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Thomas Davis

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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

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2019

Journal Article

Physical and toxicological profiles of human IAPP amyloids and plaques

Kakinen, Aleksandr, Sun, Yunxiang, Javed, Ibrahim, Faridi, Ava, Pilkington, Emily H., Faridi, Pouya, Purcell, Anthony W., Zhou, Ruhong, Ding, Feng, Lin, Sijie, Ke, Pu Chun and Davis, Thomas P. (2019). Physical and toxicological profiles of human IAPP amyloids and plaques. Science Bulletin, 64 (1), 26-35. doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2018.11.012

Physical and toxicological profiles of human IAPP amyloids and plaques

2019

Journal Article

Thiol-reactive star polymers functionalized with short ethoxy-containing moieties exhibit enhanced uptake in acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells

Bayat, Narges, McOrist, Nathan, Ariotti, Nicholas, Lai, May, Sia, Keith C. S., Li, Yuhuan, Grace, James L., Quinn, John F., Whittaker, Michael R., Kavallaris, Maria, Davis, Thomas P. and Lock, Richard B. (2019). Thiol-reactive star polymers functionalized with short ethoxy-containing moieties exhibit enhanced uptake in acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells. International Journal of Nanomedicine, 14, 9795-9808. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S220326

Thiol-reactive star polymers functionalized with short ethoxy-containing moieties exhibit enhanced uptake in acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells

2019

Journal Article

Graphene quantum dots rescue protein dysregulation of pancreatic β-cells exposed to human islet amyloid polypeptide

Faridi, Ava, Sun, Yunxiang, Mortimer, Monika, Aranha, Ritchlynn R., Nandakumar, Aparna, Li, Yuhuan, Javed, Ibrahim, Kakinen, Aleksandr, Fan, Qingqing, Purcell, Anthony W., Davis, Thomas P., Ding, Feng, Faridi, Pouya and Ke, Pu Chun (2019). Graphene quantum dots rescue protein dysregulation of pancreatic β-cells exposed to human islet amyloid polypeptide. Nano Research, 12 (11), 2827-2834. doi: 10.1007/s12274-019-2520-7

Graphene quantum dots rescue protein dysregulation of pancreatic β-cells exposed to human islet amyloid polypeptide

2019

Journal Article

A pH-responsive nanoparticle targets the neurokinin 1 receptor in endosomes to prevent chronic pain

Ramírez-García, Paulina D., Retamal, Jeffri S., Shenoy, Priyank, Imlach, Wendy, Sykes, Matthew, Truong, Nghia, Constandil, Luis, Pelissier, Teresa, Nowell, Cameron J., Khor, Song Y., Layani, Louis M., Lumb, Chris, Poole, Daniel P., Lieu, TinaMarie, Stewart, Gregory D., Mai, Quynh N., Jensen, Dane D., Latorre, Rocco, Scheff, Nicole N., Schmidt, Brian L., Quinn, John F., Whittaker, Michael R., Veldhuis, Nicholas A., Davis, Thomas P. and Bunnett, Nigel W. (2019). A pH-responsive nanoparticle targets the neurokinin 1 receptor in endosomes to prevent chronic pain. Nature Nanotechnology, 14 (12), 1150-1159. doi: 10.1038/s41565-019-0568-x

A pH-responsive nanoparticle targets the neurokinin 1 receptor in endosomes to prevent chronic pain

2019

Journal Article

Differential Roles of Plasma Protein Corona on Immune Cell Association and Cytokine Secretion of Oligomeric and Fibrillar Beta-Amyloid

Faridi, Ava, Yang, Wen, Kelly, Hannah Gabrielle, Wang, Chuanyu, Faridi, Pouya, Purcell, Anthony Wayne, Davis, Thomas P., Chen, Pengyu, Kent, Stephen J. and Ke, Pu Chun (2019). Differential Roles of Plasma Protein Corona on Immune Cell Association and Cytokine Secretion of Oligomeric and Fibrillar Beta-Amyloid. Biomacromolecules, 20 (11), 4208-4217. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b01116

Differential Roles of Plasma Protein Corona on Immune Cell Association and Cytokine Secretion of Oligomeric and Fibrillar Beta-Amyloid

2019

Journal Article

Polymeric arsenicals as scaffolds for functional and responsive hydrogels

Tanaka, Joji, Song, Ji-Inn, Lunn, Andrew M., Hand, Rachel A., Häkkinen, Satu, Schiller, Tara L., Perrier, Sébastien, Davis, Thomas P. and Wilson, Paul (2019). Polymeric arsenicals as scaffolds for functional and responsive hydrogels. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 7 (27), 4263-4271. doi: 10.1039/c8tb02569j

Polymeric arsenicals as scaffolds for functional and responsive hydrogels

2018

Journal Article

Arginine-rich manganese silicate nanobubbles as a ferroptosis-inducing agent for tumor-targeted theranostics

Wang, Shuaifei, Li, Fangyuan, Qiao, Ruirui, Hu, Xi, Liao, Hongwei, Chen, Lumin, Wu, Jiahe, Wu, Haibin, Zhao, Meng, Liu, Jianan, Chen, Rui, Ma, Xibo, Kim, Dokyoon, Sun, Jihong, Davis, Thomas P., Chen, Chunying, Tian, Jie, Hyeon, Taeghwan and Ling, Daishun (2018). Arginine-rich manganese silicate nanobubbles as a ferroptosis-inducing agent for tumor-targeted theranostics. ACS Nano, 12 (12), 12380-12392. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.8b06399

Arginine-rich manganese silicate nanobubbles as a ferroptosis-inducing agent for tumor-targeted theranostics

2018

Journal Article

Mitigating human IAPP amyloidogenesis in vivo with chiral silica nanoribbons

Faridi, Ava, Sun, Yunxiang, Okazaki, Yutaka, Peng, Guotao, Gao, Jie, Kakinen, Aleksandr, Faridi, Pouya, Zhao, Mei, Javed, Ibrahim, Purcell, Anthony W., Davis, Thomas P., Lin, Sijie, Oda, Reiko, Ding, Feng and Ke, Pu Chun (2018). Mitigating human IAPP amyloidogenesis in vivo with chiral silica nanoribbons. Small, 14 (47) 1802825, 1802825. doi: 10.1002/smll.201802825

Mitigating human IAPP amyloidogenesis in vivo with chiral silica nanoribbons

2018

Journal Article

Bioconjugation and fluorescence labeling of iron oxide nanoparticles grafted with bromomaleimide-terminal polymers

Qiao, Ruirui, Esser, Lars, Fu, Changkui, Zhang, Cheng, Hu, Jinming, Ramírez-arcía, Paulina, Li, Yuhuan, Quinn, John F., Whittaker, Michael R., Whittaker, Andrew K. and Davis, Thomas P. (2018). Bioconjugation and fluorescence labeling of iron oxide nanoparticles grafted with bromomaleimide-terminal polymers. Biomacromolecules, 19 (11) acs.biomac.8b01282, 4423-4429. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b01282

Bioconjugation and fluorescence labeling of iron oxide nanoparticles grafted with bromomaleimide-terminal polymers

2018

Conference Publication

Metabolically Reprograming Pancreatic Stellate Cells Using a Novel Nanomedicine for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer

Sharbeen, G., Akerman, A., McCarroll, J., Boyer, C., Holst, J., Youkhana, J., Davis, T. P., Goldstein, D., Erkan, M. and Phillips, P. A. (2018). Metabolically Reprograming Pancreatic Stellate Cells Using a Novel Nanomedicine for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer. PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS.

Metabolically Reprograming Pancreatic Stellate Cells Using a Novel Nanomedicine for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer

2018

Conference Publication

beta III-Tubulin is a Brake for External Cell-Death Signaling and Regulates TRAIL Sensitivity in Pancreatic Cancer

Kokkinos, J., Sharbeen, G., McCarroll, J., Boyer, C., Akerman, A., Youkhana, J., Davis, T. P., Goldstein, D. and Phillips, P. A. (2018). beta III-Tubulin is a Brake for External Cell-Death Signaling and Regulates TRAIL Sensitivity in Pancreatic Cancer. PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS.

beta III-Tubulin is a Brake for External Cell-Death Signaling and Regulates TRAIL Sensitivity in Pancreatic Cancer

2018

Journal Article

Linker chemistry dictates the delivery of a phototoxic organometallic rhenium(I) complex to human cervical cancer cells from core crosslinked star polymer nanoparticles

Yu, Sul Hwa, Patra, Malay, Ferrari, Stefano, Ramirez Garcia, Paulina, Veldhuis, Nicholas A., Kaminskas, Lisa M., Graham, Bim, Quinn, John F., Whittaker, Michael R., Gasser, Gilles and Davis, Thomas P. (2018). Linker chemistry dictates the delivery of a phototoxic organometallic rhenium(I) complex to human cervical cancer cells from core crosslinked star polymer nanoparticles. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 6 (47), 7805-7810. doi: 10.1039/c8tb02464b

Linker chemistry dictates the delivery of a phototoxic organometallic rhenium(I) complex to human cervical cancer cells from core crosslinked star polymer nanoparticles

2018

Journal Article

Exploiting macromolecular design to optimize the antibacterial activity of alkylated cationic oligomers

Grace, James L., Schneider-Futschik, Elena K., Elliott, Alysha G., Amado, Maite, Truong, Nghia P., Cooper, Matthew A., Li, Jian, Davis, Thomas P., Quinn, John F., Velkov, Tony and Whittaker, Michael R. (2018). Exploiting macromolecular design to optimize the antibacterial activity of alkylated cationic oligomers. Biomacromolecules, 19 (12) acs.biomac.8b01317, 4629-4640. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b01317

Exploiting macromolecular design to optimize the antibacterial activity of alkylated cationic oligomers

2018

Journal Article

Organic arsenicals as functional motifs in polymer and biomaterials science

Tanaka, Joji, Davis, Thomas P. and Wilson, Paul (2018). Organic arsenicals as functional motifs in polymer and biomaterials science. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 39 (19) 1800205, 1800205. doi: 10.1002/marc.201800205

Organic arsenicals as functional motifs in polymer and biomaterials science

2018

Journal Article

In vivo mitigation of amyloidogenesis through functional–pathogenic double-protein coronae

Javed, Ibrahim, Yu, Tianyu, Peng, Guotao, Sánchez-Ferrer, Antoni, Faridi, Ava, Kakinen, Aleksandr, Zhao, Mei, Mezzenga, Raffaele, Davis, Thomas P., Lin, Sijie and Ke, Pu Chun (2018). In vivo mitigation of amyloidogenesis through functional–pathogenic double-protein coronae. Nano Letters, 18 (9), 5797-5804. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b02446

In vivo mitigation of amyloidogenesis through functional–pathogenic double-protein coronae

2018

Journal Article

Minimum information reporting in bio–nano experimental literature

Faria, Matthew, Björnmalm, Mattias, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Kent, Stephen J., Parton, Robert G., Kavallaris, Maria, Johnston, Angus P. R., Gooding, J. Justin, Corrie, Simon R., Boyd, Ben J., Thordarson, Pall, Whittaker, Andrew K., Stevens, Molly M., Prestidge, Clive A., Porter, Christopher J. H., Parak, Wolfgang J., Davis, Thomas P., Crampin, Edmund J. and Caruso, Frank (2018). Minimum information reporting in bio–nano experimental literature. Nature Nanotechnology, 13 (9), 777-785. doi: 10.1038/s41565-018-0246-4

Minimum information reporting in bio–nano experimental literature

2018

Journal Article

Understanding effects of PAMAM dendrimer size and surface chemistry on serum protein binding with discrete molecular dynamics simulations

Wang, Bo, Sun, Yunxiang, Davis, Thomas P., Ke, Pu Chun, Wu, Yinghao and Ding, Feng (2018). Understanding effects of PAMAM dendrimer size and surface chemistry on serum protein binding with discrete molecular dynamics simulations. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 6 (9), 11704-11715. doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b01959

Understanding effects of PAMAM dendrimer size and surface chemistry on serum protein binding with discrete molecular dynamics simulations

2018

Journal Article

Serum albumin impedes the amyloid aggregation and hemolysis of human islet amyloid polypeptide and alpha synuclein

Kakinen, Aleksandr, Javed, Ibrahim, Faridi, Ava, Davis, Thomas P. and Ke, Pu Chun (2018). Serum albumin impedes the amyloid aggregation and hemolysis of human islet amyloid polypeptide and alpha synuclein. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes, 1860 (9), 1803-1809. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2018.01.015

Serum albumin impedes the amyloid aggregation and hemolysis of human islet amyloid polypeptide and alpha synuclein

2018

Journal Article

Controlling nanomaterial size and shape for biomedical applications via polymerization-induced self-assembly

Khor, Song Yang, Quinn, John F., Whittaker, Michael R., Truong, Nghia P. and Davis, Thomas P. (2018). Controlling nanomaterial size and shape for biomedical applications via polymerization-induced self-assembly. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 40 (2) 1800438, 1-22. doi: 10.1002/marc.201800438

Controlling nanomaterial size and shape for biomedical applications via polymerization-induced self-assembly

2018

Journal Article

Biologically targeted magnetic hyperthermia: potential and limitations

Chang, David, Lim, May, Goos, Jeroen A.C.M., Qiao, Ruirui, Ng, Yun Yee, Mansfeld, Friederike M., Jackson, Michael, Davis, Thomas P. and Kavallaris, Maria (2018). Biologically targeted magnetic hyperthermia: potential and limitations. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 9 (AUG) 831. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00831

Biologically targeted magnetic hyperthermia: potential and limitations

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

    Investigation of nanoparticle treatments to the brain

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ruirui Qiao

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigating the role of gut-bacteria in neurodegenerative diseases

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Aleksandr Kakinen

  • 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

    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

  • 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

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