Microbiology

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Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine
School of Genetics and Microbiology
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2
Ireland

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Professor Tim Foster

Professor Tim Foster

Fellow Emeritus, Microbiology

Visiting Academic

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Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • Conlon, B.P. Geoghegan, J.A. Waters, E.M. McCarthy, H. Rowe, S.E. Davies, J.R. Schaeffer, C.R. Foster, T.J. Fey, P.D. O'Gara, J.P., Role for the A domain of unprocessed accumulation-associated protein (Aap) in the attachment phase of the Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm phenotype, Journal of Bacteriology, 196, (24), 2014, p4268 - 4275Journal Article, 2014, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Barbu, E.M. Mackenzie, C. Foster, T.J. Höök, M., SdrC induces staphylococcal biofilm formation through a homophilic interaction, Molecular Microbiology, 94, (1), 2014, p172 - 185Journal Article, 2014, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • O'Keeffe KM, Wilk MM, Leech JM, Murphy AG, Laabei M, Monk IR, Massey RC, Lindsay JA, Foster TJ, Geoghegan JA, McLoughlin RM, Manipulation of autophagy in phagocytes facilitates Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection., Infection and immunity, 83, (9), 2015, p3445-Journal Article, 2015, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Pietrocola G, Gianotti V, Richards A, Nobile G, Geoghegan JA, Rindi S, Monk IR, Bordt AS, Foster TJ, Fitzgerald JR, Speziale P, Fibronectin Binding Proteins SpsD and SpsL Both Support Invasion of Canine Epithelial Cells by Staphylococcus pseudintermedius., Infection and immunity, 83, (10), 2015, p4093-102Journal Article, 2015, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Kwiecinski J, Peetermans M, Liesenborghs L, Na M, Björnsdottir H, Zhu X, Jacobsson G, Johansson BR, Geoghegan JA, Foster TJ, Josefsson E, Bylund J, Verhamme P, Jin T, Staphylokinase Control of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Formation and Detachment Through Host Plasminogen Activation., The Journal of infectious diseases, 2015, p139-148Journal Article, 2015, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Herman-Bausier P, El-Kirat-Chatel S, Foster TJ, Geoghegan JA, Dufrêne YF, Staphylococcus aureus Fibronectin-Binding Protein A Mediates Cell-Cell Adhesion through Low-Affinity Homophilic Bonds., mBio, 6, (3), 2015, pe00413-15Journal Article, 2015, TARA - Full Text
  • Brown AF, Murphy AG, Lalor SJ, Leech JM, O'Keeffe KM, Mac Aogáin M, O'Halloran DP, Lacey KA, Tavakol M, Hearnden CH, Fitzgerald-Hughes D, Humphreys H, Fennell JP, van Wamel WJ, Foster TJ, Geoghegan JA, Lavelle EC, Rogers TR, McLoughlin RM, Memory Th1 Cells Are Protective in Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Infection., PLoS pathogens, 11, (11), 2015, pe1005226Journal Article, 2015, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Formosa-Dague C, Speziale P, Foster TJ, Geoghegan JA, Dufrêne YF, Zinc-dependent mechanical properties of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm-forming surface protein SasG., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113, (2), 2016, p410-5Journal Article, 2016, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Geoghegan JA, Foster TJ, Cell Wall-Anchored Surface Proteins of Staphylococcus aureus: Many Proteins, Multiple Functions., Current topics in microbiology and immunology, 2016, p1 - 26Journal Article, 2016
  • Pietrocola G, Nobile G, Gianotti V, Zapotoczna M, Foster TJ, Geoghegan JA, Speziale P, Molecular Interactions of Human Plasminogen with Fibronectin-binding Protein B (FnBPB), a Fibrinogen/Fibronectin-binding Protein from Staphylococcus aureus., The Journal of biological chemistry, 291, (35), 2016, p18148-62Journal Article, 2016, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Foster T.J, The remarkably multifunctional fibronectin binding proteins of Staphylococcus aureus, European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 35, 2016, p1923-1931Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
  • Herman-Bausier P, Valotteau C, Pietrocola G, Rindi S, Alsteens D, Foster T.J, Speziale P, Dufrêne Y.F, Mechanical strength and inhibition of the Staphylococcus aureus collagen-binding protein Cna, mBio, 7, (5), 2016, e01529-16Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Heilbronner S, Monk I.R, Brozyna J.R, Heinrichs D.E, Skaar E.P, Peschel A, Foster T.J, Competing for Iron: Duplication and Amplification of the isd Locus in Staphylococcus lugdunensis HKU09-01 Provides a Competitive Advantage to Overcome Nutritional Limitation, PLoS Genetics, 12, (8), 2016, 1006246Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Monk I.R, Tree J.J, Howden B.P, Stinear T.P, Foster T.J, Complete bypass of restriction systems for major staphylococcus aureus lineages, mBio, 6, (3), 2015, p1 - 12Journal Article, 2015, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Claro T, Kavanagh N, Foster T.J, O'Brien F.J, Kerrigan S.W, Staphylococcus epidermidis serine-aspartate repeat protein G (SdrG) binds to osteoblast integrin alpha V beta 3, Microbes and Infection, 17, (6), 2015, p395 - 401Journal Article, 2015, DOI , URL
  • Farrand A.J, Haley K.P, Lareau N.M, Heilbronner S, McLean J.A, Foster T, Skaar E.P, An iron-regulated autolysin remodels the cell wall to facilitate heme acquisition in Staphylococcus lugdunensis, Infection and Immunity, 83, (9), 2015, p3578 - 3589Journal Article, 2015, DOI , URL
  • Shambat S.M, Chen P, Hoang A.T.N, Bergsten H, Vandenesch F, Siemens N, Lina G, Monk I.R, Foster T.J, Arakere G, Svensson M, Norrby-Teglund A, Modelling staphylococcal pneumonia in a human 3D lung tissue model system delineates toxin-mediated pathology, DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms, 8, (11), 2015, p1413 - 1425Journal Article, 2015, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Foster, T.J., Nasal colonization by Staphylococcus aureus, Nature Medicine, 10, 2004, p447 - 447Journal Article, 2004, DOI
  • Roche, F.M., Downer, R., Keane, F., Speziale, P., Park, P.W., and Foster T.J., The N-terminal A domain of fibronectin-binding proteins A and B promotes adhesion of Staphylococcus aureus to elastin. , Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279, (37), 2004, p38433 - 38440Journal Article, 2004, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Walsh, E.J., O'Brien, L.M., Liang, X., Hook, M., and Foster, T.J., Clumping factor B, a fibrinogen-binding MSCRAMM of staphylococcus aureus, also binds to the tail region of type I cytokeratin 10, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279, (49), 2004, p50691 - 50699Journal Article, 2004, DOI
  • Olesky, A., Golonka, E., Banbula, A., Szmyd, G., Moon, J., Kubica, M., Greenbaum, D., Boygo, M., Foster, T.J., Travis J. and Potempa, J., Growth phase-dependent production of a cell wall-associated elastinolytic cysteine proteinase by Staphylococcus epidermidis, Biological Chemistry, 385, (6), 2004, p525 - 535Journal Article, 2004, DOI
  • Foster, T.J., The Staphylococcus aureus "superbug", Journal of Clinical Investigation, 114, (12), 2004, p1693 - 1696Journal Article, 2004, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Mitchell, J., Tristan, A., and Foster, T.J. , Characterization of the fibrinogen-binding surface protein Fbl of Staphylococcus lugdunensis., Microbiology, 150, 2004, p3831 - 3841Journal Article, 2004, DOI
  • Pietricola, G., Schubert, A., Visai, L., Torti, M., Fitzgerald, J.R., Foster, T.J., Reinscheid, D.J., and Speziale, P. , FbsA, a fibrinogen-binding protein from Streptococcus agalactiae, mediates platelet aggregation, Blood, 105, (3), 2004, p1052 - 1059Journal Article, 2004, DOI
  • Holden, D., Feil, E.J., Lindsay, J.A., Peacock, S.J., Day, N.P., Enright, M.C., Foster, T.J., Moore, C.E., Hurst, L., Atkin, R., Barron, A., Bason, N., Bentley, S.D., Chillingworth, T., Churcher, A., Clark, L., Corton, C., Cronin, A., Doggett, J., Dowd, L., Feltwell, T., Hance, Z., Harris, B., Hauser, H., Holropyd, S., Jagels, K., James, K.D., Lennard, N., Line, A., Mayes, R., Moule, S., Mungall, K., Ormond, D., Quail, M.A., Rabbinowitsch, E., Rutherford, K., Sanders, M., Sharp, S., Simmopnds, M., Stevens, K., Whitehead, S., Barrell, B.G., Spratt, B.G., and Parkhill, J., Complete genomes of two clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains: evidence for the rapid evolution of virulence and drug resistance, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 101, (26), 2004, p9786 - 9791Journal Article, 2004, DOI
  • Palmqvist, N., Foster, T., Fitzgerald, R., Josefsson, E., and Tarkowski, A. (2005). , Fibronectin-binding proteins and fibrinogen-binding clumping factors play distinct roles in staphylococcal arthritis and systemic inflammation, Journal of Infectious Diseases, 191, (5), 2005, p791 - 798Journal Article, 2005, DOI
  • Fleury, O.M., McAleer, M.A., Feuillie, C., Formosa-Dague, C., Sansevere, E., Bennett, D.E., Towell, A.M., McLean, W.H.I., Kezic, S., Robinson, D.A., Fallon, P.G., Foster, T.J., Dufrêne, Y.F., Irvine, A.D., Geoghegan, J.A., Clumping factor B promotes adherence of Staphylococcus aureus to corneocytes in atopic dermatitis, Infection and Immunity, 85, (6), 2017, ppii: e00994-16Journal Article, 2017, TARA - Full Text
  • Feuillie C, Formosa-Dague C, Hays LM, Vervaeck O, Derclaye S, Brennan MP, Foster TJ, Geoghegan JA, Dufrêne YF., Molecular interactions and inhibition of the staphylococcal biofilm-forming protein SdrC., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114, (14), 2017, p3738-3743Journal Article, 2017, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Geoghegan JA, Foster TJ, Speziale P, Dufrêne YF., Live-Cell Nanoscopy in Antiadhesion Therapy., Trends in microbiology, 25, (7), 2017, p512-514Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • Ganesh VK, Liang X, Geoghegan JA, Cohen AL, Venugopalan N, Foster TJ, Hook M., Lessons from the Crystal Structure of the S. aureus Surface Protein Clumping Factor A in Complex With Tefibazumab, an Inhibiting Monoclonal Antibody., EBioMedicine, 13, 2016, p328-338Journal Article, 2016, DOI
  • Marsden MJ, Vaughan LM, Foster TJ, Secombes CJ., A live (delta aroA) Aeromonas salmonicida vaccine for furunculosis preferentially stimulates T-cell responses relative to B-cell responses in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)., Infection and Immunity , 64, (9), 1996, p3863 - 3869Journal Article, 1996, URL
  • Foster, T. J., A new genetic approach to defining the virulence determinants of Staphylococcus aureus strains that cause bovine mastitis., Irish Veterinary Journal, 40, (7-8), 1986, p110 - 115Journal Article, 1986
  • Sloane R, de Azavedo JC, Arbuthnott JP, Hartigan PJ, Kreiswirth B, Novick R, Foster TJ., A toxic shock syndrome toxin mutant of Staphylococcus aureus isolated by allelic replacement lacks virulence in a rabbit uterine model., FEMS Microbiology Letters, 78, (2-3), 1991, p239 - 244Journal Article, 1991, DOI
  • Greene C, McDevitt D, Francois P, Vaudaux PE, Lew DP, Foster TJ., Adhesion properties of mutants of Staphylococcus aureus defective in fibronectin-binding proteins and studies on the expression of fnb genes., Molecular Microbiology, 17, (6), 1995, p1143 - 1152Journal Article, 1995
  • McElroy MC, Harty HR, Hosford GE, Boylan GM, Pittet JF, Foster TJ., Alpha-toxin damages the air-blood barrier of the lung in a rat model of Staphylococcus aureus-induced pneumonia., Infection and Immunity , 67, (10), 1999, p5541 - 5544Journal Article, 1999, URL
  • STORRS, MJ, AMINOGLYCOSIDE RESISTANCE IN MULTIRESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS, unknown, 1986, 22, ISI Web of Science, 1987, ppR14 - R14Miscellaneous, 1987
  • Vaughan LM, Smith PR, Foster TJ., An aromatic-dependent mutant of the fish pathogen Aeromonas salmonicida is attenuated in fish and is effective as a live vaccine against the salmonid disease furunculosis., Infection and Immunity, 61, (5), 1993, p2172 - 2181Journal Article, 1993, URL
  • Coleman DC, Chopra I, Shales SW, Howe TG, Foster TJ., Analysis of tetracycline resistance encoded by transposon Tn10: deletion mapping of tetracycline-sensitive point mutations and identification of two structural genes., Journal of Bacteriology, 153, (2), 1983, p921 - 929Journal Article, 1983, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • DORMAN, CJ, ANALYSIS OF THE CHLORAMPHENICOL RESISTANCE DETERMINANT OF PLASMID-R26, unknown, 1983, 51, ISI Web of Science, 1983, pp525 - 525Miscellaneous, 1983
  • Coleman DC, Foster TJ., Analysis of the reduction in expression of tetracycline resistance determined by transposon Tn10 in the multicopy state., Molecular and General Genetics, 182, (1), 1981, p171 - 177Journal Article, 1981
  • FOSTER, TJ, ANTIBODIES THAT BLOCK ADHERENCE OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS TO FIBRONECTIN - REPLY, 1999, 141 - 141Miscellaneous, 1999
  • Vaughan L, Smith P, Foster TJ., Aromatic-dependent mutants of Aeromonas salmonicida., Research In Microbiology, 141, (7-8), 1991, p941 - 943Journal Article, 1991, DOI
  • Supersac G, Piémont Y, Kubina M, Prévost G, Foster TJ., Assessment of the role of gamma-toxin in experimental endophthalmitis using a hlg-deficient mutant of Staphylococcus aureus. , Microbial Pathogenesis, 24, (4), 1998, p241 - 251Journal Article, 1998, DOI
  • Peacock, S.J., Foster, T.J., Cameron, B.J., Berendt, A.R., Bacterial fibronectin-binding proteins and endothelial cell surface fibronectin mediate adherence of Staphylococcus aureus to resiting human endothelial cells, Microbiology, 145, 2000, p3477 - 3486Journal Article, 2000, URL
  • Fowler, T., Wann, E.R., Joh, D., Johansson, S., Foster, T.J., Höök, M., Cellular invasion by Staphylococcus aureus involves a fibronectin bridge between the bacterial fibronectic-binding MSCRAMMs and host cell β1 integrins , European Journal of Cell Biology, 79, (10), 2000, p672 - 679Journal Article, 2000, DOI
  • Fitzgerald, J.R., Monday, S.R., Foster, T.J., Bohach, G.A., Hartigan, P.J., Meaney, W.J., Smyth, C.J., Characterization of a putative pathogenicity island from bovine Staphylococcus aureus encoding multiple superantigens, Journal of Bacteriology, 183, (1), 2001, p63 - 70Journal Article, 2001, DOI
  • Martha Hennigan, Laurence M. Vaughan, Timothy J. Foster, Peter Smith, and Frank Gannon, Characterization of Aeromonas salmonicida Strains using DNA Probe Technology, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and aquatic sciences, 46, (5), 1989, p877 - 879Journal Article, 1989, DOI
  • Gaffney DF, Cundliffe E, Foster TJ., Chloramphenicol resistance that does not involve chloramphenicol acetyltransferase encoded by plasmids from gram-negative bacteria., Journal of General Microbiology, 125, (1), 1981, p113 - 121Journal Article, 1981, URL
  • Malcolm J. Horsburgh, Timothy J. Foster, Peter T. Barth and John R. Coggins, Chorismate synthase from Staphylococcus aureus, Microbiology, 142, 1996, p2943 - 2950Journal Article, 1996, DOI
  • Peacock, S.J., Day, N.P.J., Thomas, M.G., Berendt, A.R., Foster, T.J., Clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus exhibit diversity in fnb genes and adhesion to human fibronectin , Journal of Infection , 41, (1), 2000, p23 - 31Journal Article, 2000, DOI
  • H G Griffin, T J Foster, S Silver, and T K Misra, Cloning and DNA sequence analysis of the mercuric and organomercurial resistance determinants of plasmid pDU1358., Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 84, (10), 1987, p3112 - 3116Journal Article, 1987, URL
  • Ní Eidhin D, Perkins S, Francois P, Vaudaux P, Höök M, Foster TJ., Clumping factor B (ClfB), a new surface-located fibrinogen-binding adhesin of Staphylococcus aureus., Molecular Microbiology, 30, (2), 1998, p245 - 257Journal Article, 1998, DOI
  • Poston SM, Glancey GR, Wyatt JE, Hogan T, Foster TJ., Co-elimination of mec and spa genes in Staphy/ococcus aweus and the effect of agr and protein A production on bacterial adherence to cell monolayers, Journal of Medical Microbiology, 39, (6), 1993, p422 - 428Journal Article, 1993, URL
  • Herman-Bausier, P. and Pietrocola, G. and Foster, T.J. and Speziale, P. and Dufrêne, Y.F., Fibrinogen activates the capture of human plasminogen by staphylococcal fibronectin-binding proteins, mBio, 8, (5), 2017, pe01067-17Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Foster, T.J., Antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. Current status and future prospects, FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 41, (3), 2017, p430-449Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL
  • Valotteau, C. and Prystopiuk, V. and Pietrocola, G. and Rindi, S. and Peterle, D. and De Filippis, V. and Foster, T.J. and Speziale, P. and Dufrêne, Y.F., Single-Cell and Single-Molecule Analysis Unravels the Multifunctionality of the Staphylococcus aureus Collagen-Binding Protein Cna, ACS Nano, 11, (2), 2017, p2160-2170Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL
  • Entenza, J.M., Foster, T.J., Eidhin, D.N., Vaudaux, P., Francioli, P., Moreillon, P., Contribution of clumping factor B to pathogenesis of experimental endocarditis due to Staphylococcus aureus , Infection and Immunity , 68, (9), 2000, p5443 - 5446Journal Article, 2000, DOI
  • O'Reilly M, Kreiswirth B, Foster TJ., Cryptic alpha-toxin gene in toxic shock syndrome and septicaemia strains of Staphylococcus aureus., Molecular Microbiology, 4, (11), 1990, p1947 - 1955Journal Article, 1990
  • Deivanayagam CC, Perkins S, Danthuluri S, Owens RT, Bice T, Nanavathy T, Foster TJ, Höök M, Narayana SV., Crystallization of ClfA and ClfB fragments: the fibrinogen-binding surface proteins of Staphylococcus aureus., Acta Crystallographica Section D: Biological Crystallography, 55, (2), 1999, p554 - 556Journal Article, 1999, DOI
  • GEMMELL, CG, DIFFERENCES IN OPSONOPHAGOCYTOSIS OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS MUTANTS DEFICIENT IN PROTEIN-A, ALPHA-HEMOLYSIN AND BETA-TOXIN, unknown, 1988, 25, ISI Web of Science, 1988, ppR16 - R16Miscellaneous, 1988
  • Zavizion B, Bramley AJ, Politis I, Gilmore J, Turner JD, Patel AH, Foster TJ., Effects of Staphylococcus aureus toxins on the growth of bovine mammary epithelial cells (MAC-T) in culture., Journal of Dairy Science, 78, (2), 1995, p277 - 284Journal Article, 1995, URL
  • Paul W. O'Toole and Timothy J. Foster, Epidermolytic toxin serotype B of Staphylococcus aureus is plasmid-encoded , FEMS Microbiology Letters, 36, (2-3), 1986, p311 - 314Journal Article, 1986
  • Shields DC, McDevitt D, Foster TJ., Evidence against concerted evolution in a tandem array in the clumping factor gene of Staphylococcus aureus., 1995, - 963-965Miscellaneous, 1995, URL
  • Kaatz, G.W., Seo, S.M., O'Brien, L., Wahiduzzaman, M., Foster, T.J., Evidence for the existence of a multidrug efflux transporter distinct from NorA in Staphylococcus aureus, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy , 44, (5), 2000, p1404 - 1406Journal Article, 2000, DOI
  • Fairweather N, Kennedy S, Foster TJ, Kehoe M, Dougan G., Expression of a cloned Staphylococcus aureus alpha-hemolysin determinant in Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus., Infection and Immunity, 41, (3), 1983, p1112 - 1117Journal Article, 1983, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Savolainen, K., Paulin, L., Westerlund-Wikstrom, B., Foster, T.J., Korhonen, T.K., Kuusela, P., Expression of pls, a gene closely associated with the mecA gene of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prevents bacterial adhesion in vitro., Infection and Immunity, 69, (5), 2001, p3013 - 3020Journal Article, 2001, DOI
  • Geoghegan JA, Irvine AD, Foster TJ., Staphylococcus aureus and Atopic Dermatitis: A Complex and Evolving Relationship., Trends in microbiology, 2017Journal Article, 2017, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • J C de Azavedo, T J Foster, P J Hartigan, J P Arbuthnott, M O'Reilly, B N Kreiswirth and R P Novick , Expression of the cloned toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 gene (tst) in vivo with a rabbit uterine model., Infection and Immunity, 50, (1), 1985, p304 - 309Journal Article, 1985, URL
  • Sinha, B., François, P.P., Nüße, O., Foti, M., Hartford, O.M., Vaudaux, P., Foster, T.J., (...), Krause, K.-H., Fibronectin-binding protein acts as Staphylococcus aureus invasin via fibronectin bridging to integrin α5β1 , Cellular Microbiology, 1, (2), 2000, p101 - 117Journal Article, 2000, DOI
  • Massey, R.C., Dissanayeke, S.R.,Cameron, B., Ferguson, D., Foster, T.J. and Peacock, S.J., Functional blocking of Staphylococcus aureus adhesins following growth in ex vivo media, Infection and Immunity, 70, (10), 2002, p5339 - 5345Journal Article, 2002, DOI
  • Wann ER, Dassy B, Fournier JM, Foster TJ., Genetic analysis of the cap5 locus of Staphylococcus aureus., FEMS Microbiology Letters, 170, 1999, p97 - 103Journal Article, 1999, DOI
  • M J Storrs, P Courvalin, and T J Foster, Genetic analysis of gentamicin resistance in methicillin- and gentamicin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated in Dublin hospitals., Antimicrobal Agents and Chemotherapy, 32, (8), 1988, p1174 - 1181Journal Article, 1988, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • BHRIAIN, NN, GENETIC-ANALYSIS OF THE MERCURIC RESISTANCE DETERMINANT OF R100, unknown, 1983, 51, ISI Web of Science, 1983, pp525 - 525Miscellaneous, 1983
  • McDevitt D, Vaudaux P, Foster TJ., Genetic evidence that bound coagulase of Staphylococcus aureus is not clumping factor., Infection & Immunity, 60, (4), 1992, p1514 - 1523Journal Article, 1992, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Foster TJ, O'Reilly M, Patel AH, Bramley AJ., Genetic studies of Staphylococcus aureus virulence factors., Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 54, (5), 1988, p475 - 482Journal Article, 1988, DOI
  • Franpois P, Vaudaux P, Foster TJ, Lew DP , Host-Bacteria Interactions in Foreign Body Infections, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 4th International Conference on the Prevention of Infection , 17, (8), 1996, pp514 - 520Conference Paper, 1996, URL
  • Francois, P., Schrenzel, J., Stoerman-Chopard, C., Favre, H., Herrmann, M., Foster, T.J., Lew, D.P., Vaudaux, P., Identification of plasma proteins adsorbed on hemodialysis tubing that promote Staphylococcus aureus adhesion, Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine , 135, (1), 2000, p32 - 42Journal Article, 2000, DOI
  • Hartford OM, Wann ER, Höök M, Foster TJ., Identification of residues in the Staphylococcus aureus fibrinogen-binding MSCRAMM clumping factor A (ClfA) that are important for ligand binding., Journal of Biological Chemistry, 276, (4), 2001, p2466 - 2473Journal Article, 2001, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • McDevitt D, Francois P, Vaudaux P, Foster TJ., Identification of the ligand-binding domain of the surface-located fibrinogen receptor (clumping factor) of Staphylococcus aureus., Molecular Microbiology, 16, (1), 1995, p895 - 907Journal Article, 1995, DOI
  • Foster TJ, Brown NL., Identification of the merR gene of R100 by using mer-lac gene and operon fusions., Journal of Bacteriology, 163, (3), 1985, p1153 - 1157Journal Article, 1985, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • O'Reilly M, de Azavedo JC, Kennedy S, Foster TJ., Inactivation of the alpha-haemolysin gene of Staphylococcus aureus 8325-4 by site-directed mutagenesis and studies on the expression of its haemolysins, Microbial Pathogenesis, 1, (2), 1986, p125 - 138Journal Article, 1986, DOI
  • McElroy, M.C., Cain, D.J., Tyrell, C., Foster, T.J., and Haslett, C. , Increased virulence of a fibronectin-binding protein mutant of Staphylococcus aureus in a rat model of pneumonia, Infection and Immunity, 70, (7), 2002, p3865 - 3873Journal Article, 2002, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Glenn W. Kaatz, Susan M. Seo, and Timothy J. Foster, Introduction of a norA Promoter Region Mutation into the Chromosome of a Fluoroquinolone-Susceptible Strain of Staphylococcus aureus Using Plasmid Integration , Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 43, (9), 1999, p2222 - 2224Journal Article, 1999, URL
  • Pierre E. Vaudaux, Vincenza Monzillo,,dagger Patrice Francois, Daniel P. Lew, Tim J. Foster, and Brigitte Berger-Bächi, Introduction of the mec Element (Methicillin Resistance) into Staphylococcus aureus Alters In Vitro Functional Activities of Fibrinogen and Fibronectin Adhesins , Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 42, (3), 1998, p564 - 570Journal Article, 1998, URL
  • Dassy B, Hogan T, Foster TJ, Fournier JM., Involvement of the accessory gene regulator (agr) in expression of type 5 capsular polysaccharide by Staphylococcus aureus., Journal of General Microbiology, 139, (6), 1993, p1301 - 1306Journal Article, 1993, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • McAleese, F.M., Walsh, E.J., Sieprawska, M., Potempa, J. Foster, T.J. , Loss of clumping factor B fibrinogen binding activity by Staphylococcus aureus involves cessation of transcription, shedding and cleavage by metalloprotease, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 276, (32), 2001, p29969 - 29978Journal Article, 2001, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Greene C, Vaudaux PE, Francois P, Proctor RA, McDevitt D, Foster TJ., A low-fibronectin-binding mutant of Staphylococcus aureus 879R4S has Tn918 inserted into its single fnb gene., Microbiology, 142, (8), 1996, p2153 - 2160Journal Article, 1996, URL
  • Hartford O, McDevitt D, Foster TJ., Matrix-binding proteins of Staphylococcus aureus: functional analysis of mutant and hybrid molecules., Microbiology, 145, (9), 1999, p2497 - 2505Journal Article, 1999, URL
  • Coleman DC, Cafferkey M, Keane CT, Baxter L, Pomeroy H, Foster TJ, Hone R, Mulvey M, Arbuthnott JP., Mechanisms of pathogenicity of multi-resistant Staphylococcus aureus., Journal of Hospital Infection, 7, (Suppl A), 1986, p29 - 35Journal Article, 1986
  • Farrell AM, Foster TJ, Holland KT., Molecular analysis and expression of the lipase of Staphylococcus epidermidis., Journal of General Microbiology, 139, (2), 1993, p267 - 277Journal Article, 1993, URL
  • Griffin HG, Foster TJ, Falkiner FR, Carr ME, Coleman DC., Molecular analysis of multiple-resistance plasmids transferred from gram-negative bacteria isolated in a urological unit., Antimicrobal Agents and Chemotherapyi, 28, (3), 1985, p413 - 418Journal Article, 1985, URL
  • Stephen N. Fitzgerald and Timothy J. Foster, Molecular Analysis of the tagF Gene, Encoding CDP-Glycerol:Poly(glycerophosphate) Glycerophosphotransferase of Staphylococcus epidermidis ATCC 14990 , Journal of Bacteriology, 182, 2000, p1046 - 1052Journal Article, 2000, URL
  • McDevitt D, Francois P, Vaudaux P, Foster TJ., Molecular characterization of the clumping factor (fibrinogen receptor) of Staphylococcus aureus., Molecular Microbiology, 11, (2), 1994, p237 - 248Journal Article, 1994, DOI
  • Foster, T.J., Molecular genetic analysis of staphylococcal virulence, Methods in Microbiology, 27, 1999Review, 1999
  • Phonimdaeng, P., M. O'Reilly, O'Toole, P and Foster TJ, Molecular Cloning and Expression of the Coagulase Gene of Staphylococcus aureus 8325-4, Journal of General Microbiology, 134, 1988, p75 - 83Journal Article, 1988, DOI , URL
  • O'Toole PW, Foster TJ., Molecular cloning and expression of the epidermolytic toxin A gene of Staphylococcus aureus., Microial Pathogenesis, 1, (6), 1986, p583 - 594Journal Article, 1986, DOI
  • Cooney J, Mulvey M, Arbuthnott JP, Foster TJ., Molecular cloning and genetic analysis of the determinant for gamma-lysin, a two-component toxin of Staphylococcus aureus., Journal of General Microbiology , 134, (8), 1988, p2179 - 2188Journal Article, 1988, URL
  • O'Brien, L.M., Kerrigan, S.W., Kaw, G., Hogan, M., Penedes, J., Litt, D., Fitzgerald, D.J., Foster, T.J. and Cox, D. , Multiple mechanisms for the activation of human platelet aggregation by Staphylococcus aureus: roles for the clumping factors CfA and ClfB, the serine-aspartate repeat protein SdrE and protein A, Molecular Microbiology, 44, (4), 2002, p1033 - 1044Journal Article, 2002, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Dorman, CJ and Foster, TJ, Nonenzymatic Chloramphenicol Resistance Determinants. Specified by Plasmids R26 and R55-1 in Escherichia coli K-12. Do Not Confer High-Level Resistance to Fluorinated Analogs, Antimicrobal Agents and Chemotherapy, 22, (5), 1982, p912-914Journal Article, 1982, URL
  • O'Toole PW, Foster TJ., Nucleotide sequence of the epidermolytic toxin A gene of Staphylococcus aureus., Journal of Bacteriology, 169, (9), 1987, p3910 - 3915Journal Article, 1987, URL
  • Dorman CJ, Foster TJ, Shaw WV., Nucleotide sequence of the R26 chloramphenicol resistance determinant and identification of its gene product., Gene, 41, (2-3), 1986, p349-353Journal Article, 1986, DOI
  • Sheehan BJ, Foster TJ, Dorman CJ, Park S, Stewart GS., Osmotic and growth-phase dependent regulation of the eta gene of Staphylococcus aureus: a role for DNA supercoiling., Molecular and General Genetics, 232, (1), 1992, p49 - 57Journal Article, 1992, DOI
  • Arvind H. Patel, Timothy J. Foster and Peter A. Pattee, Physical and Genetic Mapping of the Protein A Gene in the Chromosome of Staphylococcus aureus 8325-4, Journal of General Microbiology, 135, 1989, p1799 - 1807Journal Article, 1989, DOI
  • T J Foster, Plasmid-determined resistance to antimicrobial drugs and toxic metal ions in bacteria., Microbiological Reviews, 47, (3), 1983, p361-409Review, 1983, URL
  • O'Reilly M, Dougan G, Foster TJ, Arbuthnott JP., Plasmids in epidermolytic strains of Staphylococcus aureus., Journal of General Microbiology, 124, (1), 1981, p99 - 107Journal Article, 1981, URL
  • Bhriain NN, Foster TJ., Polypeptides specified by the mercuric resistance (mer) operon of plasmid R100., Gene, 42, (3), 1986, p323 - 330Journal Article, 1986, DOI
  • Dorman CJ, Foster TJ., Posttranscriptional regulation of the inducible nonenzymatic chloramphenicol resistance determinant of IncP plasmid R26., Journal of Bacteriology, 161, (1), 1985, p147 - 152Journal Article, 1985, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Marsden MJ, Vaughan LM, Fitzpatrick RM, Foster TJ, Secombes CJ., Potency testing of a live, genetically attenuated vaccine for salmonids., Vaccine, 16, (11-12), 1998, p1087 - 1094Journal Article, 1998, DOI
  • Foster TJ., Potential for vaccination against infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus., Vaccine, 9, (4), 1991Review, 1991, DOI
  • Hartleib J, Köhler N, Dickinson RB, Chhatwal GS, Sixma JJ, Hartford OM, Foster TJ, Peters G, Kehrel BE, Herrmann M., Protein A is the von Willebrand factor binding protein on Staphylococcus aureus., Blood, 96, (6), 2000, p2149 - 2156Journal Article, 2000, URL
  • Dickinson RB, Nagel JA, McDevitt D, Foster TJ, Proctor RA, Cooper SL., Quantitative comparison of clumping factor- and coagulase-mediated Staphylococcus aureus adhesion to surface-bound fibrinogen under flow., Infection and Immunity , 63, (8), 1995, p3143 - 3150Journal Article, 1995, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Fitzpatrick, RM, Foster, TJ, Recombinant vaccines for viral Haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) In salmonids - Investigation of the ability of a live Bacterial Carrier to deliver antigens to fish, Developments in Biological Standardization, 90, 1997, p459 - 459Journal Article, 1997
  • FOSTER, TJ, RECOMBINANT-DNA TECHNIQUES AND SPECIFIC GENE INACTIVATION IN THE ANALYSIS STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS VIRULENCE, unknown, 1986, 22, ISI Web of Science, 1987, ppR6 - R7Miscellaneous, 1987
  • McDevitt D, Wann ER, Foster TJ., Recombination at the coagulase locus in Staphylococcus aureus: plasmid integration and amplification., Journal of General Microbiology, 139, (4), 1993, p695 - 706Journal Article, 1993, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Patel AH, Kornblum J, Kreiswirth B, Novick R, Foster TJ., 2.Regulation of the protein A-encoding gene in Staphylococcus aureus., Gene, 114, (1), 1992, p25 - 34Journal Article, 1992, DOI
  • Moreillon P, Entenza JM, Francioli P, McDevitt D, Foster TJ, François P, Vaudaux P., Role of Staphylococcus aureus coagulase and clumping factor in pathogenesis of experimental endocarditis., Infection and Immunity , 63, (12), 1995, p4738 - 4743Journal Article, 1995, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Bramley AJ, Patel AH, O'Reilly M, Foster R, Foster TJ., Roles of alpha-toxin and beta-toxin in virulence of Staphylococcus aureus for the mouse mammary gland., Infection and Immunity, 57, (8), 1989, p2489 - 2494Journal Article, 1989, URL
  • O'Connell C, Pattee PA, Foster TJ., Sequence and mapping of the aroA gene of Staphylococcus aureus 8325-4., Journal of General Microbiology, 139, (7), 1993, p1449 - 1460Journal Article, 1993, URL
  • Foster TJ, Ginnity F., Some mercurial resistance plasmids from different incompatibility groups specify merR regulatory functions that both repress and induce the mer operon of plasmid R100., Journal of Bacteriology, 162, (2), 1985, p773 - 776Journal Article, 1985, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • R J O'Callaghan, M C Callegan, J M Moreau, L C Green, T J Foster, O M Hartford, L S Engel, and J M Hill, Specific roles of alpha-toxin and beta-toxin during Staphylococcus aureus corneal infection., Infection and Immunity , 65, 1997, p1571 - 1578Journal Article, 1997, URL
  • MCELROY, MC, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ALPHA-TOXIN IS NOT THE SOLE CAUSE OF ALVEOLAR-CAPILLARY BARRIER DAMAGE IN A RAT MODEL OF BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA, unknown, 1997, 501P, ISI Web of Science, 1997, ppP61 - P61Miscellaneous, 1997
  • O'Brien, L.M., Walsh, E.J., Massey, R.C., Peacock, S.J. and Foster, T.J., Staphylococcus aureus clumping factor B (ClfB) promotes adherence to human type I cytokeratin 10: Implications for nasal colonization , Cellular Microbiology, 4, (11), 2002, p759 - 770Journal Article, 2002, DOI
  • Peacock SJ, Lina G, Etienne J, Foster TJ., Staphylococcus schleiferi subsp. schleiferi expresses a fibronectin-binding protein., Infection and Immunity , 67, (8), 1999, p4272 - 4275Journal Article, 1999, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Perkins, S., Walsh, E.J., Deivanayagam, C.C.S., Narayana, S.V.L., Foster, T.J., and Hook, M. , Structural organization of the fibrinogen-binding region of the clumping factor B MSCRAMM of Staphylococcus aureus., Journal of Biological Chemistry, 276, (48), 2001, p44721 - 44728Journal Article, 2001, DOI
  • Foster TJ, Höök M., Surface protein adhesins of Staphylococcus aureus., by Hook, M , Trends in Microbiology, 6, (12), 1998Review, 1998, DOI
  • Foster TJ, McDevitt D., Surface-associated proteins of Staphylococcus aureus: their possible roles in virulence., FEMS Microbiology Letters, 118, (3), 1994, p199-205Journal Article, 1994, DOI
  • Coleman DC, Pomeroy H, Estridge JK, Keane CT, Cafferkey MT, Hone R, Foster TJ., Susceptibility to antimicrobial agents and analysis of plasmids in gentamicin- and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Dublin hospitals., Journal of Medical Microbiology, 20, (2), 1985, p157 - 167Journal Article, 1985, URL
  • Josefsson E, O'Connell D, Foster TJ, Durussel I, Cox JA., The binding of calcium to the B-repeat segment of SdrD, a cell surface protein of Staphylococcus aureus., Journal of Biological Chemistry, 273, (47), 1998, p31145 - 31152Journal Article, 1998, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Phonimdaeng P, O'Reilly M, Nowlan P, Bramley AJ, Foster TJ., The coagulase of Staphylococcus aureus 8325-4. Sequence analysis and virulence of site-specific coagulase-deficient mutants., Molecular Microbiology, 4, (3), 1990, p393 - 404Journal Article, 1990, DOI
  • Hartford O, Francois P, Vaudaux P, Foster TJ., The dipeptide repeat region of the fibrinogen-binding protein (clumping factor) is required for functional expression of the fibrinogen-binding domain on the Staphylococcus aureus cell surface., Molecular Microbiology, 25, (6), 1997, p1065 - 1076Journal Article, 1997, TARA - Full Text
  • Downer, R., Roche, F., Park, P.W., Mecham, R.P., and Foster, T.J. , The elastin binding protein of Staphylococcus aureus (EbpS) is expressed at the cell surface as an integral membrane protein and not as a cell wall-associated protein., Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277, 2002, p243 - 250Journal Article, 2002, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Ramadhan, K. and Foster, T.J., Effects of ball milling on the structural, thermal, and rheological properties of oat bran protein flour, Journal of Food Engineering, 229, 2018, p50-56Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
  • Holland, S. and Tuck, C. and Foster, T., Fluid Gels: a New Feedstock for High Viscosity Jetting, Food Biophysics, 2018, p1-11Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Holland, S. and Foster, T. and MacNaughtan, W. and Tuck, C., Design and characterisation of food grade powders and inks for microstructure control using 3D printing, Journal of Food Engineering, 220, 2018, p12-19Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • De Chirico, S. and di Bari, V. and Foster, T. and Gray, D., Enhancing the recovery of oilseed rape seed oil bodies (oleosomes) using bicarbonate-based soaking and grinding media, Food Chemistry, 241, 2018, p419-426Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
  • Torcello-Gómez, A. and Foster, T.J., Instant polysaccharide-based emulsions: Impact of microstructure on lipolysis, Food and Function, 8, (6), 2017, p2231-2242Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL
  • Foster, T. and Chiu, N., Spotlight: EPSRC centre for innovative manufacturing in food, Food Science and Technology (London), 31, (1), 2017, p21-23Journal Article, 2017, URL
  • Hartford, O., O'Brien, L., Schofield, K., Wells, J., Foster, T.J., The Fbe (SdrG) protein of Staphylococcus epidermidis HB promotes bacterial adherence to fibrinogen , Microbiology, 147, (9), 2001, p2545 - 2552Journal Article, 2001, URL
  • O'Connell DP, Nanavaty T, McDevitt D, Gurusiddappa S, Höök M, Foster TJ., The fibrinogen-binding MSCRAMM (clumping factor) of Staphylococcus aureus has a Ca2+-dependent inhibitory site., Journal of Biological Chemistry, 273, (12), 1998, p6821 - 6829Journal Article, 1998, DOI
  • Cooney J, Kienle Z, Foster TJ, O'Toole PW., The Gamma-Hemolysin Locus of Staphylococcus aureus. Comprises Three Linked Genes, Two of Which Are Identical to the Genes for the F and S Components of Leukocidin, Infect Immun. , 1993, p768-771Journal Article, 1993, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Foster TJ., The genetics and biochemistry of mercury resistance., Critical Reviews in Microbiology, 15, (2), 1987, p117-140Review, 1987, DOI
  • O'Callaghan, R.J Foster T.J., Specific Roles of Alpha-Toxin and Beta-Toxin inStaphylococcus keratitus as established by genetic rescue experiments, 1997, -Miscellaneous, 1997
  • Redpath MB, Foster TJ, Bailey CJ., The role of the serine protease active site in the mode of action of epidermolytic toxin of Staphylococcus aureus., FEMS Microbiology Letters, 65, (2), 1991, p151 - 156Journal Article, 1991, DOI
  • McCrea, K.W., Hartford, O.M., Davis, S., Ni Eidhin, D., Lina, G., Speziale, P., Foster, T.J., Hook, M., The serine-aspartate repeat (Sdr) protein family in Staphylococcus epidermidis, Microbiology, 146, (7), 2000, p1535 - 1546Journal Article, 2000, URL
  • Sau S, Bhasin N, Wann ER, Lee JC, Foster TJ, Lee CY., The Staphylococcus aureus allelic genetic loci for serotype 5 and 8 capsule expression contain the type-specific genes flanked by common genes., Microbiology, 143, (7), 1997, p2395 - 2405Journal Article, 1997, URL
  • Josefsson E, McCrea KW, Ní Eidhin D, O'Connell D, Cox J, Höök M, Foster TJ., Three new members of the serine-aspartate repeat protein multigene family of Staphylococcus aureus., Trends in Microbiology, 144, (12), 1999, p3387 - 3395Journal Article, 1999, URL
  • Ni'Bhriain NN, Silver S, Foster TJ., Tn5 insertion mutations in the mercuric ion resistance genes derived from plasmid R100., Journal of Bacteriology, 155, (2), 1983, p690 - 703Journal Article, 1983, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • M. J. Marsden, A. Devoy, L. M. Vaughan, T. J. Foste and C. J. Secombes, Use of a genetically attenuated strain. Aeromonas salmonicida to vaccinate salmonid fish, Aquaculture International, 4, (1), 1996, p55 - 66Journal Article, 1996, DOI
  • Vaudaux PE, François P, Proctor RA, McDevitt D, Foster TJ, Albrecht RM, Lew DP, Wabers H, Cooper SL., Use of adhesion-defective mutants of Staphylococcus aureus to define the role of specific plasma proteins in promoting bacterial adhesion to canine arteriovenous shunts., Infection and Immunity , 63, (3), 1995, p585 - 590Journal Article, 1995, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • McDevitt D, Foster TJ., Variation in the size of the repeat region of the fibrinogen receptor (clumping factor) of Staphylococcus aureus strains, Microbiology, 141, (4), 1995, p937 - 943Journal Article, 1995, URL
  • Baddour LM, Tayidi MM, Walker E, McDevitt D, Foster TJ., Virulence of coagulase-deficient mutants of Staphylococcus aureus in experimental endocarditis., Journal of Medical Microbiology, 41, (4), 1994, p259 - 263Journal Article, 1994, URL
  • Foster, T.J. and Howe, T.G.B., Recombination and complementation between R factors in Escherichia coli K12, Genetical Research, Cambridge, 18, 1971, ppp.287 - 297Journal Article, 1971, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Foster, T.J. amd Howe, T.G.B., Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase formed by wild-type and complementing R factors in Escherichia coli K12, Journal of General Microbiology, 71, 1972, p575 - 580Journal Article, 1972, URL
  • Foster, T.J. and Shaw, W.V., Chloramphenicol acetyltransferases specified by fi-R factors, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 3, (1), 1973, p99 - 104Journal Article, 1973, URL
  • Foster, T.J. and Howe, T.G.B., Deletion map of the chloramphenicol resistance region of R1 and R100-1, Journal of Bacteriology, 116, (2), 1973, p1062 - 1063Journal Article, 1973, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Foster, T.J. and Walsh, A., Phenotypic characterization of R-factor tetracycline resistance determinants, Genetical Research, Cambridge, 24, (3), 1974, ppp.333 - 343Journal Article, 1974, DOI
  • Foster, T.J., Tetracycline sensitive mutants of the F-like R factors R100 and R100-1, Molecular and General Genetics, 137, (1), 1975, p85 - 88Journal Article, 1975
  • Foster, T.J., R factor tetracycline and chloramphenicol resistance in Escherichia coli K12 cmlB mutants, Journal of General Microbiology, 90, (2), 1975, ppp.303 - 310Journal Article, 1975, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Foster, T.J., Howe, T.G.B. and Richmond, K.M.V., Translocation of the tetracycline resistance determinant from R100-1 to the Escherichia coli K12 chromosome, Journal of Bacteriology , 124, (3), 1975, p1153 - 1158Journal Article, 1975, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Foster, T.J. and Willetts, N.S., Genetic analysis of deletions of R100-1 that are both transfer-deficient and tetracycline-sensitive, Journal of General Microbiology, 93, (1), 1976, p133 - 140Journal Article, 1976, URL
  • Foster, T.J., Isolation and characterisation of mutants of R100-1 whic express tetracycline resistance constitutively, FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2, (5), 1977, p271 - 274Journal Article, 1977, DOI
  • Foster, T.J. and Willetts, N.S., Characterization of transfer-deficient mutants of the R100-1 Tcs plasmid pDU202, caused by the insertion of the Tn10., Molecular and General Genetics, 156, 1977, p107 - 114Journal Article, 1977
  • Kehoe, M.A. and Foster, T.J., Genetic analysis of mutations in the transfer genes of pDU202 tra::Tn10 plasmids, caused by the excision of Tn10, Molecular and General Genetics, 157, 1977, p109 - 118Journal Article, 1977
  • Foster, T.J. , Insertion of the tetracycline resistance transloction unit Tn10 in the lac operation of Escherichia coli, Molecular and General Genetics, 154, (3), 1977, p305 - 309Journal Article, 1977, DOI
  • Gaffney, D.F., Foster, T.J. and Shaw, W.V., Chloramphenicol acetyltransferases determined by R plasmids from gram-negative bacteria, Journal of General Microbiology, 109, 1978, p351 - 358Journal Article, 1978, DOI
  • Foster, T.J., Nakahara, H., Weiss, A.A. and Silver, S., Transposon A-generated mutations in the mercuric resistance genes of plasmid R100-1, Journal of Bacteriology, 140, (1), 1979, p167 - 181Journal Article, 1979, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Foster, T.J. and Nakahara, H., Deletions in the r-determinant mer region of plasmid R100-1 selected by loss of mercury hypersensitivity, Journal of Bacteriology, 140, (1), 1979, p301 - 305Journal Article, 1979, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Kehoe, M.A. and Foster, T.J., Transposon 10 promoted deletions and inversions in the transfer genes of R100-1, Molecular and General Genetics, 176, (1), 1979, p113 - 120Journal Article, 1979
  • Foster, T.J., Lundblad, V. Hanley-Way, S., Halling, S.M. and Kleckner, N., Three Tn10 associated excision events: relationship to transposition and role of direct and inverted repeats., Cell, 23, (1), 1981, p201 - 213Journal Article, 1981, DOI
  • Foster, T.J., Davies, M.A., Roberts, D.E., Takeshita, K. and Kleckner, N., Genetic organization of transposon Tn10, Cell, 23, (1), 1981, p215 - 227Journal Article, 1981, DOI
  • Kleckner, N. Foster, T.J., Davies, M.A., Hanley-Way, S., Halling, S.V., Lundblad, V. and Takeshita, K., Genetic organization of transposon Tn10 and analysis of Tn10-associated events, Cold Spring Harbor Symposium of Quantitative Biology, 45, 1981, p225 - 238Journal Article, 1981
  • Dorman, C.J. and Foster, T.J., Nonenymatic chlorampenicol resistance determinants specified by plasmids R26 and R55-1 in Escheria coli K12 do not confer high-level resistance in fluorinated analogs, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 22, 1982, pp.912 - 914.Journal Article, 1982
  • Kehoe, M., Duncan, J., Foster, T., Fairweather, N. and Dougan, G., Cloning expression and mapping of the Staphylococcus aureus alpha-haemolysin determinant in Escherichia coli K12, Infection and Immunity, 41, 1983, pp.1105 - 1111Journal Article, 1983
  • Patel, A., Nowlan, P., Weavers, E.A. and Foster, T.J., Virulence of protein A-deficient and alpha-toxin-deficient mutants of Staphylococcus aureus isolated by allele replacement, Infection and Immunity, 55, (12), 1987, pp.3101 - 3110.Journal Article, 1987, URL
  • Walev, I., Weller, U., Strauch, S., Foster, T.J. and Secombes, C., Selective killing of human monocytes and cytokine release provoked by sphingomyelinase (beta-toxin) of Staphylococcus aureus, Infection and Immunity, 64, (8), 1996, p2974 - 2979Journal Article, 1996, URL
  • Wolz, C., McDevitt, D., Foster, T.J. and Cheung, A.L., Influence of agr on fibrinogen binding in Staphylococcus aureus Newman., Infection and Immunity, 64, (8), 1996, p3142 - 3147Journal Article, 1996, URL
  • McDevitt, D., Nanavaty, T., House-Pompeo, K., Bell, E.C., Turner, N., MnIntire, L., Foster, T.J. and Hook, M., Characterization of the interaction between Staphlococcus aureus clumping factor (ClfA) and fibrinogen, European Journal of Biochemistry, 247, (1), 1996, p416 - 424Journal Article, 1996, DOI
  • Francois, P., Vaudaux, P., Foster, T.J. and Lew, D.P., Facteur d'attachment au fibrinogene: perspectives., Medicine at Maladies Infectieuses, 27 special, 1997, pp.1 - 7.Journal Article, 1997
  • Darouiche, R.O., Landon, G.C., Patti, J.M., Nguyen, L.L., Fernau, R.C., McDevitt, D., Greene, C., Foster, T. and Klima, M., Role of Staphylococcus aureus surface adhesins in orthopaedic device infections: are results model-dependent., Journal of Medical Microbiology, 46, 1997, p75 - 79Journal Article, 1997, URL
  • Mempel, M., Schmidt, T., Weidinger, S., Schnopp, C., Foster, T., Ring, J. and Abeck, D., Role of Staphylococcus aureus surface-associated proteins in the attachment to cultured HaCaT keratinocytes in a new adhesion assay, Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 111, 1998, p452 - 456Journal Article, 1998, DOI
  • Nilsson, I-M., Hartford, O., Foster, T. and Tarkowski, A., Alpha-toxin and gamma-toxin jointly promote Staphylococcus aureus virulence in murine septic arthritis, Infection and Immunity, 67, (3), 1999, p1045 - 1049Journal Article, 1999, URL
  • Jacobs, A.A.C., Hartford, O.M., Foster, T.J., Goovaerts, D., Nuitjen, P.J.M. and Theelen, R.P.H., Investigations towards an efficacious and safe strangles vaccine: submucosal vaccination with a live attenuated Streptococcus equi., Veterinary Record, 147, (20), 2000, p563 - 567Journal Article, 2000, URL
  • Josefsson, E., Hartford, O., O'Brien, L., Patti, J.M. and Foster, T.J., Protection against experimental Staphylococcus aureus arthritis by vaccination with clumping factor A, a novel virulence determinant, Journal of Infectious Diseases, 184, (12), 2001, p1572 - 1580Journal Article, 2001, DOI
  • Palmqvist, N., Foster, T., Tarowski, A. and Josefsson, E., Protein A is a virulence factor in Staphylococcus aureus arthritis and septic death, Microbial Pathogenesis, 33, (5), 2002, p239 - 249.Journal Article, 2002, DOI
  • McAleese, F.M. and Foster, T.J., Analysis of mutations in the Staphylococcus aureus clfB promoter leading to increased expression., Microbiology, 149, (1), 2003, p99 - 109Journal Article, 2003, DOI
  • Said-Salim, B., Dunman, P.M., McAleese, F.M., Macapagal, D., Murphy, E., McNamara, P.J., Arvidson, S., Foster, T.J., Projan, S.J. and Kreiswirth, B.N., Global regulation of Staphylococcus aureus genes by Rot., Journal of Bacteriology, 185, (2), 2003, p610 - 619.Journal Article, 2003, DOI
  • Ubeda, C., Tormo, M.A., Cucarella, C., Trotonda, P., Foster, T.J., Lasa, I. and Penades, J.R., Sip, an integrase protein with excision, circularization and integration activities, defines a new family of mobile Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity islands, Molecular Microbiology, 49, (1), 2003, p193 - 210Journal Article, 2003, DOI
  • Roche, F.M., Massey, R., Peacock, S.J., Day, N.P., Visai, L., Speziale, P., Lam, A., Pallen, M. and Foster, T.J., Characterization of novel LPXTG-containing proteins of Staphylococcus aureus identified from genome sequences., Microbiology, 149, 2003, p643 - 654Journal Article, 2003, DOI
  • Roche, F.M., Meehan, M., and Foster, T.J., The Staphylococcus ayreus surface protein SasG and its homologues promote bacterial adherence to human desquamated nasal epithelial cells, Microbiology, 149, 2003, p2759 - 2767Journal Article, 2003, DOI
  • Park, P.W., Foster, T.J., Nishi, E., Duncan, S.J., Klagsbrun, M. and Chen, Y., Activation of syndecan-1 ectodomain shedding by Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin and beta-toxin., Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279, (1), 2003, p251 - 258Journal Article, 2003, DOI
  • Jin, T., Bakarewa, M., Foster, T., Mitchell, J., Higgins, J. and Tarkowski, A., Staphylococcus aureus resists human defensins by production of staphylokinase, a novel bacterial evasion mechanism., Journal of Immunology, 172, 2004, pp.1169 - 1176Journal Article, 2004, URL
  • Dorman, C.J., Foster, T.J. and Shaw, W.V., Nucleotide sequence of the R26 chloramphenicol resistance determinant and identification of its gene product, Gene, 41, 1986, pp.349 - 353.Journal Article, 1986
  • Properties of drug resistance transposons, with particular reference to Tn10. in, editor(s)C.Stuttard and K.P.Rozee (eds.) , Plasmids and transposons; environmental effects and maintenance mechanisms, New York, Academic Press, 1979, pp.207 - 224, [Foster, T.J. and Kleckner, N.]Book Chapter, 1979
  • Analysis of plasmid functions with transposons in, editor(s)P.Bennett and J.Grinstead (eds.) , Methods in Microbiology Vol.17, London, Academic Press, 1984, ppp.197 - 226., [Foster, T.J.]Book Chapter, 1984
  • Genetic analysis of Staphylococcus aureus virulence. in, editor(s)P.Owen and T.J.Foster (eds.) , Immunochemical and molecular genetic analysis of bacterial pathogens, Amsterdam, Elsevier Science Publishers, 1987, pp.103 - 119, [Foster, T.J., O'Toole, P.W. and O'Reilly, M.]Book Chapter, 1987
  • Genetic analysis of the role of toxins and protein A in the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus infections. Properties of an unexpressed alpha-toxin locus from a clinical isolate. in, editor(s)J.E.Alouf, F.J.Fehrenbach, J.Jeliaszewicz and M.Thelestam (eds.) , Bacterial Protein Toxins, Stuttgart, New York, Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1988, pp.343 - 349, [Foster, T.J., O'Reilly, M., Patel, A.H., Nowlan,P. and Bramley, A.J.]Book Chapter, 1988
  • Genetic studies of virulence factors of Staphylococcus aureus. Properties of coagulase and gamma-toxin and the role of alpha-toxin, beta-toxin and protein A in the pathogenesis of S.aureus infections. in, editor(s)R.P.Novick (ed.) , Molecular Biology of the Staphylococci, Cambridge, VCH, 1990, pp.403 - 417., [Foster, T.J., O'Reilly, M., Phonimdaeng, P., Cooney, J., Patel, A.H. and Bramley, A.J.]Book Chapter, 1990
  • Genetic studies of virulence factors of Staphylococcus aureus. Role of alpha-toxin, beta-toxin, protein A and coagulase in virulence of S.aureus in the mouse mammary gland. in, editor(s)T.Wadstrom, I.Eliasson, I.Holder and A.Ljungh (eds.) , Pathogenesis of wound and biomaterial-associated infections., London, Springer-Verlag, 1990, pp.35 - 46, [Foster, T.J., O'Reilly, M. and Bramley, A.J.]Book Chapter, 1990
  • Molecular analysis of a non-expressed alpha-toxin gene of clinical strains of Staphylococcus aureus in, editor(s)R.P.Novick (ed.) , Molecular biology of the Staphylococci, Cambridge, VCH, 1990, pp.439 - 444, [O'Reilly, M., Kreisworth, B.N. and Foster, T.J.]Book Chapter, 1990
  • Cloning and expression of the lipase gene of Staphylococcus epidermidis in Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus in, editor(s)R.P.Novick (ed.). , Molecular biology of the Staphylococci, Cambridge, VCH, 1990, pp.451 - 454., [Farrell, A.M., Holland, K.T. and Foster, T.J.]Book Chapter, 1990
  • Genetic analysis of the in vivo role of bacterial toxins. in, editor(s)J.E.Alouf and J.H.Freer (eds.). , Sourcebook of bacterial protein toxins, Academic Press, 1991, pp.445 - 459, [Foster, T.J.]Book Chapter, 1991
  • The use of mutants for defining the role of virulence factors in vivo. in, editor(s)C.Hormaeche, C.W.Penn and C.J.Smyth (eds.). , Molecular biology of bacterial infection: current status and future perspectives, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1992, pp.171 - 191, [Foster, T.J.]Book Chapter, 1992
  • Molecular basis of adherence of Staphylococci to biomaterials in, editor(s)A.L.Bisno and F.A.Waldvogel (eds.) , Infections associated with indwelling devices, Washington D.C., American Society for Microbiology, 1994, pp.31 - 44., [Foster, T.J. and McDevitt, D.]Book Chapter, 1994
  • Pietrocola G, Nobile G, Alfeo MJ, Foster TJ, Geoghegan JA, De Filippis V, Speziale P., Fibronectin-binding protein B (FnBPB) from Staphylococcus aureus protects against the antimicrobial activity of histones., The Journal of biological chemistry, 2019, p3588-3602Journal Article, 2019, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Detection and use of transposons in, editor(s)J.Grinsted and P.M.Bennett , Methods in Microbiology Vol.21, London, Academic Press, 1988, pp.205 - 231, [Bennett, P.M., Grinsted, J. and Foster, T.J.]Book Chapter, 1988
  • Susceptibility to opsonophagocytosis of protein A, alpha-haemolysin and beta-toxin deficient mutants of Staphylococcus aureus isolated by allele-replacement in, Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie (Supplement 21), Stuttgart, Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1991, pp.273 - 277, [Gemmell, C.G., Tree, R., Patel, A., O'Reilly, M. and Foster, T.J.]Book Chapter, 1991
  • Genetic analysis of Staphylococcus aureus virulence in, editor(s)T.Wadstrom, I.A.Holder and G.Kronvall (eds.) , Molecular Pathogenesis of Surgical Infections: Eric K. Fernstrom Symposium, Stuttgart, Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1994, pp.11 - 29., [Foster, T.J. and McDevitt, D.]Book Chapter, 1994
  • Genetic analysis of fibrinogen binding proteins of Staphylococcus aureus in, editor(s)R.Mollby, J.I.Flock, C.E.Nord and B.Christensson (eds.) , Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections , Stuttgart, Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1994, pp.358 - 360, [McDevitt, D., Vaudaux, P. and Foster, T.J.]Book Chapter, 1994
  • Staphylococcus in, editor(s)S.Baron (ed.) , Medical Microbiology, Galvaston, University of Texas Medical Branch, 1996, pp.187 - 197, [Foster, T.J.]Book Chapter, 1996
  • Host-pathogen protein-protein interactions in Staphylococcus in, editor(s)M.A.McCrea, J.R.Saunders, C.J.Smyth and N.D.Stow (eds.) , Molecular aspects of host-pathogen interactions, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1997, pp.67 - 94., [Foster, T.J., Hartford, O. and O'Connell, D.]Book Chapter, 1997
  • Staphylococcus aureus toxins in, editor(s)V.A.Fischetti, R.P.Novick, J.J.Ferretti and J.I.Rood. , Gram positive bacterial pathogens, American Society for Microbiology, 1999, pp.367 - 378, [Bohach, G.A. and Foster, T.J.]Book Chapter, 1999
  • Staphylococcal surface proteins in, editor(s)V.A.Fischetti, R.P.Novick, J.J.Ferretti and J.I.Rood (eds.) , Gram positive bacterial pathogens, American Society for Microbiology, 1999, pp.386 - 391, [Hook, M. and Foster, T.J.]Book Chapter, 1999
  • Molecular basis of adnerence of Staphylococcus aureus to biomaterials in, editor(s)F.A.Waldvogel and A.L.Bisno (eds.) , Infections associated with indwelling medical devices, 3rd edn., Washington D.C., American Society for Microbiology, 2000, pp.27 - 39, [Foster, T.J. and Hook, M.]Book Chapter, 2000
  • Staphylococcus aureus in, editor(s)M.Sussman (ed.) , Molecular Medical Microbiology, San Diego; California; London, Academic Press, 2002, pp.839 - 888, [Foster, T.J.]Book Chapter, 2002
  • Surface protein adhesins of staphylococci in, editor(s)M.Wilson (ed.) , Bacterial adhesion to host tissues: mechanisms and consequences, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2002, pp.3 - 26, [Foster, T.J.]Book Chapter, 2002
  • Tang, A. and Caballero, A.R. and Bierdeman, M.A. and Marquart, M.E. and Foster, T.J. and Monk, I.R. and O†callaghan, R.J., Staphylococcus aureus superantigen-like protein SSL1: A toxic protease, Pathogens, 8, (1), 2019, p2-Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Foster, T.J., Can β-Lactam Antibiotics Be Resurrected to Combat MRSA?, Trends in Microbiology, 27, (1), 2019, p26-38Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL
  • Holland, S. and Tuck, C. and Foster, T., Selective recrystallization of cellulose composite powders and microstructure creation through 3D binder jetting, Carbohydrate Polymers, 200, 2018, p229-238Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
  • Alba, K. and MacNaughtan, W. and Laws, A.P. and Foster, T.J. and Campbell, G.M. and Kontogiorgos, V., Fractionation and characterisation of dietary fibre from blackcurrant pomace, Food Hydrocolloids, 81, 2018, p398-408Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
  • Díaz-Calderón, P. and MacNaughtan, B. and Hill, S. and Foster, T. and Enrione, J. and Mitchell, J., Changes in gelatinisation and pasting properties of various starches (wheat, maize and waxy maize) by the addition of bacterial cellulose fibrils, Food Hydrocolloids, 80, 2018, p274-280Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
  • Agarwal, D. and MacNaughtan, W. and Foster, T.J., Interactions between microfibrillar cellulose and carboxymethyl cellulose in an aqueous suspension, Carbohydrate Polymers, 185, 2018, p112-119Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
  • Agarwal, D. and Hewson, L. and Foster, T.J., A comparison of the sensory and rheological properties of different cellulosic fibres for food, Food and Function, 9, (2), 2018, p1144-1151Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
  • Stalder, J.-F. and Fluhr, J.W. and Foster, T. and Glatz, M. and Proksch, E., The emerging role of skin microbiome in atopic dermatitis and its clinical implication, Journal of Dermatological Treatment, 2018Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
  • F. Prencipe, A. Alsibaee, Z. Khaddem, P. Norton, A.M. Towell, A.F.M. Ali, G. Reid, O.M. Fleury, T.J. Foster, J.A. Geoghegan, I. Rozas, M.P. Brennan, Allantodapsone is a pan-inhibitor of Staphylococcus aureus adhesion to fibrinogen, loricrin and cytokeratin 10, Microbiology Spectrum, 10, 2022, pe0117521-Journal Article, 2022, DOI
  • Loughman, A., Fitzgerald, J.R., Brennan, M.P., Higgins, J., Downer, R., Cox, D., and Foster T.J. , Roles for fibrinogen, immunoglobulin and complement in platelet activation promoted by Staphylococcus aureus clumping factor A., Molecular Microbiology, 57, (3), 2005, p804 - 818Journal Article, 2005, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Foster, T.J. , Immune evasion by staphylococci, Nature Reviews Microbiology, 3, (12), 2005, p948 - 958Journal Article, 2005, DOI
  • Fitzgerald, J.R., Loughman, A., Keane, F., Brennan, M., Knobel, M., Higgins, J., Visai, L., Speziale, P., Cox, D. and Foster, T.J. , Fibronectin-binding proteins of Staphylococcus aureus mediate activation of human platelets via fibrinogen and fibronectin bridges to integrin GPIIb/IIIa and IgG binding to the FCgammaRIIa receptor., Molecular Microbiology, 59, (1), 2006, p212 - 230Journal Article, 2006, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Arrecubieta, C., Asai, T., Bayern, M., Loughman, A., Fitzgerald, J.R., Shelton, C.E., Baron, H.M., Dang, N.C., Deng, M.C., Naka, Y., Foster, T.J., and Lowy, F.D. , The role of Staphylococcus aureus adhesins in the pathogenesis of ventricular assist device-related infections, Journal of Infectious Diseases, 193, (8), 2006, p1109 - 1119Journal Article, 2006, DOI
  • Schaffer, A.C., Solinga, R.M., Cocchiaro, J., Portoles, M., Kiser, K., Risley, A., Randall, S.M., Valtulina, V., Speziale, P., Walsh, E., Foster, T., and Lee, J.C. , Immunization with Staphylococcus aureus clumping factor B, a major determinant in nasal carriage, reduces nasal colonization in a murine model., Infection and Immunity, 74, (4), 2006, p2145 - 2153Journal Article, 2006, DOI
  • Fitzgerald, J.R., Foster, T.J. and Cox D., The interaction of bacterial pathogens with platelets, Nature Reviews Microbiology, 4, 2006, p445 - 457Journal Article, 2006, DOI
  • Higgins, J., Loughman, A., van Kessel, K.P.M., van Strijp, J.A.G. and Foster, T.J. , Clumping factor A of Staphylococcus aureus inhibits phagocytosis by human polymorphonuclear leucocytes, FEMS Microbiology Letters, 258, (2), 2006, p290 - 296Journal Article, 2006, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Gomez, M.I., O Seaghdha, M., Margaree, M., Foster, T.J., and Prince, A. , Staphylococcus aureus protein A activates TNFR-1 signalling through conserved IgG binding domains., Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281, 2006, p33190 - 33196Journal Article, 2006, DOI
  • O Seaghdha, M., van Schooten, C.J., Kerrigan, S.W., Emsley, J., Silverman, G.J., Cox, D., Lenting, P.J., and Foster, T.J., Staphylococcus aureus protein A binding to von Willebrand factor A1 domain is mediated by conserved IgG binding regions, FEBS Journal, 273, (21), 2006, p4831 - 4841Journal Article, 2006, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Djacs, J.J., Austin, M.S., Sloop, G.D., Moreau, J.M., Hume, E.B., Thompson, H.W., McAleese, F.M., Foster, T.J., O'Callaghan, R.J.., Corneal pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus strain Newman. , Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 43, (4), 2002, p1109 - 1115Journal Article, 2002, URL
  • Cucurella, C., Tormo, M.A., Knecht, E., Amorena, B., Lasa, I., Foster, T.J. Penade, J., Expression of biofilm-associated protein interferes with host protein receptors of Staphylococcus aureus and alters the infective process. , Infection and Immunity, 70, (6), 2002, p3180 - 3186Journal Article, 2002, DOI
  • Cucurella, C., Tormo, M.A., Knecht, E., Amorena, B., Lasa, I., Foster, T.J. Penades, J., Expression of biofilm-associated protein interferes with host protein receptors of Staphylococcus aureus and alters the infective process. , Infection and Immunity, 70, (6), 2002, p3180 - 3186Journal Article, 2002, DOI
  • Keane, F.M., Loughman, A., Valtulina, V., Brennan, M., Speziale, P., Foster, T.J. , Fibrinogen and elastin bind to the same region within the A domain of fibronectin binding protein A, an MSCRAMM of Staphylococcus aureus, Molecular Microbiology, 63, (3), 2007, p711 - 723Journal Article, 2007, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Rindi, S., Cicalini, S., Pietrocola, G., Venditti, M., Festa, A., Foster, T.J., Petrosillo, N. Speziale, P., Antibody response in patients with endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus, European Journal of Clinical Investigation, 36, (8), 2006, p536 - 543Journal Article, 2006, DOI
  • Banner, M.A., Cunniffe, J.G., Macintosh, R.L., Foster, T.J., Rohde, H., Mack, D., Hoyes, E., Derrick, J., Upton, M., Handley, P.S. , Localized tufts of fibrils on Staphylococcus epidermidis NCTC 11047 are comprised of the accumulation-associated protein, Journal of Bacteriology, 189, 2007, p2793 - 2804Journal Article, 2007, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Miajlovic, H., Loughman, A.A., Cox, D., Foster, T.J. , Both complement- and fibrinogen-dependent mechanisms contribute tom platelet aggregation mediated by Staphylococcus aureus clumping factor B. , Infection and Immunity, 75, 2007, p3335 - 3343Journal Article, 2007, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Risley, A., Loughman, A.A., Cywes-Bentley, C., Foster, T.J., Lee, J.C., Capsular polysaccharide masks clumping factor A-mediated adherence of Staphylococcus aureus to fibrinogen and platelets., Journal of Infectious Diseases, 196, 2007, p919 - 927Journal Article, 2007, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Keane, F.M., Clarke, A.A., Foster, T.J., Weiss, A.S., The N-terminal A domain of Staphylococcus aureus fibronectin binding protein A binds to tropoelastin , Biochemistry, 46, (24), 2007, p7226 - 7232Journal Article, 2007, DOI
  • Tormo, A., Marti, M., Ubeda, C., Maiques, E., Cucarella, C., Valle, J. Foster, T.J., Lasa, I., Penades, J.R. , Phase-variable expression of the biofilm-associated protein (Bap) in Staphylococcus aureus, Microbiology, 153, 2007, p1702 - 1710Journal Article, 2007, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Corrigan, R.M., Rigby, D., Handley, P.M., Foster, T.J. , The role of Staphylococcus aureus surface protein SasG in adherence and biofilm formation, Microbiology, 153, 2007, p2435 - 2446Journal Article, 2007, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Arrecubieta, C., Lee, M.H., Macey, A., Foster, T.J., Lowy, F.D. , SdrF, a Staphylococcus aureus surface protein, binds type I collagen, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282, 2007, p18767 - 18776Journal Article, 2007, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Kerrigan, S.W., Moore, N., Loughman, A., Meade, G., Foster, T.J., Cox, D., Molecular Basis for Staphylococcus aureus-Mediated Platelet Aggregate Formation Under Arterial Shear In Vitro, Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, 28, (2), 2008, p335 - 340Journal Article, 2008, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Walsh, E.J., Miajlovic, H., Gorkun, O., Foster, T.J. , Identification of the clumping factor B (ClfB) binding site in the Aalpha C-domain of human fibrinogen, Microbiology, 154, (2), 2008, p550 - 558Journal Article, 2008, DOI
  • Kubica, M., Guzik, K., Koziel, J., Zarebski, M., Richter, W., Gajkowska, B., Golda, A., Maciag-Gudowska, A., Brix, K., Shaw, L., Foster, T.J., Potempa, J. , A potential new pathway for Staphylococcus aureus dissemination: silent survival of S.aureus phagocytosed by human monocyte-derived macrophages. , PloS One, 3, 2008, pe1409-Journal Article, 2008, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Verkaik, NJ, de Vogel, CP, Boelens, HA, Grumann, D, Hoogenboezem, T, Vink, C, Hooijkaas, H, Foster, TJ, Verbrugh, HA, van Belkum, A, van Wamel, WJ, Anti-staphylococcal humoral immune response in persistent nasal carriers and noncarriers of Staphylococcus aureus., The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 199, (5), 2009, p625 - 632Journal Article, 2009, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Corrigan, RM, Miajlovic, H, Foster, TJ, Surface proteins that promote adherence of Staphylococcus aureus to human desquamated nasal epithelial cells., BMC Microbiology, 9, (1), 2009, p22-Journal Article, 2009, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Hayashida, A, Bartlett, AH, Foster, TJ, Park, PW, Staphylococcus aureus beta-toxin induces lung injury through syndecan-1., The American Journal of Pathology, 174, (2), 2009, p509 - 518Journal Article, 2009, DOI
  • Merino, N, Toledo-Arana, A, Vergara-Irigaray, M, Valle, J, Solano, C, Calvo, E, Lopez, JA, Foster, TJ, Penadés, JR, Lasa, I, Protein A-mediated multicellular behavior in Staphylococcus aureus., Journal of Bacteriology, 191, (3), 2009, p832 - 843Journal Article, 2009, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Corrigan, RM, Foster, TJ, An improved tetracycline-inducible expression vector for Staphylococcus aureus., Plasmid, 61, (2), 2009, p126 - 129Journal Article, 2009, DOI
  • Bartlett, AH, Foster, TJ, Hayashida, A, Park, PW, Alpha-toxin facilitates the generation of CXC chemokine gradients and stimulates neutrophil homing in Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia., The Journal of infectious diseases, 198, (10), 2008, p1529 - 1535Journal Article, 2008, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Hair, PS, Ward, MD, Semmes, OJ, Foster, TJ, Cunnion, KM, Staphylococcus aureus clumping factor A binds to complement regulator factor I and increases factor I cleavage of C3b., The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 198, (1), 2008, p125 - 133Journal Article, 2008, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Josefsson, E, Higgins, J, Foster, TJ, Tarkowski, A, Fibrinogen binding sites P336 and Y338 of clumping factor A are crucial for Staphylococcus aureus virulence., PLoS ONE, 3, (5), 2008, pe2206Journal Article, 2008, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Loughman, A, Sweeney, T, Keane, FM, Pietrocola, G, Speziale, P, Foster, TJ, Sequence diversity in the A domain of Staphylococcus aureus fibronectin-binding protein A., BMC Microbiology, 8, (8), 2008, p74Journal Article, 2008, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Burman, JD, Leung, E, Atkins, KL, O'Seaghdha, MN, Lango, L, Bernadó, P, Bagby, S, Svergun, DI, Foster, TJ, Isenman, DE, van den Elsen, JM, Interaction of human complement with Sbi, a staphylococcal immunoglobulin-binding protein: indications of a novel mechanism of complement evasion by Staphylococcus aureus., The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283, (25), 2008, p17579-17593Journal Article, 2008, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • O'Neill, E, Pozzi, C, Houston, P, Humphreys, H, Robinson, DA, Loughman, A, Foster, TJ, O'Gara, JP, A novel Staphylococcus aureus biofilm phenotype mediated by the fibronectin-binding proteins, FnBPA and FnBPB., Journal of bacteriology, 190, (11), 2008, p3835-3850Journal Article, 2008, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Walsh, EJ, Miajlovic, H, Gorkun, OV, Foster, TJ, Identification of the Staphylococcus aureus MSCRAMM clumping factor B (ClfB) binding site in the alphaC-domain of human fibrinogen., Microbiology (Reading, England), 154, (2), 2008, p550-558Journal Article, 2008, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Wertheim, HF, Walsh, E, Choudhurry, R, Melles, DC, Boelens, HA, Miajlovic, H, Verbrugh, HA, Foster, T, van Belkum, A, Key role for clumping factor B in Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization of humans., PLoS medicine, 5, (1), 2008, pe17Journal Article, 2008, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Visai, L, Yanagisawa, N, Josefsson, E, Tarkowski, A, Pezzali, I, Rooijakkers, SH, Foster, TJ, Speziale, P, Immune evasion by Staphylococcus aureus conferred by iron-regulated surface determinant protein IsdH., Microbiology , 155, (3), 2009, p667 - 679Journal Article, 2009, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Geoghegan JA, Ganesh VK, Smeds E, Liang X, Hook M, Foster TJ, Molecular characterization of the interaction of staphylococcal microbial surface components recognizing adhesive matrix molecules (MSCRAMMS) ClfA and Fbl with fibrinogen, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285, (9), 2010, p6208 - 6216Journal Article, 2010, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Hair, PS, Echague, CG, Sholl, AM, Watkins, JA, Geoghegan, JA, Foster, TJ, Cunnion, KM, Clumping factor A interaction with complement factor I increases C3b cleavage on the bacterial surface of Staphylococcus aureus, and decreases complement-mediated phagocytosis, Infection and Immunity, 78, (4), 2010, p1717 - 1727Journal Article, 2010, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Barbu, EM, Ganesh, VK, Gurusiddappa, S, MacKenzie, RC, Foster, TJ, Sudhof, TC, Hook, M, Beta-neurexin is a ligand for the Staphylococcus aureus MSCRAMM SdrC, PloS Pathogens, 6, (1), 2010, pe1000726-Journal Article, 2010, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Brennan, MP, Loughman, A, Devocell, M, Arasu, S, Chubb, AJ, Foster, TJ, Cox, D., Elucidating the role of Staphylococcus epidermidis serine-aspartate repeat protein G in platelet activation, Journal of Thombosis and Haemostasis, 7, (8), 2009, p1364 - 1372Journal Article, 2009, DOI
  • Geoghegan, JA, Smith, EJ, Speziale, P, Foster, TJ, Staphylococcus pseudintermedius expresses surface proteins that closely resemble those from Staphylococcus aureus, Veterinary Microbiology, 138, (3-4), 2009, p345 - 352Journal Article, 2009, DOI
  • Clarke, SR, Andre, G, Walsh, EJ, Dufrene, YF, Foster, TJ, Foster, SJ, Iron-regulated surface determinant protein A mediates adhesion of Staphylococcus aureus to humancorneocyte envelope proteins, Infection and Immunity, 77, (6), 2009, p2408 - 2416Journal Article, 2009, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Foster, TJ, Colonization and infection of the human host by staphylococci: adhesion, survival and immune evasion., Veterinary Dermatology, 20, (5-6), 2009, p456 - 470Journal Article, 2009, DOI
  • Fiona M Burke, Niamh McCormack, Simonetta Rindi, Pietro Speziale and Timothy J Foster , Fibronectin-binding protein B variation in Staphylococcus aureus, BMC Microbiology, 10, (160), 2010Journal Article, 2010, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Claro T, Widaa A, O'Seaghdha M, Miajlovic H, Foster TJ, O'Brien FJ, Kerrigan SW, Staphylococcus aureus Protein A Binds to Osteoblasts and Triggers Signals That Weaken Bone in Osteomyelitis., PloS one, 6, (4), 2011, pe18748Journal Article, 2011, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Vazquez V, Liang X, Horndahl JK, Ganesh VK, Smeds E, Foster TJ, Hook M, Fibrinogen is a ligand for the S. aureus MSCRAMM Bbp (Bone sialoprotein-binding protein)., The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 286, (34), 2011, p29797-29810Journal Article, 2011, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Miajlovic H, Fallon PG, Irvine AD, Foster TJ., Effect of filaggrin breakdown products on growth of and protein expression by Staphylococcus aureus, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 126, (6), 2011, p1184-1190Journal Article, 2011, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Emma Jane Smith, Livia Visai, Steven W. Kerrigan, Pietro Speziale and Timothy J. Foster, The Sbi Protein Is a Multifunctional Immune Evasion Factor of Staphylococcus aureus, INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 79, (9), 2011, p3801-3809Journal Article, 2011, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Haley, KP, Janson, EM, Heilbronner, S, Foster, TJ, Skaar, EP, Staphylococcus lugdunensis IsdG Liberates Iron from Host Heme, JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 193, (18), 2011, p4749-4757Journal Article, 2011, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Provenza G, Provenzano M, Visai L, Burke FM, Geoghegan JA, Stravalaci M, Gobbi M, Mazzini G, Arciola CR, Foster TJ, Speziale P, Functional analysis of a murine monoclonal antibody against the repetitive region of the fibronectin-binding adhesins fibronectin-binding protein A and fibronectin-binding protein B from Staphylococcus aureus., The FEBS journal, 277, (21), 2010, p4490-505Journal Article, 2010, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Geoghegan JA, Corrigan RM, Gruszka DT, Speziale P, O'Gara JP, Potts JR, Foster TJ, Role of surface protein SasG in biofilm formation by Staphylococcus aureus., Journal of bacteriology, 192, (21), 2010, p5663-5673Journal Article, 2010, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Heilbronner S, Holden MT, van Tonder A, Geoghegan JA, Foster TJ, Parkhill J, Bentley SD, Genome sequence of Staphylococcus lugdunensis N920143 allows identification of putative colonization and virulence factors., FEMS microbiology letters, 322, (1), 2011, p60-7Journal Article, 2011, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Smith EJ, Corrigan RM, van der Sluis T, Gründling A, Speziale P, Geoghegan JA, Foster TJ, The immune evasion protein Sbi of Staphylococcus aureus occurs both extracellularly and anchored to the cell envelope by binding lipoteichoic acid, Molecular Microbiology, 83, (4), 2012, p789 - 804Journal Article, 2012, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Gruszka DT, Wojdyla JA, Bingham RJ, Turkenburg JP. Manfield IW, Steward A, Leech AP, Geoghegan JA, Foster TJ, Clarke J, Potts JR., Staphylococcal biofilm-forming protein has a contiguous rod-like structure , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 109, (17), 2012, p1011 - 1018Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • Zapotoczna M, Heilbronner S, Speziale P, Foster TJ., Iron-Regulated SurfaceDeterminant (Isd) Proteins of Staphylococcus lugdunensis, Journal of Bacteriology, 194, (23), 2012, p6453 - 6467Journal Article, 2012, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Monk IR, Foster TJ., Genetic manipulation of Staphylococci-breaking through the barrier, Frontiers in Cellullar and Infection Microbiology, 2:49. , (49), 2012, p1 - 9Journal Article, 2012, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Widaa A, Claro T, Foster TJ, O'Brien FJ, Kerrigan SW., Staphylococcus aureusprotein A plays a critical role in mediating bone destruction and bone loss in, PloS One, 7, (7), 2012, pArticle number e40586Journal Article, 2012, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Monk IR, Shah IM, Xu M, Tan MW, Foster TJ., Transforming the untransformable:application of direct transformation to manipulate genetically Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis, MBio, 3, (2), 2012, pe00277-Journal Article, 2012, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Sharp JA, Echague CG, Hair PS, Ward MD, Nyalwidhe JO, Geoghegan JA, Foster TJ, Cunnion KM, Staphylococcus aureus surface protein SdrE binds complement regulator factor H as an immune evasion tactic., PloS one, 7, (5), 2012, pe38407Journal Article, 2012, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Burke FM, Di Poto A, Speziale P, Foster TJ, The A domain of fibronectin-binding protein B of Staphylococcus aureus contains a novel fibronectin binding site., The FEBS journal, 278, (13), 2011, p2359-2371Journal Article, 2011, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Ganesh VK, Barbu EM, Deivanayagam CC, Le B, Anderson AS, Matsuka YV, Lin SL, Foster TJ, Narayana SV, Höök M, Structural and biochemical characterization of Staphylococcus aureus clumping factor B/ligand interactions., The Journal of biological chemistry, 286, (29), 2011, p25963-25972Journal Article, 2011, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Mulcahy ME, Geoghegan JA, Monk IR, O'Keeffe KM, Walsh EJ, Foster TJ, McLoughlin RM, Nasal Colonisation by Staphylococcus aureus Depends upon Clumping Factor B Binding to the Squamous Epithelial Cell Envelope Protein Loricrin., PLoS Pathogens, 8, (12), 2012, pe1003092Journal Article, 2012, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Geoghegan JA, Monk IR, O'Gara JP, Foster TJ, Subdomains N2N3 of Fibronectin Binding Protein A Mediate Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Formation and Adherence to Fibrinogen Using Distinct Mechanisms., Journal of bacteriology, 195, (11), 2013, p2675-83Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Zapotoczna, M., Jevnikar, Z., Miajlovic, H., Kos, J., Foster, T.J.., Iron-regulated surface determinant B (IsdB) promotes Staphylococcus aureus adherence to and internalization by non-phagocytic human cells, Cellular Microbiology, 15, (6), 2013, p1026-1041Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Kwieciński, J., Josefsson, E., Mitchell, J., Higgins, J., Magnusson, M., Foster, T., Jin, T., Bokarewa, M., Activation of plasminogen by staphylokinase reduces the severity of Staphylococcus aureus systemic infection, Journal of Infectious Diseases, 202, (7), 2010, p1041-1049Journal Article, 2010, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Miajlovic, H., Zapotoczna, M., Geoghegan, J.A., Kerrigan, S.W., Speziale, P., Foster, T.J., Direct interaction of iron-regulated surface determinant IsdB of Staphylococcus aureus with the GPIIb/IIIa receptor on platelets, Microbiology, 156, (3), 2010, p920-928Journal Article, 2010, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Galvin, S., Boyle, M., Russell, R.J., Coleman, D.C., Creamer, E., O'Gara, J.P., Fitzgerald-Hughes, D., Humphreys, H., Evaluation of vaporized hydrogen peroxide, Citrox and pH neutral Ecasol for decontamination of an enclosed area: A pilot study, Journal of Hospital Infection , 80, (1), 2012, 67-70Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • Vazquez, V., Liang, X., Horndahl, J.K., Ganesh, V.K., Smeds, E., Foster, T.J., Hook, M., Fibrinogen is a ligand for the Staphylococcus aureus Microbial Surface Components Recognizing Adhesive Matrix Molecules (MSCRAMM) Bone sialoprotein-binding protein (Bbp), Journal of Biological Chemistry, 286, (34), 2011, p29797-29805Journal Article, 2011, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Misstear K, McNeela EA, Murphy AG, Geoghegan JA, O'Keeffe KM, Fox J, Chan K, Heuking S, Collin N, Foster TJ, McLoughlin RM, Lavelle EC, Targeted nasal vaccination provides antibody independent protection against Staphylococcus aureus., The Journal of infectious diseases, 209, (9), 2014, p1479-1484Journal Article, 2014, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Foster TJ, Geoghegan JA, Ganesh VK, Höök M, Adhesion, invasion and evasion: the many functions of the surface proteins of Staphylococcus aureus., Nature reviews. Microbiology, 12, (1), 2014, p49-62Journal Article, 2014, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Hair PS, Foley CK, Krishna NK, Nyalwidhe JO, Geoghegan JA, Foster TJ, Cunnion KM, Complement regulator C4BP binds to Staphylococcus aureus surface proteins SdrE and Bbp inhibiting bacterial opsonization and killing., Results in immunology, 3, 2013, p114-21Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • McCormack N, Foster TJ, Geoghegan JA, A short sequence within subdomain N1 of region A of the Staphylococcus aureus MSCRAMM clumping factor A is required for export and surface display., Microbiology (Reading, England), 160, (4), 2014, p659-670Journal Article, 2014, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Missineo A, Di Poto A, Geoghegan JA, Rindi S, Heilbronner S, Gianotti V, Arciola CR, Foster TJ, Speziale P, Pietrocola G, IsdC from Staphylococcus lugdunensis Induces Biofilm Formation under Low-Iron Growth Conditions., Infection and immunity, 82, (6), 2014, p2448-59Journal Article, 2014, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Heilbronner, S, Monk, IR, Foster, TJ, The phage integrase vector pIPI03 allows RecA -independent, site-specific labelling of Staphylococcus lugdunensis strains, PLASMID, 70, (3), 2013, p377-384Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Herman, P, El-Kirat-Chatel, S, Beaussart, A, Geoghegan, JA, Vanzieleghem, T, Foster, TJ, Hols, P, Mahillon, J, Dufrene, YF, Forces Driving the Attachment of Staphylococcus epidermidis to Fibrinogen-Coated Surfaces, LANGMUIR, 29, (42), 2013, p13018-13022Journal Article, 2013, DOI
  • Heilbronner, S, Hanses, F, Monk, IR, Speziale, P, Foster, TJ, Sortase A promotes virulence in experimental Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis, MICROBIOLOGY-SGM, 159, 2013, p2141-2152Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Pietrocola, G, Geoghegan, JA, Rindi, S, Di Poto, A, Missineo, A, Consalvi, V, Foster, TJ, Speziale, P, Molecular Characterization of the Multiple Interactions of SpsD, a Surface Protein from Staphylococcus pseudintermedius, with Host Extracellular Matrix Proteins, PLOS ONE, 8, (6), 2013Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Claro T, Widaa A, McDonnell C, Foster TJ, O'Brien FJ, Kerrigan SW, Staphylococcus aureus protein A binding to osteoblast tumour necrosis factor receptor 1 results in activation of nuclear factor kappa B and release of interleukin-6 in bone infection., Microbiology (Reading, England), 159, (Pt 1), 2013, p147-54Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Philippe Herman, Sofiane El-Kirat-Chatel, Audrey Beaussart, Joan A. Geoghegan, Timothy J. Foster, Yves F. Dufrêne, The binding force of the staphylococcal adhesin SdrG is remarkably strong , Molecular Microbiology, 93, (2), 2014, p356-368Journal Article, 2014, DOI
  • Herman P, El-Kirat-Chatel S, Beaussart A, Geoghegan JA, Foster TJ, Dufrêne YF, The binding force of the staphylococcal adhesin SdrG is remarkably strong., Molecular microbiology, 93, (2), 2014, p356-368Journal Article, 2014, DOI
  • Speziale P, Pietrocola G, Foster TJ, Geoghegan JA, Protein-based biofilm matrices in Staphylococci., Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 4, 2014, p171Journal Article, 2014, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Foster, T.J. , Staphylococci and staphylococcal infections, Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy, 8, (12), 2010, p1337 - 1338Journal Article, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Paul K. Gorecki, Anne Nolan, Aoife Brick, Seán Lyons, Delivery of Pharmaceuticals in Ireland Getting a Bigger Bang for the Buck, Dublin, ESRI, January, 2012, 1-161Report, URL

Recognition

  • Elected to Fellowship of Trinity College Dublin 1981
  • Public Health Service International Research Fellow, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. 1978-1979
  • E.S. and R. Duthie Lecture, Trinity College Dublin 2003
  • Editorial Board of "Infection and Immunity"
  • Member of Society for General Microbiology
  • Member of Scientific Advisory Board of Inhibitex Inc, Alpharetta, Georgia, USA present
  • Editorial Board of 'Molecular Microbiology' - present
  • Editorial Board of 'Journal of Bacteriology' 1989
  • Member of American Society for Microbiology
  • Editorial Board of 'Microbial Drug Resistance' - present
  • Editorial Board of 'Microbiology' 1995
  • Member of Health Research Board Committee, Microbiology Mechanisms of Infectious Disease and Host Defence 2001 - present
  • Consultant to PanTherix, Glasgow 2000-2002
  • External member of promotion/tenure committee, St George's Hospital London 2003
  • Invited speaker at 40 international conferences in USA, UK, and Far East and Europe since 1985 1985 -
  • Consultant to PanTherix, Glasgow 2000-2002
  • Public Health Services Research Fellow, National Institutes of Health. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harvard University 1978-79
  • External member of promotion/tenure committee, University College Galway 1995
  • Wellcome Trust Advanced Techniques laboratory course in Bacterial Pathogens, Hinxton, Cambridge. Tutor in laboratory. 2007, 2008, 2009
  • Consultant to SmithKline Beecham, UK 1990-1995
  • Consultant to SmithKline Beecham, UK 1990-1995
  • Wellcome Trust Advanced Techniques laboratory course in Bacterial Pathogens, Hinxton, Cambridge. Tutor in laboratory. 2007, 2008, 2009
  • Consultant to SmithKline Beecham, UK 1990-1995
  • Reviewer for DFG Cluster of Excellence, Bonn, Germany June 2006
  • Scientific Advisory Board member for ISSSI (International Symposium of Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections) VII (1992), VIII (1996), IX (2000), X (2002), XI (2004), XII (2006), X1V (2010) 1992 - present
  • Ad hoc consultant to Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland. Live-attenuated cholera vaccine license
  • Reviewer for DFG Cluster of Excellence, Bonn, Germany June 2006
  • Regular reviewer of grant applications. The Wellcome Trust, The Medical Research Council UK, BBSRC UK
  • Regular reviewer of grant applications. The Wellcome Trust, The Medical Research Council UK, BBSRC UK
  • Scientific Advisory Board member for ISSSI (International Symposium of Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections) VII (1992), VIII (1996), IX (2000), X (2002), XI (2004), XII (2006), X1V (2010) 1992 - present
  • Member of Health Research Board Committee, Microbiology Mechanisms of Infectious Disease and Host Defence 2001 - present
  • Ad hoc consultant to Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland. Live-attenuated cholera vaccine license
  • Member of Health Research Board Committee, Microbiology Mechanisms of Infectious Disease and Host Defence 2001 - present
  • Scientific Advisory Board member for ISSSI (International Symposium of Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections) VII (1992), VIII (1996), IX (2000), X (2002), XI (2004), XII (2006), X1V (2010) 1992 - present
  • Regular reviewer of grant applications. The Wellcome Trust, The Medical Research Council UK, BBSRC UK
  • Ad hoc consultant to Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland. Live-attenuated cholera vaccine license
  • Reviewer for DFG Cluster of Excellence, Bonn, Germany June 2006
  • Ad hoc consultancy to Zeneca, Intercell, American Cyanamid, Unilever, Pantherix
  • Wellcome Trust Advanced Techniques laboratory course in Bacterial Pathogens, Hinxton, Cambridge. Tutor in laboratory. 2007, 2008, 2009
  • Ad hoc consultancy to Zeneca, Intercell, American Cyanamid, Unilever, Pantherix
  • Ad hoc consultancy to Zeneca, Intercell, American Cyanamid, Unilever, Pantherix
  • Public Health Services Research Fellow, National Institutes of Health. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harvard University 1978-79
  • External member of promotion/tenure committee, University College Galway 1995
  • Invited speaker at 40 international conferences in USA, UK, and Far East and Europe since 1985 1985 -
  • External member of promotion/tenure committee, St George's Hospital London 2003
  • Invited speaker at 40 international conferences in USA, UK, and Far East and Europe since 1985 1985 -
  • External member of promotion/tenure committee, St George's Hospital London 2003
  • Public Health Services Research Fellow, National Institutes of Health. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harvard University 1978-79
  • Consultant to PanTherix, Glasgow 2000-2002
  • External member of promotion/tenure committee, University College Galway 1995