Life Sciences

Isabella D. Cooper, Yvoni Kyriakidou, Kurtis Edwards, Lucy Petagine, Thomas N. Seyfried, Tomas Duraj, Adrian Soto-Mota, Andrew Scarborough, Sandra L. Jacome, Kenneth Brookler, Valentina Borgognoni, Vanusa Novaes, Rima Al-Faour and Bradley T. Elliott 2023. Ketosis Suppression and Ageing (KetoSAge): The Effects of Suppressing Ketosis in Long Term Keto-Adapted Non-Athletic Females. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24 (21) 15621. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms242115621

Sarah Slates, Alison Cook-Sather, Sima Aghakhani, Ali Al-Humuzi, Dulce Alonso, Karin Borgström, Fiona Boyle, Chris Cachia, Elisabeth Carlson, Jonathan Cole, Tadhg Dennehy, Marie Väfors Fritz, Marlene Gadzirayi, Loretta Goff, Petri Gudmundsson, Yang Han, Peter Hellman, Kal Holder, Sixun Hou, Julie Hughes, Jimmy Jennings, Wiki Jegliska, Amrita Kaur, Lu Kehan, Andrew Kelly, Carrie Lee, Constance Leonard, Rachael A. Lewitzky, Asia Majeed, Matthea Marquart, Joshua Marsden, Lia Marshall, Florina Matu, Tsholo Molefe, Yoko Mori, Nicola Morrell-Scott, Elizabeth Mullenger, Monica Obregon, Matt Pearce, Claire Pike, Hurshal Pol, Elena Riva, Caitlin Sands, Rachel Sinanan, Kelsey Smart, Sandra Smeltzer, Abi Spence, Teresa Stephens, Maria Magdalena Stollenwerk, Kiu Sum and Josephine Van-Ess 2023. How can students-as-partners work address challenges to student, faculty, and staff mental health and well-being? International Journal for Students as Partners. 7 (2), pp. 221-240. https://doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v7i2.5597

Audu, D., Patel, V.B., Idowu, O.A., Mshelbwala, F.M. and Idowu, A.B. 2023. Baseline and recurrent exposure to the standard dose of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) induces oxidative stress and liver damage in mice (BALB/c). Egyptian Liver Journal. 13 53. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43066-023-00291-7

Kehinde S. Okunade, Sarah O. John-Olabode, Adaiah P. Soibi-Harry, Austin C. Okoro, Adebola A. Adejimi, Iyabo Y. Ademuyiwa, Benedetto Osunwusi, Hameed Adelabu and Omolola Salako 2023. Prognostic performance of pretreatment systemic immune-inflammation index in women with epithelial ovarian cancer. Future Science OA. 9 (10) FSO897. https://doi.org/10.2144/fsoa-2023-0108

Mohammed, M. 2023. Investigating the Dynamics of Host-Phage interaction: Towards Effective Phage Therapy! 5th International Conference on Applied Microbiology and Beneficial Microbes. London 09 - 10 Oct 2023

Funduluka, Priscilla, Hachibamba, Twambo, Mukuma, Mercy, Bwembya, Phoebe, Keith, Regina, Kumwenda, Chiza and Mwila, Natasha Muchemwa 2023. Enhancing household soybean processing and utilization in the Eastern Province of Zambia, a concurrent triangulation study design. PLoS ONE. 18 (9) e0282762. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282762

Coghlan A., Partridge, F.A., Duque-Correa M.A., Rinaldi, G., Clare, S., Seymour, L., Brandt, C., Mkandawire, T.T., McCarthy, C., Holroyd, N., Nick, M., Brown, A.E. and Berriman, M. 2023. A drug repurposing screen for whipworms informed by comparative genomics. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 17 (9) e0011205. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011205

Blanche Aguida, Marie-Marthe Chabi, Soria Baouz, Rhys Mould, Jimmy D. Bell, Marootpong Pooam, Sebastien André, Dominique Archambault, Margaret Ahmad and Nathalie Jourdan 2023. Near-Infrared Light Exposure Triggers ROS to Downregulate Inflammatory Cytokines Induced by SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein in Human Cell Culture. Antioxidants. 12 (10). https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox12101824

Bener, Abdulbari, Tewfik, Ihab, Zughaier, Susu M. and Day, Andrew S. 2023. Editorial: Global excellence in children and health. Frontiers in Public Health. 11 1286481. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1286481

Halsey, L., Careau, V., Ainslie, Philip N., Alemán-Mateo, Heliodoro, Andersen, Lene F., Anderson, Liam J., Arab, Leonore, Baddou, Issad, Bandini, Linda, Bedu-Addo, Kweku, Blaak, E., Blanc, Stephane, Bonomi, Alberto G., Bouten, Carlijn V. C., Bovet, Pascal, Brage, Soren, Buchowski, Maciej S., Butte, Nancy, Camps, Stephan G., Casper, Regian, Close, Graeme L., Colbert, Lisa H., Cooper, Jamie A., Cooper, Richard, Dabare, Prasangi, Das, Sai Krupa, Davies, Peter S. W., Deb, Sanjoy, Nyström, Christine Delisle, Dietz, William, Dugas, Lara R., Eaton, Simon, Ekelund, Ulf, Hamdouchi, Asmaa El, Entringer, Sonja, Forrester, Terrence, Fudge, Barry W., Gillingham, Melanie, Goris, Annelies H., Gurven, Michael, Haisma, Hinke, Hambly, Catherine, Hoffman, Daniel, Hoos, Marije B., Hu, Sumei, Joonas, Noorjehan, Joosen, Annemiek, Katzmarzyk, Peter, Kempen, Kitty P., Kimura, Misaka, Kraus, William E., Kriengsinyos, Wantanee, Kuriyan, Rebecca, Kushner, Robert F., Lambert, Estelle V., Lanerolle, Pulani, Larsson, Christel L., Lessan, Nader, Löf, Marie, Martin, Corby, Matsiko, Eric, Meijer, Gerwin A., Morehen, James C., Morton, James P., Must, Aviva, Neuheuser, Marian, Nicklas, Theresa A., Ojiambo, Robert M., Pietilainen, Kirsi H., Pitsiladis, Yannis P., Plange-Rhule, Jacob, Plasqui, Guy, Prentice, Ross L., Rabinovich, Roberto, Racette, Susan B., Raichen, David A., Ravussin, Eric, Redman, Leanne, Reilly, John J., Reynolds, Rebecca, Roberts, Susan, Rood, Jennifer C., Samaranayake, Dulani, Sardinha, Luís B., Scuitt, Albertine J., Silva, Analiza M., Sinha, Srishti, Sjödin, Anders M., Stice, Eric, Stunkard, Albert, Urlacher, Samuel S., Valencia, Mauro Eduardo, Valenti, Giulio, van Etten, Ludo M., Van Mil, Edgar A., Verbunt, Jeanine A., Wells, Jonathan C. K., Wilson, George, Wood, Brian, Yoshida, Tsukasa, Zhang, Xueying, Murphy-Alford, Alexia, Loechl, Cornelia, Luke, Amy, Pontzer, Herman, Rood, Jennifer, Sagayama, Hiroyuki, Westerterp, Klaas R., Wong, William W., Yamada, Yosuke and Speakman, J. 2023. Greater male variability in daily energy expenditure develops through puberty. Biology Letters. 19 (9) 20230152. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0152

Fitzgerald, Martin 2023. Emergent quality issues in the supply of Chinese medicinal plants: A mixed methods investigation of their contemporary occurrence and historical persistence. PhD thesis University of Westminster Life Sciences https://doi.org/10.34737/w6281

Petagine, Lucy, Zariwala, Mohammed Gulrez and Patel, Vinood B 2023. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Immunological mechanisms and current treatments. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 29 (32), pp. 4831-4850. https://doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v29.i32.4831

Zhang, Rui, Yang, Yuyan, He, Chao, Zhang, Xin, Torraca, Vincenzo, Wang, Shen, Liu, Nan, Yang, Jiaren, Liu, Shicheng, Yuan, Jinglei, Gou, Dongzhi, Li, Shi, Dong, Xueying, Xie, Yufei, He, Junling, Bai, Hua, Hu, Mengyu, Liao, Zhiquan, Huang, Yuan, Lyu, Hao, Xiao, Shuai, Guo, Dong, Ali, Declan William, Michalak, M., Ma, C., Chen, X., Tang, J. and Zhou, C. 2023. RUNDC1 inhibits autolysosome formation and survival of zebrafish via clasping ATG14-STX17-SNAP29 complex. Cell Death and Differentiation. 30, p. 2231–2248. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41418-023-01215-z

Basnett, P., Percy, L., Sengupta, D. and Smith, C.L. 2023. The Cavendish Living lab - a multidisciplinary, vertically integrated project focused on sustainability. Westminster Learning and Teaching Symposium 2023: Better Than the Real Thing? Exploring Education Futures at the University of Westminster. University of Westminster 04 Sep 2023

Smith, C.L. and Mohammed, M. 2023. Alternative forms of assessment - the oral tradition. Westminster Learning and Teaching Symposium 2023: Better Than the Real Thing? Exploring Education Futures at the University of Westminster. University of Westminster 04 Sep 2023

Patel, Hershna and Sengupta, Dipankar 2023. Antiviral Drug Target Identification and Ligand Discovery. in: Gore, M. and Jagtap, U.B. (ed.) Computational Drug Discovery and Design Springer.

Khounvisith, Vilaysone, Saysouligno, Sonephet, Souvanlasy, Bounpalisone, Billamay, Somxay, Mongkhoune, Sodaly, Vongphachanh, Bounta, Snoeck, Chantal J, Black, A., Muller, Claude P and Hübschen, Judith M 2023. Hepatitis B virus and other transfusion-transmissible infections in child blood recipients in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: a hospital-based study. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 108 (1), pp. 15-19. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2022-324629

Black, A., Wallace, Jack, Binka, Mawuena and Butt, Zahid Ahmad 2023. The challenges of viral hepatitis elimination: a global response to a global problem. BMC Public Health. 23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15960-w

Vantava, Sonephet, Hefele, Lisa, Virachith, Siriphone, Vannachone, Souphaphone, Khounvisith, Vilaysone, Nouanthong, Phonethipsavanh, Hübschen, Judith M, Sayasone, Somphou and Black, A. 2023. Low seroprotection against diphtheria and tetanus in Lao adolescents. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 28 (6), pp. 501-506. https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13882

Mould, R., Kalampouka, I., Thomas, E.L., Guy, G., Nunn, A. and Bell, J.D. 2023. Non-chemical Signalling Between Mitochondria. Frontiers in Physiology. 14 1268075. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2023.1268075

Elok Zubaidah, Eirene Charista Dea, Aldilla Putri Rahayu, Kiki Fibrianto, Ella Saparianti, Hidayat Sujuti, Laura Godelive, Ignatius Srianta and Ihab Tewfik 2023. Enhancing Immunomodulatory Properties of Javanese Turmeric (Curcuma xanthorrhiza) Kombucha against Diethylnitrosamine in Male Balb/c Mice. Process Biochemistry. 133, pp. 303-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2023.09.012

Isabella D. Cooper, Yvoni Kyriakidou, Lucy Petagine, Kurtis Edwards and Bradley T. Elliott 2023. Bio-Hacking Better Health—Leveraging Metabolic Biochemistry to Maximise Healthspan. Antioxidants. 12 (9). https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox12091749

McCormick, A.L., Basnett, P., Vecchiato, V., Wright, E., Noble, B., Marcello, E. and Paxinou, A. 2023. Dual production of polyhydroxyalkanoates and antibacterial/antiviral gold nanoparticles. Frontiers in Nanotechnology. 5 1243056. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnano.2023.1243056

Bowman, K., Rutland, H., You, J, Fudge, T. and Kyazze, G. 2023. Development of a continuous flow MEC-AD system with autonomous feeding control and performance optimisation. 6th European Meeting of the International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology. Wageningen 06 - 08 Sep 2023

Ibrahim, R., Keshavarz, T. and Kyazze, G. 2023. Enhanced Azo Dye Treatment in a Sequential Anaerobic-Aerobic Coupled System of a Biophotovoltaic Cell and Aerobic Bioreactor . 3rd Annual EBNet ECR conference. Edinburgh 30 Aug - 01 Sep 2023

Abram Bunya Kamiza, Sounkou M. Touré, Feng Zhou, Opeyemi Soremekun, Cheickna Cissé, Mamadou Wélé, Aboubacrine M. Touré, Oyekanmi Nashiru, Manuel Corpas, Moffat Nyirenda, Amelia Crampin, Jeffrey Shaffer, Seydou Doumbia, Eleftheria Zeggini, Andrew P. Morris, Jennifer L. Asimit, Tinashe Chikowore and Segun Fatumo 2023. Multi-trait discovery and fine-mapping of lipid loci in 125,000 individuals of African ancestry. Nature Communications . 14 5403. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41271-0

Jorfi, S., Ansa-Addo, E.A., Mariniello, K., Warde, P., Bin Senian, A.A., Stratton, D., Bax, B.E., Levene, M., Lange, S. and Inal, J.M. 2023. A Coxsackievirus B1-mediated nonlytic Extracellular Vesicle-to-cell mechanism of virus transmission and its possible control through modulation of EV release. Journal of General Virology. 104 (9) 001884. https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.001884

Moreno-Torres, Victor, de Mendoza, Carmen, Martinez-Urbistondo, Maria, Mills, Patricia, Trevino, Ana, de la Fuente, Sara, de Santiago, Alberto Diaz, Calderon-Parra, Jorge, Pintos-Pascual, Ilduara, Corpas, Manuel, Soriano, Vicente and Corpas, M. 2023. Predictors of in-hospital mortality in HIV-infected patients with COVID-19. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine. 116 (1), pp. 57-62. https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcac215

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

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.