STAFF PROFILE
Dr. Luba Sominsky
Position:
Associate
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
Phone:
+61399257266
Email:
luba.sominsky@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
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Research supervision
- Identifying novel targets for treating the diseases of the brain: microglial metabolism as a treatment option. Funded by: CASS Foundation - grant from (2021 to 2022)
- The role of ghrelin in the neurobehavioural consequences of post-traumatic stress disorder. Funded by: Endocrine Society of Australia Postdoctoral Award 2017 onwards from (2020 to 2020)
- Neuroinflammation in the development of dementia. Funded by: 097-Alzheimer's Australia Dementia Research Foundation Grants 2017 from (2018 to 2019)
- Targeting microglia to improve prognosis in MS. Funded by: 120-Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia Research Plan Incubator Grants 2017 from (2018 to 2019)
- The role of microglia in mediating the neuroendocrine responses in diet-induced obesity. Funded by: Endocrine Society of Australia Postdoctoral Award 2017 onwards from (2018 to 2019)
5 PhD Completions
Early life onset of obesity, Perinatal programming of reproductive development, The role of metabolic hormones in ovarian function; Neuroinflammation, Stress and behaviour
- Malik, S.,Wang, H.,Xavier, S.,Slayo, M.,Bozinovski, S.,Sominsky, L.,Spencer, S. (2023). The role of microglia and monocytes in the generation and resolution of the immune response in female and male rats In: Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 107, 179 - 192
- Xavier, S.,Younesi, S.,Sominsky, L.,Spencer, S. (2023). Inhibiting microglia exacerbates the early effects of cuprizone in males in a rat model of multiple sclerosis, with no effect in females In: Frontiers in Neurology, 14, 1 - 11
- Younesi, S.,Soch, A.,Sominsky, L.,Spencer, S. (2022). Long-term role of neonatal microglia and monocytes in ovarian health In: The Journal of Endocrinology, 254, 103 - 119
- Xavier, S.,Gili, J.,McGowan, P.,Younesi, S.,Wright, P.,Walker, D.,Spencer, S.,Sominsky, L. (2021). High maternal omega-3 supplementation dysregulates body weight and leptin in newborn male and female rats: Implications for hypothalamic developmental programming In: Nutrients, 13, 1 - 19
- Sominsky, L.,Younesi, S.,De Luca, S.,Loone, S.,Quinn, K.,Spencer, S. (2021). Ovarian follicles are resistant to monocyte perturbations—implications for ovarian health with immune disruption In: Biology of Reproduction, 105, 100 - 112
- Younesi, S.,Spencer, S.,Sominsky, L. (2021). Monocyte perturbation modulates the ovarian response to an immune challenge In: Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 536, 1 - 8
- Xavier, S.,Soch, A.,Younesi, S.,Malik, S.,Spencer, S.,Sominsky, L. (2021). Maternal diet before and during pregnancy modulates microglial activation and neurogenesis in the postpartum rat brain In: Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 98, 185 - 197
- Sominsky, L.,Walker, D.,Spencer, S. (2020). One size does not fit all – Patterns of vulnerability and resilience in the COVID-19 pandemic and why heterogeneity of disease matters In: Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 87, 1 - 3
- Vichaya, E.,Malik, S.,Sominsky, L.,Ford, B.,Spencer, S.,Dantzer, R. (2020). Microglia depletion fails to abrogate inflammation-induced sickness in mice and rats In: Journal of neuroinflammation, 17, 1 - 14
- Sominsky, L.,Dangel, T.,Malik, S.,De Luca, S.,Singewald, N.,Spencer, S. (2020). Microglial ablation in rats disrupts the circadian system In: FASEB Journal, 35, 1 - 10