Outputs (1663)

Clean water for all (2022)
Digital Artefact

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimated that, as of 2020, 2 billion people across the globe did not have access to safely managed drinking water. Ideally, safely managed drinking water should b... Read More about Clean water for all.

Description of a novel species of Leclercia, Leclercia tamurae sp. nov. and proposal of a novel genus Silvania gen. nov. containing two novel species Silvania hatchlandensis sp. nov. and Silvania confinis sp. nov. isolated from the rhizosphere of oak (2022)
Journal Article

Background: Acute Oak Decline (AOD) is a decline disease first reported on native oaks in the UK, but in recent years reports from further afield such as Europe and the Middle East, indicate that the distribution and host range is increasing at an al... Read More about Description of a novel species of Leclercia, Leclercia tamurae sp. nov. and proposal of a novel genus Silvania gen. nov. containing two novel species Silvania hatchlandensis sp. nov. and Silvania confinis sp. nov. isolated from the rhizosphere of oak.

Immobilised teicoplanin does not demonstrate antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus (2022)
Journal Article

Antibacterial bone biomaterial coatings appeal to orthopaedics, dentistry and veterinary medicine. Achieving the successful, stable conjugation of suitable compounds to biomaterial surfaces is a major challenge. A pragmatic starting point is to make... Read More about Immobilised teicoplanin does not demonstrate antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus.

Understanding Hydrogen: Lessons to be learned from physical interactions between the inert gases and the globin superfamily (2022)
Journal Article

Hydrogen gas (molecular hydrogen, H2) has significant effects in a range of organisms, from plants to humans. Many inert gases have been reported to have similar effects, and such responses may be most pronounced when cells are stressed. Xenon (Xe),... Read More about Understanding Hydrogen: Lessons to be learned from physical interactions between the inert gases and the globin superfamily.

The indirect impact of COVID-19 on the life of animals (2022)
Digital Artefact

The COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing major health crisis that is the result of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The virus was first identified in Wuhan, China during December 2019; many patients were initially reported with pneumonia and later the cause was foun... Read More about The indirect impact of COVID-19 on the life of animals.

Metabolic reprogramming and the role of the BCAT protein - implications for type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's disease (2023)
Thesis

Introduction: Oxidative stress and impaired homeostasis are key features of type 2 diabetes mellitus, which is comorbid with Alzheimer’s disease. Dysregulation of the branched-chain aminotransferase protein, which is overexpressed in AD, is suggested... Read More about Metabolic reprogramming and the role of the BCAT protein - implications for type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's disease.

The influence of molecular Hydrogen therapies in managing the symptoms of acute and chronic COVID-19 (2022)
Journal Article

Coronavirus Infectious Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS CoV-2) that emerged as a novel pathogen of global concern in the latter stages of 2019. COVID-19 is a highly contagio... Read More about The influence of molecular Hydrogen therapies in managing the symptoms of acute and chronic COVID-19.

Molecular Hydrogen: The postharvest use in fruits, vegetables and the floriculture industry (2022)
Journal Article

Featured Application: It is proposed here that the use of molecular hydrogen should be considered more widely for the treatment of post-harvest fruits, vegetables and flowers. This can be applied as a gas, or in solution, and costs associated with it... Read More about Molecular Hydrogen: The postharvest use in fruits, vegetables and the floriculture industry.

Environmental assessment of coal mine drainage from historical mining in Bristol and South Gloucestershire (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Human stem cell-derived ventral midbrain astrocytes exhibit a region-specific secretory profile (2023)
Journal Article

This scientific commentary refers to ‘Human stem cell-derived astrocytes exhibit region-specific heterogeneity in their secretory profiles’, by Clarke et al. (https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awaa258) in Brain.

Research informed teaching podcast: Episode 5 (2021)
Digital Artefact

The aim of this podcast is to explore the notion of research-informed teaching in higher education, both from a practical and theoretical point of view. The episodes bring together a range of academics and graduates to discuss what research-informed... Read More about Research informed teaching podcast: Episode 5.

Evaluation of microbial viability and nucleic acid integrity after exposure to new molecular transport medium (Σ-MM™) (2022)
Report

A range of organisms (bacteria and yeasts) were inoculated into Sigma MMTM. The inoculum was then aliquoted into TSB broth at 1 minute and 2 minutes to assess for turbidity indicating growth over a 10 day period. A separate aliquot was also removed f... Read More about Evaluation of microbial viability and nucleic acid integrity after exposure to new molecular transport medium (Σ-MM™).

What drives bat activity at field boundaries? (2022)
Journal Article

Field boundaries are important habitat for bats in agricultural landscapes, serving as commuting and foraging areas for many species. The goal of our study was to better understand the drivers of bat activity in agricultural landscapes to inform cons... Read More about What drives bat activity at field boundaries?.

Variations in bacteriological and physicochemical water quality characteristics of Asata River, Enugu, Nigeria (2023)
Journal Article

Background and Objective: Globally, river water remains an important source of water for drinking, domestic and other uses. This study aimed to assess the bacteriological and physicochemical properties of Asata River water. Materials and Methods: A... Read More about Variations in bacteriological and physicochemical water quality characteristics of Asata River, Enugu, Nigeria.

Evaluation of antifungal activities and antihaemolytic effects of cinnamon essential oils from leaf and bark on Candida albicans and Candida auris (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The effect of Chlorhexidine on bacterial strains (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The antimicrobial activity of essential oils against Bacillus subtilis (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The 2013-2016 Ebola epidemic: evaluating communication strategies between two affected countries in West Africa (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Assessing the microbial quality of water from different local sources in an urban town in South East Nigeria, Nsukka (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The antimicrobial activity of various essential oils against gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Aims The aim of this study is to assess the in vitro antimicrobial activity of several essential oils against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. Methods and results Disc diffusion, microdilution, and disc volatilisation assays, are me... Read More about The antimicrobial activity of various essential oils against gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria.