Professor Allison Cowin is Deputy Director of the Future Industries Institute and Professor of Regenerative medicine at UniSA. She is a leader in wound healing, internationally renowned for her work on the cytoskeletal protein Flightless I and how it negatively impacts on tissue repair. She leads a group of 12 research scientists and students investigating all aspects of wound healing and regenerative biology. She has been awarded over $20M in grants including from the US Department of Defence and continuous NHMRC funding since 2004 for her work developing antibody technologies for the treatment of wounds. Her research has received special recognition from the NHMRC by inclusion in its ‘10 of the best projects’ publication. She ... Read more
About me
Professor Allison Cowin is Deputy Director of the Future Industries Institute and Professor of Regenerative medicine at UniSA. She is a leader in wound healing, internationally renowned for her work on the cytoskeletal protein Flightless I and how it negatively impacts on tissue repair. She leads a group of 12 research scientists and students investigating all aspects of wound healing and regenerative biology. She has been awarded over $20M in grants including from the US Department of Defence and continuous NHMRC funding since 2004 for her work developing antibody technologies for the treatment of wounds. Her research has received special recognition from the NHMRC by inclusion in its ‘10 of the best projects’ publication. She has been awarded five independent fellowships (3 from the NHMRC) won the Women in Innovation: Science award (2016) was an SA finalist in the Telstra Women’s Business awards in 2015 and her research “Novel drug delivery of therapeutic antibodies to wounds” made the finals of the “Australian Innovation Challenge” (2015). Prof Cowin is the Co-Chair of the National AHTA Wound Research Initiative and is the Editor of the Australian journal Wound Practice & Research. Prof Cowin was the founder and inaugural President (2007-2012) of the Australasian Wound & Tissue Repair Society and is now Treasurer of this organisation. She is currently President Elect and Secretary of the Australasian Society for Dermatology Research.
About me
Fellow of the Australian Wound Management Association
Past-President Australasion Wound and Tissue Repair Society
Joint Editor Wound Practice and Research
Board Member: Australian Society for Dermatology Research
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of Manchester
Bachelor or Science Manchester Polytechnic
The Regenerative Medicine Laboratory focusses on developing new approaches to improve tissue repair and regeneration particularly in the context of wound healing. A range of projects are underway investigating the role of the cytoskeleton in cellular processes involved in wound repair as well as more applied research aimed at developing new delivery technologies for targeting specific therapies into wounds. From NHMRC funded research through to the involvement in two Cooperative research Centres Professor Cowin aims to improve the way wounds repair and reduce the prevalence of scar formation post burn injury.
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Development of alternative antimicrobial agents for the treatment of skin conditions to improve animal health and productivity, CRC SAAFE Limited, 26/07/2023 - 26/01/2027
Fucoidan in CAR-T Cell Manufacture, Marine Bioproducts CRC, 05/06/2023 - 05/12/2023
Wound Care: Personalised care strategy for patients with diabetic foot ulcers, MRFF - Health Translation SA, 01/01/2021 - 30/06/2022
New approaches for improving wound repair, NHMRC - Research Fellowship, 01/01/2016 - 31/12/2021
Cell Therapy Manufacturing CRC Scholarship, Cell Therapy Manufacturing CRC, 20/03/2017 - 06/07/2020
Plasma-soft tissue interactions: advancing a new era of plasma technologies, ARC - Discovery Projects, 01/04/2016 - 31/12/2019
Development of a systemic antibody therapy for burns, Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation of SA, 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2019
Modulating sphingolipid signalling to enhance wound healing, NHMRC - Project Grant, 01/01/2017 - 31/12/2019
CTM 1.24 - Cryopreservation of MSCs on CytoPatch, Cell Therapy Manufacturing CRC, 19/02/2018 - 31/03/2019
Defining the mechanisms regulating tissue mechano-reciprocity in wound healing, NHMRC - Project Grant, 01/01/2016 - 31/12/2018
Development of a new pericyte therapy for the treatment of diabetic wounds, Diabetes Australia Research Trust (DART) - General Grant, 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2018
2.04 - Development of a stem cell dressing for the treatment of diabetic wounds, Cell Therapy Manufacturing CRC, 01/08/2017 - 31/05/2018
2-03 Preclinical Assessment of MultiStem® polymer patches for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers, Cell Therapy Manufacturing CRC, 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2017
Flii nanotechnology (WMI 2-08), Wound Management Innovation CRC, 01/01/2013 - 31/03/2017
Reducing inflammation to improve burn injury repair, Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation of SA, 01/01/2016 - 31/12/2016
Study to determine if improving the skins barrier function reduces susceptibility to blister wound infection, DEBRA Australia, 11/12/2014 - 31/03/2016
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
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2021 |
Open access
5
5
4
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2020 |
Open access
51
44
4
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2020 |
Open access
25
23
17
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2020 |
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23
23
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2019 |
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12
12
5
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2020 |
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2018 |
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2018 |
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1
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2016 |
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2024 |
Open access
2
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2024 |
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4
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2024 |
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2024 |
Open access
1
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2023 |
Open access
10
11
6
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2023 |
3
2
1
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2023 |
Open access
15
18
3
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2023 |
Open access
2
2
8
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2023 |
Open access
5
5
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2023 |
Open access
2
2
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2023 |
Open access
5
4
176
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2022 |
Open access
3
2
3
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2022 |
Open access
5
5
3
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2022 |
Open access
50
47
4
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2022 |
Open access
40
37
5
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2022 |
Open access
92
89
1
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2022 |
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15
17
4
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2022 |
Open access
2
2
1
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2022 |
Open access
4
5
5
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2022 |
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5
5
6
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2022 |
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14
17
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2022 |
Open access
10
8
1
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2022 |
Open access
66
60
2
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2021 |
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17
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2021 |
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2021 |
Open access
6
7
1
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2021 |
Open access
27
23
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2021 |
Open access
43
42
43
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2021 |
Open access
81
79
38
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2021 |
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82
5
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2021 |
Open access
5
5
4
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2021 |
Open access
6
6
2
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2021 |
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2020 |
Open access
111
104
15
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2020 |
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51
44
4
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2020 |
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25
23
17
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2020 |
Open access
12
11
4
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2020 |
Open access
21
18
3
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2020 |
Open access
24
24
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2020 |
Open access
87
88
4
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2020 |
Open access
9
8
3
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2020 |
Open access
6
6
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2020 |
Open access
1
1
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2020 |
Open access
2
2
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2020 |
Open access
21
18
1
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2020 |
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23
23
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2020 |
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19
1
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2020 |
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17
16
6
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2020 |
Open access
3
3
3
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2020 |
Open access
10
10
1
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2019 |
Open access
29
29
1
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2019 |
Open access
10
8
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2019 |
Open access
12
12
5
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2019 |
Open access
120
13
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2019 |
Open access
14
11
1
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2019 |
Open access
34
30
10
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2019 |
Open access
31
12
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2019 |
Open access
18
19
9
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2018 |
10
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2018 |
1
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2018 |
Open access
16
11
2
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2018 |
Open access
1
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2018 |
Open access
24
20
1
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2018 |
Open access
13
13
5
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2018 |
Open access
11
11
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2018 |
Open access
25
25
4
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2017 |
12
13
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2017 |
Open access
14
16
3
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2017 |
13
13
5
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2017 |
Open access
10
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2017 |
Open access
17
15
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2017 |
Open access
1
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2017 |
Open access
8
8
5
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2017 |
Open access
24
19
1
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2017 |
Open access
53
51
2
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2017 |
Open access
38
39
13
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2016 |
Open access
1
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2016 |
Open access
1
11
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2016 |
Open access
18
19
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2016 |
Open access
16
15
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2016 |
Open access
29
27
1
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2016 |
Open access
20
17
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2016 |
Open access
10
26
1
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2016 |
10
11
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2016 |
36
34
3
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2016 |
9
10
1
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2015 |
Open access
77
61
7
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2015 |
Open access
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2015 |
Open access
23
22
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2015 |
Open access
30
23
24
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2015 |
9
8
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2015 |
Open access
28
24
6
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2015 |
Open access
17
17
1
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2015 |
Open access
8
9
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2015 |
Open access
36
31
9
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2015 |
Open access
2
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2015 |
Open access
22
18
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2015 |
10
10
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2014 |
30
29
1
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2014 |
Open access
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2014 |
24
26
2
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2014 |
Open access
29
27
6
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2014 |
Open access
10
9
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2013 |
Open access
35
36
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2013 |
Open access
17
17
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2013 |
Open access
48
26
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2013 |
Open access
12
11
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2013 |
Open access
36
34
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2013 |
5
5
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2013 |
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2013 |
Open access
93
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2013 |
Open access
17
16
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2013 |
1
1
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2012 |
Open access
9
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2012 |
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2012 |
32
35
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2012 |
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24
21
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2012 |
16
13
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2012 |
Open access
9
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2011 |
Open access
34
35
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2011 |
Open access
33
34
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2011 |
13
13
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2011 |
15
16
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2011 |
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17
14
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2010 |
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2009 |
42
43
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2009 |
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65
65
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2009 |
43
40
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2009 |
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2008 |
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27
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2008 |
61
64
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2008 |
29
25
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Research
The Regenerative Medicine Laboratory focusses on developing new approaches to improve tissue repair and regeneration particularly in the context of wound healing. A range of projects are underway investigating the role of the cytoskeleton in cellular processes involved in wound repair as well as more applied research aimed at developing new delivery technologies for targeting specific therapies into wounds. From NHMRC funded research through to the involvement in two Cooperative research Centres Professor Cowin aims to improve the way wounds repair and reduce the prevalence of scar formation post burn injury.
Research
Details | Registry | Status |
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Methods and compositions for modulating wound repair Cowin, Allison June; Campbell, Hugh Douglas; Powell, Barry |
AU | Granted |
Methods and compositions for modulating wound repair Cowin, Allison June; Campbell, Hugh Douglas; Powell, Barry |
EP | Granted |
Methods and compositions for modulating wound repair Cowin, Allison June; Campbell, Hugh Douglas; Powell, Barry |
JP | Granted |
Methods and compositions for modulating wound repair Cowin, Allison June; Campbell, Hugh Douglas; Powell, Barry |
US | Granted |
Methods and compositions for the treatment of mucosal lesions Cowin, Allison; Kopecki, Zlatko |
UK | Filed |
Methods and products for delivering cells Smith, Louise; Michelmore, Andrew Percival; Kirby, Giles Thomas Sipho; Cowin, Allison June; Mills, Stuart James; Short, Robert David |
WO | Filed |
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Athersys Inc | UNITED STATES |
Athersys, Inc. | UNITED STATES |
Austin Health | AUSTRALIA |
Australian National University | AUSTRALIA |
Brightsky Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Center for cancer biologly | AUSTRALIA |
Central Adelaide Local Health Network Incorporated | AUSTRALIA |
Chang Gung University | TAIWAN |
Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association | AUSTRALIA |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
Garvan Institute of Medical Research | AUSTRALIA |
Griffith University | AUSTRALIA |
Integria Healthcare | AUSTRALIA |
Islamic Azad University of Arsanjan | IRAN |
John Curtin School of Medical Research | AUSTRALIA |
Kochi Medical School | JAPAN |
Kochi University of Technology | JAPAN |
Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences | IRAN |
Lancaster University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Luoda Pharma Pty Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
Meijo University | JAPAN |
Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
Pak Austria Fachhochschule | PAKISTAN |
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre | AUSTRALIA |
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute | AUSTRALIA |
Queen Mary University of London | UNITED KINGDOM |
Queensland University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
ReGenesys | SOUTH AFRICA |
RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
Royal Adelaide Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children | AUSTRALIA |
SA Pathology | AUSTRALIA |
South Western Sydney Local Health District | AUSTRALIA |
Southern Cross University | AUSTRALIA |
The Kinghorn Cancer Centre | AUSTRALIA |
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Toyo University | JAPAN |
Toyohashi University of Technology | JAPAN |
University Medical Centre Freiburg | GERMANY |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Bristol | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of California | UNITED STATES |
University of California, Berkeley | UNITED STATES |
University of Dundee | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Freiburg | GERMANY |
University of Granada | SPAIN |
University of Liverpool | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of London | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Lubeck | GERMANY |
University of Manchester | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
University of Newcastle | AUSTRALIA |
University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of Sheffield | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
University of Turku | FINLAND |
University of Western Australia | AUSTRALIA |
UT Southwestern Medical Center | UNITED STATES |
Western Sydney University | AUSTRALIA |
Women and Children's Health Research Institute | CANADA |
Women's & Children's Health Research Institute Inc | AUSTRALIA |
Women's and Children's Health Network | AUSTRALIA |
Women's and Children's Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Wound Management Innovation CRC | AUSTRALIA |
Xiamen University | CHINA |
Yokohama National University | JAPAN |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Board Member and Director of MembershipAustralasian Society Dermatology Research |
2019 |
Board Member and Director of MembershipAustralasian Society Dermatology Research |
2018 |
Board Member, Chief Scientific OfficerAbRegen Pty Ltd |
2018 |
Joint EditorWound Practice and Research |
2018 |
Scientific Advisory Board MemberAustralasian Blistering Diseases Foundation |
2018 |
Senior Research FellowNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
2018 |
TreasurerAustralasian Wound and Tissue Repair Society |
2018 |
Board Member and Director of MembershipAustralasian Society Dermatology Research |
2017 |
Board Member, Chief Scientific OfficerAbRegen Pty Ltd |
2017 |
Joint EditorWound Practice and Research |
2017 |
Scientific Advisory Board MemberAustralasian Blistering Diseases Foundation |
2017 |
Senior Research FellowNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
2017 |
TreasurerAustralasian Wound and Tissue Repair Society |
2017 |
Award for Excellence, Contribution to Clinical or Preclinical ResearchWorld Union of Wound Healing Societies |
2016 |
Award for ScienceWinnovation Awards |
2016 |
Board Member, Chief Scientific OfficerAbRegen Pty Ltd |
2016 |
Life Membership AwardAustralasian Wound and Tissue Repair Society |
2016 |
Scientific Advisory Board MemberAustralasian Blistering Diseases Foundation |
2016 |
Board MemberAustralasian Society Dermatology Research |
2015 |
Board Member, Chief Scientific OfficerAbRegen Pty Ltd |
2015 |
Finalist, Government and Academia, Telstra South Australian Business Women AwardTelstra |
2015 |
International Expert Reference GroupJBI Node for Wound Healing and Management |
2015 |
Invited DelegateDEBRA-International EB Research Conference |
2015 |
Scientific Advisory Board MemberAustralasian Blistering Diseases Foundation |
2015 |
Board MemberAustralasian Society Dermatology Research |
2014 |
Board Member, Chief Scientific OfficerAbRegen Pty Ltd |
2014 |
Executive committee memberAustralasian Wound and Tissue Repair Society |
2014 |
FellowAustralian Wound Management Association |
2014 |
International Expert Reference GroupJBI Node for Wound Healing and Management |
2014 |
Invited Speaker, Development of new antibody therapies for treating woundsWound Healing Society Florida |
2014 |
Invited Speaker, New therapeutic approaches for the treatment of fragile skin conditionsJoint Australian Indian Workshop on Epithelial Development, Function and Disease, New Frontiers and Therapies |
2014 |
Scientific Advisory Board MemberAustralasian Blistering Diseases Foundation |
2014 |
Board Member, Chief Scientific OfficerAbRegen Pty Ltd |
2013 |
Executive committee memberAustralasian Wound and Tissue Repair Society |
2013 |
International Expert Reference GroupJBI Node for Wound Healing and Management |
2013 |
Plenary SpeakerBacteriosafe Koala workshop Singapore |
2013 |
Scientific Advisory Board MemberAustralasian Blistering Diseases Foundation |
2013 |
Board Member, Chief Scientific OfficerAbRegen Pty Ltd |
2012 |
Founder and inaugural PresidentAustralasian Wound and Tissue Repair Society |
2012 |
International Expert Reference GroupJBI Node for Wound Healing and Management |
2012 |
Invited DelegateDEBRA-International EB Research Conference |
2012 |
National Committee MemberAustralian Wound Management Association |
2012 |
Scientific Advisory Board MemberAustralasian Blistering Diseases Foundation |
2012 |
Board Member, Chief Scientific OfficerAbRegen Pty Ltd |
2011 |
Founder and inaugural PresidentAustralasian Wound and Tissue Repair Society |
2011 |
International Expert Reference GroupJBI Node for Wound Healing and Management |
2011 |
Invited Speaker, Function of secreted and cytoplasmic forms of Flightless in wound healing21st European Tissue Repair Society Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
2011 |
MS McLeod Senior Research FellowshipMS McLeod Research Foundation |
2011 |
National Committee MemberAustralian Wound Management Association |
2011 |
Research FellowshipNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
2011 |
Board Member, Chief Scientific OfficerAbRegen Pty Ltd |
2010 |
Founder and inaugural PresidentAustralasian Wound and Tissue Repair Society |
2010 |
International Expert Reference GroupJBI Node for Wound Healing and Management |
2010 |
MS McLeod Senior Research FellowshipMS McLeod Research Foundation |
2010 |
National Committee MemberAustralian Wound Management Association |
2010 |
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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110327 - Application of plasma medicine in the treatment of burn wounds | Current |
111099 -Development of the next-generation antimicrobial dermal matrix for the management of deep burn injury | Current |
213-Mathematical modelling of the extracellular actin scavenging system | Current |
Antibiotic-alternative therapies for the treatment of wound infection | Current |
Defining the role of Granzyme K in skin inflammation and chronic itch | Current |
Re-positioning of existing drugs as antimicrobial agents for resistant infections. | Current |
Atomic force microscopy and spectroscopic studies of crosslinking induced changes in the extracellular matrix that influence nanomechanical properties | Completed |
Developing a systemic monoclonal antibody therapy for the treatment of large burn injuries | Completed |
Development of stem cell therapies for the treatment of wounds | Completed |
Evaluation of the role of pH in wound healing and development of buffered preparations to promote regeneration | Completed |
Flightless I regulation of pericyte function in acute and diabetic wound healing | Completed |
Investigating plasma-tissue interactions in the context of wound healing | Completed |
Investigating the efficacy of Deferiprone and Gallium-Protoporphyrin Chitogel in chronic wound infection | Completed |
Nanoporous anodic alumina-based biosensors for detection of biomarkers in chronic wound | Completed |
Stimuli-responsive silver nanoparticles delivery system for infected wounds | Completed |
The role of Flightless I (Flii) in the healing of digital flexor tendon adhesions | Completed |
The role of flightless I in epidermal stem cell division, proliferation and differentiation during development, homeostasis, wound healing and epidermolysis bullosa-cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma | Completed |
The role of Flightless I in tissue regeneration | Completed |
Unravelling biochemical effects of radiosensitizing gold nanoparticles on cancer cells at the cell population, single-cell, and molecular levels | Completed |