The decision to germinate is regulated by divergent molecular networks in spores and seeds

Eleanor F. Vesty, Younousse Saidi, Laura A. Moody, +12

New Phytologist

Plant GeneticsEngineeringBotanySeed-germination Allows ControlGenetics +17

Gravity-Driven Microfluidic Siphons: Fluidic Characterization and Application to Quantitative Immunoassays

Nuno M. Reis, Sarah Needs, Sophie Jégouic, +12

ACS Sensors

EngineeringFluid MechanicsAnalytical MicrosystemsBiomedical EngineeringBiosensing Systems +17

15-keto-prostaglandin E2 activates host peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ) to promote Cryptococcus neoformans growth during infection

Robert J. Evans, Katherine Pline, Catherine A. Loynes, +11

PLoS Pathogens

Microbial PathogensInnate Immune SystemImmunologyImmune RegulationInnate Immunity +17

Exploiting open source 3D printer architecture for laboratory robotics to automate high-throughput time-lapse imaging for analytical microbiology

Sarah Needs, Tai The Diep, Stephanie P. Bull, +3

PLoS ONE

EngineeringArduino MicrocontrollerBioroboticsMicroscopyComputer-aided Design +24

Label-free smartphone quantitation of bacteria by darkfield imaging of light scattering in fluoropolymer micro capillary film allows portable detection of bacteriophage lysis

Sultan İlayda Dönmez, Sarah Needs, Helen M. I. Osborn, +1

Sensors and Actuators B Chemical

Bacteriophage LysisDarkfield ImagingPortable DetectionMicroscope Image ProcessingMicroscopy +8

Counting bacteria in microfluidic devices: Smartphone compatible ‘dip-and-test’ viable cell quantitation using resazurin amplified detection in microliter capillary arrays

Sarah Needs, Helen M. I. Osborn, Alexander D. Edwards

Journal of Microbiological Methods

EngineeringBiosensing SystemsBiomedical DiagnosticsMicroliter Capillary ArraysMedicine +11

Challenges in Microfluidic and Point-of-Care Phenotypic Antimicrobial Resistance Tests

Sarah Needs, Sultan İlayda Dönmez, Stephanie P. Bull, +3

Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering

EngineeringAnalytical MicrosystemsOrgan-on-a-chipBiomedical EngineeringPaper Microfluidics +17

Off‐target inhibition of NGLY1 by the polycaspase inhibitor Z‐VAD‐fmk induces cellular autophagy

Sarah Needs, Martin D. Bootman, Jeff E. Grotzke, +2

FEBS Journal

Cross-kingdom signalling regulates spore germination in the moss Physcomitrella patens

Eleanor F. Vesty, Amy L. Whitbread, Sarah Needs, +7

Scientific Reports

Label-free 1D microfluidic dipstick counting of microbial colonies and bacteriophage plaques

Sultan İlayda Dönmez, Sarah Needs, Helen M. I. Osborn, +2

Lab on a Chip