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CBS houses over 300 scientists in an environment that promotes core science and interdisciplinary research.

A total of £40 million has been invested to create an excellent blend of chemistry, biology and engineering laboratories.

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Latest News

James Gurney has article published in UoN Impact magazine

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My Banter with Pathogens
Date:
08/05/2012

The Glo-yo

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The Glo-yo: a fun way for children to learn how to wash their hands and curb the spread of infection
Date:
13/07/2010

Dr Steve Diggle Fleming Prize lecture

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Dr Steve Diggle has been awarded the prestigious Fleming Prize Lecture
Date:
15/02/2010

Recent Publications

Patent WO 201/106347 A2 Biomolecular Labelling using multifunctional biotin analogues

Patent WO 2010/09233 A1 Pathogen Detector Assay Method and Kit

Benaissi, Karima; Poliakoff, Martyn; Thomas, Neil R., 2010.  Solubilisation of .alpha.-chymotrypsin by hydrophobic ion pairing in fluorous systems and supercritical carbon dioxide and demonstration of efficient enzyme recycling.    Green Chemistry  (12(1),  54-59).

Sadeghi-Khomami, Ali; Forcada, Tatiana J.; Wilson, Claire; Sanders, David A. R.; Thomas, Neil R., 2010.  The UDP-Galp mutase catalyzed isomerization: synthesis and evaluation of 1,4-anhydro-.beta.-D-galactopyranose and its [2.2.2] methylene homolog.    Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry  (8(7),  1596-1602).

Roth, Stefanie; Thomas, Neil R., 2010.  A concise route to L-azidoamino acids: L-azidoalanine, L-azidohomoalanine and L-azidonorvaline.    Synlett  ((4),  607-609).

Partha, Sarathy Karunan; Sadeghi-Khomami, Ali; Slowski, Kathryn; Kotake, Toshihisa; Thomas, Neil R.; Jakeman, David L.; Sanders, David A. R., 2010.  Chemoenzymatic Synthesis, Inhibition Studies, and X-ray Crystallographic Analysis of the Phosphono Analog of UDP-Galp as an Inhibitor and Mechanistic Probe for UDP-Galactopyranose Mutase.    Journal of Molecular Biology  (403(4),  578-590)

KHIM, L., HAN, J., WILLETTS, L., BRADY, K., GILLECE, P., RACHED, O., N.R., STYLIANOU, E., 2010. tylianouComplementary PCAF–Coenzyme A Mutagenesis: Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of a Novel Enlarged Coenzyme A Analogue and Evaluation of Its Biological Activity. ChemBiochem, (11, 2100-2103)

THOMAS, N. R., 2010. Frederic Stanley Kipping—Pioneer in Silicon Chemistry: His Life & Legacy. Silicon, (doi: 10.1007/s12633-010-9051-x)

KUEHNE, S. A., CARTMAN, S. T., HEAP, J. T., KELLY, M. L., COCKAYNE, A. and MINTON, N. P., 2010. The Role of Toxin A and Toxin B in Clostridium Difficile Infection. Nature Letters, (doi:10.1038/nature09397)

TURYANSKA, L., BRADSHAW, T. D., SHARPE, J., LI, M., MANN, S., THOMAS, N. R. and PATANE, A., 2009. The Biocompatibility of Apoferritin-Encapsulated PbS Quantum Dots. Small , 5(15), 1738-1741.

BARDELANG, P., VANKEMMELBEKE, M., ZHANG, Y., JARVIS, H., ANTONIADOU, E., ROCHETTE, S., THOMAS, N. R., PENFOLD, C. N. and JAMES, R., 2009. Design of a polypeptide FRET substrate that facilitates study of the antimicrobial protease lysostaphin . Biochemical Journal , 418, 615-624.

TOWNSEND, A. P., ROTH, S., WILLIAMS, H. E. L., STYLIANOU, E. and THOMAS, N. R., 2009. New S-Adenosyl-L-methionine Analogues: Synthesis and Reactivity Studies. Organic Letters , 11(14), 2976-2979.

 

 

 

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