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Berruien, Nasrin N A, Murray, Joanne F and Smith, C. 2021. Pregnancy influences the selection of appropriate reference genes in mouse tissue: Determination of appropriate reference genes for quantitative reverse transcription PCR studies in tissues from the female mouse reproductive axis. Gene. 801, p. 145855 145855. https://doi.org/S0378-1119(21)00450-9

Morra, Anna, Escala-Garcia, Maria, Beesley, Jonathan, Keeman, Renske, Canisius, Sander, Ahearn, Thomas U, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Auer, Paul L, Augustinsson, Annelie, Beane Freeman, Laura E, Becher, Heiko, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Brenner, Hermann, Brüning, Thomas, Buys, Saundra S, Caan, Bette, Campa, Daniele, Canzian, Federico, Castelao, Jose E, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Cheng, Ting-Yuan David, Clarke, Christine L, Colonna, Sarah V, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Dennis, Joe, Dörk, T., Dossus, Laure, Dunning, Alison M, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Ekici, Arif B, Eliassen, A Heather, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Flyger, Henrik, Fritschi, Lin, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, García-Sáenz, José A, Giles, Graham G, Grip, Mervi, Guénel, Pascal, Gündert, Melanie, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Hart, Steven N, Hartikainen, Jaana M, Hartmann, Arndt, He, Wei, Hooning, Maartje J, Hoppe, Reiner, Hopper, John L, Howell, Anthony, Hunter, David J, Jager, Agnes, Jakubowska, Anna, Janni, Wolfgang, John, Esther M, Jung, Audrey Y, Kaaks, Rudolf, Keupers, Machteld, Kitahara, Cari M, Koutros, Stella, Kraft, Peter, Kristensen, Vessela N, Kurian, Allison W, Lacey, James V, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Lindblom, Annika, Linet, Martha, Luben, Robert N, Lubiński, Jan, Lush, Michael, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Margolin, Sara, Martens, John W M, Martinez, Maria Elena, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Milne, Roger L, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Muranen, Taru A, Nevanlinna, Heli, Newman, W., Nielsen, Sune F, Nordestgaard, Børge G, Olshan, Andrew F, Olsson, Håkan, Orr, Nick, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Patel, Alpa V, Peissel, Bernard, Peterlongo, Paolo, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Prajzendanc, Karolina, Prentice, Ross, Presneau, Nadege, Rack, Brigitte, Rennert, Gad, Rennert, Hedy S, Rhenius, Valerie, Romero, A., Roylance, Rebecca, Ruebner, Matthias, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sawyer, Elinor J, Schmutzler, Rita K, Schneeweiss, Andreas, Scott, Christopher, Shah, Mitul, Smichkoska, Snezhana, Southey, Melissa C, Stone, J., Surowy, Harald, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Tamimi, Rulla M, Tapper, William J, Teras, Lauren R, Terry, Mary Beth, Tollenaar, Rob A E M, Tomlinson, Ian, Troester, Melissa A, Truong, Thérèse, Vachon, Celine M, Wang, Qin, Hurson, Amber N, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Ziogas, Argyrios, Brauch, Hiltrud, García-Closas, Montserrat, Pharoah, Paul D P, Easton, Douglas F, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia and Schmidt, M. 2021. Association of germline genetic variants with breast cancer-specific survival in patient subgroups defined by clinic-pathological variables related to tumor biology and type of systemic treatment. Breast cancer research : BCR. 23 (1), p. 86 86. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-021-01450-7

Bagheri, Reza, Ashtary-Larky, Damoon, Elliott, B., Willoughby, Darryn S., Kargarfard, Mehdi, Alipour, Meysam, Lamuchi-Deli, Nasrin, Kooti, Wesam, Asbaghi, Omid and Wong, Alexei 2021. The effects of gradual vs. rapid weight loss on serum concentrations of myokines and body composition in overweight and obese females. Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1080/13813455.2021.1874020

Mohammed, M. 2021. Dr Manal Mohammed for CNN about how often you should wash your towels. CNN.

Kyriakidou, Y., Cooper, I., Kraev, I., Lange, S. and Elliott, B. 2021. Preliminary Investigations Into the Effect of Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage on Systemic Extracellular Vesicle Release in Trained Younger and Older Men. Frontiers in Physiology. 12 723931. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.723931

Kalaoglu-Altan, Ozlem Ipek, Baskan, Havva, Meireman, Timo, Basnett, Pooja, Azimi, Bahareh, Fusco, A., Funel, N., Donnarumma, G., Lazzeri, A., Roy, I., Danti, S. and De Clerck, K. 2021. Silver Nanoparticle-Coated Polyhydroxyalkanoate Based Electrospun Fibers for Wound Dressing Applications. Materials. 14 (17) 4907. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14174907

Yayork, B., Anyogu, A. and Kyazze, G. 2021. Prospecting for electrochemically-active hydrocarbon degrading microorganisms for use in bioelectrochemical remediation of petroleum hydrocarbons. 5th EU-ISMET Conference (Online). Online 13 - 15 Sep 2021

Kyazze, G. 2021. Taking the waste out of dye wastewater using microbial fuel cells. 5th EU-ISMET Conference (Online). Online 13 - 15 Sep 2021

Kennedy, L., Lewis, K., Noonan-Gunning, S., Swann, J. and Keith, R. 2021. Saving England’s public health nutrition system. Dietetics Today. September 2021, pp. 32-33.

Noonan-Gunning, S., Lewis, K., Kennedy, L., Swann, J., Arora, G. and Keith, R. 2021. Is England's public health nutrition system in crisis? A qualitative analysis of the capacity to feed all in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. World Nutrition. 12 (2). https://doi.org/10.26596/wn.202112283-103

Keith, R. 2021. Future of Public Health Nutrition Services in England. World Public Health Nutrition Association.

Cooper, I., Brookler, Kenneth H. and Crofts, C. 2021. Rethinking Fragility Fractures in Type 2 Diabetes: The Link between Hyperinsulinaemia and Osteofragilitas. Biomedicines. 9 (9), p. e1165. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9091165

D'Alessio, Stefania, Buckley, K., Kraev, Igor, Hayes, Polly and Lange, S. 2021. Extracellular Vesicle Signatures and Post-Translational Protein Deimination in Purple Sea Urchin ( Strongylocentrotus purpuratus ) Coelomic Fluid—Novel Insights into Echinodermata Biology. Biology. 10 (9) 866. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10090866

Kalaoglu-Altan, Ozlem Ipek, Baskan, Havva, Meireman, Timo, Basnett, P., Azimi, Bahareh, Fusco, A., Funel, N., Donnarumma, G., Lazzeri, A., Roy, I., Danti, S. and De Clerck, K. 2021. Silver Nanoparticle-Coated Polyhydroxyalkanoate Based Electrospun Fibers for Wound Dressing Applications. Materials. 14 (17), p. e4907. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14174907

Park, H., Neumeyer, Sonja, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Bolla, Manjeet K, Wang, Qin, Dennis, J., Ahearn, Thomas U, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia N, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Augustinsson, A., Baten, Adinda, Beane Freeman, Laura E, Becher, Heiko, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, H., Brucker, Sara Y, Burwinkel, Barbara, Campa, Daniele, Canzian, F., Castelao, Jose E, Chanock, Stephen J, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Clarke, Christine L, NBCS Collaborators, Conroy, Don M, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, A., Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Devilee, P., Dörk, Thilo, Dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Eliassen, A Heather, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, P., Flyger, Henrik, Fritschi, Lin, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, Giles, Graham G, Glendon, Gord, Goldberg, Mark S, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Grip, Mervi, Guénel, Pascal, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Han, Sileny, Harkness, E., Hart, S., He, Wei, Heemskerk-Gerritsen, B., Hopper, John L, Hunter, David J, ABCTB Investigators, kConFab Investigators, Jager, Agnes, Jakubowska, A., John, Esther M, Jung, Audrey, Kaaks, Rudolf, Middha Kapoor, P., Keeman, Renske, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kitahara, Cari M, Koppert, Linetta B, Koutros, Stella, Kristensen, Vessela N, Kurian, A., Lacey, James, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Lo, Wing-Yee, Lubiński, Jan, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Margolin, Sara, Martinez, Maria Elena, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Meindl, Alfons, Menon, Usha, Milne, Roger L, Muranen, Taru A, Nevanlinna, Heli, Newman, W., Nordestgaard, Børge G, Offit, Kenneth, Olshan, Andrew F, Olsson, Håkan, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Peterlongo, P., Peto, J., Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Presneau, Nadege, Radice, Paolo, Rennert, Gad, Rennert, Hedy S, Romero, Atocha, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sawyer, E., Schmidt, Marjanka K, Schmutzler, Rita K, Schoemaker, Minouk J, Schwentner, Lukas, Scott, C., Shah, Mitul, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Simard, Jacques, Smeets, A., Southey, Melissa C, Spinelli, John J, Stevens, Victoria, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Tamimi, Rulla M, Tapper, William J, Taylor, Jack A, Terry, Mary Beth, Tomlinson, I., Troester, Melissa A, Truong, T., Vachon, Celine M, van Veen, Elke M, Vijai, Joseph, Wang, Sophia, Wendt, Camilla, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Ziogas, Argyrios, Dunning, Alison M, Pharoah, P., Easton, Douglas F, Zheng, Wei, Kraft, Peter and Chang-Claude, Jenny 2021. Mendelian randomisation study of smoking exposure in relation to breast cancer risk. British Journal of Cancer. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-021-01432-8

Mohd Sa’id, I., Papachristou Nadal, Iliatha, Forbes, Angus, Goldsmith, Kimberley, Ismail, Irmi Zarina, Hassan, Faezah, Ching, Siew Mooi, Guess, Nicola, Murphy, Helen, Prina, Matthew, Mohd Yusoff, Barakatun Nisak, Basri, Nurul Iftida, Binti Salim, Mazatulfazura SF, Mahamad Sobri, Nur Hafizah, Har Yap, Pamela Phui, Ismail, Khalida and Chew, B. 2021. A Protocol of Process Evaluations of Interventions for the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes in Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 20, pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069211034010

Aziz, Z. 2021. Investigating Microbial Quorum Sensing Potential for Enhanced Production of Biodegradable Polymers. PhD thesis University of Westminster Life Sciences

Hayes, L., Elliott, B., Yasar, Z., Bampouras, T., Sculthorpe, N., Sanal-Hayes, N. and Hurst, C. 2021. High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) as a Potential Countermeasure for Phenotypic Characteristics of Sarcopenia: A Scoping Review. Frontiers in Physiology. 12 715044. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.715044

Booker, A., Scotti, F., Mou, L., Huang, C., Werckerle, C., Maake, C. and Heinrich, M. 2021. Treating Chronic Wounds Using Photoactive Metabolites: Data Mining the Chinese Pharmacopoeia for Potential Lead Species. Planta Medica. 87, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1578-8778

Fernando, E., Kyazze, G., Ahsan, A. and Fernando, P. 2021. Expedited biodegradation of organic pollutants and refractory compounds using bioelectrochemical systems. in: Mendes, K.F (ed.) Biodegradation https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/77777 IntechOpen.

Keith, R. 2021. Universal Health Coverage by 2030, or the Right to Health? The continued relevance of the Alma Ata principles of voice and equity, through an intersectoral approach, to reducing global inequalities. PhD thesis University of Westminster Life Sciences

Shaikh Solaiman, N. 2021. The Role of the RNA-binding Protein ZFP36L1 in Suppression of Replication Stress-induced Genomic Instability. PhD thesis University of Westminster Life Sciences

Rast, J.P., D'alessio, S., Kraev, I. and Lange, S. 2021. Post-translational protein deimination signatures in sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) plasma and plasma-extracellular vesicles. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 125 (2021) 104225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2021.104225

Mohammed, M. 2021. CNN Health: How frequently should you wash your bed sheets? More often than you think. CNN.

Mohammed, M. 2021. Dr Manal Mohammed for The Conversation about bed hygiene. The Conversation.

Edwards, K., Volpi, E., Lydyard, P., Zaitseva, K., Sayed, U., Krysov, S., Gribben, J., Nathwani, D.A. and Porakishvili, N. 2021. Expression patterns of CD180 in the lymph nodes of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. British Journal of Haematology. 195 (2), pp. e131-e134. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.17680

Bergsneider, B., Bailey, E., Ahmed, Y., Gogineni, N., Huntley, D. and Montano Hernandez, X. 2021. Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 infection associated cell entry proteins ACE2, CD147, PPIA, and PPIB in datasets from non SARS-CoV-2 infected neuroblastoma patients, as potential prognostic and infection biomarkers in neuroblastoma. Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports. 27 101081. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrep.2021.101081

Smith, C.L. and Coleman, S.K. 2021. Addressing the challenges of delivering a laboratory class when students are miles away. Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference Proceedings Making Connections, Innovating and Sharing Pedagogy. The Open University - Online 29 - 30 Jul 2021 Open University.

Tiekou Lorinczova, Helena, Deb, Sanjoy, Begum, G., Renshaw, Derek and Zariwala, Mohammed Gulrez 2021. Comparative Assessment of the Acute Effects of Whey, Rice and Potato Protein Isolate Intake on Markers of Glycaemic Regulation and Appetite in Healthy Males Using a Randomised Study Design. Nutrients. 13 (7). https://doi.org/nu13072157

Rajendram, R., Preedy, V.R. and Patel, V. 2021. Research and recommended resources on Zika virus, pathology, and control. in: Martin, C.R., Hollins Martin, C.J., Preedy, V.R. and Rajendram, R. (ed.) Zika Virus Biology, Transmission, and Pathology. Volume 1: The Neuroscience of Zika Academic Press. pp. 479-491

Cooper, I., Brookler, K., Kyriakidou, Y., Elliott, B. and Crofts, C. 2021. Metabolic phenotypes and step by step evolution of type 2 di-abetes: A new paradigm. MDPI Biomedicines. 9 (7), p. 800. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9070800

Thanaj, M., Basty, N., Liu, Y., Cule, M., Sorokin, E., Thomas, E.L., Bell, J.D. and Whitcher, B. 2021. Mass Univariate Regression Analysis for Three-Dimensional Liver Image-Derived Phenotypes. Annual Conference on Medical Image Understanding and Analysis. University of Oxford 12 - 14 Jul 2021 Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80432-9_13

Baxter, Joseph S, Johnson, Nichola, Tomczyk, Katarzyna, Gillespie, Andrea, Maguire, Sarah, Brough, Rachel, Fachal, Laura, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Bolla, Manjeet K, Wang, Qin, Dennis, Joe, Ahearn, Thomas U, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia N, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Augustinsson, Annelie, Becher, Heiko, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Brenner, Hermann, Brucker, Sara Y, Cai, Qiuyin, Campa, Daniele, Canzian, Federico, Castelao, Jose E, Chan, Tsun L, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Choi, Ji-Yeob, Clarke, Christine L, NBCS Collaborators, Colonna, Sarah, Conroy, Don M, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Devilee, Peter, Dörk, Thilo, Dossus, Laure, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Ekici, Arif B, Eliassen, A Heather, Engel, Christoph, Fasching, Peter A, Figueroa, Jonine, Flyger, Henrik, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gao, Chi, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A, Ghoussaini, Maya, Giles, Graham G, Goldberg, Mark S, González-Neira, Anna, Guénel, Pascal, Gündert, Melanie, Haeberle, Lothar, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Hartman, Mikael, Hatse, Sigrid, Hauke, Jan, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hoppe, Reiner, Hopper, John L, Hou, Ming-Feng, kConFab Investigators, ABCTB Investigators, Ito, Hidemi, Iwasaki, Motoki, Jager, Agnes, Jakubowska, Anna, Janni, Wolfgang, John, Esther M, Joseph, Vijai, Jung, Audrey, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kang, Daehee, Keeman, Renske, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kim, Sung-Won, Kosma, Veli-Matti, Kraft, Peter, Kristensen, Vessela N, Kubelka-Sabit, Katerina, Kurian, Allison W, Kwong, Ava, Lacey, James V, Lambrechts, Diether, Larson, Nicole L, Larsson, Susanna C, Le Marchand, Loic, Lejbkowicz, Flavio, Li, Jingmei, Long, Jirong, Lophatananon, Artitaya, Lubiński, Jan, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Manoukian, Siranoush, Margolin, Sara, Matsuo, Keitaro, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Mayes, Rebecca, Menon, Usha, Milne, Roger L, Mohd Taib, Nur Aishah, Muir, Kenneth, Muranen, Taru A, Murphy, Rachel A, Nevanlinna, Heli, O'Brien, Katie M, Offit, Kenneth, Olson, Janet E, Olsson, Håkan, Park, Sue K, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Patel, Alpa V, Peterlongo, Paolo, Peto, Julian, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Presneau, Nadege, Pylkäs, Katri, Rack, Brigitte, Rennert, Gad, Romero, Atocha, Ruebner, Matthias, Rüdiger, Thomas, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sandler, Dale P, Sawyer, Elinor J, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Schmutzler, Rita K, Schneeweiss, Andreas, Schoemaker, Minouk J, Shah, Mitul, Shen, Chen-Yang, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Simard, Jacques, Southey, Melissa C, Stone, Jennifer, Surowy, Harald, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Tamimi, Rulla M, Tapper, William J, Taylor, Jack A, Teo, Soo Hwang, Teras, Lauren R, Terry, Mary Beth, Toland, Amanda E, Tomlinson, Ian, Truong, Thérèse, Tseng, Chiu-Chen, Untch, Michael, Vachon, Celine M, van den Ouweland, Ans M W, Wang, Sophia S, Weinberg, Clarice R, Wendt, Camilla, Winham, Stacey J, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Wu, Anna H, Yamaji, Taiki, Zheng, Wei, Ziogas, Argyrios, Pharoah, Paul D P, Dunning, Alison M, Easton, Douglas F, Pettitt, Stephen J, Lord, Christopher J, Haider, Syed, Orr, Nick and Fletcher, Olivia 2021. Functional annotation of the 2q35 breast cancer risk locus implicates a structural variant in influencing activity of a long-range enhancer element. American Journal of Human Genetics. 108, pp. 1190-1203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.05.013

Krivtsova, A. and Keith, R. 2021. A qualitative analysis of factors influencing infant and young children feeding perceptions and practices, of working mothers, in London Borough of Ealing. World Nutrition. 12 (2), pp. 63-82. https://doi.org/10.26596/wn.202112263-82

Bagheri, R., Hooshmand Moghadam, B., Candow, D., Elliott, B., Wong, A., Ashtary-Larky, D., Forbes, S. and Rashidlamir, A. 2021. Effects of Icelandic yogurt consumption and resistance training in healthy untrained older males. British Journal of Nutrition. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114521002166

Hayes, P.M., Christison, K.W., Vaughan, D.B., Smit, N.J. and Boxshall, G.A. 2021. Sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) from South Africa, with descriptions of two new species of Caligus. Systematic Parasitology. 98, p. 369–397. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-021-09984-2

Thompson, D. and Islam, A. 2021. Plant Cell Wall Hydration and Plant Physiology: An Exploration of the Consequences of Direct Effects of Water Deficit on the Plant Cell Wall. Plants. 10 (7), p. e1263. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10071263

Deb, S., Dolan, Eimear, Hambly, Catherine, Speakman, John R., Eftedal, Olav, Zariwala, Mohammed Gulrez and Eftedal, Ingrid 2021. The Assessment of Daily Energy Expenditure of Commercial Saturation Divers Using Doubly Labelled Water. Frontiers in Physiology. 12 687605. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.687605

Patel, H. and Kukol, A. 2021. Modelling and Simulation of Proteins. in: Rapley, R. (ed.) Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Royal Society of Chemistry. pp. 394-409

Patel, H. and Whitehouse, D. 2021. Proteins and Proteomics. in: Rapley, R. (ed.) Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Royal Society of Chemistry. pp. 123-152