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Meet the Gene Machine (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Bultitude, K. (2009, March). Meet the Gene Machine. Paper presented at Evolving Science Communication Symposium, University of the West of England, Bristol

A new approach to the determination of column overload characteristics in reversed-phase liquid chromatography (2009)
Journal Article
Dai, J., Carr, P. W., & McCalley, D. V. (2009). A new approach to the determination of column overload characteristics in reversed-phase liquid chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A, 1216(12), 2474-2482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2009.01.036

Column overloading is very common during the separations of basic analytes in analytical scale reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC). Due to the complex interactions of ionic analytes with stationary and mobile phases, only a very small amount... Read More about A new approach to the determination of column overload characteristics in reversed-phase liquid chromatography.

Spiral formation and degeneration in heterogeneous excitable media (2009)
Journal Article
Toth, R., De Lacy Costello, B., Stone, C., Masere, J., Adamatzky, A., & Bull, L. (2009). Spiral formation and degeneration in heterogeneous excitable media. Physical Review E, 79(3), 035101(R) (4 pages). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.79.035101

Spontaneous spiral formation occurs when an excitation wave is input to a heterogeneous network of low- and high-light-intensity cells projected onto a light-sensitive Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction. The range of network conditions where spirals form... Read More about Spiral formation and degeneration in heterogeneous excitable media.

Defining issue-based publics for public engagement: Climate change as a case study (2009)
Journal Article
Featherstone, H., Weitkamp, E., Ling, K., & Burnet, F. (2009). Defining issue-based publics for public engagement: Climate change as a case study. Public Understanding of Science, 18(2), 214-228. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662507082890

Understanding your audiences' perceptions is key to the success of any communication campaign. This research note outlines a pilot study using the Situational Model of publics to segment the broader public. Focus groups were used to study publics' un... Read More about Defining issue-based publics for public engagement: Climate change as a case study.

The neuroprotective action of the mood stabilizing drugs lithium chloride and sodium valproate is mediated through the up-regulation of the homeodomain protein Six1 (2009)
Journal Article
Plant, K. E., Anderson, E., Simecek, N., Brown, R., Forster, S., Spinks, J., …Plant, N. (2009). The neuroprotective action of the mood stabilizing drugs lithium chloride and sodium valproate is mediated through the up-regulation of the homeodomain protein Six1. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 235(1), 124-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.taap.2008.10.019

The mood stabilizing agents lithium chloride (LiCl) and sodium valproate (VPA) have recently gained interest as potential neuroprotective therapeutics. However, exploitation of these therapeutic applications is hindered by both a lack of molecular un... Read More about The neuroprotective action of the mood stabilizing drugs lithium chloride and sodium valproate is mediated through the up-regulation of the homeodomain protein Six1.

Absence of mucosal immunity in the human upper respiratory tract to the commensal bacteria Neisseria lactamica but not pathogenic Neisseria meningitidis during the peak age of nasopharyngeal carriage (2009)
Journal Article
Heyderman, R. S., Vaughan, A. T., Gorringe, A., Davenport, V., & Williams, N. A. (2009). Absence of mucosal immunity in the human upper respiratory tract to the commensal bacteria Neisseria lactamica but not pathogenic Neisseria meningitidis during the peak age of nasopharyngeal carriage. Journal of Immunology, 182(4), 2231-2240. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.0802531

The normal flora that colonizes the mucosal epithelia has evolved diverse strategies to evade, modulate, or suppress the immune system and avoid clearance. Neisseria lactamica and Neisseria meningitidis are closely related obligate inhabitants of the... Read More about Absence of mucosal immunity in the human upper respiratory tract to the commensal bacteria Neisseria lactamica but not pathogenic Neisseria meningitidis during the peak age of nasopharyngeal carriage.

Application of screen-printed microband biosensors to end-point measurements of glucose and cell numbers in HepG2 cell culture (2009)
Journal Article
Jackson, S. K., Pemberton, R., Xu, J., Pittson, R., Biddle, N., Drago, G. A., & Hart, J. P. (2009). Application of screen-printed microband biosensors to end-point measurements of glucose and cell numbers in HepG2 cell culture. Analytical Biochemistry, 385(2), 334-341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ab.2008.10.037

Microband glucose biosensors were produced by insulating and sectioning through a screen-printed, water-based carbon electrode containing cobalt phthalocyanine redox mediator and glucose oxidase enzyme. Under quiescent conditions at 37 °C, at an oper... Read More about Application of screen-printed microband biosensors to end-point measurements of glucose and cell numbers in HepG2 cell culture.

The neuroprotective action of the mood stabilizing drugs lithium chloride and sodium valproate is mediated through the up-regulation of the homeodomain protein Six1 (2009)
Journal Article
Plant, K., Anderson, E., Simecek, N., Brown, R., Forster, S., Spinks, J., …Plant, N. (2009). The neuroprotective action of the mood stabilizing drugs lithium chloride and sodium valproate is mediated through the up-regulation of the homeodomain protein Six1. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 235(1), 124-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.taap.2008.10.019

Spontaneous capture of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) chloroplasts by wild B. rapa: Implications for the use of chloroplast transformation for biocontainment (2009)
Journal Article
Haider, N., Allainguillaume, J., & Wilkinson, M. J. (2009). Spontaneous capture of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) chloroplasts by wild B. rapa: Implications for the use of chloroplast transformation for biocontainment. Current Genetics, 55(2), 139-150. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00294-009-0230-5

Environmental concerns over the cultivation of Genetically Modified (GM) crops largely centre on the ecological consequences following gene flow to wild relatives. One attractive solution is to deploy biocontainment measures that prevent hybridizatio... Read More about Spontaneous capture of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) chloroplasts by wild B. rapa: Implications for the use of chloroplast transformation for biocontainment.

Electricity from landfill leachate using microbial fuel cells: Comparison with a biological aerated filter (2009)
Journal Article
Gálvez, A., Greenman, J., Giusti, L., & Ieropoulos, I. (2009). Electricity from landfill leachate using microbial fuel cells: Comparison with a biological aerated filter. Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 44(2), 112-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enzmictec.2008.09.012

Four experimental columns were employed in this study to investigate their performance under wastewater treatment conditions. One column was set-up as a biological aerated filter and the remaining three were set-up as microbial fuel cells (MFCs), two... Read More about Electricity from landfill leachate using microbial fuel cells: Comparison with a biological aerated filter.

Implementation of glider guns in the light-sensitive Belousov-Zhabotinsky medium (2009)
Journal Article
De Lacy Costello, B., Toth, R., Stone, C., Adamatzky, A., & Bull, L. (2009). Implementation of glider guns in the light-sensitive Belousov-Zhabotinsky medium. Physical Review E, 79(2), 026114. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.79.026114

In cellular automata models a glider gun is an oscillating pattern of nonquiescent states that periodically emits traveling localizations (gliders). The glider streams can be combined to construct functionally complete systems of logical gates and th... Read More about Implementation of glider guns in the light-sensitive Belousov-Zhabotinsky medium.

Anisotropy and symmetry in porous media convection (2009)
Journal Article
Capone, F., Gentile, M., & Hill, A. A. (2009). Anisotropy and symmetry in porous media convection. Acta Mechanica, 208(3-4), 205-214. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-008-0135-2

The linear and nonlinear stability analysis of the motionless state (conduction solution) and of a vertical throughflow in an anisotropic porous medium is performed. In particular, the effect of a nonhomogeneous porosity and a constant anisotropic th... Read More about Anisotropy and symmetry in porous media convection.

S-Nitrosoglutathione inactivation of the mitochondrial and cytosolic BCAT proteins: S-nitrosation and S-thiolation (2009)
Journal Article
Coles, S. J., Easton, P., Sharrod, H., Hutson, S. M., Hancock, J. T., Patel, V., & Conway, M. E. (2009). S-Nitrosoglutathione inactivation of the mitochondrial and cytosolic BCAT proteins: S-nitrosation and S-thiolation. Biochemistry, 48(3), 645-656. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi801805h

Specific proteins with reactive thiol(ate) groups are susceptible to nitric oxide (NO) modification, which can result in S-nitrosation, S-thiolation, or disulfide bond formation. In the present study the effect of NO modification on the functionality... Read More about S-Nitrosoglutathione inactivation of the mitochondrial and cytosolic BCAT proteins: S-nitrosation and S-thiolation.

S-nitrosoglutathione inactivation of the mitochondrial and cytosolic BCAT proteins: S-nitrosation and s-thiolation (2009)
Journal Article
Coles, S. J., Easton, P., Sharrod, H., Hutson, S. M., Hancock, J. T., Patel, V. B., & Conway, M. E. (2009). S-nitrosoglutathione inactivation of the mitochondrial and cytosolic BCAT proteins: S-nitrosation and s-thiolation. Biochemistry, 48(3), 645-656. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi801805h

Specific proteins with reactive thiol(ate) groups are susceptible to nitric oxide (NO) modification, which can result in S-nitrosation, S-thiolation, or disulfide bond formation. In the present study the effect of NO modification on the functionality... Read More about S-nitrosoglutathione inactivation of the mitochondrial and cytosolic BCAT proteins: S-nitrosation and s-thiolation.

Genetic test for food quality (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Doran, O. (2009, January). Genetic test for food quality. Paper presented at Abstracts of Lectures and Posters of International Conference Repid Methods Europe 2009, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands