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Combined AFM SNOM and optical microscopy of biological networks

Reference	D11154
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Victor Morris
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr David Hughes, Professor Keith Waldron
Institution	Quadram Institute Bioscience
Department	Food Materials Science Division
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	161,676
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/02/1999
End date	01/04/2002
Duration	38 months

Abstract

Combined optical, AFM and SNOM microscopy will be used to investigate and assay LDL receptor sites expressed on monocyte cell surfaces, to study the behaviour of mixed protein films formed at air-water interfaces, and to study the architecture of the molecular structure of plant cell walls in isolated cell wall fragments, and intact cells, with emphasis on the location of both mobile and immobile molecular components, and the molecular changes which occur during the stretching of layers of epidermal cells. The research addresses high priority research areas in food quality concerned with plant cell wall architecture and in diet and health concerned with fat adsorption and potential links to cardiovascular disease.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	BioImaging (BI) [1998]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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