Life Sciences

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

Hoan Van Ngo, Stevens Robertin, Dominik Brokatzky, Magdalena K. Bielecka, Damián Lobato‐Márquez, Vincenzo Torraca and Serge Mostowy 2023. Septins promote caspase activity and coordinate mitochondrial apoptosis. Cytoskeleton. 80 (7/8), pp. 254-265. https://doi.org/10.1002/cm.21696

Bagheri, Reza, Ashtary-Larky, Damoon, Elliott, B., Willoughby, Darryn S., Kargarfard, Mehdi, Alipour, Meysam, Lamuchi-Deli, Nasrin, Kooti, Wesam, Asbaghi, Omid and Wong, Alexei 2023. The effects of gradual vs. rapid weight loss on serum concentrations of myokines and body composition in overweight and obese females. Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry. 129 (3), pp. 821-828. https://doi.org/10.1080/13813455.2021.1874020

Keith, R. 2022. Free School Meals impact . BBC London radio

Borna, M., Woloshynowych, M., Schiano-Phan, R., Volpi, E. and Usman, M. 2022. A correlational analysis of COVID-19 incidence and mortality and urban determinants of vitamin D status across the London boroughs. Scientific Reports. 12 (1) 11741. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15664-y

Jeremy J. Hoffman, Simon Arunga, Abeer H.A. Mohamed Ahmed, Victor Hu and Matthew Burton 2022. Management of Filamentous Fungal Keratitis: A Pragmatic Approach. Journal of Fungi. 8 (10) 1067. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8101067

Yizhi Xu, Daniel Amund, Ricardo A. Wu and Tian Ding 2022. Response of Foodborne Pathogens to Acid Stress. in: Tian Ding, Xinyu Liao and Jinsong Feng (ed.) Stress Responses of Foodborne Pathogens Springer Nature.

Francis Robert Jose Sharps, Laura Jane Wilson, Catherine Anna‐Marie Graham, Christopher Curtis and Curtis, C. 2022. Prevalence of disordered eating, eating disorders and risk of low energy availability in professional, competitive and recreational female athletes based in the United Kingdom. European Journal of Sport Science. 22 (9), pp. 1445-1451. https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2021.1943712

R. A. Dervish, L. J. Wilson and C. Curtis 2022. Investigating the prevalence of low energy availability, disordered eating and eating disorders in competitive and recreational female endurance runners. European Journal of Sport Science. 23 (5), pp. 869-876. https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2022.2079423

T.J. Wood, L.J. Wilson and C. Curtis 2022. Quantifying frequency of use of methods of body mass loss in competing UK powerlifters. Performance Enhancement & Health. 10 (2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2022.100221

C. Curtis, N. Arjomandkhah, C. Cooke, M. K. Ranchordas and M. Russell 2022. Season-Long Changes in the Body Composition Profiles of Competitive Female Rugby Union Players Assessed via Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 93 (3), pp. 601-607. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2021.1886226

Morad, H.O.J., Luqman, S., Garcia Pinto, L., Cunningham, K., Vilar, B., Clayton, G., Shankar-Hari, M. and McNaughton, P.A. 2022. Artemisinin inhibits neutrophil and macrophage chemotaxis, cytokine production and NET release. Scientific Reports. 2022 (12) 11078. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15214-6

Mattin, L.R. 2022. Succeeding In Science With Neurodiversity. The Endocrinologist. 145 (Autumn), p. 14.

Morad, H. 2022. Repurposing the antimalarial compound artemisinin as a novel therapy for inflammatory conditions. Drug Repurposing II. Woburn House, London, UK 10 - 11 May 2022 The Biochemical Society.

Arinzechukwu Ude, Kaiyven Afi-Leslie, Kelechi Okeke and Emmanuel Ogbodo 2022. Trypan Blue Exclusion Assay, Neutral Red, Acridine Orange and Propidium Iodide. in: Cytotoxicity: Understanding Cellular Damage and Response IntechOpen.