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| Name: |
Dr Damien Harkin |
| Position: |
Senior Lecturer |
| Qualifications: |
BSc (Hons, 1st Class, Anatomy & Histology), PhD (Pathology) |
| Organisational Area: |
School of Life Sciences |
| Teaching Discipline: |
Medical Science |
| Research Program: |
Ocular Cell Biology Group - Vision Improvement Domain, IHBI |
| Phone: |
+61 7 3138 6184 |
| Fax: |
+61 7 3138 6030 |
| Email: |
d.harkin@qut.edu.au |
| Postal Address: |
School of Life Sciences, QUT, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane Qld 4001 |
Teaching Areas
- Histopathology
- Pathology
- Anatomy & Physiology
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Areas of Expertise
- Ocular surface epithelia
- Limbal stem cells
- Cell based therapies
- Tissue Engineering
- Cell culture, histology, microscopy
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Professional Associations
- Association for Research in Vision and Opthalmology
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Current Grants
- IHBI Seed Grant, 2007. $64,704: A pilot study of RPE cell responses to vitronectin, IGF family proteins and hypoxia - in relation to age related maculopathy.
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Selected Research Projects
- Trial of cultured limbal epithelial grafts for limbal repair.
- Development of silk protein (fibroin) based scaffolds for ocular cells.
- Development of novel markers for stromal cells within the ocular surface.
- Optimisation of growth factor requirements for cultured ocular cells.
- Investigation of RPE cell responses to vitronectin, IGF family proteins and hypoxia - in relation to age related maculopathy.
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Selected Publications
- Schwab IR, Johnson NT and Harkin DG (2006) Inherent risks associated with manufacture of bioengineered ocular surface tissue. Archives of Ophthalmology, 124:1734-1740.
- Ainscough SL, Barnard Z, Upton Z, Harkin DG (2006) Vitronectin supports migratory responses of corneal epithelial cells to substrate bound IGF-I and HGF, and facilitates serum-free cultivation, Experimental Eye Research,83:1505-1514.
- Dawson RA, Upton Z, Malda J, Harkin DG (2006) Preparation of cultured skin for transplantation using IGF-I in conjunction with IGFBP-5, EGF and vitronectin. Transplantation, 81:1668-1676.
- Harkin DG, Dawson RA, Upton Z (2006) Optimised delivery of skin keratinocytes via aerosolization and suspension in fibrin tissue adhesive. Wound Repair and Regeneration, 14: 354-363.
- Harkin DG, Barnard Z, Gillies P, Ainscough SL, Apel AJG. (2004) Analysis of p63 and cytokeratin expression in a cultivated limbal autograft used in the treatment of limbal stem cell deficiency. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 88(9):1154-8.
For a curriculum vitae and the full list of publications, please download Damien Harkin's CV [PDF 144KB]
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Current Postgraduate Students
| Name |
Project |
| S. Louise Ainscough |
Limbal epithelium, growth factors, stromal cells. |
| Peter Gillies |
Growth factors, microvascular endothelial cells. |
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