Sam Chamberlain
@sam-chamberlain.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Higgins Lab, University of Oxford. Structural biologist investigating host-pathogen interactions.
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Our paper on SLC45A4 is out now in @nature.com! The orphan SLC45A4 transporter is a polyamine transporter involved in chronic pain signalling!
SLC45A4 is a pain gene encoding a neuronal polyamine transporter - Nature
The SLC45A4 gene encodes a neuronal polyamine transporter and is linked to pain response in humans and mice.
www.nature.com
August 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Our paper on SLC45A4 is out now in @nature.com! The orphan SLC45A4 transporter is a polyamine transporter involved in chronic pain signalling!
Extremely happy to share the first paper of my postdoc work with @parasitematt.
It is the product of a great collaboration with Akihito Sakoguchi, Hisashi Arase and Shiroh Iwanaga at Osaka University as well as Marcus Widdess and Mike Dustin here in Oxford.
rdcu.be/eqx2J
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It is the product of a great collaboration with Akihito Sakoguchi, Hisashi Arase and Shiroh Iwanaga at Osaka University as well as Marcus Widdess and Mike Dustin here in Oxford.
rdcu.be/eqx2J
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June 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Extremely happy to share the first paper of my postdoc work with @parasitematt.
It is the product of a great collaboration with Akihito Sakoguchi, Hisashi Arase and Shiroh Iwanaga at Osaka University as well as Marcus Widdess and Mike Dustin here in Oxford.
rdcu.be/eqx2J
🧵 1/6
It is the product of a great collaboration with Akihito Sakoguchi, Hisashi Arase and Shiroh Iwanaga at Osaka University as well as Marcus Widdess and Mike Dustin here in Oxford.
rdcu.be/eqx2J
🧵 1/6
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Congratulations to #KavliOxford Professors Molly Stevens DBE, Simon Draper and Matt Higgins on being elected Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences 2025.
Read the @acmedsci.bsky.social news article 👇
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Read the @acmedsci.bsky.social news article 👇
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May 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Congratulations to #KavliOxford Professors Molly Stevens DBE, Simon Draper and Matt Higgins on being elected Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences 2025.
Read the @acmedsci.bsky.social news article 👇
acmedsci.ac.uk/more/news/ac...
Read the @acmedsci.bsky.social news article 👇
acmedsci.ac.uk/more/news/ac...
Pleased to share our review on two key families of proteins in the 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘶𝘮 arsenal: pfEMP1 and RIFINs. Both of these fascinating families facilitate immune evasion and survival within the human host during a malaria infection.
Read here:
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Read here:
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March 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Pleased to share our review on two key families of proteins in the 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘶𝘮 arsenal: pfEMP1 and RIFINs. Both of these fascinating families facilitate immune evasion and survival within the human host during a malaria infection.
Read here:
kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
Read here:
kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...