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Tag: Laminin

Zooming in on laminin 332 – public seminar for ER research organisation

Recently I gave an e-seminar to the dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa research organisation – aimed a a mixed audience of patients, … More

Laminin

New Paper Published – Understanding Laminin N Terminus Alpha 31’s Role in Corneal Healing

New paper published on LaNts impact on laminins.

Basement Membrane, biology, cornea, food, health, imaging, Laminin, microscopy, migration, paper, science, wound healing

They grow up so fast – Dzhalil + Louie at ILCAMS day

Quick post to acknowledge the great work Dzhalil and Louie “Lewis” did in their first presentations to the institute. Dzhalil … More

Laminin, life in the lab, PhD

Showing off microscopy images at Pint of Science

Last night, I had the privilege of delivering a talk at Pint of Science held at the Ship and Mitre … More

Laminin, laminins, microscopy, outreach, University of Liverpool

They grow up so fast – ASMB Basement Membrane workshop 2024 edition

Last week Fawziah, Bilge, Natasha, Aeshah and myself attended the Basement Membrane Workshop run by the American Society of Matrix … More

Basement Membrane, conference, Laminin, They grow up so fast

New Paper Published – Is exposure to ECM enough to cause epithelial transdifferentiation?

New paper from Tiago Ramos demonstrating conjunctiva and corneal plasticity when exposed to cell-derived matrix.

#laminin #ECM #cornea #conjunctiva

conjunctiva, cornea, Laminin, paper

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

New paper published – First ever LaNt in vivo studies!

New paper – studying laminin N terminus alpha31 in a transgenic mouse model. The first in vivo experiments into this protein. The results are striking!

Basement Membrane, Laminin

They grow up so fast – Liam’s concluding remarks

Liam Shaw submitted his thesis this week. A momentous day on the PhD journey. I really liked his poetic conclusion, and share it here for your enjoyment!

Laminin, thesis

New Paper Published – LaNt a31 in breast cancer

Big new paper out now! “Laminin N-terminus α31 is upregulated in invasive ductal breast cancer and changes the mode of tumour invasion.”

(lay description in body)

Laminin, University of Liverpool, writing

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