Teaching
Modules for 2024-25
GRAND CHALLENGES IN BIOLOGY
Module code: LIFE105
Role: Teaching
Supervised Theses
- A descriptive study of the ultrastucture of the equine superficial digital flexor tendon
- A systems biology approach to musculoskeletal tissue engineering: transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of cartilage and tendon cells
- An Investigation into the Significance of Tissue pH and Biofilms on Wound Healing
- An investigation into the use of hoof balance metrics to test the reliability of a commonly used foot trimming protocol and their association with biomechanics and pathologies of the equine digit.
- Defining the role and mechanisms of miRNAs in cartilage ageing and disease
- Development of Sustained Release, Anti-Cytokine Short Interfering RNA (siRNA) Therapy for Equine Osteoarthritis
- Hoof shape and loading in sound and lame horses; how this is influenced by farriery
- Investigating the effects of glucose exposure on synoviocytes and chondrocytes as a model for musculoskeletal ageing
- PROTEOMIC AND METABOLOMIC SIGNATURES OF ARTHROPATHIES
- Proteomic analysis of tendons at different risk of injury.
- TGF-β mediated synthesis of degradation-resistant collagen (I) homotrimer in musculoskeletal cells
- Tendon and ligament stem cells and their niche
- The emerging problem of antimicrobial resistance in horses: Investigating faecal carriage and environmental contamination with resistant Escherichia coli in equine hospitals and clinical infections with multidrug resistant bacteria
- The role of Nuclear Lamins in regulating the circadian molecular clockwork; daily oscillations and response to mechanical stimulation.
- Transcriptional Regulation of the Aggrecan Gene
- microRNA:target interactions in tendinopathy