• Question: What is the most important discovery that you personally did?

    Asked by ztgn to Carmen, Daniel, Laura, Noel, Steph on 10 Mar 2015. This question was also asked by 454sysb37, chrissythewissy, Marc_Casases, PMussons, Nico Esquerdo.
    • Photo: Carmen Denman

      Carmen Denman answered on 10 Mar 2015:

      Hi ztgn,

      I discovered the presence and activity of some proteins important for bacteria to adhere to human cells. It resulted in two publications for me from my PhD and thus allowed me to finish my PhD in three years. All good stuff!

      Carmen

    • Photo: Noel Carter

      Noel Carter answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      I was one of the first people to show that during inflammation there is a sugar on the surface of blood cells that gets sulphate added to it. This means the cells can bind proteins called chemokines that act as signals to tell immune cells that there is inflammation at that location and to migrate through the blood vessel into the tissue/organ.

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