3D printing; digital light processing; microneedles; piercing; mechanical properties; biocompatibility

Ghanizadeh Tabriz, Atabak, Viegas, Beatriz, Okereke, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2104-012X, Uddin, Md Jasim, Arribas Lopez, Elena, Zand Fard, Nazanin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2058-2354, Ranatunga, Medhavi, Getti, Giulia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496 and Douroumis, Dionysios ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3782-0091 (2022) Evaluation of 3D printability and biocompatibility of microfluidic resin for fabrication of solid microneedles. Micromachines, 13:1368. pp. 1-16. ISSN 2072-666X (Online) (doi:10.3390/mi13091368)

Biosurfactants; Cancer chemotherapy; Critical micelle concentration; Cytotoxicity; HEK 293; MCF-7; Rhamnolipid; Sophorolipid; Surfactin; THP-1

Akiyode, Olufunke, George, Daliya, Getti, Giulia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496 and Boateng, Joshua ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6310-729X (2016) Systematic comparison of the functional physico-chemical characteristics and biocidal activity of microbial derived biosurfactants on blood-derived and breast cancer cells. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 479. pp. 221-233. ISSN 0021-9797 (doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2016.06.051)

Calcium alginate, ciprofloxacin, diabetic foot ulcer, dressing, fluconazole, mixed infection

Ahmed, Asif, Boateng, Joshua ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6310-729X and Getti, Giulia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496 (2021) Medicated multi-targeted alginate-based dressings for potential treatment of mixed bacterial-fungal infections in diabetic foot ulcers. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 606:120903. ISSN 0378-5173 (doi:10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120903)

Calcium alginate; Ciprofloxacin; Diabetic foot ulcer; Infection; Lyophilized wafer; Wound healing;

Ahmed, Asif, Getti, Giulia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496 and Boateng, Joshua ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6310-729X (2017) Ciprofloxacin-loaded calcium alginate wafers prepared by freeze-drying technique for potential healing of chronic diabetic foot ulcers. Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 8 (6). pp. 1751-1768. ISSN 2190-393X (Print), 2190-3948 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s13346-017-0445-9)

Eclipta prostrata, Gymnema sylvestre, leishmania promastigotes, leishmanicidal activity, saponins

Khanna, Venkatesan Gopiesh, Kannabiran, Krishnan and Getti, Giulia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496 (2009) Leishmanicidal activity of saponins isolated from the leaves of Eclipta prostrata and Gymnema sylvestre. Indian Journal of Pharmacology, 41 (1). pp. 32-35. ISSN 0253-7613 (Print), 1998-3751 (Online) (doi:10.4103/0253-7613.48891)

Ice nucleation, Lichen

Moffet, Bruce, Getti, Giulia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496, Henderson-Begg, Stephanie and Hill, Thomas (2015) Ubiquity of ice nucleation in lichen – possible atmospheric implications. Lindbergia, 38. pp. 39-43. ISSN 2001-5909

In vitro model, Spreading, Leishmania aethiopica, Leishmania mexicana, Human monocytes, Infection, THP-1, Retinoic acid

Rai, Rajeev, Dyer, Paul, Richardson, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7927-0649, Harbige, Laurence and Getti, Giulia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496 (2017) Apoptotic induction induces Leishmania aethiopica and L. mexicana spreading in terminally differentiated THP-1 cells. Parasitology, 144 (14). pp. 1912-1921. ISSN 0031-1820 (Print), 1469-8161 (Online) (doi:10.1017/S0031182017001366)

Leishmania

Cheke, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7437-1934, Getti, G. T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496, Poole, P., George, J. and Humber, D. P. (2006) Leishmania and its host cell: a complex relationship. ICOPA XI: proceedings of the 11th International Congress of Parasitology. Medimond SRL, Bologna, Italy, pp. 397-401. ISBN 8875872724

Leishmania aethiopica, L. tropica, L. major, cicerfuran, benzofurans, THP-1 cells, antileishmanial activity

Getti, G. T. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496, Aslam, S.N., Humber, D.P., Stevenson, P. C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-3619 and Cheke, R. A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7437-1934 (2006) The effect of Cicerfuran, an Arylbenzofuran from Cicer bijugum, and related Benzofurans and Stilbenes on Leishmania aethiopica, L. tropica and L. major. Planta Medica, 72 (10). pp. 907-911. ISSN 0032-0943 (doi:10.1055/s-2006-947187)

Leishmania aethiopica; Leishmania major; Leishmania Mexicana; 34 Leishmania tropica; flow cytometry, intracellular amastigote

Parbhu Patel, Asha, Deacon, Andrew and Getti, Giulia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496 (2013) Development and validation of four Leishmania species constitutively expressing GFP protein. A model for drug discovery and disease pathogenesis studies. Parasitology, 141 (4). pp. 501-510. ISSN 0031-1820 (Print), 1469-8161 (Online) (doi:10.1017/S0031182013001777)

Leishmania tropica, L. mecicana, apoptosis, phosphatidylserine, GFP

Getti, Giulia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496, Ranatuga, Medhavi and Deacon, Andrew D. (2012) Effect of GFP-expressing Leishmania spp. infection on apoptosis of THP-1 cells. World Academy of Science Engineering and Technology, 72. pp. 478-482. ISSN 2010-376X (Print), 2010-3778 (Online)

Leishmania, THP-1, U937, infection, apoptosis

Getti, G. T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496, Cheke, R. A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7437-1934 and Humber, D. P. (2008) Induction of apoptosis in host cells: a survival mechanism for Leishmania parasites? Parasitology, 135 (12). pp. 1391-1399. ISSN 0031-1820 (doi:10.1017/S0031182008004915)

Leishmania, Urechites andrieuxii, Colubrina greggii, Dorstenia contrajerva, Tridax procumbens

Getti, Giulia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496, Durgadoss, Priyanka, Domínguez-Carmona, Dafne, Martín-Quintal, Zhelmy, Peraza-Sánchez, Sergio, Peña-Rodríguez, Luis Manuel and Humber, David (2009) Leishmanicidal activity of Yucatecan medicinal plants on Leishmania species responsible for cutaneous Leishmaniasis. Journal of Parasitology, 95 (2). pp. 456-460. ISSN 0022-3395 (Print), 1937-2345 (Online) (doi:10.1645/GE-1675.1)

Leishmania, apopotosi, infection

Rai, Rajeev, Ferreira, William, Deacon, Andrew D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7630-4973 and Getti, Giulia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496 (2013) From infection to cutaneous leishmaniasis: no real need for amastigotes to leave the macrophages. In: Fifth World Congress on Leishmaniasis (WL5), 13 -17 May 2013, Pernambuco, Brazil. (Unpublished)

MALDI-TOF, Allicine, MRSA, Staphylococcus aureus,

Getti, G. T. M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496 and Poole, P. L. (2019) Allicin causes fragmentation of the peptidoglycan coat in Staphylococcus aureus by effecting synthesis and aiding hydrolysis: a determination by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry on whole cells. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 68 (4). pp. 667-677. ISSN 0022-2615 (Print), 1473-5644 (Online) (doi:10.1099/jmm.0.000950)

Ricin toxin; Endocytosis; Polyphenol; Epigallocatechin gallate; eGCG; Tea

Dyer, Paul D. R., Kotha, Arun K., Gollings, Alex S., Shorter, Susan A., Shepherd, Thomas R., Pettit, Marie W., Alexander, Bruce D., Getti, Giulia T. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496, El-Daher, Samer, Baillie, Les and Richardson, Simon C. W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7927-0649 (2016) An in vitro evaluation of epigallocatechin gallate (eGCG) as a biocompatible inhibitor of ricin toxin. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, 1860 (7). pp. 1541-1550. ISSN 0304-4165 (doi:10.1016/j.bbagen.2016.03.024)

apoptosis, axenic amastigotes, L. aethiopica, L. mexicana, infection spreading, GFP, THP-1, trafficking, EEA1 (Early Endosome Antigen 1), LAMP-1 (lysosomal-associated membrane protein 1)

Ranatunga, Medhavi, Rai, Rajeev, Richardson, Simon C. W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7927-0649, Dyer, Paul, Harbige, Laurence, Deacon, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7630-4973, Pecorino, Lauren and Getti, Giulia T. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496 (2019) Leishmania aethiopica cell-to-cell spreading involves caspase-3, AkT and NF-jB but not PKC-d activation and involves uptake of LAMP-1 positive bodies containing parasites. The FEBS Journal (Federation of European Biochemical Societies), 287 (9). pp. 1777-1797. ISSN 1742-464X (Print), 1742-4658 (Online) (doi:10.1111/febs.15166)

autism; human neural progenitors; stem cells; CHD8

Coakley-Youngs, Emma, Ranatunga, Medhavi, Richardson, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7927-0649, Getti, Giulia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496, Shorter, Susan and Fivaz, Marc ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1003-7934 (2022) Autism-associated CHD8 keeps proliferation of human neural progenitors in check by lengthening the G1 phase of the cell cycle. Biology Open, 11 (9):bio058941. pp. 1-11. ISSN 2046-6390 (Online) (doi:10.1242/bio.058941)

benzodiazepine, cutaneous leishmaniasis

Parbhu Patel, Asha, Deacon, Andrew D., Spencer, John, Raj, Rathnam, Harbige, Laurence and Getti, Giulia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496 (2010) The benzodiazepine class of compounds as a potential for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis. In: XII International Congress of Parasitology ICOPA, 15 - 20 Aug 2010, Melbourne, Australia. (Unpublished)

chitosan, tobermorite, bioactive

Hurt, A. P., Getti, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496 and Coleman, N.J. (2014) Bioactivity and biocompatibility of a chitosan-tobermorite composite membrane for guided tissue regeneration. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 64. pp. 11-16. ISSN 0141-8130 (doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2013.11.020)

drug delivery LNCap Apoptosis

Akanda, Mushfiq H., Rai, Rajeev, Slipper, Ian J., Chowdhry, Babur Z., Lamprou, Dimitrios, Getti, Giulia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496 and Douroumis, Dennis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3782-0091 (2015) Delivery of retinoic acid to LNCap human prostate cancer cells using solid lipid nanoparticles. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 493 (1-2). pp. 161-171. ISSN 0378-5173 (Print), 1873-3476 (Online) (doi:10.1016/j.ijpharm.2015.07.042)

early feedback; student voice

Getti, Giulia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496, Tsay, Han-Huei (Crystal) ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4959-0411, Quan, Lianfeng and Minh, Van (2024) Using early feedback to start a conversation with students. In: Teaching and Learning Conference 2024, 2nd - 4th Jul, 2024, Nottingham Trent University. (Unpublished)

leishmania aethiopica, neutrophils, ROS, phagocytosis, apoptosis, neglected tropical diseases, infection, isolates

Adem, E., Cruz Cervera, E., Yizengaw, E., Takele, Y., Shorter, S., Cotton, J., Getti, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496 and Kropf, P. (2024) Distinct neutrophil effector functions in response to different isolates of leishmania aethiopica. Parasites and Vectors, 17:461. ISSN 1756-3305 (Online) (doi:10.1186/s13071-024-06489-x)

microwaves, parallel synthesis, heterocycles, amides, cyclisation

Chuckowree, Irina, Ali Syed, Murtaza, Getti, Giulia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496, Parbhu Patel, Asha, Garner, Hannah, Tizzard, Graham J., Coles, Simon J. and Spencer, John (2012) Synthesis of a 1,3,5-benzotriazepine-2,4-dione based library. Tetrahedron Letters, 53 (28). pp. 3607-3611. ISSN 0040-4039 (doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.05.025)

peripheral blood-derived leukocytes, ex vivo, L. aethiopicaGFP, L. mexicanaGFP, CD4+, naïve, activated, effector, regulatory T cells

Ranatunga, Medhavi, Deacon, Andrew D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7630-4973, Harbige, Laurence S., Dyer, Paul, Boateng, Joshua ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6310-729X and Getti, Giulia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496 (2024) Ex vivo analysis of the association of GFP-expressing L. aethiopica and L. mexicana with human Peripheral Blood-Derived (PBD) leukocytes over 24 Hours. Microorganisms, 12 (9):1909. ISSN 2076-2607 (Online) (doi:10.3390/microorganisms12091909)

solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs); prostate cancer therapy

Akanda, Mushfiq, Getti, Giulia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496, Nandi, Uttom, Sadeque Mithu, Md and Douroumis, Dionysios ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3782-0091 (2021) Bioconjugated solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) for targeted prostate cancer therapy. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 599:120416. ISSN 0378-5173 (doi:10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120416)

solid lipid nanoparticles; curcumin; transferrin; prostate cancer; bioconjugation

Akanda, Md Mushfiq, Getti, Giulia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496, Nandi, Uttom, Mithu, Md Sadeque Hossain and Douroumis, Dionysios ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3782-0091 (2021) Bioconjugated solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) for targeted prostate cancer therapy. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 599:120416. ISSN 0378-5173 (doi:10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120416)

student partnership; on-line learning; confidence; conference; higher education

Getti, Giulia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496, Harris, Sarah, Alexandru, Ioana-Christina, Boulas, Raphaelle, Brempong, Louise, Huckstepp, Rebekah, Gandhi, Vishwa Hiteshbhai, Muntean, Diana, Pires Piedade, Ana, Tresserras-Segura, Clara and Ugwuanyi, Adanonso (2021) The challenges of teaching and learning during a pandemic become an opportunity: reflections on a student and academic partnership. Compass: Journal of Learning and Teaching, 14 (3). pp. 1-4. ISSN 2044-0081 (doi:10.21100/compass.v14i3.1239)

trypanosomal diseases, parasites, leishmaniasis, protozoan infection, macrophages

Getti, Giulia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8496 (2007) Interaction between Leishmania parasites and mammalian macrophages. PhD thesis, University of Greenwich.