Publications
A selection of recent BSRC members’ publications are listed below.
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
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
Robustness and sensitivity of Gd(III)-Gd(III) double electron electron resonance (DEER) measurements: comparative study of high-frequency EPR spectrometer designs and spin label variants
Mocanu, E. M., Ben-Ishay, Y., Topping, L., Fisher, S. R., Hunter, R. I., Su, X.-C., Butler, S., Smith, G. M., Goldfarb, D. & Lovett, J. E., 3 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Applied Magnetic Resonance. Early View, 21 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Safety, bactericidal activity, and pharmacokinetics of the antituberculosis drug candidate BTZ-043 in South Africa (PanACEA-BTZ-043–02): an open-label, dose-expansion, randomised, controlled, phase 1b/2a trial
Heinrich, N., de Jager, V., Dreisbach, J., Gross-Demel, P., Schultz, S., Gerbach, S., Kloss, F., Dawson, R., Narunsky, K., Matt, L., Wildner, L., McHugh, T. D., Fuhr, U., Aldana, B. H., Mouhdad, C., Brake, L. T., Boeree, M. J., Aarnoutse, R. E., Svensson, E. M. & Gong, X. & 31 others, , 7 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Lancet Microbe. In Press, 12 p., 100952.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Single-cycle parainfluenza virus type 5 vectors for producing recombinant proteins, including a humanized anti-V5 tag antibody
Randall, R. E., Young, D. F., Pisliakova, M., Andrejeva, J., West, L., Rossler, L., Morath, V., Hughes, D. J. & Goodbourn, S., 9 Jan 2025, In: Journal of General Virology. 106, 1, 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A GWAS for grip strength in cohorts of children—advantages of analysing young participants for this trait
Abbondanza, F., Wang, C. A., Schmitz, J., Marianski, K., Pennell, C. E., Whitehouse, A. J. O. & Paracchini, S., 8 Oct 2024, In: Genes, Brain and Behavior. 23, 5, 10 p., e70003.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A gene with a thousand alleles: the hyper-variable effectors of plant-parasitic nematodes
Sonawala, U., Beasley, H., Thorpe, P., Varypatakis, K., Senatori, B., Jones, J. T., Derevnina, L. & Eves-van den Akker, S., 12 Jun 2024, In: Cell Genomics. 4, 6, 16 p., 100580.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A genome-wide association study of Chinese and English language phenotypes in Hong Kong Chinese children
Lin, Y.-P., Shi, Y., Zhang, R., Xue, X., Rao, S., Yin, L., Lui, K. F. H., Pan, D. J., Maurer, U., Choy, K.-W., Paracchini, S., McBride, C. & So, H.-C., 27 Mar 2024, In: npj Science of Learning. 9, 26, 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A highly stable and efficient organic microcavity polariton laser
Witt, J., Mischok, A., Le Roux, F. & Gather, M. C., 19 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: MRS Communications. 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A material change for ultra-high precision force sensing
Perrella, C. & Dholakia, K., 26 Sept 2024, In: Light: Science & Applications. 13, 3 p., 272.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
A multi-modal microscope for integrated mapping of cellular forces and Brillouin scattering with high resolution
Meek, A. T., Busse, F., Kronenberg, N. M., Dinh, S. V., Berghaus, K. V., Booth, J. H., Scarcelli, G. & Gather, M. C., Apr 2024, In: Journal of Physics: Photonics. 6, 2, 14 p., 025012.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A systematic review on the effect of diabetes mellitus on the pharmacokinetics of TB drugs
Cevik, M., Sturdy, A., Maraolo, A. E., Dekkers, B. G. J., Akkerman, O. W. & Gillespie, S. H., 1 Sept 2024, In: International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 28, 9, p. 454-460 7 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Absolute quantum efficiency measurements of electrochemiluminescent devices through electrical impedance spectroscopy
Moon, C. & Gather, M. C., 30 Jul 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Optical Materials. Early View, 2401253.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Accuracy of the tuberculosis molecular bacterial load assay to diagnose and monitor response to anti-tuberculosis therapy: a longitudinal comparative study with standard-of-care smear microscopy, Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra, and culture in Uganda
Musisi, E., Wamutu, S., Ssengooba, W., Kasiinga, S., Sessolo, A., Sanyu, I., Kaswabuli, S., Zawedde, J., Byanyima, P., Kia, P., Muwambi, W., Toskin, D. T., Kigozi, E., Walbaum, N., Dombay, E., Legrady, M. B., Ssemambo, K.D.-M., Joloba, M., Kuchaka, D. & Worodria, W. & 3 others, , Apr 2024, In: The Lancet Microbe. 5, 4, p. e345-e354
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Advances in tuberculosis biomarkers: unravelling risk factors, active disease and treatment success
Schildkraut, J. A., Köhler, N., Lange, C., Duarte, R. & Gillespie, S. H., Oct 2024, In: Breathe (Sheffield, England). 20, 3, p. 240003
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Allosteric activation unveils protein-mass modulation of ATP phosphoribosyltransferase product release
Read, B., Mitchell, J. B. O. & da Silva, R. G., 6 Apr 2024, In: Communications Chemistry. 7, 13 p., 77.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Antibiotic resistance protocols
Gillespie, S. H. (Editor), 2 Jul 2024, 4th ed. New York, NY: Humana Press/Springer. 227 p. (Methods in molecular biology; vol. 2833)
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Aryl-fluorocyclopropane β-lactams with activity against Mycobacteroides abscessus and Mycobacterium bovis BCG
Spurling, D. E., Baker, E. J., Kingsley-Moore, G. R., Neyya Ppadath, R. M., More, N. D., Al-Maharik, N., Harrison, J., Cox, J. A. G. & O'Hagan, D., 9 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Journal of Organic Chemistry. Early View, 9 p., e202401050.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
AtHVA22a, a plant-specific homologue of Reep/DP1/Yop1 family proteins is involved in turnip mosaic virus propagation
Xue, M., Sofer, L., Simon, V., Arvy, N., Diop, M., Lion, R., Beucher, G., Bordat, A., Tilsner, J., Gallois, J.-L. & German-Retana, S., 20 May 2024, In: Molecular Plant Pathology. 25, 5, e13466.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Bedaquiline-pretomanid-moxifloxacin-pyrazinamide for drug-sensitive and drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis treatment: a phase 2c, open-label, multicentre, partially randomised controlled trial
Cevik, M., Thompson, L. C., Upton, C., Rolla, V. C., Malahleha, M., Mmbaga, B., Ngubane, N., Abu Bakar, Z., Rassool, M., Variava, E., Dawson, R., Staples, S., Lalloo, U., Louw, C., Conradie, F., Eristavi, M., Samoilova, A., Skornyakov, S. N., Ntinginya, N. E. & Haraka, F. & 28 others, , 1 Sept 2024, In: The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 24, 9, p. 1003-1014 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Biogenesis, inheritance and 3D ultrastructure of the microsporidian mitosome
Hacker, C., Sendra, K., Keisham, P. D., Filipescu, T., Lucocq, J., Salimi, F., Ferguson, S. G. A., Bhella, D., MacNeill, S., Embley, M. & Lucocq, J. M., 1 Jan 2024, In: Life Science Alliance. 7, 1, 23 p., e202201635.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Bioinformatic analysis of type III CRISPR systems reveals key properties and new effector families
Hoikkala, V. P., Graham, S. & White, M., 8 Jul 2024, In: Nucleic Acids Research. 52, 12, p. 7129–7141 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Bonn: Prof. Silvia Paracchini, PhD, Professor of Neurodevelopmental Genomics
Paracchini, S., 2024, In: Medizinische Genetik. 36, 4, p. 269–270
Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Breaking the angular dispersion limit in thin film optics by ultra-strong light-matter coupling
Mischok, A., Siegmund, B., Le Roux, F., Hillebrandt, S. G. H., Vandewal, K. & Gather, M. C., 3 Dec 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 10 p., 10529.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
CK2 phosphorylation of CMTR1 promotes RNA cap formation and influenza virus infection
Lukoszek, R., Inesta-Vaquera, F., Brett, N. J. M., Liang, S., Hepburn, L. A., Hughes, D. J., Pirillo, C., Roberts, E. W. & Cowling, V. H., 23 Jul 2024, In: Cell Reports. 43, 7, 19 p., 114405.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
CRISPR antiphage defence mediated by the cyclic nucleotide-binding membrane protein Csx23
Grüschow, S., McQuarrie, S., Ackermann, K., McMahon, S., Bode, B., Gloster, T. & White, M., 12 Apr 2024, In: Nucleic Acids Research. 52, 6, p. 2761-2775 15 p., gkae167.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Changes in fibrin clot properties in patients after Roux en-Y gastric bypass surgery
Abbas, K., Hierons, S. J., Pechlivani, N., Phoenix, F., Alexander, R., King, R., Ajjan, R. A. & Stewart, A. J., Feb 2024, In: Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 8, 2, 8 p., e102361.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Characterisation and mapping of a Globodera pallida resistance derived from the wild potato species Solanum spegazzinii
Gartner, U., Armstrong, M. R., Sharma, S. K., Jones, J. T., Blok, V. C., Hein, I. & Bryan, G. J., 16 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 137, 5
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Characterisation of ‘giant’ cysts of the potato cyst nematode, Globodera rostochiensis, present in potato fields in Kenya
Price, J., Hunt, K., Nyagah, N., Orage, C., Mwaura, O., Haukeland, S., Coyne, D. & Jones, J., Jul 2024, In: Nematology. 26, 7, p. 795-801 7 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Characterising the HLA-I Immunopeptidome of plasma-derived extracellular vesicles in patients with melanoma
Boyne, C. M., Coote, A., Synowsky, S. A., Naden, A. B., Shirran, S. L. & Powis, S. J., Mar 2024, In: Journal of Extracellular Biology. 3, 3, 12 p., e146.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Click chemistry methodology: the novel paintbrush of drug design
Oprea, I. & Smith, T. K., 27 Dec 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: ACS Chemical Biology. Articles ASAP, 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Closing the loop: the “Antibiotics under our feet” project
Ross, K. S., Melo Czekster, C. & Cornwell, R. M., 13 Jun 2024, (Accepted/In press).
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
Compendium of metabolomic and genomic datasets for cyanobacteria: mined the gap
Ferrinho, S. A., Connaris, H., Mouncey, N. J. & Goss, R., 1 Jun 2024, In: Water Research. 256, 10 p., 121492.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Conformational analysis explores the role of electrostatic non-classical CFHC hydrogen bonding interactions in selectively halogenated cyclohexanes
He, M., Piscelli, B., Cormanich , R. & O'Hagan, D., 5 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 89, 6, p. 4009–4018 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Consideration of within-patient diversity highlights transmission pathways and antimicrobial resistance gene variability in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium
McHugh, M. P., Pettigrew, K. A., Taori, S., Evans, T. J., Leanord, A., Gillespie, S. H., Templeton, K. E. & Holden, M. T. G., Mar 2024, In: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 79, 3, p. 656-668 13 p., dkae023.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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