Biomedical, Clinical & Nutritional Sciences

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Research is undertaken in the following areas:

Inhibitors of angiogenesis in diabetic eye disease
Computer modelling of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
mRNA fingerprinting in drug design
Evaluation of novel anti-cancer agents
Photodynamic therapies for the treatment of microbial infections
Development of chromatographic procedures for the determination of drugs and their metabolites

Development of DNA repair assays to assess the effect of environmental and dietary agents on cancer risk
Investigation of exopolysaccharide production by lactic acid bacteria
Use of FTIR spectroscopy to characterise enteric bacteria
Childhood/adolescent obesity and risk factors for illness
Effect of physical/visual presentation of food and the perception of portion size
Development of computer programs in nutritional science e.g. (WinDiets)
Water intake and health
Effect of government policy on health service management and dietetic services
Bacterial typing techniques
Techniques for food authentication and adulteration
Taint problems in farmed trout

Synthesis of novel polyamine analogues and evaluation of their biological activities
Design and synthesis of therapeutic agents
Synthesis of novel macrocyclic systems used in sensors
Development of fluorescence, IR and electrochemical sensors for in-situ monitoring of hydrocarbons, SBM’s and heavy metals
Development of methods to determine PAH’s and PAH metabolites using fluorescence, HPLC and GC-MS
Studies on synthetic base oil recycling
Synthesis of modified oligonucleotides as non-radioactive DNA probes
Development of analytical methods using capillary electrophoresis for samples related to the detergent industry
LC/MS determination of water treatment by-products
Isolation of pharmaceuticals from cyanobacteria

Biomedical, Clinical and Nutritional Group Staff Members