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Tripterygium wilfordii-derived compounds induce pro-apoptotic and anti-migratory effects against medulloblastoma subtypes (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Medulloblastoma is a common cause of childhood cancer, accounting for 20-25% of paediatric brain tumours worldwide. Whilst current treatments are effective, they are associated with off-target effects, impacting patients’ quality of life for decades... Read More about Tripterygium wilfordii-derived compounds induce pro-apoptotic and anti-migratory effects against medulloblastoma subtypes.

Using digital escape rooms to enhance data analysis skills and student experience (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Active and gamified teaching methods have received significant interest within higher education. One active approach that has recently gained popularity is that of escape rooms and in particular digital escape rooms. In biochemical sciences generally... Read More about Using digital escape rooms to enhance data analysis skills and student experience.

Delivering Journal Clubs in Higher Education: A Roadmap for Success (2025)
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Within the Biomedicine Department at the University of Salford, we have been delivering extracurricular and Curriculum-embedded journal clubs for a number of years to support students' understanding of academic writing and journal article structure.... Read More about Delivering Journal Clubs in Higher Education: A Roadmap for Success.

Triptolide induces pro-apoptotic effects against medulloblastoma subtypes (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Introduction
Medulloblastoma is a common cause of cancer in children, accounting for 20-25% of all paediatric brain tumours worldwide (de Medeiros et al., 2019). Whilst current treatments are effective, they are associated with substantial off-targe... Read More about Triptolide induces pro-apoptotic effects against medulloblastoma subtypes.

Celastrol induces pro-apoptotic and anti-migratory effects against medulloblastoma subtypes (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Introduction
Medulloblastoma accounts for 20-25% of all paediatric brain tumours diagnosed worldwide (de Medeiros et al., 2019). Current treatment regimens are effective. However, most options lead to long-term off-target effects. Therefore, the con... Read More about Celastrol induces pro-apoptotic and anti-migratory effects against medulloblastoma subtypes.

Triptonide induces pro-apoptotic effectsagainst medulloblastoma subtypes (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Introduction
Medulloblastoma is a major cause of paediatric braintumours worldwide. Whilst effective, current treatmentsare often associated with lifelong off-target effectsresulting in lower quality of life and early mortality inpaediatric patients... Read More about Triptonide induces pro-apoptotic effectsagainst medulloblastoma subtypes.

Enhancing Career Development for Biomedical Sciences Students: Leveraging Simulations to Support Patient-Facing Careers (2025)
Journal Article

Simulations have become integral to medical education for professions such as nursing and medicine but are still a rare opportunity for students undertaking basic science courses including Biomedical Sciences. Many students undertak... Read More about Enhancing Career Development for Biomedical Sciences Students: Leveraging Simulations to Support Patient-Facing Careers.

Panel Question and Answer Session for Pre-Recorded Talks (2025)
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Digital educational escape rooms to enhance knowledge acquisition and student experience: An interdisciplinary series of case studies (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Digital educational escape rooms have gained significant traction as pedagogical tools in recent years, especially during the rapid digital transition resulting from the recent COVID-19 pandemic where physical educational escape rooms were unable to... Read More about Digital educational escape rooms to enhance knowledge acquisition and student experience: An interdisciplinary series of case studies.

Enhancing Laboratory Education through Collaborative Online International Learning: A Case Study between USA and UK Students (2025)
Journal Article

Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) has emerged in recent years as an effective and viable alternative to increase the international opportunities within taught curricula. Through recent innovations in online collaboration tools, and e... Read More about Enhancing Laboratory Education through Collaborative Online International Learning: A Case Study between USA and UK Students.

Digital escape rooms enhance physiology data analysis skills and student experience (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Active and gamified teaching methods have received significant interest within higher education. One active approach that has recently gained popularity is that of escape rooms. In physiology, the ability to analyse and interpret data is an important... Read More about Digital escape rooms enhance physiology data analysis skills and student experience.

A physiology digital escape room enhances physiological data analysis skills and student experience (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Active and gamified teaching methods have received significant interest within higher education over the past decade, with an increased push from higher education institutions to more actively engage students with their education. One example of acti... Read More about A physiology digital escape room enhances physiological data analysis skills and student experience.

KidsCan Connect – Creating a social platform for children undergoing cancer treatment (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Mini-capstone projects to develop active laboratory collaboration in first-year biomedicine students (2025)
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Studies have shown an increase in loneliness within the student population, causing an increase in mental health conditions on commencing higher education (Diehl et al., 2018, McIntyre et al., 2018). Increased psychological distress is associated wit... Read More about Mini-capstone projects to develop active laboratory collaboration in first-year biomedicine students.

Beginners guide to microscopy (2025)
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Introduction

Microscopy is a fundamental skill required across all areas of human and natural sciences at all levels of study. Therefore, it is a key threshold concept within several degree programmes, often aligned with modular intended learning... Read More about Beginners guide to microscopy.

Analysing the effectiveness of digital escape rooms on enhancing student experience and knowledge acquisition – A microbiology-based case (2025)
Journal Article

Active and gamified teaching methods, such as digital escaperooms, effectively enhance student outcomes. However, current work in this areais highly specialised and lacks translational capability across sectors, withlimited data associated with key h... Read More about Analysing the effectiveness of digital escape rooms on enhancing student experience and knowledge acquisition – A microbiology-based case.

Enhancing laboratory education through collaborative online international learning: A case study between USA and UK students (2025)
Journal Article

Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) has emerged in recent years as an effective and viable alternative to increase the international opportunities within taught curricula. Through recent innovations in online collabor... Read More about Enhancing laboratory education through collaborative online international learning: A case study between USA and UK students.

Enhancing Laboratory Education through Collaborative Online International Learning: A Case Study between USA and UK Students (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) has emerged in recent years as an effective and viable alternative to increase the international opportunities within taught curricula. Through recent innovations in online collaboration tools, and e... Read More about Enhancing Laboratory Education through Collaborative Online International Learning: A Case Study between USA and UK Students.

Lab Equipment Identifier: An Interactive Card Game (2024)
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Jones, M., Yahya, F., Abdalreza, D., Matthews, H., & Rafiq, R. (2024). Lab Equipment Identifier: An Interactive Card Game

This interactive card game is designed to introduce key laboratory equipment to students of all ages as a preparative activity for being exposed to real implements within practical sessions. This game aligns with numerous subject areas with laborator... Read More about Lab Equipment Identifier: An Interactive Card Game.

Health and Safety Hazard Hunter: A Hazard Symbol Card Game (2024)
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Rafiq, R., Matthews, H., Abedalreza, D., Yahya, F., & Jones, M. (2024). Health and Safety Hazard Hunter: A Hazard Symbol Card Game

This interactive card game is designed to teach students about key Health and Safety symbols that they will come across during their studies in Biomedicine, Medicine and/or Chemical Sciences. We also introduce key examples of compounds associated wit... Read More about Health and Safety Hazard Hunter: A Hazard Symbol Card Game.