Staff Profile
Dr Augustinas Silale
Research Associate
Background
Current role
Dr Augustinas Silale joined Prof Bert van den Berg's laboratory as a postdoctoral researcher in November 2019.
Research interests
- Structural biology (X-ray crystallography, cryo-EM)
- Membrane proteins
- Gram negative bacteria
- Gut microbiota
Qualifications
2015-2019 - DPhil, University of Oxford
2011-2015 - BA (Hons) & MSci Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge
Publications
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Articles
- White JBR, Silale A, Feasey M, Heunis T, Zhu Y, Zheng H, Gajbhiye A, Firbank S, Baslé A, Trost M, Bolam DN, van den Berg B, Ranson NA. Outer membrane utilisomes mediate glycan uptake in gut Bacteroidetes. Nature 2023, 618(7965), 583-589.
- Abellon-Ruiz J, Jana K, Silale A, Frey AM, Baslé A, Trost M, Kleinekathöfer U, van den Berg B. BtuB TonB-dependent transporters and BtuG surface lipoproteins form stable complexes for vitamin B12 uptake in gut Bacteroides. Nature Communications 2023, 14, 4714.
- van den Berg B, Silale A, Baslé A, Brandner AF, Mader SL, Khalid S. Structural basis for host recognition and superinfection exclusion by bacteriophage T5. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022, 119(42), e2211672119.