Covid-19
Covid-19
A recent Innovate UK grant has added a new workstream to Dr Hammond’s lab. In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic UVC light has been seen as a possible method of dampening the effect of viral spread. The effects of UVC light on human skin commensal bacteria is unknown. Dr Hammond and colleagues at the university of Dundee are working to understand what effects, if any, this radiation will have on the bacteria that live on our skin.
Naturally fluorescent bacteria used in the study
Ten Bio’s advanced human skin model, TenSkin™, maintains skin’s inherent viability and ability to response to external stimuli through an innovative technology which maintains the tissue under an optimum mechanical tension, restoring the mechanobiology of the tissue and making it useful for a wide range of laboratory testing.
Dr Hammond in the Lab