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Research and Innovation

Case studies

Research James Dixon looking at agar plates under a light
Medicine, Pharmacy and Biosciences collaboration
Researcher Simone de Brot in laboratory
Medicine and Veterinary Medicine collaboration
 

 

Researcher Rob Temperton in lab
Physics and Chemistry collaboration
 

 

Funded projects

2018-2019

Dr Orla Williams - Zapping the Drugs (resistance) out of Bugs: Microwave Plasmid Curing in Bacteria for Antimicrobial Resistance Mitigation

Dr Zinnia Gonzalez-Carranza - Investigating anti-carcinogenic properties of Mezquite

Dr Hadi Hajiali - Development of smart nano/bio hybrid platform for regenerative medicine

Dr Fernando Perez-Cota - Machine Learning and Phonon Microscopy for cancer cell classification and diagnosis

Dr Elizabeth Clark - Tea for Two-Photon Polymerization: Functional microdevice fabrication using a novel 3D printing approach for safe and controlled drug delivery

Dr Manuel Romero - Developing stochastic models of micro-plastic associated biofilm growth

Miss Alice Cardall - Unravelling the mechanisms behind metastasis in the childhood brain tumour medulloblastoma

Mr Theocharis Tsoleridis - Exploring the virome of endangered jaguar species from Brazil using unbiased High-Throughput Sequencing

Miss Maria Tsoumpeli - Serological cancer diagnosis using immunosignatures from phage microarrays

2017-2018

Dr Robert Robinson - Discovery of novel markers of dairy cow fertility

Dr Andrew Batchelor - From Plant to Product: A New Method for Processing Nickel

Dr James Dixon - AndroFECT: Enhanced transgenesis & genome editing using Sperm-mediated gene transfer (SMGT)

Dr Olivier Mougin - MagniSTEM: Directing & tracking nanoparticle-loaded stem cell therapies using a clinical MRI scanner

Dr Robert Temperton - Ambient pressure electrochemical spectroscopy of next generation battery technology

Mr Andrew Gomm - Fermenting drugs- harnessing metabolically engineered Clostridium pasteuranium for the synthesis of bioactive molecules

Miss Laura Humphrys - New method for spatial activation of astrocytes

Mr Braulio Martinez - Developing STEM nanoscale  analysis to examine RNA modifications in brain tissue

Mr Colman O'Cathail - Using nanopore sequencing to improve resolution the Mycobacterium bovis genome

2016-2017

Dr Adam Clare - Next generation titanium dental implants for enhanced soft tissue integration.

Dr Simone de Brot - Comparitve study of urogenital cancer - or how an old dog teaches us new tricks.

Dr Timothy Wright - Black body infrared radiative dissociation (BIRD) for the study of protein interactions.

Dr Nicholas Mitchell - Validating the use of Atomic Force Microscopy to predict the metastatic potential of cancer.

Mr Abdolelah Jaradat - Synthesis of functionalised nanoparticles for inhibition of cancer metastasis.

Dr Priya Ramakrishna - Evaluation of antioxidant and anti-cancerous property of indian black rice straw.

Miss Irene Henning - STED - mediated multi-material 3D micro-printing.

2015-2016

Dr Benjamin Jones - Estimating ultrafine particle emission rates from electronic cigarettes.

Dr Jeni Luckett - Novel prevention of bacterial colonisation in diabetic food ulcers.

Dr Graham Newton - Advanced nanostructured sensors for biomedical applications.

Dr Chris Parmenter - Damage free cryo-TEM imaging of cellular uptake of therapeutic nanomaterials.

Dr Nicholas Watson - ACOUSTIPRINT: A novel ultrasonic method for monitoring colloidal system stability.

Mr Matthew Barron - Ex-vivo H+NMR-Spectroscopy in murine Alzheimer's models.

Miss Priya Ramakrishna - Raman microscopy to determine the differences in the cell walls of model crops.

Mr Peter Smid - Enabling high quality three-dimensional microscopy imaging root samples with Adaptive Optics.

2014-2015

Dr Benjamin Swift - Investigating and developing the potential for a novel mycobacteria detection assay in Cystic Fibrosis patients.

Dr Amanda Wright - Hybrid photonic and plasmonic devices.

Dr Ruman Rahman - Delineating intra-tumour metabolomics heterogeneity in malignant brain tumours through advanced analytical methods.

Dr Deborah Kays - Combining PET imaging and fluorescence imaging capability in novel molecules for medical applications.

Dr Wayne Grant Carter - Characterisation of novel plasma biomarkers and metabolites of liver injury.

Dr Leonel Marques - Development of nano calibration sample for super-resolution microscopy.

Prof Neil Thomas - Characterisation of site-specifically modified synthetic spider silk at the molecular level.

Mr Abdul Kader Kheirallah - A pilot study on the heritability of human voice parameters through 'massive online public engagement' (MOPE).

Dr Eleanor Turpin - Determining size dependent drug release from apoferritin: in silico simulations and experimental validation.

Miss Mina Mossayebi - Design, fabrication and characterisation of high quality plasmonic devices for optical trapping and manipulation.

Dr Jolanda van Munster - Hydrophobin coating of cellulose to improve cellulose activity.

2013-2014

Dr Christina Lee - 'Ancient' biotics: investigating medieval treatments for bacterial infections.

Dr Marie-Christine Pardon - Development and validation of magnetic resonance biomarker or neuroinlfammation.

Dr Caroline Chapman - Can the measurement of microNRAs be of additive value to the measurement of autoantibodies in the identification of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in at-risk individuals.

Dr Mischa Zelzer - Bio-interfaces: Alternative fabrication methods using Electron Beam Lithography.

Dr Graham Rance - Nanoparticle-nanotube superstructures for multi-spectral photodetection.

Dr Sebastian Spain - Controlling Hepatitis C virus epitope AP33 conformation for enhanced vaccine efficacy.

Dr Barbara Turnbull - ChOTs for avalanches.

Dr Catherine Ortori - A multi-disciplinary approach to identifying novel lipid pathways during development.

Dr David Gardner - An in vivo characterisation of the renal cortical and medullary microenvironment with ischaemia-reperfusion in a porcine model.

Mr Cini Melchior - Combining synthesis, cancer biology and surface imaging: generating and understanding a new generation of anti-cancer therapeutics.

Dr Tim Easun - Microwave activation of metal-organic frameworks for research and industry: an energy efficient approach.

Dr David Scurr - Three dimensional chemical mapping of electrospray deposition spots.

Dr Faris Sinjab - Elucidating external and intercellular perturbations of HCT-116 cells treated with jerantine A through atomic force microscopy and Raman spectroscopy.

Dr Veeren Chauhan - Incorporation of fluorescent pH- sensitive nanosensors into a two-photon polymerised cell scaffold.

Dr Alison Ferguson - Micro X-ray CT scanning to determine floral staging in model crops.

Miss Esther Mokori - Targeted protein knockdown in arterial tissue using a novel drug delivery method.

Pre 2013

Prof Neil Oldham - High throughput screening of inhibitors of Ubiquitin protein-protein interaction.

Dr Rachel Gomes - Determination and remediation of bioactive chemicals in wastewater treatment.

Dr Becky Trueman - Duel-biomarkers for neuronal tract tracing and transport imaging.

Dr Luisa Martinez-Pomares - Macrophages as biomarkers in inflammatory diseases.

Dr Galina Pavlovskaya - Low-density lipid (LDL) transport in arteries - experiment and modelling.

Dr Kevin Webb - Label-free visualisation of lipid changes within human blood brain barrier cells under parasite attack by 3rd harmonic generation microscopy.

 

 

 

 

 

Research and Innovation

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