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Fields of interest:

• Developmental Neuroscience
• Stem cell biology
• Tissue engineering

Recent publications:

C.Yang, S. Przyborski, M.J. Cooke, X. Zhang, R. Stewart, S. Atkinson, G. Saretzki, L. Armstrong and M. Lako:
A key role for telomerase reverse transcriptase unit (TERT) in modulating human ESC proliferation, cell cycle dynamics and in vitro differentiation,
Stem Cells, (2008), In Press.

M. Bokhari, R. Carnachan, N. Cameron, A. Maatta and S.A. Przyborski:
Three dimensional cell culture: developing technology to enhance cell behaviour in vitro.
Trends Drug Discov., (2008), In Press.

M.J. Cooke, S.R. Phillips, D.S.H. Shah, D. Athey, J.H. Lakey and S.A. Przyborski:
Enhanced cell attachment using a novel cell culture surface presenting functional domains from extracellular matrix proteins,
Cytotechnology, (2008), In Press.

N.D. Willis, S.A. Przyborski, C.J. Hutchison and R.G. Wilson:
Colonic cancer stem cells: progress in searching for putative biomarkers,
J. Anat., (2008), In Press.

V.B. Christie, T.B. Marder, A. Whiting and S.A. Przyborski:
Role of retinoids in the adult nervous system and their therapeutic potential,
Mini Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, (2008), In Press.

K. Gertow, S.A. Przyborski, J.F. Loring, J.M. Auerbach, O. Epifano, T. Otonkoski, I. Damjanov and L. Ahrlund-Richter:
Isolation of human embryonic stem cell-derived teratomas for the assessment of pluripotency,
Current Protocols in Stem Cell Biology, (2008), In Press.

S.A. Hardy, D.J. Maltman and S.A. Przyborski:
Mesenchymal stem cells as mediators of neural differentiation,
Curr. Stem Cell Res., Vol. 3, (2008), pp. 43-52.

M. Bokhari, R. Carnachan, S.A. Przyborski and N.R. Cameron:
Effect of synthesis parameters on emulsion-templated porous polymer formation and evaluation for 3D cell culture scaffolds,
J. Material. Chem., Vol. 17, (2007), pp. 4088-4094.

M. Bokhari, R. Carnachan, N.R. Cameron and S.A. Przyborski:
Culture of HepG2 liver cells on three dimensional polystyrene scaffolds enhances cell structure and function during toxicological challenge,
J. Anat., Vol. 211, (2007), pp 567-576.

D.J. Maltman and S.A. Przyborski:
Can large-scale analysis of the proteome identify effective new markers for embryonic stem cells?
Regenerative Medicine, Vol. 2, (2007), pp. 465-469.