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Email

laura.brannelly@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Senior Lecturer (One Health and Biostatistics)
Melbourne Veterinary School
Education
PhD
James Cook University of North Queensland
PhD
James Cook University
Masters (Coursework & Research)
Tulane University
Bachelors Degree
Tulane University
ORCID

0000-0003-2975-9494

Dr Laura Brannelly

Senior Lecturer (One Health and Biostatistics)
Melbourne Veterinary School

63 Scholarly works
9 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Emergence from torpor rapidly elevates suppressed blood immune parameters in a bat species hibernating in a moderate climate.
    DOI: 10.1242/jeb.251962
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Cost-effective DNA extraction method for detection of amphibian fungal pathogen in invertebrate samples
    DOI: 10.3354/dao03905
  • 2025

    Research grants (international)

    Understanding What Environmental Factors Protect the Declining Growling Grass Frog From Infectious Disease
  • 2019

    Journal article

    Genetic potential for disease resistance in critically endangered amphibians decimated by chytridiomycosis
    DOI: 10.1111/acv.12459
  • 2019

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Effect of Disease on Reproduction Plasticity and Evolution in Amphibians
  • 2018

    Research Grant

    Effect of Disease on Reproduction Plasticity and Evolution in Amphibians
  • 2017

    Journal article

    Characterization of MHC class IA in the endangered southern corroboree frog
    DOI: 10.1007/s00251-016-0965-3
Laura Brannelly

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2020
Wiley Next Generation Ecologist Early Career Researcher Award Ecological Society of Australia

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Intestinal Nematode Infection Confers a Benefit to a Non-Declining Frog Species, While a Fungal Parasitic Infection Has Sublethal Impacts on Reproductive Investment
    DOI: 10.1002/ece3.72053
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Repeated exogenous hormone administration decreases sperm quantity and quality in threatened frog species (Litoria aurea)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2025.114771
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Devastating disease can cause increased breeding effort and success that improves population resilience
    DOI: 10.1098/rsob.240385
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Post-metamorphic growth partially compensates for the effects of climate-driven stressors on juvenile frog performance
    DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.70177
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Reference genome and reproduction-focused transcriptome for the threatened alpine tree frog (Litoria verreauxii alpina)
    DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.163701.1
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Sick Hops: How Infection Boosts Jumping Ability in a Threatened Frog Species
    DOI: 10.1111/acv.70042
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Deriving fibroblast cell lines from wing-punch biopsies of Australian eastern bent-winged bats (Miniopterus orianae oceanensis).
    DOI: 10.7717/peerj.20222
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Landscape-scale drivers of spatial dynamics and genetic diversity in an emerging wildlife pathogen
    DOI: 10.1007/s00442-024-05642-8

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