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Images of research

3 October 2011 //
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My photograph has been shortlisted for the University of Manchester Images of Research Photography Competition. My image analogises fishing to the molecular techniques I use in the laboratory to investigate cell adhesion.

Molecular Fishing // Image by Adam Byron

The shortlisted images are currently being exhibited at the John Rylands Library, Deansgate (3-28 October), and then at the University of Manchester Science Spectacular event at Whitworth Hall (29 October). You can vote for your favourite image at one of these exhibitions or online here!

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Adhesion signalling complexes

22 December 2010 //
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Our Primer on adhesion signalling complexes has been published in the current issue of Current Biology.

The article provides an accesible overview of the role of extracellular-matrix receptors and their associated protein complexes and signalling networks in the control of cell adhesion and migration. We focus on the molecular complexity of adhesion signalling complexes and mechanisms of their regulation, which impact on many aspects of cell behaviour in health and disease.

Adhesion complex interaction network // Image by Adam Byron

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Paper nominated for 2009 Signaling Breakthrough of the Year

11 January 2010 //
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Our recent Science Signaling Research Article is featured in Signaling Breakthroughs of the Year published in the current issue of Science Signaling.

The Signaling Breakthroughs of the Year Editorial Guide is an annual feature that shortlists the most important cell signalling advances of the previous year. Science Signaling Chief Scientific Editor Michael Yaffe (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) highlighted our proteomic analysis of integrin signalling complexes as a notable contribution to the development of methodologies that enable network-level analyses of signal transduction, an important theme of this year’s selected signalling breakthroughs.

I am also pleased to have created one of the figures used in the Editorial Guide.

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“Omics Meets Cell Biology” Meeting Report

3 December 2009 //
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BSCB Newsletter cover, 2009, Autumn

BSCB Newsletter cover, 2009, Autumn

My Meeting Report on the Keystone Symposia meeting entitled “Omics Meets Cell Biology” has been published in the Autumn 2009 issue of the BSCB Newsletter.

I attended the Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology: Omics Meets Cell Biology meeting from 25–30 January 2009 in the snowy heights of Breckenridge, Colorado, USA. The conference, the first Omics Meets Cell Biology Keystone Symposium, brought together leading experts in cell biology and “omics” technologies (genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, etc.) to discuss the ever-growing interface between the two disciplines.
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Seminar presentation at the University of Warwick

26 November 2009 //
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I am pleased to have been invited to present a seminar at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, UK. The seminar will cover my current work in the laboratory of Professor Martin Humphries (University of Manchester, UK), and it is titled “Analysing the complexity of cell adhesion: A proteomic approach.”

I completed my undergraduate degree at Warwick in 2004 so am really looking forward to seeing how the department has changed. Indeed, I was asked to present this seminar by Professor Lynne Roberts who was my supervisor for my final-year undergraduate research project.

The seminar is at 3pm tomorrow (27 November 2009) on Gibbet Hill campus and is part of the Genes & Development Research Interest Group seminar series.

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