Dick Strugnell

CCL17-expressing dendritic cells in the intestine are preferentially infected by Salmonella but CCL17 plays a redundant role in systemic dissemination

Anna B Erazo, Nancy Wang, Lena Standke, Adrian D Semeniuk, Lorenz Fuelle, Sevgi C Cengiz, Manja Thiem, Heike Weighardt, Richard A Strugnell, Irmgard Foerster

Journal article  |  2021  |  Immunity Inflammation and Disease

INTRODUCTION: Salmonella spp. are a recognized and global cause of serious health issues from gastroenteritis to invasive disease...

Sustained neutralising antibodies in the Wuhan population suggest durable protection against SARS-CoV-2

Richard Strugnell, Nancy Wang

Journal article  |  2021  |  The Lancet

Optimal preparation of SARS-CoV-2 viral transport medium for culture

Julie McAuley, Claire Fraser, Elena Paraskeva, Elizabeth Trajcevska, Michelle Sait, Nancy Wang, Eric Bert, Damian Purcell, Richard Strugnell

Journal article  |  2021  |  Virology Journal

INTRODUCTION: The sudden arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic placed significant stresses on supply chains including viral transport m..

Measurement of the interconnected turgor pressure and envelope elasticity of live bacterial cells

Huanxin Zhang, Huabin Wang, Jonathan J Wilksch, Richard A Strugnell, Michelle L Gee, Xi-Qiao Feng

Journal article  |  2021  |  Soft Matter

Turgor pressure and envelope elasticity of bacterial cells are two mechanical parameters that play a dominant role in cellular def..

Bacterial Redox Potential Powers Controlled Radical Polymerization

Mitchell D Nothling, Hanwei Cao, Thomas G McKenzie, Dianna M Hocking, Richard A Strugnell, Greg G Qiao

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of the American Chemical Society

Microbes employ a remarkably intricate electron transport system to extract energy from the environment. The respiratory cascade o..

The Potential Use of Hypochlorous Acid and a Smart Prefabricated Sanitising Chamber to Reduce Occupation-Related COVID-19 Exposure

Kate Nguyen, Bui Dinh, Mahak Hashemi, Dianna M Hocking, Priyan Mendis, Richard A Strugnell, Shyamali C Dharmage

Journal article  |  2021  |  Risk Management and Healthcare Policy

This work is part of a project on the development of a smart prefabricated sanitising chamber (SPSC) to provide extra measures aga..

Flexible Usage and Interconnectivity of Diverse Cell Death Pathways Protect against Intracellular Infection

Marcel Doerflinger, Yexuan Deng, Paul Whitney, Ranja Salvamoser, Sven Engel, Andrew J Kueh, Lin Tai, Annabell Bachem, Elise Gressier, Niall D Geoghegan, Stephen Wilcox, Kelly L Rogers, Alexandra L Garnham, Michael A Dengler, Stefanie M Bader, Gregor Ebert, Jaclyn S Pearson, Dominic De Nardo, Nancy Wang, Chenying Yang, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Immunity

Programmed cell death contributes to host defense against pathogens. To investigate the relative importance of pyroptosis, necropt..

Pandemic printing: a novel 3D-printed swab for detecting SARS-CoV-2

Eloise Williams, Katherine Bond, Nicole Isles, Brian Chong, Douglas Johnson, Julian Druce, Tuyet Hoang, Susan A Ballard, Victoria Hall, Stephen Muhi, Kirsty L Buising, Seok Lim, Dick Strugnell, Mike Catton, Louis B Irving, Benjamin P Howden, Eric Bert, Deborah A Williamson

Journal article  |  2020  |  Medical Journal of Australia

OBJECTIVES: To design and evaluate 3D-printed nasal swabs for collection of samples for SARS-CoV-2 testing. DESIGN: An iterative d..

Comprehensive analysis of IncC plasmid conjugation identifies a crucial role for the transcriptional regulator AcaB

Steven J Hancock, Phan Minh-Duy, Zhenyao Luo, Alvin W Lo, Kate M Peters, Thi Khanh Nhu Nguyen, Brian M Forde, Jason Whitfield, Ji Yang, Richard A Strugnell, David L Paterson, Timothy R Walsh, Bostjan Kobe, Scott A Beatson, Mark A Schembri

Journal article  |  2020  |  Nature Microbiology

The IncC family of broad-host-range plasmids enables the spread of antibiotic resistance genes among human enteric pathogens1-3. A..

Global Trends in Proteome Remodeling of the Outer Membrane Modulate Antimicrobial Permeability in Klebsiella pneumoniae

Andrea Rocker, Jake A Lacey, Matthew J Belousoff, Jonathan J Wilkscha, Richard A Strugnell, Mark R Davies, Trevor Lithgow

Journal article  |  2020  |  mBio

In Gram-negative bacteria, the permeability of the outer membrane governs rates of antibiotic uptake and thus the efficacy of anti..