Research
smooth muscle, particularly uterus
smooth muscle
Calcium signalling
pH
obstetrics
metabolism
Research grants
An integrated study of the changes in calcium and function in aorta during the progression of atherosclerotic disease
BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION (UK)
February 2012 - January 2015
Four Year PhD Programme in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
October 2001 - September 2005
Four year PhD programme for Miss Sarah Arrowsmith.
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
October 2006 - September 2010
Ca 2+ signals in the smooth muscle and endothelial cells of in in situ terminal arterioles.
BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION (UK)
April 2003 - April 2007
YEAR 1 (part2) Wellcome Trust ISSF Non-Clinical Fellowships
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
October 2012 - March 2023
An investigation into the sarcoplasmic reticulum in human myometrium.
ACTION MEDICAL RESEARCH (UK)
June 2002 - May 2004
Signalling pathways for vasomotor activity in microvascular networks in situ
BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION (UK)
November 2012 - October 2015
The patho-physiology of myometrial contractility in obese women
WELLBEING OF WOMEN (UK)
April 2007 - April 2010
Postcapillary venule pericytes and endothelial cells: effects of agonists and inflammatory mediators on ultrastructure, calcium signalling and function
BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION (UK)
May 2010 - April 2013
Four year PhD Programme (2007)
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
October 2007 - September 2011
Mechanisms underlying the restoration of [Ca2+] following stimulation in uterine smooth muscle cells.
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
December 1998 - August 2002
Bench fees for Seham Alsaif
UNIVERSITY OF DAMMAM (SAUDI ARABIA)
June 2014 - May 2015
Physiological mechanisms of control and regulation of uterine contraction.
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
November 2000 - October 2005
Post-doctoral fellowship for Rachel Floyd:Genomic and imaging analysis of uropathogenic E.Coli infection: mechanism of impaired ureteric function and kidney damage
KIDNEY RESEARCH UK (UK)
August 2013 - July 2016
Investigation of how to prevent preterm delivery in twins
SPARKS CHARITY (UK)
June 2012 - May 2015
Four year PhD Programme (2008)
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
October 2008 - December 2012
The effects of pH on IP(3) - induced SR calcium release in the myometrium.
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
November 2000 - October 2001
Use of statins to improve myometrial contractility
LIVERPOOL WOMEN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (UK)
March 2010 - September 2011
How does bacterial infection cause ureteric dysfunction and contribute to kidney damage.
MERSEY KIDNEY FIRST (UK)
October 2008 - October 2011
A Comparison of conduction and signalling mechanisms involved in contraction, in intact and single ureteric cells.
MERSEY KIDNEY FIRST (UK)
August 2002 - July 2004
Physiology of the pulmonary pacemaker: a new regulator of prenatal lung growth.
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
August 2004 - July 2006
A cellular and molecular study of the mechanism whereby bacterial infection affects ureteric contractility.
MERSEY KIDNEY FIRST (UK)
October 2005 - September 2008
Wellcome Trust Four Year PhD Studentship with the PhD Programme in Cellular and Molecular Physiology - 2009
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
October 2009 - March 2014
Myometrial activity, fetal wellbeing and the outcome of labour.
ACTION MEDICAL RESEARCH (UK)
November 2005 - October 2008
Endothelial-vascular smooth muscle interactions in the hypertensive hypoplastic perinatal lung.
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
August 2004 - February 2007
Prolonged labour in diabetic women: The contribution of myometrial contractility.
DIABETES UK (UK)
March 2007 - February 2008
Excitation-contraction coupling in ureteric smooth muscle.
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
November 1999 - October 2002
Bench fees for Asmaa Almohanna
PRINCESS NORA BINT ABDULRAHMAN UNIVERSITY (SAUDI ARABIA)
June 2014 - May 2017
Physiology of the pulmonary pacemaker: a new regulator of prenatal lung growth.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND(UK)
August 2003 - August 2004
Combining physiology, microbiology and genomics to understand how e.coli cause ureteric dysfunction and kidney damage
MERSEY KIDNEY FIRST (UK)
July 2013 - June 2014
Novel approaches to the analysis of how uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC)-urothelium interactions impair ureteric function
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
October 2011 - March 2013
Does metformin reduce excess birthweight in offspring of obese pregnant women? A randomised controlled trial of efficacy, exploration of mechanisms and evaluation of other pregnancy complications.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
February 2010 - January 2015
Calcium signalling mechanisms and contractility in pre-capillary sphincters: an in situ study.
BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION (UK)
May 2007 - April 2010
Cholesterol, caveolae and coronary arterial Ca signalling and function.
BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION (UK)
July 2008 - June 2011
An investigation of cholesterol manipulation lipid rafts, Ca2+ signalling and function in coronary arterial smooth muscle.
BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION (UK)
November 2004 - October 2007
Bench fees Mohammed Fahd N Al-Otaibi
ROYAL EMBASSY OF SAUDI ARABIA
January 2010 - January 2013