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HGF/Met signalling promotes PGE2 biogenesis via regulation of COX-2 and 15-PGDH expression in colorectal cancer cells (2009)
Journal Article
Moore, A. E., Greenhough, A., Roberts, H. R., Hicks, D. J., Patsos, H. A., Williams, A. C., & Paraskeva, C. (2009). HGF/Met signalling promotes PGE2 biogenesis via regulation of COX-2 and 15-PGDH expression in colorectal cancer cells. Carcinogenesis, 30(10), 1796-1804. https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgp183

Evidence points towards a pivotal role for cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 in promoting colorectal tumorigenesis through increasing prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) levels. PGE2 signalling is closely associated with the survival, proliferation and invasion of colorect... Read More about HGF/Met signalling promotes PGE2 biogenesis via regulation of COX-2 and 15-PGDH expression in colorectal cancer cells.

The reproductive cycle of Norway lobster (2009)
Journal Article
Mente, E., Karapanagiotidis, I. T., Logothetis, P., Vafidis, D., Malandrakis, E., Neofitou, N., …Stratakos, A. (2009). The reproductive cycle of Norway lobster. Journal of Zoology, 278(4), 324-332. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00579.x

The reproductive biology of female Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus was studied throughout an annual cycle from January to December 2007 in Pagasitikos Gulf, a large semi-enclosed Gulf in the central west Aegean Sea, in Greece. Six ovarian maturati... Read More about The reproductive cycle of Norway lobster.

Delta 9-desaturase protein expression and fatty acid composition of longissimus dorsi muscle in lambs fed green herbage or concentrate with or without added tannins (2009)
Journal Article
Vasta, V., Priolo, A., Scerra, M., Hallett, K., Wood, J., & Doran, O. (2009). Delta 9-desaturase protein expression and fatty acid composition of longissimus dorsi muscle in lambs fed green herbage or concentrate with or without added tannins. Meat Science, 82(3), 357-364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2009.02.007

Δ 9 desaturase protein expression and fatty acid composition of longissimus dorsi muscle in lambs fed green herbage or concentrate with or without added tannins (2009)
Journal Article
Wood, J. D., Hallett, K. G., Vasta, V., Priolo, A., Scerra, M., & Doran, O. (2009). Δ 9 desaturase protein expression and fatty acid composition of longissimus dorsi muscle in lambs fed green herbage or concentrate with or without added tannins. Meat Science, 82(3), 357-364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2009.02.007

The aims of this study were to investigate the effect of feeding system and of supplementation of tannins (8.93% DM) on the relationship between intramuscular fat content, fatty acid composition and Δ 9 desaturase (Δ 9 d) protein expression in longis... Read More about Δ 9 desaturase protein expression and fatty acid composition of longissimus dorsi muscle in lambs fed green herbage or concentrate with or without added tannins.

Instability of Poiseuille flow in a fluid overlying a glass bead packed porous layer (2009)
Journal Article
Hill, A. A. (2009). Instability of Poiseuille flow in a fluid overlying a glass bead packed porous layer. Acta Mechanica, 206(1-2), 95-103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-008-0099-2

The instability of Poiseuille flow in a fluid overlying a glass bead packed porous layer saturated with the same fluid is studied. A three layer configuration is adopted, where a variable effective viscosity is modelled between the outer fluid and po... Read More about Instability of Poiseuille flow in a fluid overlying a glass bead packed porous layer.

Evaluation of paramagnetic particles for use in a resonant coil magnetometer based magneto-immunoassay (2009)
Journal Article
Eveness, J., Kiely, J., Hawkins, P., Wraith, P., & Luxton, R. (2009). Evaluation of paramagnetic particles for use in a resonant coil magnetometer based magneto-immunoassay. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 139(2), 538-542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2009.03.078

This paper describes work that formed a part of an investigation to increase the detection sensitivity of a magneto-immunoassay. The study involved the characterisation of paramagnetic particles (PMPs) from a range of manufacturers in order to determ... Read More about Evaluation of paramagnetic particles for use in a resonant coil magnetometer based magneto-immunoassay.

Evaluation - an overview (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Bultitude, K. (2009, June). Evaluation - an overview. Paper presented at ECSITE Annual Conference, Italy

Use of bioluminescent bacterial biosensors to investigate the role of free-living helminths as reservoirs and vectors of Salmonella (2009)
Journal Article
Lacharme-Lora, L., Perkins, S. E., Humphrey, T. J., Hudson, P. J., & Salisbury, V. (2009). Use of bioluminescent bacterial biosensors to investigate the role of free-living helminths as reservoirs and vectors of Salmonella. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 1(3), 198-207. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00031.x

Free-living microbivorous helminths that consume pathogenic bacteria could offer an environmental refuge for those pathogens and also, in the case of accidental ingestion, could transmit food-borne pathogens to humans and livestock. We tested this hy... Read More about Use of bioluminescent bacterial biosensors to investigate the role of free-living helminths as reservoirs and vectors of Salmonella.

A differential constraint approach to obtain global stability for radiation-induced double-diffusive convection in a porous medium (2009)
Journal Article
Hill, A. A. (2009). A differential constraint approach to obtain global stability for radiation-induced double-diffusive convection in a porous medium. Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, 32(8), 914-921. https://doi.org/10.1002/mma.1073

The stability of double-diffusive porous convection with a concentration-based internal heat source is studied. Owing to the significant sensitivity of standard energy method, a highly desirable reduction in the number of required coupling parameters... Read More about A differential constraint approach to obtain global stability for radiation-induced double-diffusive convection in a porous medium.

Best practice in communications training for public engagement with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (2009)
Journal Article
engagement with science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Journal of Science Communication, 8(2), 1-13

Effective training in key communications skills is critical for successful public engagement. However, what are the secrets to designing and delivering an effectual training course? This paper outlines key findings from a research study into communic... Read More about Best practice in communications training for public engagement with science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Practical assessment of frictional heating effects and thermostat design on the performance of conventional (3 μm and 5 μm) columns in reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (2009)
Journal Article
Fallas, M. M., Hadley, M. R., & McCalley, D. V. (2009). Practical assessment of frictional heating effects and thermostat design on the performance of conventional (3 μm and 5 μm) columns in reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A, 1216(18), 3961-3969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2009.03.007

A practical investigation of frictional heating effects in conventional C18 columns was undertaken, to investigate whether problems found for sub-2 μm columns were also present for those of particle size 3 μm and 5 μm and different internal diameter.... Read More about Practical assessment of frictional heating effects and thermostat design on the performance of conventional (3 μm and 5 μm) columns in reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography.

RAP55: Insights into an evolutionarily conserved protein family (2009)
Journal Article
Marnef, A., Sommerville, J., & Ladomery, M. (2009). RAP55: Insights into an evolutionarily conserved protein family. International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 41(5), 977-981. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2008.06.015

The RAP55 protein family is evolutionarily conserved in eukaryotes. Two highly conserved paralogues, RAP55A and RAP55B, exist in vertebrates; their functional properties and expression patterns remain to be compared. RAP55 proteins share multiple dom... Read More about RAP55: Insights into an evolutionarily conserved protein family.

Nociceptin-induced modulation of human T cell function (2009)
Journal Article
Easten, K. H., Harry, R. A., Purcell, W. M., & McLeod, J. D. (2009). Nociceptin-induced modulation of human T cell function. Peptides, 30(5), 926-934. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2009.01.021

There is an accumulating evidence for the immunoregulatory role of the neuropeptide, nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ) however its role on T cell function requires elucidation. This study has demonstrated an inhibitory role for N/OFQ on SEB-activated T... Read More about Nociceptin-induced modulation of human T cell function.

Fungal elicitor Pep-25 increases cytosolic calcium ions, H 2O2 production and activates the octadecanoid pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana (2009)
Journal Article
Hu, X., Neill, S., Yang, Y., & Cai, W. (2009). Fungal elicitor Pep-25 increases cytosolic calcium ions, H 2O2 production and activates the octadecanoid pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. Planta, 229(6), 1201-1208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-009-0909-3

Transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plants expressing the protein aequorin were used to investigate the transient change in cytosolic calcium ions caused by stimulation through the fungal elicitor Pep-25. Our results show that the elicitor Pep-25 derived... Read More about Fungal elicitor Pep-25 increases cytosolic calcium ions, H 2O2 production and activates the octadecanoid pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana.