Professor Kris Thurecht has appointments at AIBN and UQ’s Centre for Advanced Imaging where he is the Deputy Director of Imaging Technologies. Professor Thurecht has been recognised for scientific excellence with a 2012 Queensland Young Tall Poppy Science Award and a 2010 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award for his work in developing polymer ‘theranostics’. In 2015 he was recognised by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute Polymer Division through award of the David Sangster Polymer Science and Technology Award for scientific excellence for a mid-career researcher. Since obtaining his PhD in 2005, he has been the recipient of five competitive national and international fellowships, the latest being an NHMRC CDF, and prior to that award an ARC Future Fellowship. He has contributed scientific and review articles to various leading journals in his field, including invited articles in the Emerging Young Investigator issue of Chemical Communications and a Young Talent article in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. Professor Thurecht has been chief investigator on grants from various funding bodies, including ARC Discovery grants; ARC Linkage Grants, with both national and international companies; National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grants; and funding from various cancer foundations. He is co-inventor on 8 patents. He is CI on the ARC Training Centre for Innovation in BioMedical Imaging Technology in which he is theme leader, and is Director of the ARC Research Hub for Advanced Manufacture of Targeted Radiopharmaceuticals.
Research
Design and synthesis of architectural polymers applied to molecular imaging and drug delivery in nanomedicine. In collaboration with industry, Prof Thurecht's research has contributed to development and translation of new agents for detection and treatment of cancer.
Journal Article: Self-cyclisation as a general and efficient platform for peptide and protein macrocyclisation
Jia, Xinying, Chin, Yanni K.-Y., Zhang, Alan H., Crawford, Theo, Zhu, Yifei, Fletcher, Nicholas L., Zhou, Zihan, Hamilton, Brett R., Stroet, Martin, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Mobli, Mehdi (2023). Self-cyclisation as a general and efficient platform for peptide and protein macrocyclisation. Communications Chemistry, 6 (1) 48, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s42004-023-00841-5
Balaji, Arunpandian, Bell, Craig A., Houston, Zachary H., Bridle, Kim R., Genz, Berit, Fletcher, Nicholas L., Ramm, Grant A. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2023). Exploring the impact of severity in hepatic fibrosis disease on the intrahepatic distribution of novel biodegradable nanoparticles targeted towards different disease biomarkers. Biomaterials, 302 122318, 1-18. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2023.122318
Journal Article: An immunomodulating peptide to counteract solar radiation-induced immunosuppression and DNA damage
Agrez, Michael, Rybchyn, Mark Stephen, De Silva, Warusavithana Gunawardena Manori, Mason, Rebecca Sara, Chandler, Christopher, Piva, Terrence J., Thurecht, Kristofer, Fletcher, Nicholas, Liu, Feifei, Subramaniam, Gayathri, Howard, Christopher B., Blyth, Benjamin, Parker, Stephen, Turner, Darryl, Rzepecka, Justyna, Knox, Gavin, Nika, Anastasia, Hall, Andrew, Gooding, Hayley and Gallagher, Laura (2023). An immunomodulating peptide to counteract solar radiation-induced immunosuppression and DNA damage. Scientific Reports, 13 (1) 11702, 1-19. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-38890-4
ARC Research Hub for Advanced Manufacture of Targeted Radiopharmaceuticals
(2023–2028) ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs
Advancing the treatment of brain cancer in children (UNSW led NHMRC Synergy Grant)
(2023–2027) University of New South Wales
High-Resolution Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy
(2023–2024) ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
Biologics as Peptide Delivery Vehicles for Immunotherapy
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding Immunogenicity in Nanomedicine
Doctor Philosophy
Investigation of novel therapeutic ligands against CXCR4
(2023) Doctor Philosophy
Hyperbranched polymers as nanocarriers
Houston, Zachary H., Bell, Craig A. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2018). Hyperbranched polymers as nanocarriers. Encyclopedia of polymer science and technology. (pp. 1-27) Hoboken, NJ USA: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/0471440264.pst159.pub2
Molecular imaging utilizing aptamer-targeted probes
Fletcher, Nicholas and Thurechta, Kristofer (2016). Molecular imaging utilizing aptamer-targeted probes. Aptamers: tools for nanotherapy and molecular imaging. (pp. 287-317) edited by Rakesh N. Veedu. Singapore: Pan Stanford Publishing. doi: 10.1201/b20047-11
Barner-Kowollik, Christopher, Blinco, James P., Destarac, Mathias, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Perrier, Sébastien (2012). Reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization: mechanism, process and applications. Encyclopedia of radicals in chemistry, biology and materials. (pp. 1895-1929) edited by Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu and Armido Studer. Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781119953678.rad058
Effect of molecular architecture on the performance of (19)F NMR imaging agents
Peng, Hui, Thurecht, Kristofer, Hsu, Steven, Blakey, Idriss, Squires, Oliver, Kurniawan, Nyoman, Rose, Stephen and Whittaker, Andrew (2011). Effect of molecular architecture on the performance of (19)F NMR imaging agents. NMR Spectroscopy of Polymers: Innovative Strategies for Complex Macromolecules. (pp. 459-472) edited by H. N. Cheng, Tetsuo Asakur and Alan D. English. Washington, DC, United States: American Chemical Society. doi: 10.1021/bk-2011-1077.ch028
Biocatalytic Polymerization in Exotic Solvents
Thurecht, Kristofer James and Villarroya, Silvia (2010). Biocatalytic Polymerization in Exotic Solvents. Biocatalysis in Polymer Chemistry. (pp. 323-348) edited by Katja Loos. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. doi: 10.1002/9783527632534
Self-cyclisation as a general and efficient platform for peptide and protein macrocyclisation
Jia, Xinying, Chin, Yanni K.-Y., Zhang, Alan H., Crawford, Theo, Zhu, Yifei, Fletcher, Nicholas L., Zhou, Zihan, Hamilton, Brett R., Stroet, Martin, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Mobli, Mehdi (2023). Self-cyclisation as a general and efficient platform for peptide and protein macrocyclisation. Communications Chemistry, 6 (1) 48, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s42004-023-00841-5
Balaji, Arunpandian, Bell, Craig A., Houston, Zachary H., Bridle, Kim R., Genz, Berit, Fletcher, Nicholas L., Ramm, Grant A. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2023). Exploring the impact of severity in hepatic fibrosis disease on the intrahepatic distribution of novel biodegradable nanoparticles targeted towards different disease biomarkers. Biomaterials, 302 122318, 1-18. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2023.122318
An immunomodulating peptide to counteract solar radiation-induced immunosuppression and DNA damage
Agrez, Michael, Rybchyn, Mark Stephen, De Silva, Warusavithana Gunawardena Manori, Mason, Rebecca Sara, Chandler, Christopher, Piva, Terrence J., Thurecht, Kristofer, Fletcher, Nicholas, Liu, Feifei, Subramaniam, Gayathri, Howard, Christopher B., Blyth, Benjamin, Parker, Stephen, Turner, Darryl, Rzepecka, Justyna, Knox, Gavin, Nika, Anastasia, Hall, Andrew, Gooding, Hayley and Gallagher, Laura (2023). An immunomodulating peptide to counteract solar radiation-induced immunosuppression and DNA damage. Scientific Reports, 13 (1) 11702, 1-19. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-38890-4
Ardana, Aditya, Ghosh, Saikat, Huda, Pie, Fletcher, Nicholas L., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Williams, Charlotte C. (2023). RAFT Polymer–Antibody Conjugation: Squaramide Ester Chemistry Leads to Conjugates with a Therapeutic Anti-EGFR Antibody with Full Retention of Activity and Increased Tumor Uptake In Vivo. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 20 (6), 3073-3087. doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.3c00085
Moles, Ernest, Howard, Christopher B., Huda, Pie, Karsa, Mawar, McCalmont, Hannah, Kimpton, Kathleen, Duly, Alastair, Chen, Yongjuan, Huang, Yizhou, Tursky, Melinda L., Ma, David, Bustamante, Sonia, Pickford, Russell, Connerty, Patrick, Omari, Sofia, Jolly, Christopher J., Joshi, Swapna, Shen, Sylvie, Pimanda, John E., Dolnikov, Alla, Cheung, Laurence C., Kotecha, Rishi S., Norris, Murray D., Haber, Michelle, de Bock, Charles E., Somers, Klaartje, Lock, Richard B., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Kavallaris, Maria (2023). Delivery of PEGylated liposomal doxorubicin by bispecific antibodies improves treatment in models of high-risk childhood leukemia. Science Translational Medicine, 15 (696) abm1262. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abm1262
Chu, Weijing, Houston, Zachary H., Fletcher, Nicholas L., Huda, Pie, Ahamed, Muneer, Lim, Ting Xiang, Day, Bryan W., Pinkham, Mark and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2023). Development and Validation of a Targeted Treatment for Brain Tumors Using a Multi-Drug Loaded, Relapse-Resistant Polymeric Theranostic. Biomacromolecules, 24 (6), 2674-2690. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c00138
Efficient delivery of Temozolomide using ultrasmall large-pore silica nanoparticles for glioblastoma
Janjua, Taskeen Iqbal, Cao, Yuxue, Ahmed-Cox, Aria, Raza, Aun, Moniruzzaman, Md, Akhter, Dewan Taslima, Fletcher, Nicholas L., Kavallaris, Maria, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Popat, Amirali (2023). Efficient delivery of Temozolomide using ultrasmall large-pore silica nanoparticles for glioblastoma. Journal of Controlled Release, 357, 161-174. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2023.03.040
Kaur, Ishdeep, Tieu, Terence, Deepagan, Veerasikku G., Ali, Muhammad A., Alsunaydih, Fahad, Rudd, David, Moghaddam, Maliheh A., Bourgeois, Laure, Adams, Timothy E., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Yuce, Mehmet, Cifuentes-Rius, Anna and Voelcker, Nicolas H. (2023). Combination of chemotherapy and mild hyperthermia using targeted nanoparticles: a potential treatment modality for breast cancer. Pharmaceutics, 15 (5) 1389, 1-23. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15051389
Homochiral poly(2‐oxazoline)‐based membrane for efficient enantioselective separation
Wang, Fanmengjing, Pizzi, David, Lu, Yizhihao, He, Kaiqiang, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Hill, Matthew R., Marriott, Philip, Holl, Mark M. Banaszak, Kempe, Kristian and Wang, Huanting (2023). Homochiral poly(2‐oxazoline)‐based membrane for efficient enantioselective separation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62 (8) e202212139, 1-6. doi: 10.1002/anie.202212139
Ghosh, Saikat, Fletcher, Nicholas L., Huda, Pie, Houston, Zachary H., Howard, Christopher B., Lund, Maria E., Lu, Yanling, Campbell, Douglas H., Walsh, Bradley J. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2023). Pharmacokinetics and Biodistribution of Zr-Miltuximab and Its Antibody Fragments as Glypican-1 Targeting Immuno-PET Agents in Glioblastoma. Molecular pharmaceutics, 20 (3), 1549-1563. doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00760
Enhanced drug delivery to cancer cells through a pH-sensitive polycarbonate platform
Arno, Maria C., Simpson, Joshua D., Blackman, Lewis D., Brannigan, Ruairí P., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Dove, Andrew P. (2023). Enhanced drug delivery to cancer cells through a pH-sensitive polycarbonate platform. Biomaterials Science, 11 (3), 908-915. doi: 10.1039/d2bm01626e
Mardon, Karine, Patel, Jayendra Z., Savinainen, Juha R., Stimson, Damion H. R., Oyagawa, Caitlin R. M., Grimsey, Natasha L., Migotto, Mary-anne, Njiru, Grace F. M., Hamilton, Brett R., Cowin, Gary, Yli-Kauhaluoma, Jari, Vanduffel, Wim, Blakey, Idriss, Bhalla, Rajiv, Cawthorne, Christopher, Celen, Sofie, Bormans, Guy, Thurecht, Kristofer J and Ahamed, Muneer (2022). Utilizing PET and MALDI imaging for discovery of a targeted probe for brain endocannabinoid α/β-hydrolase domain 6 (ABHD6). Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 66 (1), 538-552. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c01485
Pizzi, David, Humphries, James, Morrow, Joshua P., Mahmoud, Ayaat M., Fletcher, Nicholas L., Sonderegger, Stefan E., Bell, Craig A., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Kempe, Kristian (2022). Probing the biocompatibility and immune cell association of chiral, water-soluble, bottlebrush poly(2-oxazoline)s. Biomacromolecules, 24 (1), 246-257. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.2c01105
Mills, Jessica A., Humphries, James, Simpson, Joshua D., Sonderegger, Stefan E., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Fletcher, Nicholas L. (2022). Modulating macrophage clearance of nanoparticles: comparison of small-molecule and biologic drugs as pharmacokinetic modifiers of soft nanomaterials. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 19 (11), 4080-4097. doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00528
Modeling brain metastasis by internal carotid artery injection of cancer cells
Lim, Malcolm, Fletcher, Nicholas, Reed, Amy Mccart, Flint, Melanie, Thurecht, Kristofer, Saunus, Jodi and Lakhani, Sunil R. (2022). Modeling brain metastasis by internal carotid artery injection of cancer cells. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2022 (186) e64216. doi: 10.3791/64216
Mazrad, Zihnil A. I., Lai, May, Davis, Thomas P., Nicolazzo, Joseph A., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Leiske, Meike N. and Kempe, Kristian (2022). Protected amine-functional initiators for the synthesis of α-amine homo- and heterotelechelic poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline)s. Polymer Chemistry, 13 (30), 4436-4445. doi: 10.1039/d2py00649a
A novel lipidic peptide with potential to promote balanced effector-regulatory T cell responses
Agrez, Michael, Rzepecka, Justyna, Turner, Darryl, Knox, Gavin, Chandler, Christopher, Howard, Christopher B., Fletcher, Nicholas, Thurecht, Kristofer, Parker, Stephen, Gooding, Hayley and Gallagher, Laura (2022). A novel lipidic peptide with potential to promote balanced effector-regulatory T cell responses. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 11185, 11185. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-15455-5
Gao, Zhiliang, Li, Xiaoyu, Zhao, Kaijie, Geng, Huimin, Zhang, Peiyu, Ju, Yi, Huda, Pie, Howard, Christopher B, Thurecht, Kristofer J, Ashokkumar, Muthupandian, Hao, Jingcheng and Cui, Jiwei (2022). Confined microemulsion sono-polymerization of poly(ethylene glycol) nanoparticles for targeted delivery. Chemical Communications, 58 (56), 7777-7780. doi: 10.1039/d2cc01874h
Pre-targeting of polymeric nanomaterials to balance tumour accumulation and clearance
Fletcher, N. L., Prior, A., Choy, O., Humphries, J., Huda, P., Ghosh, S., Houston, Z. H., Bell, C. A. and Thurecht, K. J. (2022). Pre-targeting of polymeric nanomaterials to balance tumour accumulation and clearance. Chemical Communications, 58 (57), 7912-7915. doi: 10.1039/d2cc02443h
Ahmed, Salma E., Fletcher, Nicholas L., Prior, Amber R., Huda, Pie, Bell, Craig A. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2022). Development of targeted micelles and polymersomes prepared from degradable RAFT-based diblock copolymers and their potential role as nanocarriers for chemotherapeutics. Polymer Chemistry, 13 (27), 4004-4017. doi: 10.1039/d2py00257d
Investigation of a dual siRNA/chemotherapy delivery system for breast cancer therapy
Zhao, Yongmei, Liu, Tianqing, Ardana, Aditya, Fletcher, Nicholas L., Houston, Zachary H., Blakey, Idriss and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2022). Investigation of a dual siRNA/chemotherapy delivery system for breast cancer therapy. ACS Omega, 7 (20), 17119-17127. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.2c00620
Antibody-based formats to target glioblastoma: overcoming barriers to protein drug delivery
Ghosh, Saikat, Huda, Pie, Fletcher, Nicholas L., Howard, Christopher B., Walsh, Bradley, Campbell, Douglas, Pinkham, Mark B. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2022). Antibody-based formats to target glioblastoma: overcoming barriers to protein drug delivery. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 19 (5), 1233-1247. doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.1c00996
Hu, Yingjie, Li, Jianhua, Ju, Yi, Houston, Zachary H., Fletcher, Nicholas L., De Rose, Robert, Fernandes, Soraia, Hagemeyer, Christoph E., Alt, Karen, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Cortez-Jugo, Christina and Caruso, Frank (2022). Template-assisted antibody assembly: a versatile approach for engineering functional antibody nanoparticles. Chemistry of Materials, 34 (8) acs.chemmater.1c04397, 3694-3704. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c04397
Janowicz, Phillip W., Houston, Zachary H., Bunt, Jens, Fletcher, Nicholas L., Bell, Craig A., Cowin, Gary, Howard, Christopher B., Taslima, Dewan, Westra van Holthe, Nicholas, Prior, Amber, Soh, Vanessa, Ghosh, Saikat, Humphries, James, Huda, Pie, Mahler, Stephen M., Richards, Linda J. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2022). Understanding nanomedicine treatment in an aggressive spontaneous brain cancer model at the stage of early blood brain barrier disruption. Biomaterials, 283 121416, 121416. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121416
Cowin, Gary J, Mardon, Karine, Houston, Zachary H., Bhalla, Rajiv, Stimson, Damion H. R., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Brereton, Ian M. (2022). Simultaneous dual echo gadolinium enhanced MR-PET for evaluation of PET tracer delivery in altered pathophysiology. Frontiers in Physics, 10 759749. doi: 10.3389/fphy.2022.759749
Clinical development of an anti-GPC-1 antibody for the treatment of cancer
Ghosh, Saikat, Huda, Pie, Fletcher, Nicholas, Campbell, Douglas, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Walsh, Bradley (2022). Clinical development of an anti-GPC-1 antibody for the treatment of cancer. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy, 22 (5), 603-613. doi: 10.1080/14712598.2022.2033204
Mills, Jessica A., Liu, Feifei, Jarrett, Thomas R., Fletcher, Nicholas L. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2022). Nanoparticle based medicines: approaches for evading and manipulating the mononuclear phagocyte system and potential for clinical translation. Biomaterials Science, 10 (12), 3029-3053. doi: 10.1039/d2bm00181k
Anane-Adjei, Akosua B., Fletcher, Nicholas L., Cavanagh, Robert J., Houston, Zachary H., Crawford, Theodore, Pearce, Amanda K., Taresco, Vincenzo, Ritchie, Alison A., Clarke, Phillip, Grabowska, Anna M., Gellert, Paul R., Ashford, Marianne B., Kellam, Barrie, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Alexander, Cameron (2022). Synthesis, characterisation and evaluation of hyperbranched N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamides for transport and delivery in pancreatic cell lines in vitro and in vivo. Biomaterials Science, 10 (9), 2328-2344. doi: 10.1039/d1bm01548f
Ma, Yiming, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Coombes, Allan G.A. (2021). Development of enteric-coated, biphasic chitosan/HPMC microcapsules for colon-targeted delivery of anticancer drug-loaded nanoparticles. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 607 121026, 121026. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.121026
Simpson, Joshua D., Currin-Ross, Denni L., Ediriweera, Gayathri R., Schirra, Horst Joachim, Fletcher, Nicholas L., Bell, Craig A., Arno, Maria C. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2021). Cyanine-5-driven behaviours of hyperbranched polymers designed for therapeutic delivery are cell-type specific and correlated with polar lipid distribution in membranes. Nanomaterials, 11 (7) 1745, 1-18. doi: 10.3390/nano11071745
Leiske, Meike N., Lai, May, Amarasena, Thakshila, Davis, Thomas P., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Kent, Stephen J. and Kempe, Kristian (2021). Interactions of core cross-linked poly(2-oxazoline) and poly(2-oxazine) micelles with immune cells in human blood. Biomaterials, 274 120843, 120843. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.120843
Evaluation of the in vivo fate of ultrapure alginate in a BALB/c mouse model
A, Anitha, Fletcher, Nicholas L., Houston, Zachary H., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Grøndahl, Lisbeth (2021). Evaluation of the in vivo fate of ultrapure alginate in a BALB/c mouse model. Carbohydrate Polymers, 262 117947, 117947. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.117947
Non-viral vector-mediated gene therapy for ALS: challenges and future perspectives
Ediriweera, Gayathri R., Chen, Liyu, Yerbury, Justin J., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Vine, Kara L. (2021). Non-viral vector-mediated gene therapy for ALS: challenges and future perspectives. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 18 (6), 2142-2160. doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.1c00297
Pizzi, David, Mahmoud, Ayaat M., Klein, Tobias, Morrow, Joshua P., Humphries, James, Houston, Zachary H., Fletcher, Nicholas L., Bell, Craig A., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Kempe, Kristian (2021). Poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) bottlebrushes: How nanomaterial dimensions can influence biological interactions. European Polymer Journal, 151 110447, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2021.110447
Celebrating women in the pharmaceutical sciences
Taylor, Lynne S., Bergström, Christel A. S., Lavasanifar, Afsaneh, Qian, Feng, Suryanarayanan, Raj and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2021). Celebrating women in the pharmaceutical sciences. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 18 (4) acs.molpharmaceut.0c01197, 1487-1490. doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c01197
Simpson, Joshua D., Monteiro, Patrícia F., Ediriweera, Gayathri R., Prior, Amber R., Sonderegger, Stefan E., Bell, Craig A., Fletcher, Nicholas L., Alexander, Cameron and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2021). Fluorophore selection and incorporation contribute to permeation and distribution behaviors of hyperbranched polymers in multi-cellular tumor spheroids and xenograft tumor models. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 4 (3) acsabm.0c01616, 2675-2685. doi: 10.1021/acsabm.0c01616
Mody, Karishma T., Zhang, Bing, Li, Xun, Fletcher, Nicholas L., Akhter, Dewan T., Jarrett, Sandy, Zhang, Jun, Yu, Chengzhong, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Mahony, Timothy J and Mitter, Neena (2021). Characterization of the biodistribution of a silica vesicle Nanovaccine carrying a Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus protective antigen with in vivo live animal imaging. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 8 606652, 1-11. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.606652
Kane, Alexandra M., Liu, Cheng, Akhter, Dewan T., McKeone, Diane M., Bell, Craig A., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Leggett, Barbara A. and Whitehall, Vicki L. J. (2021). Curcumin chemoprevention reduces the incidence of Braf mutant colorectal cancer in a preclinical study. Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 66 (12), 4326-4332. doi: 10.1007/s10620-020-06752-y
dos Santos, Aline Martins, Meneguin, Andréia Bagliotti, Akhter, Dewan Taslima, Fletcher, Nicholas, Houston, Zachary H., Bell, Craig, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Gremião, Maria Palmira Daflon (2021). Understanding the role of colon-specific microparticles based on retrograded starch/pectin in the delivery of chitosan nanoparticles along the gastrointestinal tract. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 158, 371-378. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2020.12.004
Deepagan, Veerasikku Gopal, Leiske, Meike N., Fletcher, Nicholas L., Rudd, David, Tieu, Terence, Kirkwood, Nicholas, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Kempe, Kristian, Voelcker, Nicolas H. and Cifuentes-Rius, Anna (2020). Engineering fluorescent gold nanoclusters using xanthate-functionalized hydrophilic polymers: toward enhanced monodispersity and stability. Nano Letters, 21 (1) acs.nanolett.0c03930, 476-484. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03930
Lund, Maria E., Howard, Christopher B., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Campbell, Douglas H., Mahler, Stephen M. and Walsh, Bradley J. (2020). A bispecific T cell engager targeting Glypican-1 redirects T cell cytolytic activity to kill prostate cancer cells. BMC Cancer, 20 (1) 1214, 1214. doi: 10.1186/s12885-020-07562-1
Marasini, Nirmal, Fu, Changkui, Fletcher, Nicholas L., Subasic, Christopher, Er, Gerald, Mardon, Karine, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Whittaker, Andrew K. and Kaminskas, Lisa M. (2020). The impact of polymer size and cleavability on the intravenous pharmacokinetics of PEG-based hyperbranched polymers in rats. Nanomaterials, 10 (12) 2452, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/nano10122452
Sivaram, Amal J., Wardiana, Andri, Preethi, S. S. Hema, Fuchs, Adrian V., Howard, Christopher B., Fletcher, Nicholas L., Bell, Craig A. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2020). Effect of chain‐end chemistries on the efficiency of coupling antibodies to polymers using unnatural amino acids. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 41 (21) 2000294, e2000294. doi: 10.1002/marc.202000294
Nanobody-displaying porous silicon nanoparticles for the co-delivery of siRNA and doxorubicin
Tieu, Terence, Wojnilowicz, Marcin, Huda, Pie, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Thissen, Helmut, Voelcker, Nicolas H. and Cifuentes-Rius, Anna (2020). Nanobody-displaying porous silicon nanoparticles for the co-delivery of siRNA and doxorubicin. Biomaterials Science, 9 (1), 133-147. doi: 10.1039/d0bm01335h
Ju, Yi, Kelly, Hannah G., Dagley, Laura F., Reynaldi, Arnold, Schlub, Timothy E., Spall, Sukhdeep K., Bell, Craig A., Cui, Jiwei, Mitchell, Andrew J., Lin, Zhixing, Wheatley, Adam K., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Davenport, Miles P., Webb, Andrew I., Caruso, Frank and Kent, Stephen J. (2020). Person-specific biomolecular coronas modulate nanoparticle interactions with immune cells in human blood. ACS Nano, 14 (11) acsnano.0c06679, 15723-15737. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.0c06679
Controlling the biological fate of micellar nanoparticles: balancing stealth and targeting
Sivaram, Amal J., Wardiana, Andri, Alcantara, Sheilajen, Sonderegger, Stefan E., Fletcher, Nicholas L., Houston, Zachary H., Howard, Christopher B., Mahler, Stephen M., Alexander, Cameron, Kent, Stephen J., Bell, Craig A. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2020). Controlling the biological fate of micellar nanoparticles: balancing stealth and targeting. ACS Nano, 14 (10) acsnano.0c06033, 13739-13753. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.0c06033
The Evolving Landscape of Polymer Science and Engineering in Australia
Kempe, Kristian and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2020). The Evolving Landscape of Polymer Science and Engineering in Australia. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 41 (18) 2000414, 1-2. doi: 10.1002/marc.202000414
Dey, Priyanka, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Fredericks, Peter M. and Blakey, Idriss (2020). Stepwise like supramolecular polymerization of plasmonic nanoparticle building blocks through complementary interactions. Macromolecules, 53 (17) acs.macromol.0c01149, 7469-7478. doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01149
Next‐generation polymeric nanomedicines for oncology: perspectives and future directions
Fletcher, Nicholas L., Kempe, Kristian and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2020). Next‐generation polymeric nanomedicines for oncology: perspectives and future directions. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 41 (18) 2000319, 2000319. doi: 10.1002/marc.202000319
Humphries, James, Pizzi, David, Sonderegger, Stefan E., Fletcher, Nicholas L., Houston, Zachary H., Bell, Craig A., Kempe, Kristian and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2020). Hyperbranched Poly(2-oxazoline)s and Poly(ethylene glycol): A structure–activity comparison of biodistribution. Biomacromolecules, 21 (8) acs.biomac.0c00765, 3318-3331. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00765
Surface polymer imprinted optical fibre sensor for dose detection of dabrafenib
He, Chenyang, Ledezma, Ulises Hernandez, Gurnani, Pratik, Albelha, Thais, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Correia, Ricardo, Morgan, Stephen P., Patel, Poulam, Alexander, Cameron and Korposh, Sergiy (2020). Surface polymer imprinted optical fibre sensor for dose detection of dabrafenib. Analyst, 145 (13), 4504-4511. doi: 10.1039/d0an00434k
Noy, Janina-Miriam, Chen, Fan, Akhter, Dewan T., Houston, Zachary H., Fletcher, Nicholas L., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Stenzel, Martina H. (2020). Direct comparison of poly(ethylene glycol) and phosphorylcholine drug-loaded nanoparticles in vitro and in vivo. Biomacromolecules, 21 (6) acs.biomac.0c00257, 2320-2333. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00257
Leiske, Meike N., Walker, Julia A., Zia, Aadarash, Fletcher, Nicholas L., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Davis, Thomas P. and Kempe, Kristian (2020). Synthesis of biscarboxylic acid functionalised EDTA mimicking polymers and their ability to form Zr(iv) chelation mediated nanostructures. Polymer Chemistry, 11 (16), 2799-2810. doi: 10.1039/d0py00304b
Houston, Zachary H., Bunt, Jens, Chen, Kok-Siong, Puttick, Simon, Howard, Christopher B., Fletcher, Nicholas L., Fuchs, Adrian V., Cui, Jiwei, Ju, Yi, Cowin, Gary, Song, Xin, Boyd, Andrew W., Mahler, Stephen M., Richards, Linda J., Caruso, Frank and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2020). Understanding the uptake of nanomedicines at different stages of brain cancer using a modular nanocarrier platform and precision bispecific antibodies. ACS Central Science, 6 (5) acscentsci.9b01299, 727-738. doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.9b01299
Zhao, Yongmei, Fletcher, Nicholas L., Gemmell, Anna, Houston, Zachary H., Howard, Christopher B., Blakey, Idriss, Liu, Tianqing and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2020). Investigation of the therapeutic potential of a synergistic delivery system through dual controlled release of camptothecin-doxorubicin. Advanced Therapeutics, 3 (6) 1900202, 1900202. doi: 10.1002/adtp.201900202
Akhter, Dewan T., Simpson, Joshua D., Fletcher, Nicholas L., Houston, Zachary H., Fuchs, Adrian V., Bell, Craig A. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2020). Oral delivery of multicompartment nanomedicines for colorectal cancer therapeutics: combining loco-regional delivery with cell-target specificity. Advanced Therapeutics, 3 (2), 1900171. doi: 10.1002/adtp.201900171
Ediriweera, Gayathri R., Simpson, Joshua D., Fuchs, Adrian V., Venkatachalam, Taracad K., Van De Walle, Matthias, Howard, Christopher B., Mahler, Stephen M., Blinco, James P., Fletcher, Nicholas L., Houston, Zachary H., Bell, Craig A. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2020). Targeted and modular architectural polymers employing bioorthogonal chemistry for quantitative therapeutic delivery. Chemical Science, 11 (12), 3268-3280. doi: 10.1039/d0sc00078g
Yeh, Mei-Chun, Tse, Brian W. C., Fletcher, Nicholas L., Houston, Zachary H., Lund, Maria, Volpert, Marianna, Stewart, Chelsea, Sokolowski, Kamil A., Jeet, Varinder, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Campbell, Douglas H., Walsh, Bradley J., Nelson, Colleen C. and Russell, Pamela J. (2020). Targeted beta therapy of prostate cancer with 177Lu-labelled Miltuximab® antibody against glypican-1 (GPC-1). EJNMMI Research, 10 (1) 46, 46. doi: 10.1186/s13550-020-00637-x
Pizzi, David, Humphries, James, Morrow, Joshua P., Fletcher, Nicholas L., Bell, Craig A., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Kempe, Kristian (2019). Poly(2-oxazoline) macromonomers as building blocks for functional and biocompatible polymer architectures. European Polymer Journal, 121 109258, 109258. doi: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2019.109258
Couturaud, Benoit, Houston, Zachary H., Cowin, Gary J., Prokeš, Ivan, Foster, Jeffrey C., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and O'Reilly, Rachel K. (2019). Supramolecular fluorine magnetic resonance spectroscopy probe polymer based on Passerini bifunctional monomer. ACS Macro Letters, 8 (11), 1479-1483. doi: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.9b00626
Simpson, Joshua D., Smith, Samuel A., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Such, Georgina (2019). Engineered polymeric materials for biological applications: overcoming challenges of the bio–nano interface. Polymers, 11 (9) 1441, 1441. doi: 10.3390/polym11091441
Tang, Jie, Li, Bei, Howard, Christopher B., Mahler, Stephen M., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Wu, Yilun, Huang, Leaf and Xu, Zhi Ping (2019). Multifunctional lipid-coated calcium phosphate nanoplatforms for complete inhibition of large triple negative breast cancer via targeted combined therapy. Biomaterials, 216 119232, 119232. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.119232
Simpson, Joshua D., Ediriweera, Gayathri R., Howard, Christopher B., Fletcher, Nicholas L., Bell, Craig A. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2019). Polymer design and component selection contribute to uptake, distribution & trafficking behaviours of polyethylene glycol hyperbranched polymers in live MDA-MB-468 breast cancer cells. Biomaterials Science, 7 (11), 4661-4674. doi: 10.1039/c9bm00957d
Song, Danzi, Cui, Jiwei, Ju, Yi, Faria, Matthew, Sun, Huanli, Howard, Christopher B., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Caruso, Frank (2019). Cellular targeting of bispecific antibody-functionalized poly(ethylene glycol) capsules: do shape and size matter?. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11 (32), 28720-28731. doi: 10.1021/acsami.9b10304
Dey, Priyanka, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Fredericks, Peter M. and Blakey, Idriss (2019). Tagged Core-Satellite Nanoassemblies: Role of Assembling Sequence on Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Performance. Applied Spectroscopy, 73 (12), 000370281985666-1435. doi: 10.1177/0003702819856666
Maqbool, Faheem, Moyle, Peter M., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Falconer, James R. (2019). Dispersibility of phospholipids and their optimization for the efficient production of liposomes using supercritical fluid technology. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 563, 174-183. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.03.053
Innovative therapeutic strategies for effective treatment of brain metastases
Lim, Malcolm, Puttick, Simon, Houston, Zachary H., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Kalita-de Croft, Priyakshi, Mahler, Stephen, Rose, Stephen E., Jeffree, Rosalind L., Mazzieri, Roberta, Dolcetti, Riccardo, Lakhani, Sunil R. and Saunus, Jodi M. (2019). Innovative therapeutic strategies for effective treatment of brain metastases. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20 (6) 1280. doi: 10.3390/ijms20061280
Modulating targeting of poly(ethylene glycol) particles to tumor cells using bispecific antibodies
Cui, Jiwei, Ju, Yi, Houston, Zachary H., Glass, Joshua J., Fletcher, Nicholas L., Alcantara, Sheilajen, Dai, Qiong, Howard, Christopher B., Mahler, Stephen M., Wheatley, Adam K., De Rose, Robert, Brannon, Paul T., Paterson, Brett M., Donnelly, Paul S., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Caruso, Frank and Kent, Stephen J. (2019). Modulating targeting of poly(ethylene glycol) particles to tumor cells using bispecific antibodies. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 8 (9) 1801607, e1801607. doi: 10.1002/adhm.201801607
Ultrasound-responsive nanobubbles for enhanced intravitreal drug migration: An ex vivo evaluation
Thakur, Sachin S., Chen, Ying-Shan, Houston, Zachary H., Fletcher, Nicholas, Barnett, Nigel L., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Rupenthal, Ilva D. and Parekh, Harendra S. (2019). Ultrasound-responsive nanobubbles for enhanced intravitreal drug migration: An ex vivo evaluation. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 136, 102-107. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2019.01.014
Khaw, Kooi-Yeong, Parat, Marie-Odile, Shaw, Paul Nicholas, Nguyen, Thao T. T., Pandey, Saurabh, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Falconer, James Robert (2019). Factorial design-assisted supercritical carbon-dioxide extraction of cytotoxic active principles from Carica papaya leaf juice. Scientific Reports, 9 (1) 1716, 1716. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-37171-9
Preparation of albendazole-loaded liposomes by supercritical carbon dioxide processing
Maqbool, Faheem, Moyle, Peter M., Tan, Madeleine S. A., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Falconer, James R. (2019). Preparation of albendazole-loaded liposomes by supercritical carbon dioxide processing. Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, 46 (sup3), 1-7. doi: 10.1080/21691401.2018.1536059
Lu, Mingxia, Chen, Fan, Cao, Cheng, Garvey, Christopher J., Fletcher, Nicholas L., Houston, Zachary H., Lu, Hongxu, Lord, Megan S., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Stenzel, Martina H. (2019). Importance of polymer length in fructose-based polymeric micelles for an enhanced biological activity. Macromolecules, 52 (2) acs.macromol.8b02381, 477-486. doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02381
RNA interference to enhance radiation therapy: targeting the DNA damage response
Ratnayake, G., Bain, A. L., Fletcher, N., Howard, C. B., Khanna, K. K. and Thurecht, K. J. (2018). RNA interference to enhance radiation therapy: targeting the DNA damage response. Cancer Letters, 439, 14-23. doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2018.09.011
EphA3 pay-loaded antibody therapeutics for the treatment of glioblastoma
Offenhäuser, Carolin, Al-Ejeh, Fares, Puttick, Simon, Ensbey, Kathleen, Bruce, Zara, Jamieson, Paul, Smith, Fiona, Stringer, Brett, Carrington, Benjamin, Fuchs, Adrian, Bell, Craig, Jeffree, Rosalind, Rose, Stephen, Thurecht, Kristofer, Boyd, Andrew and Day, Bryan (2018). EphA3 pay-loaded antibody therapeutics for the treatment of glioblastoma. Cancers, 10 (12) 519, 519. doi: 10.3390/cancers10120519
Bennett, Thomas M., Chambers, Lewis C., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Jack, Kevin S. and Blakey, Idriss (2018). Dependence of block copolymer domain spacing and morphology on the cation structure of ionic liquid additives. Macromolecules, 51 (21) acs.macromol.8b01953, 8979-8986. doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01953
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
Influence of Charge on Hemocompatibility and Immunoreactivity of Polymeric Nanoparticles
Chen, Liyu, Glass, Joshua J., De Rose, Robert, Sperling, Claudia, Kent, Stephen J., Houston, Zachary H., Fletcher, Nicholas L., Rolfe, Barbara E. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2018). Influence of Charge on Hemocompatibility and Immunoreactivity of Polymeric Nanoparticles. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 1 (3) acsabm.8b00220, 756-767. doi: 10.1021/acsabm.8b00220
Zhao, Yongmei, Fletcher, Nicholas L., Liu, Tianqing, Gemmell, Anna C., Houston, Zachary H., Blakey, Idriss and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2018). In vivo therapeutic evaluation of polymeric nanomedicines: effect of different targeting peptides on therapeutic efficacy against breast cancer. Nanotheranostics, 2 (4), 360-370. doi: 10.7150/ntno.27142
Blackman, Lewis D., Varlas, Spyridon, Arno, Maria C., Houston, Zachary H., Fletcher, Nicholas L., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Hasan, Muhammad, Gibson, Matthew I. and O’Reilly, Rachel K. (2018). Confinement of therapeutic enzymes in selectively permeable polymer vesicles by Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (PISA) reduces antibody binding and proteolytic susceptibility. ACS Central Science, 4 (6), 718-723. doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.8b00168
Belfiore, Lisa, Saunders, Darren N., Ranson, Marie, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Storm, Gert and Vine, Kara L. (2018). Towards clinical translation of ligand-functionalized liposomes in targeted cancer therapy: challenges and opportunities. Journal of Controlled Release, 277, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2018.02.040
Modified organosilica core-shell nanoparticles for stable pH sensing in biological solutions
Robinson, Kye J., Huynh, Gabriel T., Kouskousis, Betty P., Fletcher, Nicholas L., Houston, Zachary H., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Corrie, Simon R. (2018). Modified organosilica core-shell nanoparticles for stable pH sensing in biological solutions. ACS Sensors, 3 (5), 967-975. doi: 10.1021/acssensors.8b00034
Tang, Jie, Howard, Christopher B., Mahler, Stephen M., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Huang, Leaf and Xu, Zhi Ping (2018). Enhanced delivery of siRNA to triple negative breast cancer cells in vitro and in vivo through functionalizing lipid-coated calcium phosphate nanoparticles with dual target ligands. Nanoscale, 10 (9), 4258-4266. doi: 10.1039/c7nr08644j
Bispecific antibody-functionalized upconversion nanoprobe
He, Hao, Howard, Christopher B., Chen, Yinghui, Wen, Shihui, Lin, Gungun, Zhou, Jiajia, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Jin, Dayong (2018). Bispecific antibody-functionalized upconversion nanoprobe. Analytical Chemistry, 90 (5), 3024-3029. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b05341
Fletcher, N. L., Houston, Z. H., Simpson, J. D., Veedu, R. N. and Thurecht, K. J. (2018). Designed multifunctional polymeric nanomedicines: long-term biodistribution and tumour accumulation of aptamer-targeted nanomaterials. Chemical Communications, 54 (82), 11538-11541. doi: 10.1039/c8cc05831h
Recent advances in the generation of antibody-nanomaterial conjugates
Sivaram, Amal J, Wardiana, Andri, Howard, Christopher B, Mahler, Stephen M and Thurecht, Kristofer J (2018). Recent advances in the generation of antibody-nanomaterial conjugates. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 7 (1) 1700607. doi: 10.1002/adhm.201700607
Chen, Liyu, Simpson, Joshua D, Fuchs, Adrian V, Rolfe, Barbara E and Thurecht, Kristofer J (2017). Effects of Surface Charge of Hyperbranched Polymers on Cytotoxicity, Dynamic Cellular Uptake and Localization, Hemotoxicity, and Pharmacokinetics in Mice. Molecular pharmaceutics, 14 (12), 4485-4497. doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.7b00611
Gold Nanocluster-Mediated Cellular Death under Electromagnetic Radiation
Cifuentes-Rius, Anna, Ivask, Angela, Das, Shreya, Penya-Auladell, Nuria, Fabregas, Laura, Fletcher, Nicholas L., Houston, Zachary H., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Voelcker, Nicolas H. (2017). Gold Nanocluster-Mediated Cellular Death under Electromagnetic Radiation. Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9 (47), 41159-41167. doi: 10.1021/acsami.7b13100
Pearce, Amanda K., Simpson, Joshua D., Fletcher, Nicholas L., Houston, Zachary H., Fuchs, Adrian V., Russell, Pamela J., Whittaker, Andrew K. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2017). Localised delivery of doxorubicin to prostate cancer cells through a PSMA-targeted hyperbranched polymer theranostic. Biomaterials, 141, 330-339. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2017.07.004
Bridging Bio-Nano Science and Cancer Nanomedicine
Björnmalm, Mattias, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Michael, Michael, Scott, Andrew M. and Caruso, Frank (2017). Bridging Bio-Nano Science and Cancer Nanomedicine. Acs Nano, 11 (10), 9594-9613. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.7b04855
Zhao, Yongmei, Houston, Zachary H., Simpson, Joshua D., Chen, Liyu, Fletcher, Nicholas L., Fuchs, Adrian V., Blakey, Idriss and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2017). Using peptide aptamer targeted polymers as a model nanomedicine for investigating drug distribution in cancer nanotheranostics. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 14 (10), 3539-3549. doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.7b00560
Switchable 19F MRI polymer theranostics: towards in situ quantifiable drug release
Fuchs, A. V., Bapat, A. P., Cowin, G. J. and Thurecht, K. J. (2017). Switchable 19F MRI polymer theranostics: towards in situ quantifiable drug release. Polymer Chemistry, 8 (34), 5157-5166. doi: 10.1039/c7py00345e
Charge has a marked influence on hyperbranched polymer nanoparticle association in whole human blood
Glass, Joshua J., Chen, Liyu, Alcantara, Sheilajen, Crampin, Edmund J., Thurecht, Kristofer J., De Rose, Robert and Kent, Stephen J. (2017). Charge has a marked influence on hyperbranched polymer nanoparticle association in whole human blood. ACS Macro Letters, 6 (6), 586-592. doi: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.7b00229
Ardana, Aditya, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2017). Synthesis and post-polymerisation ligations of PEG-based hyperbranched polymers for RNA conjugation via reversible disulfide linkage. Macromolecular Research, 25 (6), 599-614. doi: 10.1007/s13233-017-5111-z
Cifuentes-Rius, Anna, Boase, Nathan R. B., Font, Ines, Coronas, Nuria, Ramos-Perez, Victor, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Borros, Salvador (2017). In vivo fate of carbon nanotubes with different physicochemical properties for gene delivery applications. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9 (13), 11461-11471. doi: 10.1021/acsami.7b00677
Fuchs, Adrian V. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2017). Stability of trithiocarbonate RAFT agents containing both a cyano and a carboxylic acid functional group. ACS Macro Letters, 6 (3), 287-291. doi: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.7b00100
Corrie, Simon R. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2016). Nano-bio interactions: guiding the development of nanoparticle therapeutics, diagnostics, and imaging agents. Pharmaceutical Research, 33 (10), 2311-2313. doi: 10.1007/s11095-016-2009-y
Nanoparticle-based medicines: a review of FDA-approved materials and clinical trials to date
Bobo, Daniel, Robinson, Kye J., Islam, Jiaul, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Corrie, Simon R. (2016). Nanoparticle-based medicines: a review of FDA-approved materials and clinical trials to date. Pharmaceutical Research, 33 (10), 2373-2387. doi: 10.1007/s11095-016-1958-5
Preclinical imaging of siRNA delivery
Fletcher, Nicholas, Ardana, Aditya and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2016). Preclinical imaging of siRNA delivery. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 69 (10), 1073-1077. doi: 10.1071/CH16079
Howard, Christopher B., Fletcher, Nicholas, Houston, Zachary H., Fuchs, Adrian V., Boase, Nathan R. B., Simpson, Joshua D., Raftery, Lyndon J., Ruder, Tim, Jones, Martina L., de Bakker, Christopher J., Mahler, Stephen M. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2016). Targeted nanomaterials: overcoming instability of antibody-nanomaterial conjugates: next generation targeted nanomedicines using bispecific antibodies (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 16/2016). Advanced Healthcare Materials, 5 (16), 1994-1994. doi: 10.1002/adhm.201670084
Han, Felicity Y., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Whittaker, Andrew K. and Smith, Maree T. (2016). Bioerodable PLGA-based microparticles for producing sustained-release drug formulations and strategies for improving drug loading. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 7 (JUN) 185, 1-11. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2016.00185
Howard, Christopher B., Fletcher, Nicholas, Houston, Zachary H., Fuchs, Adrian V., Boase, Nathan R. B., Simpson, Joshua D., Raftery, Lyndon J., Ruder, Tim, Jones, Martina L., de Bakker, Christopher J., Mahler, Stephen M. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2016). Overcoming Instability of Antibody-Nanomaterial Conjugates: Next Generation Targeted Nanomedicines Using Bispecific Antibodies. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 5 (16), 2055-2068. doi: 10.1002/adhm.201600263
Pearce, Amanda K., Fuchs, Adrian V., Fletcher, Nicholas L. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2016). Targeting Nanomedicines to Prostate Cancer: Evaluation of Specificity of Ligands to Two Different Receptors In Vivo. Pharmaceutical Research, 33 (10), 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s11095-016-1945-x
Fluorinated POSS-star polymers for 19F MRI
Wang, Kewei, Peng, Hui, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2016). Fluorinated POSS-star polymers for 19F MRI. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 217 (20), 2262-2274. doi: 10.1002/macp.201600084
Biosensing made easy with PEG-targeted bi-specific antibodies
Raftery, Lyndon J., Grewal, Yadveer S., Howard, Christopher B., Jones, Martina L., Shiddiky, Muhammad J. A., Carrascosa, Laura G., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Mahler, Stephen M. and Trau, Matt (2016). Biosensing made easy with PEG-targeted bi-specific antibodies. Chemical Communications, 52 (33), 5730-5733. doi: 10.1039/C6CC01916A
Synthesis, characterization and biological activities of semicarbazones and their copper complexes
Venkatachalam, Taracad K., Bernhardt, Paul V., Noble, Chris J., Fletcher, Nicholas, Pierens, Gregory K., Thurecht, Kris J. and Reutens, David C. (2016). Synthesis, characterization and biological activities of semicarbazones and their copper complexes. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 162, 295-308. doi: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2016.04.006
Synthesis of 19F nucleic acid-polymer conjugates as real-time MRI probes of biorecognition
Sicilia, Giovanna, Davis, Adrienne L., Spain, Sebastian G., Magnusson, Johannes P., Boase, Nathan R. B., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Alexander, Cameron (2016). Synthesis of 19F nucleic acid-polymer conjugates as real-time MRI probes of biorecognition. Polymer Chemistry, 7 (12), 2180-2191. doi: 10.1039/c5py01883h
Bennett, Thomas M., Jack, Kevin S., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Blakey, Idriss (2016). Perturbation of the experimental phase diagram of a diblock copolymer by blending with an ionic liquid. Macromolecules, 49 (1), 205-214. doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02041
Multifunctional hyperbranched polymers for CT/19F MRI bimodal molecular imaging
Wang, Kewei, Peng, Hui, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Puttick, Simon and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2016). Multifunctional hyperbranched polymers for CT/19F MRI bimodal molecular imaging. Polymer Chemistry, 7 (5), 1059-1069. doi: 10.1039/c5py01707f
Richardson, Samuel J., Blakey, Idriss, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Irvine, Derek J. and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2016). Spectral normalisation by error minimisation for prediction of conversion in solvent-free catalytic chain transfer polymerisations. RSC Advances, 6 (73), 69484-69491. doi: 10.1039/c6ra06462k
Robinson, Kye J., Coffey, Jacob W., Muller, David A., Young, Paul R., Kendall, Mark A., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Grøndahl, Lisbeth and Corrie, Simon R. (2015). Comparison between polyethylene glycol and zwitterionic polymers as antifouling coatings on wearable devices for selective antigen capture from biological tissue. Biointerphases, 10 (4) 04A305, 04A305.1-04A305.11. doi: 10.1116/1.4932055
Evaluation of polymeric nanomedicines targeted to PSMA: effect of ligand on targeting efficiency
Fuchs, Adrian V., Tse, Brian W.C., Pearce, Amanda. K., Yeh, Mei-Chun, Fletcher, Nicholas L., Huang, Steve S., Heston, Warren D., Whittaker, Andrew K., Russell, Pamela J. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2015). Evaluation of polymeric nanomedicines targeted to PSMA: effect of ligand on targeting efficiency. Biomacromolecules, 16 (10), 3235-3247. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.5b00913
Ma, Yiming, Fuchs, Adrian V., Boase, Nathan R. B., Rolfe, Barbara E., Coombes, Allan G. A. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2015). The in vivo fate of nanoparticles and nanoparticle-loaded microcapsules after oral administration in mice: evaluation of their potential for colon-specific delivery. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 94, 393-403. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2015.06.014
Wang, Kewei, Peng, Hui, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Puttick, Simon and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2015). Segmented Highly Branched Copolymers: Rationally Designed Macromolecules for Improved and Tunable 19F MRI. Biomacromolecules, 16 (9), 2827-2839. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.5b00800
Puttick, Simon, Stringer, Brett W., Day, Bryan W., Bruce, Zara C., Ensbey, Kathleen S., Mardon, Karine, Cowin, Gary J., Thurecht, Kristofer J, Whittaker, Andrew K., Fay, Michael, Boyd, Andrew W. and Rose, Stephen (2015). EphA2 as a Diagnostic Imaging Target in Glioblastoma: A Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. Molecular Imaging, 14 (6), 385-395. doi: 10.2310/7290.2015.00008
Han, Felicity Y., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Lam, Ai-Leen, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Smith, Maree T. (2015). Novel polymeric bioerodable microparticles for prolonged-release intrathecal delivery of analgesic agents for relief of intractable cancer-related pain. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 104 (7), 2334-2344. doi: 10.1002/jps.24497
Interfacial RAFT Miniemulsion Polymerization: Architectures from an Interface
Fuchs, Adrian V. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2015). Interfacial RAFT Miniemulsion Polymerization: Architectures from an Interface. Macromolecular Chemistry And Physics, 216 (12), 1271-1281. doi: 10.1002/macp.201500061
Utilising polymers to understand diseases: advanced molecular imaging agents
Fuchs, Adrian V., Gemmell, Anna C. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2015). Utilising polymers to understand diseases: advanced molecular imaging agents. Polymer Chemistry, 2015 (6), 868-880. doi: 10.1039/c4py01311e
Eliezar, Jeaniffer, Scarano, Wei, Boase, Nathan R. B., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Stenzel, Martina H. (2015). In vivo evaluation of folate decorated cross-linked micelles for the delivery of platinum anticancer drugs. Biomacromolecules, 16 (2), 515-523. doi: 10.1021/bm501558d
Polymeric siRNA delivery vectors: knocking down cancers with polymeric‐based gene delivery systems
Ardana, Aditya, Whittaker, Andrew, McMillan, Nigel A. J. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2014). Polymeric siRNA delivery vectors: knocking down cancers with polymeric‐based gene delivery systems. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 90 (7), 1196-1208. doi: 10.1002/jctb.4508
Development of a polymer theranostic for prostate cancer
Pearce, Amanda K., Rolfe, Barbara E., Russell, Pamela J., Tse, Brian W.-C., Whittaker, Andrew K., Fuchs, Adrian V. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2014). Development of a polymer theranostic for prostate cancer. Polymer Chemistry, 5 (24), 6932-6942. doi: 10.1039/C4PY00999A
Imaging tumour distribution of a polymeric drug delivery platform in vivo by PET-MRI
Puttick, Simon, Boase, Nathan R. B., Blakey, Idriss and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2014). Imaging tumour distribution of a polymeric drug delivery platform in vivo by PET-MRI. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 90 (7), 1237-1244. doi: 10.1002/jctb.4489
PEG-based hyperbranched polymer theranostics: optimizing chemistries for improved bioconjugation
Ardana, Aditya, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2014). PEG-based hyperbranched polymer theranostics: optimizing chemistries for improved bioconjugation. Macromolecules, 47 (15), 5211-5219. doi: 10.1021/ma501196h
Self assembly of plasmonic core-satellite nano-assemblies mediated by hyperbranched polymer linkers
Dey, Priyanka, Zhu, Shaoli, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Fredericks, Peter M. and Blakey, Idriss (2014). Self assembly of plasmonic core-satellite nano-assemblies mediated by hyperbranched polymer linkers. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2 (19), 2827-2837. doi: 10.1039/c4tb00263f
Synthesis of a multimodal molecular imaging probe based on a hyperbranched polymer architecture
Boase, Nathan R. B., Blakey, Idriss, Rolfe, Barbara E., Mardon, Karine and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2014). Synthesis of a multimodal molecular imaging probe based on a hyperbranched polymer architecture. Polymer Chemistry, 5 (15), 4450-4458. doi: 10.1039/c4py00513a
Wang, Kewei, Peng, Hui, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Puttick, Simon and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2014). Biodegradable core crosslinked star polymer nanoparticles as 19F MRI contrast agents for selective imaging. Polymer Chemistry, 5 (5), 1760-1771. doi: 10.1039/c3py01311a
Dey, Priyanka, Blakey, Idriss, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Fredericks, Peter M. (2014). Hyperbranched polymer-gold nanoparticle assemblies: role of polymer architecture in hybrid assembly formation and SERS activity. Langmuir, 30 (8), 2249-2258. doi: 10.1021/la4047462
Rolfe, Barbara E., Blakey, Idriss, Squires, Oliver, Peng, Hui, Boase, Nathan R. B., Alexander, Cameron, Parsons, Peter G., Boyle, Glen M., Whittaker, Andrew K. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2014). Multimodal polymer nanoparticles with combined 19F magnetic resonance and optical detection for tunable, targeted, multimodal imaging in vivo. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136 (6), 2413-2419. doi: 10.1021/ja410351h
Li, Yan, Ghasemi Naghdi, Forough, Garg, Sourabh, Adarme-Vega, Tania Catalina, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Ghafor, Wael Abdul, Tannock, Simon and Schenk, Peer M. (2014). A comparative study: The impact of different lipid extraction methods on current microalgal lipid research. Microbial Cell Factories, 13 (1) 14, 14. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-13-14
Bennett, Thomas M., Pei, Kevin, Cheng, Han-Hao, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Jack, Kevin S. and Blakey, Idriss (2014). Can ionic liquid additives be used to extend the scope of poly(styrene)-block-poly(methyl methacrylate) for directed self-assembly?. Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS and MOEMS, 13 (3) 031304, 031304.1-031304.9. doi: 10.1117/1.JMM.13.3.031304
Zhang, Jing, Martin, Darren J., Taran, Elena, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Minchin, Rodney F. (2014). Effect of supercritical carbon dioxide on the loading and release of model drugs from polyurethane films: comparison with solvent casting. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 215 (1), 54-64. doi: 10.1002/macp.201300492
Facile one-spot synthesis of highly branched polycaprolactone
Nguyen, Nam T., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Howdle, Steve M. and Irvine, Derek J. (2014). Facile one-spot synthesis of highly branched polycaprolactone. Polymer Chemistry, 5 (8), 2997-3008. doi: 10.1039/c3py01725g
Wang, Kewei, Peng, Hui, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Puttick, Simon and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2013). pH-responsive star polymer nanoparticles: potential F-19 MRI contrast agents for tumour-selective imaging. Polymer Chemistry, 4 (16), 4480-4489. doi: 10.1039/c3py00654a
Blakey, Idriss, Merican, Zul and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2013). A method for controlling the aggregation of gold nanoparticles: Tuning of optical and spectroscopic properties. Langmuir, 29 (26), 8266-8274. doi: 10.1021/la401361u
Influence of oxidation upon the CO2 capture performance of a phenolic-resin-derived carbon
Plaza, M. G., Thurecht, K. J., Pevida, C., Rubiera, F., Pis, J. J., Snape, C. E. and Drage, T. C. (2013). Influence of oxidation upon the CO2 capture performance of a phenolic-resin-derived carbon. Fuel Processing Technology, 110, 53-60. doi: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2013.01.011
Abulateefeh, Samer R., Spain, Sebastian G., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Aylott, Jonathan W., Chan, Weng C., Garnett, Martin C. and Alexander, Cameron (2013). Enhanced uptake of nanoparticle drug carriers via a thermoresponsive shell enhances cytotoxicity in a cancer cell line. Biomaterials Science, 1 (4), 434-442. doi: 10.1039/c2bm00184e
Dey, Priyanka, Blakey, Idriss, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Fredericks, Peter M. (2013). Self-assembled hyperbranched polymer-gold nanoparticle hybrids: understanding the effect of polymer coverage on assembly size and SERS performance. Langmuir, 29 (2), 525-533. doi: 10.1021/la304034b
Aptamer-targeted hyperbranched polymers: towards greater specificity for tumours in vivo
Coles, Daniel J., Rolfe, Barbara E., Boase, Nathan R. B., Veedu, Rakesh N. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2013). Aptamer-targeted hyperbranched polymers: towards greater specificity for tumours in vivo. Chemical Communications, 49 (37), 3836-3838. doi: 10.1039/c3cc00127j
SERS-based detection of barcoded gold nanoparticle assemblies from within animal tissue
Dey, Priyanka, Olds, William, Blakey, Idriss, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Izake, Emad L. and Fredericks, Peter M. (2013). SERS-based detection of barcoded gold nanoparticle assemblies from within animal tissue. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 44 (12), 1659-1665. doi: 10.1002/jrs.4399
Puttick, Simon, Davis, Adrienne L., Butler, Kevin, Irvine, Derek J., Licence, Peter and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2013). The influence of domain segregation in ionic liquids upon controlled polymerisation mechanisms: RAFT polymerisation. Polymer Chemistry, 4 (5), 1337-1344. doi: 10.1039/C2PY20835K
Polymers as probes for multimodal imaging with MRI
Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2012). Polymers as probes for multimodal imaging with MRI. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 213 (24), 2567-2572. doi: 10.1002/macp.201200420
Peng, Hui, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Blakey, Idriss, Taran, Elena and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2012). Effect of solvent quality on the solution properties of assemblies of partially fluorinated amphiphilic diblock copolymers. Macromolecules, 45 (21), 8681-8690. doi: 10.1021/ma3019188
Jennings, James, Beija, Mariana, Richez, Alexandre P., Cooper, Samuel D., Mignot, Paul E., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Jack, Kevin S. and Howdle, Steven M. (2012). One-pot synthesis of block copolymers in supercritical carbon dioxide: A simple versatile route to nanostructured microparticles. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134 (10), 4772-4781. doi: 10.1021/ja210577h
Munnemann, Kerstin, Kolzer, Michael, Blakey, Idriss, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2012). Hyperbranched polymers for molecular imaging: Designing polymers for parahydrogen induced polarisation (PHIP). Chemical Communications, 48 (10), 1583-1585. doi: 10.1039/c1cc16077j
Hyperbranched polymers as delivery vectors for oligonucleotides
Tan, Jian Hong, McMillan, Nigel A. J., Payne, Elizabeth, Alexander, Cameron, Heath, Felicity, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2012). Hyperbranched polymers as delivery vectors for oligonucleotides. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 50 (13), 2585-2595. doi: 10.1002/pola.26055
In situ formation of crosslinked core-corona polymeric nanoparticles from a novel hyperbranched core
Zheng, Yu, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Chen, Xinyong, Roberts, Clive J., Irvine, Derek J., Howdle, Steven M. and Wang, Wenxin (2012). In situ formation of crosslinked core-corona polymeric nanoparticles from a novel hyperbranched core. Polymer Chemistry, 3 (10), 2807-2814. doi: 10.1039/c2py20247f
Molecular imaging with polymers
Boase, Nathan R. B., Blakey, Idriss and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2012). Molecular imaging with polymers. Polymer Chemistry, 3 (6), 1384-1389. doi: 10.1039/c2py20132a
New vinyl ester copolymers as stabilisers for dispersion polymerisation in scCO2
Park, Eun Ju, Richez, Alexandre P., Birkin, Natasha A., Lee, Hyunsuk, Arrowsmith, Nicholas, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Howdle, Steven M. (2011). New vinyl ester copolymers as stabilisers for dispersion polymerisation in scCO2. Polymer, 52 (24), 5403-5409. doi: 10.1016/j.polymer.2011.09.038
Controlled polymerisation of lactide using an organo-catalyst in supercritical carbon dioxide
Blakey, Idriss, Yu, Anguang, Howdle, Steven M., Whittaker, Andrew K. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2011). Controlled polymerisation of lactide using an organo-catalyst in supercritical carbon dioxide. Green Chemistry, 13 (8), 2032-2037. doi: 10.1039/c1gc15344g
Zheng, Yu, Turner, William, Zong, Mengmeng, Irvine, Derek J., Howdle, Steven M. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2011). Biodegradable core-shell materials via RAFT and ROP: Characterization and comparison of hyperbranched and microgel particles. Macromolecules, 44 (6), 1347-1354. doi: 10.1021/ma1027092
Modular construction of multifunctional bioresponsive cell-targeted nanoparticles for gene delivery
Saeed, Aram O., Magnusson, Johannes P., Moradi, Emilia, Soliman, Mahmoud, Wang, Wenxin, Stolnik, Snow, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Howdle, Steven M. and Alexander, Cameron (2011). Modular construction of multifunctional bioresponsive cell-targeted nanoparticles for gene delivery. Bioconjugate Chemistry, 22 (2), 156-168. doi: 10.1021/bc100149g
Puttick, Simon, Davis, Adrienne L., Butler, Kevin, Lambert, Lynette, El Harfi, Jaouad, Irvine, Derek J., Whittaker, Andrew K., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Licence, Peter (2011). NMR as a probe of nanostructured domains in ionic liquids : Does domain segregation explain increased performance of free radical polymerisation?. Chemical Science, 2 (9), 1810-1816. doi: 10.1039/c1sc00207d
Polysiloxanes polymers with hyperbranched structure and multivinyl functionality
Zheng, Yu, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Wang, Wenxin (2011). Polysiloxanes polymers with hyperbranched structure and multivinyl functionality. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Article in press (4), 1-9. doi: 10.1002/pola.25072
Yasayan, Gokcen, Saeed, Aram O., Fernandez-Trillo, Francisco, Allen, Stephanie, Davies, Martin C., Jangher, Abdulhakim, Paul, Alison, Thurecht, Kristofer J., King, Stephen M., Schweins, Ralf, Griffiths, Peter C., Magnusson, Johannes P. and Alexander, Cameron (2011). Responsive hybrid block co-polymer conjugates of proteins-controlled architecture to modulate substrate specificity and solution behaviour. Polymer Chemistry, 2 (7), 1567-1578. doi: 10.1039/c1py00128k
Heath, Felicity, Saeed, Aram Omer, Pennadam, Sivanand S., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Alexander, Cameron (2010). 'Isothermal' phase transitions and supramolecular architecture changes in thermoresponsive polymers via acid-labile side-chains. Polymer Chemistry, 1 (8), 1252-1262. doi: 10.1039/c0py00080a
Haque, Papia, Barker, Ian A., Parsons, Andrew, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Ahmed, Ifty, Walker, Gavin S., Rudd, Christopher D. and Irvine, Derek J. (2010). Influence of compatibilizing agent molecular structure on the mechanical properties of phosphate glass fiber-reinforced PLA composites. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 48 (14), 3082-3094. doi: 10.1002/pola.24086
Thurecht, Kristofer J., Blakey, Idriss, Peng, Hui, Squires, Oliver, Hsu, Steven, Alexander, Cameron and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2010). Functional hyperbranched polymers: Toward targeted in Vivo F-19 magnetic resonance imaging using designed macromolecules. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132 (15), 5336-5337. doi: 10.1021/ja100252y
Blakey, Idriss, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2010). High-pressure real-time Xe-129 NMR: Monitoring of surfactant conformation during the self-assembly of reverse micelles in supercritical carbon dioxide. Chemical Communications, 46 (16), 2850-2852. doi: 10.1039/b927029a
Temperature dependence of the dielectric properties of 2,2'-azobis(2- methyl-butyronitrile)(AMBN)
Smith, Alastair D., Lester, Edward H., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Kingman, Sam W., El Harfi, Jaouad, Dimitrakis, Georgios, Robinson, John P. and Irvine, Derek J. (2010). Temperature dependence of the dielectric properties of 2,2'-azobis(2- methyl-butyronitrile)(AMBN). Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 49 (6), 3011-3014. doi: 10.1021/ie901389a
Lee, Hyunsuk, Pack, Ji Won, Wang, Wenxin, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Howdle, Steven M. (2010). Synthesis and phase behavior of CO2-soluble hydrocarbon copolymer: Poly(vinyl) acetate-alt-dibutyl maleate. Macromolecules, 43 (5), 2276-2282. doi: 10.1021/ma902505h
Smith, Alastair D., Lester, Edward, Thurecht, Kristofer James, El Harfi, Jaouad, Dimitrakis, Georgios, Kingman, Sam W., Robinson, John P. and Irvine, Derek J. I (2010). Dielectric properties of free-radical polymerizations: Molecularly symmetrical initiators during thermal decomposition. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 49 (4), 1703-1710. doi: 10.1021/ie901201h
Hill, Gavin T. H., Irvine, Derek J., Thurecht, Kristofer J, Botting, Catherine H., Williamson, Sylvia and Cole-Hamilton, David J. (2010). Preparation of sodium-capped poly(lactic acid) oligomers by catalytic initiation with a sodium α-, β-, or γ-hydroxyacidss. Macromolecules, 43 (1), 185-192. doi: 10.1021/ma901861u
Controlled dispersion polymerization in supercritical carbon dioxide
Thurecht, K.J. and Howdle, S.M. (2009). Controlled dispersion polymerization in supercritical carbon dioxide. Australian Journal of Chemistry: an international journal for chemical science, 62 (8), 786-789. doi: 10.1071/CH09081
One-pot controlled synthesis of biodegradable and biocompatible co-polymer micelles
Saeed, Aram Omer, Dey, Sabrina, Howdle, Steven M., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Alexander, Cameron (2009). One-pot controlled synthesis of biodegradable and biocompatible co-polymer micelles. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 19 (26), 4529-4535. doi: 10.1039/b821736j
Puttick, Simon, Irvine, Derek J., Licence, Peter and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2009). RAFT-functional ionic liquids: towards understanding controlled free radical polymerisation in ionic liquids. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 19 (18), 2679-2682. doi: 10.1039/b817181p
Dispersion polymerisation in supercritical CO2 using macro-RAFT agents
Zong, Mengmeng, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Howdle, Steven M. (2008). Dispersion polymerisation in supercritical CO2 using macro-RAFT agents. Chemical Communications (45), 5942-5944. doi: 10.1039/b812827h
Epoxy functionalised poly(epsilon-caprolactone): Synthesis and application
Zhou, Jiaxiang, Wang, Wenxin, Villarroya, Silvia, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Howdle, Steven M. (2008). Epoxy functionalised poly(epsilon-caprolactone): Synthesis and application. Chemical Communications (44), 5806-5808. doi: 10.1039/b810297j
Lee, Hyunsuk, Terry, Elaine, Zong, Mengmeng, Arrowsmith, Nicholas, Perrier, Sébastien, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Howdle, Steven M. (2008). Successful dispersion polymerization in supercritical CO2 using polyvinylalkylate hydrocarbon surfactants synthesized and anchored via RAFT. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130 (37), 12242-12243. doi: 10.1021/ja8046156
HRP-mediated inverse emulsion polymerisation of acrylamide in supercritical carbon dioxide
Villarroya, Silvia, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Howdle, Steven M. (2008). HRP-mediated inverse emulsion polymerisation of acrylamide in supercritical carbon dioxide. Green Chemistry, 10 (8), 863-867. doi: 10.1039/b804080j
Free-radical polymerization in ionic liquids: the case for a protected radical
Thurecht, Kristofer J., Gooden, Peter N., Goel, Sarika, Tuck, Christopher, Licence, Peter and Irvine, Derek J. (2008). Free-radical polymerization in ionic liquids: the case for a protected radical. Macromolecules, 41 (8), 2814-2820. doi: 10.1021/ma7026403
Controlled dispersion polymerization of methyl methacrylate in supercritical carbon dioxide via RAFT
Gregory, Andrew M., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Howdle, Steven M. (2008). Controlled dispersion polymerization of methyl methacrylate in supercritical carbon dioxide via RAFT. Macromolecules, 41 (4), 1215-1222. doi: 10.1021/ma702017r
“Living” Polymer Beads in Supercritical CO2
Thurecht, Kristofer J., Gregory, Andrew M., Wang, Wenxin and Howdle, Steven M. (2007). “Living” Polymer Beads in Supercritical CO2. Macromolecules, 40 (9), 2965-2967. doi: 10.1021/ma062724m
Zhou, Jiaxiang, Villarroya, Silvia, Wang, Wenxin, Wyatt, Mark F., Duxbury, Christopher J., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Howdle, Steven M. (2007). One-step chemoenzymatic synthesis of poly(epsilon-caprolactone-block-methyl methacrylate) in supercritical CO2. (vol 39, pg 5352, 2006). Macromolecules, 40 (6), 2276-2276. doi: 10.1021/ma070151n
Controlled dispersion polymerization in supercritical carbon dioxide by RAFT
Gregory, Andrew M., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Howdle, Steven M. (2007). Controlled dispersion polymerization in supercritical carbon dioxide by RAFT. Polymer preprint, 48 (2), 200-201.
GECO-DOSY Post-Processing Analysis of Polymers
Thurecht, Kristofer J., Howdle, Steven M., Davis, Adrienne L. and Hyde, Jason R. (2007). GECO-DOSY Post-Processing Analysis of Polymers. Macromolecules, 40 (4), 976-982. doi: 10.1021/ma061345q
Hasell, Tom, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Jones, Rhys D. W., Brown, Paul D. and Howdle, Steven M. (2007). Novel one pot synthesis of silver nanoparticle–polymer composites by supercritical CO2 polymerisation in the presence of a RAFT agent. Chemical communications, 38 (38), 3933-3935. doi: 10.1039/b710503g
Supercritical CO2: an effective medium for the chemo-enzymatic synthesis of block copolymers
Villarroya, Silvia, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Heise, Andreas and Howdle, Steven M. (2007). Supercritical CO2: an effective medium for the chemo-enzymatic synthesis of block copolymers. Chemical communications, 37 (37), 3805-3813. doi: 10.1039/b701128h
Synthesis of graft copolymers by the combination of ATRP and Enzymatic ROP in scC02
Villarroya, Silvia, Zhou, Jiaxiang, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Howdle, Steven M. (2006). Synthesis of graft copolymers by the combination of ATRP and Enzymatic ROP in scC02. Macromolecules, 39 (26), 9080-9086. doi: 10.1021/ma061068n
Thurecht, Kristofer J., Hill, David J. T. and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2006). Investigation of spontaneous microemulsion formation in supercritical carbon dioxide using high-pressure NMR. Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 38 (1), 111-118. doi: 10.1016/j.supflu.2005.11.021
Zhou, Jiaxiang, Villarroya, Silvia, Wang, Wenxin, Wyatt, Mark F., Duxbury, Christopher J., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Howdle, Steven M. (2006). One-step chemoenzymatic synthesis of poly(ε-caprolactone-block-methyl methacrylate) in supercritical CO2. Macromolecules, 39 (16), 5352-5358. doi: 10.1021/ma060046y
Enzymatic polymerizations in supercritical carbon dioxide
Villarroya, Silvia, Zhou, Jiaxiang, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Howdle, Steven M. (2006). Enzymatic polymerizations in supercritical carbon dioxide. Polymer Preprints, 47 (2), 231-232.
Kinetics of Enzymatic Ring-Opening Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
Thurecht, Kristofer J., Heise, Andreas, deGeus, Matthijs, Villarroya, Silvia, Zhou, Jiaxiang, Wyatt, Mark F. and Howdle, Steven M. (2006). Kinetics of Enzymatic Ring-Opening Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide. Macromolecules, 39 (23), 7967-7972. doi: 10.1021/ma061310q
NMR microscopy: A tool for measuring monomer diffusion in supercritical CO2
Thurecht, Kistofer J., T Hill, David J. and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2006). NMR microscopy: A tool for measuring monomer diffusion in supercritical CO2. Macromolecular Chemistry And Physics, 207 (17), 1539-1545. doi: 10.1002/macp.200600245
Simultaneous Dynamic Kinetic Resolution in Combination with Enzymatic Ring-Opening Polymerization
Zhou, Jiaxiang, Wang, Wenxin, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Villarroya, Silvia and Howdle, Steven M. (2006). Simultaneous Dynamic Kinetic Resolution in Combination with Enzymatic Ring-Opening Polymerization. Macromolecules, 39 (21), 7302-7305. doi: 10.1021/ma0614388
Thurecht, Kristofer J., Gregory, Andrew M., Villarroya, Silvia, Zhou, Jiaxiang, Heise, Andreas and Howdle, Steven M. (2006). Simultaneous enzymatic ring opening polymerisation and RAFT-mediated polymerisation in supercritical CO2. Chemical Communications, 42 (42), 4383-4385. doi: 10.1039/b611626d
Thurecht, K. J., Hill, D. J. T. and Whittaker, A. K. (2005). Equilibrium swelling measurements of network and semicrystalline polymers in supercritical carbon dioxide using high-pressure NMR. Macromolecules, 38 (9), 3731-3737. doi: 10.1021/ma0503108
Thurecht, K. J., Hill, D. J. T., Preston, C. M. L., Rintoul, L., White, J. W. and Whittaker, A. K. (2004). Determination of domain sizes in blends of poly(ethylene) and poly(styrene) formed in the presence of supercritical carbon dioxide. Macromolecules, 37 (16), 6019-6026. doi: 10.1021/ma0492622
New structure formation on gamma-irradiation of poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene)
Hill, D. J. T., Thurecht, K. J. and Whittaker, A. K. (2003). New structure formation on gamma-irradiation of poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene). Radiation Physics And Chemistry, 67 (6), 729-736. doi: 10.1016/S0969-806X(03)00004-5
A study of the radiation chemistry of poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene) by ESR spectroscopy
Hill, D. J. T., Thurecht, K. J. and Whittaker, A. K. (2003). A study of the radiation chemistry of poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene) by ESR spectroscopy. Radiation Physics And Chemistry, 68 (5), 857-864. doi: 10.1016/S0969-806X(03)00313-X
NMR studies of polymers formed in and within supercritical CO2.
Whittaker, AK, Hill, DJT and Thurecht, K (2003). NMR studies of polymers formed in and within supercritical CO2.. Abstracts of Papers of The American Chemical Society, 225, U591-U591.
Immuno-PET agents for targeting glioblastoma
Ghosh, S., Huda, P., Fletcher, N., Howard, C., Lu, Y., Campbell, D., Walsh, B. and Thurecht, K. (2022). Immuno-PET agents for targeting glioblastoma. Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine (ANZSNM) 52nd ASM, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 13–15 May 2022. Richmond, VIC, Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
Canine PET/CT imaging with 64Cu-nanomedicines
Daniel, Sarah, Houston, Zachary, Fletcher, Nicholas, Bell, Craig, Atcheson, Nicole, Al-Najjar, Aiman, Howard, Christopher, Mahler, Stephen, Straw, Rod and Thurecht, Kristofer (2020). Canine PET/CT imaging with 64Cu-nanomedicines. SNMMI Annual Meeting, Online, 11-14 July, 2020. Reston, VA, United States: Society of Nuclear Medicine.
Innovation in diagnosis and treatment of brain metastases using multifunctional nanomedicines
Saunus, J. M., Lim, M., Puttick, S., Croft, P. Kalita-de, Houston, Z. H., Jones, M. L., Latter, M. J., Campbell, L. C., Thomas, P., Jeffree, R. L., Rose, S. E., Mahler, S. M., Thurecht, K. J., Scott, A. M. and Lakhani, S. R. (2019). Innovation in diagnosis and treatment of brain metastases using multifunctional nanomedicines. San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, Texas, 4-8 December 2018. Philadelphia, PA, United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.SABCS18-P1-19-02
Yeh, Mei-Chun, Tse, Brian W. C., Fletcher, Nicholas L., Huston, Zachary H., Stewart, Chelsea, Sokolowski, Kamil, Jeet, Varinder, Wissmueller, Sandra, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Campbell, Douglas H., Walsh, Bradley J., Nelson, Colleen C. and Russell, Pamela J. (2018). Targeted beta therapy of human prostate cancer in vivo with Lu-177 labelled MIL-38 antibody against glypican-1 (GPC-1). 19th Asia-Pacific Prostate Cancer Conference, Brisbane Australia, Aug 22-25, 2018. HOBOKEN: WILEY.
EPHA3 a novel tumour specific therapeutic target for medulloblastoma
Offenhauser, Carolin, Carrington, Benjamin, Thurecht, Kris, Ensbey, Kathleen, Bruce, Zara, Jamieson, Paul, Lim, Yi Chieh, Akgul, Seckin, Li, Michelle, Stringer, Brett, Puttick, Simon, Fuchs, Adrian, Picard, Daniel, Ingram, Wendy, Hallahan, Andrew, Moore, Andrew, Johns, Terrance, Gottardo, Nicholas, Remke, Marc, Boyd, Andrew and Day, Bryan (2018). EPHA3 a novel tumour specific therapeutic target for medulloblastoma. 18th International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology (ISPNO), Denver, CO USA, 30 June-3 July 2018. Cary, NC USA: Oxford University Press.
Design-led 3D visualization of nanomedicines in virtual reality
Lilja, Andrew R., Strong, Campbell W., Bailey, Benjamin J., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Houston, Zachary H., Fletcher, Nicholas L. and McGhee, John B. (2018). Design-led 3D visualization of nanomedicines in virtual reality. 24th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (ACM VRST), Tokyo, Japan, Nov 28- Dec 01 2018. New York, NY, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3281505.3281572
Development of polymer theranostics to probe the behaviour of nanomaterials in biology
Thurecht, Kristofer, Zhou, Yongmei, Fletcher, Nicholas and Houston, Zachary (2018). Development of polymer theranostics to probe the behaviour of nanomaterials in biology. 255th National Meeting and Exposition of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS) - Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water, New Orleans, LA United States, 18-22 March 2018. Washington, DC United States: American Chemical Society.
Development of polymeric MRI agents as theranostics
Thurecht, Kristofer, Fuchs, Adrian, Bapat, Abhijeet and Houston, Zachary (2018). Development of polymeric MRI agents as theranostics. 255th National Meeting and Exposition of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS) - Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water, New Orleans, LA United States, 18-22 March 2018. Washington, DC United States: American Chemical Society.
Song, Danzi, Cui, Jiwei, Ju, Yi, Sun, Huanli, Thurecht, Kristofer and Caruso, Frank (2017). Harnessing shape and bi-specific antibodies for improved cell-targeting efficiency of poly(ethylene glycol) capsules. 253rd National Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS) on Advanced Materials, Technologies, Systems, and Processes, San Francisco, CA USA, 2-6 April 2017. Washington, DC USA: American Chemical Society.
EphA receptor tyrosine kinases as targets for therapy in paediatric medulloblastoma
Carrington, Benjamin, Al-Ejeh, Fares, Lim, Yi Chieh, Ensbey, Kathleen, Bruce, Zara, Jamieson, Paul, Fuchs, Adrian, Thurecht, Kristofer, Stringer, Brett, Boyd, Andrew and Day, Bryan (2016). EphA receptor tyrosine kinases as targets for therapy in paediatric medulloblastoma. 21st Annual Scientific Meeting and Education Day of the Society-for-Neuro-Oncology, Scottsdale, AZ, United States, 17-20 November 2016. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/now212.638
Evaluation of the in vivo fate of ultrapure alginate in mice model
Anitha, A., Fletcher, Nicholas, Houston, Zachary, Thurecht, Kristofer and Grondahl, Lisbeth (2016). Evaluation of the in vivo fate of ultrapure alginate in mice model. 10th World Biomaterials Congress, Montréal, Canada, 17 May - 22 May 2016. Lausanne, Switzerland: Frontiers Research Foundation. doi: 10.3389/conf.FBIOE.2016.01.02237
MILGa-01-a first in human study assessing the safety and tolerability of chMIL-38 in prostate cancer
Sabanathan, Dhanusha, Gurney, Howard, Gillatt, David, Trifunovic, Marko, Magnussen, John, Poursoultan, Pirooz, Shon, Kevin H. O., Walsh, Bradley J., Mazure, Hubert, Velonas, Vicki, Thurecht, Kris, Quach Truong, Wissmueller, Sandra and Campbell, Douglas (2016). MILGa-01-a first in human study assessing the safety and tolerability of chMIL-38 in prostate cancer. 17th Asia-Pacific Prostate Cancer Conference, Melbourne Australia, August 31 - September 3 2016. United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.
Targeted multimodal hyperbranched polymers for imaging and therapy of prostate cancer
Tse, Brian W-C, Pearce, Amanda, Fuchs, Adrian V., Simpson, Joshua D., Yeh, Mei-Chun, Huang, Steve S., Heston, Warren D. W., Williams, Elizabeth D., Whittaker, Andrew K., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Russell, Pamela J. (2016). Targeted multimodal hyperbranched polymers for imaging and therapy of prostate cancer. 17th Asia-Pacific Prostate Cancer Conference, Melbourne Australia, August 31-September 3 2016. United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.
Mapping the lyotropic phase behavior of diblock copolymer iongels
Bennett, Thomas, Blakey, Idriss, Thurecht, Kristofer and Jack, Kevin (2015). Mapping the lyotropic phase behavior of diblock copolymer iongels. American Chemical Society Meeting, American Chemical Society.
Tse, Brian W-C, Fuchs, Adrian V., Huang, Steve S., Heston, Warren D. W., Yeh, Mei-Chun, Whittaker, Andrew K., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Russell, Pamela J. (2015). Multimodal hyperbranched polymers targeting prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) for imaging of prostate cancer. 2nd Prostate Cancer World Congress (PCWC), Cairns, Australia, 17-21 August 2015. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL.
Polymeric MRI agents for disease detection: advances and challenges
Zhang, Cheng , Wang, Kewei , Peng, Hui , Puttick, Simon , Thurecht, Kris and Whittaker, Andrew (2015). Polymeric MRI agents for disease detection: advances and challenges. 2015 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, 15-20 December 2015.
Solution properties of EOGMA-containing macromolecules
Zhang, Cheng, Wang, Kewei, Thurecht, Kris, Puttick, Simon, Peng, Hui and Whittaker, Andrew (2015). Solution properties of EOGMA-containing macromolecules. 4th Federation of Asian Polymer Societies – International Polymer Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 5-8 October 2015. Weinheim, Germany:
EphA2 as a diagnostic imaging target in glioblastoma: a PET/MRI study
Puttick, Simon, Stringer, Brett W., Day, Bryan W., Mardon, Karine, Cowin, Gary J., Fay, Michael, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Whittaker, Andrew K., Boyd, Andrew W. and Rose, Stephen (2014). EphA2 as a diagnostic imaging target in glioblastoma: a PET/MRI study. 105th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), San Diego, CA, United States, 5-9 April 2014. Philadelphia, PA, United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2014-LB-12
Extending the scope of poly(styrene)-block-poly(methyl methacrylate) for directed self assembly
Bennett, Thomas, Pei, Kevin, Cheng, Han-Hao, Thurecht, Kristofe J., Jack, Kevin S. and Blakey, Idriss (2014). Extending the scope of poly(styrene)-block-poly(methyl methacrylate) for directed self assembly. Alternative Lithographic Technologies VI, San Jose, United States, 24-27 February 2014. Bellingham, WA, United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2046296
Fuchs, Adrian V., Pearce, Amanda K., Tse, Brian W. C., Whittaker, Andrew K., Russell, Pamela J. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2014). Multimodal hyperbranched polymers for simultaneous imaging and drug delivery for targeted prostate cancer theranostics. ACS 2014: 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, Dallas, TX, USA, 16-20 March, 2014. Washington, DC, United States: American Chemical Society.
SERS-barcoded colloidal gold NP assemblies as imaging agents for use in biodiagnostics
Dey, Priyanka, Olds, William, Blakey, Idriss, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Izake, Emad L. and Fredericks, Peter M. (2014). SERS-barcoded colloidal gold NP assemblies as imaging agents for use in biodiagnostics. Biomedical Vibrational Spectroscopy VI: Advances in Research and Industry, San Francisco, CA United States, 1-2 February 2014. Bellingham, WA United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2037159
Biologically-responsive polymeric F-19 MRI agents
Whittaker, Andrew K., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Blakey, Idriss and Peng, Hui (2013). Biologically-responsive polymeric F-19 MRI agents. 245th National Spring Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS), New Orleans LA, 07-11 April 2013. Washington, DC United States: American Chemical Society.
Hyperbranched polymers in theranostics: Development of advanced delivery probes for cancer therapy
Thurecht, Kristofer J., Whittaker, Andrew K., Russell, Pamela J. and Pearce, Amanda (2013). Hyperbranched polymers in theranostics: Development of advanced delivery probes for cancer therapy. 245th National Spring Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS), New Orleans LA, 07-11 April 2013. Washington, DC United States: American Chemical Society.
POLY 252-RAFT-functional ionic liquids: Controlled free radical polymerization in ionic liquids
Thurecht, Krisofer J., Puttick, Simon, Irvine, Derek J. and Licence, Peter (2009). POLY 252-RAFT-functional ionic liquids: Controlled free radical polymerization in ionic liquids. American Chemical Society National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A., 22 -26 March 2009. Washington, DC United States: American Chemical Society.
High pressure NMR of polymeric materials
Whittaker, Andrew K., Blakey, Idriss, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Squires, Oliver and Varcoe, Kylie (2008). High pressure NMR of polymeric materials. 235th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, 6-10 April 2008 . Blacksburg, VA, United States: American Chemical Society.
POLY 624-High pressure NMR of polymeric materials
Whittaker, AK, Blakey, I, Thurecht, KJ, Squires, O and Varcoe, K (2008). POLY 624-High pressure NMR of polymeric materials. 235th American-Chemical-Society National Meeting, New Orleans LA, APR 06-10, 2008. WASHINGTON: AMER CHEMICAL SOC.
Application of Raman Spectroscopic Mapping for the Characterisation of High Performance Polymers
Rintoul, L., Thurecht, K., Chen, L., Goh, K., Hill, D. J. T. and Whittaker, A. K. (2003). Application of Raman Spectroscopic Mapping for the Characterisation of High Performance Polymers. 5th Australian Conference on Vibrational Spectroscopy, Melbourne, 29 Sep - 2 Oct 2003. CSIRO.
Aspects of the radiation chemistry of poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene)
Hill, D. J. T., Thurecht, K. J. and Whittaker, A. K. (2002). Aspects of the radiation chemistry of poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene). 25th Australasian Polymer Symposium, Armidale, 10-13 February, 2002.
Radiation chemistry of poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene) for biomedical purposes
Hill, D. J. T., Thurecht, K. J. and Whittaker, A. K. (2002). Radiation chemistry of poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene) for biomedical purposes. Qld Polymer Group Satellite Symposium, Brisbane, 6-8 February, 2002.
Nuclear magnetic resonance agent
Whittaker, A. K., Peng, H., Thurecht, K. J. and Blakey, I. (2012). Nuclear magnetic resonance agent. 2012-AU415 2012142670.
Synthesis and characterisation of polymers using supercritical carbon dioxide and NMR
Thurecht, K J (2005). Synthesis and characterisation of polymers using supercritical carbon dioxide and NMR. PhD Thesis, School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, The University of Queensland.
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Nuclear medicine for the future: Targeted radiometal therapeutics for oncology
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Next generation imaging to bridge the knowledge gap in nanomedicine delivery
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In vivo optical imaging into the next generation
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Next generation hybrid nanomaterials: bispecific antibody-targeted polymers
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Immuno-polymeric drugs for prostate cancer therapy
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EGFR targeted nanoparticle feasibility study
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Radiosensitization of prostate cancer by nanoparticle mediated siRNA delivery
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Hyperbranched Polymer:siRNA Conjugates: Advanced Polymeric Carriers for Cancer Therapy
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Hyperbranched Ploymers for Targeted Drug Delivery: Synthesis, Properties and Molecular Conjugation
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Biocatalytic Polymerisation in Supercritical CO2
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Supercritical CO2: A Clean, Green Reaction Medium for Novel Polymer Synthesis and Modification
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Biologics as Peptide Delivery Vehicles for Immunotherapy
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Targeted delivery of novel immune-boosting peptides to the tumour microenvironment using polymeric nanoparticles to manage lung cancer
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Targeted polymeric radiopharmaceutical as cancer theranostics
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The effect of avidity on nanobody-based formats for theranostic applications
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New radiopharmaceuticals for PET imaging and radiotherapy
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Radiopharmaceuticals as Molecular Imaging Tools and Radionuclide Therapy Opportunities for Improved Clinical Outcome
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Roles of image fusion and 3D technology in urology: exploration and clinical integration for personalised devices
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Modulating the Mononuclear Phagocyte System for Improved Nanomaterial Delivery
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Biological Interactions of Polymeric Nanomedicines & Molecular Imaging Agents
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Design and synthesis of nanomaterials as combination therapeutics
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Development of polymeric theranostics using bioorthogonal chemistry
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Polymeric micelle nanomedicines for monitoring therapeutic efficacy
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Radiosensitization of Prostate Cancer by Nanoparticle Mediated RNA Interference
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Development of novel polymeric theranostic for the treatment of colorectal cancer
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Design of functional hyperbranched polymers for gene delivery
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Development of a Hyperbranched Polymer Theranostic for Prostate Cancer
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Physiological Response to Polymeric Materials in Nanomedicine
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Controlled delivery of nanoparticles to the colon for tumour targeting
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Hyperbranched Polymers for In Vivo Multimodal Molecular Imaging
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Nanomaterials for the Detection of a Small-Molecule Disease Marker
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Re-examining catalytic chain transfer for the synthesis of specialty polymers
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Polymer-Ionic Liquid Composites for Advanced Material and Solid Polymer Electrolyte Applications
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Delivery of therapeutic peptides from thermoplastic polyurethane films
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