Tim Dargaville

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September 14, 2023

Koalas need their booster shots too. Here’s a way to beat chlamydia with just 1 capture and less trauma

Kenneth W Beagley, Queensland University of Technology and Tim Dargaville, Queensland University of Technology

Chlamydia is devastating for koalas, but the vaccine to prevent infection requires a booster shot. Recapturing the animals for their booster shot is costly and stresses them, but there’s a solution.

Image faite par la superposition de deux images l’une obtenue par microscopie de fluorescence et l’autre par microscopie à balayage électronique montrant comment les îlots (fluorescents en vert) sont maintenus par les puits de notre boîte à œufs.

May 18, 2018

Une « boîte à œufs » pour transporter des cellules capables de guérir le diabète

Aurelien Forget, Queensland University of Technology; Darling Rojas-Canales, University of Adelaide, and Tim Dargaville, Queensland University of Technology

Les médecins savent transplanter les cellules du pancréas d’un donneur à leur patient, mais pas les transporter sans dommage. En Australie, une équipe vient d’inventer un contenant protecteur.

Isolated pancreas cells stained bright green are shown sitting in the wells of the transport “egg carton”. Aurelien Forget

April 13, 2018

We’ve made ‘smart egg‑cartons’ to transport cells to cure diabetes

Aurelien Forget, Queensland University of Technology; Darling Rojas-Canales, University of Adelaide, and Tim Dargaville, Queensland University of Technology

Doctors can treat diabetes by transplanting cells from the pancreas of a donor to the patient. But many of the crucial cells die - a better way to store and transport them can help.

3D bioprinted channel, representing a blood vessel within a hydrogel that mimics human tissue. Forget, Heiny, Derme, Mitterberger, Shastri

July 24, 2017

The next pharmaceutical revolution could be 3D bioprinted

Aurelien Forget, Queensland University of Technology and Tim Dargaville, Queensland University of Technology

3D bioprinting of living cells and materials may contribute to faster and cheaper ways to create effective new drugs - and even reduce animal testing.

Impression 3D biologique en hydrogel pour la culture cellulaire. Forget, Heiny, Derme, Mittelberger, Shastri