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Our new website

After many months of hard work by lots of people, I'm really pleased to be able to announce that our new Centre website is live. Note that the old Centre website is being turned off.

In particular, I'd like to thank Anna Fildes, Adam Huffman, Alex Carisey, Ceri Harrop, and Linda Green for their input into this project.

Papers accepted

Baldock, C., Oberhauser, A.F., Ma, L., Lammie, D., Siegler, V., Mithieux, S.M., Tu, Y., Yuen Ho Chow, J., Suleman, F., Malfois, M., Rogers, S., Guo, L., Irving, T.C., Wess, T.J., & Weiss, A.S. (2011). Shape of tropoelastin, the highly-extensible protein that controls human tissue elasticity. PNAS USA. in press.

Day, A.J., Clark, S.J. & Bishop, P.N. (2011) Editorial: Understanding the molecular basis of AMD and how the identification of new mechanisms may aid the development of novel therapies. Expert Opinion in Ophthalmology. in press.

Papers published

Tan, K.T., Baildam, A.D., Juma, A., Day, A.J., Milner, C.M. & Bayat, A. (2011). TSG-6 and inter-alpha-inhibitor in periprosthetic breast capsules: reduced levels of free hyaluronan and TSG-6 expression in contracted capsules. Aesthetic Surgery Journal 31, 47-55.

Conference talks

Two Centre members attended the Liverpool-Manchester Structural Biology Symposium at the University of Liverpool on 25th January, where they presented talks on their work:

David Briggs

Structural analysis of Inter-alpha-inhibitor and TSG-6 provide insight into the heavy chain transfer mechanism, a key process in inflammation and ovulation

Simon Foulcer

Hyaluronan reorganisation by the versican G1 domain leads to the formation of novel helical structures that are likely to play important roles in both cell function and pathology

Public engagement

Nasreen Akhtar, Keith Brennan, Simon Clarke, Doug Dyer, Andreas Prokop, Karine Rousseau & Mark Travis

Organised the A-level study day at the Manchester Museum on 4th February.

Mike Briggs, Keith Brennan, Jen Lindsay, Karine Rousseau & Helen Troilo participated in the "Meet the Scientist" CSI event.

And a special congratulations to Keith who after many years of taking part finally won!

Other news

Clair Baldock

Was invited to visit Professor Mats Paulsson and Dr Raimund Wagener at the University of Cologne on 19th-20th January to discuss future new collaborations.

Linda Green

After many years of working with the Centre, Linda has decided to take up a new position within FLS. She is therefore leaving the Centre to become the Faculty's Health, Safety, Risk & Compliance Officer. Linda has been with the Centre since it's creation and has been an essential and valuable part of it. It is therefore with sadness that we say farewell, but we would like to thank her for all her contributions over the years, and we send her all the very best wishes in her new role.