Life Sciences

Wickstead, E., Getting, S.J. and McArthur, S. 2016. The formyl peptide receptor 2 (Fpr2) agonist, Compound 43 (Cpd43), attenuates and promotes the release of pro-inflammatory, and anti-inflammatory cytokines, respectively. British Pharmacological Society: Pharmacology 2016. London 13 - 15 Dec 2016

Romani, A., Antille, N., Atenekeng, G., Courcol, J.D., Devresse, A., Dynes, J.A., Gevaert, M., Gonzalo, J.K., Gulyas, A., Kali, S., Kanari, L., Lange, S., Mercer, A., Migliore, M., Muller, E.B., Palacios, J.P., Ramaswamy, S., Reimann, M., Riquelme, R.L., Rössert, C.A., Ying, S., Shillcock, J., Telefont, M., Van Geit, W.A.H., Vanherpe, L., Markram, H. and Thomson, A. 2016. Data-driven model of the hippocampus using the HBP Brain Simulation Platform. 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience. Copenhagen, Denmark 02 - 06 Jul 2016

Draper, A. and Draper, A. 2016. The use of food hygiene rating schemes. UK Food Standards Agency.

Draper, A. 2016. Food affordability and safety. UK Food Standards Agency.

Draper, A. 2016. Vulnerable groups and food safety.

Draper, A. and Clow, A. 2016. Wellbeing and food safety. UK Food Standards Agency.

Draper, A. 2016. A typology of food safety activities. Food Standards Agency.

Westlake, R. and Green, J. 2016. An investigation into the approaches used by western medical herbalists for the therapeutic management of osteoarthritis. National Institute of Medical Herbalists 152nd Annual Conference. Crewe 14 - 15 Oct 2016

Elliott, B., Shinwari, Z.B., Altayar, Z., Barrios, L., Chaudhary, G.A., Hanifa, E., Parnell, M., Xenofontos, T., Sculthorpe, N., Herbert, P., Grace, F. and Hayes, L. 2016. Circulating myostatin is reduced with aging in humans but not altered by short-term, high intensity training. Physiology 2016. Dublin, Ireland 29 2016 - 31 Jul 2017 The Physiological Society.

Dalby, A.R. 2016. Complete analysis of the H5 hemagglutinin and N8 neuraminidase phylogenetic trees reveals that the H5N8 subtype has been produced by multiple reassortment events. F1000Research . 5, p. 2463 2463. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.9261.1

Lynch, S., Lown, M., Rajasingami, D., Peters, D., Ridge, Damien T., Cheshire, A., Fismer, K., Stewart-Brown, S, Lewith, H., Jagger, O. and Lewith, G. 2016. REFRAME: Resilience training for GPs. InnovAiT. 9 (6), p. 356–360. https://doi.org/10.1177/1755738016646396

Lewis, A., Coates, L.N., Turner, A.D., Percy, L. and Lewis, J. 2016. An evaluation of Paralytic Shellfish Toxin occurrence and magnitude around the UK coast since 2008; using chemotaxonomy to maximise routine monitoring data. The 17th International Conference on Harmful Algae. Florianopolis, Brazil 09 - 14 Oct 2016

Waddell, G. 2016. The Enchantment of Western Herbal Medicine. PhD thesis University of Westminster Life Sciences

Dartnell, L.R. 2016. (Un)welcome Visitors: Why Aliens Might Visit Us. in: Al-Khalili, J. (ed.) Aliens: Science Asks: Is There Anyone Out There? Profile Books. pp. 25-34

Domagal-Goldman, S.D., Wright, K.E., Adamala, K., de la Rubia Leigh, A., Bond, J., Dartnell, L.R., Goldman, A.D., Lynch, K., Naud, M.-E., Paulino-Lima, I.G., Kelsi, S., Walter-Antonio, M., Abrevaya, X.C., Anderson, R., Arney, G., Atri, D., Azúa-Bustos, A., Bowman, J.S., Brazelton, W.J., Brennecka, G.A., Carns, R., Chopra, A., Colangelo-Lillis, J., Crockett, C.J., DeMarines, J., Frank, E.A., Frantz, C., de la Fuente, E., Galante, D., Glass, J., Gleeson, D., Glein, C.R., Goldblatt, C., Horak, R., Horodyskyj, L., Kaçar, B., Kereszturi, A., Knowles, E., Mayeur, P., McGlynn, S., Miguel, Y., Montgomery, M., Neish, C., Noack, L., Rugheimer, S., Stüeken, E.E., Tamez-Hidalgo, P., Walker, S.I. and Wong, T. 2016. The Astrobiology Primer v2.0. Astrobiology. 16 (8), pp. 561-653. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2015.1460

Booker, A., Springer, L. and Heinrich, M. 2016. Collectors of Rhodiola species on the Sichuan-Tibetan and Sichuan-Shaanxi borders. The 16th International Congress on Ethnopharmacology. Yulin, China 15 - 18 May 2016 International Society for Ethnopharmacology.

Draper, A., Dowler, E., Sloan, L., Williams, M., Burnap, P. and Roberts, C. 2016. Understanding public concerns about food risks and food safety: role and usefulness of Twitter. National Centre for Social Statistics.

Roberts, C., Draper, A. and Dowler, E. 2016. Views on the food supply chain. in: British Social Attitudes Survey. 33rd edition London National Centre for Social Statistics.

Booker, A., Zhai, L., Gkouva, C., Li, S., Frommenwiler, D., Reich, E., Howard, C., Sgamma, T., Williams, S., Slater, A. and Heinrich, M. 2016. Comparison of different Rhodiola species using NMR- metabolomics, HPTLC and DNA barcoding techniques. 9th Joint Natural Products Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark 24 - 27 Jul 2016 Georg Thieme Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0036-1597026

Adaikalakoteswari, A., Finer, S., Voyias, P.D., McCarthy, C.M., Vatish, M., Moore, J., Smart-Halajko, M., Bawazeer, N., Al-Daghri, N.M., McTernan, P.G., Hitman, G.A., Saravanan, P. and Tripathi, G. 2016. Vitamin B12 deficiency induces cholesterol biosynthesis by limiting S-adenosyl methionine and altering the methylation of Srebf1 and Ldlr genes. Diabetes UK Professional Conference. London 11 - 13 Mar 2015 Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.12668

de la Escalera Clapp, L.M., Jackisch, L., Murphy, A., Piya, M.K., Kumar, S., Tripathi, G. and McTernan, P.G. 2016. Contribution of gut-derived bacterial LPS to mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress and inflammation in human adipocytes. 7th World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria. Berlin, Germany 24 - 26 Oct 2016 World Mitochondria Society. https://doi.org/10.18143/JWMS_v2i2_1898

Murphy, A., Tripathi, G., Barker, G., Chappell, M. and McTernan, P.G. 2016. Superfood ‘Freeze Dried Broccoli Extract’ to the rescue of mitochondrial inefficiency in human mature adipocytes. 7th World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria. Berlin, Germany 24 - 26 Oct 2016 World Mitochondria Society. https://doi.org/10.18143/JWMS_v2i2_1935

Murphy, A., Jackisch, L., Azharian, S., Aladel, A., Barker, G., Tripathi, G., Chappell, M. and McTernan, P. 2016. Freeze dried broccoli extract relieves ER stress and mitochondrial inefficiency in differentiated human pre-adipocyte cells. Society for Endocrinology BES 2016. Brighton 07 - 09 Nov 2016 Society for Endocrinology. https://doi.org/10.1530/endoabs.44.P191

Adaikalakoteswari, A., Vatish, M., McTernan, P., Saravanan, P. and Tripathi, G. 2016. Vitamin B12 deficiency impairs insulin signalling in human adipocytes by down regulating Akt via PTEN/Trb3. Diabetes UK Professional Conference. Glasgow 02 - 04 Mar 2016 Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.13048

Jackisch, L., de la Escalera, L.M., Murphy, A., McTernan, P., Randeva, H. and Tripathi, G. 2016. ER stress mediates mitochondrial dysfunction in human adipocytes which is exacerbated in obesity. 7th World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria. Berlin, Germany 24 - 26 Oct 2016 World Mitochondria Society. https://doi.org/10.18143/JWMS_v2i2_1921

Jackisch, L., Murphy, A., Al-Daghri, N., McTernan, P., Randeva, H. and Tripathi, G. 2016. Tunicamycin-induced ER stress mediates mitochondrial dysfunction in human adipocytes. Society for Endocrinology BES 2016. Brighton 07 - 09 Nov 2016 Society for Endocrinology. https://doi.org/10.1530/endoabs.44.P193

Jurcevic, S., Juif, P.E., Hamid, C., Greenlaw, R., D'Ambrosio, D. and Dingemanse, J. 2016. Effects of multiple-dose ponesimod, a selective SIP1 receptor modulator, on lymphocyte subsets in healthy humans. Drug Design, Development and Therapy. 11, pp. 123-131. https://doi.org/10.2147/DDDT.S120399

Krishnaswamy, S., Mohammed, A.K., Amer, O.E., Tripathi, G., Alokail, M.S. and Al-Daghri, N.M. 2016. Novel splicing variants of recepteur d'origine nantais (RON) tyrosine kinase involving exons 15–19 in lung cancer. Lung Cancer. 92, pp. 41-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2015.12.002

Perry, D., Paulose Nadappuram, B., Momotenko, D., Voyias, P.D., Page, A., Tripathi, G., Frenguelli, B.G. and Unwin, P.R. 2016. Surface Charge Visualization at Viable Living Cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138 (9), pp. 3152-3160. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b13153

Hu, J., Kyrou, I., Tan B.K., Dimitriadis, G.K., Ramanjaneya, M., Tripathi, G., Patel, V., James, S., Kawan, M., Chen, J. and Randeva, H.S. 2016. Short-chain Fatty Acid Acetate Stimulates Adipogenesis and Mitochondrial Biogenesis via GPR43 in Brown Adipocytes. Endocrinology. 157 (5), pp. 1881-1894. https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2015-1944

Liu, B., O'Donnell, C., Wong, C., Zariwala, M., Huang, G.C., Jones, P.M. and Persaud, S.J. 2016. The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine promotes insulin secretion and maintains functional β-cell mass. Diabetes UK Professional Conference . SECC, Glasgow, United Kingdom 02 - 04 Mar 2016 Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.8_13047

Renshaw, D., Zariwala, M. and Farnaud, S. 2016. Comparative study of the bioavailability of different iron supplements to bacteria. European Iron Club. Innsbruck, Austria 07 - 10 Apr 2016

Al-Obaidi, H., Patel, N., Ghafarzada, R., Malik, R., Musa, S., Chandramohan, S., Apostolova, P., Farnaud, S., Renshaw, D. and Zariwala, M. 2016. Fabrication and characterisation of novel protein-polysaccharide biopolymer based nanoparticles for iron delivery. European Iron Club. Innsbruck, Austria 07 - 10 Apr 2016

Zariwala, M., Farnaud, S., Renshaw, D. and Somavarapu, S. 2016. Beef protein isolate: a novel bio-matrix for formulating ferrous iron for nutritional applications. European Iron Club Meeting. Innsbruck, Austria 07 - 10 Apr 2016

Zariwala, M., Somavarapu, S., Evans, R.W., Farnaud, S. and Renshaw, D. 2016. Novel potato protein-polysaccharide nano-formulations for oral nutrient delivery. Vitafoods. Geneva, Switzerland 30 - 30 May 2016

Merchant, Z., Buckton, G., Taylor, K.M.G., Stapleton, P., Saleem, I.Y., Zariwala, M. and Somavarapu, S. 2016. A New Era of Pulmonary Delivery of Nano-antimicrobial Therapeutics to Treat Chronic Pulmonary Infections. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 22 (17), pp. 2577-2598. https://doi.org/10.2174/1381612822666160317142139

McNamee, S.E., Medlin, L.K., Kegel, J., McCoy, G.R., Raine, R., Barra, L., Ruggiero, M.V., Kooistra, W.H.C.F., Montresor, M., Hagstrom, J., Pérez Blanco, E., Graneli, E., Rodríguez, F., Escalera, L., Reguera, B., Dittami, S., Edvardsen, B., Taylor, J., Lewis, J., Pazos, Y., Elliott, C.T. and Campbell, K. 2016. Distribution, occurrence and biotoxin composition of the main shellfish toxin producing microalgae within European waters: A comparison of methods of analysis. Harmful Algae. 55, pp. 112-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2016.02.008

Patel, V.B. and Preedy, V.R. (ed.) 2016. Biomarkers in Kidney Disease (Biomarkers in Disease: Methods, Discoveries and Applications) . Springer.

Mehta, K., Briones-Orta, M., Manka P., Coombes, J.D., Williams, R., Patel, V.B. and Syn, W-K. 2016. Iron enhances hepatic fibrogenesis through TGF-β activation. Hepatology. 64 (1 suppl), p. 360A. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.28797

Martin, C.R., Preedy, V.R. and Patel, V.B. (ed.) 2016. Comprehensive Guide to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders. Springer.