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A long (sequence) read: high throughput bacterial sequencing (LANGRIDGE_Q21DART)
In this project, Campylobacter and Salmonella isolates from diarrhoeal stool specimens will be investigated by applying high throughput HMW DNA extraction and...
Enhancing pathogen detection with sweet peptide tools (MORRIS_U21DART)
Host-pathogen interactions often rely on the binding between a host glycan (sugar) to a sugar-binding protein (lectin). Bacteria such as Pseudomonas...
Having your cake and eating it: Role of grain properties on digestibility & glyceamic response to sweet bakery products (EDWARDS_Q21CASEC)
Having your cake and eating it: Role of grain properties on digestibility and glyceamic response to sweet bakery products (EDWARDS_Q21CASEC)
With the...
Design & fabrication of ice-phobic & ice-shedding surfaces using digital manufacturing (ASKOUNISA_U21SCIPVC)
Ice accretion is detrimental to a number of areas from airplanes to wind turbines and power cables. Currently, methods to remove ice are either...
Monitoring of emerging contaminants in water using novel optical fibre sensors (HERNAEZM_U21SCIPVC)
Applications are invited to the School of Engineering, University of East Anglia, for a PhD in the field of optical fibre sensors based on nanostructured...
Biochemical pathology of diabetes: Mechanisms of cysteine depletion during hyperglycaemia (HAMILTONC_U22SF)
In humans, the cysteine-containing tripeptide glutathione (GSH) is an essential thiol cofactor that maintains an intracellular reducing environment to protect...