Michael Greenwood

Feature Writer

B.Sc. Chemistry, M.Sc. Drug Design and Discovery

Michael graduated from the University of Salford with a PhD in Biochemistry in 2023, and has keen research interests towards nanotechnology and its application to biological systems. Michael has written on a wide range of science communication and news topics within the life sciences and related fields since 2019, and engages extensively with current developments in journal publications.

Articles from Michael

The Future of Epigenetics

Epigenetics is the study of changes in gene expression that can result in a differing phenotype without changing the DNA sequence of the genome.

23 Apr 2021

Recent Developments in CRISPR Technology

CRISPR technology has quickly become a staple research method in the life sciences, allowing the genome of living organisms to be modified.

23 Apr 2021

Using DNA in Biodiversity Conservation

The aim of biodiversity conservation is the preservation of all plant and animal species, and their habitats and ecosystems.

21 Apr 2021

History of DNA

DNA was first discovered in 1869 by Friedrich Miescher who was studying the composition of white blood cells when he isolated a molecule he termed nuclein: DNA.

21 Apr 2021

Advantages and Limitations of Fluorescence Microscopy

Fluorescence microscopy has allowed scientists to overcome the resolving power of ordinary optical microscopes using carefully designed fluorophore tags.

2 Dec 2020

Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein may improve monoclonal antibody resistance

A recent paper examines a mutation of the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 that has been observed to have arisen independently twice.

10 Nov 2020

Rapid prognosis of SARS-CoV-2 by MALDI-TOF MS

Gomila et al. recently uploaded a study to the preprint server medRxiv* (November 2020), aiming to utilize MALDI-TOF MS to analyze the sera of patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 in a range of disease severity states.

6 Nov 2020

Mature SARS-CoV-2 particle development by host-protein interactions

The proteins of SARS-CoV-2 play a key role in self-arrangement and particle formation, and current work suggests that an assembly is formed in the lipid bilayer of the endoplasmic reticulum.

3 Nov 2020

Genetic predispositions affect the efficacy of COVID-19 drugs

A paper recently uploaded to bioRxiv* aimed to utilize genome-wide CRISPR screening to identify genes involved in modulating the activity of COVID-19 drugs.

29 Oct 2020