Current funding:
British Skin Foundation PhD studentship (2020 – 2023)
The control of the gap junction protein Connexin 43 in normal keratinocytes and healing wounds. awarded Prof Sheila Graham (University of Glasgow https://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/iii/staff/sheilagraham/ ) and Dr Patricia Martin We are delighted to welcome PhD student Harry Scott to the team who will be working jointly between UoG and GCU. https://www.britishskinfoundation.org.uk/bsf-research-funding #Connexins .
SULSA Optical Imaging Proof of Principle funding (2019-2020)
Skin Deep: New mesoscopic imaging of large tissue volumes at high resolution awarded to Dr Patricia Martin and Professor Gail McConnell (University of Strathclyde https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/mcconnellgailprof/ ). Industrial partner Tissue Solutions https://www.tissue-solutions.com/ . We are accessing human skin from the tissue bank with a view to image at high resolution large tissue volumes of normal and diseased skin. GCU are match funding this grant to support the tissue bank and our Research Assistant Dr Boatemaa Ofori-Frimpong.
Other current PhD students:
Khaled Bastaki (GCU) (2016-2020) – funded by a Kuwaiti Scholarship: Investigating the role of high density lipoprotein in wound healing: implications for type 2 diabetes.
International collaborations:
We have supplied tissue to Prof A Baker, University of Texas Austin with several significant publication outputs related https://www.bme.utexas.edu/people/faculty-directory/baker .
Some previous funding:
Animal Free Research (2014-2017)
Improving access to human material for diabetes research. Awarded to Prof Ann Graham and Dr Catherine Wrighthttps://www.animalfreeresearchuk.org/project/improving-access-to-human-material-for-diabetes-research/
Psoriasis Association PhD studentship (2015-2018)
A role for connexin-mediated signalling events in the pathogenesis of psoriasis. Awarded to Dr Patricia Martin and Dr Mozheh Zamiri (consultant dermatologist). PhD student Erin O’Shaughnessyhttps://www.psoriasis-association.org.uk/research/researchresults