Research Fellow
Email nicola.scott@otago.ac.nz
Dr Nicola Scott conducted her undergraduate studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand, graduating with a BSc Honours in Biochemistry in 2003.
Her Honours Project was The Effect of Cryoprotective Agents and Freezing on the Redox Status of Murine Fibroblasts.
She was awarded a CMRF Summer Studentship in 2003 to determine if Npr-1 knockout and wild-type mice differed in heart weight, blood pressure, infarct size and in plasma levels of cardiac hormones following myocardial infarction.
The Summer Studentship was part of an ongoing study of the gene pathways activated during cardiac remodelling.
During this study Nicola observed that Npr-1-/- mice exhibit cardiac abnormalities including enlarged and displaced hearts, which has led to the development of Nicola’s PhD project.
In 2004 Nicola was awarded a PhD Scholarship by the National Heart Foundation of New Zealand. Her PhD topic was The Role of the Natriuretic Peptides in Cardiac Development and Organogenesis.
She graduated in 2008 with a PhD undertaken in the Department of Medicine, University of Otago.
Publications
Scott, N. J. A., Prickett, T. C. R., Charles, C. J., Frampton, C. M., Richards, A. M., & Rademaker, M. T. (2023). Augmentation of natriuretic peptide bioactivity via combined inhibition of neprilysin and phosphodiesterase-9 in heart failure. JACC: Heart Failure. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2022.11.006
Templeton, E., Lassé, M., Cameron, V., Pickering, J., Kleffmann, T., Hertzberg, D., Frampton, C., Ellmers, L., Palmer, S., … Scott, N., Charles, C., … Richards, M., … Troughton, R., Rademaker, M., & Pilbrow, A. (2022). Harnessing the power of 'Omics': Discovering novel microRNA and protein biomarkers of acute kidney injury in acute heart failure. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 31(Suppl. 2), (pp. S23-S24). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2022.05.009
Li, D., Tian, K., Guo, J., Wang, Q., Qin, Z., Lu, Y., … Scott, N., Charles, C. J., … Cui, X., & Tang, J. (2022). Growth factors: Avenues for the treatment of myocardial infarction and potential delivery strategies. Regenerative Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.2217/rme-2022-0007
Templeton, E. M., Lassé, M., Kleffmann, T., Ellmers, L. J., Palmer, S. C., Davidson, T., Scott, N. J. A., Pickering, J. W., Charles, C. J., Endre, Z. H., Cameron, V. A., Richards, A. M., Rademaker, M. T., & Pilbrow, A. P. (2022). Identifying candidate protein markers of acute kidney injury in acute decompensated heart failure. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23, 1009. doi: 10.3390/ijms23021009
Templeton, E., Lassé, M., Kleffmann, T., Ellmers, L. J., Palmer, S. C., Davidson, T., Scott, N. J., Pickering, J. W., Charles, C. J., Endre, Z. H., Cameron, V. A., & Richards, A. M. (2021). Identifying candidate protein markers of acute kidney injury in acute decompensated heart failure. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 30(Suppl. 2), (pp. S66). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2021.05.020
Scott, N. J. A., Prickett, T. C. R., Charles, C. J., Frampton, C. M., Richards, A. M., & Rademaker, M. T. (2023). Augmentation of natriuretic peptide bioactivity via combined inhibition of neprilysin and phosphodiesterase-9 in heart failure. JACC: Heart Failure. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2022.11.006
Journal - Research Article
Templeton, E. M., Lassé, M., Kleffmann, T., Ellmers, L. J., Palmer, S. C., Davidson, T., Scott, N. J. A., Pickering, J. W., Charles, C. J., Endre, Z. H., Cameron, V. A., Richards, A. M., Rademaker, M. T., & Pilbrow, A. P. (2022). Identifying candidate protein markers of acute kidney injury in acute decompensated heart failure. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23, 1009. doi: 10.3390/ijms23021009
Journal - Research Article
Rademaker, M. T., Pilbrow, A. P., Ellmers, L. J., Palmer, S. C., Davidson, T., Mbikou, P., Scott, N. J. A., Permina, E., Charles, C. J., Endre, Z. H., & Richards, A. M. (2021). Acute decompensated heart failure and the kidney: Physiological, histological and transcriptomic responses to development and recovery. Journal of the American Heart Association, 10, e021312. doi: 10.1161/jaha.121.021312
Journal - Research Article
Rademaker, M. T., Scott, N. J. A., Koh, C. Y., Manjunatha Kini, R., & Richards, A. M. (2021). Natriuretic peptide analogues with distinct vasodilatory or renal activity: Integrated effects in health and experimental heart failure. Cardiovascular Research, 117, 508-519. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvaa052
Journal - Research Article
Scott, N. J. A., Rademaker, M. T., Charles, C. J., Espiner, E. A., & Richards, A. M. (2019). Hemodynamic, hormonal, and renal actions of phosphodiesterase-9 inhibition in experimental heart failure. JACC, 74(7), 889-901. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.05.067
Journal - Research Article
Buss, L. A., Mandani, A., Phillips, E., Scott, N. J. A., Currie, M. J., & Dachs, G. U. (2018). Characterisation of a mouse model of breast cancer with metabolic syndrome. In Vivo, 32(5), 1071-1080. doi: 10.21873/invivo.11348
Journal - Research Article
Scott, N. J. A., Ellmers, L. J., Pilbrow, A. P., Thomsen, L., Richards, A. M., Frampton, C. M., & Cameron, V. A. (2017). Metabolic and blood pressure effects of walnut supplementation in a mouse model of the metabolic syndrome. Nutrients, 9, 722. doi: 10.3390/nu9070722
Journal - Research Article
Ellmers, L. J., Scott, N. J. A., Cameron, V. A., Richards, A. M., & Rademaker, M. T. (2015). Chronic urocortin 2 administration improves after cardiac function and ameliorates cardiac remodeling after experimental myocardial infarction. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, 65(3), 269-275. doi: 10.1097/FJC.0000000000000190
Journal - Research Article
Aamir, R., Chernoglazov, A., Bateman, C. J., Butler, A. P. H., Butler, P. H., Anderson, N. G., … Panta, R. K., … Mohr, J. L., Rajendran, K., Walsh, M. F., de Ruiter, N., Gieseg, S. P., Woodfield, T., … Schleich, N., Scott, N., … Ronaldson, J. P., Cook, N. J., … Hodge, K. (2014). MARS spectral molecular imaging of lamb tissue: Data collection and image analysis. Journal of Instrumentation, 9, P02005. doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/9/02/P02005
Journal - Research Article
Ronaldson, J. P., Zainon, R., Scott, N. J. A., Gieseg, S. P., Butler, A. P., Butler, P. H., & Anderson, N. G. (2012). Toward quantifying the composition of soft tissues by spectral CT with Medipix3. Medical Physics, 39(11), 6847-6857. doi: 10.1118/1.4760773
Journal - Research Article
Scott, N. J. A., Cameron, V. A., Raudsepp, S., Lewis, L. K., Simpson, E. R., Richards, A. M., & Ellmers, L. J. (2012). Generation and characterization of a mouse model of the metabolic syndrome: Apolipoprotein E and aromatase double knockout mice. American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology & Metabolism, 302, E576-E584. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00222.2011
Journal - Research Article
Zainon, R., Ronaldson, J. P., Janmale, T., Scott, N. J., Buckenham, T. M., Butler, A. P. H., … Gieseg, S. P., Roake, J. A., & Anderson, N. G. (2012). Spectral CT of carotid atherosclerotic plaque: Comparison with histology. European Radiology, 22(12), 2581-2588. doi: 10.1007/s00330-012-2538-7
Journal - Research Article
Butler, A. P. H., Butzer, J., Schleich, N., Cook, N. J., Anderson, N. G., Scott, N., de Ruiter, N., … Butler, P. H. (2011). Processing of spectral X-ray data with principal components analysis. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A, 633(Suppl. 1), S140-S142. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.06.149
Journal - Research Article
Anderson, N. G., Butler, A. P., Scott, N. J. A., Cook, N. J., Butzer, J. S., Schleich, N., … de Ruiter, N., … Butler, P. H. (2010). Spectroscopic (multi-energy) CT distinguishes iodine and barium contrast material in MICE. European Radiology, 20, 2126-2134. doi: 10.1007/s00330-010-1768-9
Journal - Research Article
Scott, N. J. A., Ellmers, L. J., Lainchbury, J. G., Maeda, N., Smithies, O., Richards, A. M., & Cameron, V. A. (2009). Influence of natriuretic peptide receptor-1 on survival and cardiac hypertrophy during development. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Molecular Basis of Disease, 1792(12), 1175-1184. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2009.09.009
Journal - Research Article
Ellmers, L. J., Scott, N. J. A., Medicherla, S., Pilbrow, A. P., Bridgman, P. G., Yandle, T. G., Richards, A. M., … Cameron, V. A. (2008). Transforming growth factor-β blockade down-regulates the renin-angiotensin system and modifies cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction. Endocrinology, 149(11), 5828-5834. doi: 10.1210/en.2008-0165
Journal - Research Article
Ellmers, L. J., Scott, N. J. A., Piuhola, J., Maeda, N., Smithies, O., Frampton, C. M., Richards, A. M., & Cameron, V. A. (2007). Npr1-regulated gene pathways contributing to cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, 38, 245-257.
Journal - Research Article
Li, D., Tian, K., Guo, J., Wang, Q., Qin, Z., Lu, Y., … Scott, N., Charles, C. J., … Cui, X., & Tang, J. (2022). Growth factors: Avenues for the treatment of myocardial infarction and potential delivery strategies. Regenerative Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.2217/rme-2022-0007
Journal - Research Other
Charles, C. J., Rademaker, M. T., Scott, N. J. A., & Richards, A. M. (2020). Large animal models of heart failure: Reduced vs. preserved ejection fraction. Animals, 10, 1906. doi: 10.3390/ani10101906
Journal - Research Other
Zainon, R., Ronaldson, J. P., Anderson, N. G., Butler, A. P. H., Butler, P. H., Gieseg, S. P., Janmale, T., & Scott, N. J. (2014). High resolution spectral micro-CT imaging of atherosclerotic plaque. Proceedings of the Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP). (pp. 568-571). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/TENCONSpring.2014.6863099
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Berg, K. B., Carr, J. M., Clark, M. J., Cook, N. J., Anderson, N. G., Scott, N. J., … Butler, A. P. (2009). Pilot study to confirm that fat and liver can be distinguished by spectroscopic tissue response on a MARS-CT. In S. C. Hendy & I. W. M. Brown (Eds.), Proceedings of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Conference (AMN-4): (AIP Conference Proceedings. Vol. 1151). (pp. 106-109). [Full Paper]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Firsching, M., Butler, A. P., Scott, N., Anderson, N. G., Michel, T., & Anton, G. (2009). Contrast agent recognition in small animal CT using the Medipix2 detector. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A. 607(1), (pp. 179-182). doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.03.141
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Templeton, E., Lassé, M., Cameron, V., Pickering, J., Kleffmann, T., Hertzberg, D., Frampton, C., Ellmers, L., Palmer, S., … Scott, N., Charles, C., … Richards, M., … Troughton, R., Rademaker, M., & Pilbrow, A. (2022). Harnessing the power of 'Omics': Discovering novel microRNA and protein biomarkers of acute kidney injury in acute heart failure. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 31(Suppl. 2), (pp. S23-S24). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2022.05.009
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Templeton, E., Lassé, M., Kleffmann, T., Ellmers, L. J., Palmer, S. C., Davidson, T., Scott, N. J., Pickering, J. W., Charles, C. J., Endre, Z. H., Cameron, V. A., & Richards, A. M. (2021). Identifying candidate protein markers of acute kidney injury in acute decompensated heart failure. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 30(Suppl. 2), (pp. S66). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2021.05.020
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Ellmers, L., Scott, N., Cameron, V., Richards, M., & Rademaker, M. (2010). Chronic urocortin 2 treatment significantly improves cardiovascular function and attenuates cardiac injury and remodelling after experimental myocardial infarction. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 19(Suppl. 2), (pp. S49). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.06.784
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Scott, N. J. A., Carr, J. M., Clark, M. J., Cook, N. J., Anderson, N. G., Butler, A. P., … Butler, A. P., & Berg, K. B. (2010). Pilot study to confirm that ovine fat and liver can be distinguished by spectroscopic tissue response on a Medipix-All-Resolution-System-CT (MARS-CT). Endocrine Journal. 57(Suppl. 2), (pp. S421-S422). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Scott, N. J. A., Ellis, K. L., Ellmers, L. J., Frampton, C. M., Skelton, L., Doughty, R. N., … Whalley, G. A., Yandle, T. G., Richards, A. M., & Cameron, V. A. (2010). Apolipoprotein E isoforms are associated with age of onset of coronary disease but not subsequent mortality in a coronary disease cohort. Endocrine Journal. 57(Suppl. 2), (pp. S575). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Scott, N. J. A., Ellmers, L. J., Raudsepp, S., Simpson, E. R., Richards, A. M., & Cameron, V. A. (2010). Characterising the Aromatase and apolipoprotein E deficient mouse for studying the metabolic syndrome. Endocrine Journal. 57(Suppl. 2), (pp. S574-S575). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Scott, N., Cameron, V., Simpson, E., Richards, M., & Ellmers, L. (2010). Metabolic syndrome alters expression levels of metabolic disease risk loci genes. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 19(Suppl. 2), (pp. S59). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.06.807
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Anderson, N. G., Butler, A. P., Scott, N., Cook, N. J., Butzer, J., Schleich, N., & Firsching, M. (2009). Colour CT X-ray spectroscopic images of mice using Medipix-2 detector. European Radiology. 19(Suppl. 1), (pp. S228). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Ellmers, L., Carter, E., Scott, N. J. A., Richards, A. M., Cameron, V. A., & Rademaker, M. T. (2009). Urocortin 2 treatment reduces genes involved in cardiac remodelling in an ovine model of heart failure. European Heart Journal. 30(Suppl. 1), (pp. 288). doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp416
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Scott, N. J. A., Ellmers, L. J., Raudsepp, S., Simpson, E., Richards, A. M., & Cameron, V. A. (2009). Characterising a novel mouse model of the metabolic syndrome. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 18(Suppl. 3), (pp. S240). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2009.05.594
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Butzer, J. S., Butler, A. P., Butler, P. H., Cook, N. J., Schleich, N., Firsching, M., Scott, N., Anderson, N., … Selkirk, J. (2008). Spectroscopic contrast agent imaging with the Medipix CT-scanner "MARS". Australasian Physical & Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 31(4), (pp. 472-473). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Scott, N. J. A., Ellmers, L. J., Richards, A. M., Cameron, V. A., Lainchbury, J. G., Maeda, N., & Smithies, O. (2008). Natriuretic peptide signaling has distinct roles in cardiac development and cardiac remodeling in the NPR1-/-mouse. Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia & Metabologia. 52(Suppl. 6 (Parte II)), (pp. S962). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Ellmers, L., Scott, N. J., Protter, A. A., Medicherla, S., Maeda, N., Smithies, O., Richards, A. M., & Cameron, V. A. (2007). The role of TGF-beta 1 in ventricular remodelling during recovery from experimental myocardial infarction. European Heart Journal. 28(Abstract Suppl.), (pp. 435). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Ellmers, L. J., Scott, N. J. A., Piuhola, J., Maeda, N., Smithies, O., Frampton, C. M., Richards, A. M., & Cameron, V. A. (2006). Ventricular gene expression changes during the development of cardiac hypertrophy in Npr-1 knockout mice. New Zealand Medical Journal, 119(1231). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/119-1231/1922/content.pdf
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Ellmers, L. J., Scott, N. J. A., Protter, A. A., Medicherla, S., Maeda, N., Smithies, O., Richards, A. M., & Cameron, V. A. (2006). The role of TGF-β in ventricular remodelling during recovery from experimental myocardial infarction. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Endocrinology Annual Meeting. NZSE. Retrieved from http://nzse.rsnz.org/NZSE%20Abstracts%202006.pdf
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Scott, N. J. A., Ellmers, L. J., Lainchbury, J., Maeda, N., Smithies, O., Richards, A. M., & Cameron, V. A. (2006). Getting to the heart of it: The role of the natriuretic peptides in cardiac development. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Endocrinology Annual Meeting. NZSE. Retrieved from http://nzse.rsnz.org/NZSE%20Abstracts%202006.pdf
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Scott, N., Ellmers, L., Lainchbury, J., Maeda, N., Smithies, O., & Cameron, V. (2006). Changes in gene expression and the role of the natriuretic peptides in cardiac development. New Zealand Medical Journal, 119(1231). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/119-1231/1922/content.pdf
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Cameron, V. A., Scott, N., Ellmers, L., Lainchbury, J., Maeda, N., Smithies, O., & Richards, M. (2005). The role of natriuretic peptides in cardiac development. FASEB Journal, 19(4), (pp. A788). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Ellmers, L. J., Scott, N. J. A., Piuhola, J., Frampton, C. M., Richards, A. M., & Cameron, V. A. (2005). Gene expression changes during cardiac development and the development of cardiac hypertrophy in NPR-1 knockout mice. Proceedings of the Medical Sciences Congress. (pp. 48). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Cameron, V. A., Palmer, B. R., Pilbrow, A. P., Ellmers, L. J., Scott, N. J. A., Troughton, R. W., Frampton, C. M., Lainchbury, J. G., Yandle, T. G., & Richards, A. M. (2004). Prediction and protection in heart disease. Proceedings of the Medical Sciences Congress 2004. (pp. 27). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Ellmers, L. J., Scott, N. J., Maeda, N., Smithies, O., Richards, A. M., & Cameron, V. A. (2004). Temporal changes in ventricular natriuretic peptide gene expression during developing hypertrophy in Npr-1 knockout mice. Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of Endocrinology. (pp. 276). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Scott, N. J. A., Ellmers, L. J., Lainchbury, J., Maeda, N., Smithies, O., Richards, A. M., & Cameron, V. A. (2004). The role of the natriuretic peptides in gestation in Npr-1-/-mice. Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of Endocrinology. (pp. 275). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Scott, N. J. A., Ellis, K. L., Ellmers, L. J., Frampton, C. M., Skelton, L., Doughty, R. N., … Yandle, T. G., Richards, A. M., & Cameron, V. A. (2010, November-December). Apolipoprotein E isoforms are associated with age of onset of coronary disease but not subsequent mortality in a coronary disease cohort. Poster session presented at the Medical Sciences Congress: A New Decade of Discovery (MedSciNZ), Queenstown, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Butler, A., Ronaldson, P., Scott, N., Zainon, R., Butler, P., Geiseg, S., … Anderson, N. (2011, September). Soft tissue imaging with the MARS spectral CT scanner. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Ronaldson, J., Zainon, R., Sedayo, A., Scott, N., Butler, A., Butler, P., & Anderson, N. (2011, November-December). Towards quantifying the composition of soft-tissues by spectral CT imaging with Medipix3. Verbal presentation at the 97th Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Scott, N. J. A., Cameron, V. A., Richards, A. M., Simpson, E. R., & Ellmers, L. J. (2010, November-December). Metabolic syndrome alters cardiorenal expression of metabolic risk loci genes. Verbal presentation at the Medical Sciences Congress: A New Decade of Discovery (MedSciNZ), Queenstown, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Butzer, J. S., Butler, A. P., Butler, P. H., Cook, N. J., Firsching, M., Scott, N., Anderson, N., … Selkirk, J. (2008, November). Spectroscopic contrast-agent imaging with the Medipix CT-scanner ″MARS″. Verbal presentation at the Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine and the Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Butzer, J. S., Butler, A. P., Cook, N. J., Butler, P. H., Ross, F., Schleich, N., … Scott, N., … Anderson, N. (2008, October). MARS: A 3D spectroscopic x-ray imaging device based on Medipix. Verbal presentation at the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Dresden, Germany.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs