Have worked at ACU part time as the Industry/ Professional Experience Coordinator for the NSW School of Exercise Science since 2003.
Research career in molecular biology culminating in completion of a PhD entitled  "The Molecular Mechanisms of Gastrointestinal Iron Absorption and Excretion" through the University of Western Australia in 1998.
 
PUBLICATIONS |
Chong S, Taylor KA and Piper AA. Matrix attachment and DNA-protein interactions adjacent to an active X specific methylation site in intron 3 of the human HPRT gene. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1995; 1264:103-114. |
Jeffrey GP, Basclain KA and Allen TL. Molecular regulation of transferrin receptor and ferritin expression in the rat gastrointestinal tract. Gastroenterology 1996;110:790-800. |
Watkins DN, Peroni DJ, Basclain KA, Garlepp MJ and Thompson PJ. Expression and activity of nitric oxide synthases in human airway epithelium. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology 1997; 16: 629-639 |
Basclain KA, Shilkin KB, Withers G, Reed WD, Jeffrey GP. Cellular expression and regulation of iron transport and storage proteins in genetic haemochromatosis. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 1998; 13:624-634. |
Basclain KA, Jeffrey GP. Coincident increase in periportal expression of iron proteins in the iron loaded rat liver. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 1999; 14:659-668. |
Jeffrey GP, Basclain K, Hajek J, Chakrabarti S, Adams PC. Alternate splicing produces a soluble form of the hereditary hemochromatosis protein Hfe. Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases 1999; 25:61-67. |
Oates PS, Jeffrey GP, Basclain KA, Thomas C and Morgan EH. Iron excretion in iron-overloaded rats following the change from an iron-loaded to an iron-deficient diet. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2000; 15: 665-674. |
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