Environmental biochemistry
and photobiology
CURRICULUM VITAE
Walter C Dunlap
PERSONAL
Born 19 September, 1948, Westborough, Massachusetts,
USA.
Marital Status Married (Rumi Ando), with no children.
Citizenship
United States of America (birth).
Australia (26 September, 1991).
EDUCATION
1966 Graduated Auburn High School, Auburn,
Massachusetts.
1970 B.Sc. Chemistry, Norwich University, Northfield,
Vermont.
1975 Ph.D. Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
Troy, New York.
PROFESSIONAL
APPOINTMENTS
1970-1972 Teaching Assistant, Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute.
1972-1974 Research Assistant, Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute.
1974-1975 Corning Glass Works Fellow, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute.
1975-1977 Postdoctoral Fellow, Medical Chemistry Group,
The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian
National University.
1977-1980 Senior Teaching Fellow, Department of Organic
Chemistry, University of Adelaide.
1980-1985 Research Scientist, Australian Institute of
Marine Science.
1985-1989 Senior Research Scientist, Australian
Institute of Marine Science.
1989-date Principal Research Scientist, Australian
Institute of Marine Science.
1996-1997 Leader, Marine Eco-Chemistry, Australian
Institute of Marine Science.
1997-1999 Leader, Environmental Biochemistry,
Australian Institute of Marine Science.
1999-date Deputy Project Leader, Marine Biotechnology,
Australian Institute of Marine Science.
VISITING
APPOINTMENTS, HONORARIA AND AWARDS
(since 1990)
1991 Visiting Professor, Toyo Suisan Chair of Marine
Biotechnology, Research Center for Advanced Science and
Technology, University of Tokyo (January - April).
1991-1992 Associate Investigator, US National Science
Foundation, Palmer Station, Antarctica (October - January).
1992 Antarctic Service Medal of the United States of
America, awarded by the US National Science Foundation and US
Department of the Navy (with military bar), 6 August.
1992 Visiting Professor, Toyo Suisan Chair of Marine
Biotechnology, Research Center for Advanced Science and
Technology, University of Tokyo (July - December).
1993 1993 Visiting Libra Professor, College of
Sciences, University of Maine (August - November).
1994 Associate Investigator, US National Science
Foundation, Palmer Station, Antarctica (October - December).
1995 Visiting Research Fellow, Department of
Biochemistry, Osaka City University Medical School and the
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology,
University of Tokyo (October).
1996 Visiting Professor and Member Commision d’Examen
PhD. University Francaise du Pacific, Tahiti, and the
Institute Territorial de Researches Medicales Louis Malarde
(April - May).
1997 Visiting Professor, Ebara Chair of Environmental
Biotechnology, Research Center for Advanced Science and
Technology, University of Tokyo (July).
1997 Visiting Research Fellow, Department of
Biochemistry, Osaka City University Medical School (October).
1998 Invited Reviewer for the Assessment on
Environmental Effects of Ozone Depletion, UNEP
Environmental Effects Assessment Panel for the Vienna
Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer & the
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer,
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).
2000 Invitation Fellow to the Department of Chemistry
and Biotechnology, University of Tokyo, and the Department of
Biochemistry, Osaka City University Medical School
administered by the Australian Academy of Science for the
Department of Education, Science and Training's International
Science and Technology Innovation Access Program, and the
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (October -
November).
2001 Visiting Research Fellow to the Department of
Biochemistry, Osaka City University Medical School and the Department of
Chemistry, University of Tokyo, funded by the Osaka City University Medical
School (March-April).
2002 Invitation Fellow to the Department of Chemistry and
Biotechnology, University of Tokyo, and the Department of Biochemistry, Osaka
City University Medical School administered by the Australian Academy of Science
for the Department of Education, Science and Training's International Science
and Technology Innovation Access Program, and the Japan Society for the
Promotion of Science (April -May).
GRANTS
(since
1990)
1991-1993 US National Science Foundation,
Division of Polar Programs. Physiological Ecology of
UV-Absorbing Compounds in Antarctic Organisms (Associate
PI with Dr Deneb Karentz, UCSF); NSF $US 182,747.
1992 Australia/US Bilateral Science
and Technology Program. UV-Absorbing Compounds in Antarctic
Organisms (Travel grant, $A 7,595).
1992 Australia/Japan Bilateral
Science and Technology Program. Water Soluble,
Small-molecule Antioxidants Derived from Japanese Seaweed for
use in Commercial Food-processing Applications (Travel
grant $A 2,108).
1993-1996 US National Science
Foundation, Division of Polar Programs. Effects of
Ozone-related Increased UV-B Fluences on Photosynthesis,
Photoadaptation and Viability of Phytoplankton in Antarctic
Waters (Associate PI with Prof O Holm-Hansen, Scripps
Institution of Oceanography); NSF $US 271,505.
1993-1996 US National Science
Foundation, Functional and Physiological Ecology Program. Sources
and Functions of Defenses against Solar UV Radiation and
Photooxidative Stress in Sea Urchins (co-PI with Prof JM
Shick, U Maine); NSF $US 360,129.
1996 Australian Research Council. Electron
Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer for Multi-disciplinary
Studies in Biological, Physiological and Pathophysiological
Processes, Chemistry and Archaeolgy" (co-PI with Drs
RS Towner, James Cook University and JP Headrick, Griffith U);
ARC $A 150,000; JCU $A 150,000.
1997 Department of Industry, Science
and Technology (DIST) and the Department of Higher Education (Monbusho,
Japan), International Bilateral Science and Technology
Program, Joint approval of the project Novel Antioxidant
Functions in Marine Organisms: Biomedical Applications as
a priority research collaboration for funding inter-agency
travel.
2000 Australian Academy of Science and
the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Photooxidative
Stress and Novel Antioxidant Functions in Marine Organisms:
Biomedical Application with Profs. Yamamoto (University of
Tokyo) and Inoue (Osaka City University Medical School). AAS/JSPS
(¥622,000 + travel).
2001 US Environmental protection
Agency. Provision of mycosporine-like amino acid standards;
$18,600.
2002 Australian Academy of Science and
the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Biochemical
Adaptation in Marine microbial UV-hyperoxophiles: Regulatioon
of Metabolic CoQ Redox Balance by NAD(P)H: Quinone
Oxidoreductase Activity with Profs. Yamamoto (University
of Tokyo) and Inoue (Osaka City University Medical School).
AAS/JSPS (¥780,000 + travel).
INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
(since 1990)
Chalker BE and Dunlap WC
(1990). UV-B and UV-A absorbing compounds in marine organisms. Response of
marine phytoplankton to natural variations in UV-B flux, Scripps Institution
of Oceanography, 5 April.
Dunlap WC, Banaszak AT,
Rosenzweig TT and Shick LM (1991). Ultraviolet light-absorbing compounds in
coral reef holothurians: organ distribution and possible sources. In: Biology
of Enchinoderma: Proceedings of the Seventh International Echinoderm Conference.
Yanagisawa Y, Yasumasu I, Oguro C, Suzuki N and Motokawa T, (eds). AA
Balkema, Rotterdam, p 560.
Dunlap
WC, Chalker BE and Bandaranayake WM (1992). Nature's sunscreen from the
Great Barrier Reef, Australia. 11th Intnational Congress on
Photobiology, Kyoto, 7-12 September.
Shick JM, Dunlap WC and
Larsen RM (1993). Coral reef holothuroids (Echinodermata) accumulate UV-photoprotectants
from their diet. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Zoologists,
Los Angeles, 26-30 December. Abstract: American Zoologist 33: 62A (1993).
Bandaranayake WM, Dunlap WC
and Chalker BE (1994). Tissue protein chemistry of UV absorbing compounds:
Bio-accumulation of light absorbing pigments in the fish lens. 19th
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Symposium on Natural
Products, Karachi, Pakistan, 16-20 January.
Baker JT, Murphy P, Chalker BE
and Dunlap WC, 1994. Drugs from the sea - the science, the ethics and the
opportunities. First Australia/Japan Symposium on Drug Design and Development,
Coolum Queensland, 8-11 May.
Shick JM, Buettner GR and Dunlap
WC (1994). Preliminary study using electron paramagnetic resonance to assess
protection from UV-induced oxidative stress by mycosporine-like amino acids in
ovaries of sea urchins. Therapeutic Potential of Biological Antioxidants,
Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, 29 September - 1 October.
Dunlap WC
(1995). Antioxidant functions in algal-invertebrate symbiosis. 15th Life
Science Conference, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, 12 October.
Masaki K, Dunlap WC,
Matsukawa R, Yamamoto Y, Karube I (1996). Preparation of a stable antioxidant
from UV-absorbing compounds derived from marine organisms using a novel
retro-biosynthetic microbial pathway. Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology
and Agrichemistry, Kyoto, 1 April.
Dunlap WC
(1996). Antioxidants and photooxidative stress in coral symbiosis. Pacific
Life Science Conference, Institute Territorial de Researches Medicales Louis
Malarde, Tahiti, 30 April.
Dunlap WC,
Yamamoto Y, Larsen R, Karube I and Masaki KH (1996). Small-molecule antioxidants
derived from tropical marine organisms of the Great Barrier Reef. Second
Australia/Japan Symposium on Drug Design and Development, Cairns, 29
September - 3 October.
Dunlap WC,
Inoue M, Iwatsuki M, Yamaguchi M, Yamamoto Y and Tomita K (1996). Uric acid
photooxidation assay: a comparison of UV-absorbing sunscreen agents. 19th
International Federation Societies of Cosmetics Chemists (IFSCC) Congress
Sydney, 22-25 October.
Dunlap WC,
Chalker BE, Bandaranayake and WuWon JJ (1996). Nature’ s sunscreen from the
Great Barrier Reef, Australia. 19th International Federation Societies of
Cosmetics Chemists (IFSCC) Congress, Sydney, 22-25 October.
Dunlap WC
(1996). Photooxidation as an environmental stress in marine organisms. Inter-America
Institute Workshop on the Impact of Solar Ultraviolet Radiation on Aquatic and
Terrestrial Resources in Patagonia Argentine-Chile, Valdivia, 4-7 November.
Shick JM and Dunlap WC
(1997). Sources and Functions of Mycosporine-like amino acids in marine
invertebrates. Society of Chemical Ecology, Vancouver, 21-25 July.
Yamamoto Y, Imai N and Dunlap
WC (1997). Production of active oxygen by irradiation of titanium oxide used
in sunscreens. 19th Meeting of the Japanese Society of Photomedicine and
Photobiology, Kobe, 26-27 July.
Dunlap WC,
Masaki K, Yamamoto Y, Larsen RM and Karube I (1997). A novel antioxidant derived
from seaweed. 4th International Marine Biotechnology Conference, Sorrento,
23-29 September.
Dunlap WC,
Yamamoto Y, Fujisawa A, Maita N, Masaki E and Karube, I (1998). Novel
antioxidants from marine organisms. 9th International Symposium on
Marine Natural Products, Townsville, 5-10 July.
Yamamoto Y, Dunlap WC,
Imai N, Mashima R, Konaka R, Inoue M, Hasagawa Y and Miyoshi T (1998). Formation
of singlet oxygen upon UV-irradiation of microfine oxides and its prevention by
surface-coating. 20th International Federation Societies of Cosmetic Chemists
(IFSCC) Congress, Cannes, 14-19 September.
Dunlap WC,
Yamamoto Y, Imai N, Mashima R, Konaka R, Inoue M, Hasagawa Y and Miyoshi T
(1998). Formation of singlet oxygen upon UV-irradiation of microfine oxides and
its prevention by surface-coating technologies. Third Australia/Japan
Symposium on Drug Design and Development, Tokushima. 29 September-2 October.
Dunlap WC,
Yamamoto Y, Fujisawa A, Maita N and Karube I (1998). Novel Antioxidants from
Marine Organisms. Third Australia/Japan Symposium on Drug Design and
Development, Tokushima. 29 September - 2 October.
Dunlap, WC,
Shick M and Yamamoto Y (1999). Sunscreens, oxidative stress and antioxidant
functions in marine organisms of the Great Barrier Reef. OxidativePpathways
in Health and Disease. 8th Meeting of the Society for Free Radical
Research, 30th Meeting of the Australian Society for Experimental
Pathology and 32nd Meeting of the Australia and New Zealand
Environmental Mutagen Society, Sydney, 1-5 December.
Jeffrey SW, Dunlap WC,
MacTavish HS and Vesk M (2000). UV-absorbing compounds in marine microalgae:
focus of bloom-forming species. 9th International Conference on
Harmful Algal Blooms, Hobart, 7-11 February.
Dunlap WC,
Llewellyn L, Doyle J and Yamamoto Y (2000). A rapid high-throughput kinetic
assay for screening antioxidant activity in extracts of marine organisms. Fourth
Australia/Japan Symposium on Drug Design and Development, Melbourne, 14-18
May.
Dunlap WC,
Llewellyn L, Doyle J and Yamamoto Y (2000). A rapid high-throughput kinetic
assay for screening antioxidant activity in extracts of marine organisms. 5th
International Marine Biotechnology Conference, Townsville, 29 September - 4
October.
Dunlap WC,
Shick JM and Yamamoto Y (2000). UV protection in marine organisms. I.
Sunscreens, oxidative stress and antioxidants. International Society for Free
Radical Research, 19 October, Kyoto.
Shick JM, Dunlap WC and
Beuttner GR (2000). UV protection in marine organisms. II. Biosynthesis,
accumulation and functions of mycosporine-like amino acids. International
Society for Free Radical Research, 19 October, Kyoto.
Fujisawa A, Hara, A, Dunlap WC
and Yamamoto Y (2000). An unusual vitamin E derivative enhances antioxidant
protection in marine organisms adapted to coldwater environments.
International Society for Free Radical Research, 20 October, Kyoto.
Dunlap WC
(2001). UV adaptation and antioxidant protection in marine organisms. 22nd
Symposium on Oxidation of Lipids. Antioxidants in Health, Biology and Cosmetics,
6 April, University of Tokyo,
Dunlap WC
(2001). Sunscreens, antioxidants and oxidative stress in marine organisms. Tokyo
BioIndustries Association, Tokyo, 16 April.
Shick JM and Dunlap WC
(2001). Uptake, accumulation, bioconversion and physiological functions of
mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) in tropical holothurians. 4th
North American Echinoderm Conference, Darling Marine Center, University of
Maine, 22-26.
Fujisawa A, Yamamoto Y, Hara A
and Dunlap WC (2001). "Marine-derived tocopherol (MDT) shows
enhanced antioxidant activity at low temperature". Australasian and
Japan Societies of Free Radical Research, University of Sydney, 1-4
December.
Dunlap WC,
Fujisawa A and Yamamoto Y (2001). CoQ redox balance in marine bacteria exposed
to UVA radiation: up-regulation of NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase activity. Australasian
and Japan Societies of Free Radical Research, University of Sydney, 1-4
December.
Dunlap WC,
Fujisawa A and Yamamoto Y (2002). CoQ redox balance in marine bacteria: apparent
up-regulation of NAD(P)H:quinone oxidodreductase Activity, 5th
Australian-Japan Symposium of Drug Design and Development. Nara, Japan, 13-16
May.
Dunlap WC,
Fujisawa A and Yamamoto Y (2002). Marine biotechnology for anti-aging medicine:
regulation of CoQ redox balance by "UV-extremophilis" bacteria of the
Great Barrier Reef. Ist Asia Pacific Conference on anti-aging medicine.
Singapore, 23-26 June.
PH.D. THESIS
Dunlap WC
(1975). Photodimerization of Some Bridgehead
Nitrogen Heterocycles, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy,
New York, 201 p.
PUBLICATIONS
Potts KT, Brugel EG and Dunlap WC
(1977). 1,2,4-Triazoles. XXXI. Photodimerization of s-triazolo[4,3-a]pyridines:
formation of cyclobutane dimers. Tetrahedron 33:1247-1252.
Potts KT, Dunlap WC and
Brugel EA (1977). 1,2,4-Triazoles. XXXII. Photodimerization of some sym-di(3-s-trizolo[4,3,-a]pyridyl)alkanes
and related derivatives. Tetrahedron 33: 1253-1262.
Potts KT, Dunlap WC and Apple
FS (1977). 1,2,4-Triazoles. XXXIII. Photodimerization of some s-triazolo[4,3,-a]quinoline
and s-triazolo-[3,4-a]isoquinoline derivatives. Tetrahedron
33: 1263-1271.
Brown DJ, Dunlap WC, Grigg GW
and Kelly J (1977). Thiazolo[5,4-d]-pyrimidine derivatives as amplifiers
of phleomycin against Esherichia coli. Journal of Australian Chemistry
30: 1775-1783.
Brown DJ, Dunlap WC, Grigg GW
and L. Danckwerts L (1978). Purine analogues as amplifiers of phleomycin. II.
Some 2-alkylthio derivatives of imidazole, benzimidazole, benzoxazole and
benzothiazole, Journal of Australian Chemistry 31: 397-404.
Brown DJ, Dunlap WC,
Nagamatsu T, Grigg GW and Danckwerts L (1978). Purine analogues as amplifiers of
phleomycin. III. Some s-triazolo[4,3-a]pyridines, s-triazolo[4,3-a]
or [1,5-a]pyrimidines and s-triazolo[3,4-b]-benzothiazoles.
Journal of Australian Chemistry 31: 447-450.
Chalker BE and Dunlap WC
(1981). Extraction and quantitation of endosymbiotic algal pigments from
reef-building corals. Proceedings of the IVth Intnational Coral
Reef Symposium., Manila, 2: 45-50.
Coll JC, Bowden BF, Tapiolas DM and Dunlap
WC (1982). In situ isolation of allelochemicals released from marine
organisms: a totally submersible sampling apparatus. Journal of Experimental
Marine Biology and Ecology 60: 293-299.
Chalker BE and Dunlap WC (1983).
Seasonal changes in kinetics of primary production by reef building corals at
Davies Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. In: Proceedings of the Pacific
Sciences Associations, 15th Congress, Dunedin, New Zealand 1: 36-37.
Oliver JK, Chalker BE and Dunlap
WC (1983). Bathymetric adaptations of reef building corals at Davies Reef,
Great Barrier Reef, Australia. I. Long term growth responses of Acropora
formosa (Dana 1846). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
73:11-35.
Chalker BE, Dunlap WC and
Oliver JK (1983). Bathymetric adaptations of reef-building corals at Davies
Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. II. Light saturation curves for
photosynthesis and respiration. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and
Ecology 73: 37-56.
Dunlap
WC (1983). Distribution of Vitamin B12 in reef waters of the
Central Great Barrier Reef. In: Proceedings: Inaugural Great Barrier Reef
Conference, Townsville. Baker JT, et al. (eds), James Cook University
Press, Townsville, pp 305-310.
Chalker BE and Dunlap WC
(1983). Primary production and photoadaptation by corals on the Great Barrier
Reef. In: Proceedings: Inaugural Great Barrier Reef Conference, Townsville.
Baker JT, et al. (eds), James Cook University Press, Townsville, pp
293-298.
Andrew JC, Dunlap WC and
Bellamy NF (1984). Cycles of thermal stratification in a lagoon in a windward
reef flat (Great Barrier Reef). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater
Research 35: 273-284.
Chalker BE, Cox T and Dunlap WC
(1984). Seasonal changes in primary production and photoadaptation by the
reef-building coral Acropora granulosa on the Great Barrier Reef. In: Marine
Phytoplankton and Productivity. Holm-Hansen O, et al. (eds).
Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp 73-87.
Dunlap WC
and Susic M (1985). Determination of pteridines and flavins in seawater by
reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatographic separation and
fluorometric analysis. Marine Chemistry 17:185-198.
Dunlap WC
(1985). Measurement of extra-cellular phosphatase activity in reef waters of the
central Great Barrier Reef, Australia. 5 eme Congres International sur les
Recifs Corallines, Tahiti, 3: 451-456.
Dunlap WC
and Susic M (1986). Photochemical decomposition rates of pteridines and flavins
in seawater exposed to surface solar radiation. Marine Chemistry 19:
99-107.
Chalker BE, Dunlap WC and
Jokiel PL, 1986. Light and corals. Oceanus 29: 22-23.
Dunlap WC
and Chalker BE (1986). Identification and quantitation of near-UV absorbing
compounds (S-320) in a reef-building coral. Coral Reefs 5: 155-159.
Dunlap WC,
Chalker BE and Oliver JK (1986). Photoadaptation by reef-building corals from
Davies Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. III. UV-B absorbing pigments. Journal
of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 104: 239-248.
Chalker BE, Barnes DJ, Dunlap WC
and Jokiel PL (1988). Light and reef-building corals. Interdisciplinary
Science Reviews 13: 222-237.
Dunlap WC,
Chalker BE and Bandaranayake WM (1988). Ultraviolet light absorbing agents
derived from tropical marine organisms of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Proceedings
of the VIth International Coral Reef Symposium, Townsville, 3:
89-93.
Dunlap WC,
Williams DMcB, Chalker BE and Banaszak AT (1989). Biochemical photoadaptation in
vision: UV-absorbing pigments in fish eye tissues. Comparative Biochemistry
and Physiology 93B: 601-607.
Dunlap WC,
Chalker BE and Bandaranayake WM (1989). New sunscreening agents derived from
tropical marine organisms of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Proceeding of
the Workshop Mexico-Australia on Marine Science, Mexico, pp 229-238.
Karentz D and Dunlap WC
(1990). Ultraviolet-absorbing compounds in Antarctic organisms. Antarctic
Journal of the United States 25: 173-174.
Karentz D, McEuen FS, Land MC and Dunlap
WC (1991). Survey of mycosporine-like amino acid compounds in Antarctic
marine organisms: potential protection from ultraviolet exposure. Marine
Biology 108: 157-166.
Shick JM, Dunlap WC, Chalker
BE, Banaszak AT, Rosenzweig TK (1992). Survey of ultraviolet radiation absorbing
mycosporine-like amino acids in organs of coral reef holothuroids. Marine
Ecology Progress Series 90: 139-148.
Karentz D., Bosch I and Dunlap WC
(1992). Distribution of UV-absorbing compounds in the Antarctic limpet, Narcella
concinna. Antarctic Journal of the United States 27: 121-122.
Stochaj WR, Dunlap WC and
Shick JM (1994). Two new UV-absorbing mycosporine-like amino acids from the sea
anemone Anthopleura elegantissima and the effects of zooxanthellae and spectral
irradiance on chemical composition and content. Marine Biology 118:
149-156
Shick JM, Lesser MP, Dunlap WC,
Stochaj WR, Chalker BE and Wu Won J (1995). Depth-dependent responses to solar
ultraviolet radiation and oxidative stress in the zooxanthellate coral Acropora
microphthalma. Marine Biology 122: 41-51.
Bandaranayake WM, Chalker BE and Dunlap
WC (1995). Tissue protein chemistry of UV-absorbing compounds. In: Recent
Discoveries in Natural Product Chemistry. Rahman AU, Choudhary MI and
Shekhani MS (eds), Harwood Academic Press, pp 367-368.
Dunlap WC and
Yamamoto Y (1995). Small molecule antioxidants in marine organisms: antioxidant
activity of mycosporine-glycine. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology
112B: 105-114.
Dunlap WC,
Rae GA, Helbling EW, Villafane VE and Holm-Hansen O (1995). UV-absorbing
compounds in natural assemblages of Antarctic phytoplankton. Antarctic
Journal of the United States 30:323-326.
Yamamoto Y, Maita N, Fujisawa A,
Ishii Y and Dunlap WC (1996). A new vitamin E derivative from fish eggs. Progress
in Vitamin E Research (Kyoritsu Publishers, Tokyo), 6: 34-37 [in Japanese].
Dunlap WC,
Inoue M, Kashiba-Iwatsuki M, Yamaguchi M, Yamamoto Y and Tomita K (1996). Uric
acid photooxidation assay: a comparison of UV-absorbing sunscreen agents.
Cosmetics: Promise and Proof, Proceedings of the 19th
International Federation Societies of Cosmetics Chemists (IFSCC) Congress,
1: 53-64; CD-ROM: P006.
Dunlap WC,
Chalker BE, Bandaranayake and WuWon JJ (1996). Nature’ s sunscreen from the
Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Cosmetics: Promise and Proof, Proceedings of
the 19th International Federation Societies of Cosmetics Chemists (IFSCC)
Congress, CD-ROM: R026.
Helbling EW, Chalker BE, Dunlap
WC, Holm-Hansen O and Villafane VE (1996). Photo-adaptation of Antarctic
marine diatoms to solar ultraviolet radiation. Journal of Experimental Marine
Biology and Ecology 204: 85-101.
Karentz D, Dunlap WC and
Bosch I (1997). Temporal and spatial occurrence of UV-absorbing mycoporine-like
amino acids in tissues of the Antarctic sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri:
spatial and temporal patterns observed during 1991 springtime ozone depletion. Marine
Biology 129: 343-353.
Dunlap WC,
Inoue M, Kashiba-Iwatsuki M, Yamaguchi M, Yamamoto Y and Tomita K (1998). Uric
acid photooxidation assay: a comparison of UV-absorbing sunscreen agents. International
Journal of Cosmetic Science 20: 1-18.
Dunlap WC,
Chalker BE, Bandaranayake and WuWon JJ (1998). Nature’s sunscreen from the
Great Barrier Reef, Australia. International Journal of Cosmetic Science
20: 41-51.
Dunlap WC
and Shick JM (1998). Ultraviolet radiation-absorbing mycosporine-like amino
acids in coral reef organisms: a biochemical and environmental perspective. Journal
of Phycology 34: 418-430.
Dunlap WC,
Masaki K, Yamamoto Y, Larsen RM and Karube I (1998). A novel antioxidant derived
from seaweed. In: Recent Developments in Marine Biotechnology. Le Gal Y
and Halvorson H (eds), Plenum Press, New York, pp 33-35.
Mason DS, Schafer F, Shick JM and Dunlap
WC (1998). Ultraviolet radiation-absorbing mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs
are acquired from their diet by medaka fish (Oryzias latipes) but not be
SKH-1 hairless mice. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 120:
587-598.
Yamamoto Y, Dunlap WC, Imai
N, Mashima R, Konaka R, Inoue M, Hasagawa Y and Miyoshi T (1998). Formation of
singlet oxygen upon UV-irradiation of microfine oxides and its prevention by
surface-coating. Proceedings of the 20th International Federation Societies
of Cosmetic Chemists (IFSCC) Congress 1: 153-165.
Konaka, R, Kasahara E, Dunlap WC,
Yamamoto Y, Chien KC and Inoue M (1999). Irradadiation of titanium dioxide in
ethanol generates both singlet oxygen and superoxide ion. Free Radicals in
Biology and Medicine 27: 294-300.
Jeffrey SW, MacTavish HS, Dunlap
WC, Vesk M and Groenewoud K (1999). The occurrence of UV-A and UV-B
absorbing compounds in 152 species (206 strains) of marine microalgae. Marine
Ecology Progress Series 189: 35 - 51.
Yamamoto Y, Maita N, Fujisawa, A,
Takashima J, Ishii Y and Dunlap WC (1999). A new vitamin E (a -tocomonoenol)
from eggs of the Pacific Salmon Oncorhynchus keta. Journal of Natural
Products 62: 1685-1687.
Dunlap, WC,
Shick M and Yamamoto Y (1999). Sunscreens, oxidative stress and antioxidant
functions in marine organisms of the Great Barrier Reef. Redox Report 4:
301-306.
Yamamoto Y, Noritaka I, Mashima, R,
Konaka R, Inoue I and Dunlap WC (2000). Singlet Oxygen from
UVA-irradiation of titanium and zinc oxides. Singlet Oxygen, UV-A and Ozone,
Methods in Enzymology 319: 29-37.
Dunlap WC,
Shick JM and Yamamoto Y (2000). UV protection in Marine organisms. I.
Sunscreens, oxidative stress and antioxidants. In: Free Radicals in
Chemistry, Biology and Medicine. Yoshikawa Y, Toyokuni, S, Yamamoto Y and
Naito Y (eds). OICA International (UK) Limited: London, pp 200-214.
Shick JM, Dunlap WC and
Buettner GR (2000). UV protection in Marine organisms. II. Biosynthesis,
accumulation and function of mycosporine-like amino acids. In: Free Radicals
in Chemistry, Biology and Medicine. Yoshikawa Y, Toyokuni, S, Yamamoto Y and
Naito Y (eds). OICA International (UK) Limited: London, pp 215-228.
Newman SJ, Dunlap WC, Nicol S
and Ritz D (2000). Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) acquire UV-absorbing
mycosporine-like amino acids from dietary algae. Journal of Experimental
Marine Biology and Ecology 255: 93-110.
Dunlap WC
and Yamamoto Y (2001). Development of useful products based on natural
sunscreens and antioxidants from marine organisms. Ocean Resource Development
2:14-19 (2001). [in Japanese].
Adams, NL, Shick JM, and Dunlap
WC (2001) Selective accumulation of mycosporine-like amino acids in ovaries
of the green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis is not
affected by ultraviolet radiation. Marine Biology 138: 281-294.
Dunlap WC
(2001). UV adaptation and antioxidant protection in marine organisms.
Proceedings of the 22nd Symposium on Oxidation of Lipids. Antioxidants in
Health, Biology and Cosmetics, 6 April, University of Tokyo, pp 15-26.
Yamamoto Y, Fujisawa A, Hara A and Dunlap
WC (2001). An unusual vitamin E constituent (a -tocomonoenol) provides
enhanced antioxidant protection in marine organisms adapted to cold-water
environments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 98:
13144-13148.
Konaka R , Kasahara E, Dunlap WC,
Yamamoto Y, Chang Chien K and Inoue M (2001). Production of singlet oxygen on
UV-irradiation of titanium dioxide in aqueous dispersion. Redox Report.
5: 319-325.
Shick JM and Dunlap WC
(2002). Mycosporine-like amino acids and related gadusols: biosynthesis,
accumulation, and UV-protective functions in aquatic organisms. Annual Review
of Physiology 64: 223-262.
PUBLICATIONS IN
PRESS
Newman SJ, Dunlap WC,
Marchant H, Nicol, S and Ritz D (in press). Variation in the distribution of
UV-absorbing mycosporine-like amino acids in tissues of Antarctic krill (Euphausia
superba). Marine Biology.
Dunlap WC,
Fujisawa A, Yamamoto, Y, Moylan T and Sidell BD (in press). Notothenioid fish,
krill and phytoplankton from Antarctica contain a vitamin E constituent (a -tocomonoenol)
functionally associated with cold water adaptation. Comparative Biochemistry
and Physiology.
Dunlap WC.
Llewellyn L. Doyle J and Yamamoto Y (in press). A microtitre plate assay for
screening antioxidant activity in extracts of marine organisms. Marine
Biotechnology.
Dunlap WC,
Fujisawa A and Yamamoto Y (in press). Coenzyme Q redox balance in marine
bacteria exposed to UVA radiation: apparent up-regualtion of NAD(P)H: quinone
oxidoreductase activity. Redox Report.
Shick JM, Dunlap WD, Pearse
JS and Pearce VB (in press). The mycosporine-like amino acid content of four
species of sea anemones in the genus Anthopleura reflects phylogenic but
not environmental or symbiotic relationships. Biological
Bulletin.
SUBMITTED FOR
PUBLICATION
Holm-Hansen O, Dunlap WC,
Villafane VE and Helbling EW (submitted). Short-term effects of solar radiation
on Antarctic phytoplankton under varying column ozone values. Photochemistry
and Photobiology.
Masaki K, Masuchi Y, Akagawa-Matsushita
M, Dunlap WC and Karube I (submitted). Novel marine bacteria producing
the antioxidant 4-deoxygadusol from algal mycosporine-like amino acids. Journal
of General and Applied Microbiology.
Michalek-Wagner K and Dunlap WC
(submitted). The effects of elevated irradiance and temperature on the bleaching
response and tissue concentrations of UV-absorbing mycosporine-like amino acids
in soft corals. Coral Reefs.
Michalek-Wagner K and Dunlap
WC (submitted). Understanding the role of UV-absorbing mycosporine-like
amino acids in the bleaching process of soft corals. Coral Reefs.
AUSTRALIAN
PROVISIONAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS
Dunlap WC
and Chalker BE (1984). Cyclic a -hydroxy and a -alkoxy-b -enaminoketones and
imino derivatives as UV-absorbing sunscreens. Australian Institute of Marine
Science. Australian provisional patent specification PG 7681, 17 October.
Dunlap WC
and Chalker BE (1986). Ultraviolet Light Absorbing Materials. Australian
Institute of Marine Science. Australian provisional patent specification PH
5148, 10 March.
Dunlap WC,
Chalker BE and Bandaranayake WM (1986). Ultraviolet Light Absorbing Materials.
Australian Institute of Marine Science. Australian provisional patent
specification PH 9230, 28 November.
Dunlap WC,
B.E. Chalker BE and W.M. Bandaranayake WM (1987). Ultraviolet Light Absorbing
Materials. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Australian provisional
patent application PI 1625, 28 April.
AUSTRALIAN PATENT
APPLICATIONS
Dunlap WC
and Chalker BE (1985). Ultraviolet Agents. Australian Institute of Marine
Science. Australian patent application 49689/85, 3 October.
Bird G, Fitzmaurice N, Dunlap WC,
Chalker BE and Bandaranayake WM (1987). Sunscreen Compositions and Compounds
for Use Therein. ICI Australia Pty Ltd and Australian Institute of Marine
Science. Australian patent application 1331/87, 26 September.
Dunlap WC,
Chalker BE and Bandaranayake WM (1988). Ultraviolet Light Absorbing Materials.
Australian Institute of Marine Science. Australian patent application 15291/88,
28 April.
JAPAN NATIONAL-PHASE
PATENT
Masaki K, Dunlap WC, Yamamoto
Y, Karube I, Larsen RM and Matsukawa R (1996). A novel natural antioxidant
and its production process. Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd. Japanese Patent
Application 9604230, 23 September.
AUSTRALIAN DEED OF
PATENTS
Dunlap WC
and Chalker BE (1989). Ultraviolet Agents. Australian Institute of Marine
Science. Patent number 49689/85, serial number 587211, 10 August.
Bird G, Fitzmaurice N, Dunlap WC,
Chalker BE and Bandaranayake WM (1990). Sunscreen compositions and Compounds
for Use Therein. ICI Australia Pty Ltd and Australian Institute of Marine
Science. Patent number 80728/87, serial number 595075, 10 July.
Dunlap WC,
Chalker BE and Bandaranayake WM (1991). Ultraviolet light absorbing materials.
Australian Institute of Marine Science. Patent number 15291/88, serial number
609125, 22 January.
INTERNATIONAL
PATENTS
Dunlap WC
and Chalker BE (1985). Ultraviolet Agents. Australian Institute of Marine
Science. International application PCT/AU85/00242 (23 countries), 3 October.
International publication W086/02350, 24 April.
Bird G, Fitzmaurice N, Dunlap WC,
Chalker BE and Bandaranayake WM (1987). Sunscreen compositions and Compounds
for Use Therein. ICI Australia Pty Ltd and Australian Institute of Marine
Science. International patent application PCT/AU87/00330 (23 countries), 26
September. International publication WO 88/02251, 7 April.
CORRESPONDENCE
ADDRESS
Dr Walter C Dunlap
Australian Institute of Marine Science
PMB No. 3, Townsville MC
Townsville, Qld., 4810, Australia
TELEPHONE
(07) 47534365 [AIMS]
(07) 47722108 [home phone/fax]
FACSIMILE
(07) 47725852 [AIMS]
E-MAIL w.dunlap@aims.gov.au
WALTER C DUNLAP
Principal Research Scientist
22 October, 2002
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