Life Sciences

Roy, I., Philip, S.E., Francis, L., Rai, R., Valappil, S.P., Markiv, A., Keshavarz, T., Misra, S.K., Decheng, M. and Boccaccini, A.R. 2008. Microbial PHA biosynthesis and its applications. 11th International Symposium on Biodegradable Polyesters. Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand 23 - 26 Nov 2008

Roy, I. and Philip, S.E. 2008. Polyhydroxyalkanoates: a new generation of biotechnologically produced biodegradable polymers. in: Richter, F.W. (ed.) Biotechnology: research, technology and applications New York Nova Science Publishers. pp. 1-48

Roy, I. and Philip, S.E. 2008. Fabrication of a novel. in: Richter, F.W. (ed.) Biotechnology: research, technology and applications New York Nova Science Publishers. pp. 1-48

Rai, R., Keshavarz, T. and Roy, I. 2008. Production of medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoates using Pseudomonas species. 11th International Symposium on Biodegradable Polyesters. Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand 23 - 26 Nov 2008

Philip, S.E., Odell, M., Keshavarz, T. and Roy, I. 2008. Polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase in Bacillus cereus SPV, a class IV PHA synthase. 11th International Symposium on Biodegradable Polyesters. Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand 23 - 26 Nov 2008

Peters, D. 2008. Complementary therapies in the NHS: some thoughts and three cases. London Journal of Primary Care. 2008 (2), pp. 108-111.

Ounzain, S., Dacwag, C.S., Samani, N.J., Imbalzano, A.N. and Chong, Nelson W. 2008. Comparative in silico analysis identifies bona fide MyoD binding sites within the myocyte stress 1 gene promoter. BMC Molecular Biology. 9 (50). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2199-9-50

Nedelcheva, Y., Getting, S.J. and Kerrigan, M.J.P. 2008. The role of the actin cytoskeleton in chondrocyte protection following single impact. pA2 Online. From the University of Brighton, Winter 2008 Meeting: Proceedings of the British Pharmacological Society. 6 (4). https://doi.org/http://www.pa2online.org/abstracts/Vol6Issue4abst148P.pdf

Nasir, A., Roberts, H., Thompson, S. and Murphy, J.J. 2008. Evidence for involvement of ZFP36L1 protein downregulation in differentiation of the murine BCL1 leukaemia cell line. BSI Immunology Congress. Glasgow 17-21 November 2008

Nair, R.R., Murphy, T., Roy, I., Harrop, A., Dixon, K. and Keshavarz, T. 2008. Optimisation studies of multiple elicitor addition in microbial systems: P.Chrysogenum and B.Lichiniformis. in: Marino, G., Bardone, E. and Viglia, A. (ed.) IBIC2008 - 1st International Conference on Industrial Biotechnology AIDIC Servizi S.r.l..

Musallam, M., Bener, A., Zirie, M., Al-Gaud, Y.K., Al-Hamaq, A.A., Othman, M.A. and Tewfik, I. 2008. Metabolic Syndrome and its components among Qatari population. International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health. 1 (1), pp. 88-102. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFSNPH.2008.018858

Mehta, S.R., Thomas, E.L., Bell, J.D., Johnston, D.G. and Taylor-Robinson, S.D. 2008. Non-invasive means of measuring hepatic fat content. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 14 (22), pp. 3476-3483. https://doi.org/10.3748/wjg.14.3476

Leoni, G., Patel, H.B., Sampaio, A.L.F., Gavins, F.N.E., Getting, S.J. and Perretti, M. 2008. Tonic inhibitory control of the mesenteric microcirculation by the melanocortin type 3 receptor. Journal of Vascular Research. 45 (Suppl2).

Leoni, G., Patel, H.B., Sampaio, A.L.F., Gavins, F.N.E., Getting, S.J. and Perretti, M. 2008. Inhibitory role of endogenous melanocortin type 3 receptor in the inflamed microcirculation. William Harvey Day. St. Barts Hospital, London 14th October 2008

Kamaly, N., Kalber, T., Ahmad, A., Oliver, M.H., So, P.W., Herlihy, A.H., Bell, J.D., Jorgensen, M.R. and Miller, A.D. 2008. Bimodal paramagnetic and fluorescent liposomes for cellular and tumor magnetic resonance imaging. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 19 (1), pp. 118-129. https://doi.org/10.1021/bc7001715

Green, J. 2008. Changing with herbs: treatment of menopausal symptoms by qualified herbal practitioners: a prospective, randomized controlled trial. 144th Conference of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists. Chester 2008

Getting, S.J., Kaneva, M. and Kerrigan, M.J.P. 2008. A role for melanocortin peptides in modulating oxidative stress induced inflammation in A549 cells. pA2 Online. From the University of Brighton, Winter 2008 Meeting: Proceedings of the British Pharmacological Society. 6 (4), p. C020.

Getting, S.J. 2008. Melanocortins. in: Offermanns, S. and Rosenthal, W. (ed.) Encyclopedia of molecular pharmacology. 2nd edition Berlin Springer. pp. 752-757

Francis, L., Keshavarz, T. and Roy, I. 2008. Polyhydroxyalkanoate synthasis using Bacillus cereus SPV. COST Action 868: Biotechnical Functionalisation of Renewable Polymeric Materials: 2008 Annual Workshop (combined Working Group and Management Committee meeting). Varna, Bulgaria 18 -19 Sep 2008

Draper, A. and Tuffrey, V. 2008. Staple foods. in: Millstone, E. and Lang, T. (ed.) The atlas of food: who eats what, where and why. 2nd edition London, UK Earthscan. pp. 80-81

Draper, A. and Tuffrey, V. 2008. Nutritional deficiencies. in: Millstone, E. and Lang, T. (ed.) The atlas of food: who eats what, where and why. 2nd edition London, UK Earthscan. pp. 26-27

Draper, A. and Tuffrey, V. 2008. Changing diets. in: Millstone, E. and Lang, T. (ed.) The atlas of food: who eats what, where and why. 2nd edition London, UK Earthscan. pp. 82-83

Deutsch, E.W., Ball, C.A., Berman, J.J., Bova, G.S., Brazma, A., Bumgarner, R.E., Campbell, D., Causton, H.C., Christiansen, J.H., Daian, F., Dauga, D., Davidson, D.R., Gimenez, G., Goo, Y.A., Grimmond, S., Henrich, T., Herrmann, B.G., Johnson, M.H., Korb, M., Mills, J.C., Oudes, A.J., Parkinson, H.E., Pascal, L.E., Pollet, N., Quackenbush, J., Ramialison, M., Ringwald, M., Salgado, D., Sansone, S.A., Sherlock, G., Stoeckert Jr, C.J., Swedlow, J., Taylor, R.C., Walashek, L., Warford, A., Wilkinson, D., Zhou, Y., Zon, L.I., Liu, A.Y., True, L.D. and Stoeckert Jr, Christian J. 2008. Minimum information specification for in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry experiments (MISFISHIE). Nature Biotechnology. 26 (3), pp. 305-312. https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1391

Bener, A., Alsaied, A., Al-Ali, M., Hassan, A.S., Basha, B., Al-Kubaisi, A., Abraham, A., Mian, M., Guiter, G., Tewfik, I. and Agha, M. 2008. Impact of lifestyle and dietary habits on hypovitaminosis D in type 1 diabetes mellitus and healthy children from Qatar, a sun-rich country. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 53 (3-4), pp. 215-222. https://doi.org/10.1159/000184439

Baou, M., Jewell, A.P., Yong, K.L. and Murphy, J.J. 2008. Mode of action of Rituximab in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: activation of Tis11b, an inducer of mRNA instability and induction of apoptosis. in: Moreau, I.B. (ed.) Chronic lymphocytic leukemia: new research Nova Science Publishers. pp. 141-155

Ali, N., Getting, S.J. and Kerrigan, M.J.P. 2008. The effect of prolonged hypotonicity on chondrocyte volume regulation and intracellular calcium signalling. pA2 Online. From the University of Brighton, Winter 2008 Meeting: Proceedings of the British Pharmacological Society. 6 (4). https://doi.org/http://www.pa2online.org/abstracts/Vol6Issue4abst092P.pdf

Moir, F. (ed.) 2008. Section editor - Thieme almanac 2008: acupuncture and Chinese medicine. New York Thieme Medical Publishers.

Moestrup, O., Doucette, G., Enevoldsen, H., Godhe, A., Hallegraeff, G., Luckas, B., Lundholm, N., Lewis, J., Rengefors, K., Sellner, K., Steidinger, K., Tester, P. and Zingone, A. (ed.) 2008. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Harmful Algae, Copenhagen, Denmark, 4-8 September 2006. Copenhagen International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO.

Thompson, D.S. 2008. Space and time in the plant cell wall: relationships between cell type, cell wall rheology and cell function. Annals of Botany. 108 (2), pp. 203-211. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcm138

Tewfik, I. 2008. A rapid direct solvent extraction (DSE) method for the extraction of cyclobutanones from irradiated chicken and liquid whole egg. International Journal of Food Science and Technology. 43 (1), pp. 108-113. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2621.2006.01399.x

Hepburn, P., Boeing, H., Cockburn, A., Constable, A., Davi, A., de Jong, N., Howlett, J., Moseley, B., Oberdorfer, R., Robertson, C.E., Wal, J.M., Samuels, F. and de Sesmaisons, A. 2008. The application of post-market monitoring to novel foods. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 46 (1), pp. 9-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2007.09.008

Harkavyi, A., Abuirmeileh, A., Lever, R., Kingsbury, A.E., Biggs, C.S. and Whitton, P.S. 2008. Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor stimulation by exendin-4 reverses key deficits in distinct rodent models of Parkinson's disease. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 5 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-2094-5-19

Thomas, E.L., Uthaya, S.N., Vasu, V., McCarthy, J., McEwan, P., Hamilton, G., Bell, J.D. and Modi, N. 2008. Neonatal intrahepatocellular lipid. Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 93 (5), pp. F382-F383. https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2007.127431

Jeeves, M., McClelland, D.M., Barr, A.J. and Overduin, M. 2008. Sequence-specific 1H, 13C and 15N backbone resonance assignments of the 34 kDa catalytic domain of human PTPN7. Biomolecular NMR Assignments. 2 (2), pp. 101-103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12104-008-9095-7

Patel, V., Spencer, C.H., Young, T.A., Lively, M.O. and Cunningham, C.C. 2007. Effects of 4-hydroxynonenal on mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3methylglutaryl (HMG-CoA) synthase. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 43 (11), pp. 1499-1507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2007.08.004

Valappil, S.P., Misra, S.K., Boccaccini, A.R., Keshavarz, T., Bucke, C. and Roy, I. 2007. Large-scale production and efficient recovery of PHB with desirable material properties, from the newly characterised Bacillus cereus SPV. Journal of Biotechnology. 132 (3), pp. 251-258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2007.03.013

Milton, J.E., Briche, B., Brown, I.J., Hickson, M., Robertson, C.E. and Frost, G.S. 2007. Relationship of glycaemic index with cardiovascular risk factors: analysis of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey for people aged 65 and older. Public Health Nutrition. 10 (11), pp. 1321-1335. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980007702914

Kuo, Y.T., Parkinson, J.R.C., Chaudhri, O.B., Herlihy, A.H., So, P.W., Dhillo, W.S., Small, C.J., Bloom, S.R. and Bell, J.D. 2007. The temporal sequence of gut peptide-central nervous system interactions tracked in vivo by magnetic resonance imaging. Journal of Neuroscience. 27 (45), pp. 12341-12348. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2391-07.2007

Gourdine, J.P., Markiv, A. and Smith-Ravin, J. 2007. The three-dimensional structure of codakine and related marine C-type lectins. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 23 (4), pp. 831-839. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2007.03.009

Bretcanu, O., Chen, Q., Misra, S.K., Boccaccini, A.R., Roy, I., Verne, E. and Brovarone, C.V. 2007. Biodegradable polymer coated 45S5 Bioglassderived glass-ceramic scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part A. 48 (5), pp. 227-234.