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Tag: ECM

New paper published – LaNts and laminin polymerisation review

New paper on laNts, laminin and netrins in basement membranes.

ECM, Laminin, lant, manuscript, paper, publication, research, science, splicing

2 New papers out – Comprehensive reviews of conjunctival ECM and replacement strategies

“The conjunctival extracellular matrix, related disorders and development of substrates for conjunctival restoration” and “Biological tissues and components, and synthetic substrates for conjunctival cell transplantation” published in The Ocular Surface – links to download.

Basement Membrane, conjunctiva, disease, ECM, publication

New paper out – the road to conjunctival happiness

Overview of our paper:

Mass Spectrometry Reveals α-2-HS-Glycoprotein as a Key Early Extracellular Matrix Protein for Conjunctival Cells

conjunctiva, ECM, IOVS, laminins, manuscript, Mass spectrometry, paper

They grow up so fast – ASMB Nashville

Lee presenting LaNt research at ASMB basement membrane meeting, #Nashville

Basement Membrane, BM, ECM, Laminin, lant, lee, poster

You can see a lot by looking – confocal microscopy imaging of laminins (etc)

Science and art meet when imaging laminins and other ecm proteins using confocal microscopy

art, Basement Membrane, ECM, imaging, Laminin

Life in the Laminin Lab #5 – Examples

  Check back on Monday for #6 #4 available here (and links to the rest) or Meet the characters Or, if … More

Basement Membrane, cartoon, ECM, history, Laminin, Life in the laminin lab, LOCS, PhD, project, Punjab, thesis, viva, writing

Lost in Durham – A Scouser’s tale of Science

Two blog posts in the space of a month? You lucky readers you! Recently, as part of the BBSRC DTP … More

Basement Membrane, BBSRC, Department of Eye and Vision Science, ECM, Laminin, lens, PhD studentship, University of Liverpool

They grow up so fast – NWCR symposium

Today was the Northwest Cancer Research annual symposium held in the stunning, Harry Potter-esque, Victoria Gallery on the University of Liverpool campus. Lots … More

BM, ECM, Laminin, NWCR, poster, splicing, University of Liverpool

They grow up so fast – MRes Spring 2017

April time again and the end of another block of MRes Clinical Sciences projects. This time the Hamill lab hosted three … More

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