Staff Profile
Andrew Watson
Research Associate
- Email: andrew.watson@ncl.ac.uk
- Address: Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology,
Baddiley-Clark Building,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE2 4AX
Background
Andrew Watson is a Research Associate in the Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, working with Katarzyna Mickiewicz.
His expertise are in Molecular Microbiology, Microbial Genomics and evolution.
Google Scholar: HERE
Publications
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Articles
- Watson AK, Kepplinger B, Bakhiet SM, Mhmoud NA, Chapman J, Allenby NE, Mickiewicz K, Goodfellow M, Fahal AH, Errington J. Systematic whole-genome sequencing reveals an unexpected diversity among actinomycetoma pathogens and provides insights into their antibacterial susceptibilities. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2022, 16(7), e0010128.
- Anderson CMH, Edwards N, Watson AK, Althaus M, Thwaites DT. Reshaping the Binding Pocket of the Neurotransmitter:Solute Symporter (NSS) Family Transporter SLC6A14 (ATB0,+) Selectively Reduces Access for Cationic Amino Acids and Derivatives. Biomolecules 2022, 12(10), 1404.
- Sendra KM, Watson AK, Kozhevnikova E, Moore AL, Embley TM, Hirt RP. Inhibition of mitosomal alternative oxidase causes lifecycle arrest of early-stage Trachipleistophora hominis meronts during intracellular infection of mammalian cells. PLoS Pathogens 2022, 18(12), e1011024.
- Major P, Sendra K, Dean P, Williams TA, Watson AK, Thwaites DT, Embley TM, Hirt RP. A new family of cell surface located purine transporters in Microsporidia and related fungal endoparasites. eLife 2019, 8, e47037.
- Dean P, Sendra KM, Williams TA, Watson AK, Major P, Nakjang S, Kozhevnikova E, Goldberg AV, Kunji ERS, Hirt RP, Embley TM. Transporter gene acquisition and innovation in the evolution of Microsporidia intracellular parasites. Nature Communications 2018, 9, 1709.
- Edwards N, Anderson CMH, Conlon NJ, Watson AK, Hall RJ, Cheek TR, Embley TM, Thwaites DT. Resculpting the binding pocket of APC superfamily LeuT-fold amino acid transporters. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 2018, 75(5), 921-938.
- Watson AK, Williams TA, Williams BAP, Moore KA, Hirt RP, Embley TM. Transcriptomic profiling of host-parasite interactions in the microsporidian Trachipleistophora hominis. BMC Genomics 2015, 16, 983.
- Nakjang S, Williams TA, Heinz E, Watson AK, Foster PG, Sendra KM, Heaps SE, Hirt RP, Embley T. Reduction and Expansion in Microsporidian Genome Evolution: New Insights from Comparative Genomics. Genome Biology and Evolution 2013, 5(12), 2285-2303.