Cross-Reactive Bactericidal Antimeningococcal Antibodies
Imperial College London
The threat from invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) remains a serious source of concern despite the licensure and availability of vaccines. […]
Natural Sciences
Mitochondrial efficiency in health and disease
Imperial College London
Mitochondria perform several critical functions including cellular energy production and initiation of cellular apoptosis. Resistance to mitochondrial cell death is […]
Integrated pathogen load and host-pathogen interactions in severe malaria
Imperial College London
The pathogenesis of infectious diseases depends on the interaction of host and pathogen. In Plasmodium falciparum malaria, host and parasite processes can […]
Non-Spherically Symmetric Collapse in AdS Spacetimes
Queen Mary, University of London
Hans Bantilan discusses gravitational collapse in asymptotically anti-de Sitter spacetimes away from spherical symmetry. Publication
String-Theory-Based Predictions in Strongly Interacting Fermi Gases
Queen Mary, University of London
Very different strongly interacting quantum systems such as Fermi gases, quark-gluon plasmas formed in high energy ion collisions and black […]
Cholesterol and inflammasome activation
Imperial College London
Cellular lipids determine membrane integrity and fluidity and are being increasingly recognized to influence immune responses. Cellular cholesterol requirements are […]
Prefrontal cortical thinning and negative symptoms in schizophrenia
University of Bath
Our understanding of the complex relationship between schizophrenia symptomatology and etiological factors can be improved by studying brain-based correlates of […]
Bruch’s membrane and age-related macular degeneration
University of Manchester
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in the western world and affects nearly 200 million people […]
Facing Down Emerging Viruses
Imperial College London
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa has highlighted the threat of newly emerged viral infections. Michal Barski discusses why and […]
An introduction to a theory on the role of π-electrons of docosahexaenoic acid in brain function
Imperial College London
Six hundred million years ago, the fossil record displays the sudden appearance of intracellular detail and the 32 phyla. The […]
