The University of Queensland

Higher versus lower nasal continuous positive airway pressure for extubation of extremely preterm infants in Australia (ÉCLAT): a multicentre, randomised, superiority trial

Kidman, Anna M, Manley, Brett J, Boland, Rosemarie A, Malhotra, Atul, Donath, Susan M, Beker, Friederike, Davis, Peter G and Bhatia, Risha (2023). Higher versus lower nasal continuous positive airway pressure for extubation of extremely preterm infants in Australia (ÉCLAT): a multicentre, randomised, superiority trial. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 7 (12), 844-851. doi: 10.1016/s2352-4642(23)00235-3

Smell and taste of milk during tube feeding of preterm infants: neurodevelopmental follow-up of the randomized TASTE trial, study protocol

Beker, Friederike, Hughes, Ian P., Jacobs, Sue, Liley, Helen G., Bora, Samudragupta, Simcock, Gabrielle and Davis, Peter G. (2023). Smell and taste of milk during tube feeding of preterm infants: neurodevelopmental follow-up of the randomized TASTE trial, study protocol. Trials, 24 (1) 290, 1-6. doi: 10.1186/s13063-023-07224-0

Type 2 immune polarization is associated with cardiopulmonary disease in preterm infants

Lao, Jason C., Bui, Christine B., Pang, Merrin A., Cho, Steven X., Rudloff, Ina, Elgass, Kirstin, Schröder, Jan, Maksimenko, Anton, Mangan, Niamh E., Starkey, Malcolm R., Skuza, Elisabeth M., Sun, Yu B. Y., Beker, Friederike, Collins, Clare L., Kamlin, Omar F., König, Kai, Malhotra, Atul, Tan, Kenneth, Theda, Christiane, Young, Morag J., McLean, Catriona A., Wilson, Nicholas J., Sehgal, Arvind, Hansbro, Philip M., Pearson, James T., Polo, Jose M., Veldman, Alex, Berger, Philip J., Nold-Petry, Claudia A. and Nold, Marcel F. (2022). Type 2 immune polarization is associated with cardiopulmonary disease in preterm infants. Science Translational Medicine, 14 (639) eaaz8454, eaaz8454. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaz8454

Decreasing delivery room intubations: a quality improvement project

Jardine, Luke, Bates, Karina, Bates, Amanda, Muirhead, Renee, Bischoff, Elise, Sly, Angela, Cross, Tenille, Barrett, Jade, Newman, Tracey, Birch, Pita, Woodgate, Paul, Mausling, Richard, Roberts, Tamsin, Dixon, Kelly, Hutchinson, Fiona, Beker, Friederike, Gately, Callum and Domingo-Bates, Joy (2022). Decreasing delivery room intubations: a quality improvement project. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58 (1), 163-169. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15687

Effects on growth of smell and taste of milk during tube feeding of preterm infants: a randomized clinical trial

Beker, Friederike, Liley, Helen G., Hughes, Ian P., Jacobs, Susan E., Macey, Judith, Twitchell, Emily and Davis, Peter G. (2021). Effects on growth of smell and taste of milk during tube feeding of preterm infants: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Pediatrics, 175 (11), 1115-1123. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.2336

Characterization of the pathoimmunology of necrotizing enterocolitis reveals novel therapeutic opportunities

Cho, Steven X., Rudloff, Ina, Lao, Jason C., Pang, Merrin A., Goldberg, Rimma, Bui, Christine B., McLean, Catriona A., Stock, Magdalena, Klassert, Tilman E., Slevogt, Hortense, Mangan, Niamh E., Cheng, Wei, Fischer, Doris, Gfroerer, Stefan, Sandhu, Manjeet K., Ngo, Devi, Bujotzek, Alexander, Lariviere, Laurent, Schumacher, Felix, Tiefenthaler, Georg, Beker, Friederike, Collins, Clare, Kamlin, C. Omar F., König, Kai, Malhotra, Atul, Tan, Kenneth, Theda, Christiane, Veldman, Alex, Ellisdon, Andrew M. ... Nold, Marcel F. (2020). Characterization of the pathoimmunology of necrotizing enterocolitis reveals novel therapeutic opportunities. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 5794, 5794. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19400-w

Neonatal cardiovascular function after antenatal sildenafil for severe, early-inset intrauterine growth restriction: a substudy of the STRIDER NZAus randomized placebo-controlled trial

Harris, Sarah L., McKinlay, Chris, Groom, Katie, Beker, Friederike, Kochar, Anuradha and Gill, Andrew (2019). Neonatal cardiovascular function after antenatal sildenafil for severe, early-inset intrauterine growth restriction: a substudy of the STRIDER NZAus randomized placebo-controlled trial. The Journal of Pediatrics: X, 1 100009, 100009. doi: 10.1016/j.ympdx.2019.100009

The effect of smell and taste of milk during tube feeding of preterm infants (the Taste trial): a protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Beker, Friederike, Macey, Judith, Liley, Helen, Hughes, Ian, Davis, Peter G, Twitchell, Emily and Jacobs, Susan (2019). The effect of smell and taste of milk during tube feeding of preterm infants (the Taste trial): a protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 9 (7) 027805, e027805. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027805

The DIAMOND trial - DIfferent Approaches to MOderate & late preterm Nutrition: Determinants of feed tolerance, body composition and development: Protocol of a randomised trial

Bloomfield, Frank H., Harding, Jane E., Meyer, Michael P., Alsweiler, Jane M., Jiang, Yannan, Wall, Clare R., Alexander, Tanith, DIAMOND Study Group, Asadi, Sharin, Beker, Friederike, Cameron-Smith, David, Chong, Clara Y.L., Crowther, Caroline A., Galante, Laura, Milan, Amber, Muelbert, Mariana, O'Sullivan, Justin M. and van den Boom, Jutta M. (2018). The DIAMOND trial - DIfferent Approaches to MOderate & late preterm Nutrition: Determinants of feed tolerance, body composition and development: Protocol of a randomised trial. BMC Pediatrics, 18 (1) 220. doi: 10.1186/s12887-018-1195-7

Smell and taste in the preterm infant

Bloomfield, Frank H., Alexander, Tanith, Muelbert, Mariana and Beker, Friederike (2017). Smell and taste in the preterm infant. Early Human Development, 114, 31-34. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2017.09.012

Defining T helper cell immunity in bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Lao, Jason Chun, Pang, Merrin A, Malhotra, Atul, Tan, Kenneth, Beker, Friederike, Konig, Kai, Collins, Clare, Theda, Christiane, Kamlin, C. Omar, Yeomans, Emma, Elsayed, Kristy, Noble, Elizabeth, Walsh, Geraldine, Argus, Brenda, Twitchell, Emily, Berger, Philip, Veldman, Alex, Nold-Petry, Claudia A and Nold, Marcel Friedrich (2017). Defining T helper cell immunity in bronchopulmonary dysplasia. The Journal of Immunology, 198 (1_Supplement), 125.26-125.26. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.198.supp.125.26

Smell and taste to improve nutrition in very preterm infants: a randomized controlled pilot trial

Beker, Friederike, Opie, Gillian, Noble, Elizabeth, Jiang, Yannan and Bloomfield, Frank (2016). Smell and taste to improve nutrition in very preterm infants: a randomized controlled pilot trial. Neonatology, 111 (3), 260-266. doi: 10.1159/000450883

Hemodynamic effects of nasal continuous positive airway pressure in preterm infants with evolving chronic lung disease, a crossover randomized trial

Beker, Friederike, Rogerson, Sheryle R., Hooper, Stuart B., Sehgal, Arvind and Davis, Peter G. (2015). Hemodynamic effects of nasal continuous positive airway pressure in preterm infants with evolving chronic lung disease, a crossover randomized trial. Journal of Pediatrics, 166 (2), 477-479. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.10.019

Echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular outflow tract diameter in preterm infants

Beker, Friederike, Davis, Peter G., Seghal, Arvind and Rogerson, Sheryle (2014). Echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular outflow tract diameter in preterm infants. Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 17 (4), 146-149. doi: 10.1002/j.2205-0140.2014.tb00236.x

The effects of nasal continuous positive airway pressure on cardiac function in premature infants with minimal lung disease: a crossover randomized trial

Beker, Friederike, Rogerson, Sheryle R., Hooper, Stuart B., Wong, Connie and Davis, Peter G. (2014). The effects of nasal continuous positive airway pressure on cardiac function in premature infants with minimal lung disease: a crossover randomized trial. Journal of Pediatrics, 164 (4), 726-729. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.10.087

CACNA1A mutation linking hemiplegic migraine and alternating hemiplegia of childhood

de Vries, B., Stam, A.H., Beker, F., van Maagdenberg, A.D., Vanmolkot, K.R.J., Laan, L., Ginjaar, I.B., Frants, R.R., Lauffer, H., Haan, J., Haas, J.P., Terwindt, G.M. and Ferrari, M.D. (2008). CACNA1A mutation linking hemiplegic migraine and alternating hemiplegia of childhood. Cephalalgia, 28 (8), 887-891. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01596.x

Intravenous anaesthetics inhibit nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-mediated currents and Ca2+ transients in rat intracardiac ganglion neurons

Weber, M., Motin, L., Gaul, S., Beker, F., Fink, R. H. A and Adams, D. J. (2005). Intravenous anaesthetics inhibit nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-mediated currents and Ca2+ transients in rat intracardiac ganglion neurons. British Journal of Pharmacology, 144 (1), 98-107. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705942

Muscarinic and nicotinic ACh receptor activation differentially mobilize Ca2+ in rat intracardiac ganglion neurons

Beker, Friederike, Weber, Martin, Fink, Rainer H. A. and Adams, David J. (2003). Muscarinic and nicotinic ACh receptor activation differentially mobilize Ca2+ in rat intracardiac ganglion neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology, 90 (3), 1956-1964. doi: 10.1152/jn.01079.2002

Effects on growth of regular smell and taste of milk during tube feeding of premature infants: a randomized clinical trial

Beker, Friederike, Liley, Helen G., Hughes, Ian, Jacobs, Sue, Twitchell, Emily, Macey, Judith and Davis, Peter G. (2021). Effects on growth of regular smell and taste of milk during tube feeding of premature infants: a randomized clinical trial. 43rd Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Chemoreception-Sciences, Electr Network, Apr 19-23, 2021. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS.

Defining T helper cell immunity in bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Lao, Jason Chun, Pang, Merrin A., Malhotra, Atul, Tan, Kenneth, Beker, Friederike, Konig, Kai, Collins, Clare, Theda, Christiane, Kamlin, C. Omar, Yeomans, Emma, Elsayed, Kristy, Noble, Elizabeth, Walsh, Geraldine, Argus, Brenda, Twitchell, Emily, Berger, Philip, Veldman, Alex, Nold-Petry, Claudia A. and Nold, Marcel Friedrich (2017). Defining T helper cell immunity in bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Immunology 2017, Washington DC, United States, 12-16 May 2017. Bethesda, MD United States: American Association of Immunologists.

Shedding light on preterm immunity

Lao, J. C., Beker, F., König, K., Noble, E., Walsh, G., Malhotra, A., Tan, K., Woodhead, G., Nold-Petry, C. A. and Nold, M. F. (2015). Shedding light on preterm immunity. 1st Congress of joint European Neonatal Societies (jENS), Budapest, Hungary, 16-20 September 2015. Quartu Sant'Elena, Italy: Hygeia Press di Corridori Marinella. doi: 10.7363/040213

Effects of nCPAP on cardiac function in infants with evolving chronic lung disease

Beker, Friederike (2014). Effects of nCPAP on cardiac function in infants with evolving chronic lung disease. Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Society and The Society for Pediatric Research, Vancouver, 2014.

Effects of nCPAP on cardiac function in infants with evolving chronic lung disease

Beker, Friederike (2014). Effects of nCPAP on cardiac function in infants with evolving chronic lung disease. PSANZ, Perth, 2014.

Shedding light on preterm immunity

Lao, Chung Wang Jason and Beker, Friederike (2014). Shedding light on preterm immunity. ICIS, Melbourne, 2014.

Effects of nCPAP on cardiac function in infants with minimal lung disease

Beker, Friederike (2013). Effects of nCPAP on cardiac function in infants with minimal lung disease. PAS meeting, Washington, 2013.

Presentation - ‘Effects of nCPAP on cardiac function in infants with minimal lung disease'

Beker, Friederike (2013). Presentation - ‘Effects of nCPAP on cardiac function in infants with minimal lung disease'. PSANZ, Adelaide, 2013.

Intracellular Ca2+ regulation in Human Term Placental Trophoblasts

Beker, Friederike (2006). Intracellular Ca2+ regulation in Human Term Placental Trophoblasts. International Federation of Placenta Associations, Kobe, Japan, Japan, 2006.

Muscarinic receptor-mediated increase in cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration in rat intracardiac neurones

Beker, F. and Adams, D. J. (2000). Muscarinic receptor-mediated increase in cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration in rat intracardiac neurones. 20th Annual Meeting of the Australian Neuroscience Meeting, Melbourne Convention Centre, Melbourne, Australia, 30 January - 2 February 2000. Australia: The Australian Neuroscience Society.