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Overview

David J. Evans is affiliated with Touro University California in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within biomedical science, with a focus on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. They have contributed to 33 publications in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and 29 in Medicine.

Their subfields of study include molecular biology, public health, environmental and occupational health, immunology, endocrinology, and ophthalmology. This broad range reflects a multidisciplinary approach to scientific inquiry.

Evans's research topics encompass significant areas such as ocular surface and contact lens studies, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, Vibrio bacteria research, connexins and lens biology, immune response and inflammation, ion channels and receptors, and antibiotic resistance in bacteria.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Suzanne M. J. Fleiszig, Naren Gajenthra Kumar, Eric Jedel, Andrew Lack, and Ananya Datta, indicating a consistent engagement with these colleagues across multiple projects.

David J. Evans has published multiple papers in various scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Pseudomonas aeruginosa Can Diversify after Host Cell Invasion to Establish Multiple Intracellular Niches," 2022, mBio
  • "Exotoxin S secreted by internalized Pseudomonas aeruginosa delays lytic host cell death," 2022, PLoS Pathogens
  • "Nerve-associated transient receptor potential ion channels can contribute to intrinsic resistance to bacterial adhesion in vivo," 2021, The FASEB Journal
  • "Resistance of the murine cornea to bacterial colonization during experimental dry eye," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "TRPA1 and TPRV1 Ion Channels Are Required for Contact Lens-Induced Corneal Parainflammation and Can Modulate Levels of Resident Corneal Immune Cells," 2023, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Their work has appeared repeatedly in notable publication venues including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, mBio, The Ocular Surface, and Scientific Reports.

Best Publications

  • Susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli biofilms towards ciprofloxacin: effect of specific growth rate

    D. J. Evans;D. G. Allison;M. R. W. Brown;P. Gilbert

  • Surface characteristics and adhesion of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus epidermidis.

    P. Gilbert;D.J. Evans;E. Evans;I.G. Duguid

  • Relationship between skeletal muscle insulin resistance, insulin-mediated glucose disposal, and insulin binding. Effects of obesity and body fat topography.

    D J Evans;R Murray;A H Kissebah

  • Relationship between cytotoxicity and corneal epithelial cell invasion by clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    S M Fleiszig;T S Zaidi;M J Preston;M Grout

  • Epithelial cell polarity affects susceptibility to Pseudomonas aeruginosa invasion and cytotoxicity.

    S. M. J. Fleiszig;D. J. Evans;N. Do;V. Vallas

  • Mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa growing in a biofilm in vitro are killed by opsonic antibodies to the mucoid exopolysaccharide capsule but not by antibodies produced during chronic lung infection in cystic fibrosis patients.

    G J Meluleni;M Grout;D J Evans;G B Pier

  • Susceptibility of bacterial biofilms to tobramycin: role of specific growth rate and phase in the division cycle

    D. J. Evans;M. R. W. Brown;D. G. Allison;P. Gilbert

  • Twitching motility contributes to the role of pili in corneal infection caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    Irandokht Zolfaghar;David J. Evans;David J. Evans;Suzanne M. J. Fleiszig

  • Cytokeratins mediate epithelial innate defense through their antimicrobial properties.

    Connie Tam;James J. Mun;David J. Evans;Suzanne M.J. Fleiszig

  • Effect of growth-rate on resistance of Gram-negative biofilms to cetrimide

    D. J. Evans;D. G. Allison;M. R. W. Brown;P. Gilbert

  • The pathogenesis of bacterial keratitis: studies with Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Suzanne M J Fleiszig;David J Evans;David J Evans

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa Induces Membrane Blebs in Epithelial Cells, Which Are Utilized as a Niche for Intracellular Replication and Motility

    Annette A. Angus;Amanda Ackerman Lee;Danielle K. Augustin;Ellen J. Lee

  • Surfactant protein D is present in human tear fluid and the cornea and inhibits epithelial cell invasion by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    Minjian Ni;David J. Evans;Samuel Hawgood;E. Margot Anders

  • Contact lens-related corneal infection: Intrinsic resistance and its compromise.

    Suzanne M.J. Fleiszig;Abby R. Kroken;Vincent Nieto;Melinda R. Grosser

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa Invasion and Cytotoxicity Are Independent Events, Both of Which Involve Protein Tyrosine Kinase Activity

    David J. Evans;Dara W. Frank;Viviane Finck-Barbançon;Christine Wu

  • Growth rate control of adherent bacterial populations.

    P. Gilbert;D. G. Allison;D. J. Evans;P. S. Handley

  • Possible involvement of the division cycle in dispersal of Escherichia coli from biofilms.

    D G Allison;D J Evans;M R Brown;P Gilbert

  • Characterization of the serogroup O11 O-antigen locus of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA103.

    C. R. Dean;C. V. Franklund;J. D. Retief;M. J. Coyne

  • Contribution of ExsA–Regulated Factors to Corneal Infection by Cytotoxic and Invasive Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a Murine Scarification Model

    Ellen J. Lee;Brigitte A. Cowell;David J. Evans;David J. Evans;Suzanne M. J. Fleiszig

  • Pathogenesis of contact lens-associated microbial keratitis.

    Suzanne M. J. Fleiszig;David J. Evans

  • Plasma low density lipoprotein transport kinetics in noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

    Ahmed H. Kissebah;Salman Alfarsi;David J. Evans;Peter W. Adams

  • Twitching Motility Contributes to the Role of Pili in Corneal Infection Caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    D.J. Evans;I. Zolfaghar;A. To;S.M. Fleiszig

Frequent Co-Authors

Suzanne M. J. Fleiszig
Suzanne M. J. Fleiszig University of California, Berkeley
Michael R.W. Brown
Michael R.W. Brown University of Dundee
Peter Gilbert
Peter Gilbert University of Manchester
John Perry Cumalat
John Perry Cumalat University of Colorado Boulder

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