Anja Zelmer
School of Biomedicine
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
The main aim of my PhD is to understand mechanisms of persistence, reactivation and eradication of Staphylococci in orthopedic infections, especially the intracellular persistence of SCV and VBNC Staphylococcus aureus in osteocytes.
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Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2023 Award Adelaide Graduate Award University of Adelaide Australia - 2023 Award Dr Roneal Naidu Memorial Prize University of Adelaide Australia 2000 2023 Award Nancy Millis Student Award Australian society for Microbiology Australia 1500 2022 Award AMS/Biomedicine Publication Awards 2022 University of Adelaide Australia 500 2022 Scholarship ON/ICORS Education Scholarship Orthoregeneration Network (ON) and International Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies (ICORS) Austria 1500 2022 Scholarship ANZORS travel grant Australian & New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society Australia 300 2022 Award Adelaide Medical School/Biomedicine Research Travel Awards University of Adelaide Australia 3020 2021 Nomination ASM Student Award Finalist Australian Society for Microbiology Australia - 2021 Invitation Industry Mentoring Network in STEM IMNIS Australia - 2020 Scholarship Divisional Scholarship University of Adeliade Australia - 2017 Scholarship PROMOS Scholarship German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Germany - 2015 Scholarship Deutschlandstipendium Free University of Berlin (Free University of Berlin) Germany - 2011 Scholarship E-fellows Scholarship Free Parochial School Bremen Germany - -
Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak and understand spoken German Can read, write, speak and understand spoken -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2015 - 2017 Free University of Berlin Germany Graduate studies in pharmacy 2013 - 2015 Philipp University of Marburg Germany Undergraduate studies in pharmacy -
Certifications
Date Title Institution name Country 2019 Pharmacist Lageso Berlin Germany -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2024 Hickok, N. J., Li, B., Oral, E., Zaat, S. A. J., Armbruster, D. A., Atkins, G. J., . . . Zinkernagel, A. S. (2024). The 2023 Orthopedic Research Society's international consensus meeting on musculoskeletal infection: Summary from the in vitro section. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 42(3), 512-517.
Scopus8 Europe PMC32024 Zelmer, A. R., Yang, D., Gunn, N. J., Solomon, L. B., Nelson, R., Kidd, S. P., . . . Atkins, G. J. (2024). Osteomyelitis-relevant antibiotics at clinical concentrations show limited effectivity against acute and chronic intracellular S. aureus infections in osteocytes. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 68(10), 14 pages.
2023 Zelmer, A. R., Starczak, Y., Solomon, L. B., Richter, K., Yang, D., & Atkins, G. J. (2023). Saos-2 cells cultured under hypoxia rapidly differentiate to an osteocyte-like stage and support intracellular infection by Staphylococcus aureus.. Physiol Rep, 11(21), e15851-1-e15851-12.
Scopus1 Europe PMC12022 Zelmer, A. R., Nelson, R., Richter, K., & Atkins, G. J. (2022). Can intracellular Staphylococcus aureus in osteomyelitis be treated using current antibiotics? A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Bone Research, 10(53), 1-18.
Scopus39 WoS18 Europe PMC252021 Ormsby, R. T., Zelmer, A. R., Yang, D., Gunn, N. J., Starczak, Y., Kidd, S. P., . . . Atkins, G. J. (2021). Evidence for osteocyte-mediated bone-matrix degradation associated with periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). European Cells and Materials, 41, 264-280.
Scopus14 WoS7 Europe PMC112021 Gunn, N. J., Zelmer, A. R., Kidd, S. P., Solomon, L. B., Roscioli, E., Yang, D., & Atkins, G. J. (2021). A Human Osteocyte Cell Line Model for Studying Staphylococcus aureus Persistence in Osteomyelitis. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 11, 10 pages.
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Preprint
Year Citation 2024 Sun, Q., Huynh, K., Muratovic, D., Gunn, N. J., Zelmer, A. R., Solomon, L. B., . . . Yang, D. (2024). Beyond the Colony-Forming-Unit: Rapid Bacterial Evaluation in Osteomyelitis.
DOI Scopus1 Europe PMC32024 Sun, Q., Huynh, K., Muratovic, D., Gunn, N. J., Zelmer, A. R., Solomon, L. B., . . . Yang, D. (2024). Beyond the Colony-Forming-Unit: Rapid Bacterial Evaluation in Osteomyelitis.
DOI2024 Sun, Q., Huynh, K., Muratovic, D., Gunn, N. J., Zelmer, A. R., Solomon, L. B., . . . Yang, D. (2024). Beyond the Colony-Forming-Unit: Rapid Bacterial Evaluation in Osteomyelitis.
DOI2023 Gunn, N., Zelmer, A., Kidd, S., Solomon, L., Yang, D., Roscioli, E., & Atkins, G. (2023). <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Persistence in Osteocytes: Weathering the Storm of Antibiotics and Autophagy/Xenophagy.
DOI2023 Sun, Q., Huynh, K., Muratovic, D., Gunn, N., Zelmer, A., Solomon, B., . . . Yang, D. (2023). Beyond the Colony-Forming-Unit: Rapid Bacterial Evaluation in Osteomyelitis.
DOI2023 Zelmer, A., Yang, D., Gunn, N., Solomon, B., Nelson, R., Kidd, S., . . . Atkins, G. (2023). Antibiotics at Clinical Concentrations Show Limited Effectivity Against Acute and Chronic Intracellular<i>S. aureus</i>Infections in Osteocytes.
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Nancy Millis Student Award - Issued by the Australian Society of Microbiology (2023)
AMS/Biomedicine Publication Awards - Issued by University of Adelaide (2022)
Adelaide Medical School/Biomedicine Research Travel Awards - Issued by University of Adelaide (2022)
ON/ICORS Internatoinal Education Scholarship - Issued by Orthoregeneration Network (ON) and International Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies (ICORS) (2022)
Travel Award - Issued by Australian & New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society (2022)
Lab instructor and supervisor for Physiology 2A and 2B, 2021-2023
Lab instructor and supervisor for Foundation in Medicine and Medical Studies 1, 2022-2023
3rd year research placement student supervision, 2021,2024
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2020 - ongoing Representative Branch Committee, Australian Society for Microbiology SA/NT Australian Society for Microbiology Australia 2020 - ongoing Member Hespa: Health Science Postgraduate Association University of Adelaide, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Australia -
Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2017 - ongoing Member German Society for Pharmacy: Deutsche Pharmzeutische Gesellschaft (DPHG) Germany -
Community Engagement
Date Title Engagement Type Institution Country 2023 - ongoing SES Dog Operation Unit Public Community Engagement SA SES - 2020 - ongoing Country Fire service fire fighter Public Community Engagement Country Fire service Australia -
Event Participation
Date Event Name Event Type Institution Country 2020 - 2020 Science Alive Exhibition Australian Society for Microbiology Australia 2020 - 2020 Florey Postgraduate Research Conference Conference University of Adelaide Australia 2020 - ongoing Centre for Orthopaedic & Trauma Research Research Day Colloquium University of Adelaide -
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