The University of Western Australia

Asst/Prof Christina Bojarski

Assistant Professor
School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology

Contact details

Address

School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology
The University of Western Australia (M311)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

6488 3311

Fax

6488 1025

Email

christina.bojarski@uwa.edu.au

Location

Room 1.10A, Physiology Building, Crawley campus

Qualifications

BSc MSc PhD Rhodes

Biography

Dr Christina Bojarski completed her undergraduate Science degree with honours at Rhodes University in South Africa. She then undertook a PhD researching endocrine control and reproductive cycles of bats. Dr Bojarski then worked at the University of Witwatersrand and Rhodes University before moving to Australia in 2000. to join the Australian Neuromuscular Research Institute at Sir Charles Gardner Hospital. She then joined the Cerebrovascular Disease Research Group in the ANRI at QE II Medical Centre, where she looked at NCX protein expression in rat hippocampus following global cerebral ischemia. Dr Bojarski now lectures at UWA.

Publications

Bojarski, C., Meloni, B.P., Moore, S.R., Majda, B.T., Knuckey, N.W. Na+/Ca2+ exchanger subtype (NCX1, NCX2, NCX3) protein expression in the rat hippocampus following 3 min and 8 min durations of global cerebral ischemia, Brain Research, 1189: pp 198-202. (2008)

Boulos, S., Meloni, B.P., Arthur, P.G., Bojarski, C., Knuckey, N.W. Peroxiredoxin 2 overexpression protects cortical neuronal cultures from ischemic and oxidative injury but not glutamate excitotoxicity, whereas Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase 1 overexpression protects only against oxidative injury, Journal of Neuroscience Research, 85: pp 3089-3097 (2007)

Boulos, S., Meloni, B.P., Arthur, P.G., Majda, B., Bojarski, C., Knuckey, N.W. Evidence that intracellular cyclophilin A and cyclophilin A/CD147 receptor-mediated ERK1/2 signaling can protect neurons against in vitro oxidative and ischemic injury, Neurobiology of Disease, 25 (1): pp 54-64 (2007)

Boulos, S., Meloni, B.P., Arthur, P.G., Bojarski, C., Knuckey, N.W. Assessment of CMV, RSV and SYN1 promoters and the woodchuck post-transcriptional regulatory element in adenovirus vectors for transgene expression in cortical neuronal cultures, Brain Research, 1102 (1): pp 27-38 (2006)

Zhu, H., Meloni, B.P., Bojarski, C., Knuckey, M.W., Knuckey, N.W. Post-ischemic modest hypothermia (35 degrees C) combined with intravenous magnesium is more effective at reducing CA1 neuronal death than either treatment used alone following global cerebral ischemia in rats. Experimental Neurology, 193(2): pp 361-8 (2005)

Teaching

Graduate Entry Medical Program (GEMP)
IMED2264 Physiological Control Systems: Health and Fitness
IMED2206 Physiology of Adaptation and Stress

Guest Lectures
IMED1100 Normal Systems
IDNT1134 Introduction to Normal Systems
IMED2201 Normal Systems

Research profile

Research profile and publications