Rate My Professor Ute Zellhuber-McMillan

Ute Zellhuber-McMillan serves as Assistant Research Fellow in the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Health Sciences Division, University of Otago. She is affiliated with HeartOtago, contributing to cardiovascular research efforts at the institution.

Her documented research outputs encompass protocols and presentations centered on cardiac cell physiology. In 2025, she co-authored the book chapter 'Simple Method to Isolate Individual Mouse Cardiomyocytes Using Enzymatic Digestion via Retrograde Perfusion' with Madyson O. Hintz and Peter P. Jones, featured in Cardiomyocytes: Methods and Protocols, edited by Dhananjie Chandrasekera and Rajesh Katare. This describes retrograde perfusion techniques for obtaining isolated cardiomyocytes to probe cardiac signaling and physiology. In 2024, at the 272nd Otago Medical School Research Society Meeting, she collaborated on 'Role of CK2 phosphorylation of RyR2 on post-myocardial infarct complications' with Andrew Langdon, Rachael Augustine, Sean Coffey, and Peter Jones, and 'CK2 phosphorylation does not affect RyR2 cluster organisation in cardiac cells' with Tausi F. Tausi and Vanisha Mishra-Vakaoti. Additional outputs include joint presentations with Vanisha Mishra-Vakaoti, Michelle Munro, Rachael Augustine, and Sean Coffey on RyR2-related topics.

Ute Zellhuber-McMillan's technical expertise supports diverse studies, as acknowledged in several publications and theses. Mozammel H. Bhuiyan's 2023 PhD thesis credits her assistance with sectioning, immunohistochemistry, and vasculature analyses. Alycia M. Kinns' 2023 research report notes her execution of myocardial infarction surgeries per Hall et al. (2016). Contributions to animal care, sampling, and analysis appear in C. Thum et al. (2024) dietary study; J. Houlton et al. (2022) post-stroke paper for section preparation; and A. Thomas (2021) thesis for breeding fish lines. These efforts bolster research into cardiac mechanisms and related pathologies at University of Otago.