Life Sciences

Corpas, Manuel and Fatumo, Segun 2023. Generalisation of genomic findings and applications of polygenic risk scores. BMC Medical Genomics. 16 175. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12920-023-01615-7

Smith, C.L. 2023. Go to Article New research reveals that Ötzi the iceman was bald and probably from a farming family – what else can DNA uncover? The Conversation.

Bowman, K., Rutland, H, Yu, J, Lin, H, Fudge, T., Kale, I. and Kyazze, G. 2023. Development of a continuous flow MEC-AD system with autonomous feeding control and performance optimisation. 6th IWA International Conference on eco-technologies for wastewater treatment. Girona, Spain 26 - 29 Jun 2023

Manuel Corpas, Carmen de Mendoza, Víctor Moreno-Torres, Ilduara Pintos, Pedro Seoane, James R. Perkins, Juan A.G. Ranea, Segun Fatumo, Tamas Korcsmaros, José Manuel Martín-Villa, Pablo Barreiro, Octavio Corral and Vicente Soriano 2023. Genetic signature detected in T cell receptors from patients with severe COVID-19. iScience. 26 (10) 107735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107735

Ramos-Sevillano, E., Ercoli, G., Guerra-Assunção, J.A., Betts, M., Partridge, F., Fernandes, V.E., Wall, E., Gordon, S.B., Ferreira, D.M., Heyderman, R. and Brown, J.S. 2023. Preprint: Essential role of proline synthesis and the one-carbon metabolism pathways for systemic virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae. biorxiv.org. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.03.550501

Nunn, A., Guy, G. and Bell, J.D. 2023. Informing the Cannabis Conjecture: From Life’s Beginnings to Mitochondria, Membranes and the Electrome - A Review. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24 (17) 13070. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms241713070

Keith, R. 2023. Gender and food security: cross cutting or crossed out? The challenge of implementing ‘Gender Just’ food security solutions. in: Caraher, M. (ed.) Handbook of Food Security and Society UK Edgar Elgar Publishing. pp. 145-161

Keith, R. 2023. Can the Alma Ata principles of equity, governance and voice be used to balance the rising power of international corporations in global nutrition governance? in: Caraher, M. (ed.) Handbook of Food Security and Society UK Edgar Elgar Publishing. pp. 144-162

Vincenzo Torraca, Dominik Brokatzky, Sydney L Miles, Charlotte E Chong, P Malaka De Silva, Stephen Baker, Claire Jenkins, Kathryn E Holt, Kate S Baker and Serge Mostowy 2023. Shigella serotypes associated with carriage in humans establish persistent infection in zebrafish. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 228 (8), pp. 1108-1118. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiad326

Elok Zubaidah, Ike Susanti, Hidayat Sujuti, Erryana Martati, Aldilla Putri Rahayu, Ignatius Srianta and Ihab Tewfik 2023. The distinctive hepatoprotective activity of turmeric kombucha (Curcuma longa) induced by diethylnitrosamine in Balb/C mice. Food Bioscience. 55 103043. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fbio.2023.103043

Mohammed, M. 2023. Dr Manal Mohammed,has launched a campaign to raise awareness of superbugs (antibiotic resistant bacteria).

Volpi, E. 2023. Different Conversations Podcast: Obesity as a genotoxic environment. University of Westminster.

Usman, M., Woloshynowych, M., Carrilho Britto, J., Bilkevic, I., Glassar, B., Chapman, S., Ford-Adams, M., Desai, A., Bain, M., Tewfik, I. and Volpi, E. 2023. Biomonitoring and predictive modelling of genomic instability in childhood obesity. Spanish Journal of Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics. 27 (1), p. 169.

Rundle, M., Fiamoncini, J., Thomas, E.L., Wopereis, S., Afman, L.A., Brennan, L., Drevon, C.A., Gundersen, T.E., Daniel, H,, Garcia Perez, I., Posma, J.M., Ivanova, D.G., Bell, J.D., van Ommen, B. and Frost, G. 2023. Diet-induced weight loss and phenotypic flexibility among healthy overweight adults: a randomized trial . American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 118 (3), pp. 591-604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.07.002

Mohammed, Manal, Agarkar, Ishwari and Begum, Kamnoor 2023. Groupwork: Advantages & Disadvantages. A Students as Co-Creators Project. University of Westminster.

Dirimtekin, E., Mortoglou, M., Alavanda, C., Yemlahi, A.B., Ates, E.A., Guney, I. and Uysal Onganer, P. 2023. miR-34a-FOXP1 Loop in Ovarian Cancer. ACS Omega. 8 (30), pp. 27743-27750. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c03867

Mohammed, M. 2023. Arcturus: what to know about the new COVID variant, omicron XBB.1.16. The Conversation.

Jacques, Matthew, Agwu, Chinedu, Mattin, Lewis, Deane, Colleen, Lester, Paul and Stevenson-Cocks, Harley 2023. To what extent do you think COVID-19 has impacted physiology teaching? Physiology News. 130, p. 45. https://doi.org/10.36866/pn.130.45

Agyekum Boaitey, Yaw 2023. Prevalence of the related treponematoses syphilis and yaws and co-occurrence of pathogens causing similar skin lesions in Ghana. PhD thesis University of Westminster Life Sciences https://doi.org/10.34737/w4218

Moinipoor, Z. 2023. Interaction of skin cells with skin microbiota. PhD thesis University of Westminster Life Sciences https://doi.org/10.34737/w41z3

Edwards, K., Lydyard, P., Kulikova, N., Tsertsvadze, T., Volpi, E.V., Chiorazzi, N. and Porakishvili, N. 2023. The role of CD180 in hematological malignancies and inflammatory disorders. Molecular Medicine. 29, p. 97 https://molmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s10020-023-00682-x. https://doi.org/10.1186/s10020-023-00682-x

Mitra, S., Harvey-Jones, K., Kraev, I., Verma, V., Meehan, C., Mintoft, A., Norris, G., Campbell, E., Tucker, K., Robertson, N.J., Hristova, M. and Lange, S. 2023. The Extracellular Vesicle Citrullinome and Signature in a Piglet Model of Neonatal Seizures. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24 (14) 11529. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms241411529

Sharland, Philippa Boag, Haroun, J. and Safi, A. 2023. Exploring the Impact of a Global Pandemic (COVID-19) on Factors Impacting the Resilience of Top-Tier London Hockey Players. Journal of Sports Medicine. 2023 5346846. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/5346846

Catherine M. Moore, Anne Ljungars, Matthew J. Paul, Camilla Holst Dahl, Shirin Ahmadi, Anna Christina Adams, Lise Marie Grav, Sanne Schoffelen, Bjørn Gunnar Voldborg, Andreas Hougaard Laustsen and Julian K-C Ma 2023. Characterisation of two snake toxin-targeting human monoclonal immunoglobulin G antibodies expressed in tobacco plants. Toxicon. 232 107225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2023.107225

Yuksel, Muhammed, Nazmi, Farinaz, Wardat, Dima, Akgul, Sebahat, Polat, Esra, Akyildiz, Murat and Arikan, Cigdem 2023. Standard immunosuppressive treatment reduces regulatory B cells in children with autoimmune liver disease. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.1053216

Ifigeneia Kalampouka, Rhys R. Mould, Stan W. Botchway, Alasdair Mackenzie, Alistair V. Nunn, E. Louise Thomas and Jimmy D. Bell 2023. Preprint: Near infrared-light treatment alters mitochondrial homeostasis to induce senescence in breast cancer cells. biorxiv.org. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.06.547935

Xiaoan Wu, Kevin P. Cunningham, Rosamary Ramentol, Marta E. Perez and H. Peter Larsson 2023. Similar voltage-sensor movement in spHCN channels can cause closing, opening, or inactivation. Journal of General Physiology. 155 (5) e202213170. https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.202213170

Lange, S. 2023. Extracellular Vesicles in Phylogeny. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24 (13) 10466. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms241310466

Thanaj, M., Basty, N., Cule, M., Sorokin, E., Whitcher, B., Srinivasan, R., Lennon, R., Bell, J.D. and Thomas, E.L. 2023. Preprint: Kidney Shape Statistical Analysis: Associations with Disease and Anthropometric Factors. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.26.23291901

Mohammed, M., Casjens, S.R., Millard, A.D., Harrison, C., Gannon, L. and Chattaway, M.A. 2023. Genomic analysis of Anderson typing phages of Salmonella Typhimrium: towards understanding the basis of bacteria-phage interaction. Scientific Reports. 13 10484. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37307-6

Kyazze, G. 2023. Biotechnology, sustainability and the water environment. FAPS International Symposium. Koladaisi University, Ibadan, Nigeria 29 - 29 May 2023

Catherine M. Moore, Jasvir Dhillon, Rebecca Flynn, Krzysztof Gizynski, Candice Adams, George Morgan, David McGurk, Eduardo Boada, Shireen Shabestary, Jonathan Peat, Jonathan O'Halloran, Neil G. Stoker, Philip D. Butcher, Heather Murton and Moore, C. 2023. A Novel Microfluidic Dielectrophoresis Technology to Enable Rapid Diagnosis of Mycobacteria tuberculosis in Clinical Samples. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. 25 (7), pp. 513-523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoldx.2023.04.005

Chan, S., Yasmin Khatib, Sherael Webley, Deborah Layton and Sam Salek 2023. Identification of cardiotoxicity related to non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treatments: A systematic review. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 14 1137983. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2023.1137983

Koushyar, S., Uysal Onganer, P., Jiang, W.G. and Dart , D.A. 2023. Prohibitin Links Cell Cycle, Motility and Invasion in Prostate Cancer Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24 (12) 9919. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24129919

Murphy, J., Surendranath, K. and Kanagaraj, R. 2023. RNA-Binding Proteins and Their Emerging Roles in Cancer: Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24 (11) 9612. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24119612

Sydney L. Miles, Vincenzo Torraca, Zoe A. Dyson, Ana Teresa López-Jiménez, Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko, Damián Lobato-Márquez, Claire Jenkins, Kathryn E. Holt and Serge Mostowy 2023. Acquisition of a large virulence plasmid (pINV) promoted temperature-dependent virulence and global dispersal of O96:H19 enteroinvasive Escherichia coli. mBio. 14 (4). https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00882-23

Sum, K. 2023. Making the elephant dance: Connectivity as transgressive practice in doctoral research. in: Abegglen, S., Burns, T. and Sinfield, S. (ed.) Collaboration in Higher Education: a New Ecology of Practice Bloomsbury.

Sum, K. 2023. Including the 'Students' as Co-Creators. in: Rossi, V. (ed.) Inclusive Learning Design in Higher Education: A Practical Guide to Creating Equitable Learning Experiences Routledge.

Ruchira Ghosh and Dipankar Sengupta 2023. Smart Urban Metabolism: A Big-Data and Machine Learning Perspective. in: Urban Metabolism and Climate Change Springer. pp. 325–344

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