Rate My Professor Michelle Wilson

Michelle Wilson serves as Laboratory Technician and Flow Cytometry Unit Technical Manager in the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago. With expertise in flow cytometry, she has provided essential technical support for numerous research initiatives in pathology, immunology, and cancer biology. Her contributions are documented in 25 peer-reviewed publications, garnering over 640 citations. These works span topics such as the role of p53 isoforms in cancers and inflammation, functions of bacterial exopolysaccharides, hyperproliferation in mouse models, and extracellular vesicles in HPV-infected keratinocytes.

Selected key publications include 'Structure and functions of exopolysaccharide produced by gut commensal Lactobacillus reuteri 100-23' (The ISME Journal, 2011), 'Hyperproliferation, cancer, and inflammation in mice expressing Δ122p53' (Blood, 2011), 'Activated CD90/Thy-1 fibroblasts co-express the Delta-like ligand family Notch1 regulators in rheumatoid arthritis' (Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2023), 'Large Extracellular Vesicles From Keratinocytes Expressing HPV E6/E7 Differentially Activate Mouse Bone Marrow Progenitors' (Immunology, 2025), and 'Antitumor cytotoxicity induced by bone-marrow-derived antigen-presenting cells is augmented by the Δ133p53 isoform' (OncoImmunology, 2015). Wilson is frequently acknowledged for performing flow cytometry and cell sorting in University of Otago research outputs, utilizing equipment such as the FACS Aria. She also serves as a contact for OMNI services and small-scale DNA sequencing facilities.