Lisa's Lab Book

 

  Plans are underway for me to carry out research on RV Polarstern as part of an expedition in spring of 2022. My transport boxes have arrived and now I need to think about all the lab items I will need on board. The research will centre around measurement of metabolism in Antarctic aquatic organisms (hopefully including our favourites the icefish!). This will contribute to the first pilot of a much larger project to measure the progress and effect of climate change in the Eastern Weddell Sea.  More soon.

Congratulations to Brad, Tom, Gunjan! This is also our first joint publication with N Moisoi an excellent collaborator and friend.   

                                Brad Ebanks - BBSRC DTP Scholar I graduated from the University of Nottingham with a Biochemistry and Biological Chemistry degree in 2019. I then started my BBSRC DTP funded PhD in Lisa’s lab in September of the same year, after having a really positive experience here as a summer project student in 2018. My project is largely focussed on the role of mitochondrial haemoglobin, trying to characterise its structural and functional interactions, as well as understanding how those interactions change in the ageing process. Outside of the lab my two biggest interests are reading and travelling, and in between those two things and my research, I’m a very amateur cook.

  Zubair Nizamudeen - Postdoctoral Fellow I was born and raised in Dubai, U.A.E, moved to Nottingham, UK in 2014.  I am interested in neuroscience, stem cell biology and extracellular vesicles. I also develop new biomedical imaging approaches to study subcellular biochemical events. My current project focuses in investigating mitochondrial dysfunctions in neurological disorders such as Ataxia, using high resolution respirometry. My hobbies include sports such as badminton, cricket, table tennis and squash.

                                 Nial O'Boyle -BBSRC DTP Scholar I’m from Northern Ireland and grew up on a mixed livestock farm. Qualified as a vet around 20 years ago and I’ve spent 10 years working in the UK, mainly dairy practice, and also spent 10 years in the USA, managing large dairy farms and beef feedlots. I’m interested in learning more about metabolic physiology in the dairy cow. My interests have transitioned to keeping up with the interests of my 4 kids, which range from Anime to football. I have retired from most team sports now, but reluctantly train for the odd marathon.

February 2021 and lockdown continues, the rate of progress in vaccinating the UK is on track and offers us hope for the future. For many who haven't actually suffered illness I think these may have been the toughest weeks yet. Dark days and nights followed by a week of freezing and below. The views from our campus are pretty but the chilling winds have taken their toll on the amount of time spent outside. Lab work continues with progress being made in all our projects. We have two new pre-prints which are also undergoing review at PlosOne and Aging. Fingers crossed that these are received well.

 Always busy...even in a pandemic. As we experience lockdown #3 it seems important to update you with last years publications before we share the next crop. Congratulations to Brad and Tom. We also welcome our new starters Zubair Nizamudeen (Research fellow) and Nial O'Boyle (BBSRC DTP student) Happy 2021!