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Liquid Chromatography Electrochemical Determination of Nicotine in Third-Hand Smoke (2016)
Journal Article
Peng, X., Peng, X., Giltrow, D., Bowdler, P., & Honeychurch, K. C. (2017). Liquid Chromatography Electrochemical Determination of Nicotine in Third-Hand Smoke. Electroanalysis, 29(2), 374-379. https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.201600302

© 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Third-hand smoke (THS) can be defined as the contamination of surfaces by second-hand smoke. This residue can form further pollutants which can be re-suspended in dust or be re-emitted into the gas... Read More about Liquid Chromatography Electrochemical Determination of Nicotine in Third-Hand Smoke.

Design and development of novel screen-printed microelectrode and microbiosensor arrays fabricated using ultrafast pulsed laser ablation (2016)
Journal Article
Hart, J. P., Liébana, S., Jones, L. J., Drago, G. A., Pittson, R. W., Liu, D., …Hart, J. P. (2016). Design and development of novel screen-printed microelectrode and microbiosensor arrays fabricated using ultrafast pulsed laser ablation. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 231, 384-392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2016.02.142

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. A new generic platform for the development of microbiosensors combining screen-printing and ultrafast pulsed laser technologies has been developed, characterised and evaluated. This new platform consists of a... Read More about Design and development of novel screen-printed microelectrode and microbiosensor arrays fabricated using ultrafast pulsed laser ablation.

Dissolved organic carbon transformations and microbial community response to variations in recharge waters in a shallow carbonate aquifer (2016)
Journal Article
Cooper, K. J., Whitaker, F. F., Anesio, A. M., Naish, M., Reynolds, D. M., & Evans, E. L. (2016). Dissolved organic carbon transformations and microbial community response to variations in recharge waters in a shallow carbonate aquifer. Biogeochemistry, 129(1-2), 215-234. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-016-0226-4

© 2016, The Author(s). In carbonate aquifers, dissolved organic carbon from the surface drives heterotrophic metabolism, generating CO2 in the subsurface. Although this has been a proposed mechanism for enhanced dissolution at the water table, respir... Read More about Dissolved organic carbon transformations and microbial community response to variations in recharge waters in a shallow carbonate aquifer.

Early changes in apoplast composition associated with defence and disease in interactions between Phaseolus vulgaris and the halo blight pathogen Pseudomonas syringae Pv. phaseolicola (2016)
Journal Article
O'Leary, B. M., Neale, H. C., Geilfus, C., Jackson, R. W., Arnold, D. L., & Preston, G. M. (2016). Early changes in apoplast composition associated with defence and disease in interactions between Phaseolus vulgaris and the halo blight pathogen Pseudomonas syringae Pv. phaseolicola. Plant, Cell and Environment, 39(10), 2172-2184. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.12770

© 2016 The Authors. Plant, Cell & Environment published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The apoplast is the arena in which endophytic pathogens such as Pseudomonas syringae grow and interact with plant cells. Using metabolomic and ion analysis techniqu... Read More about Early changes in apoplast composition associated with defence and disease in interactions between Phaseolus vulgaris and the halo blight pathogen Pseudomonas syringae Pv. phaseolicola.

Decreasing the expression of PICALM reduces endocytosis and the activity of β-secretase: Implications for Alzheimer's disease (2016)
Journal Article
Thomas, R. S., Henson, A., Gerrish, A., Jones, L., Williams, J., & Kidd, E. J. (2016). Decreasing the expression of PICALM reduces endocytosis and the activity of β-secretase: Implications for Alzheimer's disease. BMC Neuroscience, 17(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12868-016-0288-1

© 2016 The Author(s). Background: Polymorphisms in the gene for phosphatidylinositol binding clathrin assembly protein (PICALM), an endocytic-related protein, are associated with a small, increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD), strongl... Read More about Decreasing the expression of PICALM reduces endocytosis and the activity of β-secretase: Implications for Alzheimer's disease.

The hydrolysis of geminal ethers: A kinetic appraisal of orthoesters and ketals (2016)
Journal Article
Lam, J. K., Repetto, S. L., Repetto, S., Costello, J. F., Butts, C. P., Lam, J. K. W., & Ratcliffe, N. M. (2016). The hydrolysis of geminal ethers: A kinetic appraisal of orthoesters and ketals. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 12, 1467-1475. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.12.143

© 2016 Repetto et al. A novel approach to protecting jet fuel against the effects of water contamination is predicated upon the coupling of the rapid hydrolysis reactions of lipophilic cyclic geminal ethers, with the concomitant production of a hydro... Read More about The hydrolysis of geminal ethers: A kinetic appraisal of orthoesters and ketals.

Effect of cryopreservation and post-cryopreservation somatic embryogenesis on the epigenetic fidelity of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) (2016)
Journal Article
Adu-Gyamfi, R., Wetten, A., & Rodríguez López, C. M. (2016). Effect of cryopreservation and post-cryopreservation somatic embryogenesis on the epigenetic fidelity of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.). PLoS ONE, 11(7), Article e0158857. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158857

© 2016 Adu-Gyamfi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are... Read More about Effect of cryopreservation and post-cryopreservation somatic embryogenesis on the epigenetic fidelity of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.).

A simple and rapid method for the determination of nicotine in third-hand smoke by liquid chromatography and its application for the assessment of contaminated outdoor communal areas (2016)
Journal Article
Santos e Silva, S. I., Bowdler, P., Giltrow, D., Riddell, S., & Honeychurch, K. C. (2016). A simple and rapid method for the determination of nicotine in third-hand smoke by liquid chromatography and its application for the assessment of contaminated outdoor communal areas. Drug Testing and Analysis, 8(7), 676-681. https://doi.org/10.1002/dta.1822

Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is the first report on the determination of nicotine in third-hand smoke (THS) in outdoor communal areas. The term THS can be defined as the contamination of surfaces by second-hand smoke. This can rema... Read More about A simple and rapid method for the determination of nicotine in third-hand smoke by liquid chromatography and its application for the assessment of contaminated outdoor communal areas.

Association between neonatal resuscitation and a single nucleotide polymorphism rs1835740 (2016)
Journal Article
Odd, D., Varadi, A., Rajatileka, S., Molnár, E., & Luyt, K. (2016). Association between neonatal resuscitation and a single nucleotide polymorphism rs1835740. Acta Paediatrica, 105(7), e307-e312. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.13421

© 2016 Foundation Acta Pædiatrica. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Aim The aim of this work was to test whether three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) implicated in glutamate homoeostasis or signalling and cellular survival are associated... Read More about Association between neonatal resuscitation and a single nucleotide polymorphism rs1835740.

From fun science to seductive science (2016)
Book Chapter
Viladot, P., Stengler, E., & Fernández, G. (2016). From fun science to seductive science. In A. Kiraly, & T. Tel (Eds.), Teaching Physics Innovatively 2015. ELTE University

Science centres and museums have undergone a great evolution in recent decades although it seems that, lately, the science museum model has been somewhat stagnant. Since the radical changes of the mid-twentieth century, it has developed towards strat... Read More about From fun science to seductive science.

Oligonucleotide-based systems: DNA, microRNAs, DNA/RNA aptamers (2016)
Journal Article
Jolly, P., Estrela, P., & Ladomery, M. (2016). Oligonucleotide-based systems: DNA, microRNAs, DNA/RNA aptamers. Essays in Biochemistry, 60(1), 27-35. https://doi.org/10.1042/EBC20150004

© 2016 The Author(s). Published by Portland Press Limited on behalf of the Biochemical Society. There are an increasing number of applications that have been developed for oligonucleotide-based biosensing systems in genetics and biomedicine. Oligonuc... Read More about Oligonucleotide-based systems: DNA, microRNAs, DNA/RNA aptamers.

Competition can lead to unexpected patterns in tropical ant communities (2016)
Journal Article
Ellwood, M. D. F., Blüthgen, N., Fayle, T. M., Foster, W. A., & Menzel, F. (2016). Competition can lead to unexpected patterns in tropical ant communities. Acta Oecologica, 75, 24-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2016.06.001

Ecological communities are structured by competitive, predatory, mutualistic and parasitic interactions combined with chance events. Separating deterministic from stochastic processes is possible, but finding statistical evidence for specific biologi... Read More about Competition can lead to unexpected patterns in tropical ant communities.

How training can fix the existential crisis in science journalism (2016)
Journal Article
Ridgway, A. I. (2016). How training can fix the existential crisis in science journalism. Journal of Science Communication, 15(4),

Science Journalism has been through a huge transition period in the past two decades as digital outlets compete with print media — and that transition is continuing. It’s left many science journalists unsure of their place in this new ecosystem and u... Read More about How training can fix the existential crisis in science journalism.

Designing for discussion (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Buckley, T., Grand, A., Stengler, E., & Wilkinson, C. (2016, June). Designing for discussion. Poster presented at UWE Learning and Teaching Conference 2016, UWE Bristol, UK

How we designed an online distance learning course to sustain an active community of learners

The new commodities of the new media landscape (2016)
Journal Article
Ridgway, A. I. (2016). The new commodities of the new media landscape. Journal of Science Communication, 15(4),

The ‘traditional’ media industry — newspapers and magazines and the like — have had a difficult time lately thanks to increasing competition online. This book’s chapters consider ways the traditional media can reinvent themselves to secure their futu... Read More about The new commodities of the new media landscape.

The stripping voltammetric determination of metal ions at silver electrodes fabricated from compact discs (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Honeychurch, K. C. (2016, June). The stripping voltammetric determination of metal ions at silver electrodes fabricated from compact discs. Paper presented at 16th International Conference on Electroanalysis (ESEAC 2016), Bath, UK

Outline of Talk Construction of a silver working electrode from a compact disc Cyclic voltammetric behaviour of Pb Development of a differential pulse voltammetric method for the determination of Pb Determination of Pb in an environmenta... Read More about The stripping voltammetric determination of metal ions at silver electrodes fabricated from compact discs.

Determination of Malachite Green in Aquaculture Water by Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetry (2016)
Journal Article
Zhu, D., Li, Q., Honeychurch, K. C., Piano, M., & Chen, G. (2016). Determination of Malachite Green in Aquaculture Water by Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetry. Analytical Letters, 49(9), 1436-1451. https://doi.org/10.1080/00032719.2015.1104321

© 2016, Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. An adsorptive stripping voltammetric method for the determination of malachite green in aquaculture water has been developed. Initial studies were made using the cyclic voltammetry of malachite green... Read More about Determination of Malachite Green in Aquaculture Water by Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetry.

A novel reagentless glutamate microband biosensor for real-time cell toxicity monitoring (2016)
Journal Article
Hart, J. P., Pemberton, R. M., Hughes, G., Hughes, G., Pemberton, R., Fielden, P. R., & Hart, J. P. (2016). A novel reagentless glutamate microband biosensor for real-time cell toxicity monitoring. Analytica Chimica Acta, 933, 82-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2016.06.005

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. A reagentless glutamate biosensor was applied to the determination of glutamate released from liver hepatocellular carcinoma cells (HepG2) in response to toxic challenge from various concentrations of paracetamol. A screen printe... Read More about A novel reagentless glutamate microband biosensor for real-time cell toxicity monitoring.