Rate My Professor Joanne Harrison

Harrison also engages in collaborative projects on novel pesticide development, prioritizing increased species targeting and reduced environmental impacts. Partners include Lincoln and Auckland Universities, the Department of Conservation, Connovation Ltd, Professor Robin Smith from the University of Otago's Department of Chemistry, Professor Michael Murphy from the Dunn Institute in the UK, Dr. Ian Appleton, and Dr. Steve Kerr from Otago's Department of Pharmacology. Notable publications include Yao, Y., Fomison-Nurse, I. C., Harrison, J. C., Walker, R. J., Davis, G., & Sammut, I. A. (2014). Chronic bilateral renal denervation attenuates renal injury in a transgenic rat model of diabetic nephropathy. American Journal of Physiology: Renal Physiology, 307, F251-F262; Read, M. I., Andreianova, A. A., Harrison, J. C., Goulton, C. S., Sammut, I. A., & Kerr, D. S. (2014). Cardiac electrographic and morphological changes following status epilepticus: Effect of clonidine. Seizure, 23(1), 55-61; Sutherland, B. A., Harrison, J. C., Nair, S. M., & Sammut, I. A. (2013). Inhalation gases or gaseous mediators as neuroprotectants for cerebral ischaemia. Current Drug Targets, 14(1), 56-73; and Winburn, I. C., Gunatunga, K., McKernan, R. D., Walker, R. J., Sammut, I. A., & Harrison, J. C. (2012). Cell damage following carbon monoxide releasing molecule exposure: Implications for therapeutic applications. Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, 111(1), 31-41. Recent contributions feature studies on carbon monoxide prodrugs like oCOm-21 for enhancing cardiac myofilament calcium sensitivity and inhibitors of NLRP3 inflammasome formation with cardioprotective potential involving gasotransmitters.