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Roost selection by Mauritian tomb bats (Taphozus mauritianus) in Lilongwe city, Malawi – importance of woodland for sustainable urban planning (2020)
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O’Malley, K. D., Kunin, W. E., Town, M., Mgoola, W. O., & Stone, E. L. (2020). Roost selection by Mauritian tomb bats (Taphozus mauritianus) in Lilongwe city, Malawi – importance of woodland for sustainable urban planning. PLoS ONE, 15(11), e0240434. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240434

Increasing urbanisation has led to a greater use of artificial structures by bats as alternative roost sites. Despite the widespread presence of bats, roost availability may restrict their distribution and abundance in urban environments. There is li... Read More about Roost selection by Mauritian tomb bats (Taphozus mauritianus) in Lilongwe city, Malawi – importance of woodland for sustainable urban planning.

Studies towards the development of a novel, screen-printed carbon-based, biosensor for the measurement of polyunsaturated fatty acids (2020)
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Smart, A., Hart, J., Crew, A., & Doran, O. (2020). Studies towards the development of a novel, screen-printed carbon-based, biosensor for the measurement of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Applied Sciences, 10(21), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10217779

This paper describes the design, development and characterisation of an electrochemical biosensor for the measurement of linoleic and α-linolenic acid, as representative free polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), that may be implicated in food safety... Read More about Studies towards the development of a novel, screen-printed carbon-based, biosensor for the measurement of polyunsaturated fatty acids.

The effects of seed priming with sodium hydrosulphide on drought tolerance of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) in germination and early growth (2020)
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Ocvirk, D., Špoljarević, M., Kristić, M., Hancock, J. T., Teklić, T., & Lisjak, M. (2021). The effects of seed priming with sodium hydrosulphide on drought tolerance of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) in germination and early growth. Annals of Applied Biology, 178(2), 400-413. https://doi.org/10.1111/aab.12658

© 2020 Association of Applied Biologists Sunflower seeds (hybrid Luka) were primed with water (hydropriming) or sodium hydrosulphide (NaHS) solutions (0.1, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 mM NaHS) and subsequently dried to initial moisture content. Unprimed (contro... Read More about The effects of seed priming with sodium hydrosulphide on drought tolerance of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) in germination and early growth.

Laboratory evaluation of the Sigma Transwab® transport system for the recovery of Candida species using the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) document M40-A2 (2020)
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Adukwu, E., & Elcocks, E. (2021). Laboratory evaluation of the Sigma Transwab® transport system for the recovery of Candida species using the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) document M40-A2. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 40, 735-738. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-020-04062-9

Rising healthcare complications due to fungal infections increase the importance of efficient specimen collection and maintenance systems for correct identification and diagnosis. The CLSI M40-A2 protocol provides guidelines for laboratories assessin... Read More about Laboratory evaluation of the Sigma Transwab® transport system for the recovery of Candida species using the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) document M40-A2.

WT1 activates transcription of the splice factor kinase SRPK1 gene in PC3 and K562 cancer cells in the absence of corepressor BASP1 (2020)
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Belali, T., Wodi, C., Clark, B., Cheung, M. K., Craig, T. J., Wheway, G., …Ladomery, M. (2020). WT1 activates transcription of the splice factor kinase SRPK1 gene in PC3 and K562 cancer cells in the absence of corepressor BASP1. BBA - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms, 1863(12), Article 194642. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbagrm.2020.194642

Dysregulated alternative splicing plays a prominent role in all hallmarks of cancer. The splice factor kinase SRPK1 drives the activity of oncogenic splice factors such as SRSF1. SRSF1 in turn promotes the expression of splice isoforms that favour tu... Read More about WT1 activates transcription of the splice factor kinase SRPK1 gene in PC3 and K562 cancer cells in the absence of corepressor BASP1.

From orphan phage to a proposed new family–the diversity of N4-like viruses (2020)
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Wittmann, J., Turner, D., Millard, A., Mahadevan, P., Kropinski, A., & Adriaenssens, E. (2020). From orphan phage to a proposed new family–the diversity of N4-like viruses. Antibiotics, 9(10), 663. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9100663

Escherichia phage N4 was isolated in 1966 in Italy and has remained a genomic orphan for a long time. It encodes an extremely large virion-associated RNA polymerase unique for bacterial viruses that became characteristic for this group. In recent yea... Read More about From orphan phage to a proposed new family–the diversity of N4-like viruses.

Phosphorylation of Syntaxin‐1a by casein kinase 2α (CK2α) regulates presynaptic vesicle exocytosis from the reserve pool (2020)
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Shi, V. (., Craig, T. J., Bishop, P., Nakamura, Y., Rocca, D., Wilkinson, K. A., & Henley, J. M. (2021). Phosphorylation of Syntaxin‐1a by casein kinase 2α (CK2α) regulates presynaptic vesicle exocytosis from the reserve pool. Journal of Neurochemistry, 156(5), 614-623. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.15161

The t-soluble NSF-attachment protein receptor protein Syntaxin-1a (Stx-1a) is abundantly expressed at pre-synaptic terminals where it plays a critical role in the exocytosis of neurotransmitter-containing synaptic vesicles. Stx-1a is phosphorylated... Read More about Phosphorylation of Syntaxin‐1a by casein kinase 2α (CK2α) regulates presynaptic vesicle exocytosis from the reserve pool.

Hydrogen sulfide in horticulture: Emerging roles in the era of climate change (2020)
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Zulfiqar, F., & Hancock, J. T. (2020). Hydrogen sulfide in horticulture: Emerging roles in the era of climate change. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 155, 667-675. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.08.010

Future climate change will present many plants with environmental challenges, including extreme temperatures and drought. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has emerged as an important signal transmitting molecule in plants, especially important in many stress r... Read More about Hydrogen sulfide in horticulture: Emerging roles in the era of climate change.

Nitric oxide, other reactive signalling compounds, redox, and reductive stress (2020)
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Hancock, J., & Veal, D. (2021). Nitric oxide, other reactive signalling compounds, redox, and reductive stress. Journal of Experimental Botany, 72(3), 819-829. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraa331

Nitric oxide (NO) and other reactive nitrogen species (RNS) are key signalling molecules in plants, but they do not work in isolation. NO is produced in cells, often increased in response to stress conditions, but many other reactive compounds used i... Read More about Nitric oxide, other reactive signalling compounds, redox, and reductive stress.

Breath analysis for detection of viral infection, the current position of the field (2020)
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Gould, O., Ratcliffe, N., Król, E., & de Lacy Costello, B. (2020). Breath analysis for detection of viral infection, the current position of the field. Journal of Breath Research, 14(4), https://doi.org/10.1088/1752-7163/ab9c32

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of rapid, cost effective, accurate, and non-invasive testing for viral infections. Volatile compounds (VCs) have been suggested for several decades as fulfilling these criteria. However currently v... Read More about Breath analysis for detection of viral infection, the current position of the field.

An overview of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection and the importance of molecular hydrogen as an adjunctive therapy (2020)
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Russell, G., Rehman, M., LeBaron, T. W., Veal, D., Adukwu, E., & Hancock, J. (2020). An overview of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection and the importance of molecular hydrogen as an adjunctive therapy. Reactive Oxygen Species, 10(28), 150–165

SARS-CoV-2 is an emerging β-coronavirus that causes COVID-19 disease that manifests primarily as a pulmonary infection that can rapidly progress into severe and acute respiratory distress in susceptible patients. Initial reports of severe pulmonary i... Read More about An overview of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection and the importance of molecular hydrogen as an adjunctive therapy.

Targeting the ERG oncogene with splice-switching oligonucleotides as a novel therapeutic strategy in prostate cancer (2020)
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Li, L., Hobson, L., Perry, L., Clark, B., Heavey, S., Haider, A., …Ladomery, M. (2020). Targeting the ERG oncogene with splice-switching oligonucleotides as a novel therapeutic strategy in prostate cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 123, 1024-1032. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-020-0951-2

Background: The ERG oncogene, a member of the ETS family of transcription factor encoding genes, is a genetic driver of prostate cancer. It is activated through a fusion with the androgen-responsive TMPRSS2 promoter in 50% of cases. There is therefor... Read More about Targeting the ERG oncogene with splice-switching oligonucleotides as a novel therapeutic strategy in prostate cancer.

A comparison of European eel Anguilla anguilla eDNA concentrations to fyke net catches in five Irish lakes (2020)
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Weldon, L., O’Leary, C., Steer, M., Newton, L., Macdonald, H., & Sargeant, S. L. (2020). A comparison of European eel Anguilla anguilla eDNA concentrations to fyke net catches in five Irish lakes. Environmental DNA, 2(4), 587-600. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.91

The European eel, Anguilla anguilla, is classified as critically endangered by the IUCN. To protect what remains of the European eel population, accurate monitoring methods for this species are important. Environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques are gaini... Read More about A comparison of European eel Anguilla anguilla eDNA concentrations to fyke net catches in five Irish lakes.

Regulating the regulator: nitric oxide control of post-translational modifications (2020)
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Gupta, K. J., Kolbert, Z., Durner, J., Lindermayr, C., Corpas, F. J., Brouquisse, R., …Loake, G. J. (2020). Regulating the regulator: nitric oxide control of post-translational modifications. New Phytologist, 227(5), 1319-1325. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16622

Nitric oxide (NO) is perfectly suited for the role of a redox signalling molecule. A key route for NO bioactivity occurs via protein S-nitrosation, and involves the addition of a NO moiety to a protein cysteine (Cys) thiol (–SH) to form an S-nitrosot... Read More about Regulating the regulator: nitric oxide control of post-translational modifications.

Screen-printed carbon based biosensors and their applications in agri-food safety (2020)
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Smart, A., Crew, A., Pemberton, R., Hughes, G., Doran, O., & Hart, J. P. (2020). Screen-printed carbon based biosensors and their applications in agri-food safety. Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 127, Article 115898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2020.115898

This review focuses on the ways in which screen-printed carbon electrodes have been tailored with different biorecognition elements, including enzymes, antibodies, and aptamers, often with other modifiers, such as mediators and nanoparticles, to prod... Read More about Screen-printed carbon based biosensors and their applications in agri-food safety.

A grain rot of rice in Iran caused by a Xanthomonas strain closely related to X. sacchari (2020)
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Mirghasempour, S. A., Huang, S., Studholme, D. J., & Brady, C. L. (2020). A grain rot of rice in Iran caused by a Xanthomonas strain closely related to X. sacchari. Plant Disease, 104(6), 1581-1583. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-01-20-0179-SC

Rice grain rot disease was detected for the first time in Mazandaran Province, Iran. The bacteria isolated from infected rice plants showed grains rotted and darkening. A Xanthomonas strain closely connected to X. sacchari was identified using molecu... Read More about A grain rot of rice in Iran caused by a Xanthomonas strain closely related to X. sacchari.

Development of a facile fluorophosphonate-functionalised titanium surface for potential orthopaedic applications (2020)
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Shiel, A. I., Ayre, W. N., Blom, A. W., Hallam, K. R., Heard, P. J., Payton, O., …Mansell, J. P. (2020). Development of a facile fluorophosphonate-functionalised titanium surface for potential orthopaedic applications. Journal of Orthopaedic Translation, 23, 140-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jot.2020.02.002

Background: Aseptic loosening of total joint replacements (TJRs) continues to be the main cause of implant failures. The socioeconomic impact of surgical revisions is hugely significant; in the United Kingdom alone, it is estimated that £137 m is spe... Read More about Development of a facile fluorophosphonate-functionalised titanium surface for potential orthopaedic applications.

ICI-RS 2019 nocturia think tank: How can experimental science guide us in understanding the pathophysiology of nocturia? (2020)
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Vahabi, B., Jabr, R., Fry, C., McCloskey, K., Everaert, K., Agudelo, C. W., …Weiss, J. P. (2020). ICI-RS 2019 nocturia think tank: How can experimental science guide us in understanding the pathophysiology of nocturia?. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 39(S3 Supplement: ICI‐RS 2019), S88-S95. https://doi.org/10.1002/nau.24274

Introduction: The following is a report on the proceedings of the 2019 International Consultation on Incontinence-Research Society nocturia think tank (NTT). Objectives: The objectives of the 2019 NTT were as follows: (a) to evaluate the role of urot... Read More about ICI-RS 2019 nocturia think tank: How can experimental science guide us in understanding the pathophysiology of nocturia?.