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Dr Kristen Bremmell

  • Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Science School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences
  • City West Campus (HB5-26)
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Dr Kristen Bremmell

School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences

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Royal Australian Chemical Institute,International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering
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Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy University of Newcastle

  • Bachelor of Science (Honours) University of Sydney

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  • Healthy futures

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  • Chemical Engineering
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  • Biopolymer films for enhanced wound management, Wound Management Innovation CRC, 16/02/2015 - 31/03/2018

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Highlights

Year Output
2017

Chang, PK, Prestidge, CA & Bremmell, KE 2017, 'Interfacial analysis of siRNA complexes with poly-ethylenimine (PEI) or PAMAM dendrimers in gene delivery', Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, vol. 158, pp. 370-378.

Open access 4 3
2016

Chang, PK, Prestidge, CA, Barnes, TJ & Bremmell, KE 2016, 'Impact of PEGylation and non-ionic surfactants on the physical stability of the therapeutic protein filgrastim (G-CSF)', RSC Advances: An International Journal to Further the Chemical Sciences, vol. 6, pp. 78970-78978.

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Journal Articles

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2019

Bremmell, KE & Prestidge, CA 2019, 'Enhancing oral bioavailability of poorly soluble drugs with mesoporous silica based systems: opportunities and challenges', Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 349-358.

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2019

Bremmell, KE, Briskey, D, Meola, TR, Mallard, A, Prestidge, CA & Rao, A 2019, 'A self-emulsifying Omega-3 ethyl ester formulation (AquaCelle) significantly improves eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid bioavailability in healthy adults', European Journal of Nutrition, online, pp. 1-9.

2017

Chang, PK, Prestidge, CA & Bremmell, KE 2017, 'Interfacial analysis of siRNA complexes with poly-ethylenimine (PEI) or PAMAM dendrimers in gene delivery', Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, vol. 158, pp. 370-378.

Open access 4 3
2017

Singh, G, Bremmell, K, Griesser, HJ & Kingshott, P 2017, 'Colloid-probe AFM studies of the surface functionality and adsorbed proteins on binary colloidal crystal layers', RSC Advances: An International Journal to Further the Chemical Sciences, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 7329-7337.

Open access 2 2
2017

Yasmin, R, Rao, S, Bremmell, KE & Prestidge, C 2017, 'Synergistic role of solid lipid and porous silica in improving the oral delivery of weakly basic poorly water soluble drugs', European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, vol. 96, no. , pp. 508-514.

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2016

Chang, PK, Prestidge, CA, Barnes, TJ & Bremmell, KE 2016, 'Impact of PEGylation and non-ionic surfactants on the physical stability of the therapeutic protein filgrastim (G-CSF)', RSC Advances: An International Journal to Further the Chemical Sciences, vol. 6, pp. 78970-78978.

Open access 3 3
2016

Yasmin, R, Rao, S, Bremmell, KE & Prestidge, CA 2016, 'Porous Silica-Supported Solid Lipid Particles for Enhanced Solubilization of Poorly Soluble Drugs', AAPS Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 876-885.

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2015

Diéguez, LM, Winter, MA, Pocock, KJ, Bremmell, KE & Thierry, B 2015, 'Efficient microfluidic negative enrichment of circulating tumor cells in blood using roughened PDMS', The Analyst, vol. 140, no. 10, pp. 3365-3372.

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2015

Ho, TT, Bremmell, KE, Krasowska, M, MacWilliams, S V, Richard, CJ, Stringer, DN & Beattie, DA 2015, 'In situ ATR FTIR spectroscopic study of the formation and hydration of a fucoidan/chitosan polyelectrolyte multilayer', Langmuir: The ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids, vol. 31, no. 41, pp.11249-11259.

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2015

Ho, TT, Bremmell, KE, Krasowska, M, Stringer, DN, Thierry, B & Beattie, DA 2015, 'Tuning polyelectrolyte multilayer structure by exploiting natural variation in fucoidan chemistry', Soft Matter, vol. 11, no. 11, pp. 2110-2124.

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2015

Singh, G, Bremmell, KE, Griesser, HJ & Kingshott, P 2015, 'Colloid-probe AFM studies of the interaction forces of proteins adsorbed on colloidal crystals', Soft Matter, vol. 11, no. 16, pp. 3188-3197.

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2014

Shin, Y, Cheung, WH, Ho, TT, Bremmell, KE & Beattie, DA 2014, 'Insights into hydrophobic molecule release from polyelectrolyte multilayer films using In situ and ex situ techniques', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 16, no. 40, pp. 22409-22417.

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2014

Yasmin, R, Tan, A, Bremmell, KE & Prestidge, CA 2014, 'Lyophilized silica-lipid hybrid carriers for poorly water-soluble drugs : physicochemical and in vitro pharmaceutical investigations', Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, vol. 103, no. 9, 2950-2959.

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2013

Bremmell, KE, Britcher, L & Griesser, HJ 2013, 'Steric and electrostatic surface forces on sulfonated PEG graft surfaces with selective albumin adsorption', Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, vol. 106, no. 1, pp. 102-108.

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2013

Bremmell, KE, Tan, A, Martin, A & Prestidge, CA 2013, 'Tableting lipid-based formulations for oral drug delivery: a case study with silica nanoparticle-lipid-mannitol hybrid microparticles', Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, vol. 102, no. 2, pp. 684-693.

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2013

Kempson, IM, Chang, PKC, Bremmell, KE & Prestidge, CA 2013, 'Low temperature thermal dependent Filgrastim adsorption behavior detected with ToF-SIMS', Langmuir: The ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids, vol. 29, no. 50, pp. 15573-15578.

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2011

Regini, JW, Ecroyd, H, Meehan, S, Bremmell, K, Clarke, MJ, Lammie, D, Wess, T & Carver, JA 2011, 'The interaction of unfolding α-lactalbumin and malate dehydrogenase with the molecular chaperone αB-crystallin : a light and X-ray scattering investigation', Molecular Vision, vol. 16, pp. 2446-2456.

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2011

Singh, G, Griesser, HJ, Bremmell, K & Kingshott, P 2011, 'Highly ordered nanometer-scale chemical and protein patterns by binary colloidal crystal lithography combined with plasma polymerization', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 540-546.

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2010

Banerjee, K, Kumar, S, Bremmell, K & Griesser, H 2010, 'Molecular-level removal of proteinaceous contamination from model surfaces and biomedical device materials by air plasma treatment', Journal of Hospital Infection, vol. 76, no. 3, pp. 234-242.

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2008

McFarlane, AJ, Yeap, KY, Bremmell, KE & Addai-Mensah, J 2008, 'The influence of flocculant adsorption kinetics on the dewaterability of kaolinite and smectite clay mineral dispersions', Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, vol. 317, no. 1-3, pp. 39-48.

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2008

McGuire, MJ, Addai-Mensah, J & Bremmell, KE 2008, 'Improved Dewaterability of Iron Oxide Dispersions: The Role of Polymeric Flocculant Type, pH and Shear', Asia Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 18-23.

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Aarhus University DENMARK
Cardiff University UNITED KINGDOM
Marinova Pty Ltd AUSTRALIA
University of Adelaide AUSTRALIA
University of Cambridge UNITED KINGDOM
University of Queensland AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia AUSTRALIA
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Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning

University of South Australia Teaching Awards

2017

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Royal Australian Chemical Institute

2017

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International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering

2017
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Courses I teach and/or co-ordinate

  • BIOL 4014 Honours Biomedical Research B (2019)
  • BIOL 4014 Honours Biomedical Research B (2018)
  • BIOL 4015 Honours Biomedical Research A (2019)
  • BIOL 4015 Honours Biomedical Research A (2018)
  • PHAR 2016 Dosage Form Design 2 (2020)
  • PHAR 2016 Dosage Form Design 2 (2019)
  • PHAR 2016 Dosage Form Design 2 (2018)
  • PHAR 2014 Dosage Form Design 1 (2019)

Programs I'm associated with

  • IBPA - Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science
  • IHBY - Bachelor of Biomedical Research (Honours)
  • IHPC - Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours)
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Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title Student status
An infrared spectroscopic study of fucoidan/chitosan polyelectrolyte multilayers for biomedical applications Current
Solid nanostructured carrier materials for the development of novel lipid-based systems for anti-psychotic drug delivery. Current
Strategies to improve the biopharmaceutical performance of solid-SEDDS Current
Biophysics of pulmonary surfactant under thermal stress Completed
Cationic polymer mediated siRNA complexes: relationship between intracellular delivery and physicochemical properties Completed
Combining porous nanostructure and lipid carriers to improve oral delivery systems for poorly water soluble drugs Completed
Formation and characterisation of fucoidan-based polyelectrolyte multilayers for applications in biomaterials Completed
Liposome-micelle hybrid systems for oral delivery of poorly water-soluble cardiovascular drug lovastatin and anticancer drugs paclitaxel and 5-fluorouracil Completed
The role of formulations in skin delivery Completed
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