@KwokLab

A group of neuro- and glyco-scientists. Fascinated about glycosaminoglycan (GAG) and aim to harness GAG modifications to improve CNS pathologies.

 Leeds, England
Joined November 2018
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Check out studies from some of my past PhD students (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2963… pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3122… pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3255…). If you want a PhD at the virology/cancer biology interface see below. @FindAPhD: findaphd.com/phds/projectdet…

STAT3 activation by E6 is essential for the differentiation-dependent HPV18 life cycle - PubMed

Human papillomaviruses (HPV) activate a number of host factors to control their differentiation-dependent life cycles. The transcription factor signal transducer and activator of transcription...

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Interested in doing a #PhD on the functions of extracellular matrix (e.g. #glycosaminoglycans) in ageing? Funded by @DiMeN_DTP, with @KwokLab and @DaveFernig. Application link here: tinyurl.com/3rzjsyhs
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Congratulations @Ash_Goodenough for passing her viva today! Well done! Really happy to see what you have achieved! Thank you @hoogenboom_lab and @ericcells for the nice discussion!
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Thank you Felecia, the @LabRichter and the @KwokLab in the nice PNN cake! 🙂 Yummy! 😉
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Congratulations @Ash_Goodenough for passing your viva today! Well done! Really happy to see what you have achieved! Thank you @hoogenboom_lab and @ericcells for the nice discussion!
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Happy to be visiting Cambridge again for the @INTS2024 conference. Looking forward to a few days of exciting science
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DeepGlycanSite, a useful tool to predict the carbohydrate binding site. Looking forward to trying it out on some of the proteins I am working with... #glycosaminoglycan @UProteoglycans nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

Highly accurate carbohydrate-binding site prediction with DeepGlycanSite

Nature Communications - Carbohydrates are essential for regulating various biological processes. Here, the authors developed DeepGlycanSite, a deep learning model that accurately predicts...

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Well done Taya! Hope you enjoyed the meeting!
RadfordLab@RadfordLab1 May 2024
Proud of Taya from the lab presenting her first external talk at the UK DRI ECR Parkinson's disease meeting - well done Taya! @KwokLab
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Proud of Taya from the lab presenting her first external talk at the UK DRI ECR Parkinson's disease meeting - well done Taya! @KwokLab
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Very proud of Katy Dewison for her award of joint first prize for her talk on synuclein aggregation at the @ScienceLeeds postgraduate symposium. Great science and great talk Katy!
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Congratulations Ben and Eshita!!! 😃
Neuroscience in Leeds@NeuroLeeds16 Apr 2024
Congratulations Ben and Eshita on your Best BMS Presentation and Best BMS Poster Prize in the FBS PGR Symposium today! Well done! Congratulations to the winners from other schools as well @Stevens_B_M @ScienceLeeds @KwokLab @Viktor_Lukacs
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Thanks to the @DAAD travel funding, ExRegMed for the support of the activity today! @OrnaghiMarta @KaiMurk @Robert_Huelse
Eickholt Lab@EickholtL11 Apr 2024
Great evening in Prague with our cool collaborators from Erlangen @WehnerLab @Franze_Lab and the Prague crew @KwokLab talking tissue mechanics over 🍻🍻
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Another nice surprise to see the word #hyaluronan in the @physoc meeting today! Welcome to the world of @UProteoglycans as well @mifsud_karen
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It is a great surprise to see my @ScienceLeeds tutee, doing well in her PhD, at the @physoc meeting in Newcastle today! @MollyRowland19
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Thank you to all my lovely group members and collaborators @AstburyCentre and elsewhere. I share this with all of you. And big thanks to those who nominated and supported me at the @BiochemSoc
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We are really excited to be recruiting four new lecturers at @chemleedsuni! Details can be found at: eur03.safelinks.protection.o… Please reach out if you have any queries about the chemical biology of disease mechanisms post! @AstburyCentre
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The 2024 Proteoglycans Gordon Research Conference is open for applications! The premier meeting for this area and the one where the researchers get to talk about the best, as-yet-unpublished work. lnkd.in/eHTWrwqE .
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On the way to Edinburgh for a PhD viva. Glycosaminoglycans and spinal cord injury, can it be more befitting to my expertise?
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Looking forward to hear the talks from @Stevens_B_M and Itzel Garcia in the @UProteoglycans meeting in Keele today @LabRichter
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Great opportunity to work with an inspirational group head in an awesome environment – at Belper, England
Sandeep Gopal@San_Gop27 Oct 2023
Postdoc position in extracellular signalling and cell fate. We are looking for a postdoc interested in extracellular biology & glycosaminoglycans to join our lab stemcellcenter.lu.se/researc… @lunduniversity @Lund_Stem @medfak_LU. Apply by 25th November. #glycotime #PGPeeps.
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