STAFF PROFILE
Dr Bobbi Fleiss
Position:
Senior Lecturer
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|Health and Biomedical Sciences
Phone:
+61399257034
Email:
bobbi.fleiss@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Bundoora West
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Dr Bobbi Fleiss focuses on brain injury due to preterm birth and by studying microglial activation and novel treatment windows she aims to develop treatments to improve the lives of people with this injury.
- Malhotra, A.,Thebaud, B.,Paton, M.,Fleiss, B.,Papagianis, P. (2023). Advances in neonatal cell therapies: Proceedings of the First Neonatal Cell Therapies Symposium (2022) In: Pediatric Research, 94, 1631 - 1638
- Ahnood, A.,Truong, N.,Fleiss, B.,Nikpour, A.,Kavehei, O. (2022). Novel electrode architecture for subgaleal electroencephalography: a feasibility study In: Sensors & Diagnostics, 1, 245 - 261
- Bokobza, C.,Joshi, P.,Schang, A.,Fleiss, B., et al, . (2022). miR-146b Protects the Perinatal Brain against Microglia-Induced Hypomyelination In: Annals of Neurology, 91, 48 - 65
- Klein, L.,Van Steenwinckel, J.,Fleiss, B.,Lerch, J. P., et al, . (2022). A unique cerebellar pattern of microglia activation in a mouse model of encephalopathy of prematurity In: GLIA, 70, 1699 - 1719
- Romantsik, O.,Ross-Munro, E.,Gronlund, S.,Holmqvist, B.,Brinte, A.,Gerdtsson, E.,Vallius, S.,Bruschettini, M.,Wang, X.,Fleiss, B., et al, .,Ley, D. (2022). Severe intraventricular hemorrhage causes long-lasting structural damage in a preterm rabbit pup model In: Pediatric Research, 92, 403 - 414
- Schang, A.,Van Steenwinckel, J.,Ioannidou, Z.,Lipecki, J.,Fleiss, B., et al, . (2022). Epigenetic priming of immune/inflammatory pathways activation and abnormal activity of cell cycle pathway in a perinatal model of white matter injury In: Cell Death and Disease, 13, 1 - 19
- Nair, S.,Rocha-Ferreira, E.,Fleiss, B.,Nijboer, C.,Gressens, P.,Mallard, C.,Hagberg, H. (2021). Neuroprotection offered by mesenchymal stem cells in perinatal brain injury: Role of mitochondria, inflammation, and reactive oxygen species In: Journal of Neurochemistry, 158, 59 - 73
- Schwendimann, L.,Mishra, S.,Fleiss, B.,Gressens, P., et al, . (2021). Agricultural groundwater with high nitrates and dissolved salts given to pregnant mice alters brain development in the offspring In: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 224, 1 - 10
- Lingam, I.,Avdic-Belltheus, A.,Meehan, C.,Fleiss, B., et al, . (2021). Serial blood cytokine and chemokine mRNA and microRNA over 48 h are insult specific in a piglet model of inflammation-sensitized hypoxia–ischaemia In: Pediatric Research, 89, 464 - 475
- Martinello, K.,Meehan, C.,Avdic-Belltheus, A.,Fleiss, B., et al, . (2021). Hypothermia is not therapeutic in a neonatal piglet model of inflammation-sensitized hypoxia–ischemia In: Pediatric Research, 91, 1416 - 1427
12 PhD Current Supervisions and 1 Masters by Research Current Supervisions2 PhD Completions
- The capacity for exceptional brain repair in a novel rodent species.. Funded by: ARC-Discovery Projects from (2024 to 2027)
- 2024 AIMS Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Research Seeding Grant. Funded by: Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists from (2024 to 2044)
- A Smart Surgical Tool for Precision Brain Tumour Removal. Funded by: The CASS Foundation Science and Medicine Grants from (2023 to 2023)
- Mini-brains as personalised medicine tools for cerebral palsy. Funded by: Brain Foundation Research Grants 2023 from (2023 to 2024)
- Studying the persisting glial dysfunction occurring after preterm brain injury to uncover new therapeutic targets . Funded by: NHMRC-Ideas Grants from (2022 to 2025)