Dr Sheila Macintyre
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Reading
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr. Sheila MacIntyre is currently working as a Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Reading , United Kingdom. Major Responsibilities: Associate Professor • Programme advisor for Microbiology Research: • Cell surfaces of Gram negative bacteria • Secretion via the chaperone: usher pathway • Assembly of surface F1 antigen of the plague pathogen, Yersinia pestis • Secretion of proteins by fish pathogens belonging to Aeromonas spp • Genomics of rodent associated Campylobacter Member of the Microbiology Research Group Teaching: • Part 1: Introductory Microbiology • Part 2: Microbiology- a medical perspective; Medical microbiology (Pharmacy); Function of the Bacterial Cell • Part 3: Bacterial pathogens; Use and abuse of the Microbial world International Collaborators: • Professor Stefan Knight, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden • Dr Anton Zavialov, SUAS, Uppsala and University of Turku, Finland National Collaborators: • Professor Martin Maiden , Dept Zoology, Oxford University • Dr Noel MacCarthy, Oxford University /PHE Didcot • Professor Haroun Shah, PHE Microbiology services, Colindale, London
Research Interest
Research: • Cell surfaces of Gram negative bacteria • Secretion via the chaperone: usher pathway • Assembly of surface F1 antigen of the plague pathogen, Yersinia pestis • Secretion of proteins by fish pathogens belonging to Aeromonas spp • Genomics of rodent associated Campylobacter
Publications
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Costello GM, Vipond R, MacIntyre S. Aeromonas salmonicida possesses two genes encoding homologs of the major outer membrane protein, OmpA. Journal of bacteriology. 1996 Mar 1;178(6):1623-30.
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MacIntyre S, Zyrianova IM, Chernovskaya TV, Leonard M, Rudenko EG, Zav'yalov VP, Chapman DA. An extended hydrophobic interactive surface of Yersinia pestis Caf1M chaperone is essential for subunit binding and F1 capsule assembly. Molecular microbiology. 2001 Jan 1;39(1):12-25.
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Zavialov AV, Kersley J, Korpela T, Zav’yalov VP, MacIntyre S, Knight SD. Donor strand complementation mechanism in the biogenesis of nonâ€pilus systems. Molecular microbiology. 2002 Aug 1;45(4):983-95.
