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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 Advertisements
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…
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
‘Tis the season of the PhD interview. Longer cartoon as Conro asked for his experience to be immortalised in cartoon form. This is part 1… the story will continue. More cartoons? Follow the link below/in the menu
Basement membranes hold your tissue together. This page will introduce these key structural features in an easy way.
Read more New Content added – Basement Membranes – a very friendly intro!
Life in the laminin lab….big news! A quick cartoon to a) show the best way to deliver news…in a way that the recipient appreciates and b) pass on congratulations to Becky and Kyle. Yes, this is a fair reflection of real life! Miss any of our other cartoons? Links available in the menu or jump…
How well did you learn your grammar? This quiz will put you to the test...
Read more Science phrases grammar quiz… is your grammar up to it?
Life in the laminin lab #15… Like cartoons? We have more! Start heading backwards through the archives…. #14 Or jump to one of our grouped pages #6 to 10, #1 to 5
Check back on Monday for #6 #4 available here (and links to the rest) or Meet the characters Or, if you are feeling really keen, read about how Kevin actually did bring in the Mongol invasion of India in his PhD thesis and viva; here.
Another new year, another new “They grow up so fast” post. This time its the turn of four MRes Clinical Sciences students that have been with our lab for the past 3 months. Today, the students were presenting their work at a poster session in the Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease. Four projects, all…
