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Papers accepted

Mahoney, D.J., Swales, C., Athanasou, N.A., Bombardieri, M., Pitzalis, C., Kliskey, K., Sharif, M., Day, A.J., Milner, C.M. & Sabokbar, A. (2010) TSG-6 inhibits osteoclast activity via an autocrine mechanism and is functionally synergistic with OPG. Arthritis & Rheumatism. In press.

Public Engagement

Martin Humphries recently travelled to Singapore where hegave a talk to top science students at Hwa Chong Institution on 15^th November. Martin then visited Hong Kong and adjudicated a students debate as part of the Science Alive programme on 16^th November. This was held in the Science Museum and was sponsored by the Native English Speaking Teachers Association/South China Morning Post/British Council.

Mark Travis participated in the Royal Society MP-Scientist pairing scheme, spending a week in Westminster learning about how science policy is debated and decided, and shadowing the David Mowat MP, Conservative MP for Warrington South.

Invited seminars

Keith Brennan

Breakthrough Centre, ICR London, 22^ndNovember. Notch regulation of apoptosis in breast cancer

Tim Hardingham

Workshop on Oxygen regulation in health, disease and biotechnology, Cardiff Institute of Tissue Engineering and Repair, Cardiff University, 3^rd November. Chondrocyte response to lowered oxygen and effects on extracellular matrix production

Martin Humphries

School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, 25^th November. Proteomic analyses of cell adhesion signalling

Rachel Lennon

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA, 12^thNovember. Proteomics applied to the Glomerulus

Andreas Prokop

bioGUNE, Bilbao, Spain, 19^thNovember. Spectraplakins - cytoskeletal integrators with key roles in brain development

Mark Travis

National Institute for Medical Research, London, 19^th November. Keeping immunity in check: the role of integrins, TGF-beta and dendritic cells in regulating immune responses

New Staff

David Bradley has joined Pat Caswell’s lab as a technician. David comes from Janni Petersen’s lab where he worked for five years.

Other News

Tim Hardingham was an external PhD examiner for two PhDs, at the Institute of Nephrology, Cardiff University on 4^th November and at Kennedy Institute, Imperial College on 22^nd November.

Rachel Lennon Congratulations to Rachel, who completed the New York marathon on 7^th November in a time of 3 hours and 43 minutes. A big thank you for all those who donated, Rachel has so far managed to raise £976 for both Kidney Research UK and the Manchester based charity Kidneys for Life. If you would to donate Rachel’s web page is still open, please go to: virginmoneygiving.com

Charles Streuli has been invited to join the Cancer Research UK Clinical Fellows Selection Panel, which supports clinical academic careers in cancer research.