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Thomas Davis

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Overview

Availability

Professor Thomas Davis is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), University of Salford
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Salford

Works

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640 works between 1984 and 2025

101 - 120 of 640 works

2020

Journal Article

Polymers with Dithiobenzoate End Groups Constitutively Release Hydrogen Sulfide upon Exposure to Cysteine and Homocysteine

Urquhart, Matthew C., Dao, Nam V., Ercole, Francesca, Boyd, Ben J., Davis, Thomas P., Whittaker, Michael R. and Quinn, John F. (2020). Polymers with Dithiobenzoate End Groups Constitutively Release Hydrogen Sulfide upon Exposure to Cysteine and Homocysteine. ACS Macro Letters, 9 (4), 553-557. doi: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00066

Polymers with Dithiobenzoate End Groups Constitutively Release Hydrogen Sulfide upon Exposure to Cysteine and Homocysteine

2019

Journal Article

Engineering organic/inorganic nanohybrids through RAFT polymerization for biomedical applications

Huang, Xumin, Hu, Jinming, Li, Yuhuan, Xin, Fangyun, Qiao, Ruirui and Davis, Thomas P. (2019). Engineering organic/inorganic nanohybrids through RAFT polymerization for biomedical applications. Biomacromolecules, 20 (12), 4243-4257. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b01158

Engineering organic/inorganic nanohybrids through RAFT polymerization for biomedical applications

2019

Journal Article

An optimised Cu(0)-RDRP approach for the synthesis of lipidated oligomeric vinyl azlactone: toward a versatile antimicrobial materials screening platform

Grace, James L., Amado, Maite, Reid, Janet C., Elliott, Alysha G., Landersdorfer, Cornelia B., Truong, Nghia P., Kempe, Kristian, Cooper, Matthew A., Davis, Thomas P., Montembault, Véronique, Pascual, Sagrario, Fontaine, Laurent, Velkov, Tony, Quinn, John F. and Whittaker, Michael R. (2019). An optimised Cu(0)-RDRP approach for the synthesis of lipidated oligomeric vinyl azlactone: toward a versatile antimicrobial materials screening platform. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 7 (43), 6796-6809. doi: 10.1039/c9tb01624d

An optimised Cu(0)-RDRP approach for the synthesis of lipidated oligomeric vinyl azlactone: toward a versatile antimicrobial materials screening platform

2019

Journal Article

Polymer-assisted magnetic nanoparticle assemblies for biomedical applications

Li, Yuhuan, Wang, Nan, Huang, Xumin, Li, Fangyuan, Davis, Thomas P., Qiao, Ruirui and Ling, Daishun (2019). Polymer-assisted magnetic nanoparticle assemblies for biomedical applications. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 3 (1), 121-142. doi: 10.1021/acsabm.9b00896

Polymer-assisted magnetic nanoparticle assemblies for biomedical applications

2019

Journal Article

Development of a shape-controlled H 2 S delivery system using epoxide-functional nanoparticles

Yu, Sul Hwa, Esser, Lars, Khor, Song Yang, Senyschyn, Danielle, Veldhuis, Nicholas A., Whittaker, Michael R., Ercole, Francesca, Davis, Thomas P. and Quinn, John F. (2019). Development of a shape-controlled H 2 S delivery system using epoxide-functional nanoparticles. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 57 (18) pola.29382, 1982-1993. doi: 10.1002/pola.29382

Development of a shape-controlled H 2 S delivery system using epoxide-functional nanoparticles

2019

Journal Article

Single-Molecular Heteroamyloidosis of Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide

Kakinen, Aleksandr, Xing, Yanting, Hegoda Arachchi, Nuwan, Javed, Ibrahim, Feng, Lei, Faridi, Ava, Douek, Alon M., Sun, Yunxiang, Kaslin, Jan, Davis, Thomas P., Higgins, Michael J., Ding, Feng and Ke, Pu Chun (2019). Single-Molecular Heteroamyloidosis of Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide. Nano Letters, 19 (9), 6535-6546. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b02771

Single-Molecular Heteroamyloidosis of Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide

2019

Journal Article

Inhibition of amyloid beta toxicity in zebrafish with a chaperone-gold nanoparticle dual strategy

Javed, Ibrahim, Peng, Guotao, Xing, Yanting, Yu, Tianyu, Zhao, Mei, Kakinen, Aleksandr, Faridi, Ava, Parish, Clare L., Ding, Feng, Davis, Thomas P., Ke, Pu Chun and Lin, Sijie (2019). Inhibition of amyloid beta toxicity in zebrafish with a chaperone-gold nanoparticle dual strategy. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 3780, 3780. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11762-0

Inhibition of amyloid beta toxicity in zebrafish with a chaperone-gold nanoparticle dual strategy

2019

Journal Article

Carboxylated Cy5-labeled comb polymers passively diffuse the cell membrane and target mitochondria

Mahmoud, Ayaat M., de Jongh, Patrick A. J. M., Briere, Sibylle, Chen, Moore, Nowell, Cameron J., Johnston, Angus P. R., Davis, Thomas P., Haddleton, David M. and Kempe, Kristian (2019). Carboxylated Cy5-labeled comb polymers passively diffuse the cell membrane and target mitochondria. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11 (34), 31302-31310. doi: 10.1021/acsami.9b09395

Carboxylated Cy5-labeled comb polymers passively diffuse the cell membrane and target mitochondria

2019

Journal Article

Amphiphilic surface chemistry of fullerenols is necessary for inhibiting the amyloid aggregation of alpha-synuclein NACore

Sun, Yunxiang, Kakinen, Aleksandr, Zhang, Chi, Yang, Ye, Faridi, Ava, Davis, Thomas P., Cao, Weiguo, Ke, Pu Chun and Ding, Feng (2019). Amphiphilic surface chemistry of fullerenols is necessary for inhibiting the amyloid aggregation of alpha-synuclein NACore. Nanoscale, 11 (24), 11933-11945. doi: 10.1039/c9nr02407g

Amphiphilic surface chemistry of fullerenols is necessary for inhibiting the amyloid aggregation of alpha-synuclein NACore

2019

Journal Article

Mitigation of amyloidosis with nanomaterials

Ke, Pu Chun, Pilkington, Emily H., Sun, Yunxiang, Javed, Ibrahim, Kakinen, Aleksandr, Peng, Guotao, Ding, Feng and Davis, Thomas P. (2019). Mitigation of amyloidosis with nanomaterials. Advanced Materials, 32 (18) 1901690, 1901690. doi: 10.1002/adma.201901690

Mitigation of amyloidosis with nanomaterials

2019

Journal Article

Intra-articular treatment of osteoarthritis with diclofenac-conjugated polymer reduces inflammation and pain

Sulistio, Adrian, Mansfeld, Friederike M., Reyes-Ortega, Felisa, D'Souza, Asha M., Ng, Sarah M. Y., Birkett, Stephen, Blencowe, Anton, Qiao, Greg G., Little, Christopher B., Shu, Cindy C., Bendele, Alison M., Valade, David, Donohue, Andrew C., Quinn, John F., Whittaker, Michael R., Davis, Thomas P. and Tait, Russell J. (2019). Intra-articular treatment of osteoarthritis with diclofenac-conjugated polymer reduces inflammation and pain. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2 (7), 2822-2832. doi: 10.1021/acsabm.9b00232

Intra-articular treatment of osteoarthritis with diclofenac-conjugated polymer reduces inflammation and pain

2019

Journal Article

A novel small molecule that kills a subset of MLL-rearranged leukemia cells by inducing mitochondrial dysfunction

Somers, Klaartje, Wen, Victoria W., Middlemiss, Shiloh M. C., Osborne, Brenna, Forgham, Helen, Jung, MoonSun, Karsa, Mawar, Clifton, Molly, Bongers, Angelika, Gao, Jixuan, Mayoh, Chelsea, Raoufi-Rad, Newsha, Kusnadi, Eric P., Hannan, Kate M., Scott, David A., Kwek, Alan, Liu, Bing, Flemming, Claudia, Chudakova, Daria A., Pandher, Ruby, Failes, Tim W., Lim, James, Angeli, Andrea, Osterman, Andrei L., Imamura, Toshihiko, Kees, Ursula R., Supuran, Claudiu T., Pearson, Richard B., Hannan, Ross D. ... Henderson, Michelle J. (2019). A novel small molecule that kills a subset of MLL-rearranged leukemia cells by inducing mitochondrial dysfunction. Oncogene, 38 (20), 3824-3842. doi: 10.1038/s41388-018-0666-5

A novel small molecule that kills a subset of MLL-rearranged leukemia cells by inducing mitochondrial dysfunction

2019

Journal Article

Amyloid self-assembly of hIAPP8-20 via the accumulation of helical oligomers, α-helix to β-sheet transition, and formation of β-barrel intermediates

Sun, Yunxiang, Kakinen, Aleksandr, Xing, Yanting, Faridi, Pouya, Nandakumar, Aparna, Purcell, Anthony W., Davis, Thomas P., Ke, Pu Chun and Ding, Feng (2019). Amyloid self-assembly of hIAPP8-20 via the accumulation of helical oligomers, α-helix to β-sheet transition, and formation of β-barrel intermediates. Small, 15 (18) 1805166, 1805166. doi: 10.1002/smll.201805166

Amyloid self-assembly of hIAPP8-20 via the accumulation of helical oligomers, α-helix to β-sheet transition, and formation of β-barrel intermediates

2019

Journal Article

Functional brush poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazine)s: synthesis by CROP and RAFT, thermoresponsiveness and grafting onto iron oxide nanoparticles

Klein, Tobias, Parkin, Joshua, de Jongh, Patrick A. J. M., Esser, Lars, Sepehrizadeh, Tara, Zheng, Gang, De Veer, Michael, Alt, Karen, Hagemeyer, Christoph E., Haddleton, David M., Davis, Thomas P., Thelakkat, Mukundan and Kempe, Kristian (2019). Functional brush poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazine)s: synthesis by CROP and RAFT, thermoresponsiveness and grafting onto iron oxide nanoparticles. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 40 (10) 1800911. doi: 10.1002/marc.201800911

Functional brush poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazine)s: synthesis by CROP and RAFT, thermoresponsiveness and grafting onto iron oxide nanoparticles

2019

Journal Article

Rapid assessment of nanoparticle extravasation in a microfluidic tumor model

Vu, Mai N., Rajasekhar, Pradeep, Poole, Daniel P., Khor, Song Yang, Truong, Nghia P., Nowell, Cameron J., Quinn, John F., Whittaker, Michael, Veldhuis, Nicholas A. and Davis, Thomas P. (2019). Rapid assessment of nanoparticle extravasation in a microfluidic tumor model. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2 (4), 1844-1856. doi: 10.1021/acsanm.8b02056

Rapid assessment of nanoparticle extravasation in a microfluidic tumor model

2019

Journal Article

Probing the aggregation and immune response of human islet amyloid polypeptides with ligand-stabilized gold nanoparticles

Javed, Ibrahim, He, Jiacheng, Kakinen, Aleksandr, Faridi, Ava, Yang, Wen, Davis, Thomas P., Ke, Pu Chun and Chen, Pengyu (2019). Probing the aggregation and immune response of human islet amyloid polypeptides with ligand-stabilized gold nanoparticles. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11 (11), 10462-10471. doi: 10.1021/acsami.8b19506

Probing the aggregation and immune response of human islet amyloid polypeptides with ligand-stabilized gold nanoparticles

2019

Journal Article

Synthesis and identification of novel pyridazinylpyrazolone based diazo compounds as inhibitors of human islet amyloid polypeptide aggregation

Bin Farrukh, Syed Usama, Javed, Ibrahim, Ather, Abdul Qayyum, Emwas, Abdul-Hamid, Alazmi, Meshari, Gao, Xin, Chotana, Ghayoor Abbas, Davis, Thomas P., Ke, Pu Chun and Saleem, Rahman Shah Zaib (2019). Synthesis and identification of novel pyridazinylpyrazolone based diazo compounds as inhibitors of human islet amyloid polypeptide aggregation. Bioorganic Chemistry, 84, 339-346. doi: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2018.11.039

Synthesis and identification of novel pyridazinylpyrazolone based diazo compounds as inhibitors of human islet amyloid polypeptide aggregation

2019

Journal Article

Functional liquid metal nanoparticles produced by liquid-based nebulization

Tang, Shi-Yang, Qiao, Ruirui, Lin, Yiliang, Li, Yuhuan, Zhao, Qianbin, Yuan, Dan, Yun, Guolin, Guo, Jinhong, Dickey, Michael D., Huang, Tony Jun, Davis, Thomas P., Kalantar-Zadeh, Kourosh and Li, Weihua (2019). Functional liquid metal nanoparticles produced by liquid-based nebulization. Advanced Materials Technologies, 4 (2) 1800420, 1-9. doi: 10.1002/admt.201800420

Functional liquid metal nanoparticles produced by liquid-based nebulization

2019

Journal Article

Nucleation of β-rich oligomers and β-barrels in the early aggregation of human islet amyloid polypeptide

Sun, Yunxiang, Kakinen, Aleksandr, Xing, Yanting, Pilkington, Emily H., Davis, Thomas P., Ke, Pu Chun and Ding, Feng (2019). Nucleation of β-rich oligomers and β-barrels in the early aggregation of human islet amyloid polypeptide. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease, 1865 (2), 434-444. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2018.11.021

Nucleation of β-rich oligomers and β-barrels in the early aggregation of human islet amyloid polypeptide

2019

Journal Article

Tuning the structure, stability, and responsivity of polymeric arsenical nanoparticles using polythiol cross-linkers

Tanaka, Joji, Moriceau, Guillaume, Cook, Alexander, Kerr, Andrew, Zhang, Junliang, Peltier, Raoul, Perrier, Sebastien, Davis, Thomas P. and Wilson, Paul (2019). Tuning the structure, stability, and responsivity of polymeric arsenical nanoparticles using polythiol cross-linkers. Macromolecules, 52 (3), 992-1003. doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02459

Tuning the structure, stability, and responsivity of polymeric arsenical nanoparticles using polythiol cross-linkers

Funding

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2025
    Single-molecule Manipulation and Interaction Facility (SMIF) (ARC LIEF grant administered by The University of Sydney)
    University of Sydney
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2025
    Seawater-Degradable Plastic Materials
    Queensland-Chinese Academy of Sciences (Q-CAS) Collaborative Science Fund (DES)
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2027
    Advancing the treatment of brain cancer in children (UNSW led NHMRC Synergy Grant)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2025
    Novel approaches to Nanomedicines for future therapies
    NHMRC Investigator Grants
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2021 - 2023
    Bespoke nanomaterials for understanding nano-bio interactions under flow (Monash University led ARC Discovery Project)
    Monash University
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2021
    Precision nanomedicine-based diagnostics and therapeutics for refractory malignancies (NHMRC Program Grant Administered by UNSW)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigating the role of gut-bacteria in neurodegenerative diseases

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Aleksandr Kakinen

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigation of nanoparticle treatments to the brain

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ruirui Qiao

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Polymer-siRNA therapeutics for the treatment of brain cancers

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ruirui Qiao, Dr Helen Forgham

  • Doctor Philosophy

    New Nanomaterials for obviating amyloid formation

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ruirui Qiao

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Inflammation and chronic infections in the pathogenesis of Alzheimers disease: the role of amyloid cross-seeding

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Aleksandr Kakinen

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Perfluoropolyether (PFPE)-Containing Polymeric surfactant for Microfluidic Droplet Generation

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Cheng Zhang, Dr Ruirui Qiao

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Liquid metal/polymer composites with controlled shape shifting properties for biomedical applications

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ruirui Qiao

  • Doctor Philosophy

    New biomedical imaging tools using nanotechnology

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Cheng Zhang, Dr Ruirui Qiao

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Biocompatible Gadolinium-free contrast agents for molecular targeted MR imaging

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ruirui Qiao

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Novel 3D Printed Composites for Biomedical Applications

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ruirui Qiao

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Smart Nanomedicines as Effective Drug Delivery Systems for the Controlled Administration of Theranostic Agents in Colorectal and Pancreatic Cancers

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ruirui Qiao

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Intelligent nanomedicine for early diagnosis and treatment of alzheimer's disease

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ruirui Qiao

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