By Professor Mark Duncan Willcox

Conference Papers

Thakur A; Xue ML; Stapleton FJ; Lloyd AR; Wakefield D; Willcox MD, 2001, 'The balance of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines correlates with the outcome of acute experimental Pseudomonas keratitis', in Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Association of Research Vision Ophthalmology Inc, Rockville, MD, USA, pp. 513 - 513, presented at ARVO 2001: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 29 April 2001 - 04 May 2001

Kaur J; Hume EB; Schindhelm KH; Willcox MD, 2001, 'Furanones as potential inhibitors of bacterial biofilm on biomaterials', in Anderson J; Alexander H; LaBerge M (eds.), Society for Biomaterials 27th Annual Meeting, Saint Paul, MA, pp. 364 - 364, presented at Society for Biomaterials 27th Annual Meeting, Saint Paul, MA, 24 April 2001 - 29 April 2001

Kaur J; Hume EB; Schindhelm KH; Willcox MD, 2001, 'Furanones as potential inhibitors of bacterial biofilm on biomaterials', in Griesser H (ed.), Australian Society for Biomaterials 11th Annual Conference, Beechworth, Victoria, pp. 22 - 22, presented at Australian Society for Biomaterials 11th Annual Conference, Beechworth, Victoria, 06 February 2001 - 08 February 2001

Miles DH; Thakur A; Willcox MD, 2001, 'Assessing apoptosis in HSV-1 infected human corneal cells', in Gillies M (ed.), Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting (2001), Sydney, pp. 7 - 7, presented at Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting 2001, Sydney

Willcox MD, 2001, 'Global views on contact lens related adverse responses', in Sweeney D (ed.), International Society for Contact Lens Research Symposium, Sun Valley, USA, pp. 5 - 5, presented at International Society for Contact Lens Research Symposium, Sun Valley, USA

Willcox MD; Fleiszig SM; Sack RA, 2001, 'Here is why they happen - here is how we could stop them!', in Sweeney D (ed.), International Society for Contact Lens Research Symposium, Sun Valley, USA, pp. 4 - 4, presented at International Society for Contact Lens Research Symposium, Sun Valley, USA

Xue ML; Thakur A; Willcox MD, 2001, 'Neutralization of macrophage inflammatory protein inhibits expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and corneal neovascularization following P aeruginosa infection in mice', in Gillies M (ed.), Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting (2001), Sydney, pp. 8 - 8, presented at Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting 2001, Sydney

Xue ML; Thakur A; Willcox MD, 2001, 'NEUTRALIZATION OF MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN-2 INHIBITS EXPRESSION OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR AND CORNEAL NEOVASCULARIZATION FOLLOWING P. AERUGINOSA INFECTION IN MICE', in Gillies M (ed.), Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting (2001), Sydney, pp. 69 - 69, presented at Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting 2001, Sydney

Zhu H; Thuruthyil SJ; Willcox MD, 2001, 'PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA OCULAR ISOLATES: ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE, SEROTYPES AND PHENOTYPES', in Gillies M (ed.), Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting (2001), Sydney, pp. 64 - 64, presented at Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting 2001, Sydney

Thuruthyil SJ; Corrigan KM; Zhu H; Willcox MD, 2001, 'RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA FINGERPRINTING AND SEROTYPING OF OCULAR PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA ISOLATES', in Gillies M (ed.), Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting (2001), Sydney, pp. 65 - 65, presented at Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting 2001, Sydney

Thakur A; Xue ML; Willcox MD, 2001, 'ROLE OF NITRIC OXIDE IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF PSEUDOMONAS KERATITIS.', in Gillies M (ed.), Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting (2001), Sydney, pp. 63 - 63, presented at Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting 2001, Sydney

Hume EB; Tan ME; Willcox MD, 2001, 'SECRETORY PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 LEVELS IN TEARS AND EXTRACTS FROM HYDROGEL CONTACT LENSES', in Gillies M (ed.), Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting (2001), Sydney, pp. 67 - 67, presented at Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting 2001, Sydney

Aliwarga Y; Hume EB; Miles DH; Stapleton FJ; Willcox MD, 2001, 'THE INTERACTION OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS STRAINS WITH HUMAN CORNEAL EPITHELIAL CELLS', in Gillies M (ed.), Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting (2001), Sydney, pp. 62 - 62, presented at Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting 2001, Sydney

Tan ME; Pearce DJ; Demirci G; Jalbert I; Sankaridurg P; Willcox MD, 2000, 'Contact lens induced papillary conjunctivitis is associated with increased albumin deposits on extended wear hydrogel lenses', in Cornea, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, pp. S131 - S131, presented at 3rd international conference on the Lacrimal Gland, tear film and dry eye syndromes, Maui, Hawaii, 15 November 2000 - 18 November 2000

Willcox MD, 2000, 'Contact lenses: Impact on the tear film and ocular surface', in Cornea, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, pp. S136 - S136, presented at 3rd international conference on the Lacrimal Gland, tear film and dry eye syndromes, Maui, Hawaii, 15 November 2000 - 18 November 2000

Stapleton FJ; Kasses J; Willcox MD; Kim J-M, 2000, 'Mechanisms of apoptosis in human corneal epithelial cells', in Cornea, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, pp. S126 - S126, presented at 3rd international conference on the Lacrimal Gland, tear film and dry eye syndromes, Maui, Hawaii, 15 November 2000 - 18 November 2000

Evans VE; Millar TJ; Eden JA; Willcox MD, 2000, 'Menopause, hormone replacement therapy and tear function', in Cornea, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, pp. S85 - S85, presented at 3rd international conference on the Lacrimal Gland, tear film and dry eye syndromes, Maui, Hawaii, 15 November 2000 - 18 November 2000

Ball MS; Hollis-Watt K; Karlsson N; Packer N; Willcox MD, 2000, 'Purification and chemical characterisation of the high molecular weight glycoconjugate fraction of the bovine tear film and comparison to human tears', in Cornea, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, pp. S74 - S74, presented at 3rd international conference on the Lacrimal Gland, tear film and dry eye syndromes, Maui, Hawaii, 15 November 2000 - 18 November 2000

Pearce DJ; Tan ME; O Hare N; Skotnitsky C; Willcox MD, 2000, 'Surface protein profile of extended-wear hydrogel lenses from asymptomatic and adverse response subjects', in Cornea, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, pp. S113 - S113, presented at 3rd international conference on the Lacrimal Gland, tear film and dry eye syndromes, Maui, Hawaii, 15 November 2000 - 18 November 2000

Corrigan KM; Zhu H; Willcox MD, 2000, 'Comparison of genotypes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from worn contact lenses using random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis', in Microbiology Australia, Thomas Business Publishers, Chippendale, NSW, pp. 112 - 112, presented at ASM 2000: Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian Society for Microbiology - The Millennium for Microbiology, Cairns, Qld, 08 July 2000 - 13 July 2000

Zhu H; Thuruthyil SJ; Willcox MD, 2000, 'Extracellular signals of gram-negative bacteria isolated from contact lens wearers', in Microbiology Australia, Thomas Business Publishers, Chippendale, NSW, pp. 153 - 153, presented at ASM 2000: Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian Society for Microbiology - The Millennium for Microbiology, Cairns, Qld, 08 July 2000 - 13 July 2000

Harmis N; Sankaridurg P; Willcox MD, 2000, 'The development of an animal model for contact lens induced acute red eye', in Microbiology Australia, Thomas Business Publishers, Chippendale, NSW, pp. 152 - 152, presented at ASM 2000: Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian Society for Microbiology - The Millennium for Microbiology, Cairns, Qld, 08 July 2000 - 13 July 2000

Wu PZ; Zhu H; Thakur A; Stapleton FJ; Willcox MD, 2000, 'What are the factors contributing to the occurrence of contact lens induced peripheral ulceration (CLPU): a study of its pathogenesis in a rabbit model', in Microbiology Australia, Thomas Business Publishers, Chippendale, NSW, pp. 153 - 153, presented at ASM 2000: Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian Society for Microbiology - The Millennium for Microbiology, Cairns, Qld, 08 July 2000 - 13 July 2000

Holden BA; Sweeney DF; Sankaridurg P; Willcox MD; Erickson PM; Jalbert I; Sharma S, 2000, 'The contact lens: an `outer-body` experience?', in 6th World Biomaterials Congress, Kamuela, Hawaii USA, pp. 122 - 122, presented at 6th World Biomaterials Congress, Kamuela, Hawaii USA, 15 May 2000 - 20 May 2000

Willcox MD; Cole NA; Bao S; Husband A, 2000, 'Effects of cytokine gene knockouts on experimental keratitis', in Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Association of Research Vision Ophthalmology Inc, Rockville, MD, USA, pp. S152 - S152, presented at ARVO 2000: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 30 April 2000 - 05 May 2000

Vallas V; Stapleton FJ; Willcox MD; Tymms MJ, 2000, 'IL-6 expression in a human corneal epithelial cell line', in Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Association of Research Vision Ophthalmology Inc, Rockville, MD, USA, pp. S904 - S904, presented at ARVO 2000: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 30 April 2000 - 05 May 2000

Zhu H; Thuruthyil SJ; Willcox MD, 2000, 'Phenotypic characteristics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from contact lens wearers', in Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Association of Research Vision Ophthalmology Inc, Rockville, MD, USA, pp. S152 - S152, presented at ARVO 2000: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 30 April 2000 - 05 May 2000

O Callaghan RJ; Huff JW; Dajcs JJ; Willcox MD; Moreau JM; Thibodeaux BA; Cannon BM; Traidej M; Hill J; Caballero AR, 2000, 'Pseudomonas versus staphylococcus: topical inoculation of the rabbit cornea', in Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Association of Research Vision Ophthalmology Inc, Rockville, MD, USA, pp. S156 - S156, presented at ARVO 2000: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 30 April 2000 - 05 May 2000

Pearce DJ; Demirci G; Willcox MD, 2000, 'Secretory IgA in basal tears of contact lens wearers with and without an adverse response, and non-lens wearing controls', in Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Association of Research Vision Ophthalmology Inc, Rockville, MD, USA, pp. S672 - S672, presented at ARVO 2000: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 30 April 2000 - 05 May 2000

Evans VE; Cordwell SJ; Vockler C; Willcox MD, 2000, 'Ten isoforms of human tear lipocalin demonstrated with 2D-PAGE and MALDI-TOF analysis', in Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Association of Research Vision Ophthalmology Inc, Rockville, MD, USA, pp. S69 - S69, presented at ARVO 2000: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 30 April 2000 - 05 May 2000

Thakur A; Xue ML; Willcox MD, 2000, 'Time course of pro-inflammatory cytokine/chemokine expression of human corneal epithelial cells infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa', in Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Association of Research Vision Ophthalmology Inc, Rockville, MD, USA, pp. S151 - S151, presented at ARVO 2000: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 30 April 2000 - 05 May 2000

Glasson MJ; Keay LJ; Willcox MD, 2000, 'Understanding the reasons why some patients are intolerant to soft contact lens wear', in Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Association of Research Vision Ophthalmology Inc, Rockville, MD, USA, pp. S73 - S73, presented at ARVO 2000: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 30 April 2000 - 05 May 2000

Vockler C; Evans VE; Cordwell SJ; Willcox MD; Walsh BR, 2000, 'Human tears through the eye of proteomics', in 25th Annual Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function, Lorne, Victoria, presented at 25th Annual Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function, Lorne, Victoria, 06 February 2000 - 10 February 2000

Aristoteli LP; Willcox MD, 2000, 'A comparison of the adhesion of P. aeruginosa strains isolated from various ocular conditions to mucin', in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology, Blackwell Science Asia, South Carlton, Australia, pp. 3 - 3, presented at Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting 2000, Sydney

Aliwarga Y; Huff JW; Lan J; Willcox MD, 2000, 'Antimicrobial peptides: A role in ocular therapy?', in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology, Blackwell Science Asia, South Carlton, Australia, pp. 2 - 2, presented at Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting 2000, Sydney

Hollis-Watt K; Tan ME; Ball MS; Willcox MD, 2000, 'Biochemical analysis of mucin balls found on contact lenses', in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology, Blackwell Science Asia, South Carlton, Australia, pp. 61 - 61, presented at Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting 2000, Sydney

Zhu H; Thuruthyil SJ; Willcox MD, 2000, 'Cell-signaling molecules in Gram-negative ocular bacteria', in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology, Blackwell Science Asia, South Carlton, Australia, pp. 147 - 147, presented at Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting 2000, Sydney

Cole NA; Bao S; Willcox MD; Stapleton FJ; Husband A, 2000, 'Corneal response to infection in the absence of IL-6', in Australasian Society for Immunology Annual Meeting, Sydney, pp. 17 - 17, presented at Australasian Society for Immunology Annual Meeting, Sydney

Thakur A; Xue ML; Kyd JM; Willcox MD; Cripps AW, 2000, 'Effector mechanisms of protection against Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis in immunised mice', in Australasian Society for Immunology Annual Meeting, Sydney, pp. 18 - 18, presented at Australasian Society for Immunology Annual Meeting, Sydney

Thakur A; Willcox MD, 2000, 'Expression of macrophage migration inhibitory factor during pseudomonas keratitis', in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology, Blackwell Science Asia, South Carlton, Australia, pp. 120 - 120, presented at Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting 2000, Sydney

Holden BA; Sankaridurg P; Sweeney DF; Willcox MD; O Hare N, 2000, 'Extended wear research and adverse responses', in Scottish Contact Lens Society Annual Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, presented at Scottish Contact Lens Society Annual Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland

Gopinathan U; Ramakrishna T; Willcox MD; Rao M; Rao GN, 2000, 'Extracellular porteases of a corneal isolate of Curvularia lunata', in All India Ophthalmological Society Meeting, Chennai, India, presented at All India Ophthalmological Society Meeting, Chennai, India

Corrigan KM; Zhu H; Willcox MD, 2000, 'Genotypes of acinetobacter species isolated from worn contact lenses', in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology, Blackwell Science Asia, South Carlton, Australia, pp. 25 - 25, presented at Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting 2000, Sydney

Evans VE; Vockler C; Magnay J; Friedlander N; Lewis CR; Goldstein D; Walsh BR; Holden BA; Willcox MD, 2000, 'Lacryglobin in human tears, a potential marker for cancer metastasis', in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology, Blackwell Science Asia, South Carlton, Australia, pp. 36 - 36, presented at Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting 2000, Sydney

Glasson MJ; Willcox MD, 2000, 'Lipid, lipase and lipocalin differences between tolerant and intolerant contact lens wearers', in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology, Blackwell Science Asia, South Carlton, Australia, pp. 49 - 49, presented at Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting 2000, Sydney

Miles DH; Thakur A; Willcox MD, 2000, 'Morphological effect of HSV type 1 infection on corneal epithelial cells in vitro', in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology, Blackwell Science Asia, South Carlton, Australia, pp. 87 - 87, presented at Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting 2000, Sydney

Moreau JM; Hume EB; Dajcs JJ; Caballero AR; Willcox MD; O Callaghan RJ, 2000, 'New topical model of Staphylococcus aureus keratitis reveals an early role of alpha-toxin in infection', in International Conference of Staphylococci, Denmark, presented at International Conference of Staphylococci, Denmark

Moreau JM; Hume EB; Dajcs JJ; Caballero AR; Willcox MD; O Callaghan RJ, 2000, 'New topical model of Staphylococcus aureus keratitis reveals an early role of alpha-toxin in infection', in 9th International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections, Kolding, Denmark, presented at 9th International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections, Kolding, Denmark

Wang W; Thakur A; Willcox MD, 2000, 'Nitric oxide expression in mouse cornea infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa', in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology, Blackwell Science Asia, South Carlton, Australia, pp. 131 - 131, presented at Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting 2000, Sydney

Willcox MD; Corrigan KM, 2000, 'Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most common bacterial pathogen in contact lens related ocular infections', in Optometry and Vision Science, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, pp. 174 - 174, presented at American Academy of Optometry (2000), Orlando, Florida, USA

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