£2.3 million grant to uncover more about tropical diseases affecting some of world’s poorest populations

Scientists from three UK institutions including Oxford Brookes University have been awarded £2.3million to investigate how a parasite grows in humans.

Collaborative INDEPTH paper in The Plant cell

Francesca Lopez and colleagues have published a paper in The Plant Cell, which is a testament to the excellent interactions that have developed during the INDEPTH project.

Rare genetic syndrome identified, caused by mutations in gene SATB1

Advances in DNA sequencing have uncovered a rare syndrome which is caused by variations in the gene SATB1. Discovery of this genetic syndrome is hoped to provide information to families and individuals affected by SATB1-syndrome

INDEPTH-Academy technical webinar on NucleusJ with Christophe Tatout and Sophie Desset

Professor Christophe Tatout and Dr Sophie Desset from University Clermont Auvergne lead this technical webinar on NucleusJ 2.0. This is a new release of NucleusJ. a tool to analyze nuclear morphology and chromatin organization in plant and animal cells.

INDEPTH-Academy technical webinar on smFISH with Stefanie Rosa

Dr Stefanie Rosa from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences leads this technical webinar on Single Molecule Fluorescence in situ Hybridization (smFISH) in Whole Mount Plant Tissues.

INDEPTH Imaris Training School

The INDEPTH Cost Action hosted a virtual IMARIS training school between December 7th-14th 2020. This was hosted by Celia Baroux at the University of Zürich in collaboration with Michael Mahlert from Bitplane AG who have developed the IMARIS software (https://imaris.oxinst.com/).

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2021

Best wishes to the INDEPTH Community

Launching NucleusJ 2.0

INDEPTH Chairman Christophe Tatout and his colleagues have published an updated version of their NucleusJ software for analysis of the nucleus. Sophie Desset is the corresponding author of this study.

Former Oxford Brookes PhD student is leading author on latest butterfly research publication

COVID-19: Researchers exploit ‘trojan horse’ feature in virus, paving the way for new antiviral drugs

Scientific analysis of a protein enzyme found in COVID-19 could lead to the development of new drugs to treat the virus, research led by Oxford Brookes University scientists has found.