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Microvesicle Research Group

Achievements

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Awards

2015

Joshua Welsh
Joshua Welsh

Joshua Welsh, winner of Jack Wills young extraordinary brit award:innovation for his work on microvesicles.- Jack Wills ran a search to find amazing Young Brits, aged between 16-25 who have exceptional talent. 8 winners were picked from thousands of entries. There were 2 winners in each category: Creativity, Endurance, Enterprise & Innovation

Joshua Welsh also received the British Council Researcher Links award in 2015 and 2016. This element of Researcher Links is designed to provide financial support to bring together a UK/partner country bilateral cohort of early career researchers to take part in a workshop focusing on building links for future collaboration and enhancing the researchers’ career opportunities. The initiative comprises thematic research workshops and travel grants, and is co-funded by the British Council and partner organisations. An open call is announced annually for experienced researchers from the UK and a partner country to lead a workshop with up to 40 participants (with an equal number from each country) in an area with the most potential for collaboration. Proposals are reviewed by British and Russian expert panels and selected on the basis of mutual benefit, research quality and potential for longer term sustainability. There is also an open call for travel grants for mobility between the UK and a country which supports short research visits (up to 3 months) with the aim of starting up longer term collaboration.

2014

Jake Tempo
Jake Tempo

Jake Tempo, who carried out his BMedSc research project with the microvesicle group and Dr David Smith (Anaesthetics), Dr Nicola Englyst (HDH) and Dr Judith Holloway (CES).

During his time with us, Jake looked at the effect of anti-platelet drugs on platelet microvesicles during on-pump cardiac surgery. He presented this work at the joint European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiologists / International Congress on Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia meeting, held in Florence 17-19 September 2014. Jake's abstract was ranked fifth out of 225 submissions, and he won the third prize in the 'Best Oral presentation' session at the meeting. Jake also won the Shackleton Prize for the best BMedSc project report in Anaesthesia and Critical Care for 2013-14.

Invited Speakers

2016

Welsh J A, ‘Extracellular Vesicles – My Journey as a Biologist, Physicist, & Engineer’, University of Edinburgh, Scotland (September)

Welsh J A, Past, Present, & Future of Extracellular Vesicles, Thermofisher, Eugene, USA (June)

Welsh J A, High-resolution flow cytometry for extracellular vesicle analysis – what do we need to know?, University of Edinburgh, Scotland (June)

Welsh J A, Extracellular Vesicles: A new generation of translational biomarkers is dawning, Hong Kong University, China (February)

2014

Welsh J A, Microvesicles in Health & Disease, ThermoFisher, Eugene, U.S.A. (December)

Workshops

2016

Welsh J A, Flow Cytometry SSC Collection Angle Can Be Deduced Using Acquisition of Reference Beads with Known Refractive Index, San Deigo, USA (October)

Welsh J A, Use of Leukocyte Extracellular Vesicles as Biomarkers in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Sao Paulo, Brazil (May)

Welsh J A, Flow Cytometry Methods for Standardisation of Extracellular Vesicle Analysis between Laboratories, Sao Paulo, Brazil (May)

2015

Welsh J A, Flow cytometry detection of extracellular vesicles: limitations and advances. Extracellular Vesicles Workshop, Moscow, Russia. (March)

Conferences

2016

Welsh J.A., Horak P., Wilkinson J.S., Smith D., Holloway J.A., Englyst N.A., Novel Extracellular Vesicle Assay Combined with Mie Scatter Allows Differentiation Between Apoptotic Vesicles, Microvesicles and Residual Platelets. Cyto, June 2016 (Poster)

Welsh J A, Clough G, Holloway J A, Scorletti E, Calder P C, Byrne C D, Englyst N A, Sizing the small, smaller and smallest: extracellular vesicles as fibrosis biomarkers in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, Faculty of Medicine Conference, June 2016 (Oral)

Welsh J.A., Scorletti. E., Clough G.F., Byrne C.D., Englyst N.A., Leukocyte microvesicle as fibrosis biomarkers in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. ISEV, May 2016 (Oral)

Welsh J.A., Horak P., Wilkinson J.S., Smith D., Holloway J.A., Englyst N.A., New Horizons in flow cytometry: new technology and methods for detection of microvesicles. HEIF Conference, April 2016, (Oral & Poster)

Welsh J A, Duffield M J, McMillan H E,  Clough G, Holloway J A, Scorletti E, Calder P C, Byrne C D, Englyst N A, Endothelial microvesicle phenotypes in individuals with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease are associated with fasting glucose, liver fibrosis and inflammation. Diabetes UK, Mar 2016 (Poster)

2015

Welsh J A, Holloway J A, Wilkinson, Smith D A, Englyst N A, Mie Theory as a Flow Cytometer Standardisation Tool for Extracellular Vesicles, UKEV Forum, Dec 2015 (Poster)

Welsh J A, Holloway J A, Wilkinson, Smith D A, Englyst N A, A Comparison of Extracellular Vesicle Probe Effectiveness Using Simultaneous Labelling, International Society of Advanced Cytometry, June 2015 (Oral Pres.)

Welsh J A, Holloway J A, Wilkinson, Smith D A, Englyst N A, A New Fluorescent Probe for Identifying Microvesicles, International Society of Extracellular Vesicles, April 2015 (Oral Pres. & Poster)

2014

Welsh J A, Holloway, J A, Wilkinson J S, Smith D A, Englyst, N A. Optimising flow cytometers for microvesicle analysis. UK Extracellular Vesicle Forum. December 2014 (Oral Pres.)

Englyst N A, Brown, A, George A, Holloway J A, Influence of endothelial microparticles on fibrinolytic potential of endothelial cells. UK Extracellular Vesicle Forum, December 2014 (Oral Pres.)

Tempo J, Englyst N, Holloway J, Smith D. Effect of anti-platelet drugs on platelet microparticles during on-pump cardiac surgery. European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiologists, Florence, September 2014. Third prize, Best Oral Presentation session (Abstract: Applied Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology 2014; 18(supp 1): 39)

Brittain R, Welsh J, Tempo J, Schofield J, Holloway J, Englyst N, Smith D. Platelet microparticles in cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. Anaesthetic Research Society, London, October 2014. (Rory Brittain was a recipient of the John Snow Award from the Royal College of Anaesthetists / British Journal of Anaesthesia 2013-14)

2013

Schofield J, Smith D. The effect of cardiopulmonary bypass on platelet microparticles. Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists, Cambridge, June 2013. (Abstract: Anaesthesia 2013; 68: 1087) First prize.

Cohen H, Schofield J, Smith D. The effect of flow modality on the formation of platelet microparticles (PMP) during cardiopulmonary bypass. Poster. Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists, Nottingham, November 2013.

2012

Atherton J, Hampshire T, Englyst N, Holloway J, Clough G, Smith D. The effect of circulating fresh blood through a micro-bypass circuit on platelet microparticles. European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiologists, Amsterdam, May 2012. (Abstract: Applied Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology 2012; 16(Supp 1): 176-7)

Atherton JA, Holloway JA, Smith DC, Clough GF, Englyst NA. Endothelial microparticle generation is blood vessel specific. British Atherosclerosis Society, Cambridge, September 2012.

Atherton JA, Hampshire TAH, Holloway JA, Clough GF, EnglystNA, Smith DC. The cardiopulmonary bypass pump is not responsible for alterations in platelet microparticle counts during cardiac surgery. British Atherosclerosis Society, Cambridge, September 2012

Corner H, Colgate S, Atherton J, Englyst N, Holloway J, Clough G, Smith D. Platelet microparticle numbers do not increase during cardiopulmonary bypass. Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists, Newcastle, November 2012 (Abstract: Anaesthesia 2013; 68: 789)

2011

Atherton JA, Holloway JA, Clough GF, Noakes PS, Challis RJ, Smith DC, Macfadyen JR, Millar TM, Englyst NA. CD31 is not a pan-marker of endothelial microparticles. British Microcirculation Society, London, April 2011 (Poster)

Atherton J, Hampshire T, Englyst N, Holloway J, Clough G, Smith D. The effect of circulating fresh blood through a micro-bypass circuit on platelet microparticles. Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists, Loughborough, November 2011. (Abstract: Anaesthesia 2012; 67: 555)

 

This is the work that Hugo presented at the Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists in Nottingham, 2013
Hugo's Abstract
Rory Brittain was a recipient of the John Snow Award from the Royal College of Anaesthetists.
Rory's Abstract
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