Jessica Porter

High antibody titres induced by protein subunit vaccines using Mycobacterium ulcerans antigens Hsp18 and MUL _3720 with a TLR-2 agonist fail to protect against Buruli ulcer in mice

Kirstie M Mangas, Nicholas J Tobias, Estelle Marion, Jeremie Babonneau, Laurent Marsollier, Jessica L Porter, Sacha J Pidot, Chinn Yi Wong, David C Jackson, Brendon Y Chua, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2020  |  PeerJ

Identification and Mobilization of a Cryptic Antibiotic Biosynthesis Gene Locus from a Human-Pathogenic Nocardia Isolate

Marion Herisse, Keishi Ishida, Jessica L Porter, Ben Howden, Christian Hertweck, Timothy P Stinear, Sacha J Pidot

Journal article  |  2020  |  ACS Chemical Biology

The genus Nocardia contains >50 human pathogenic species that cause a range of illnesses from skin and soft tissue infections to l..

Vaccine-Specific Immune Responses against Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection in a Low-Dose Murine Challenge Model

Kirstie M Mangas, Andrew H Buultjens, Jessica L Porter, Sarah L Baines, Estelle Marion, Laurent Marsollier, Nicholas J Tobias, Sacha J Pidot, Kylie M Quinn, David J Price, Katherine Kedzierska, Weiguang Zeng, David C Jackson, Brendon Y Chua, Timothy P Stineara

Journal article  |  2020  |  Infection and Immunity

The neglected tropical disease Buruli ulcer (BU) is an infection of subcutaneous tissue with Mycobacterium ulcerans There is no ef..

Validation of a single-step, single-tube reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA

Jean YH Lee, Nickala Best, Julie McAuley, Jessica L Porter, Torsten Seemann, Mark B Schultz, Michelle Sait, Nicole Orlando, Karolina Mercoulia, Susan A Ballard, Julian Druce, Thomas Tran, Mike G Catton, Melinda J Pryor, Huanhuan L Cui, Angela Luttick, Sean McDonald, Arran Greenhalgh, Jason C Kwong, Norelle L Sherry, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Medical Microbiology

Introduction. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic of 2020 has resulted in unparalleled requirements for RNA extraction kits and enzymes requir..

Biosynthesis and Ether-Bridge Formation in Nargenicin Macrolides

Sacha J Pidot, Marion Herisse, Liam Sharkey, Liselle Atkin, Jessica L Porter, Torsten Seemann, Benjamin P Howden, Mark A Rizzacasa, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2019  |  Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Biosynthesis and Ether‐Bridge Formation in Nargenicin Macrolides

Sacha J Pidot, Marion Herisse, Liam Sharkey, Liselle Atkin, Jessica L Porter, Torsten Seemann, Benjamin P Howden, Mark A Rizzacasa, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2019  |  Angewandte Chemie

Abstract: The nargenicin family of antibiotics are macrolides containing a rare ether‐bridged cis‐decalin motif. Several of these ..

In Vivo Imaging of Bioluminescent Mycobacterium ulcerans: A Tool to Refine the Murine Buruli Ulcer Tail Model

Till F Omansen, Renee A Marcsisin, Brendon Y Chua, Weiguang Zeng, David C Jackson, Jessica L Porter, Ymkje Stienstra, Tjip S van der Werf, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2019  |  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Buruli ulcer (BU) is a neglected tropical disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans. Unclear transmission, no availa..

The Phi BT1 large serine recombinase catalyzes DNA integration at pseudo-attB sites in the genus Nocardia

Marion Herisse, Jessica L Porter, Romain Guerillot, Takehiro Tomita, Anders Goncalves Da Silva, Torsten Seemann, Benjamin P Howden, Timothy P Stinear, Sacha J Pidot

Journal article  |  2018  |  PEERJ

Comparative Genomics Shows That Mycobacterium ulcerans Migration and Expansion Preceded the Rise of Buruli Ulcer in Southeastern Australia

Andrew H Buultjens, Koen Vandelannoote, Conor J Meehan, Miriam Eddyani, Bouke C de Jong, Janet AM Fyfe, Maria Globan, Nicholas J Tobias, Jessica L Porter, Takehiro Tomita, Ee Laine Tay, Torsten Seemann, Benjamin P Howden, Paul DR Johnson, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2018  |  Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Convergent Evolution Driven by Rifampin Exacerbates the Global Burden of Drug-Resistant &ITStaphylococcus aureus&IT

Romain Guerillot, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Ian Monk, Stefano Giulieri, Takehiro Tomita, Eloise Alison, Jessica Porter, Sacha Pidot, Wei Gao, Anton Y Peleg, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2018  |  MSPHERE