Miss Shani Austin-Williams
PhD Student
Biochemical Pharmacology
William Harvey Research Institute
William Harvey Research Institute
Research
Extracellular Vesicles, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Organoids
Interests
My interested in in vitro models is centered around using chondrocyte micromass models, as well as organoids using synovial fibroblasts and macrophages to closely recapitulate the joint.Publications
Publications of specific relevance to Predictive in vitro Models2018
Nuzzo AM, Camm EJ, Sferruzzi-Perri AN, Ashmore TJ, Yung H-W, Cindrova-Davies T, Spiroski A-M, Sutherland MR, Logan A, Austin-Williams S, Burton GJ, Rolfo A, Todros T, Murphy MP and Giussani DA (2018). Placental Adaptation to Early-Onset Hypoxic Pregnancy and Mitochondria-Targeted Antioxidant Therapy in Rat. Am J Pathol 10.1016/j.ajpath.2018.07.027Pistorius K, Souza PR, De Matteis R, Austin-Williams S, Primdahl KG, Vik A, Mazzacuva F, Colas RA, Marques RM, Hansen TV and Dalli J (2018). PDn-3 DPA Pathway Regulates Human Monocyte Differentiation and Macrophage Function. Cell Chem Biol vol. 25, (6) 749-760.e9. 10.1016/j.chembiol.2018.04.017