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Characterising the stimulus-response function of mouse C-Low threshold mechanoreceptors to mechanical stimuliin vivo (2024)
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Semizoglou, E., Lo Re, L., Middleton, S. J., Perez-Sanchez, J., Tufarelli, T., Bennett, D. L., & Chisholm, K. I. Characterising the stimulus-response function of mouse C-Low threshold mechanoreceptors to mechanical stimuliin vivo

C-low threshold mechanoreceptors (C-LTMRs) in animals (termed C-tactile (CT) fibres in humans) are a subgroup of C-fibre primary afferents, which innervate hairy skin and respond to low threshold punctate indentations and brush stimuli. These afferen... Read More about Characterising the stimulus-response function of mouse C-Low threshold mechanoreceptors to mechanical stimuliin vivo.

Assessing spontaneous sensory neuron activity usingin vivocalcium imaging (2024)
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Ingram, S. L., Chisholm, K. I., Wang, F., De Koninck, Y., Denk, F., & Goodwin, G. L. Assessing spontaneous sensory neuron activity usingin vivocalcium imaging

Heightened spontaneous activity in sensory neurons is often reported in individuals living with chronic pain. It is possible to study this activity in rodents using electrophysiology, but these experiments require great skill and can be prone to bias... Read More about Assessing spontaneous sensory neuron activity usingin vivocalcium imaging.

A time-resolved Förster resonance energy transfer assay to investigate inhibitor binding to ABCG2 (2023)
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Mitchell-White, J. I., Briggs, D. A., Mistry, S. J., Mbiwan, H. A., Kellam, B., Holliday, N. D., …Kerr, I. D. A time-resolved Förster resonance energy transfer assay to investigate inhibitor binding to ABCG2

The human ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter, ABCG2 is responsible for multidrug resistance in some tumours. Detailed knowledge of its activity is crucial for understanding drug transport and resistance in cancer, and has implications for wider p... Read More about A time-resolved Förster resonance energy transfer assay to investigate inhibitor binding to ABCG2.

The influence of heteroresistance on minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), investigated using weak-acid stress in food spoilage yeasts (2023)
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Violet, J., Smid, J., Pielaat, A., Sanders, J., & Avery, S. V. The influence of heteroresistance on minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), investigated using weak-acid stress in food spoilage yeasts

Populations of microbial cells may resist environmental stress by maintaining a high population-median resistance (IC50) or, potentially, a high variability in resistance between individual cells (heteroresistance); where heteroresistance would allow... Read More about The influence of heteroresistance on minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), investigated using weak-acid stress in food spoilage yeasts.

The biocide triclosan induces (p)ppGpp dependent antibiotic tolerance and alters SarA dependent biofilm structures in Staphylococcus aureus (2023)
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Walsh, D., Salzer, A., Wolz, C., Aylott, J., & Hardie, K. R. The biocide triclosan induces (p)ppGpp dependent antibiotic tolerance and alters SarA dependent biofilm structures in Staphylococcus aureus

The biocide triclosan is used extensively in both household and hospital settings. The chronic exposure to the biocide occurring in individuals that use triclosan-containing products results in low levels of triclosan present in the human body that h... Read More about The biocide triclosan induces (p)ppGpp dependent antibiotic tolerance and alters SarA dependent biofilm structures in Staphylococcus aureus.

Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement for PhD Students (2023)
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Gladman, J. R. F., Stocks, J., Phillips, B., Horobin, A., Wragg, A., Mundey, M., …Humes, D. (2022). Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement for PhD Students

This paper aims to provide useful advice regarding the development of skills for patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) in research. The authors of this paper comprise experienced PhD supervisors and trainers, researchers leading PPIE a... Read More about Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement for PhD Students.

On the origins of phenotypic parallelism in benthic and limnetic stickleback (2022)
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Dean, L. L., Magalhaes, I. S., D’Agostino, D., Hohenlohe, P., & MacColl, A. D. C. On the origins of phenotypic parallelism in benthic and limnetic stickleback

Rapid evolution of similar phenotypes in similar environments, giving rise to in situ parallel adaptation, is an important hallmark of ecological speciation. However, what appears to be in situ adaptation can also arise by dispersal of divergent line... Read More about On the origins of phenotypic parallelism in benthic and limnetic stickleback.

Design, Construction, and Functional Characterization of a tRNA Neochromosome in Yeast (2022)
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Schindler, D., Walker, R. S., Jiang, S., Brooks, A. N., Wang, Y., Müller, C. A., …Cai, Y. Design, Construction, and Functional Characterization of a tRNA Neochromosome in Yeast

Here we report the design, construction and characterization of a tRNA neochromosome, a designer chromosome that functions as an additional, de novo counterpart to the native complement of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Intending to address one of the cen... Read More about Design, Construction, and Functional Characterization of a tRNA Neochromosome in Yeast.

Synthetic yeast chromosome XI design enables extrachromosomal circular DNA formation on demand (2022)
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Blount, B. A., Lu, X., Driessen, M. R. M., Jovicevic, D., Sanchez, M. I., Ciurkot, K., …Ellis, T. Synthetic yeast chromosome XI design enables extrachromosomal circular DNA formation on demand

We describe construction of the 660 kilobase synthetic yeast chromosome XI (synXI) and reveal how synthetic redesign of non-coding DNA elements impact the cell. To aid construction from synthesized 5 to 10 kilobase DNA fragments, we implemented CRISP... Read More about Synthetic yeast chromosome XI design enables extrachromosomal circular DNA formation on demand.

Exome sequencing identifies rare damaging variants in ATP8B4 and ABCA1 as novel risk factors for Alzheimers Disease (2022)
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Holstege, H., Hulsman, M., Charbonnier, C., Grenier-Boley, B., Quenez, O., Grozeva, D., …Lambert, J. Exome sequencing identifies rare damaging variants in ATP8B4 and ABCA1 as novel risk factors for Alzheimers Disease

The genetic component of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been mainly assessed using Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS), which do not capture the risk contributed by rare variants. Here, we compared the gene-based burden of rare damaging variants in... Read More about Exome sequencing identifies rare damaging variants in ATP8B4 and ABCA1 as novel risk factors for Alzheimers Disease.