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Understanding an ancient universal membrane effector system
All living cells are surrounded by a thin membrane, which keeps the inside of the cell separate from the outside environment. This essential cellular boundary layer contains protei...
HSV-2 specificity and phenotyping of tissue-based T cells in genital skin biopsies of HSV-2 reactivation
PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT Summary of Proposal: This proposal supports a 5-year mentored career development award investigating the tissue-based immune response through the lens of...
A single arm pilot study of Brodalumab in the treatment of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Background Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a NIHR rare immune-mediated liver disease, associated with a unique type of inflammatory bowel disease.The disease is characteris...
An Exploratory Study of Interventions for Self-Harm in Men's Prisons
Background There is a high prevalence of self-harm in men in prison in England and Wales. Rates are at a record high, with 47,136 incidents between March 2018 and 2019. Self-harm c...
EDGE FGT: Development of functional genomics tools in cactophilic Drosophila
The genome of organisms can have thousands to tens of thousands of genes coded in their DNA. For each gene, organisms can also produce alternative versions of a gene product (usual...
HSI Pilot Project: Enhancing Undergraduate Engineering Education Using an Integrated Additive Manufacturing Approach
With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), this Track 1 project aims to develop a variety of educational resources b...
Collaborative Research: Investigating Bubble-Mediated Gas Exchange in a Strongly Convective Ocean during the Bubble Exchange in the Labrador Sea (BELS) Experiment
The Labrador Sea, part of the North Atlantic Ocean between Canada and Greenland, is one of the few places in the world where the deep ocean is ventilated. It is where salts and dis...
HSV-2 specificity and phenotyping of tissue-based T cells in genital skin biopsies of HSV-2 reactivation
PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT Summary of Proposal: This proposal supports a 5-year mentored career development award investigating the tissue-based immune response through the lens of...
Development of the UValidate platform for the profiling of topically applied chemical agents.
Project Summary Skin is the first line of defense against the outside environment. When the skin barrier is breached by UV irradiation (UVR) or toxic chemicals, living cell layers...
Metal Nanoclusters as Heterogeneous Catalysts in Flow Reactors
Metal nanoclusters (MNCs) are metal atom clusters with diameters smaller than 2.0 nm, and can be composed of a single or multiple metals. MNCs show promise as heterogeneous catalys...
An Investigation into the Role of Science & Speculative Fiction for Reframing Modes of Engagement with Urban Environments for Multispecies Collaborati
Full title: Science Fact, Fiction and Futures: An Investigation into the Role of Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction for Reframing Modes of Engagement with Urban Environments f...
Finding Britain's place in the 'New World Order': foreign policy in the Thatcher and Major governments at the end of the Cold War
This project will examine British foreign policy in the final years of the Cold War and its aftermath, using recently-released archival material to shed new light on a period which...
From 'I' to 'we': how theories of social cooperation can inform transport policies designed to reduce reliance on car ownership
Transport decarbonisation demands extensive behaviour change(1), including a shift away from private car ownership and usage to public transport, walking and cycling. Avoiding car...
Multi-functional fibres as bio-based food binders, selectively modified using green technologies and enzymes
The current trend in the food and innovation sector is the drive for more sustainable foods and its alternatives in an attempt to combat the negative effects unsustainable approach...
Strategies to understand and reduce the spoilage potential of low and non-alcoholic beverages
Fermented beverages are considered to be products which are 'safe for human consumption', for the primary reason that pathogenic organisms are not associated with the fin...
Super receivers for visible light communications
I. IntroductionConsidering the limited radio spectrum, visible light communication (VLC) using an unlicensed light spectrum nowadays offers an opportunity to create a new wireless...
Development of measurement techniques to identify and characterise diabetic foot ulceration and foot health conditions
Diabetes is a globally prevalent condition, with the associated affects being altered soft tissues and nerve function. These changes result in areas of abnormally high plantar pres...
Validation of novel Parkinson's Disease target genes by Artificial Intelligence-based predictions
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common age related disorder and the fastest growing neurological condition in the world, with no cure. PD is characterised by a pro...
The Epistemology of Construction Product Certification
This project focuses on two research questions:How does product certification function as an epistemic practice, one that creates, curates and transmits safety-critical knowledge w...
An Ecology of the Large Jazz and Improvising Ensemble Scenes in the UK
This multidisciplinary research project emerges from my 14-years' professional involvement with contemporary large ensemble jazz and improvised music across UK, Europe and Nor...