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Dr Alex Hughes-Games

MSc, BSc, PhD

Current positions

  • Senior Research Associate

    School of Biochemistry

Contact

  • ah9473@bristol.ac.uk
  • Biomedical Sciences Building
    University Walk
    Clifton
    Bristol, BS8 1TD

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Publications

Recent publications

01/06/2024
  • Short-range translocation by a restriction enzyme motor triggers diffusion along DNA

    • Martin Göse, 
    • et al.

    Nature Chemical Biology

    • Article
    • Published
  • 03/08/2022
  • Direct visualisation of sequence-specific DNA binding by gonococcal type IV pili

    • Alex Hughes-Games, 
    • et al.

    Microbiology

    • Article
    • Published
  • 04/05/2020
  • Identification of integrative and conjugative elements in pathogenic and commensal Neisseriaceae spp. via genomic distributions of DNA uptake sequence dialects

    • Alex Hughes-Games, 
    • et al.

    Microbial Genomics

    • Article
    • Published
  • Thesis

    • New approaches to characterising mechanisms of horizontal gene transfer in Neisseria gonorrhoeae using microscopy and genome sequence analysis

      • Alex Hughes-Games

      Supervisors

      • Sean A Davis, 
      • Darryl J Hill

      Award date

      29/09/2020

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    • Dr Steven Shaw

      Senior Research Associate

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