 Mr
Chris Leigh
BSc (The University of Adelaide, Australia)
email:Chris.Leigh@adelaide.edu.au
Chris is the Chief Technical Officer reponsible for managing the electron
microscopy preparation laboratory in the department. He is also responsible
for the preparation of tissue and skeleton material from animals donated
to the department from collaborative institutions. His other duties include
casting of animal and human material for research and teaching.
 Chris
is Research and Development Manager of SOMA.
Also working in many SOMA projects.
Chris is a member of the Neurobiology
Research Group and the Reproductive
Biology Group
Collaborators
He closely collaborates with the Friends of NativeWildlife Group for
South Australia of which he is Vice President.
Other Collaborators include :
Monarto Zoo
Adelaide Zoo
Cleland Wildlife Park
Veterinary Service of South Australia
Other Interests:
 He
helps in the survey and conservation of native animals. In his spare time
he is a volunteer fire fighter and is the Captain of the Country Fire
Brigade.
Recent Publications:
- Ghabriel MN, Zhu C, Leigh C (2002) Electron microscope study
of blood-brain barrier opening induced by immunological targeting of
the endothelial barrier antigen. Brain Research (in press).
- NJ Cooper, RV McLean, CM Leigh and WG Breed (2001) Glycoconjugates
on the surface of epididymal spermatozoa in a marsupial, the brushtail
possum Trichosurus vulpecula. Reproduction 122, 165-176.
- RJ Gibson, CM Leigh and WG Breed (2000). Unusual macromorphology
of the ductuli efferentes and epididymis of the koala. Australian Journal
of Zoology 48, 681-689.
- WG Breed, CM Leigh, and M Ricci (2000). The structural organisation
of sperm head components of the wombat and koala (Superfamily: Vombatoidea):
an enigma amoungst marsupials. Journal of Anatomy 198: 57-56.
- Ghabriel MN, Lu MX, Leigh C, Cheung WC and Allt G (1999) Substance
P-induced enhanced permeability of dura mater microvessels is accompanied
by pronounced ultrastructural changes, but is not dependent on the density
of endothelial cell anionic sites. Acta Neuropathologica, 97: 297-305.
- Abbott JR, Smart RST, Henneberg M, Yuen T, Skinner W, Leigh CM,
Hermanis GM, David DJ (2000), Functionally graded surface layers
on titanium implants, Proceedings of the 8th International Congress
of the Int. Soc. Of Craniofacial Surgery, Monduzzi Editore, Bologna
, pp. 17-19
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