Dr Elizabeth Welbourn
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Email
ewelbo@essex.ac.uk -
Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 873015
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Location
3SW.6.19, Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
I have been a technician in the metalloprotein research group labs since 2013. Before that I did a PhD in the same lab, with Prof Chris Cooper as supervisor. My earlier career was as teaching chemistry in secondary schools up to GCSE and A-level.
Qualifications
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MA Natural Sciences (Biochemistry) University of Cambridge, (1982)
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PhD University of Essex, (2012)
Publications
Journal articles (3)
Reeder, B., Deganutti, G., Ukeri, J., Atanasio, S., Svistunenko, D., Ronchetti, C., Mobarec, JC., Welbourn, E., Asaju, J., Vos, M., Wilson, M. and Reynolds, C., (2024). The circularly permuted globin domain of Androglobin exhibits atypical heme stabilization and nitric oxide interaction. Chemical Science. 15 (18), 6738-6751
Cooper, CE., Silkstone, GGA., Simons, M., Rajagopal, B., Syrett, N., Shaik, T., Gretton, S., Welbourn, E., Bülow, L., Eriksson, NL., Ronda, L., Mozzarelli, A., Eke, A., Mathe, D. and Reeder, BJ., (2019). Engineering tyrosine residues into hemoglobin enhances heme reduction, decreases oxidative stress and increases vascular retention of a hemoglobin based blood substitute. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 134, 106-118
Welbourn, EM., Wilson, MT., Yusof, A., Metodiev, MV. and Cooper, CE., (2017). The mechanism of formation, structure and physiological relevance of covalent hemoglobin attachment to the erythrocyte membrane. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 103, 95-106