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Professor Ronan Mccarthy
Professor in Biomedical Sciences
Heinz Wolff 233
- Email: ronan.mccarthy@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 268441
Maslova, E., EisaianKhongi, L., Rigole, P., Coenye, T. and McCarthy, RR. (2024) 'Carbon source competition within the wound microenvironment can significantly influence infection progression'. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 10 (1). pp. 1 - 10. ISSN: 2055-5008 Open Access Link
Hassard, F., Curtis, TP., Dotro, GC., Golyshin, P., Gutierrez, T., Heaven, S., et al. (2024) 'Scaling-up Engineering Biology for Enhanced Environmental Solutions'. ACS synthetic biology, 13 (6). pp. 1586 - 1588. ISSN: 2161-5063 Open Access Link
Wallach, I., Bernard, D., Nguyen, K., Ho, G., Morrison, A., Stecula, A., et al. (2024) 'AI is a viable alternative to high throughput screening: a 318-target study'. Scientific Reports, 14 (1). pp. 1 - 16.Open Access Link
Howard, SA. and McCarthy, RR. (2023) 'Modulating biofilm can potentiate activity of novel plastic-degrading enzymes'. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 9 (1). pp. 1 - 10. ISSN: 2055-5008 Open Access Link
Gadar, K. and McCarthy, RR. (2023) 'Using next generation antimicrobials to target the mechanisms of infection'. npj Antimicrobials and Resistance, 1 (1). pp. 1 - 14. ISSN: 2731-8745 Open Access Link
Gadar, K., de Dios, R., Kadeřábková, N., Prescott, TAK., Mavridou, DAI. and McCarthy, RR. (2023) 'Disrupting iron homeostasis can potentiate colistin activity and overcome colistin resistance mechanisms in Gram-Negative Bacteria'. Communications Biology, 6 (1). pp. 1 - 16. ISSN: 2399-3642 Open Access Link
Howard, SA., Carr, CM., Sbahtu, HI., Onwukwe, U., López, MJ., Dobson, ADW. and et al. (2023) 'Enrichment of native plastic associated biofilm communities to enhance polyester degrading activity'. Environmental Microbiology, 25 (12). pp. 2698 - 2718. ISSN: 1462-2912 Open Access Link
Maslova, E., Osman, S. and McCarthy, RR. (2023) 'Using the Galleria mellonella burn wound and infection model to identify and characterize potential wound probiotics'. Microbiology, 169 (6). pp. 1 - 9. ISSN: 1350-0872 Open Access Link
Proctor, CR., Taggart, MG., O'Hagan, BMG., McCarron, PA., McCarthy, RR. and Ternan, NG. (2023) 'Furanone loaded aerogels are effective antibiofilm therapeutics in a model of chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa wound infection'. Biofilm, 5. pp. 1 - 10. ISSN: 2590-2075 Open Access Link
de Dios, R., Proctor, CR., Maslova, E., Dzalbe, S., Rudolph, CJ. and McCarthy, RR. (2022) 'Artificial sweeteners inhibit multidrug‐resistant pathogen growth and potentiate antibiotic activity'. EMBO Molecular Medicine, 15 (1). pp. 1 - 21. ISSN: 1757-4676 Open Access Link
de Dios, R., Gadar, K. and McCarthy, RR. (2022) 'A high-efficiency scar-free genome-editing toolkit for Acinetobacter baumannii'. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 77 (12). pp. 3390 - 3398. ISSN: 0305-7453 Open Access Link
Arroyo-Moreno, S., Cummings, M., Corcoran, DB., Coffey, A. and McCarthy, RR. (2022) 'Identification and characterization of novel endolysins targeting Gardnerella vaginalis biofilms to treat bacterial vaginosis'. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 8 (1). pp. 1 - 12. ISSN: 2055-5008 Open Access Link
Furniss, RCD., Kaderabkova, N., Barker, D., Bernal, P., Maslova, E., Antwi, AAA., et al. (2022) 'Breaking antimicrobial resistance by disrupting extracytoplasmic protein folding'. eLife, 11. pp. 1 - 69. ISSN: 2050-084X Open Access Link
Maslova, E., Eisaiankhongi, L., Sjöberg, F. and McCarthy, R. (2021) 'Burns and Biofilms: Priority pathogens and in vivo models'. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 7 (1). pp. 1 - 9. ISSN: 2055-5008 Open Access Link
Ullah, MW., Rojas, OJ., McCarthy, RR. and Yang, G. (2021) 'Editorial: Nanocellulose: A Multipurpose Advanced Functional Material'. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 9. pp. 1 - 4.Open Access Link
Sánchez-Cordón, PJ., Floyd, T., Hicks, D., Crooke, HR., McCleary, S., McCarthy, RR., et al. (2021) 'Evaluation of Lesions and Viral Antigen Distribution in Domestic Pigs Inoculated Intranasally with African Swine Fever Virus Ken05/Tk1 (Genotype X)'. Pathogens, 10 (6). pp. 768 - 768.Open Access Link
McCleary, S., McCarthy, RR., Strong, R., Edwards, J. and Crooke, H. (2021) 'Inactivation of African Swine Fever Virus by reagents commonly used in containment laboratories'. Journal of Virological Methods, 295. pp. 1 - 5. ISSN: 0166-0934
Evgenia, M., Shi, Y., Sjöberg, F., Azevedo, HS., David, W. and McCarthy, RR. (2020) 'An Invertebrate Burn Wound Model That Recapitulates the Hallmarks of Burn Trauma and Infection Seen in Mammalian Models'. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11. pp. 1 - 8. ISSN: 1664-302X Open Access Link
McCleary, S., Strong, R., McCarthy, RR., Edwards, JC., Howes, EL., Stevens, LM., et al. (2020) 'Substitution of warthog NF-κB motifs into RELA of domestic pigs is not sufficient to confer resilience to African swine fever virus'. Scientific Reports, 10 (1). pp. 1 - 11. ISSN: 2045-2322 Open Access Link
Reen, FJ., Gutierrez Barranquero, JA., McCarthy, RR., Woods, DF., Scarciglia, S., Adams, C., et al. (2019) 'Quorum sensing signalling alters virulence potential and population dynamics in complex microbiome-host interactomes'. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10. pp. 1 - 13. ISSN: 1664-302X Open Access Link
McCarthy, RR., Ullah, MW., Booth, P., Pei, E. and Yang, G. (2019) 'The use of bacterial polysaccharides in bioprinting'. Biotechnology Advances, 37 (8). pp. 1 - 14. ISSN: 0734-9750 Open Access Link
McCarthy, R., Everett, H., Graham, SP., Steinbach, F. and Crooke, HR. (2019) 'Head Start Immunity: Characterising the early protection of C strain vaccine against subsequent classical swine fever virus infection'. Frontiers in Immunology, 10. pp. 1 - 34. ISSN: 1664-3224 Open Access Link
McCarthy, R., Ullah, MW., Pei, E. and Yang, G. (2019) 'Antimicrobial Inks: The Anti-Infective Applications of Bioprinted Bacterial Polysaccharides'. Trends in Biotechnology, 37 (11). pp. 1155 - 1159. ISSN: 0167-7799 Open Access Link
McCarthy, R., Yu, M., Eilers, K., Wang, Y-C., Lai, E-M. and Filloux, A. (2019) 'Cyclic di‐GMP inactivates T6SS and T4SS activity in Agrobacterium tumefaciens'. Molecular Microbiology, 112 (2). pp. 632 - 648. ISSN: 0950-382X Open Access Link
Gutiérrez-Barranquero, JA., Reen, FJ., Parages, ML., McCarthy, R., Dobson, ADW. and O'Gara, F. (2017) 'Disruption of N -acyl-homoserine lactone-specific signalling and virulence in clinical pathogens by marine sponge bacteria'. Microbial Biotechnology, 12 (5). pp. 1049 - 1063. ISSN: 1751-7915 Open Access Link
McCarthy, RR., Valentini, M. and Filloux, A. (2017) 'Contribution of Cyclic di-GMP in the Control of Type III and Type VI Secretion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.'. New York, NY: Humana Press. ISSN 13: 978-1-4939-7239-5
McCarthy, RR., Mazon-Moya, MJ., Moscoso, JA., Hao, Y., Lam, JS., Bordi, C., et al. (2017) 'Cyclic-di-GMP regulates lipopolysaccharide modification and contributes to Pseudomonas aeruginosa immune evasion'. Nature Microbiology, 2 (6). pp. 17027. ISSN: 2058-5276 Open Access Link
Larrouy-Maumus, G., Clements, A., Filloux, A., McCarthy, RR. and Mostowy, S. (2015) 'Direct detection of lipid A on intact Gram-negative bacteria by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry'. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 120. pp. 68 - 71. ISSN: 0167-7012 Open Access Link
McCarthy, RR. and O'Gara, F. (2015) 'The impact of phytochemicals present in the diet on microbial signalling in the human gut'. Journal of Functional Foods, 14. pp. 684 - 691. ISSN: 1756-4646
Gutiérrez-Barranquero, JA., Reen, FJ., McCarthy, RR. and O’Gara, F. (2015) 'Deciphering the role of coumarin as a novel quorum sensing inhibitor suppressing virulence phenotypes in bacterial pathogens'. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 99 (7). pp. 3303 - 3316. ISSN: 0175-7598
McCarthy, RR., Mooij, MJ., Reen, FJ., Lesouhaitier, O. and O'Gara, F. (2014) 'A new regulator of pathogenicity (bvlR) is required for full virulence and tight microcolony formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa'. Microbiology, 160 (Pt_7). pp. 1488 - 1500. ISSN: 1350-0872 Open Access Link
Mac Aogáin, M., Mooij, MJ., McCarthy, RR., Plower, E., Wang, YP., Tian, ZX., et al. (2012) 'The non-classical ArsR-family repressor PyeR (PA4354) modulates biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa'. Microbiology, 158 (10). pp. 2598 - 2609. ISSN: 1350-0872