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Recent Centre News
11th November 2011
Centre welcomes two 'new recruits'
The Centre welcomes two new PhD students, Fern Findlay and Anuj Sehgal, to the team. Fern joins a research programme led by Dr Peter Barlow examining the impact of nanomaterials on human host defence. Anuj joins a research programme, led by Dr Douglas Fraser-Pitt, working on a project looking at the impact of nanomaterial and microbial challenge to intestinal epithelial barrier function.
Dr Peter Barlow, Centre Principal Investigator and Dr Donald Davidson, MRC Senior Research Fellow at the MRC / Edinburgh University Centre for Inflammation Research developed the research in tandem with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the USA.
Dr Barlow said: “This is a fascinating discovery. Our study demonstrates that antimicrobial peptides possess potent antiviral activity against the influenza virus." The peer-reviewed paper, LL-37 and Influenza, is published on the PloS ONE website.
1st September 2011
Dr. Jenny Fraser Takes Up Post Within The Centre For Nano Safety
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Jenny Fraser, who has taken up post as Research Fellow and Part-Time Lecturer within the Centre for Nano Safety.
1st June 2011
The Centre for Nano Safety Recruits New Principal Investigator
The Centre is pleased to announce that Dr. Peter Barlow has taken up post as Lecturer and Principal Investigator in Immunotoxicology, effective from 1st June. Peter is interested in the relationship between nanomaterials and host defence, particularly in the context of Cationic Host Defence Peptides (CHDP). Read more about his research.