Professor Ruth Massey
Current positions
Professor of Microbial Pathogenicity
School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
BBSRC FTMA - Validation of Diagnostic test
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Cellular and Molecular MedicineDates
01/07/2018 to 30/09/2018
Phenol soluble modulins and their role in the establishment and maintenance of a commensal status for Staphylococcus aureus.
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Cellular and Molecular MedicineDates
14/05/2018 to 13/02/2022
Thesis supervisions
Investigating the genetic basis for bacterial toxin production using functional genomics
Supervisors
Development and optimisation of a protocol for the extraction of microbial DNA from clinical pulmonary samples
Supervisors
Identification of host-bacteria interactions following Streptococcus gordonii bacteraemia
Supervisors
Characterisation of β-lactam/Vaborbactam activity in Klebsiella pneumoniae
Supervisors
A comprehensive screening of the two-component network in Staphylococcus aureus
Supervisors
Characterisation of a membrane protein, MspA, that is critical for Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis
Supervisors
The use of Genome Wide Association Studies to understand two key aspects of Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis
Supervisors
Investigating the effect of the antibiotic tunicamycin on wall teichoic acid synthesis and toxicity in Staphylococcus aureus.
Supervisors
Mechanistic investigation of novel virulence related proteins produced by the pathogens Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus.
Supervisors
Defining capsule production by Staphylococcus aureus and the role it plays in patient outcome
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
13/01/2025The mutational landscape of Staphylococcus aureus during colonisation
Nature Communications
Lipoteichoic acid biosynthesis by Staphylococcus aureus is controlled by the MspA protein
mBio
Extensive remodelling of the cell wall during the development of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia
eLife
Corrigendum
Microbiology (United Kingdom)
Diagnostic MALDI-TOF MS can differentiate between high and low toxic Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia isolates as a predictor of patient outcome
Microbiology
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