Life Sciences

Avril Coghlan, Frederick A. Partridge, María Adelaida Duque-Correa, Gabriel Rinaldi, Simon Clare, Lisa Seymour, Cordelia Brandt, Tapoka T. Mkandawire, Catherine McCarthy, Nancy Holroyd, Marina Nick, Anwen E. Brown, Sirapat Tonitiwong, David B. Sattelle and Matthew Berriman 2023. Preprint: A drug repurposing screen for whipworms informed by comparative genomics. biorxiv.org. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.02.530747

Al-Nuaim, A. and Safi, A. 2023. Factors Influencing Saudi Youth Physical Activity Participation: A Qualitative Study Based on the Social Ecological Model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20 (10) 5785. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20105785

Kantcheva, R. and Sum, K. 2023. Getting connected: establishing direct communication between learning developers and PhD Students with teaching responsibilities. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education. 27. https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi27.1013

Zubaidah, E., Cahyadi, A.B., Srianta, I. and Tewfik, I. 2023. Physicochemical and microbiological characteristics of fruit-based kombucha. Food Research. 7 (Suppl. 1), pp. 64-70. https://doi.org/10.26656/fr.2017.7s(1).8

I. Kuswardani, F. Yuwono, N.E. Dharmawan, I. Nugerahani, S. Ristiarini, I. Srianta and Tewfik, I. 2023. Re-formulating Monascus fermented durian seeds yogurt with strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) puree to enhance its microbiological, physicochemical and organoleptic properties. Food Research. 7 (Suppl. 1), pp. 8-13. https://doi.org/10.26656/fr.2017.7(s1).11

Dar, N.J., Bhat, S.A., Rehman, M.U. and Booker, A. 2023. Editorial: Investigating the molecular targets and therapeutic potential of Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha) in various pathophysiological conditions. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 14 1187334. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2023.1187334

Obakan Yerlikaya, P., Arisan, E.D., Mehdizadehtapeh, L., Uysal Onganer, P. and Coker-Gurkan, A. 2023. The Use of Plant Steroids in Viral Disease Treatments: Current Status and Future Perspectives. European Journal of Biology. 82 (1), pp. 86-94. https://doi.org/10.26650/EurJBiol.2023.1130357

Mortoglou, M., Miralles, F., Mould, R., Sengupta, D. and Uysal Onganer, P. 2023. Inhibiting CDK4/6 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma via microRNA-21. European Journal of Cell Biology. 102 (2) 151318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcb.2023.151318

Mohammed, M., Otong, M.M., Mboto, C., Asuquo, B.S., Okoro, B., Ekpo, C., Okon, U.E. and Mbim, E.N. 2023. Genomic Analysis of Clinical Multidrug Resistant E. coli in Nigerian Hospitals. Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2023. Birmingham, UK 17 - 20 Apr 2023

Andrs, Martin, Stoy, H., Boleslavska, Barbora, Chappidi, Nagaraja, Kanagaraj, R., Nascakova, Zuzana, Menon, Shruti, Rao, Satyajeet, Oravetzova, Anna, Dobrovolna, J., Surendranath, Kalpana, Lopes, M. and Janscak, P. 2023. Excessive reactive oxygen species induce transcription-dependent replication stress. Nature Communications . 14 (1) 1791. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37341-y

Basty, N., Sorokin, E., Thanaj, M., Srinivasan, R., Whitcher, B., Bell, J.D., Cule, M. and Thomas, E.L. 2023. Abdominal imaging associates body composition with COVID-19 severity. PLoS ONE. 18 (4) e0283506. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283506

Hodkinson, Alexander, Peters, David, Panagioti, Maria, Pifarre, Josep and Yuguero, Oriol 2023. Editorial: The public health problem of burnout in health professionals. Frontiers in Public Health. 11, p. 1173312. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1173312

Pirkalkhoran, Sama, Grabowska, Wiktoria Roksana, Kashkoli, Hamid Heidari, Mirhassani, Reihaneh, Guiliano, David, Dolphin, Colin and Khalili, H. 2023. Bioengineering of Antibody Fragments: Challenges and Opportunities. Bioengineering. 10 (2) 122. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10020122

E. Zubaidah, M.S. Arum, T. Dewanti, A.P. Rahayu, I. Srianta, I. Tewfik and Tewfik, I. 2023. Sauerkraut inoculated with Lactobacillus casei as a potent immunomodulator in Escherichia coli infected mice. Food Research. 7 (2), pp. 67-73. https://doi.org/10.26656/fr.2017.7(2).586

Mohammed, M. 2023. Difference Festival: Fighting superbugs. University of Westminster.

Mohammed, M. 2023. Dr Manal Mohammed for The Conversation on the norovirus. The Conversation.

Sidali, A. 2023. The Adenylate-Uridylate-Rich element RNA binding protein ZFP36L1 suppresses replication stress-induced genomic instability. PhD thesis University of Westminster School of Life Sciences https://doi.org/10.34737/w2165

Torraca, Vincenzo, Bielecka, Magdalena K., Gomes, Margarida C., Brokatzky, Dominik, Busch‐Nentwich, Elisabeth M. and Mostowy, S. 2023. Zebrafish null mutants of Sept6 and Sept15 are viable but susceptible to Shigella infection. Cytoskeleton. 80 (7-8), pp. 266-274. https://doi.org/10.1002/cm.21750

Coates, C., Kraev, I., Rowley, A. and Lange, S. 2023. Extracellular vesicle signatures and protein citrullination are modified in shore crabs (Carcinus maenas) infected with Hematodinium sp. Virulence. 14 (1) 2180932. https://doi.org/10.1080/21505594.2023.2180932

Taylor, C., Behbehani, Mehri, Glen, Adam, Basnett, Pooja, Gregory, D., Lukasiewicz, Barbara B., Nigmatullin, R., Claeyssens, F., Roy, Ipsita and Haycock, John W. 2023. Aligned Polyhydroxyalkanoate Blend Electrospun Fibers as Intraluminal Guidance Scaffolds for Peripheral Nerve Repair. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 9 (3), pp. 1472-1485. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.2c00964

Marjola Thanaj, Nicolas Basty, Brandon Whitcher, Elena P. Sorokin, Yi Liu, Ramprakash Srinivasan, Madeleine Cule, E. Louise Thomas and Jimmy D. Bell 2023. Preprint: Precision MRI phenotyping of muscle volume and quality at a population scale. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.02.23286689

Fernando, E., de Silva, C, Nazeer, Z and Kyazze, G. 2023. Biochemical, molecular and microbial ecological aspects of bioelectrochemical systems. in: Gothandam, K.M., Srinivasan, R., Ranjan, S. and Dasgupta, N. (ed.) Biotechnology for toxicity remediation and environmental sustainability CRC Press, Taylor & Francis. pp. 139 - 165

Ghosh, A. and Koutsogeorgou, E. 2023. Changes after COVID-19 on welfare policies and services for people with learning disabilitites and Autism: Acase study for England, United Kingdom. in: Disability Welfare Policy in Europe:Cognitive Disability and the impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic UK Emerald Publishing Limited. pp. 167-188

Anand Panchbhai, Munuse Ceyda Ishanzadeh, Smarana Pankanti, Ahmed Sidali, Nadeeen Solaiman, Radhakrishnan Kanagaraj, John J. Murphy and Kalpana Surendranath 2023. A deep learning workflow for quantification of Micronuclei in DNA damage studies in cultured cancer cell lines: a proof of principle investigation. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. 232 107447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2023.107447

Yang W. Huan, Vincenzo Torraca, Russell Brown, Jidapha Fa-arun, Sydney L. Miles, Diego A. Oyarzún, Serge Mostowy and Baojun Wang 2023. P1 Bacteriophage-Enabled Delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 Antimicrobial Activity Against Shigella flexneri. ACS Synthetic Biology. 12 (3), pp. 709-721. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssynbio.2c00465

Nicolas Basty, Elena P. Sorokin, Marjola Thanaj, Brandon Whitcher, Yi Liu, Jimmy D. Bell, E. Louise Thomas and Madeleine Cule 2023. Preprint: Cardiovascular measures from abdominal MRI provide insights into abdominal vessel genetic architecture. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.02.22278060

Chan, Stefanie Ho Yi, Sheikh, Khalid, Zariwala, Mohammed Gulrez and Somavarapu, Satyanarayana 2023. Dry Powder Formulation of Azithromycin for COVID-19 Therapeutics. Journal of Microencapsulation. 40 (4), pp. 217-232. https://doi.org/10.1080/02652048.2023.2175924

Mohammed, M. 2023. Dr Manal Mohammed for CNN on how often you should wear your clothes without washing them. CNN.

Ball, Katherine 2023. The Model Diet: Building a tailored dietary intervention for fashion models to meet the needs of the individual and the occupational and social constraints of the fashion industry. PhD thesis University of Westminster Life Sciences https://doi.org/10.34737/w180z

Mueller, Stefanie H, Lai, Alvina G, Valkovskaya, Maria, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Bolla, Manjeet K, Wang, Qin, Dennis, Joe, Lush, Michael, Abu-Ful, Zomoruda, Ahearn, Thomas U, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia N, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Augustinsson, Annelie, Baert, Thais, Freeman, Laura E Beane, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Blomqvist, Carl, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Bonanni, Bernardo, Brenner, Hermann, Brucker, Sara Y, Buys, Saundra S, Castelao, Jose E, Chan, Tsun L, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Choi, Ji-Yeob, Chung, Wendy K, NBCS Collaborators, Colonna, Sarah V, CTS Consortium, Cornelissen, Sten, Couch, Fergus J, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Devilee, Peter, Dörk, Thilo, Dossus, Laure, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Ekici, Arif B, Eliassen, A Heather, Engel, Christoph, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Fletcher, Olivia, Flyger, Henrik, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gao, Yu-Tang, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A, Genkinger, Jeanine, Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra, Grassmann, Felix, Guénel, Pascal, Gündert, Melanie, Haeberle, Lothar, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Harkness, Elaine F, Harrington, Patricia A, Hartikainen, Jaana M, Hartman, Mikael, Hein, Alexander, Ho, Weang-Kee, Hooning, Maartje J, Hoppe, Reiner, Hopper, John L, Houlston, Richard S, Howell, Anthony, Hunter, David J, Huo, Dezheng, ABCTB Investigators, Ito, Hidemi, Iwasaki, Motoki, Jakubowska, Anna, Janni, Wolfgang, John, Esther M, Jones, Michael E, Jung, Audrey, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kang, Daehee, Khusnutdinova, Elza K, Kim, Sung-Won, Kitahara, Cari M, Koutros, Stella, Kraft, Peter, Kristensen, Vessela N, Kubelka-Sabit, Katerina, Kurian, Allison W, Kwong, Ava, Lacey, James V, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Li, Jingmei, Linet, Martha, Lo, Wing-Yee, Long, Jirong, Lophatananon, Artitaya, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Margolin, Sara, Matsuo, Keitaro, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Menon, Usha, Muir, Kenneth, Murphy, Rachel A, Nevanlinna, Heli, Newman, William G, Niederacher, Dieter, O'Brien, Katie M, Obi, Nadia, Offit, Kenneth, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I, Olshan, Andrew F, Olsson, Håkan, Park, Sue K, Patel, Alpa V, Patel, Achal, Perou, Charles M, Peto, Julian, Pharoah, Paul D P, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Presneau, Nadege, Rack, Brigitte, Radice, Paolo, Ramachandran, Dhanya, Rashid, Muhammad U, Rennert, Gad, Romero, Atocha, Ruddy, Kathryn J, Ruebner, Matthias, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sandler, Dale P, Sawyer, Elinor J, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Schmutzler, Rita K, Schneider, Michael O, Scott, Christopher, Shah, Mitul, Sharma, Priyanka, Shen, Chen-Yang, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Simard, Jacques, Surowy, Harald, Tamimi, Rulla M, Tapper, William J, Taylor, Jack A, Teo, Soo Hwang, Teras, Lauren R, Toland, Amanda E, Tollenaar, Rob A E M, Torres, Diana, Torres-Mejía, Gabriela, Troester, Melissa A, Truong, Thérèse, Vachon, Celine M, Vijai, Joseph, Weinberg, Clarice R, Wendt, Camilla, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Wu, Anna H, Yamaji, Taiki, Yang, Xiaohong R, Yu, Jyh-Cherng, Zheng, Wei, Ziogas, Argyrios, Ziv, Elad, Dunning, Alison M, Easton, Douglas F, Hemingway, Harry, Hamann, Ute and Kuchenbaecker, K. 2023. Aggregation tests identify new gene associations with breast cancer in populations with diverse ancestry. Genome Medicine. 15 (1), p. 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-022-01152-5

Gibson, R., Lewis, J., Hilberink, A., Philippou, E., Wilson, D., Theobald, H.E., Sum, K., David, D., Alawfi, J.S., Roper, H.J., Makinwa, F., Lessons, G., Clark, A., Maynard, N., Viner, L. and Hall, W.L. 2023. Proceedings of a roundtable event ‘Workplace Diet and Health – priorities for researchers and practitioners’. Nutrition Bulletin. 48 (1), pp. 144-153. https://doi.org/10.1111/nbu.12605

Safi, A., Khawaja, I., Collins, P. and Myers, T. 2023. A Cross-Sectional Study Exploring the Physical Activity Levels of Afghans and Other South Asian Youth in the UK. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20 (2), pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021087

Mursaleen, L., Chan, S., Noble, B., Somavarapu, S. and Zariwala, M. 2023. Curcumin and N-Acetylcysteine Nanocarriers Alone or Combined with Deferoxamine Target the Mitochondria and Protect against Neurotoxicity and Oxidative Stress in a Co-Culture Model of Parkinson’s Disease. Antioxidants. 12 (1) 130. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox12010130

Allen, Sophie L., Elliott, Bradley T., Carson, Brian P. and Breen, Leigh 2023. Improving Physiological Relevance of Cell Culture: The Possibilities, Considerations and Future Directions of the Ex Vivo Co-Culture Model. American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology. 324 (2), pp. C420-C427. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.00473.2022

Basty, N., Thanaj, M., Cule, M., Sorokin, E., Liu, Y., Thomas, E.L., Bell, J.D. and Whitcher, B. 2023. Artifact-Free Fat-Water Separation in Dixon MRI using Deep Learning. Journal of Big Data. 10 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40537-022-00677-1

Esposito, Fortunato Palma, Vecchiato, Vittoria, Buonocore, Carmine, Tedesco, Pietro, Noble, Brendon, Basnett, Pooja and de Pascale, Donatella 2023. Enhanced production of biobased, biodegradable, Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) using an unexplored marine bacterium Pseudohalocynthiibacter aestuariivivens, isolated from highly polluted coastal environment. Bioresource Technology. 368, p. 128287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128287

Lange, S. 2023. Special Issue "The Exposome in Immune Evolution, Health and Disease". Biology.

Allen, K., Safi, A. and Deb, S. 2023. An exploration into the impact that shift work has on the nutritional behaviours of UK police officers. British Journal of Nutrition. 130 (2), pp. 284-293. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007114522002999

Allesøe, Rosa Lundbye, Lundgaard, A., Hernández Medina, R., Aguayo-Orozco, Alejandro, Johansen, J., Nissen, Jakob Nybo, Brorsson, Caroline, Mazzoni, Gianluca, Niu, L., Biel, J., Brasas, Valentas, Webel, Henry, Benros, M., Pedersen, A., Chmura, Piotr Jaroslaw, Jacobsen, U., Mari, Andrea, Koivula, R., Mahajan, Anubha, Vinuela, A., Tajes, Juan Fernandez, Sharma, Sapna, Haid, M., Hong, M., Musholt, Petra B, De Masi, Federico, Vogt, Josef, Pedersen, Helle Krogh, Gudmundsdottir, Valborg, Jones, Angus, Kennedy, G., Bell, Jimmy, Thomas, E.L., Frost, G., Thomsen, Henrik, Hansen, Elizaveta, Hansen, T., Vestergaard, Henrik, Muilwijk, Mirthe, Blom, Marieke T, 't Hart, Leen M, Pattou, Francois, Raverdy, Violeta, Brage, Soren, Kokkola, Tarja, Heggie, Alison, McEvoy, Donna, Mourby, Miranda, Kaye, J., Hattersley, A., McDonald, Timothy, Ridderstråle, M., Walker, Mark, Forgie, Ian, Giordano, Giuseppe N, Pavo, Imre, Ruetten, Hartmut, Pedersen, O., Hansen, T., Dermitzakis, Emmanouil, Franks, Paul W, Schwenk, J., Adamski, Jerzy, McCarthy, Mark I, Pearson, Ewan, Banasik, Karina, Rasmussen, S., Brunak, S. and IMI DIRECT Consortium 2023. Discovery of drug-omics associations in type 2 diabetes with generative deep-learning models. Nature Biotechnology. 41, pp. 399-408. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-022-01520-x

Thanaj, M., Basty, N., Cule, M., Sorokin, E.P., Whitcher, B., Bell, J.D. and Thomas, E.L. 2023. Preprint: Liver Shape Analysis using Statistical Parametric Maps at Population Scale. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.18.22278951