The Scientist: Dr. Jillian Healy

Dr. Jillian Healy is a Teaching Scholar at Deakin University

Her research focuses on investigating osmoregulation in freshwater and saltwater fish and why some species such as an eel are able to move between those environments and why others cannot.

In freshwater, fish will absorb water from the environment and loose salt and in seawater, the situation is the opposite. Dr. Healy looks at the mechanisms these animals use to balance salt and water in their body and what has to occur so an organism can switch from one environment to another.

Jillian's Research Papers

Osmoregulation in elephant fish Callorhinchus milii (Holocephali), with special reference to the rectal gland

Hyodo, S, Bell, JD, Healy, JM, Kaneko, T, Hasegawa, S, Takei, Y, Donald, JA & Toop, T 2007, 'Osmoregulation in elephant fish & Callorhinchus milii (Holocephali), with special reference to the rectal gland', Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 210, no. 8, p. 1303.

Osmoregulatory balance in Murray cod, Maccullochella peelii peelii (Mitchell), affected with chronic ulcerative dermatopathy

Schultz, AG, Healy, JM, Jones, PL & Toop, T 2008, 'Osmoregulatory balance in Murray cod, Maccullochella peelii peelii (Mitchell), affected with chronic ulcerative dermatopathy', Aquaculture, vol. 280, no. 1, pp. 45-52.

pH-sensitive expression of calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) in type-B intercalated cells of the cortical collecting ducts (CCD) in mouse kidney

Yasuoka, Y, Sato, Y, Healy, JM, Nonoguchi, H & Kawahara, K 2015, 'pH-sensitive expression of calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) in type-B intercalated cells of the cortical collecting ducts (CCD) in mouse kidney', Clinical and Experimental Nephrology, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 771-82.