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PoroFluidics: deterministic fluid control in porous microfluidics
Wang, Zhongzheng, Ong, Louis Jun Ye, Gan, Yixiang, Pereira, Jean Michel, Zhang, Jun, Kasetsirikul, Surasak, Toh, Yi Chin, Sauret, Emilie (2024) PoroFluidics: deterministic fluid control in porous microfluidics. Lab on a Chip, 24 (17), pp.4050-4059.
4 citations on Web of Science
4 citations on Scopus
Cyclic tachyplesin I kills proliferative, non-proliferative and drug-resistant melanoma cells without inducing resistance
Benfield, Aurelie, Vernen, Felicitas, Young, Reuben, Nadal Bufi, Ferran, Lamb, Henry, Hammerlindl, Heinz, Craik, David J., Schaider, Helmut, Lawrence, Nicole, Blanksby, Stephen, et al. (2024) Cyclic tachyplesin I kills proliferative, non-proliferative and drug-resistant melanoma cells without inducing resistance. Pharmacological Research, 207, pp.Article number: 107298.
- 7 citations on Web of Science
- 7 citations on Scopus
Phylogenetic reconciliation: making the most of genomes to understand microbial ecology and evolution
Williams, Tom A., Davin, Adrian A., Szantho, Lenard l., Stamatakis, Alexandros, Wahl, Noah A., Woodcroft, Ben J., Soo, Rochelle M., Eme, Laura, Sheridan, Paul O., Gubry-Rangin, Cecile, et al. (2024) Phylogenetic reconciliation: making the most of genomes to understand microbial ecology and evolution. The ISME Journal, 18 (1), pp.Article number: wrae129.
- 12 citations on Web of Science
- 13 citations on Scopus
Discovery of antimicrobial peptides in the global microbiome with machine learning
Santos-Junior, Celio Dias, Torres, Marcelo D.T., Duan, Yiqian, Rodriguez del Rio, Alvaro, Schmidt, Thomas S.B., Chong, Hui, Fullam, Anthony, Kuhn, Michael, Zhu, Chengkai, Houseman, Amy, et al. (2024) Discovery of antimicrobial peptides in the global microbiome with machine learning. Cell, 187 (14), pp.3761-3778.e16.
- 179 citations on Web of Science
- 190 citations on Scopus
Localized Oxygen Control in a Microfluidic Osteochondral Interface Model Recapitulates Bone-Cartilage Crosstalk During Osteoarthritis
Ong, Louis Jun Ye, Sun, Antonia Rujia, Wang, Zhongzheng, Lee, Jayden, Prasadam, Indira, Toh, Yi Chin (2024) Localized Oxygen Control in a Microfluidic Osteochondral Interface Model Recapitulates Bone-Cartilage Crosstalk During Osteoarthritis. Advanced Functional Materials, 34 (28), pp.Article number: 2315608.
- 13 citations on Web of Science
- 15 citations on Scopus
Crawling, climbing, perching, and flying by FiBa soft robots
Ching, Terry, Lee, Joseph Zhi Wei, Win, Shane Kyi Hla, Win, Luke Soe Thura, Sufiyan, Danial, Lim, Charlotte Pei Xuan, Nagaraju, Nidhi, Toh, Yi Chin, Foong, Shaohui, Hashimoto, Michinao (2024) Crawling, climbing, perching, and flying by FiBa soft robots. Science Robotics, 9 (92), pp.Article number: eadk4533.
- 24 citations on Web of Science
- 28 citations on Scopus
Anaerobic methanotroph ‘Candidatus Methanoperedens nitroreducens’ has a pleomorphic life cycle
McIlroy, Simon J., Leu, Andy O., Zhang, Xueqin, Newell, Rhys, Woodcroft, Ben J., Yuan, Zhiguo, Hu, Shihu, Tyson, Gene W. (2023) Anaerobic methanotroph ‘Candidatus Methanoperedens nitroreducens’ has a pleomorphic life cycle. Nature Microbiology, 8 (2), pp.321-331.
- 1 citations on Web of Science
- 1 citations on Scopus
Phylogenetic and metabolic diversity of microbial communitiesperforming anaerobic ammonium and methane oxidations under different nitrogen loadings
Li, Jie, Liu, Tao, McIlroy, Simon, Tyson, Gene, Guo, Jianhua (2023) Phylogenetic and metabolic diversity of microbial communities performing anaerobic ammonium and methane oxidations under different nitrogen loadings. ISME Communications, 3, pp.Article number: 39.
- 47 citations on Web of Science
Isolation and characterisation of novel Methanocorpusculum species indicates the genus is ancestrally host-associated
James G. Volmer, Rochelle M. Soo, Paul N. Evans, Emily C. Hoedt, Ana L. Astorga Alsina, Benjamin J. Woodcroft, Gene W. Tyson, Philip Hugenholtz & Mark Morrison (2023) Isolation and characterisation of novel Methanocorpusculum species indicates the genus is ancestrally host-associated. BMC Biology.
Anaerobic oxidation of propane coupled to nitrate reduction by a lineage within the class Symbiobacteriia
Wu, Mengxiong, Li, Jie, Leu, Andy, Erler, Dirk, Stark, Terra, Tyson, Gene, Yuan, Zhiguo, McIlroy, Simon, Guo, Jianhua (2022) Anaerobic oxidation of propane coupled to nitrate reduction by a lineage within the class Symbiobacteriia. Nature Communications, 13 (1), pp.Article number: 6115.
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