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Paper published showing the helix of ‘dancing ...
Paper published showing the helix of ‘dancing DNA’
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Isabel and Alice publish paper on a new way to ...
Isabel and Alice publish paper on a new way to detect antimicrobial resistance
Alice Pyne
Caught in the act - catching the membrane ...

Our immune system relies on nanomachines, such as the membrane attack complex (MAC) to kill invasive bacteria in our blood. Our research, published in the EMBO journal and Nature Communications, provides us with a better understanding of how the immune system kills bacteria. This may guide the development of new therapies that harness the immune system against bacterial infections, and strategies that repurpose the immune system to act against other rogue cells in the body.

Caught in the act - catching the membrane attack complex on camera
Alice Pyne
Our DNA research is featured in Forbes Magazine

For #DNADay19 Eva Amsen has written an article discussing what how we can ‘see’ DNA, and what we can learn about its structure from ‘seeing’ it.

You can read the article here

Our DNA research is featured in Forbes Magazine
Antimicrobial peptides
Alice Pyne
Paper published: creating new antibiotics from ...

New antibiotics are desperately needed: without them antimicrobial resistance is predicted to kill more people than cancer. An international collaboration between scientists at the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN), University of Oxford, IBM, STFC Daresbury Laboratory and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has shown that our own bodies may provide an answer.

Paper published: creating new antibiotics from our own immune system

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'Targeting Twist' at the Physics of Life PolNET2 2018 Symposium

'Targeting Twist' at the Physics of Life PolNET2 2018 Symposium

On the 10th December 2018, Kavit attended the ‘Physics of Life PoLNET2 2018 Symposium: Molecules, Mechanics, Medicine and More!’ at the University of York. The interdisciplinary symposium aimed to showcase collaborative projects across Biology and Physics with discussions ranging from evolution to epigenetics.

Kavit Main has joined the group to carry out his MSc research project

Kavit Main has joined the group to carry out his MSc research project

Kavit Main has joined the group to carry out a research project for his MSc in Cancer at the UCL Cancer Institute. His project aims to use Atomic Force Microscopy to gain single-molecule insights into supercoiled DNA-topoisomerase interactions.

Aside from academia, Kavit practises Nasta’liq and Devanagari calligraphy, Mughal miniature painting and enjoys Urdu poetry and hiking.