By Associate Professor Alison Beavis

Journal articles

Maitre M; Horder M; Kirkbride KP; Gassner AL; Weyermann C; Gupta A; Beavis A; Roux C, 2022, 'An application example of the likelihood ratio approach to the evaluation of organic gunshot residues using a fictional scenario and recently published data', Forensic Science International, 335, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2022.111267

Popovic A; Morelato M; Baechler S; De Grazia A; Tahtouh M; Roux C; Beavis A, 2022, 'Understanding Australian methylamphetamine drug markets through relational, temporal and spatial analyses', Drug Testing and Analysis, 14, pp. 481 - 495, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dta.3181

Maitre M; Chiaravalle A; Horder M; Chadwick S; Beavis A, 2021, 'Evaluating the effect of barrel length on pellet distribution patterns of sawn-off shotguns', Forensic Science International, 320, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2021.110685

Popovic A; Morelato M; Roux C; Beavis A, 2021, 'Interpreting the link value of similarity scores between illicit drug specimens through a dual approach, featuring deterministic and Bayesian frameworks', Forensic Science International, 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110651

Taudte RV; Roux C; Bishop DP; Fouracre C; Beavis A, 2021, 'High-throughput screening for target compounds in smokeless powders using online-SPE tandem mass spectrometry', Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 53, pp. 16 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2019.1629019

Popovic A; Morelato M; Roux C; Beavis A, 2019, 'Review of the most common chemometric techniques in illicit drug profiling', Forensic Science International, 302, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.109911

Maitre M; Chadwick S; Kirkbride KP; Gassner AL; Weyermann C; Beavis A; Roux C, 2019, 'An investigation on the secondary transfer of organic gunshot residues', Science and Justice, 59, pp. 248 - 255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2019.01.007

Gassner AL; Manganelli M; Werner D; Rhumorbarbe D; Maitre M; Beavis A; Roux CP; Weyermann C, 2019, 'Secondary transfer of organic gunshot residues: Empirical data to assist the evaluation of three scenarios', Science and Justice, 59, pp. 58 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2018.08.007

Maitre M; Kirkbride KP; Horder M; Roux C; Beavis A, 2018, 'Thinking beyond the lab: organic gunshot residues in an investigative perspective', Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 50, pp. 659 - 665, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2018.1457718

Maitre M; Horder M; Kirkbride KP; Gassner AL; Weyermann C; Roux C; Beavis A, 2018, 'A forensic investigation on the persistence of organic gunshot residues', Forensic Science International, 292, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2018.08.036

Hofstetter C; Maitre M; Beavis A; Roux CP; Weyermann C; Gassner AL, 2017, 'A study of transfer and prevalence of organic gunshot residues', Forensic Science International, 277, pp. 241 - 251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.06.013

Popovic A; McBriar T; He P; Beavis A, 2017, 'Chiral determination and assay of optical isomers in clandestine drug laboratory samples using LC-MSMS', Analytical Methods, 9, pp. 3380 - 3387, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6ay03125k

Maitre M; Kirkbride KP; Horder M; Roux C; Beavis A, 2017, 'Current perspectives in the interpretation of gunshot residues in forensic science: A review', Forensic Science International, 270, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.09.003

Taudte RV; Roux C; Beavis A, 2017, 'Stability of smokeless powder compounds on collection devices', Forensic Science International, 270, pp. 55 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.11.027

Taudte RV; Roux C; Blanes L; Horder M; Kirkbride KP; Beavis A, 2016, 'The development and comparison of collection techniques for inorganic and organic gunshot residues', Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 408, pp. 2567 - 2576, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00216-016-9357-7

Taudte RV; Roux C; Bishop D; Blanes L; Doble P; Beavis A, 2015, 'Development of a UHPLC method for the detection of organic gunshot residues using artificial neural networks', Analytical Methods, 7, pp. 7447 - 7454, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5ay00306g

Baechler S; Morelato M; Ribaux O; Beavis A; Tahtouh M; Kirkbride KP; Esseiva P; Margot P; Roux C, 2015, 'Forensic intelligence framework. Part II: Study of the main generic building blocks and challenges through the examples of illicit drugs and false identity documents monitoring', Forensic Science International, 250, pp. 44 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.02.021

Stojanovska N; Tahtouh M; Kelly T; Beavis A; Fu S, 2015, 'Qualitative analysis of seized cocaine samples using desorption electrospray ionization- mass spectrometry (DESI-MS)', Drug Testing and Analysis, 7, pp. 393 - 400, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dta.1684

Morelato M; Beavis A; Tahtouh M; Ribaux O; Kirkbride KP; Roux C, 2015, 'The use of methylamphetamine chemical profiling in an intelligence-led perspective and the observation of inhomogeneity within seizures', Forensic Science International, 246, pp. 55 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.10.041

Stojanovska N; Tahtouh M; Kelly T; Beavis A; Fu S, 2014, 'Presumptive analysis of 4-methylmethcathinone (mephedrone) using Desorption Electrospray Ionisation - Mass Spectrometry (DESI-MS)', Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 46, pp. 411 - 423, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2013.879206

Morelato M; Beavis A; Tahtouh M; Ribaux O; Kirkbride P; Roux C, 2014, 'The use of organic and inorganic impurities found in MDMA police seizures in a drug intelligence perspective', Science and Justice, 54, pp. 32 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2013.08.006

Hare DJ; Lei P; Ayton S; Roberts BR; Grimm R; George JL; Bishop DP; Beavis AD; Donovan SJ; McColl G; Volitakis I; Masters CL; Adlard PA; Cherny RA; Bush AI; Finkelstein DI; Doble PA, 2014, 'An iron-dopamine index predicts risk of parkinsonian neurodegeneration in the substantia nigra pars compacta', Chemical Science, 5, pp. 2160 - 2169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3sc53461h

Taudte RV; Beavis A; Blanes L; Cole N; Doble P; Roux C, 2014, 'Detection of gunshot residues using mass spectrometry', BioMed Research International, 2014, pp. 965403, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/965403

Morelato M; Baechler S; Ribaux O; Beavis A; Tahtouh M; Kirkbride P; Roux C; Margot P, 2014, 'Forensic intelligence framework-Part I: Induction of a transversal model by comparing illicit drugs and false identity documents monitoring', Forensic Science International, 236, pp. 181 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.12.045

Canning J; Huyang G; Ma M; Beavis A; Bishop D; Cook K; McDonagh A; Shi D; Peng GD; Crossley MJ, 2014, 'Percolation diffusion into self-assembled mesoporous silica microfibres', Nanomaterials, 4, pp. 157 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano4010157

Taudte RV; Beavis A; Wilson-Wilde L; Roux C; Doble P; Blanes L, 2013, 'A portable explosive detector based on fluorescence quenching of pyrene deposited on coloured wax-printed μpADs', Lab on a Chip, 13, pp. 4164 - 4172, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3lc50609f

Hare DJ; Lear J; Bishop D; Beavis A; Doble PA, 2013, 'Protocol for production of matrix-matched brain tissue standards for imaging by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry', Analytical Methods, 5, pp. 1915 - 1921, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3ay26248k

Morelato M; Beavis A; Kirkbride P; Roux C, 2013, 'Forensic applications of desorption electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (DESI-MS)', Forensic Science International, 226, pp. 10 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.01.011

Morelato M; Beavis A; Tahtouh M; Ribaux O; Kirkbride P; Roux C, 2013, 'The use of forensic case data in intelligence-led policing: The example of drug profiling', Forensic Science International, 226, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.01.003

Stojanovska N; Fu S; Tahtouh M; Kelly T; Beavis A; Kirkbride KP, 2013, 'A review of impurity profiling and synthetic route of manufacture of methylamphetamine, 3,4-methylenedioxymethylamphetamine, amphetamine, dimethylamphetamine and p-methoxyamphetamine', Forensic Science International, 224, pp. 8 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.10.040

Hare DJ; Lee JK; Beavis AD; Van Gramberg A; George J; Adlard PA; Finkelstein DI; Doble PA, 2012, 'Three-dimensional atlas of iron, copper, and zinc in the mouse cerebrum and brainstem', Analytical Chemistry, 84, pp. 3990 - 3997, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac300374x

Morelato M; Beavis A; Ogle A; Doble P; Kirkbride P; Roux C, 2012, 'Screening of gunshot residues using desorption electrospray ionisation-mass spectrometry (DESI-MS)', Forensic Science International, 217, pp. 101 - 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.10.030

Lloyd A; Blanes L; Beavis A; Roux C; Doble P, 2011, 'A rapid method for the in-field analysis of amphetamines employing the agilent bioanalyzer', Analytical Methods, 3, pp. 1535 - 1539, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c1ay05078h

Epple R; Blanes L; Beavis A; Roux C; Doble P, 2010, 'Analysis of amphetamine-type substances by capillary zone electrophoresis using capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection', Electrophoresis, 31, pp. 2608 - 2613, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elps.201000128

Van Gramberg A; Beavis A; Doble P; Mileham S, 2010, 'Optimisation of the separation of amphetamine-type stimulants using artificial neural networks for applications on lab-on-a-chip technology', Science & Justice, 50, pp. 41 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2009.11.056

Moncrieff M; Scolyer R; Thompson J; Beavis A; Uren R; Stretch J, 2008, 'Correct identification of a sentinel node postselective lymphadenectomy using antimony levels', Melanoma Research, 18, pp. 365 - 366, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/CMR.0b013e328307bf2d

Karim RZ; Scolyer RA; Li W; Yee VSK; McKinnon JG; Li LXL; Uren RF; Lam S; Beavis A; Dawson M; Doble P; Hoon DSB; Thompson JF, 2008, 'False negative sentinel lymph node biopsies in melanoma may result from deficiencies in nuclear medicine, surgery, or pathology', Annals of Surgery, 247, pp. 1003 - 1010, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181724f5e

Beavis A; Dawson M; Doble P; Scolyer RA; Bourne R; Li LXL; Murali R; Stretch JR; Lean CL; Uren RF; Thompson JF, 2008, 'Confirmation of sentinel lymph node identity by analysis of fine-needle biopsy samples using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry', Annals of Surgical Oncology, 15, pp. 934 - 940, http://dx.doi.org/10.1245/s10434-007-9693-0

Scolyer RA; Thompson JF; Li LXL; Beavis A; Dawson M; Doble P; Soper R; Uren RF; Stretch JR; Sharma R; McCarthy SW, 2004, 'Antimony concentrations in nodal tissue can confirm sentinel node identity', Modern Pathology, 17, pp. 1191 - 1197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/modpathol.3800202

Scolyer RA; Thompson JF; Li LXL; Beavis A; Dawson M; Doble P; Ka VSK; McKinnon JG; Soper R; Uren RF; Shaw HM; Stretch JR; McCarthy SW, 2004, 'Failure to remove true sentinel nodes can cause failure of the sentinel node biopsy technique: evidence from antimony concentrations in false-negative sentinel nodes from melanoma patients.', Annals of surgical oncology : the official journal of the Society of Surgical Oncology, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02523624

Dawson M; Doble P; Beavis A; Li LXL; Soper R; Scolyer RA; Uren RF; Thompson JF, 2003, 'Antimony by ICP-MS as a marker for sentinel lymph nodes in melanoma patients', Analyst, 128, pp. 217 - 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b300527e

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