Martin Humphries - F1000 Faculty Member (since 04 July 2001)
School of Biological Sciences , University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
BIOGRAPHY
Research interests:Elucidation of the mechanisms responsible for metazoan life; specifically the role of cell adhesion in integrating signalling with tissue environment.
Main discoveries:
Pinpointing sites within extracellular matrix molecules that determine adhesion, developing these agents as anti-inflammatory therapeutics, determining the mechanisms of adhesion receptor activation, and elucidating how adhesion receptors act as sensors of the cell microenvironment.
Essential laboratory techniques:
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