Laura J. Ellett

The University of Melbourne — Australia

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

7h-index170citations19works1.82yr avg
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Research Topics

Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding(15), Neurological diseases and metabolism(7), Trace Elements in Health(5), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments(2), Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency(2)

Publications19 total

A fixed brain seeded amplification assay to complement neuropathological prion disease diagnosis
Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology·2025Open Access
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease surveillance in Australia: update to 31 December 2023
Communicable Diseases Intelligence·2025Open Access
Evidence of COMT dysfunction in the olfactory bulb in Parkinson’s disease
Acta Neuropathologica·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Prion Disease Diagnostic Biomarker Utility in Pre-symptomatic Disease
Sub-cellular biochemistry/Subcellular biochemistry·2025
Alzheimer's disease biomarker utilization at first referral enhances differential diagnostic precision with simultaneous exclusion of Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease
Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease surveillance in Australia: update to 31 December 2022
Communicable Diseases Intelligence·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Diagnostic performance of CSF biomarkers in a well-characterized Australian cohort of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Frontiers in Neurology·2023· 13 citedOpen Access
Distribution of microRNA profiles in pre-clinical and clinical forms of murine and human prion disease
Communications Biology·2021· 13 citedOpen Access
PrPSc Oligomerization Appears Dynamic, Quickly Engendering Inherent M1000 Acute Synaptotoxicity
Biophysical Journal·2020· 1 citedOpen Access
Strain variation in treatment and prevention of human prion diseases
Progress in molecular biology and translational science·2020· 7 cited
Chronic isolation stress is associated with increased colonic and motor symptoms in the A53T mouse model of Parkinson’s disease
Neurogastroenterology & Motility·2019· 11 citedOpen Access
Early existence and biochemical evolution characterise acutely synaptotoxic PrPSc
PLoS Pathogens·2019· 20 citedOpen Access
Neurodegeneration in the enteric nervous system in an MPTP induced model of Parkinson's disease
Prion·2019Open Access
Analysis of Prion Protein Conformation Using Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy
Methods in molecular biology·2017· 4 cited
Method for Folding of Recombinant Prion Protein to Soluble β-Sheet Secondary Structure
Methods in molecular biology·2017· 1 cited
Preparation and Immunostaining of the Myenteric Plexus of Prion-Infected Mice
Methods in molecular biology·2017· 3 cited
Restoration of intestinal function in an MPTP model of Parkinson’s Disease
Scientific Reports·2016· 35 citedOpen Access
Glycosaminoglycan sulfation determines the biochemical properties of prion protein aggregates
Glycobiology·2015· 15 citedOpen Access
Prion Infection Impairs Cholesterol Metabolism in Neuronal Cells
Journal of Biological Chemistry·2013· 32 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

Victoria Lawson(10), Steven Collins(9), Victoria Lewis(8), Matteo Senesi(8), David I. Finkelstein(6), Colin L. Masters(5), Christiane Stehmann(5), Amelia McGlade(4), Andrew F. Hill(3), Shannon Sarros(3), Catriona McLean(3), John B. Furness(2), Bradley M. Coleman(2), Simote T. Foliaki(2), Abu Mohammed Taufiqual Islam(2), Blaine R. Roberts(2), Paul A. Adlard(2), Mitch Shambrook(2), Vanessa A. Johanssen(2), Shiji Varghese(2)