Publications
A selection of recent BSRC members’ publications are listed below.
Abnormal plasma/serum magnesium, copper and zinc concentrations associate with the future development of cardiovascular diseases
Lin, B., Alexander, R., Fritzen, R., Mills, S., Stewart, A. J. & McCowan, C., 25 Apr 2025, In: Nutrients. 17, 9, p. 1-14 14 p., 1447.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A programmatic assessment of dolutegravir adverse events and discontinuations in Uganda
Laker Odongpiny, E. A., Nicol, M., Katana, E., Owori, J., Buzibye, A., Sedan, K., Kesby, M., Holden, M., Owarwo, N., Meya, D., Castelnuovo, B., Sloan, D. J. & Sekaggya, C., 24 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: HIV Medicine. Early View, 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Broad substrate scope C-C oxidation in cyclodipeptides catalysed by a flavin-dependent filament
Sutherland, E., Harding, C. J., du Monceau de Bergendal, T., Florence, G. J., Ackermann, K., Bode, B. E., Synowsky, S., Sundaramoorthy, R. & Melo Czekster, C., 24 Jan 2025, In: Nature Communications. 16, 14 p., 995.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Building a cell-factory in Crithidia fasciculata: a bio-sustainable system to produce high-value polyunsaturated fatty acids
Cerone, M., Major, L. L. & Smith, T. K., 23 Jun 2025, In: Microbial Cell Factories. 24, p. 1-16 16 p., 142.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cardiac safety of bedaquiline, delamanid and moxifloxacin co-administered with or without varying doses of sutezolid or delpazolid for the treatment of drug-susceptible TB
Koele, S. E., Stoycheva, K., Mtweve, C., Manyama, C., Mpagama, S., Mhimbira, F., Wallis, R., Ntinginya, N. E., Liyoyo, A., Huglin, B., Minja, L. T., Wagnerberger, L., Zumba, T., Noreña, I., Peter, D. D., Beattie, T., Makkan, H., Sloan, D. J., Te Brake, L. & Aarnoutse, R. E. & 9 others, , Aug 2025, In: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 80, 8, p. 2305-2313 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cas10 based 7SL-sRNA diagnostic for the detection of active trypanosomiasis
Gruschow, S., Steketee, P. C., Paxton, E., Matthews, K. R., Morrison, L. J., White, M. F. & Grey, F., 17 Mar 2025, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 19, 3, p. 1-17 17 p., e0012937.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cas10 based 7SL-sRNA diagnostic for the detection of active trypanosomosis
Grüschow, S., Steketee, P. C., Paxton, E., Matthews, K. R., Morrison, L. J., White, M. F. & Grey, F., 17 Mar 2025, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 19, 3, p. 1-17 17 p., e0012937.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Competitive behaviors in Serratia marcescens are coordinately regulated by a lifestyle switch frequently inactivated in the clinical environment
Williams, D. J., Hawkins, A., Hernandez, R. E., Mariano, G., Mathers, K., Buchanan, G., Stonier, B. J., Inkster, T., Leanord, A., Chalmers, J. D., Thomson, N. R., Holden, M. T. G. & Coulthurst, S. J., 12 Feb 2025, In: Cell Host & Microbe. 33, 2, p. 252-266.E5 20 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Conference report: The second Bacterial Genome Sequencing Pan-European Network conference
Wei, K. C., Purushothaman, S., Azzato, F., Baker, K. S., Birkeland, K. W., Brunet, S., Campos, J., Connor, T. R., Giske, C. G., Greub, G., Hallbäck, E. T., Harmsen, D., Hodcroft, E. B., Holden, M. T. G., Jacob, J., Kahles, A., Lagos, A. C., Lipworth, S., Loo, E. & Miotto, P. & 15 others, , 8 Aug 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Microbes and Infection. In Press, 105557.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
CRB2 depletion induces YAP signaling and disrupts mechanosensing in podocytes
Sun, Y., Kronenberg, N. M., Sethi, S. K., Dash, S. N., Kovalik, M. E., Sempowski, B., Strickland, S., Raina, R., Sperati, C. J., Tian, X., Ishibe, S., Hall, G. & Gather, M. C., 1 Apr 2025, In: American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology. 328, 4, p. F578-F595 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cryo-EM structure of the conjugation H-pilus reveals the cyclic nature of the TrhA pilin
Ishimoto, N., Wong, J. L. C., He, S., Shirran, S., Wright-Paramio, O., Seddon, C., Singh, N., Balsalobre, C., Sonani, R. R., Clements, A., Egelman, E. H., Frankel, G. & Beis, K., 22 Apr 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122, 16, p. 1-8 8 p., e2427228122.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cycloadditions as a sweet route to ‘double C-glycosylation’
Mahoney, K. P. P., Lynch, R., Bown, R. T., Sharma, S. V., Chueakwon, P., Stephenson, G. R., Cordes, D. B., Slawin, A. M. Z. & Goss, R., 19 Jun 2025, In: Biomolecules. 15, 6, 905.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Data transparency and reproducibility in health research: bridging the gap for early-career researchers
Bhakta, S., Xie, J., Pea, F. & Gillespie, S. H., 29 Apr 2025, In: Frontiers in Antibiotics. 4, p. 1-6 6 p., 1562002.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
DNA sensing with whispering gallery mode microlasers
Caixero, S., Dörrenhaus, R., Popczyk, A., Schubert, M., Kath-Schorr, S. & Gather, M. C., 19 Mar 2025, In: Nano Letters. 25, 11, p. 4467–4475
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
Engineering mechanical resonances of magnetoelectric transducers
Butscher, J. F. & Gather, M. C., 4 Feb 2025, In: Applied Physics Letters. 126, 5, 6 p., 053503.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Estimating full-field displacement in biological images using deep learning
Warsop, S. J. E. T., Caixeiro , S., Bischoff, M., Kursawe, J., Bruce, G. D. & Wijesinghe, P., 4 Jun 2025, In: npj Artificial Intelligence. 1, 12 p., 6.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Experimental analysis to quantify inactivation of microorganisms by Far-UVC irradiation in indoor environments
Hiwar, W., Adamson, C. S., Brenner, D. J., Fletcher, L. A., King, M.-F., McQuaid, J. B., Tidswell, E., Noakes, C. J., Wood, K. & Eadie, E., 15 Apr 2025, In: Building and Environment. 274, p. 1-10 10 p., 112734.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Exploring linear mono-, bis- and tris-acetylene containing agonists of the human olfactory receptor OR1A1
Liu, W., Dobson, L. S., Zhang, C., Sun, J., Lowe, P. T., Liu, Y., Zhuang, H. & O'Hagan, D., 16 Jun 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. Ahead of Print, 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Exploring the activity of the putative Δ6-desaturase and its role in bloodstream form life-cycle transitions in Trypanosoma brucei
Cerone, M. & Smith, T. K., 18 Feb 2025, In: PLoS Pathogens. 21, 2, p. 1-39 39 p., e1012691.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Expression profile of human cytomegalovirus UL111A cmvIL-10 and LAcmvIL-10 transcripts in primary cells and cells from renal transplant recipients
Almeida, G. W. C., Oliveira, M. T., Martines, I. G. L., Fiori, G. C., Nevels, M. M., Groves, I. J., Sinclair, J., Medina-Pestana, J., Sampaio da Silva, R., Nakamura, M., Requião-Moura, L., Poole, E. & Carlan da Silva, M. C., 31 Mar 2025, In: Viruses. 17, 15 p., 501.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
FXR activation aids fibrinolysis: targeting PAI-1 in obesity
Stewart, A. J., 4 Aug 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Blood.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Genetics of human handedness: microtubules and beyond
Ocklenburg, S., Mundorf, A., Peterburs, J. & Paracchini, S., Jun 2025, In: Trends in Genetics. 41, 6, p. 497-505 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Hexosamine biosynthesis disruption impairs GPI production and arrests Plasmodium falciparum growth at schizont stages
Alberione, M. P., Avalos-Padilla, Y., Rangel, G. W., Ramírez, M., Romero-Uruñuela, T., Fenollar, À., Ortega-Barrionuevo, J., Crispim, M., Smith, T. K., Llinás, M. & Izquierdo, L., 3 Jul 2025, In: PLoS Pathogens. 21, 7, p. 1-27 27 p., e1012832.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
High-throughput screening of potent drug-like molecules targeting 17β-HSD10 for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and cancer
Aitken, L., Baillie, G., Pannifer, A., Morrison, A., Major, L. L., Alphey, M. S., Sethi, R., Timmerman, M., Robinson, J., Riley, J., Shishikura, Y., Koekemoer, L., Von Delft, F., Rutjes, H., Read, K., Jones, P. S., McElroy, S. P., Smith, T. K. & Gunn-Moore, F. J., 18 Jun 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: ACS Chemical Biology. ASAP, p. 1-16 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Immobilized nucleoside 2-deoxyribosyltransferases from extremophiles for nucleoside biocatalysis
Hernández Martínez, S., Tang, P., Parra-Saldivar, R., Melchor-Martínez, E. & Melo Czekster, C., 14 Jan 2025, In: ACS Omega. 10, 1, p. 1067-1076 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
In-cage recombination facilitates the enantioselective organocatalytic [1,2]-rearrangement of allylic ammonium ylides
Hartley, W., Kasten, K., Greenhalgh, M. D., Feoktistova, T., Wise, H., Laddusaw, J., Frost, A. B., Ng, S., Slawin, A. M. Z., Bode, B. E., Cheong, P. & Smith, A. D., 8 Jan 2025, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147, 1, p. 1101-1111 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Inclusion of patient-centered, non-microbiological endpoints and biomarkers in tuberculosis drug trials
DiNardo, A. R., Sabiiti, W., Gillespie, S. H., Georghiou, S. B., Heinrich, N., Hittel, N., Taghlabi, S., Carrero Longlax, D., Kohli, M., Panzner, U., Musia, C., Lange, C., Vasiliu, A., Arts, R. J. W., Mandalakas, A. M., Ruhwald, M., Stuyver, L. J. & Van Crevel, R., 22 May 2025, In: Frontiers in Antibiotics. 4, p. 1-11 11 p., 1570989.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Integrated population clustering and genomic epidemiology with PopPIPE
McHugh, M. P., Horsfield, S. T., von Wachsmann, J., Toussaint, J., Pettigrew, K. A., Czarniak, E., Evans, T. J., Leanord, A., Tysall, L., Gillespie, S. H., Templeton, K. E., Holden, M. T. G., Croucher, N. J. & Lees, J. A., 28 Apr 2025, In: Microbial Genomics. 11, 4, p. 1-9 9 p., 001404.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Investigating the time to blood culture positivity: why does it take so long?
Falconer, K., Hammond, R., Parcell, B. & Gillespie, S. H., 6 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Medical Microbiology. 74, 1, 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
ISG15-dependent stabilisation of USP18 is necessary but not sufficient to regulate type I interferon signalling in humans
Vasou, A., Nightingale, K., Cetkovská , V., Scheler, J., Bamford, C. G. G., Andrejeva, J., Rowe, J. C., Swatek, K. N., Schwarz-Linek, U., Randall, R. E., McLauchlan, J., Weekes, M. P., Bogunovic, D. & Hughes, D. J., 11 Feb 2025, In: European Journal of Immunology. 55, 2, 16 p., e202451651.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Solanum bulbocastanum nucleotide‐binding leucine‐rich repeat receptor evolution reveals functional variants and critical residues in Rpi‐blb1/RB
Li, J., Mantelin, S., Armstrong, M., Kaur, A., Gomez, S., Ying, J., Qin, X., Wright, K. M., Harrower, B., Ribeca, P., Chaumet, T., McKenzie, G., Liu, H., White, M. F., Adams, T., Fisher, S. R., Dou, D., Wang, X. & Hein, I., 17 Jun 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. Early View, p. 1-19 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Isolation and identification of cis-2,5-diketopiperazine from a novel Bacillus strain and synthesis of its 4 stereoisomers
Obled, A. M. C., Hamed, R. B., Spence, E., Zacharova, M. K., Sharma, S. V., Wang, Y., Lynch, R., Connaris, H., Tatheer, A., Bourguet-Kondracki, M.-L., Florence, G. J. & Goss, R. J. M., 29 May 2025, In: Marine Drugs. 23, 6, p. 1-14 14 p., 234.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Isoselenourea‐catalyzed enantioselective pyrazolo‐heterocycle synthesis enabled by self‐correcting amide and ester acylation
Prindl, M. I., Westwood, M. T., Goodfellow, A. S., McKay, A. P., Cordes, D. B., Bühl, M. & Smith, A. D., 31 Mar 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Early View, 12 p., e202425305.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Isothiourea-catalysed acylative kinetic and dynamic kinetic resolution of planar chiral paracyclophanols
Zhou, Z., Kasten, K., McKay, A. P., Cordes, D. B. & Smith, A. D., 23 Jun 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Early View, 11 p., e202507126.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Isothiourea catalysed enantioselective generation of point and axially chiral iminothia- and iminoselenazinanones
Nimmo, A. J., Goodfellow, A. S., Guntley, J. T., McKay, A. P., Cordes, D. B., Bühl, M. & Smith, A. D., 30 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Chemical Science. Advance Article, 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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