2015
Journal - Research Article
Greatrex, B. W., Daines, A. M., Hook, S., Lenz, D. H., McBurney, W., Rades, T., & Rendle, P. M. (2015). Synthesis, formulation, and adjuvanticity of monodesmosidic saponins with olenanolic acid, hederagenin and gypsogenin aglycones, and some C-28 ester derivatives. ChemistryOpen, 4(6), 740-755. doi: 10.1002/open.201500149
2013
Journal - Research Article
Rizwan, S. B., McBurney, W. T., Young, K., Hanley, T., Boyd, B. J., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2013). Cubosomes containing the adjuvants imiquimod and monophosphoryl lipid A stimulate robust cellular and humoral immune responses. Journal of Controlled Release, 165(1), 16-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2012.10.020
2009
Journal - Research Article
Daines, A. M., Greatrex, B. W., Hayman, C. M., Hook, S. M., McBurney, W. T., Rades, T., … Sims, I. M. (2009). Mannosylated saponins based on oleanolic and glycyrrhizic acids. Towards synthetic colloidal antigen delivery systems. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 17(14), 5207-5218. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.05.043
Greatrex, B. W., Brodie, S. J., Furneaux, R. H., Hook, S. M., McBurney, W. T., Painter, G. F., Rades, T., & Rendle, P. M. (2009). The synthesis and immune stimulating action of mannose-capped lysine-based dendrimers. Tetrahedron, 65(15), 2939-2950. doi: 10.1016/j.tet.2009.02.018
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Gordon, S., McBurney, W. T., Wilson, R., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2009). In vitro and in vivo investigation of chitosan hydrogels containing liposomes as vaccine delivery systems. Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting & Exposition of the Controlled Release Society. [CD-ROM] St. Paul, MN: CRS. [Full Paper]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Hook, S., Myschik, J., Gordon, S., Rizwan, S., McBurney, W., & Rades, T. (2009). Designing sustained release, particulate, sub-unit vaccines. Proceedings of the Webster Centre for Infectious Diseases Symposium. WCID. Retrieved from http://www.webstercentre.otago.ac.nz/WCIDSymposiumProgramme.pdf
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Gordon, S., McBurney, W., Wilson, R., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2009, July). In vitro and in vivo investigation of chitosan hydrogels containing liposomes as vaccine delivery systems. Verbal presentation at the 36th Annual Meeting & Exposition of the Controlled Release Society, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Gordon, S., McBurney, W. T., Wilson, R., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2009, June). Investigation of thermosensitive chitosan hydrogels containing antigen-loaded nanoparticles for vaccine delivery. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Australasian Society for Immunology (NZ ASI) Branch Meeting, Wellington, New Zealand.
2008
Journal - Research Article
Myschik, J., McBurney, W. T., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2008). Immunostimulatory lipid implants containing Quil-A and DC-cholesterol. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 363, 91-98. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2008.07.014
Myschik, J., McBurney, W. T., Hennessy, T., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2008). Immunogenicity of lipid sustained release implants containing imiquimod, α-galactosylceramide, or Quil-A. Pharmazie, 63(9), 686-692. doi: 10.1691/ph.2008.8072
Myschik, J., McBurney, W. T., Hennessy, T., Phipps-Green, A., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2008). Immunostimulatory biodegradable implants containing the adjuvant Quil-A - Part II: In vivo evaluation. Journal of Drug Targeting, 16(3), 224-232. doi: 10.1080/10611860701848886
Gordon, S., Saupe, A., McBurney, W., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2008). Comparison of chitosan nanoparticles and chitosan hydrogels for vaccine delivery. Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, 60, 1591-1600. doi: 10.1211/jpp/60.12.0004
McBurney, W. T., Lendemans, D. G., Myschik, J., Hennessy, T., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2008). In vivo activity of cationic immune stimulating complexes (PLUSCOMs). Vaccine, 26, 4549-4556. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.06.024
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Gordon, S., Saupe, A., McBurney, W. T., Hennessy, T., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2008). In vivo investigation of a thermosensitive chitosan hydrogel as a sustained release vaccine delivery system. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting & Exposition of the Controlled Release Society. [CD-ROM] St Paul, MN: CRS. [Full Paper]
Rizwan, S. B., McBurney, W., Boyd, B. J., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2008). In vitro activity of phytantriol cubosomes containing the adjuvants imiquimod or monophosphoryl lipid A in bone marrow derived dendritic cells. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting & Exposition of the Controlled Release Society. [CD-ROM] St Paul, MN: CRS. [Full Paper]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Gordon, S., Saupe, A., McBurney, W., Hennessy, T., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2008). Thermosensitive chitosan hydrogels as potential sustained release vaccine delivery systems. New Zealand Medical Journal, 121(1278). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/121-1278/3179/content.pdf
Rizwan, S., McBurney, W., Boyd, B., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2008). Enhanced type-1 immune response from a novel particulate vaccine delivery system comprised of phytantriol cubosomes containing toll-like receptor agonists imiquimod and or monophosphoryl lipid A. AAPS Journal, 10(S2). Retrieved from http://www.aapsj.org/abstracts/AM_2008/AAPS2008-001145.PDF
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Daines, A. M., Greatrex, B. W., Hayman, C. M., Hook, S., McBurney, W., Rades, T., … Sims, I. (2008, November-December). Mannosylated saponins based on oleanolic and glycyrrhizic acids. Poster session presented at the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the New Zealand Society of Plant Biologists Combined Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Myschik, J., McBurney, W., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2008, November). Formulation and delivery of immunogenic sustained release subunit vaccines. Verbal presentation at the Medical Sciences Congress, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Gordon, S., Saupe, A., McBurney, W., Hennessy, T., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2008, November). In-vivo immunogenicity of sustained release, thermosensitive chitosan hydrogel systems. Verbal presentation at the Medical Sciences Congress, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Rizwan, S. B., McBurney, W., Boyd, B. J., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2008, November). In-vivo activity of a novel particulate vaccine delivery system comprised of phytantriol cubosomes containing toll-like receptor agonists imiquimod and monophosphoryl lipid A. Verbal presentation at the Medical Sciences Congress, Queenstown, New Zealand.
2007
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Myschik, J., McBurney, W. T., Hennessy, T., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2007). Comparison of immunogenicity of sustained release implants containing imiquimod, α-galactosylceramide or Quil-A. Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting & Exposition of the Controlled Release Society. [CD-ROM] Minnesota, USA: CRS. [Full Paper]
Myschik, J., McBurney, W. T., Hennessy, T., Eberhardt, F., Phipps-Green, A., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2007). In vitro and in vivo investigation of Quil-A containing biodegradable immunostimulatory implants. Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting & Exposition of the Controlled Release Society. [CD-ROM] Minnesota, USA: CRS. [Full Paper]
McBurney, W., Lendemans, D., Hennessy, T., Myschik, J., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2007). in vivo activity of cationic immune stimulating complexes (PLUSCOMs). Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting & Exposition of the Controlled Release Society. [CD-ROM] Minnesota, USA: CRS. [Full Paper]
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Myschik, J., McBurney, W. T., Hennessy, T., Eberhardt, F., Phipps-Green, A., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2007, February). Investigation of biodegradable sustained release implants containing the adjuvant Quil-A for the delivery of subunit vaccines. Verbal presentation at the 9th Conference on Formulation and Delivery of Bioactives, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2006
Journal - Research Article
Saupe, A., McBurney, W., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2006). Immunostimulatory colloidal delivery systems for cancer vaccines. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 3(3), 345-354.
Myschik, J., Lendemans, D. G., McBurney, W. T., Demana, P. H., Hook, S., & Rades, T. (2006). On the preparation, microscopic investigation and application of ISCOMs. Micron, 37, 724-734.
McBurney, W., Mangold, M., Munro, K., Schultz, M., Rath, H. C., & Tannock, G. W. (2006). PCR/DGGE and 16S rRNA gene library analysis of the colonic microbiota of HLA-B27/β2-microglobulin transgenic rats. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 42, 165-171.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Saupe, A., McBurney, W., Hennessy, T., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2006). Preparation of a thermosensitive hydrogel containing chitosan nanoparticles for vaccine delivery. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting & Exposition of the Controlled Release Society. [CD-ROM] Minnesota, USA: CRS. [Full Paper]
Saupe, A., McBurney, W., Hennessy, T., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2006). Preparation of immune stimulatory delivery systems using poly(acylcyanoacrylate) and chitosan. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting & Exposition of the Controlled Release Society. [CD-ROM] Minnesota, USA: CRS. [Full Paper]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Myschik, J., McBurney, W. T., Eberhardt, F., Hennessy, T., Phipps-Green, M., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2006). Preparation and investigation of solid lipid implants for sustained release of model antigen. Proceedings of the Immunet Researching for Health Meeting. Retrieved from http://immunet.otago.ac.nz/whatson2.htm
Saupe, A., McBurney, W., Hennessy, T., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2006). Chitosan as an injectable thermosensitive hydrogel for sustained vaccine delivery. Proceedings of the Immunet Researching for Health Meeting. Retrieved from http://immunet.otago.ac.nz/whatson2.htm
Hook, S., McBurney, W. T., Lendemans, D., & Rades, T. (2006). The immunostimulatory effect of cationic iscoms in a mouse model. Proceedings of the 36th Annual Australasian Society for Immunology Conference. New Zealand: University of Auckland. Retrieved from http://www.nature.com/icb/asi_abs/index.html
Myschik, J., McBurney, W. T., Eberhardt, F., Hennessy, T., Phipps-Green, A., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2006). Investigation of immune responses stimulated by a sustained release lipidic implant releasing self-assembling colloidal particles. In A. Davey (Ed.), Proceedings of the Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Association Annual Conference. (pp. 38). Adelaide, Australia: APSA. [Abstract]
Myschik, J., McBurney, W. T., Eberhardt, F., Hennessy, T., Phipps-Green, M., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2006). Quil-A containing lipid implants as a potential delivery system for subunit cancer vaccines. New Zealand Medical Journal, 119(1237). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/119-1237/2062/content.pdf
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Hook, S., Lendemans, D., Hennessey, T., McBurney, W., & Rades, T. (2006, May). Nanoparticulate vaccine formulations. Poster session presented at the Particles International Conference, Orlando, Florida.
Hook, S., Myschik, J., Lendemans, D., McBurney, W., & Rades, T. (2006, May-June). Pharmaceutical approaches to improving subunit vaccine formulations. Poster session presented at the 1st Australian Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics Development Meeting, Parkville, Australia.
2005
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Hennessy, T. M., Schrage, B., McBurney, W. T., Rades, T., Fraser, J., & Hook, S. (2005). Liposomal incorporation of mutated superantigens. Tissue Antigens: Immune Response Genetics. 66(5), (pp. 441). [Abstract]
Saupe, A., Hennessy, T. M., McBurney, W. T., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2005). Chitosan nanoparticulate dispersions for vaccine delivery: Preparation and immunological characterisation. In E. A. Davis & C. G. Sobey (Eds.), Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists and Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Association. 11. [Abstract]
Lendemans, D. G., McBurney, W. B., Hennessy, T., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2005). In vitro activation of dendritic cells by cationic formulations containing DC-cholestrol, phospholipid and Quil-A. In E. A. Davis & C. G. Sobey (Eds.), Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists and Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Association. 11. [Abstract]
Myschik, J., McBurney, W. T., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2005). Formulation and characterisation of Quil-A containing solid lipid implants. In E. A. Davis & C. G. Sobey (Eds.), Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists and Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Association. 11. [Abstract]
McBurney, W., Thomas, N., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2005). Development of a vaccine delivery system using imiquimod modified liposomes. Tissue Antigens: Immune Response Genetics. 66(5), (pp. 490). [Abstract]
Lendemans, D., McBurney, W., Hennessy, T. M., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2005). Delivery of subunit vaccines by cationic formulations containing Quillaja saponins: A comparison with classical iscoms. Tissue Antigens: Immune Response Genetics. 66(5), (pp. 445). [Abstract]
Saupe, A., Hennessy, T. M., McBurney, W. T., Rades, T., & Hook, S. (2005). Chitosan nanoparticulate dispersions for vaccine delivery: Preparation and immunological characterisation. Proceedings of the ASCEPT-APSA Joint Annual Scientific Meeting. [Abstract]
2003
Awarded Doctoral Degree
McBurney, W. T. (2003). PCR/DGGE analysis of the intestinal microflora of experimental animal models: Potential applications in the study of inflammatory diseases (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. 190p.
1999
Journal - Research Article
McBurney, W. T., McCartney, A. L., Apun, K., McConnell, M. A., & Tannock, G. W. (1999). Perturbation of the enterobacterial microflora detected by molecular analysis. Microbial Ecology in Health & Disease, 11, 175-179.
