Leigh Owens
- leigh.owens@jcu.edu.au
- Adjunct Associate Professor
Projects
3
Publications
9
Awards
0
Biography
Australia's foremost aquatic animal disease specialist. Instigated the study of bacteriophage at James Cook University. Most interested in bacteriophage in the Vibrio harveyi clade and viruses of crustacea especially the parvoviruses and the use of RNA interference to combat them. Interested in nodaviruses of fish and crustacea and RNA intererference as a control. Investigating the role of viral UTRs in controlling immunity and diabetes onset.
Research
Projects
Viral Causes of Crayfish Handling Mortalities (Old ID 23613)
18 Sep 2017 - 31 Dec 2020
Handling Mortality in Redclaw Crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) from farms (Old ID 21741)
01 Aug 2014 - 30 Jun 2016
Teaching
Research Advisor Accreditation
Role
Chair; Independent Academic
Output
Nambiar, Geetika; Owens, Leigh; Elliman, Jennifer (2023) 'Cherax quadricarinatus Resistant to Chequa. Microorganisms, 11 (3). [DOI] ...
Owens, Leigh (2023) 'Abolishment of spawner-isolated mortality virus and where the remaining science. Journal of General Virology, 104 (8). [DOI] ...
Hayakijkosol, Orachun; Jaroenram, Wansadaj; Owens, Leigh; Elliman, Jennifer (2021) 'Reverse transcri. Aquaculture, 530 . [DOI] ...
Kinobe, Robert T.; Owens, Leigh (2021) 'A systematic review of experimental evidence for antiviral e. Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology, 35 (2):260-276. [DOI] ...
Jaroenram, Wansadaj; Owens, Leigh; Hayakijkosol, Orachun; Elliman, Jennifer (2021) 'Natural, in ovo,. Aquaculture, 534 . [DOI] ...
Jaroenram, Wansadaj; Hayakijkosol, Orachun; Owens, Leigh; Elliman, Jennifer (2021) 'Establishing a g. Journal of Vir, 293 . ...
Mashkour, Narges; Jones, Karina; Kophamel, Sara; Hipolito, Teresa; Ahasan, Shamim; Walker, Grant; Ja...
Elliman, J. Ruth; Owens, L. (2020) 'Confirmation that candidatus Coxiella cheraxi from redclaw crayf. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 71 (3):320-326. [DOI] ...
Ahasan, Mohammad Shamim; Waltzek, Thomas B.; Owens, Leigh; Ariel, Ellen (2020) 'Characterisation and. AIMS Microbiology, 6 (4):361-378. ...