Our latest research - Mo-containing sulfoxide reductases support host interactions not only in Haemophilus influenzae, but also Escherichia coli
Congratulations to Dr. Qifeng Zhong who graduated from his PhD in the lab last year, as well as Dr. Marufa Nasreen and Ruizhe Yang.
Qifeng’s work demonstrated that the DmsABC sulfoxide reductase is specifically induced by HOCl, a chemical produced by the human immune system during infection. DmsABC was required for successful host interactions.
Phylogenetic analyses revealed that enzymes closely related to DmsABC from E. coli and H. influenzae form a large and diverse group, indicating that this enzyme might have similar roles in many bacteria.
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jb.00463-24
Shortlisted for Faculty of Science PhD Graduate of the year award - Dr. Jennifer Hosmer
Jenni graduated from her PhD last year having done excellent work on how metabolic dependencies between Haemophilus influenzae and human epithelia affect bacterial virulence and human immune responses.
CONGRATULATIONS, JENNI
FoS award ceremony, Prof. Melissa Brown
Celebrating Riya’s confirmation as a PhD student
Microbiology in Moreton Bay - MiM 2025
We all had a great time at MiM2025 held at the beautiful USC Petrie Campus.
As part of the program Marufa presented her work on bacterial S-oxide reductases, while Riya was a finalist for the Nancy Millis Award and took out second place - congratulations,
& thanks to the ASM-Qld for organizing this great event
Marufa presenting her work
Nancy Millis Award finalists 2025 and Riya receiving her award
Happy holidays & all the best for 2025
Bacpath 2024 - Hunter Valley
Great to see both Saurab and Riya present the work from their PhDs at the Bacpath conference in the Hunter Valley.
Special congratulations to Riya for winning the ‘Best Student Presentation’ award!
2024 Lab Christmas event
2024 Lab Christmas event
Learning how to bake Croissants and prepare a brunch breakfast at Vanilla Zulu cooking class in Newstead