The Hamill lab blog
Our newest paper has just been published in the Journal of Refractive Surgery (available here – open access). In it we have examined the effects a procedure called corneal crosslinking has on the structure of the cornea, on the chemical bonds within it and how those relate to changes to the stiffness (strength) of the tissue.…
Laminins are extracellular proteins, lamins are nuclear envelope proteins – similar names, very different jobs! Want to learn about laminins? Click here for our friendly intro. Wondering what the cone is all about? Find out here
#2 of our laminin highlights series. This time I want to draw attention to two papers, both from March this year. On their own, each of these are pretty cool, asking important questions but, taken together, they contribute important observations to the laminin field that may not be fully appreciated individually. Put simply, when it…
Read more Laminin Research Highlights – what a difference a beta chain makes
Continuing our Conro’s PhD interview series… see other two here New Interviewing Techniques and Interviewing techniques
Laminins are known as “God’s molecule”. In most textbook images they are drawn as cross-shaped with three short arms and one long arm due to their appearance in rotary shadowing electron micrographs (see below). Laminins get billed as the glue that holds the body together and that, coupled to a verse in Colossians 1:15-17, and…
Continuing our cartoons about PhD interviews… Don’t worry, not all students have to do arts and crafts during their selection! Wondering what a basement membrane is? Conro wrote a simple intro here Wondering if this is even vaguely real… see videos below! (Also, watch out for the separate post coming soon with the fully assembled…
Last week was National Science week and schools around the country were doing things a little differently. Showing kids the “cool” side of science and what potential careers a degree in science can lead to. My mate/father of my Goddaughter/the groom to my “best man wedding service”, Mr Ridgeway asked me back in October if I…
Read more Chopping up eyes and saving lives: Science Week in Sedgefield!
This is the first of a new series of posts where we highlight recent developments in laminin research. In the first few months of 2018 there have been a little flurry of papers showing new or improved potential for therapies for inherited diseases where the mutation affects laminin function. So I thought I would group them…
Read more Laminin Research Highlights – Developments in Laminin Therapies
