Outputs

Publications:

 

  1.  Laura Ferreras, Neil S Sheerin, John A Kirby, Simi Ali. Mechanisms of renal graft chronic injury and progression to interstitial fibrosis.  Current Transplantation Reports, 2015, 2: 259-268.
  2.  Prolong Organ Survival After Transplantation (POSAT), volume 5, FP7 Brochure of successful projects at Newcastle University. http://www.ncl.ac.uk/fundingtoolkit/research/eu/help/index.htm.
  3.  del Barrio ID, Kirby J, Ali S. The Role of Chemokine and Glycosaminoglycan Interaction in Chemokine-Mediated Migration In Vitro and In Vivo. Methods in Enzymolgy 2016, 570, 309-333.
  4.  Ladak SS, Ward C, Ali S. The potential role of microRNAs in lung allograft rejection. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2016, 35(5), 550-9.
  5.  Hjortø, Gertrud M, Larsen, Olav, Steen, Anne, Daugvilaite, Viktorija, Berg, Christian, Fares, Suzan, Hansen, Morten, Ali, Simi, Rosenkilde, Mette M.  Differential CCR7 Targeting in Dendritic Cells by Three Naturally Occurring CC-Chemokines. Frontiers in Immunology 2016, 7:568.
  6.  Barker, Catriona E, Thompson, Sarah, O’Boyle, Graeme, Lortat-Jacob, Hugues, Sheerin, Neil S, Ali, Simi, Kirby, John A. CCL2 nitration is a negative regulator of chemokine-mediated inflammation. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 44384.
  7.  Shameem Sultanali, Ladak; Jason Powell; Andrew J Fisher; Chris Ward; Simi Ali.  MIR-200B-3P: A potential therapeutic target for the bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation (in submission).
  8.  N. Jordan, N. Ellis, E. Singh, B. Innes, R.E.Redgrave, H.M. Arthur, C. Ward,S. Ali. Identification of miRNAs Signature in Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition. Microcirculation 2017, 24(1):15.
  9.  L. Ferreras, N. S. Sheerin, A. Moles, M. Kusche-Gullberg, S. Ali, Heparan sulfate 3-O sulfotransferases in renal fibrosis. International Journal of Experimental Pathology, 2017 (To be published, Abstract from upcoming conference).
  10.  Cantanhede G, Carter V, Giles K, Kirby J, Ali S. The Role of HLA Class II Antibody in Endothelial Cell Activation and Allograft Rejection. In: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION. 2016 (A23), 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY-BLACKWELL.
  11.  Martinez-Burgo B, Ali S, Kirby J, Sheerin N, Cobb S, Kashanin D. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Following Transplantation: Implications for the Modulation of CXCL8 Chemokine Function. [abstract]. Am J Transplant. 2016; 16 (suppl 3).

PRESENTATIONS/AWARDS

 

Gabriel Cantanhede

1. Medical and Scientific Advice on Early Phase Product Development (Oral Presentations and knowledge transfer sessions): QIAGEN Early Phase Product Development team meetings focused on (1) The use of novel ARV7 IVD kit on Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer; and (2) The role of IVD and systems biology in the clinical practise of the future- December’2014 and February 2015.

2. North East Renal Research; 3rd mini-symposium, 2nd March 2015. “The role of HLA antibodies in kidney transplant rejection”. – Oral Presentation

3. Cantanhede G, Carter V, Giles K, Kirby J, Ali S. The Role of HLA Class II Antibody in Endothelial Cell Activation and Allograft Rejection. In: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION. 2016.  – Oral presentation at Campfire Session at the 50th meeting of the Transplantation Society in Hong Kong, August 2016.

 

Awards:

  1. European Society of Organ Transplantation SCHOLARSHIP – Celebrated a partnership between the University of Newcastle and the University of Paris 7 (Diderot)/ INSERM on allograft immunogenicity (2000 euros)
  2. Newcastle University Travel Award (£600)
  3. Travel Support from Promocell (£100)

 

Beatriz Martinez-Burgo

 

  1. Leukocyte Migration in Health and Disease Conference, Birmingham UK, February 2015. “Modulation of chemokine function during ischaemia-reperfusion injury after transplantation”. Poster presentation.
  2. North East postgraduate conference (NEPG), Newcastle UK, 2015 and 2016. Open Lab Book event.
  3. ICM Poster Evening “Blockade to chemokine function with peptides”, Newcastle University UK, April 2015.
  4. British Summer School in Immunology (BSI), York UK, July 2015. “Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury following transplantation: implications for the modulation of chemokine and S1P functions”. Poster presentation.
  5. ICM Research Seminar, UK, April 2016. Oral presentation.
  6. 7th North-East Renal Research mini-symposium, Newcastle UK, April 2016. Oral presentation.
  7. Gordon Conference on Chemotactic Cytokines (GRC), Spain, May 2016. “Targeting CXCL8 to Attenuate the Acute Inflammation – Implications of Biochemical Modulation in IRI”- Martinez-Burgo B, Cobb S, Pohl E, Sheerin NS, Kirby JA, Ali S. Poster presentation.
  8. Gordon Conference on Chemotactic Cytokines (GRC), Spain, May 2016. “Post-translational modification of chemokines during IRI”- Thompson S, Martinez-Burgo B, Sheerin NS, Kirby JA, Ali S. Poster session.
  9. American Transplant Congress (ATC), Boston USA, June 2016. Martinez-Burgo B, Ali S, Kirby J, Sheerin N, Cobb S, Kashanin D. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Following Transplantation: Implications for the Modulation of CXCL8 Chemokine Function. [abstract]. Am J Transplant. 2016; 16 (suppl 3). Poster presentation.
  10. 10th North-East Renal Research mini-symposium, Newcastle UK, March 2017. Oral presentation.
  11. Open Lab Book (OLB). Martinez-Burgo B, del Barrio ID. Chemotaxis and Flow cytometry workshop, 2016. Demonstration.
  12. BSI-Leukocyte Migration Group (LMG), Leeds UK, June 2017. “The Role of Glycosaminoglycans in CXCL8 Function Regulation during Inflammation”. Oral presentation.
  13. European Chemokine and Cell Migration Conference (ECMC), Cardiff UK, September 2017. Poster presentation. BSI awarded.
  14. Thompson, S.; Martínez-Burgo, B.; Sepuru, K.M.; Rajarathnam, K.; Kirby, J.A.; Sheerin, N.S.; Ali, S. Regulation of Chemokine Function: The Roles of GAG-Binding and Post-Translational Nitration. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 201718, 1692.

 

Awards:

  1. Newcastle University Travel Award 2016 (£550)
  2. Gordon Research Conference (GRC) Travel Award 2016 (£436)
  3. Travel Support from loyal Lab reagent companies 2016 (£200)

 

Laura Ferreras:

  1. British Society for Matrix Biology (BSMB) spring meeting, UK 2017 (TBA).
  2. 10th North East Renal Research mini-symposium, UK 2017. Oral presentation
  3. Proteoglycans Gordon Research Seminar and Conference, USA, July 2016. Role of 3-O-sulphation in chronic renal allograft rejection. Oral presentation
  4. ICM Research Seminar, UK 2016. Oral presentation
  5. North East Postgraduate conference, UK 2016
  6. Two-day focussed POSAT conference, UK 2015
  7. British Summer School in Immunology, UK, 2015
  8. 4th North East Renal Research mini-symposium, UK 2015. Oral Presentation
  9. North East Kidney Patient and family/Carer Day, UK 2015.

 

Awards

1. Best Poster Presentation (1st) ICM Poster event, Newcastle University 2017

2. NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY TRAVEL AWARD 2017 (£500)

3. EMBO SHORT TERM FELLOWSHIP 2016 (1687.4 Euros)

4. BSI TRAVEL GRANT 2016 (£1000)

 

Nina Jordan

  1. Gordon Research Conference Tissue repair and regeneration, 2017, New London, USA. N. Jordan, N. Townshend, R. E. Redgrave, H. M. Arthur, C. Ward, S. Ali. Preventing endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition by enhancing miR126-3p expression (TBA)
  2. British microcirculation society annual meeting 2016, Newcastle. N. Jordan, N. Ellis, E. Singh, B. Innes, R. E. Redgrave, H. M. Arthur, C. Ward, S. Ali. Identification of MiRNAs signature in endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition
  3. North East postgraduate conference 2016, Newcastle. Open lab book workshop “MiRNAs: From extraction to amplification
  4. North East postgraduate conference 2015, Newcastle
  5. 5th North East Renal Research mini-symposium, Identification of biomarkers in renal fibrosis 2015, Newcastle
  6. MiRNA Workshop 2016, Earlham institute, June 2016, Norwich

Grants:

BSI travel award, Gordon Research Conference Tissue repair and regeneration, 2017 (1000£)

 

All Fellows:

  • Two-day focussed POSAT conference held at Newcastle University May 19-20th’ May 2015.
  • POSAT conference held at Newcastle University January 26th’2016.

 

Outreach

  1. North East Kidney Patient and family/Carer Day, 15th August 2015. Poster presentation “Understanding and preventing renal graft loss: The role of Heparan Sulfate “(Laura Ferreras).
  2. Leading edge-Prolonging organ survival following transplantation. May 2016-group of 6 children 14-15 year old from Burnside High school, Wallsend. This involved 6 school students with all MC Fellows in developing a project and getting hands-on experience in the laboratory.
  3. Fellows have been involved in setting up the project and meeting the students/teachers in preparation for their lab based project in May’2016.
  4. Twitter account Posat_Project
  5. Nina Jordan: Student researcher: a week in a lab ( sixth form student during one week in the lab from 24/08/15 to 28/08/15)
  6. Gabriel Cantanhede: Student research: a week in the lab (sixth form student during one week in the Department from 04/05/2015 to 08/05/2015).
  7. Nina Jordan: Open Lab book (demonstration) http://theopenlabbook.com/
  8. Beatriz MB: Open Lab book. (Project submission, support and demonstration). (workshops details and PG Innovation fund 2016 here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theopenlabbook/; http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ltds/funding/pgr/).
  9. Beatriz MB: Bridging Science and Business (BSB) workshop - Talks from distinguished professionals, academics, and consultants on Intelectual Property (IP), patenting of ideas, innovative thinking, starting spin-offs and start-ups, and research commercialisation. Joint event with Polish Chapter. Gdansk, Poland. September 2017. Great opportunity for discussions, implementing ideas and networking. Organised and funded by Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA).

  10. Nina Jordan : On-going co-supervision of undergraduate and Mres student 2017