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Tag: Laminin

They grow up so fast – Meng presenting his MRes work

Today Meng-Chen Tsai presented the work from his Masters in Research project in our lab this semester. Meng’s work has … More

Laminin, MRes, saRNA

They grow up so fast – BSMB 2019

This week the British Society of Matrix Biology (BSMB) and Matrix Biology Ireland (MBI) held their spring meeting in Liverpool. … More

Basement Membrane, bsmb, Laminin, matrix, University of Liverpool

They grow up so fast – Conro and Liam’s 1st year PhD talks

Another milestone was reached this week for Liam and Conro as they entered the second year of their PhDs. The … More

Basement Membrane, Laminin, lant, PhD, University of Liverpool

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

Lamin-in

Laminins are extracellular proteins, lamins are nuclear envelope proteins – similar names, very different jobs! Want to learn about laminins? … More

cone of shame, Laminin, Life in the laminin lab

New Interviewing Techniques

Continuing our cartoons about PhD interviews… Don’t worry, not all students have to do arts and crafts during their selection! … More

Basement Membrane, cartoon, interview questions, interview technique, Laminin, Life in the laminin lab, pipe cleaners

Laminin Research Highlights – Developments in Laminin Therapies

This is the first of a new series of posts where we highlight recent developments in laminin research. In the first … More

Basement Membrane, Laminin, Merosin-deficient congenital muscular atrophy, Pierson syndrome, therapy

Interviewing techniques

‘Tis the season of the PhD interview. Longer cartoon as Conro asked for his experience to be immortalised in cartoon … More

cartoon, interview, Laminin, Life in the laminin lab

New Content added – Basement Membranes – a very friendly intro!

Basement membranes hold your tissue together. This page will introduce these key structural features in an easy way.

Basement Membrane, Laminin

Big news

Life in the laminin lab….big news! A quick cartoon to a) show the best way to deliver news…in a way … More

amniotic, big news, Laminin, pregnancy

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