Dr Giles Kirby

Research Fellow Future Industries Institute

Mawson Lakes Campus (V1-18)
tel +61 8 830 25139

email Giles.Kirby@unisa.edu.au

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Research Degree Supervisor

About me

Space Biology
Health
Science Communication
Diagnostics

Research Fellow and founder of Firefly Biotech. A translational scientist with a track record in biology, chemistry, and engineering. A keen passion for driving discoveries in healthcare, diagnostics, and space. Works with industry to deliver high quality solutions.

Inventor of a dresing capable of delivering cells to wounds to accelerate repair (currently undergoing clinical trials with Cynata).
Co-inventor of a new process for producing environmentally friendly, low-adherent tissue culture surfaces.
Lead developer for Open Microgravity algorithms. Providing better microgravity simulation, here, on Earth.

Future Industries Institute

The Institute partners with today’s industries, to create the industries of tomorrow.

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Research

Research focus

Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Sciences
Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Biological Sciences
Clinical Sciences

Research

Outputs

Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2021	Jarrell, JA, Sytsma, BJ, Wilson, LH, Pan, FL, Lau, KH, Kirby, GT, Lievano, AA & Pawell, RS 2021, 'Numerical optimization of microfluidic vortex shedding for genome editing T cells with Cas9', Scientific Reports, vol. 11, no. 1, article no. 11818, pp. 1-13. 1
2021	Thomas, HM, Ahangar, P, Fitridge, R, Kirby, GT, Mills, SJ & Cowin, AJ 2021, 'Plasma-polymerised pericyte patches improve healing of murine wounds through increased angiogenesis and reduced inflammation', Regenerative Biomaterials, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 1-12. Open access
2020	Kirby, GT, Mills, SJ, Mueller, TE, Ting, AE, Cowin, AJ, Michelmore, A & Smith, L 2020, 'Improved recovery of cryopreserved cell monolayers with a hyaluronic acid surface treatment', BioInterphases: An Open Access Journal for the Biomaterials Interface Community, vol. 15, no. 6, article no. 061015, pp. 1-9. Open access 1
2020	Snoswell, AJ, Yamada, M, Kirby, GT, Singh, SP & Prow, TW 2020, 'Motion capture quantification of user Variation in topical microparticle application', Frontiers in Pharmacology, vol. 11, article no. 1343, pp. 1-8. Open access 1 1 4
2018	Kirby, GT, Michelmore, A, Smith, LE, Whittle, JD & Short, RD 2018, 'Cell sheets in cell therapies', Cytotherapy, vol. 20, pp. 169-180. Open access 16 15 4
2017	Berner, A, Henkel, J, Woodruff, M, Saifzadeh, S, Kirby, G, Zaiss, S, Gohlke, J, Reichert, J, Nerlich, M, Schuetz, M & Hutmacher, D 2017, 'Scaffold-cell bone engineering in a validated preclinical animal model: precursors vs differentiated cell source', Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, vol. 11, no. 7, pp. 2081-2089. 23 23
2017	Kirby, GT, Mills, SJ, Vandenpoel, L, Pinxteren, J, Ting, A, Short, RD, Cowin, AJ, Michelmore, A & Smith, LE 2017, 'Development of advanced dressings for the delivery of progenitor cells', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 3445-3454. 4 5 9
2016	Bock, N, Dargaville, TR, Kirby, GT, Hutmacher, DW & Woodruff, MA 2016, 'Growth factor-loaded microparticles for tissue engineering: the discrepancies of in vitro characterization assays', Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 142-154. Open access 9 10
2016	Kirby, GT, White, LJ, Steck, R, Berner, A, Bogoevski, K, Qutachi, O, Jones, B, Saifzadeh, S, Hutmacher, DW, Shakesheff, KM & Woodruff, MA 2016, 'Microparticles for sustained growth factor delivery in the regeneration of critically-sized segmental tibial bone defects', Materials, vol. 9, no. 4, article no. 259, pp. 1-19. Open access 21 22 1
2016	Ryssy, J, Prioste-Amaral, E, Assuncao, DF, Rogers, N, Kirby, GT, Smith, LE & Michelmore, A 2016, 'Chemical and physical processes in the retention of functional groups in plasma polymers studied by plasma phase mass spectroscopy', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 4496-4504. Open access 17 12 5
2015	Kirby, G, Mills, S, Cowin, AJ & Smith, L 2015, 'Stem cells for cutaneous wound healing', BioMed Research International, vol. 2015, article no.285869 pp. 1-11. Open access 52 43 4
2015	Ristovski, N, Bock, N, Liao, S, Powell, SK, Ren, J, Kirby, GT, Blackwood, KA & Woodruff, M 2015, 'Improved fabrication of melt electrospun tissue engineering scaffolds using direct writing and advanced electric field control', BioInterphases: An Open Access Journal for the Biomaterials Interface Community, vol. 10, no. 1, article no. 011006, pp. 1-10. Open access 48 49 3
2013	Rahman, C, Kuhn, G, White, L, Kirby, GTS, Varghese, O, McLaren, J, Cox, H, Rose, F, Muller, R, Hilborn, J & Shakesheff, K 2013, 'PLGA/PEG-hydrogel composite scaffolds with controllable mechanical properties', Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part B: Applied Biomaterials, vol. 101, no. 4, pp. 648-655. 46 43 3
2013	White, LJ, Kirby, GT, Cox, HC, Qodratnama, R, Qutachi, O, Rose, FR & Shakesheff, KM 2013, 'Accelerating protein release from microparticles for regenerative medicine applications', Materials Science and Engineering C: Materials for Biological Applications, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 2578-2583. Open access 47 45 4
2012	Rahman, C, Saeed, A, White, L, Gould, T, Kirby, G, Sawkins, M, Alexander, C, Rose, F & Shakesheff, K 2012, 'Chemistry of polymer and ceramic-based injectable scaffolds and their applications in regenerative medicine (Review)', Chemistry of Materials, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 781-795. 27 26 3
2011	Kirby, GTS, White, L, Rahman, C, Cox, H, Qutachi, O, Rose, F, Hutmacher, D, Shakesheff, K & Woodruff, M 2011, 'PLGA-based microparticles for the sustained release of BMP-2', Polymers, vol. 3, pp. 571-586. Open access 4 54 6

Conferences

Year	Output
2015	Blackwood, K, Ristovski, N, Liao, S, Bock, N, Ren, J, Kirby, G, Stevens, M, Steck, R & Woodruff, M 2015, 'Improving electrospun fibre stacking with direct writing for developing scaffolds for tissue engineering for non-load bearing bone', 5th International Conference on the Development of Biomedical Engineering in Vietnam, Springer, vol. 46, pp. 125-128. 4 3

Research

Patents

Details	Registry	Status
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

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Athersys Inc	UNITED STATES
Centro Federal de Educacao Tecnologica	BRAZIL
ETH Zürich	SWITZERLAND
Federal University of Sao Carlos	BRAZIL
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	UNITED KINGDOM
Indee Labs USA	UNITED STATES
Queensland University of Technology	AUSTRALIA
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Nottingham	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of Regensburg	GERMANY
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
Uppsala University	SWEDEN

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Invited Speaker to a Public Lecture Science in the Pub Adelaide	2018
Radio Interview: Interview on Cell Therapies ABC Adelaide	2018

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Microfluidic vortex shedding for CAR T-Cell manufacturing	Current

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