Abstract: There is described a material comprising tapes, ribbons, fibrils or fibers characterized in that each of the ribbons, fibrils or fibers have an antiparallel arrangement of peptides in a ?-sheet tape-like substructure wherein the material comprises a pair of self assembling complementary polypeptides.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 6, 2015
Date of Patent:
April 19, 2016
Assignee:
University of Leeds
Inventors:
Neville Boden, Amalia Aggeli, Eileen Ingham, Jennifer Kirkham
Abstract: The present invention relates to a ceramic comprising (or consisting essentially of) a solid solution containing Bi, K, Ti and Fe (and optionally Pb) which exhibits piezoelectric behavior.
Abstract: The invention relates to novel self-assembling peptide complexes comprising a charged peptide and a polysaccharide, methods of producing them and uses therefor. The novel self-assembling peptide complexes of the present invention have particular utility in the restoration of biomechanical or biochemical function of a variety of biological tissues, for example and without limitation, in degenerated spinal discs, osteoarthritic joints, damaged cartilage, meniscus, ligaments, tendons, dental, ophthalmic and cardiovascular and blood vessel tissues. The invention provides inter alia methods of repairing and or restoring biomechanical or biochemical function of biological tissues and scaffolds for the support of cell growth.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 8, 2014
Publication date:
March 3, 2016
Applicant:
University of Leeds
Inventors:
Eileen Ingham, Ruth Karen Wilcox, Amalia Aggeli, Danielle Elizabeth Miles
Abstract: There is described a material comprising tapes, ribbons, fibrils or fibres characterized in that each of the ribbons, fibrils or fibres have an antiparallel arrangement of peptides in a ?-sheet tape-like substructure.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 20, 2015
Publication date:
February 18, 2016
Applicant:
University of Leeds
Inventors:
Neville Boden, Amalia Aggeli, Eileen Ingham, Jennifer Kirkham
Abstract: A method of removing at least one oxide from a surface of a body of semiconductor material is disclosed. The method includes arranging the body in a vacuum chamber and maintaining a temperature of the body in the vacuum chamber within a predetermined range, or substantially at a predetermined value, while exposing said surface to a flux of indium atoms. Corresponding methods of processing an oxidized surface of a body of semiconductor material to prepare the surface for epitaxial growth of at least one epitaxial layer or film over said surface, and methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device are also disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 14, 2012
Date of Patent:
February 16, 2016
Assignee:
University of Leeds
Inventors:
Lianhe Li, Alexander Davies, Edmund Linfield
Abstract: Electrical tomography apparatus comprises: a first electrode; a second electrode; and current driving means for driving an electrical current between the first electrode and the second electrode through a medium, wherein the current driving means comprises: a first transformer having a first winding and a second winding, the second winding having a first terminal and a second terminal; and means for generating an alternating current through the first winding so as to generate an alternating voltage between said first terminal and said second terminal. The apparatus further comprises connecting means arranged to connect the first terminal to the first electrode and the second terminal to the second electrode. Generation of the alternating current in the first winding results in generation of an alternating voltage between the first and second electrodes. In certain embodiments, a current sensing transformer provides an indication of current driven through the medium.
Abstract: There is described a material comprising tapes, ribbons, fibrils or fibers characterized in that each of the ribbons, fibrils or fibers have an antiparallel arrangement of peptides in a ?-sheet tape-like substructure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 24, 2013
Date of Patent:
November 24, 2015
Assignee:
University of Leeds
Inventors:
Neville Boden, Amalia Aggeli, Eileen Ingham, Jennifer Kirkham
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for freezing a water-containing quantity of a biological entity or a formulation in a vessel using a mineral nucleator, to the use of the mineral as a nucleator and to a vessel with the mineral in or on the whole or part of a surface thereof.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 9, 2013
Publication date:
November 19, 2015
Applicant:
University of Leeds
Inventors:
Benjamin John Murray, Thomas Francis Whale, James Atkinson, George John Morris
Abstract: There is described a material comprising tapes, ribbons, fibrils or fibers characterized in that each of the ribbons, fibrils or fibers have an antiparallel arrangement of peptides in a ?-sheet tape-like substructure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 3, 2014
Date of Patent:
November 17, 2015
Assignee:
University of Leeds
Inventors:
Neville Boden, Amalia Aggeli, Eileen Ingham, Jennifer Kirkham
Abstract: There is described a material comprising tapes, ribbons, fibrils or fibres characterized in that each of the ribbons, fibrils or fibres have an antiparallel arrangement of peptides in a ?-sheet tape-like substructure wherein the material comprises a pair of self assembling complementary polypeptides.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 6, 2015
Publication date:
October 22, 2015
Applicant:
University of Leeds
Inventors:
Neville Boden, Amalia Aggeli, Eileen Ingham, Jennifer Kirkham
Abstract: We describe a plant cell which is modified by the inclusion of a nucleic acid molecule that encodes a regulator of auxin signalling and which is adapted for expression in a gravity sensing cell.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 11, 2013
Publication date:
September 3, 2015
Applicant:
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
Inventors:
STEFAN KEPINSKI, MARTIN KIEFFER, SURUCHI ROYCHOUDHRY
Abstract: There is described a material comprising tapes, ribbons, fibrils or fibers characterized in that each of the ribbons, fibrils or fibers have an antiparallel arrangement of peptides in a ?-sheet tape-like substructure wherein the material comprises a pair of self assembling complementary polypeptides.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 18, 2012
Date of Patent:
August 11, 2015
Assignee:
University of Leeds
Inventors:
Neville Boden, Amalia Aggeli, Eileen Ingham, Jennifer Kirkham
Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for ejecting drug bearing material. The ejected material is ejected as liquid and liquid vapor via an explosive process which can provide a very fast ejection as well as an ejection which has a large throw. The apparatus can provide a nebulizer, inhaler or needleless injector.
Abstract: A medical magnetometer 10 comprising one or more induction coils 2 for detecting a time varying magnetic field of a region of a subject's body, such as the heart. Each coil has a maximum outer diameter of 4 to 7 cm, and a configuration such that the ratio of the coil's length to its outer diameter is at least 0.5, and the ratio of the coil's inner diameter to its outer diameter is 0.5 or less. Each induction coil 2 is coupled to a respective detection circuit comprising a low impedance pre-amplifier 3, a low pass filter 5, a notch filter 6 to remove line noise, and an averaging element 7. Each detection circuit produces an output signal 9 for use to analyse the time varying magnetic field of the region of the subject's body.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of inhibiting scale in a geological formation such as a hydrocarbon reservoir and a kit of parts for performing the method.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 6, 2013
Publication date:
May 14, 2015
Applicant:
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
Inventors:
Nasser Ghorbani, Niall Fleming, Mark Wilson, Nikil Kapur, Anne Neville
Abstract: A method for allowing a first party and a second party to obtain shared secret information is provided. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining, by the first party, a sequence of values A=X+NA where X is a sequence of values and NA is a random sequence associated with the first party; obtaining, by the second party, a sequence of values B=X+NB where NB is a random sequence associated with the second party; performing, by the first and second parties, a data matching procedure to identify corresponding pairs of values, a, b in respective sequences A and B that match, wherein sequences A and B are discrete-valued sequences equal to, derived from, or derived using, sequences A and B; wherein the shared secret information is equal to, or derived from, or derived using, the matching values in sequences A and B.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 23, 2013
Publication date:
May 14, 2015
Applicant:
University of Leeds
Inventors:
Benjamin Thomas Hornsby Varcoe, Matthew Christopher John Everitt
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and assembly for preparing a dry thermoplastic prepreg comprising reinforcing fiber spread tow (2) and airborne or melt-borne discrete thermoplastic fibers (4).
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 17, 2013
Publication date:
April 16, 2015
Applicant:
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
Inventors:
Carl Anthony Lawrence, Hassan Mohamed El-Dessouky
Abstract: This document provides methods and materials for treating cancer. For example, methods and materials for identifying antigens and combinations of antigens that can be used to treat cancer as well as combinations of antigens having the ability to reduce established tumors within a mammal (e.g., a human) are provided.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 15, 2013
Publication date:
March 5, 2015
Applicants:
Mayo Foundation for Medical and Research, University of Leeds
Inventors:
Jose S. Pulido, Richard G. Vile, Timothy J. Kottke, Alan A. Melcher, Peter Selby
Abstract: Computer implemented methods and data processing apparatus are described for displaying virtual slide images. Images of a plurality of slides are automatically displayed in a first region of a display device at a first magnification. The slides comprise all the slides including material from a same specimen. An image of at least one of the slides is displayed in a second region at a second magnification greater than the first magnification. At least the image displayed in the second region is changed responsive to receiving user input. Methods for automatically determining a slide layout pattern and methods for virtually melding glass slide images into a single image are also described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 8, 2012
Date of Patent:
March 3, 2015
Assignees:
University of Leeds, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for ejecting material. The ejected material is ejected as liquid and liquid vapor via an explosive process which can provide a very fast ejection as well as an ejection which has a large throw. The apparatus can be used to eject fuel for a fuel injector.