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Gary Adams

Associate Professor in Diabetes Health and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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Expertise Summary

Educational Roles

  • Module Leader Biological Foundations in Health (BFH1)
  • Module Co-Convenor Contemporary Management in Diabetes
  • Module Co-Convenor Current Trends in Diabetes Practice
  • Sessional in-puts on: * Biological Foundations in Health, BFH2/3 (MNursSci) * Principles of Adult Nursing Nottingham (MNursSci) * MSc Applied Biomolecular Technology (MABT) Sutton Bonington * Master in Advanced Clinical Practice (MACP) * NHA Contemporary Practice in High Dependency Nursing

PhD Supervision

  • Structure and stability of antibodies in response to bioprocessing
  • Factors that increase adherence to treatment in Yamani patients in order to decrease diabetes-related eye complications
  • Self-care practices, health beliefs and glycaemic control among young adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus
  • Pancreatic Islet Encapsulation
  • Manipulation of embryonic stem cells in the generation of pancreatic islet secreting cells
  • Islet Tissue Engineering: Using biomimetic templates to control pancreatic stem cell differentiation
  • Hypertension in Black Afro-Caribbean People
  • Fibre polysaccharide as a molecular barrier against gluten intolerance
  • Fundamental Hydrodynamic Studies on Therapeutic Mixtures of Non-dietary Carbohydrate

Current Research

  • Structure and stability of antibodies in response to bioprocessing
  • Factors that increase adherence to treatment in Yamani patients in order to decrease diabetes-related eye complications
  • Self-care practices, health beliefs and glycaemic control among young adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus

Research Interests

  • Diabetic Endocrinology
  • Use Of Biodegradable Polymeric Scaffolds To Regenerate Pancreatic Insulin-Secreting Tissue
  • Encapsulation Of Insulin-Secreting Like Tissue
  • Manipulation Of Embryonic Stem Cells In The Production Of Insulin
  • Manipulation Of NES2Y Cells In The Production Of Insulin
  • Physical Characterisation Of Insulin

Administration

  • BSc (LBR) Dissertation supervisor
  • MNursSci Dissertation supervisor
  • PhD supervisor
  • Admissions Tutor, MNurSci (2006- Current)
  • Examination Officer (MN/MNursSci) in 2001-2003)
  • Dissertation Supervisor for students undertaking:
  • MSc in Advanced Nursing Practice
  • Master of Nursing Science (Hons)
  • DHSci
  • PhD

Research Group Membership

  • Diabetes Working Group Committee (University of Nottingham Derby Medical School)
  • Staff & Student Consultative Committee (SSCC)
  • Certificate in Health Science Steering Group (University of Nottingham/Lincoln)
  • MNurSci Committee
  • Member of the Biological Sciences Group

Research Reviewer

  • Member of MRC College of Experts: Health Services and Public Health
  • Research Board (1st April 2006 until 31 March 2010)
  • Research Reviewer/Trustee - Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust (2010)
  • Health Technology Assessment Programme/NIHR
  • Co-Editor: Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering Reviews
  • Research Council Reviewer: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
  • Research Council Reviewer: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
  • Research Council Reviewer: Medical Research Council (MRC)

Journal Reviewer

  • Diabetes
  • Diabetes Care
  • Journal of Controlled Release
  • Hormone and Metabolic Research
  • Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Review
  • Journal of Diabetes and its complications
  • Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism
  • Ars Pharmaceutica

Visiting Positions

  • Visiting Professor at University of Abant Izzet Baysal, Turkey
  • Visiting Professor at Wadi El-Neel Hospital, Cairo, Egypt

Collaborations

University-based Professor Stephen Harding, National Centre Macromolecular Hydrodynamics Professor Arthur Rowe, National Centre Macromolecular Hydrodynamics Dr Tim Constantin, School of Biomedical Sciences Dr Amir Fahmi, School of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering Dr Sara Holland, School of Biology Dr Simon Avery, School of Biology

National-based Dr Roger James - Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester Dr Alan Liddle, Consultant Intensivist, Lincolnshire Hospital NHS Trust Dr Gordon Morris, University of Huddersfield

International-based Professor Martin Hagger, Curtin University, Perth Australia Professor Seter Siziya, University of Zambia Dr Samil Kök, University of Abant Izzet Baysal, Turkey Dr Mohammad El-Husseiny, Wadi El-Neel Hospital, Cairo, Egypt

Recent Research Supervisees

  • Yuxin Cui: Using biomimetic templates to control pancreatic stem cell differentiation
  • Lelia Mecif: Polyelectrolyte multilayer self assembly system for cell encapsulation
  • Nan Wang: In-vitro differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells into pancreatic insulin producing cells

Teaching Summary

Module Leader Biological Foundations in Health (BFH1) Module Co-Convenor Contemporary Management in Diabetes Module Co-Convenor Current Trends in Diabetes Practice Sessional in-puts… read more

Selected Publications

  • Module Leader Biological Foundations in Health (BFH1)
  • Module Co-Convenor Contemporary Management in Diabetes
  • Module Co-Convenor Current Trends in Diabetes Practice
  • Sessional in-puts on:
  • * Biological Foundations in Health, BFH2/3 (MNursSci) * Principles of Adult Nursing Nottingham (MNursSci) * MSc Applied Biomolecular Technology (MABT) Sutton Bonington * Master in Advanced Clinical Practice (MACP) * NHA Contemporary Practice in High Dependency Nursing
  • ALEX JERVIS, SUSANNAH CHAMPION, GEMMA FIGG, JANE LANGLEY AND GARY G. ADAMS, 2013. Prevalence of Diabetes Ketoacidosis Rises and Still No Strict Treatment Current Diabetes Reviews. 9(1),
  • G.A. MORRIS, G.G. ADAMS, S.E. HARDING, J.D. CASTILE AND A. SMITH, 2013. Stability of pectin-based drug delivery systems. In: Stability of Complex Carbohydrate Structures: Biofuels, Foods, Vaccines and Shipwrecks Royal Society of Chemistry. 99-109
  • FAHAD M. ALMUTAIRI, GARY G. ADAMS, MEHMET S. KÖK, CHRISTOPHER J. LAWSON, ROLAND GAHLER, SIMON WOOD, TIMOTHY J. FOSTER , ARTHUR J. ROWE AND STEPHEN E. HARDING, 2013. An analytical ultracentrifugation based study on the conformation of lambda carrageenan in aqueous solution Carbohydrate Polymers. (In Press.)
  • GARY G. ADAMS, SHAHWAR IMRAN, M. SAMIL KÖK, STEPHEN E. HARDING, MOHAMMAD ILYAS AND ARTHUR S. TATHAM, 2012. The interaction of dietary fibres with disulphide bonds (s-s) and a potential strategy to reduce the toxicity of the gluten proteins in coeliac disease Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews. 28, 115-130
  • SHAHWAR IMRAN, RICHARD B. GILLIS, M. SAMIL KOK, STEPHEN E. HARDING AND GARY G. ADAMS, 2012. Application and use of Inulin as a tool for therapeutic drug delivery Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews. 28, 33-46
  • GARY G. ADAMS, SHAHWAR IMRAN, SHENG WANG, ABUBAKER MOHAMMAD, M.SAMIL KOK, DAVID A. GRAY, GUY A. CHANNELL, AND STEPHEN E. HARDING, 2012. Extraction, Isolation And Characterisation Of Oil Bodies From Pumpkin Seeds For Therapeutic Use Food Chemistry. 134, 1919–1925
  • STEPHEN E. HARDING, FAHAD ALMUTAIRI, GARY G. ADAMS, GORDON MORRIS, CHRISTOPHER J. LAWSON, ROLAND J. GAHLER AND SIMON WOOD, 2012. Dilute Solution Viscometry Studies on a Therapeutic Mixture of Non-digestible Carbohydrates International Journal of Biotechnology For Wellness Industries. 1, 67-84
  • KÖK, M.S., GILLIS, R., ANG, S., LAFOND, D., TATHAM, A.S., ADAMS, G. and HARDING, S., 2012. Can dietary fibre help provide safer food products for sufferers of gluten intolerance? A well-established biophysical probe may help towards providing an answer BMC Biophysics. 5, 10
  • RICHARD B. GILLIS, GARY G. ADAMS, BETTINA WOLF, MONICA BERRY, TABOT M.D. BESONG, ANTHONY CORFIELD, SAMIL M. KÖK, RAY SIDEBOTTOM, DAVID LAFOND, ARTHUR J. ROWE AND STEPHEN E. HARDING, 2012. Molecular weight distribution analysis by Ultracentrifugation: adaptation of a new approach for mucins Carbohydrate Polymers. (In Press.)
  • STEPHEN E. HARDING, ALI SABER ABDELHAMEED, GORDON A. MORRIS, GARY ADAMS, OLIVIER LALOUX, LOUIS CERNY, BENJAMIN BONNIER, PIERRE DUVIVIER, KAREL CONRATH, CHRISTOPHE LENFANT, 2012. Solution properties of capsular polysaccharides from Streptococcus pneumoniae Carbohydrate Polymers. (In Press.)
  • ADAMS G. AND HARDING SE, 2012. Drug delivery systems for the treatment of diabetes mellitus: state of the art Current Pharmaceutical Design. (In Press.)
  • ALI SABER ABDELHAMEED, GORDON A. MORRIS, GARY G. ADAMS, ARTHUR J. ROWE, OLIVIER LALOUX, LOUIS CERNY, BENJAMIN BONNIER, PIERRE DUVIVIER, KAREL CONRATH, CHRISTOPHE LENFANT AND STEPHEN E. HARDING, 2012. An asymmetric and slightly but irreversibly dimerized structure for the tetanus toxoid conjugation protein for glycoconjugate vaccines Carbohydrate Polymers. (In Press.)
  • VICTORIA H. TOMLINSON, JANE LANGLEY, ANDREW G. MEAL AND GARY G. ADAMS, 2012. “Medioglycaemia”: A New Concept in Glycaemic Control In Intensive Care (ICU) Units? Journal of Diabetes Mellitus. 2(4), 361-368
  • MAN-LING HUI, ARUN KUMAR AND GARY G. ADAMS, 2012. Protocol-Directed Insulin Infusion Sliding Scales improve Perioperative Hyperglycaemia in Critical Care Perioperative Medicine. 1(7), 2-10
  • ADAMS, G.G. AND LANGLEY, J., 2011. Diabetic Ketoacidosis. In: SANCHO RODRÍGUEZ VILLAR, ed., Protocols in Intensive Therapy Units First. 1. Marban, Madrid. 661-665
  • SHAW K, RITCHIE, D AND ADAMS, G.G., 2011. Does Witnessing Resuscitation Help Parents Come to Terms With the Death of their Child? - A Review of the Literature Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. (In Press.)
  • HARDING, S.E., SCHUCK, P., ABDELHAMMED, A.S., ADAMS, G., KÖK, M.S. and MORRIS, G.A., 2011. Extended Fujita approach to the molecular weight distribution of polysaccharides and other polymer systems Methods. 54(1), 136-144
  • ADAMS, G.G, FIELDHOUSE, R. and JEYES, L, 2011. Self-Management, Psychological and Educational Interventions (SPEDI) Improve Glycemic Control and Quality of Life in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Diabetes Spectrum. (In Press.)
  • GARY G. ADAMS, SHAHWAR IMRAN, SHENG WANG, ABUBAKER MOHAMMAD, SAMIL KOK, DAVID A. GRAY, GUY A. CHANNELL, GORDON A. MORRIS, AND STEPHEN E. HARDING, 2011. The Hypoglycaemic Effect of Pumpkins as Anti-diabetic and Functional Medicines Food Research International. 44, 862–867
  • GARY ADAMS, LEE BUTTERY, SNOW STOLNIK, STEPHEN E. HARDING AND NAN WANG, 2011. Assessment of Biological Properties of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells Characteristics Prior To Differentiation Journal of Biomaterials and Nanobiotechnology. 2(4), 378-389.
  • MORRIS, G.A, CASTILE, J and ADAMS, G.G. AND HARDING, S.E., 2011. The effect of prolonged storage at different temperatures on the particle size distribution of tripolyphosphate (TPP) - chitosan nanoparticles Carbohydrate Polymers. 84, 1430-1434.
  • GARY G. ADAMS, SHAHWAR IMRAN, SHENG WANG, ABUBAKER MOHAMMAD, SAMIL KOK, DAVID A. GRAY, GUY A. CHANNELL, AND STEPHEN E. HARDING, 2011. The Hypoglycaemic Effect Of Pumpkin Seeds, Trigonelline (TRG), Nicotinic Acid (NA) and D-Chiro-inositol (DCI) In Controlling Glycaemic Levels In Diabetes Mellitus Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. (In Press.)
  • GARY ADAMS, ALAN LIDDLE AND JANE LANGLEY, 2011. Tight Glycaemic Control in Intensive Care. In: Protocols in Intensive Therapy Units 656-660
  • MORRIS, G.A., KÖK, M.S. and HARDING, S.E. AND ADAMS, G.G., 2010. Polysaccharide drug delivery systems based on pectin and chitosan Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews. 27, 257-284
  • ADAMS, G.G, BUTTERY, L and STOLNIK, S. AND WANG, N., 2010. Stem Cells: The Therapeutic Role In The Treatment Of Diabetes Mellitus Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews. 27, 285-304.
  • MORRIS, G.A., CASTILE, J., SMITH, A., ADAMS, G.G. and HARDING, S.E., 2010. The effect of different storage temperatures on the physical properties of pectin solutions and gels Polymer Degradation and Stability. 95(12), 2670-2673
  • ADAMS, G. G., 2010. Adolescence, Diabetes and Christmas At: Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust January Newsletter (63) 2
  • GARY ADAMS, TIM CONSTANTIN and AMIR FAHMI, 2010. Insulin-Nanoparticle Conjugates WO 2010/116185 11/01/2010 00:00:00
  • ANG, S., KOGULANATHAN, J., MORRIS, G.A., KÖK, M.S., SHEWRY, P.R., TATHAM, A.S., ADAMS, G.G., ROWE, A.J. and HARDING, S.E., 2010. Structure and heterogeneity of gliadin: a hydrodynamic evaluation European Biophysics Journal. 39(2), 255–261
  • MORRIS, G.A., CASTILE, J., SMITH, A. and ADAMS, G.G, AND HARDING, S.E., 2009. Macromolecular conformation of chitosan in dilute solution: a new global hydrodynamic approach Carbohydrate Polymers. 76, 616-621
  • YADAV, N, MORRIS, G, HARDING, S.E and ANG, S. AND ADAMS, G. G., 2009. Various non-injectable delivery systems for the treatment of Diabetes mellitus Endocrine, Metabolic and Immune Disorders-Drug Targets. 9, 1-13
  • MORRIS, G.A., CASTILE, H., SMITH, A. and ADAMS, G.G. AND HARDING, S.E., 2009. The kinetics of chitosan depolymerisation at different temperatures Polymer Degradation and Stability. 94,, 1334-1348.
  • GARY ADAMS, JO HUNTER, JANE LANGLEY, 2009. IS NURSE-MANAGED BLOOD GLUCOSE CONTROL IN CRITICAL CARE AS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE Intensive & Critical Care Nursing. 25, 294—305
  • LUKE JEYES, ELIZABETH EVANS, PETER MANSELL, GARY ADAMS, 2009. A Quantitative study examining the quality of life (QOL) and HbA1c of adults with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM); A DAFNE study Journal of Diabetes Nursing. 13(7),
  • ADAMS, G.G. and CONSTANTIN, T. AND FAHMI, A., 2009. Insulin-Nanoparticle Conjugates Patent:GB0906023.7, 01/01/1900 00:00:00
  • GARY G. ADAMS AND YUXIN CUI, 2009. Effects of extracellular matrix proteins on expansion, proliferation and insulin-producing-cell differentiation of ARIP cells Journal of Biomedical Science & Engineering. 2, 216-226
  • WANG, N., ADAMS, G., BUTTERY, L., FALCONE, F.H. and STOLNIK, S., 2009. Alginate encapsulation technology supports embryonic stem cells differentiation into insulin-producing cells Journal of Biotechnology. 144(4), 304-312
  • ELIZABETH EVANS, LUKE JEYES, GARY ADAMS, 2008. Effects of alcohol on blood glucose levels in people with diabetes: A systematic review Journal of Diabetes Nursing. 12(8), (In Press.)
  • LANGLEY, J. AND ADAMS G., 2007. Insulin-based regimens decrease mortality rates in critically ill patients: A systematic review Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews. 23(3), 184-192
  • CUI, Y., SHAKESHEFF, K.M. and ADAMS, G.G., 2006. Encapsulation of RIN-m5F cells within Ba2+ crosslinked alginate beads affects proliferation and insulin secretion Journal of Microencapsulation. 23(6), 663-676 (In Press.)
  • ADAMS, G.G., CUI, Y., MITCHELL, J.H. and TAYLOR, M.J., 2006. Rheological and diffusion properties of a dextran-con A polymer in the presence of Insulin and Magnesium Rheologica Acta. 45(5), 611-620
  • WANG, N, BUTTERY, L and STOLNIK, S. AND ADAMS, G., 2006. In-vitro differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells into pancreatic insulin producing cells Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 58(10), 140
  • VAUGHAN, N., RANDLE, J. and ADAMS, G.G., 2006. Infection control link professionals' knowledge of Clostridium difficile British Journal of Infection Control. 7(5), 25-29
  • ADAMS, G., WANG, N. and CUI, Y., 2005. Future alternative therapies in a quest to halt aberrations in diabetes mellitus Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 59(6), 296-301
  • DOBBINS, H. AND ADAMS, G.G., 2005. Homeostasis. In: MALLIK, M. HALL, C. AND HOWARD, D., ed., Nursing knowledge and practice: a decision making approach Bailliere Tindall.
  • ADAMS, G, CLARK, J, SAHOTA, T, TANNA, S and TAYLOR, M J, 2000. Diabetes mellitus and closed-loop insulin delivery. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews. 17, 455-96
  • TANNA, S, TAYLOR, M J and ADAMS, G, 1999. Insulin delivery governed by covalently modified lectin-glycogen gels sensitive to glucose. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 51(10), 1093-8
  • TAYLOR,M.J., TANNA,S., TAYLOR,P.M. and ADAMS,G.G., 1995. The delivery of insulin from aqueous and non-aqueous reservoirs governed by a glucose sensitive gel membrane Journal of Drug Targeting. 3(3), 209-216
  • TAYLOR,M.J., TANNA,S., TAYLOR,P.M. and ADAMS,G.G., 1995. Insulin delivery using a novel glucose-sensitive formulation. Proceedings of the international symposium of controlled release, bioactive materials. 746-747

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