Current Research

Bone tissue engineering; tissue response to biomaterials; bone marrow regeneration; in-vivo models to evaluate cell and material based strategies to engineer bone tissue; bone pathologies.

My interests lie in studying the complex nature of bone/material interactions and how we can apply this knowledge to the design of appropriate materials to interact with the skeleton.

Previous Research

Undergraduate science degree majoring in Anatomy; UNSW, Sydney, Australia.
Honours year - Department of Pathology
Thesis entitled "A mechanical and morphological examination of the tendon of the long head of biceps brachii".
Supervisors: Prof. C. R. Howlett, Associate Prof. W. R. Walsh

Ph.D. - School of Medical Sciences
Thesis entitled "Development of a collagen hydroxyapatite composite biomaterial for the repair of bone".
Supervisors: Prof. C. R. Howlett, Associate Prof. W. R. Walsh

Awards and Scholarships

• Australian Postgraduate Award 1997-2000

Publications

R. Sarugaser, D. Lickorish, D. Baksh, M. Hosseini, J. E. Davies, "Human Umbilical Cord Perivascular (HUCPV) cells: A source of mesenchymal progenitors," Stem Cells, vol. 23(2), pp. 220-229, 2005.

D. Lickorish, J. Chan, J. Song, J. E. Davies, "An in-vivo model to interrogate the transition from acute to chronic inflammation," European Journal of Cells and Materials," vol. 8, pp. 12-20, 2004.

K. Gomi, M. Kanazashi, D. Lickorish, T. Arai, J. E. Davies, "Bone marrow genesis after subcutaneous delivery of rat osteogenic cell-seeded biodegradable scaffolds into nude mice," Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, vol. 71A(4), pp. 602-607, 2004.

D. Lickorish, V. Glattauer, J. A. Werkmeister, J. A. M. Ramshaw, C. R. Howlett, "Collagen-hydroxyapatite composite prepared by biomimetic process," Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, vol. 68(1), pp. 19-27, 2004.

Personal Interests

Classical/Spanish & acoustic guitar, travelling.