Dr Stavros Selemidis

Current Appointment: Peter Doherty Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department Pharmacology
Contact Details
Email: Stavros.Selemidis@med.monash.edu.au,
Phone: (03) 9905 5756
Fax: (03) 9905 5851

Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne, 2001
Master of Science, University of Melbourne, 1997
Bachelor of Science (Hon), University of Melbourne, 1996
Previous Appointments
2003-2005: Peter Doherty Postdoctoral Fellowship, Howard Florey Institute, University of Melbourne

Current Grants
S. Selemidis, NHMRC Peter Doherty Research Fellowship, $254,000, 2003-2006
ARC LIEF Grant: A National Biomedical Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and Molecular Imaging Centre, $1.3million

Publications
SELEMIDIS S, SCHMIDT HHHW, WINGLER K, WIND S & DRUMMOND GR. The Pharmacology of NADPH oxidase inhibitors. Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Invited Review
OPITZ N, DRUMMOND GR, SELEMIDIS S, MEUER S & SCHMIDT HHHW. The 'A's and 'O's of NADPH oxidase regulation: A commentary on subcellular localization and function of alternatively spliced Noxo1 isoforms. 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2006.11.003
DUSTING GJ, SELEMIDIS S. & JIANG F. (2005) Mechanisms for suppressing NADPH oxidase in the vascular wall. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. Suppl 1:97-103
SELEMIDIS S. & COCKS T.M. (2002). Endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization as a remote anti-atherogenic mechanism. Trends Pharmacol. Sci., 23: 213-20
DRUMMOND G.R., SELEMIDIS S. & COCKS T.M. (2000). Apamin-sensitive, non-nitric oxide (NO) endothelium-dependent relaxations to bradykinin in the bovine isolated coronary artery: no role for cytochrome P450 and K+. Br. J. Pharmacol., 129: 811-9
SELEMIDIS S & COCKS T.M. (2000). Myoendothelial and circumferential spread of endothelium-dependent hyperpolarisation preserves vasodilator function in coronary arteries. In: EDHF 2000. pp75-86. Ed. Paul Vanhoutte
COCKS T.M & SELEMIDIS S. (2000). Interactions between nitric oxide (NO) and other NANC inhibitory neurotransmitters in the periphery: clues from the endothelium. In: Nitric oxide and free radicals in the periphery. Ed. Stanley Kalsner
SELEMIDIS S. & COCKS T.M. (2000). Nitrergic relaxation of the mouse gastric fundus is mediated by cyclic GMP-dependent and ryanodine-sensitive mechanisms. Br. J. Pharmacol., 129: 1315-22
COCKS T.M., SOZZI V., MOFFATT J.D. & SELEMIDIS S. (1999). Protease-activated receptors mediate apamin-sensitive relaxation of mouse and guinea pig gastrointestinal smooth muscle. Gastroenterology, 116: 586-92
SELEMIDIS S., ZIOGAS J. & COCKS T.M. (1998). Apamin- and nitric oxide-sensitive biphasic non-adrenergic non- cholinergic inhibitory junction potentials in the rat anococcygeus muscle. J. Physiol., 513: 835-44
SELEMIDIS S., SATCHELL D.G. & COCKS T.M. (1997). Evidence that NO acts as a redundant NANC inhibitory neurotransmitter in the guinea-pig isolated taenia coli. Br. J. Pharmacol., 121: 604-11
SELEMIDIS S. & COCKS T.M. (1997). Evidence that both nitric oxide (NO) and a non-NO hyperpolarizing factor elicit NANC nerve-mediated relaxation in the rat isolated anocococcygeus. Br. J. Pharmacol., 120: 662-6