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Read more at: A novel method for investigating complex bioelectrical pathways
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A novel method for investigating complex bioelectrical pathways

In a new paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society , Joshua Lawrence and colleagues from the research groups of Chris Howe (Biochemistry) and Jenny Zhang (Chemistry) present a novel method for investigating complex bioelectrical pathways using electrodes.

Electron transfer...


Read more at: Mike Deery secures BBSRC grant for state-of-the-art equipment

Mike Deery secures BBSRC grant for state-of-the-art equipment

Mike Deery, who is the facility manager at the Cambridge Centre for Proteomics (CCP), has been awarded a grant from the BBSRC ALERT 24 mid-range equipment for biosciences research. The grant application was titled ‘Increasing mass spectrometry functionality and capacity for the Cambridge...


Read more at: Jessica Corry wins entrepreneur award
Jessica Corry

Jessica Corry wins entrepreneur award

Congratulations to Jessica Corry, who has won the Cancer Research Horizons Early Career Entrepreneur Award ! Jessica was a PhD student with Darerca Owen, graduating in 2022. She co-founded xterna, a company using enhanced nucleic acids to revolutionise targeted drug delivery ....


Read more at: First pilot therapeutic trial in Dent disease caused by OCRL1 gene mutations
3D reconstruction of a mouse proximal tubule cell with OCRL deficiency (left) and alpelisib treatment (right)

First pilot therapeutic trial in Dent disease caused by OCRL1 gene mutations

The Lowe Syndrome Trust UK, Dent Disease Foundation USA and The Lowe Syndrome Association USA have each awarded grants of €20,000 towards a pilot clinical study led Professor Francesco Emma, Head of the Nephrology unit at the Bambino Gesù Children’s hospital in Rome, Italy. The first patients were enrolled into this...


Read more at: Patil Group discovers how gut microbes could protect us from toxic 'forever chemicals'
PFAS accumulation in gut bacteria

Patil Group discovers how gut microbes could protect us from toxic 'forever chemicals'

Our Professor of Molecular Systems Biology, Kiran Patil, and his colleagues in the MRC Toxicology unit and at EMBL, Imperial College, King's College, London and Tübingen, have published an article in Nature Microbiology. The paper examines how certain species of microbe found in the human gut can absorb PFAS -...