Dr Andrew Bell

Researcher

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Glycobiology of host-microbe interactions in the gut

My current project focuses on the impact of bacterial sialic acid metabolism on gut homeostasis. In particular I am interested in how a novel bacterial mechanism of utilising mucin-derived sialic acid may provide a competitive advantage to bacteria expressing an intramolecular trans-sialidases, and help to protect the gut from pathogens. This work builds on the findings of my PhD project ‘Sialic acid metabolism in gut microbes’ which I also undertook at the Quadram Institute with Prof. Nathalie Juge.

Previous to my time at QIB I studied Biochemistry at the University of East Anglia, and as part of the degree programme undertook a year in Industry placement in Prof. Claire Domoney’s lab at the John Innes Centre where I was involved in a project to increase understanding of chlorophyll degradation and turnover pathways in plants. I continued with the same research theme following my undergraduate and discovered that the SGRL protein can regulate chlorophyll metabolism contributing to plant growth and development in pea.

Wu Y, Bell A, Thomas GH, Bolam DN, Sargent F, Juge N, Palmer T, Severi . (2024)

Characterisation of anhydro-sialic acid transporters from mucosa-associated bacteria.

Microbiology (Reading, England)


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Crost EH, Coletto E, Bell A, Juge . (2023)

Ruminococcus gnavus: friend or foe for human health.

FEMS microbiology reviews


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Bell A, Severi E, Owen CD, Latousakis D, Juge . (2023)

Biochemical and structural basis of sialic acid utilization by gut microbes.

The Journal of biological chemistry


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Baker DJ,Aydin A,Le Viet T,Kay GL,Rudder S,de Oliveira Martins L,Tedim AP,Kolyva A,Diaz M,Alikhan NF,Meadows L,Bell A,Gutierrez AV,Trotter AJ,Thomson NM,Gilroy R,Griffith L,Adriaenssens EM,Stanley R,Charles IG,Elumogo N,Wain J,Prakash R,Meader E,Mather AE,Webber M,Dervisevic S,Page AJ,O J. (2021)

CoronaHiT: high-throughput sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 genomes.

Genome medicine


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Evaluating the Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Mutation D614G on Transmissibility and Pathogenicity.

Cell


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Page AJ, Mather AE, Le Viet T, Meader EJ, Alikhan NF, Kay GL, de Oliveira Martins L, Aydin A, Baker DJ, Trotter AJ, Rudder S, Tedim AP, Kolyva A, Stanley R, Yasir M, Diaz M, Potter W, Stuart C, Meadows L, Bell A, Gutierrez AV, Thomson NM, Adriaenssens EM, Swingler T, Gilroy RAJ, Griffith L, Sethi DK, Aggarwal D, Brown CS, Davidson RK, Kingsley RA, Bedford L, Coupland LJ, Charles IG, Elumogo N, Wain J, Prakash R, Webber MA, Smith SJL, Chand M, Dervisevic S, O'Grady J. (2021)

Large-scale sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 genomes from one region allows detailed epidemiology and enables local outbreak management.

Microbial genomics


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