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Sam Chamberlain

@sam-chamberlain.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Higgins Lab, University of Oxford. Structural biologist investigating host-pathogen interactions.

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Sigurbjörn Markússon @sigurbjornm.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Our paper on SLC45A4 is out now in @nature.com! The orphan SLC45A4 transporter is a polyamine transporter involved in chronic pain signalling!
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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.
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Sam Chamberlain @sam-chamberlain.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
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
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Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery, University of Oxford @kavlioxford.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
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...
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Sam Chamberlain @sam-chamberlain.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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...
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