Imperial College London

Professor Ramesh Wigneshweraraj

Faculty of MedicineDepartment of Infectious Disease

Professor of Molecular Microbiology
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 1867s.r.wig

 
 
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Location

 

4.40BFlowers buildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Summary

Research in the laboratory focuses on three interconnected topics:

RNA metabolism in long-term nutrient starved bacteria

Recent publications: Switzer et al 2020 McQuail et al 2020

Phage takeover of bacterial transcription and other processes

Recent publications: Mulvenna et al 2019 Tabib-Salazar et al 2019

NEW: Transcriptional regulatory basis of bacteriocin expression in mono and polymicrobial environments (in collaboration with Syngulon)


If you are interested in collaborating with us please get in touch. We are always looking for enthusiastic MRes, MSc or PhD who are keen to join the group or visiting students looking to spend some time in the UK working in the area of molecular bacteriology. 

Publications

Journals

Tabib-Salazar A, Wigneshweraraj S, 2022, RNA Management During T7 Infection, Phage-therapy Applications and Research, Vol:3, ISSN:2641-6530, Pages:136-140

Zhang K, Li S, Wang Y, et al., 2022, Bacteriophage protein PEIP is a potent Bacillus subtilis enolase inhibitor, Cell Reports, Vol:40, ISSN:2211-1247

Switzer A, Burchell L, Mitsidis P, et al., 2022, A role for the RNA polymerase gene specificity factor sigma(54) in the uniform colony growth of uropathogenic escherichia coli, Journal of Bacteriology, Vol:204, ISSN:0021-9193, Pages:1-16

Switzer A, Burchell L, McQuail J, et al., 2022, The Adaptive Response to Long-Term Nitrogen Starvation in Escherichia coli Requires the Breakdown of Allantoin (vol 202, e00172-20, 2020), Journal of Bacteriology, Vol:204, ISSN:0021-9193

McQuail J, Carpousis AJ, Wigneshweraraj S, 2021, The association between Hfq and RNase E in long-term nitrogen-starved Escherichia coli, Molecular Microbiology, Vol:117, ISSN:0950-382X, Pages:54-66

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