Chess-Williams, Russ

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Objectives: To enhance our knowledge of the lower urinary tract with the aim of developing new treatments or enhancing current treatments of the following conditions:Neurogenic and idiopathic overactive bladderCancers of the lower urinary tractStress incontinenceBenign prostatic hyperplasiaInterstitial cystitisErectile dysfunctio

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Bond UniversityResearch RepositoryBond Urology Group: Faculty of Health Sciences and MedicineChess-Williams, RussPublished: 01/09/2012Document Version:Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of recordLink to publication in Bond University research repository.Recommended citation(APA):Chess-Williams, R. (2012). Bond Urology Group: Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine. Poster sessionpresented at Research Week 2012, Gold Coast, Australia.General rightsCopyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright ownersand it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.For more information, or if you believe that this document breaches copyright, please contact the Bond University research repositorycoordinator.Download date: 10 May 2019         OBJECTIVES  To enhance our knowledge of the lower urinary tract with the aim of developing new treatments or enhancing current treatments of the following conditions: • Neurogenic and idiopathic overactive bladder • Cancers of the lower urinary tract • Stress incontinence • Benign prostatic hyperplasia • Interstitial cystitis • Erectile dysfunction GROUP MEMBERS & INTERESTS Prof. Russ Chess-Williams (Pharmacologist) Drug development for overactive bladder, stress incontinence, benign prostatic hyperplasia, erectile dysfunction & bladder carcinoma Assoc. Prof. Peter Johnson (Pharmacologist) Actions of drugs and natural products on bladder function Assist. Prof. Catherine McDermott (Toxicologist) Actions of cytotoxic drugs and their metabolites on bladder function Assist. Prof. Anna Salinas (Biochemist) Molecular modelling of uroplakins Assoc. Prof. Donna Sellers (Cell Biologist) Overactive bladder, diabetes Assoc. Prof. Lotti Tajouri (Molecular Biologist) Molecular biology of bladder receptors and ion channels Assist. Prof Desa Welsh (Physiologist) Renal & upper urinary tract disease Prof. Gordon Wright (Clinical Pathologist) Lower urinary tract pathology particularly urothelial carcinoma   RESEARCH STUDENTS Stefanie Farr (MSc) Luke Grundy (PhD) Sung (Stanley) Kang (PhD) Kylie Mills (PhD) Christian Moro (PhD) Amanda Forbes (PhD) Oladayo Folasire (PhD) Helenne Nyamwaro (PhD, UK-based),  Marina Schlueter (PhD, UK-based), Giselle Cea (Hons), Kirsty Fuller (Hons),  Caitlin Milligan (MBBS),  Katrina Smith (BMED), Iris Lim (BMED) COLLABORATORS • Prof. Liz Burcher (Univ. of New South Wales), • Prof. Christopher Chapple, (Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK) • Dr Shai Anoopkumar-Dukie, Dr Gary Grant, Prof. Andrew Davey (Griffith Univ.) • Prof. Dave Grundy (Univ. of Sheffield, UK) • Dr Karen Kerr (Univ. of Newcastle) • Assoc. Prof. Kate Moore (St George’s Hospital, Sydney) • Assist. Prof. Kylie Mansfield (Univ. of Woollongong) • Dr Neil McKay, Dr Kim Lawson (Sheffield Hallam Univ., UK) • Dr Roselyn Rose’Meyer, Dr Helen Massa (Griffith Univ.) • Prof. Mark Schembri (Univ. of Queensland) CURRENT RESEARCH FUNDING • Cancer Council Queensland, $180,000, Chess-Williams, McDermott, Rose’Meyer, 2012-2014, “Cytotoxic drugs & urothelial function” • NHMRC, $434,800, Chess-Williams, Burcher, Moore, Mansfield, 2009-2012, “Non-neuronal ATP: regulation of release and action in the bladder”    PRIZES & AWARDS • Best Student Presentation, National Symposium on Advances in GU Research - L. Grundy, 2011 • Queensland Smart Futures Scholarship - C. Moro, 2010 • Best Student Presentation, National Symposium on Advances in GU Research - C. Moro, 2010 • RCPA (Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia) Scholarship in Pathology - C. Milligan, 2009  • EAU Best Poster Prize, European Association Urology Stockholm -      D. Sellers, 2009 • Best Scientific Paper published in “European Urology” (IF 8.4) -     D. Sellers, R. Chess-Williams, 2007   SELECTED PUBLICATIONS • McDermott C, Chess-Williams R, Grant GD, Perkins AV, McFarland AJ, Davey AK, Anoopkumar-Dukie S. (2012) Effects of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence factor pyocyanin on human urothelial cell function and viability. J. Urol.  2012 187(3):1087-93.   • Sellers DJ, Chess-Williams R. (2012) Muscarinic agonists and antagonists: effects on the urinary bladder. Handb. Exp. Pharmacol. 208:375-400  • Moro C, Leeds C, Chess-Williams R. (2012) Contractile activity of the bladder urothelium/lamina propria and its regulation by nitric oxide. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 674(2-3):445-9.  • Vahabi B, McKay NG, Lawson K, Sellers DJ. (2011) The role of c-kit-positive interstitial cells in mediating phasic contractions of bladder strips from streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. BJU Int. 107(9):1480-7  • Moro C, Uchiyama J, Chess-Williams R. (2011) Urothelial/lamina propria spontaneous activity and the role of M3 muscarinic receptors in mediating rate responses to stretch and carbachol. Urology (6):1442.e9-15.  • Vahabi B, Lawson K, McKay NG, Sellers DJ. (2011) Phasic activity of urinary bladder smooth muscle in the streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat: effect of potassium channel modulators. Eur. J. Pharmacol.. 660(2-3):431-7.   • Daly DM, Chess-Williams R, Chapple C, Grundy D. (2010) The inhibitory role of acetylcholine and muscarinic receptors in bladder afferent activity Eur. Urol. 58(1):22-8; discussion 31-2.  

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