Public engagement promotes consumer choice in favour of sustainable palm oil (2021)
Journal Article

Despite the superior productivity, utility and economic benefits of palm oil compared with other oil crops, the palm oil industry often receives negative publicity for its environmental impact and there is widespread confusion over the perception of... Read More about Public engagement promotes consumer choice in favour of sustainable palm oil.

Bioscience laboratory practicals, projects and placements in a Covid-19 world (2021)
Journal Article

The aim of this review is to discuss alternatives to the traditional practicals, undergraduate projects and student placements that are presently being disrupted by Covid-19. We focus on bioscience higher education (biology, biomedical sciences) with... Read More about Bioscience laboratory practicals, projects and placements in a Covid-19 world.

Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of Curcuma longa L. against beneficial and pathogenic human gastrointestinal microorganisms (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Introduction: Curcuma longa L. (turmeric) is very popular worldwide as a spice, food preservative, and colouring material. Curcuminoids and turmerones are two major chemical components of turmeric. Many studies have been conducted to test the antimic... Read More about Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of Curcuma longa L. against beneficial and pathogenic human gastrointestinal microorganisms.

Chemotherapy induces a genotoxic bystander effect in cell lines from the human bone marrow; evaluation of the role of the redox microenvironment (2020)
Thesis

Modern chemotherapeutic regimens for adult and childhood leukaemia rely on the use of a combination of various cytotoxic agents. Unfortunately, haematopoietic stem cell transplant, a last resort treatment for haematologic malignancies requires high d... Read More about Chemotherapy induces a genotoxic bystander effect in cell lines from the human bone marrow; evaluation of the role of the redox microenvironment.

APC and AXIN2 are promising biomarker candidates for the early detection of adenomas and hyperplastic polyps (2020)
Journal Article

Aberrant activation of the WNT/CTNNB1 pathway is notorious in colorectal cancer (CRC). Here, we demonstrate that the expression of specific and crucial WNT signaling pathway genes is linked to disease progression in colonic adenomatous (AP) and hyper... Read More about APC and AXIN2 are promising biomarker candidates for the early detection of adenomas and hyperplastic polyps.

Pseudomonas daroniae sp. nov. and Pseudomonas dryadis sp. nov., isolated from pedunculate oak affected by acute oak decline in the UK (2019)
Journal Article

Twenty-two cream-coloured bacterial strains were isolated from oak trees affected by acute oak decline (AOD) in Southern England. Isolates were Gram-negative, motile, slightly curved rods, aerobic, non-spore-forming, catalase positive and oxidase pos... Read More about Pseudomonas daroniae sp. nov. and Pseudomonas dryadis sp. nov., isolated from pedunculate oak affected by acute oak decline in the UK.

Herbal teas and their health benefits: A scoping review (2019)
Journal Article

Herbal teas are used as therapeutic vehicles in many forms of traditional medicine and are a popular global beverage. The purpose of this scoping review was to examine the evidence relating to the clinical efficacy and safety of herbal teas, and to i... Read More about Herbal teas and their health benefits: A scoping review.

Bird's nest ferns as model systems and conservation tools (2019)
Thesis

We are in a race against time to understand the response of natural systems to climate change and anthropogenic disturbances, such as large scale land conversion for oil palm expansion. However, it is incredibly difficult to quantify multi-trophic bi... Read More about Bird's nest ferns as model systems and conservation tools.

Supercoiling of an excised genomic island represses effector gene expression to prevent activation of host resistance (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 The Authors Molecular Microbiology Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola, which causes halo blight disease of beans, contains a 106kb genomic island PPHGI-1. PPHGI-1 carries a gene, avrP... Read More about Supercoiling of an excised genomic island represses effector gene expression to prevent activation of host resistance.

Suppression of the in vitro growth and development of Microdochium nivale by phosphite (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 British Society for Plant Pathology The ascomycete fungus Microdochium nivale is a major pathogen of many species of the gramineae. Control measures rely heavily on chemical fungicides, making alternative means of disease reduction desirable.... Read More about Suppression of the in vitro growth and development of Microdochium nivale by phosphite.

Coping with environmental eukaryotes; identification of pseudomonas syringae genes during the interaction with alternative hosts or predators (2018)
Journal Article

Understanding the molecular mechanisms underpinning the ecological success of plant pathogens is critical to develop strategies for controlling diseases and protecting crops. Recent observations have shown that plant pathogenic bacteria, particularly... Read More about Coping with environmental eukaryotes; identification of pseudomonas syringae genes during the interaction with alternative hosts or predators.

The application of gene expression profiling in predictions of occult lymph node metastasis in colorectal cancer patients (2018)
Journal Article

A key factor in determining the likely outcome for a patient with colorectal cancer is whether or not the tumour has metastasised to the lymph nodes-information which is also important in assessing any possibilities of lymph node resection so as to i... Read More about The application of gene expression profiling in predictions of occult lymph node metastasis in colorectal cancer patients.

GJA4/connexin 37 mutations correlate with secondary lymphedema following surgery in breast cancer patients (2018)
Journal Article

Lymphedema is a condition resulting from mutations in various genes essential for lymphatic development and function, which leads to obstruction of the lymphatic system. Secondary lymphedema is a progressive and incurable condition, most often manife... Read More about GJA4/connexin 37 mutations correlate with secondary lymphedema following surgery in breast cancer patients.

Quantum pathogen evolution by integron-mediated effector capture (2017)
Thesis

Plant pathogenic Pseudomonads are responsible for the loss of millions of pounds in crop revenue each year. They export effector molecules via the type three secretion system into the plants’ cells in order to elicit disease. If the plant has the cor... Read More about Quantum pathogen evolution by integron-mediated effector capture.

Physical conditions regulate the fungal to bacterial ratios of a tropical suspended soil (2017)
Journal Article

As a source of ‘suspended soils’, epiphytes contribute large amounts of organic matter to the canopy of tropical rain forests. Microbes associated with epiphytes are responsible for much of the nutrient cycling taking place in rain forest canopies. H... Read More about Physical conditions regulate the fungal to bacterial ratios of a tropical suspended soil.

Temporal effects of disturbance on community composition in simulated stage-structured plant communities (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. In an era of global environmental change, understanding how disturbance affects the dynamics of ecological communities is crucial. However, few studies have theoretically... Read More about Temporal effects of disturbance on community composition in simulated stage-structured plant communities.

Colonisation of epiphytic ferns by skinks and geckos in the high canopy of a Bornean rainforest (2017)
Journal Article

Nest site availability limits the fitness and survival of skinks and geckos, particularly in the canopy of tall tropical rainforests. We document the systematic colonisation and nest use of epiphytic bird’s nest ferns (Asplenium spp) by the gecko Hem... Read More about Colonisation of epiphytic ferns by skinks and geckos in the high canopy of a Bornean rainforest.

The relative importance of invertebrate and microbial decomposition in a rainforest restoration project (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Society for Ecological Restoration Tropical rainforests are increasingly disturbed by human activities. While restoration projects often succeed in replacing tree cover, they rarely manage to restore soil function. Consequently, there is an ur... Read More about The relative importance of invertebrate and microbial decomposition in a rainforest restoration project.

Taxonomy and identification of bacteria associated with acute oak decline (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, The Author(s). Acute oak decline (AOD) is a relatively newly described disorder affecting native oak species in Britain. Symptomatic trees are characterised by stem bleeds from vertical fissures, necrotic lesions in the live tissue beneath an... Read More about Taxonomy and identification of bacteria associated with acute oak decline.

Hydrogen sulfide causes excision of a genomic island in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, The Author(s). Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is known to be an important signalling molecule in both animals and plants, despite its toxic nature. In plants it has been seen to control stomatal apertures, so altering the ability of bacteria to invad... Read More about Hydrogen sulfide causes excision of a genomic island in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola.