Biomedical Sciences

D'Souza, C., Briggs, C. and Machin, S.J. 2015. Platelets: the few, the young and the active. Clinics in Laboratory Medicine. 35 (1), pp. 123-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cll.2014.11.002

Zariwala, M., Somavarapu, S., Evans, R.W., Farnaud, S. and Renshaw, D. 2015. Platform delivery technologies for nutraceutical applications. Vitafoods . Geneva, Switzerland 05 - 07 May 2015

Farnaud, S., Renshaw, D., Somavarapu, S. and Zariwala, M. 2015. Novel whey protein isolate nanocarriers for oral micronutrient delivery. 9th NIZO Dairy Conference Milk Protein Functionality . Papendal, Netherlands 30 Sep - 02 Oct 2015

Mehta, K., Greenwell, P., Renshaw, D., Busbridge, Mark, Garcia, M, Farnaud, S. and Patel, V. B. 2015. Characterisation of hepcidin response to holotransferrin treatment in CHO TRVb-1 cells. Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases. 55 (2), pp. 110-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcmd.2015.05.002

Granger, C.A., Pilkington, K., Draper, A. and Polley, M.J. 2015. Barriers to working with people affected by cancer: Preliminary qualitative data from a mixed methods exploration of practitioner perspectives in nutritional therapy. European Journal of Integrative Medicine. 7 (6), p. 681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eujim.2015.07.009

Bowker, F. 2015. Molecular docking and geographical information systems as tools to assess the potential impact of veterinary medicines on non-target organisms and the environment. PhD thesis University of Westminster Biomedical Sciences https://doi.org/10.34737/9x23w

Bailey, I., Ferrier, C. and Smith, C.L. 2015. Curriculum and beyond: Mathematics support for first year life science students. CETL-MSOR Conference 2015. University of Greenwich 08 Sep 2015 The Sigma Network.

Eminaga, Y., Coskun, A., Moschos, S.A. and Kale, I. 2015. Low Complexity All-Pass Based Polyphase Decimation Filters for ECG Monitoring. PRIME 2015, 11th Conference on PhD Research in Microelectronics and Electronics . Glasgow, Scotland 30 Jun 2015 IEEE . https://doi.org/10.1109/PRIME.2015.7251400

Iqbal, H.M.N. 2015. Development of bio-composites with novel characteristics through enzymatic grafting. PhD thesis University of Westminster Faculty of Science and Technology https://doi.org/10.34737/9v61y

Sukan, A. 2015. Dual biopolymer production and separation from cultures of Bacillus spp. PhD thesis University of Westminster Faculty of Science and Technology https://doi.org/10.34737/9v3zx

Neachell, E. 2015. Environmental flows for English rivers: a focus on modified catchments. PhD thesis University of Westminster Faculty of Science and Technology https://doi.org/10.34737/9v3zw

Elliott, B., Simonson, T.S., Getting, S.J., Renshaw, D., Wagner Peter, D. and MacKenzie, R. 2015. Acute hypoxia reduces plasma myostatin independent of hypoxic dose. 8th International Conference on Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle Wasting. Paris 04 - 06 Dec 2015 The Society on Sarcopenia, Cachexia and Wasting Disorders.

Kabir, M.S., Clements, M.O., Atkins, M. and Kimmitt, P.T. 2015. Application of RT-Bst to enhance detection of pathogenic viruses of the respiratory tract. British Journal of Biomedical Science. 72 (3), pp. 128-134.

Adelaja, O. 2015. Bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons using microbial fuel cells. PhD thesis University of Westminster Faculty of Science and Technology

Wright, E., Temperton, N.J. and Scott, S.D. 2015. Retroviral Pseudotypes – From Scientific Tools to Clinical Utility. in: Encyclopedia of life sciences Chichester Wiley. pp. 1-11

Maggioli, E., McArthur, S., Mauro, C., Kieswich, J., Kusters, D.H.M., Reutelingsperger, C.P.M., Yaqoob, M.M. and Solito, E. 2015. Estrogen protects the blood–brain barrier from inflammation-induced disruption and increased lymphocyte trafficking. Brain Behavior & Immunity. 51, p. 212–222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2015.08.020

Iqbal, H.M.N., Kyazze, G., Locke, I.C., Tron, T. and Keshavarz, T. 2015. Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-ethyl cellulose based bio-composites with novel characteristics for infection free wound healing application. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 81, pp. 552-559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2015.08.040

Moschos, S.A. 2015. Introducing EbolaCheck: potential for point-of-need infectious disease diagnosis. Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics. 15 (10), pp. 1237-1240. https://doi.org/10.1586/14737159.2015.1084228

Shoaie, S., Ghaffari, P., Kovatcheva-Datchary, P., Mardinoglu, A., Sen, P., Pujos-Guillot, E., de Wouters, T., Juste, C., Rizkalla, S.W., Chilloux, J., Hoyles, L., Nicholson, J.K., ANR MICRO-Obes Consortium, Dumas, M.-E., Clément, K., Bäckhed, F., Nielsen, J., Tomas de Wouters and Doré, J. 2015. Quantifying diet-induced metabolic changes of the human gut microbiome. Cell Metabolism. 22 (2), pp. 320-331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2015.07.001

Esmaeilishirazifard, E., Moschos, S.A. and Keshavarz, T. 2015. Investigation on quorum sensing molecule of Bacillus licheniformis and its antifungal property.

Esmaeilishirazifard, E., Moschos, S.A. and Keshavarz, T. 2015. Bio‐control application of Bacillus quorum sensing on aflatoxigenic fungi through their inter‐kingdom cross‐talk. 6th Congress of European Microbiologists (FEMS 2015). Maastricht, The Netherlands

Iqbal, H.M.N., Kyazze, G., Locke, I.C., Tron, T. and Keshavarz, T. 2015. Development of novel antibacterial active, HaCaT biocompatible and biodegradable CA-g-P(3HB)-EC biocomposites with caffeic acid as a functional entity. eXPRESS Polymer Letters. 9 (9), p. 764–772. https://doi.org/10.3144/expresspolymlett.2015.72

McArthur, S., Gobbetti, T., Kusters, D.H.M., Reutelingsperger, C.P.M., Flower, R.J. and Perretti, M. 2015. Definition of a Novel Pathway Centered on Lysophosphatidic Acid To Recruit Monocytes during the Resolution Phase of Tissue Inflammation. Journal of Immunology. 195 (3), pp. 1139-1151. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1500733

Gyamfi-Brobbey, George, Greenwell, P. and Kimmitt, P.T. 2015. In Vitro Assessment of the Synergy between Polymyxin B (PMB) and Polymyxin B Nonapeptide (PMBN) and Antibiotics on Biofilms from Diabetic Foot Infections. American Society for Microbiology. New Orleans 31 May 2015

McArthur, S., Pienaar, I.S., Siddiqi, S.M., Gillies, G.E. and Mazhar-Siddiqi, S. 2015. Sex-specific disruption of murine midbrain astrocytic and dopaminergic developmental trajectories following antenatal GC treatment. Brain Stucture & Function. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-015-1049-0

Hoyles, L., Murphy, J., Neve, H., Heller, K., Turton, J.F., Mahony, J., Sanderson, J.D., Hudspith, B., Gibson, G.R., McCartney, A.L. and van Sinderen, D. 2015. Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae–bacteriophage combination from the caecal effluent of a healthy woman. PeerJ. 3, p. e1061 e1061. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1061

Sukan, A., Roy, I. and Keshavarz, T. 2015. Dual production of biopolymers from bacteria. Carbohydrate Polymers. 126, pp. 47-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.03.001

Chilloux, J., Fearnside, J., Barton, R., Fuchs, J., Rothwell, A., Hoyles, L., Gerard, C., Calderari, S., Boulange, C., Patel, S., Scott, J., Glen, R., Gauguier, D., Gooderham, N., Nicholson, J.K., Dumas, M.-E. and Gaugier, D. 2015. P145 La trimethylamine, métabolite du microbiote intestinal, inhibe la voie inflammatoire des Toll-Like Receptor (TLRs) via une inhibition directe d’une enzyme clé de la transduction du signal. Congrès annuel de la SFD et de la SFD Paramédical. Bordeaux, France 24 Mar 2015 Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1262-3636(15)30258-5

McCartney, A.L., Hoyles, L., Jiménez-Pranteda, M.L., Chilloux, J. and Dumas, M.-E. 2015. Reduction of trimethylamine N-oxide to trimethylamine by the human gut microbiota: supporting evidence for ‘metabolic retroversion’. Exploring Human Host-Microbiome Interactions in Health and Disease. Cambridge, UK 29 Jun 2015

Hoyles, L., Abbott, J.C., Holmes, E., Dumas, M.-E., Butcher, S.A. and Nicholson, J.K. 2015. IMP: Imperial Metagenomics Pipeline for high-throughput sequence data. Exploring Human Host-Microbiome Interactions in Health and Disease. Cambridge, UK 29 Jun 2015

Iqbal, H.M.N., Kyazze, G., Locke, I.C., Tron, T. and Keshavarz, T. 2015. Development of bio-composites with novel characteristics: Evaluation of phenol-induced antibacterial, biocompatible and biodegradable behaviours. Carbohydrate Polymers. 131, pp. 197-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.05.046

Iqbal, H.M.N., Kyazze, G., Locke, I.C., Tron, T. and Keshavarz, T. 2015. In-situ development of self-defensive antibacterial biomaterials: phenol-g-keratin-EC based bio-composites with characteristics for biomedical applications. Green Chemistry. 17 (7), pp. 3858-3869. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5GC00715A

Omobolanle, Omotosho, Gyamfi-Brobbey, George, Kimmitt, P.T. and Greenwell, P. 2015. In vitro study of the effect of wound dressings on planktonic and biofilms from diabetic foot isolates. Society for General Microbiology. Birmingham 30 Mar 2015

Gyamfi-Brobbey, George, Kimmitt, P.T. and Greenwell, P. 2015. Cinnamaldehyde increases the susceptibility of quorum-sensing-mediated biofilms to conventional antibiotics. Society for General Microbiology. Birmingham 30 Mar 2015

Gyamfi-Brobbey, George, Kimmitt, P.T. and Greenwell, P. 2015. The in vitro assessment of the synergistic effects of antibiotics and wound dressings on biofilms from diabetic foot pathogens. Society for General Microbiology. Birmingham 30 Mar 2015

Hoyles, L., Murphy, J., Neve, H., Mahony, J., Gibson, G.R., McCartney, A.L., van Sinderen, D., Turton, J.F. and Sanderson, J.D. 2015. Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae–bacteriophage combination from the caecal effluent of a healthy woman. 8th International Yakult Symposium: Probiotics, a protective approach to health – an expert insight into the latest research. Berlin 23 Apr 2015

Iqbal, H.M.N., Kyazze, G., Keshavarz, T. and Tron, T. 2015. Laccase-assisted approach to graft multifunctional materials of interest: keratin-EC based novel composites and their characterisation. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. 300 (7), pp. 712-720. https://doi.org/10.1002/mame.201500003

Thorasin, T., Hoyles, L. and McCartney, A.L. 2015. Dynamics and diversity of the 'Atopobium cluster' in the human faecal microbiota, and phenotypic characterization of 'Atopobium cluster' isolates. Microbiology. 161 (3), pp. 565-579. https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.000016

Shende Vishvesh, McArthur, S. and Opacka-Juffry Jolanta 2015. Astroglial Plasticity Is Implicated in Hippocampal Remodelling in Adult Rats Exposed to Antenatal Dexamethasone. Neural Plasticity. 2015, p. Article ID 694347 694347. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/694347

Long, J., Wright, E., Molesti, E., Temperton, N. and Barclay, W. 2015. Antiviral therapies against Ebola and other emerging viral diseases using existing medicines that block virus entry. F1000Research. 4 (30). https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.6085.2