By Professor Mark Duncan Willcox

Journal articles

Verran J; Shakespeare AP; Willcox MDP; Knox KW, 1991, 'The Effect of pH on Adhesion and Hyphal Formation by Strains ofCandida albicans', Microbial Ecology in Health & Disease, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/mehd.v4i2.7605

Willcox MDP; Knox KW, 1991, 'A comparison of the adhesion profiles and cell surface characteristics of streptococcus mitis with those of other members of the streptococcus sanguis group', Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease, 4, pp. 61 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/08910609109140265

Willcox MDP; Knox KW; Green RM; Drucker DB, 1991, 'An examination of strains of the bacteriumStreptococcus vestibularis for relative cariogenicity in gnotobiotic rats and adhesionin vitro', Archives of Oral Biology, 36, pp. 327 - 333, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0003-9969(91)90001-B

Willcox MDP; Irwin AM; Jacques NA; Knox KW, 1991, 'Enumeration of Oral Streptococci on Media Containing Different Concentrations of Sodium and Potassium Ions', Journal of Dental Research, 70, pp. 1375 - 1379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00220345910700101201

Verran J; Shakespeare AP; Willcox MDP; Knox KW, 1991, 'The effect of ph on adhesion and hyphal formation by strains of candida albicans', Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease, 4, pp. 73 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/08910609109140266

Willcox MDP; Drucker DB; Hillier VF, 1990, 'Cohesion between oral streptococci and Neisseria pharyngis on saliva-coated glass, in the presence and absence of sucrose', Microbios, 61, pp. 197 - 205

Harty DWS; Willcox MDP; Wyatt JE; Oyston PCF; Handley PS, 1990, 'The surface ultrastructure and adhesive properties of a fimbriate streptococcus sanguis strain and six non-fimbriate mutants', Biofouling, 2, pp. 75 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08927019009378131

Willcox MDP; Drucker DB; Green RM, 1990, 'In vivo dental plaque-forming ability and cariogenicity of the bacterium Streptococcus bovis in gnotobiotic rats', Archives of Oral Biology, 35, pp. 163 - 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0003-9969(90)90178-D

Willcox MDP; Knox KW, 1990, 'Surface-associated properties of Streptococcus milleri group strains and their potential relation to pathogenesis', Journal of Medical Microbiology, 31, pp. 259 - 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00222615-31-4-259

WILLCOX MDP; DRUCKER DB; HILLIER VF, 1990, 'COHESION BETWEEN ORAL STREPTOCOCCI AND NEISSERIA-PHARYNGIS ON SALIVA-COATED GLASS, IN THE PRESENCE AND ABSENCE OF SUCROSE', MICROBIOS, 61, pp. 197 - 205

WILLCOX MDP; WYATT JE; HANDLEY PS, 1989, 'A comparison of the adhesive properties and surface ultrastructure of the fibrillar Streptococcus sanguis 12 and an adhesion deficient non‐fibrillar mutant 12 na', Journal of Applied Bacteriology, 66, pp. 291 - 299, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.1989.tb02481.x

Willcox MDP; Drucker DB; Green RM, 1989, 'Comparative cariogenicity and dental plaque-forming ability in gnotobiotic rats of four species of mutans streptococci', Archives of Oral Biology, 34, pp. 825 - 828, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0003-9969(89)90034-4

Willcox MDP; Drucker DB, 1989, 'Surface structures, co-aggregation and adherence phenomena of Streptococcus oralis and related species', Microbios, 59, pp. 19 - 29

Wyatt JE; Willcox MDP; Russell RRB; Handley PS, 1988, 'Fibrillar strains of Streptococcus sanguis biotype I carry a surface protein which cross‐reacts with Antigen B from Streptococcus mutans Ingbritt', Oral Microbiology and Immunology, 3, pp. 162 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-302X.1988.tb00003.x

Willcox MDP; Drucker DB; Hillier VF, 1988, 'In-vitro adherence of oral streptococci in the presence of sucrose and its relationship to cariogenicity in the rat', Archives of Oral Biology, 33, pp. 109 - 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0003-9969(88)90053-2

Willcox Drucker MDPDB, 1988, 'Partial characterisation of the inhibotory substances produced by streptococcus oralis and related species', Microbios, 55, pp. 135 - 145

WILLCOX MDP; DRUCKER DB, 1988, 'PARTIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE INHIBITORY SUBSTANCES PRODUCED BY STREPTOCOCCUS-ORALIS AND RELATED SPECIES', MICROBIOS, 55, pp. 135 - 145

Willcox MDP; Drucker DB; Hillier VF, 1987, 'In vitro adherence of Streptococcus oralis to saliva-coated glass in the presence or absence of sucrose', Microbios Letters, 34, pp. 123 - 128

Willcox MDP; Drucker DB; Green RM, 1987, 'Relative cariogenicity and in-vivo plaque-forming ability of the bacterium Streptococcus oralis in gnotobiotic WAG/RIJ rats', Archives of Oral Biology, 32, pp. 455 - 457, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0003-9969(87)90083-5

Willcox MDP; Drucker DB; Hillier VF; Green RM, 1985, 'Relationship of adhesion in vitro and cariogenicity of oral Streptococcus species in germ-free rats', Archives of Oral Biology, 30, pp. 635 - 639, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0003-9969(85)90085-8

Willcox MDP; Shakespeare AP; Drucker DB; Hillier VF, 1985, 'Statistical significance of some parameters affecting in vitro adhesion of Streptococcus sanguis I NCTC 7865', Microbios Letters, 29, pp. 103 - 109

Conference Papers

Hazarika M; Chamola S; Nelaveni R; Bhandary S; Lewis LE; Chawla K; Arunasri K; Willcox M; Ozkan J, 2024, 'The Neonatal Ocular Surface Microbiome with Microbial Culture and Metagenomic techniques.', USA, presented at American Academy of Ophthalmology, USA, 18 October 2024

Ozkan J; Majzoub M; Coroneo M; Thomas T; Willcox M, 2023, 'Ocular microbiome changes in dry eye disease and meibomian gland dysfunction', Germany, presented at Symposium: The Human Microbiome, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Germany, 20 September 2023

Ozkan J, 2023, 'The conjunctival and lid margin microbiome in meibomian and lacrimal gland dysfunction', USA, presented at Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, USA, 23 April 2023

Sara M; Alex H; Chen R; Kumar N; Rajesh K; Kumar Mishara SK; Barron A; Yasir MUHAMMAD; Willcox M; Yasir M, 2022, 'Antimicrobial activity of peptoids against clinical pathogens.', in Antimicrobial activity of peptoids against clinical pathogens., USA, presented at peptoidsummit2022, USA, 11 August 2022 - 12 August 2022

Peguda HK; Kuppusamy R; Kumar N; Willcox MDP, 2022, 'Anti-amoebic activity of RK-7 peptide mimic against Acanthamoeba spp trophozoites', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000844437003302&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Kalaiselvan P; Kuppusamy M; Kumar N; Willcox M, 2021, 'Antimicrobial activity of a peptide mimic against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in solution and when immobilised onto contact lenses', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, ELECTR NETWORK, presented at Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), ELECTR NETWORK, 01 May 2021 - 07 May 2021

Afzal M; Vijay A; Stapleton F; Willcox M, 2021, 'Antimicrobial susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus from different ocular conditions', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, ELECTR NETWORK, presented at Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), ELECTR NETWORK, 01 May 2021 - 07 May 2021

Phan M; Madigan M; Stapleton F; Willcox M; Golebiowski B, 2021, 'Effects of DHT and Estradiol on rosiglitazone-induced lipid prodution in immortalised human meibomian gland epithelial cells.', in Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, virtual, presented at ARVO, virtual, 01 May 2021 - 07 May 2021

Peguda HK; Sherpa TD; Subedi D; Mahbub S; Goldys EM; Willcox M; Carnt NA, 2020, 'The effect on the autofluorescence signal of corneal microorganisms with common topical drugs', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, ELECTR NETWORK, presented at Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), ELECTR NETWORK, 01 May 2020 - 07 May 2020, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000554495700302&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Kalaiselvan P; Dutta D; Sharma S; Stapleton F; Willcox M, 2019, 'Protein Deposition on antimicrobial contact lenses during extended wear', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, CANADA, Vancouver, presented at Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), CANADA, Vancouver, 28 April 2019 - 02 May 2019

Tummanapalli SS; Willcox M; Issar T; Yan A; Kwai N; Poynten A; Krishnan A; Markoulli M, 2019, 'Reduced tear film substance P concentration is associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, CANADA, Vancouver, presented at Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), CANADA, Vancouver, 28 April 2019 - 02 May 2019

Willcox M; Tan J; Wong K; Stapleton F; Liu H; Masoudi S, 2019, 'Tear lipid profile in evaporative and non-evaporative dry eye', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, CANADA, Vancouver, presented at Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), CANADA, Vancouver, 28 April 2019 - 02 May 2019

Masoudi S; Willcox M, 2019, 'Protein deposition on contact lenses: surface versus bulk', Vancouver, Canada, presented at Simin Masoudi, Vancouver, Canada, 27 April 2019 - 02 May 2019

Dutta D; Kalaiselvan P; Konda N; Sharma S; Vaddavalli P; Stapleton F; Willcox M, 2018, 'Contact lens induced corneal infiltrative events during melimine antimicrobial contact lens (MACL) clinical trial', San Antonio, presented at American Academy of Optometry, San Antonio, 07 November 2018 - 10 November 2018

Kalaiselvan P; Willcox M; Konda N; Sharma S; Vaddavalli P; Stapleton F; Dutta D, 2018, 'Does extended Melimine Antimicrobial Contact Lens (MACL) wear effect the ocular microbiota?', San Antonio, USA, presented at American Academy of Optometry, San Antonio, USA, 07 November 2018 - 10 November 2018

Dutta D; Li E; Kim H; Yerramothu P; Kampshoff F; Willcox MARKDUNCAN, 2018, 'Effect of Soaking Contact Lenses in Multipurpose Disinfecting Solutions on Tear Lipid Layer Thickness', San Antonio, USA, presented at American Academy of Optometry, San Antonio, USA, 07 November 2018 - 10 November 2018

Kalaiselvan P; Dutta D; Konda N; Sharma S; Vaddavalli P; Stapleton F; Willcox M, 2018, 'Comfort and biocompatibility during extended Melimine Antimicrobial Contact Lens (MACL) wear clinical trial.', San Antonio, USA, presented at American Academy of Optometry, San Antonio, USA, 06 November 2018 - 10 November 2018

Ozkan J; Willcox M; Wemheuer B; Wilcsek G; Coroneo M; Thomas T, 2018, 'The biogeography of the human ocular microbiota', Heidelberg, Germany, presented at European Molecular Biology Organisation/European Molecular Biology Laboratory Symposia - The Human Microbiome, Heidelberg, Germany, 16 September 2018 - 19 September 2018, https://www.embo-embl-symposia.org/symposia/2018/EES18-09/programme1/index.html

Kalaiselvan P; DUtta DEBARUN; Sharma S; Willcox MARKDUNCAN; Willcox M, 2018, 'The time course of retention of anti-adhesion activity of Mel4 peptide-coated contact lenses', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, Hawaii, USA, presented at ARVO, Hawaii, USA, 29 April 2018 - 03 May 2018

Tummanapalli SS; Issar T; Kwai N; Poyten A; Krishnan A; Willcox MDP; Markoulli M, 2018, 'Assessment of corneal nerve structure and peripheral nerve function in detection of diabetic peripheral neuropathy', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, HI, Honolulu, presented at Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), HI, Honolulu, 21 April 2018 - 03 May 2018

Ozkan J; Willcox M; Wermeuer B; Thomas T; Coroneo MT, 2018, 'What is hiding in your eyes? The microbiome of ocular surface niches', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, HI, Honolulu, presented at Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), HI, Honolulu, 21 April 2018 - 03 May 2018

Mohammad Y; Dutta D; Willcox MARKDUNCAN, 2018, 'The role of antimicrobial peptides in reducing bacterial biofilms', Sydney, presented at Molecular Microbiology Meeting, Sydney, 11 April 2018 - 12 April 2018

Roy M; Sarwat S; O'Mara P; Almaimani M; Tilley R; Gooding J; Willcox M; Stapleton F, 2018, 'Imaging of tear film lipids using quantum dots', in Optics Infobase Conference Papers, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/3D.2018.JW4A.18

Mangoni ML; Cappiello F; Casciaro B; Chen C; Dutta D; McDermott A; Willcox MD; Di P, 2018, 'How to control Pseudomonas aeruginosa-induced pneumoniaand keratitis? A lesson from the amphibian skin-derived peptide Esculentin(1-21) and its diastereomer', in Proceedings of the 35th European Peptide Symposium, Prompt Scientific Publishing, pp. 228 - 229, presented at 35th European Peptide Symposium, http://dx.doi.org/10.17952/35eps.2018.228

Willcox ; Dutta D; Chen R; Ho KITTY; Ozkan J; Cole N; Zhu H; Kumar NARESH, 2017, 'Human clinical testing of antimicrobial contact lenses.', Madrid, Spain, presented at International Conference on Antimicrobial Research, Madrid, Spain, 01 October 2017 - 03 October 2017

Chen R; Willcox M; Dutta D; Cole N; Kumar N, 2017, 'Inhibition of in vivo microbial colonisation of biomaterials based on cationic peptide melimine.', Madrid, Spain, presented at International Conference on Antimicrobial Research, Madrid, Spain, 01 October 2017 - 03 October 2017

Dutta D; Kumar N; Kamphuis B; willcox M, 2017, 'Silicone hydrogel antimicrobial contact lenses', Stevenson, WA, USA, presented at International Society of Contact Lens Research, Stevenson, WA, USA, 14 August 2017 - 18 August 2017

Ozkan J; Diez-Vives C; Nielsen S; Coroneo M; Thomas T; Willcox M, 2017, 'A Statistical Model to Filter Contaminant Bacteria in Ocular Microbiome Studies', Portland, Oregon, USA, presented at International Society for Contact Lens Research, Portland, Oregon, USA, 13 August 2017 - 18 August 2017

Mohammad Y; Dutta D; Willcox M, 2017, 'Depolarizing effect of cationic antimicrobial peptides melimine and mel-4 on bacterial cell membranes', Hobart, Austalia, presented at Australian Society of Microbiology, Hobart, Austalia, 02 July 2017 - 05 July 2017

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