 135(02):.
- 2008. Antigen-specific peripheral immune responses are unaltered during normal pregnancy in sheep Journal of Reproductive Immunology 77(2):171 - 178.
- 2009. Protective adaptive immunity to Chlamydophila abortus infection and control of ovine enzootic abortion (OEA) Veterinary Microbiology 135(1-2):112 - 121.
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