PhD Success Stories
Congratulations!
To the following students who recently passed their PhD
Frances Gunner "The effects of a high molecular weight glucose polymer on muscle metabolism and exercise performance in humans" supervised by Professors Paul Greenhaff and Ian Macdonald
Emeka Uhiara "The role of extracellular signal-related kinase in beta-adrenoceptor-mediated vasodilatation" supervised by Dr Richard Roberts and Dr Steve Alexander
Dan Foxler "Genetic and functional characterisation of the LIMD1 promoter and gene product: from lung cancer to the hypoxic response" supervised by Dr Tyson Sharp
Michelle Murphy "The regulation of energy balance in a seasonal rodent (Phodopus sungorus)" supervised by Professors Fran Ebling and John Brameld
Ben White "The vascular effects of hydrogen sulphide" supervised by Dr William Dunn and Dr Paul Smith
Jo Strachan "Expression and interactions of the ubiquitin receptor ZNF216" supervised by Dr Rob Layfield, Professors Sheila Gardiner and Paul Greenhaff
Simon Paine "Conditional proteasome gene deletion: molecular neuropathology and the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease" supervised by Dr Lynn Bedford and Professor Jim Lowe
Jane Krause "The effect of breakfast and diet composition on mood, appetite and cognitive function" supervised by Dr Moira Taylor and Professor Ian Macdonald
Craig Porter "The impact of carnitine depletion on the regulation of fuel metabolism in rodent skeletal muscle" supervised by Professor Paul Greenhaff and Dr Tim Constantin
Bright Okine "Investigation of the mechanisms of N-acylethanolamine mediated analgesia in animal models of inflammatory and neuropathic pain" supervised by Professor Vicky Chapman and Dr Andy Bennett
Richard Evans "Axon-glial metabolic interactions in the nervous system" supervised by Dr Angus Brown and Dr Rob Mason
Caitlin Jones "Behavioural and neurochemical changes in the isolation-reared rat following pharmacological challenge to the glutamatergic signalling system" supervised by Professor Kevin Fone, Professor Dorothy Auer and Dr Angus Brown
Emma Evans "The effect of hypoxia and oxidative stress on STAT3 regulation in cardiomocytes" supervised by Professors Peter Shaw and Uwe Vinkemeier
Christopher Kay "Membrane translocases in a mitochondrially derived organelle: a study of the T.vaginalis hydrogenosome" supervised by Dr Sabrina Dyall and Dr Ian Kerr
Eman Alefishat "Nucleotide regulation of the vascular system" supervised by Dr Vera Ralevic and Dr Steve Alexander
Recent Publications
Lyons L, ElBeltagy M, Bennett G and Wigmore P. The effects of cyclophoshamide on hippocampal cell proliferation and spatial working memory in the rat. PLoS1 (2011) 6 (6) e21445-
Foxler DE, James V, Shelton SJ, Vallim TQ, Shaw PE and Sharp TV. PU.1 is a major transcriptional activator of the tumour suppressor gene LIMD1. FEBS Lett (2011) 585 (7) 1089-1096
Antunes F, Marg A and Vinkemeier U. STAT1 signalling is not regulated by a phosphorylation-acetylation switch. Mol Cell Biol (2011) 31 (14) 3029-3037
James V, Zhang Y, Foxler DE, de Moor CH, Kong YW, Webb TM, Self TJ, Feng Y, Lagos D, Chu CY, Rana TM, Morley SJ, Longmore GD, Bushell M and Sharp TV. LIM-domain proteins, LIMD1, Ajuba and WTIP are required for microRNA-mediated gene silencing. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (2010) 107 (28): 12499-504
Claeys Bouuaert C and Chalmers R. Transposition of the human HSmar1 transposon: rate-limiting steps and the importance of the flanking TA dinucleotide in second strand cleavage. Nucleic Acids Res (2010) 38 (1) 190-2-2
Khoo EYH, Wallis J, Tsintzas KO, Macdonald IA and Mansell P. Effects of exenatide on circulating glucose, insulin, glucagon, cortisol and catecholamines in healthy volunteers during exercise. Diabetologia (2010) 38 (1) 139-43
Claeys Bouuaert C, Liu D and Chalmers R. A simple topological filter in a eukaryotic transposon as a mechanism to suppress genome instability. Mol Cell Biol (2011) 31 (2) 317-27
Staniaszek LE, Norris LM, Kendall DA, Barrett DA and Chapman V. Effects of COX-2 inhibition on spinal nociception: the role of endocannabinoids. Br J Pharmacol (2010) 160 (3) 669-76
Conference Highlights
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8th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience
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European College of Sports Sciences International Exchange Meeting, Japan
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Microbial Stress from Molecules to Systems, Semmering, Austria
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4th Intracellular Proteolysis Meeting, Barcelona, Spain
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European Association for the Study of the Liver Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Cellular and Cytokine Interactions in Health and Disease, Tri-Society Annual Conference, Lisbon, Portugal
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Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, Colorado, USA
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5th Cachexia Conference, Barcelona, Spain
Latest Graduate Destinations
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University of Oxford
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California Institute of Technology
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Glaxo-Smith-Kline
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University of Illinois, Chicago
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National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
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Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Sindh, Pakistan
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Khon Kaen University, Thailand
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Instituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Padova, Italy
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CellAura
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MedImmune
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Universiti Malaysia Sabah
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Neuro-solutions at the University of Warwick
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University of Cairo
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Diabetes Research Group, King's College, London
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University of Jordan