Life Sciences

Brayson, D., Ehler, E., dos Remedios, C.G. and Shanahan, C.M. 2020. Preprint: Analysis of cardiomyocyte nuclei in human cardiomyopathy reveals orientation dependent defects in shape. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.14.20168310

Brayson, D., Holohan, S-J., Bardswell, S.C., Arno, M., Lu, H., Jensen, H.K., Tran, P.K., Barallobre‐Barreiro, J., Mayr, M., dos Remedios, C.G., Tsang, V.T., Frigiola, A. and Kentish, J.C. 2020. Right Ventricle Has Normal Myofilament Function But Shows Perturbations in the Expression of Extracellular Matrix Genes in Patients With Tetralogy of Fallot Undergoing Pulmonary Valve Replacement. Journal of the American Heart Association. 9 (16) e015342. https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.119.015342

Piccus, R. and Brayson, D. 2020. The nuclear envelope: LINCing tissue mechanics to genome regulation in cardiac and skeletal muscle. Biology Letters. 16 (7) 20200302. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0302

Srey, M.T., Taccogna, A., Oksov, Y., Lustigman, S., Tai, P-Y., Acord, J., Selkirk, M.E., Lamb, T.J. and Guiliano, D.B. 2020. Vaccination with novel low-molecular weight proteins secreted from Trichinella spiralis inhibits establishment of infection. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008842

Hoffmann, R.M., Mele, S., Cheung, A., Larcombe-Young, D., Bucaite, G., Sachouli, E., Zlatareva, I., Morad, H., Marlow, R., McDonnell, J.M., Figini, M., Lacy, K.E., Tutt, A.J.N., Spicer, J.F., Thurston, D.E., Karagiannis, S.N. and Crescioli, S. 2020. Rapid conjugation of antibodies to toxins to select candidates for the development of anticancer Antibody-Drug conjugates (ADcs). Scientific Reports. 10 (1), pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65860-x

Rhéure Alves-Lopes, Karla B. Neves, Aikaterini Anagnostopoulou, Francisco J. Rios, Silvia Lacchini, Augusto C. Montezano and Rhian M. Touyz 2020. Crosstalk Between Vascular Redox and Calcium Signaling in Hypertension Involves TRPM2 (Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 2) Cation Channel. Hypertension. 75, pp. 139-149. https://doi.org/10.1161/hypertensionaha.119.13861

Aikaterini Anagnostopoulou, Livia de Lucca Camargo, Daniel Rodrigues, Augusto C. Montezano and Rhian Touyz 2020. Importance of cholesterol-rich microdomains in the regulation of Nox isoforms and redox signaling in human vascular smooth muscle cells. Scientific Reports. 10 17818. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73751-4

Alejandra B. Goya, Sophie Tarnovius, Robert G. Hatfield, Lewis Coates, Adam M. Lewis, Andrew D. Turner and Lewis, A. 2020. Paralytic shellfish toxins and associated toxin profiles in bivalve mollusc shellfish from Argentina. Harmful Algae. 99 101910. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2020.101910

Safi, A. 2020. Blog: Making the most of Ramadan during the COVID-19 pandemic. Birmingham City University.

Grau, I., Sengupta, D., Garcia Lorenzo, M.M. and Nowe, A. 2020. An interpretable semi-supervised classifier using rough sets for amended self-labeling. IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2020). Glasgow, UK 19 - 24 Jul 2020 IEEE . https://doi.org/10.1109/fuzz48607.2020.9177549

Porakishvili, N. and Lydyard, P. 2020. Cells, Tissues and Organs of the Immune System. in: Male, D., Peebles, S. and Male, V. (ed.) Immunology (9th edition) Elsevier. pp. 14-44

Hodges, C., Archer, F., Chowdhury, M., Evans, B.L., Ghelani, D.J., Mortoglou, M. and Guppy, F.M. 2020. Method of Food Preparation Influences Blood Glucose Response to a High-Carbohydrate Meal: A Randomised Cross-over Trial. Foods. 9 (1) 23. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods9010023

Mortoglou, M., Arisan, D., Ferreira, T., McCormick, A.L. and Uysal Onganer, P. 2020. Elevated microRNA expression could be diagnostic biomarker for PDAC. Pancreatology. 20 (8) e19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pan.2020.10.015

Rui Zhang, Monica Varela, Gabriel Forn-Cuní, Vincenzo Torraca, Michiel van der Vaart and Annemarie H. Meijer 2020. Deficiency in the autophagy modulator Dram1 exacerbates pyroptotic cell death of Mycobacteria-infected macrophages. Cell Death and Disease. 11 277. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-020-2477-1

Vincenzo Torraca, Kathryn Holt and Serge Mostowy 2020. Shigella sonnei. Trends in Microbiology. 28 (8), pp. P696-697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2020.02.011

Sommer, Frida, Torraca, V., Kamel, Sarah M., Lombardi, Amber and Meijer, Annemarie H. 2020. Frontline Science: Antagonism between regular and atypical Cxcr3 receptors regulates macrophage migration during infection and injury in zebrafish. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 107 (2), pp. 185-203. https://doi.org/10.1002/jlb.2hi0119-006r

Sommer, Frida, Torraca, V. and Meijer, Annemarie H. 2020. Chemokine Receptors and Phagocyte Biology in Zebrafish. Frontiers in Immunology. 11 325. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.00325

Frida Sommer, Torraca, V. and Annemarie H. Meijer 2020. Supplementary RNAseq dataset files. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3833847

David R. Stirling, Oniz Suleyman, Eliza Gil, Philip M. Elks, Vincenzo Torraca, Mahdad Noursadeghi and Gillian S. Tomlinson 2020. Analysis tools to quantify dissemination of pathology in zebrafish larvae. Scientific Reports. 10 3149. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59932-1

Håkon Høgset, Conor C. Horgan, James P. K. Armstrong, Mads S. Bergholt, Vincenzo Torraca, Qu Chen, Timothy J. Keane, Laurence Bugeon, Margaret J. Dallman, Serge Mostowy and Molly M. Stevens 2020. In vivo biomolecular imaging of zebrafish embryos using confocal Raman spectroscopy. Nature Communications . 11 6172. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19827-1

Keith, R. 2020. Free school meals: the lifelong impact of childhood food poverty. theconversation.com.

Sum, K., Beckingham, S., Faulkner, S. and Baff, D. 2020. An interactive social media workshop using Lego® Serious Play®. Journal of Social Media for Learning. 1 (1), pp. 94-111. https://doi.org/10.24377/LJMU.jsml.vol1article392

Sum, K. 2020. Trust me, working alone is challenging: What are the benefits of working in partnership in higher education? in: Low, T. and El Hakim, Y. (ed.) A Handbook for Student Engagement in Higher Education: Theory into Practice Routledge.

Hosszu LLP, Conners R, Sangar D, Batchelor M, Sawyer EB, Fisher S, Cliff MJ, Hounslow AM, McAuley K, Leo Brady R, Jackson GS, Bieschke J, Waltho JP and Collinge J 2020. Structural effects of the highly protective V127 polymorphism on human prion protein. Communications Biology. 3 402. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01126-6

Cadel-Six, Sabrina, Vignaud, Marie-Leone and Mohammed, Manal 2020. Erratum for Cadel-Six et al., “Draft Genome Sequences of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Dublin Strains from Raw Milk Cheeses Characterized by Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis Profiles Associated with Two Outbreaks in France”. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 9 (7). https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01590-19

Hatami Fard, G. 2020. Preparation of polysaccharide-based nanoemulsions to reduce melanoma drug resistance and inflammation markers. PhD thesis University of Westminster Life Sciences https://doi.org/10.34737/v4925

Schoop, R. 2020. Exploring In Vitro and In Vivo Pharmacology of Echinacea Purpurea (L.) Moench. PhD thesis University of Westminster Life Sciences https://doi.org/10.34737/v402v

Kyazze, G. 2020. Four ways microbial fuel cells might revolutionise electricity production in the future. The Conversation.

Tognon, G. 2020. Mediterranean diet, cardiovascular health and longevity: Strategies to improve the assessment and interpretation of this dietary pattern in nutritional epidemiology. PhD thesis University of Westminster Life Sciences https://doi.org/10.34737/v3v3q

Mohammed, M. 2020. Viruses Can Also Wear the White Hats. BBVA OpenMind.

Mohammed, M. 2020. Manal Mohammed for Which? about the common mistakes that people make when using hand sanitiser. Which?.

Adukwu, E., WaKobongo, M., Ekenna, O., Lungu, B, Anyogu, A. and Ujor, V. 2020. Letter to the Editor: Going beyond Learning and Listening to Meaningful Pursuit of Equity for Black Microbiologists. mBio. 11, pp. e02821-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.02821-20

Richards, P. 2020. A study of the impact of substituting Warfarin with Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOAC), in Atrial Fibrillation (AF) patients over 65 years old: The Patients’ and Clinicians’ Perspectives. PhD thesis University of Westminster Life Sciences https://doi.org/10.34737/v2z0y

Mohammed, M. 2020. Sputnik Radio in Edinburgh: UK Effort to Secure Pfizer Vaccine is Good News but Will Not Give Immediate Protection, Says Expert Dr Manal Mohammed. Sputnik Radio in Edinburgh with Craig Johnstone.

Mohammed, M. 2020. Dr Manal Mohammed for The Conversation about the Pfizer vaccine and what to expect next. The Conversation.

Robertson, C.E. and de Silva, D. 2020. 24-hour exams – blessing in disguise for inclusive assessments or a logistical nightmare for higher education? Journal of Inclusive Practice in Further and Higher Education. 12 (1), pp. 46-64.

Keith, R. 2020. Free-school-meals-the-lifelong-impact-of-childhood-food-poverty. theconversation.com.

Nunn, A.V.W., Guy, G.W., Brysch, W., Botchway, S.W., Frasch, W., Calabrese, E.J. and Bell, J.D. 2020. SARS-CoV-2 and mitochondrial health: implications of lifestyle and ageing. Immunity & Ageing. 17 33 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12979-020-00204-x

Gishen, F., Dacre, Jane, Horn, Chris and Peters, David 2020. Educating future doctors for uncertainty and complexity. The Clinical Teacher. 17 (6), pp. 726-728. https://doi.org/10.1111/tct.13165

Bowden, Timothy J., Kraev, Igor and Lange, S. 2020. Extracellular Vesicles and Post-Translational Protein Deimination Signatures in Mollusca—The Blue Mussel ( Mytilus edulis ), Soft Shell Clam ( Mya arenaria ), Eastern Oyster ( Crassostrea virginica ) and Atlantic Jacknife Clam (Ensis leei). Biology. 9 (12) e416. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology9120416