Extracellular Vesicle Research Unit

Projects

Projects per year 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2031

• 7 Active
• 9 Not started
• 34 Finished

Projects per year

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  Function of two tandemly duplicated immune receptor genes in disease resistance and its temperature sensitivity

  Stotz, H.

  10/06/24 → 23/08/24

  Project: Research

  • Plenodomus lingam 100%
  • immunologic receptors 85%
  • disease resistance 67%
  • mutants 55%
  • temperature 38%

• KE-CAPS: Knowledge exchange in Collaborative action for Pork Safety (KE-CAPS)

  Goh, S.

  UK Food Safety Research Network

  11/03/24 → 10/09/24

  Project: Research

  • swine 100%
  • pork 84%
  • food chain 82%
  • focus groups 58%
  • slaughterhouses 31%

• Health benefits of Montmorency tart cherry juice supplementation in adults with mild to moderate Ulcerative Colitis; a placebo randomized control trial.

  Bottoms, L. & Goh, S.

  1/09/23 → 1/09/24

  Project: Research

  • Ulcerative Colitis 100%
  • Insurance Benefits 59%
  • Placebos 45%
  • Biological Products 30%
  • Vaccinium myrtillus 26%

• CAPS: Collaborative action for pork safety (CAPS) (Phase 1)

  Goh, S. & Baines, S.

  UK Food Safety Research Network, Don Whitely Scientific

  10/07/23 → 9/07/24

  Project: Research

  • pork 100%
  • government agencies 46%
  • momentum 43%
  • swine 43%
  • microbial ecology 42%

• Project Breadcrumbs

  Chilcott, R. & Johnston, I.

  9/01/23 → 8/04/23

  Project: Research

  • Evaluation 100%

• MRC mid-range equipment full application - Anaerobic workstation

  Goh, S. & Baines, S.

  31/10/22 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

  • purchase 100%

• Phage transduction of ermB and tetM in environmental Clostridioides difficile

  Goh, S.

  Microbiology Society

  11/07/22 → 2/09/22

  Project: Research

  • Bacteriophages 100%
  • Genetic Crosses 29%
  • Horizontal Gene Transfer 24%
  • Bacterial DNA 23%
  • Organized Financing 21%

• Mechanical Testing and Analysis of a Novel 3D Printing Resin Formulation for Medical and Microfluidics Applications

  Johnston, I., Dimov, N. & Kaye, R.

  Hertfordshire Science Partnership (HSP)

  1/07/22 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

  • Mechanical testing 100%
  • Microfluidics 87%
  • 3D printers 81%
  • Resins 74%
  • Medical applications 69%

• Summer Studentship - Genetics Society

  Dimitriadi, M.

  The Genetics Society

  13/06/22 → 31/07/22

  Project: Research

  • holiday 100%
  • grant 67%
  • student 60%
  • research project 60%
  • contact 57%

• Targeting intracellular dermatology pathogens by combining phage and nano-technologies

  Goh, S.

  6/06/22 → 23/12/22

  Project: Research

  • Bacteriophages 100%
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus 77%
  • Dermatology 76%
  • Technology 49%
  • In Vitro Techniques 33%

• KEEP+ BETAR

  Wu, H., Johnston, I. & Cook, M. T.

  1/02/22 → 31/01/23

  Project: Research

  • regional development 100%
  • project 46%

• DIVISIUM - Chip Development

  Dimov, N., Johnston, I., Tan, C. & Kaye, R.

  1/10/21 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

  • Microfluidics 100%
  • 3D printers 92%
  • Fluids 60%

• Microfluidics Device Development Consultancy

  Dimov, N., Johnston, I., Tan, C., Baxter, R. & Kaye, R.

  20/09/21 → 31/03/22

  Project: Consultancy

• Understanding plant/insect interactions

  Stotz, H.

  Felix Thornley Cobbold Agricultural Trust

  1/09/21 → 31/08/24

  Project: Research

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  • plant-insect relations 100%
  • students 36%
  • insect pests 34%
  • crops 29%
  • Drosophila suzukii 26%

• Role of cinnamate 4-hydroxylase, beta adaptin and AKIN10 SNF1 kinase homolog 10 in oilseed rape resistance against P. brassicae

  Stotz, H. & Muthayil Ali, A.

  The British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP), Chadacre Agricultural Trust

  12/07/21 → 17/09/21

  Project: Research

  • Pyrenopeziza brassicae 100%
  • Brassica napus 77%
  • trans-cinnamate 4-monooxygenase 56%
  • clathrin 37%
  • vacations 36%

• Novel pre-breeding germplasm for commercial development of sustainable traits in crops

  Stotz, H.

  1/06/21 → 31/05/22

  Project: Research

• Consultancy on Microfluidic Device Design for Cell and gene Therapy

  Johnston, I., Tan, C. & Dimov, N.

  1/03/21 → 31/05/21

  Project: Consultancy

  • Equipment Design 100%
  • Lab-On-A-Chip Devices 99%
  • Cell- and Tissue-Based Therapy 68%
  • Genetic Therapy 67%

• Membrane vesicle-mediated sensitization of Clostridioides difficile to phage infection

  Goh, S. & Inal, J.

  1/03/21 → 31/08/22

  Project: Other

• National Core Study: Covid Transmission - Bioaerosol Instrumentation Design

  Murnane, D., Dimov, N. & Johnston, I.

  1/12/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

  • Specifications 100%
  • Aerosols 93%
  • Microorganisms 92%
  • Fluid dynamics 81%

• abc-DNA: All-in-One Biosampling Cyclone with DNA amplification

  McCluskey, D., Johnston, I., Munro, I., Baxter, R. & Kaye, R.

  28/10/20 → 27/07/21

  Project: Research

  • DNA 100%

• DMF-Detect: Digital Microfluidics Based Detection

  Johnston, I., Coudron, L., Munro, I., Baxter, R., Dimov, N., McCluskey, D., Tan, C., Kaye, R. & Bettles, P. M.

  1/09/20 → 1/04/22

  Project: Research

  • Digital microfluidics 100%
  • Aerosols 96%
  • bioaerosols 58%
  • Amplification 54%
  • Bacillus atrophaeus 48%

• Genetic engineering of a lytic Clostridioides difficile phage

  Goh, S.

  4/02/20 → 3/02/22

  Project: Research

• Role of phage transduction in the spread of antibiotic resistance in Clostridioides difficile

  Goh, S. & Baines, S.

  5/09/19 → 4/03/21

  Project: Other

• Prophage contribution to virulence, persistence, and transmission of Clostridioides difficile

  Goh, S. & Mullany, P.

  5/09/19 → 4/03/21

  Project: Other

• Functional Analysis of amino acids in the AtRPP1 immune receptor involved in recogniton of corresponding oomycete ATR1 effectors

  Stotz, H.

  8/07/19 → 15/09/19

  Project: Other

  • amino acid receptors 100%
  • immunologic receptors 91%
  • Oomycetes 73%

• Food safety through Mycobacterium smegmatis degradation of mycotoxins contaminating food

  Goh, S., Garcia-Cela, E. & Kendall, S.

  1/03/19 → 29/02/20

  Project: Research

• The role of oilseed rape leaf wax characteristics in resistance against the light leaf spot pathogen Pyrenopeziza brassicae

  Stotz, H.

  1/11/18 → 31/10/19

  Project: Other

  • Pyrenopeziza brassicae 100%
  • leaf spot 63%
  • waxes 57%
  • students 56%
  • Brassica napus 54%

• Cytokine Study with the AirSeal® System in robotic Urology

  Vasdev, N.

  9/10/18 → 8/10/22

  Project: Other

• Development of automated device for microfluidic screening of plant cells

  Johnston, I. & Tan, C.

  The Higher Education Innovation Fund

  1/10/18 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research

  • microfluidic technology 100%
  • screening 57%
  • cells 25%

• Genomics-led improvement of biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in mustard rape for economic and environmental sustainability

  Stotz, H., Fitt, B. & Sayed, M. H.

  1/10/18 → 31/08/21

  Project: Research

  • environmental sustainability 100%
  • economic sustainability 95%
  • biotic stress 80%
  • stress tolerance 74%
  • abiotic stress 70%

• Discovery of the genetic basis of partial resistance against Pyrenopeziza brassicae in oilseed rape (Brassica napus)

  Stotz, H.

  1/09/18 → 31/08/22

  Project: Other

  • Pyrenopeziza brassicae 100%
  • Brassica napus 59%
  • fungicides 34%
  • Scotland 27%
  • azoles 17%

• Spinal muscular atrophy: identification of pathways critical for SMN function

  Dimitriadi, M.

  3/04/18 → 2/04/20

  Project: Other

  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy 100%
  • Motor Neurons 74%
  • Critical Pathways 50%
  • Caenorhabditis elegans 22%
  • Invertebrates 11%

• Investigating the viability of Outer Membrane Vesicle Inhibition in sensitizing bacteria to phage therapy.

  Inal, J. & Goh, S.

  15/02/18 → 14/02/21

  Project: Other

• Characterisation of linezolid resistance in clinical Clostridium difficile strains.

  Baines, S. & Goh, S.

  4/09/17 → 3/09/19

  Project: Other