Cynthia B. Whitchurch The ithree Institute University of Technology, Sydney Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Cynthia B. Whitchurch has not added a biography. If you are Cynthia B. Whitchurch and would like to personalize this page please email our Author Liaison for assistance. Publications The Biofilm Matrix Destabilizers, EDTA and DNaseI, Enhance the Susceptibility of Nontypeable Hemophilus Influenzae Biofilms to Treatment with Ampicillin and Ciprofloxacin MicrobiologyOpen. Aug, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25044339 Non-cytotoxic Silver Nanoparticle-polyvinyl Alcohol Hydrogels with Anti-biofilm Activity: Designed As Coatings for Endotracheal Tube Materials Biofouling. Aug, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24963686 Motility Assay: Twitching Motility Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.). 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24818899 Manuka-type Honeys Can Eradicate Biofilms Produced by Staphylococcus Aureus Strains with Different Biofilm-forming Abilities PeerJ. 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24711974 Rapid Conversion of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa to a Spherical Cell Morphotype Facilitates Tolerance to Carbapenems and Penicillins but Increases Susceptibility to Antimicrobial Peptides Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Apr, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24419348 Silver Nanoparticles Enhance Pseudomonas Aeruginosa PAO1 Biofilm Detachment Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy. Jun, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 23594297 Stigmergy: A Key Driver of Self-organization in Bacterial Biofilms Communicative & Integrative Biology. Nov, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24753789 Psammaplysin F: a Unique Inhibitor of Bacterial Chromosomal Partitioning Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. Sep, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23891184 Formation of Assemblies on Cell Membranes by Secreted Proteins: Molecular Studies of Free λ Light Chain Aggregates Found on the Surface of Myeloma Cells The Biochemical Journal. Sep, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23822104 Self-organization of Bacterial Biofilms is Facilitated by Extracellular DNA Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Jul, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23798445 Identification of a Serine Protease Inhibitor Which Causes Inclusion Vacuole Reduction and is Lethal to Chlamydia Trachomatis Molecular Microbiology. Aug, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23796320 PfSec13 is an Unusual Chromatin-associated Nucleoporin of Plasmodium Falciparum That is Essential for Parasite Proliferation in Human Erythrocytes Journal of Cell Science. Jul, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23687383 MHJ_0125 is an M42 Glutamyl Aminopeptidase That Moonlights As a Multifunctional Adhesin on the Surface of Mycoplasma Hyopneumoniae Open Biology. Apr, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23594879 A Quadruple Knockout of LasIR and RhlIR of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa PAO1 That Retains Wild-type Twitching Motility Has Equivalent Infectivity and Persistence to PAO1 in a Mouse Model of Lung Infection PloS One. 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23593362 A36-dependent Actin Filament Nucleation Promotes Release of Vaccinia Virus PLoS Pathogens. Mar, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23555252 Calpains, Cleaved Mini-dysferlinC72, and L-type Channels Underpin Calcium-dependent Muscle Membrane Repair The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience. Mar, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23516275 Synergism Between Medihoney and Rifampicin Against Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) PloS One. 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23469049 The Effect of New Zealand Kanuka, Manuka and Clover Honeys on Bacterial Growth Dynamics and Cellular Morphology Varies According to the Species PloS One. 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23418472 Spatial Association with PTEX Complexes Defines Regions for Effector Export into Plasmodium Falciparum-infected Erythrocytes Nature Communications. 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23361006 Extragenic Suppressor Mutations That Restore Twitching Motility to FimL Mutants of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Are Associated with Elevated Intracellular Cyclic AMP Levels MicrobiologyOpen. Dec, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23233287 Atomic Force and Super-resolution Microscopy Support a Role for LapA As a Cell-surface Biofilm Adhesin of Pseudomonas Fluorescens Research in Microbiology. Nov-Dec, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23064158 Subcompartmentalisation of Proteins in the Rhoptries Correlates with Ordered Events of Erythrocyte Invasion by the Blood Stage Malaria Parasite PloS One. 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23049965 3D-SIM Super Resolution Microscopy Reveals a Bead-like Arrangement for FtsZ and the Division Machinery: Implications for Triggering Cytokinesis PLoS Biology. 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22984350 A Helminth Cathelicidin-like Protein Suppresses Antigen Processing and Presentation in Macrophages Via Inhibition of Lysosomal VATPase FASEB Journal : Official Publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Nov, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22872675 Sub-viral Imaging of Vaccinia Virus Using Super-resolution Microscopy Journal of Virological Methods. Dec, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22776111 The Type II Secretion System and Its Ubiquitous Lipoprotein Substrate, SslE, Are Required for Biofilm Formation and Virulence of Enteropathogenic Escherichia Coli Infection and Immunity. Jun, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22451516 Spatial Localisation of Actin Filaments Across Developmental Stages of the Malaria Parasite PloS One. 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22389687 Contrasting Roles of Condensin I and Condensin II in Mitotic Chromosome Formation Journal of Cell Science. Mar, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22344259 Superhydrophobic, Nanotextured Polyvinyl Chloride Films for Delaying Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Attachment to Intubation Tubes and Medical Plastics Acta Biomaterialia. Jan, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22330278 Origin, Composition, Organization and Function of the Inner Membrane Complex of Plasmodium Falciparum Gametocytes Journal of Cell Science. Apr, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22328505 MrkH, a Novel C-di-GMP-dependent Transcriptional Activator, Controls Klebsiella Pneumoniae Biofilm Formation by Regulating Type 3 Fimbriae Expression PLoS Pathogens. Aug, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21901098 Tracking Glideosome-associated Protein 50 Reveals the Development and Organization of the Inner Membrane Complex of Plasmodium Falciparum Eukaryotic Cell. Apr, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21239623 Super-resolution Dissection of Coordinated Events During Malaria Parasite Invasion of the Human Erythrocyte Cell Host & Microbe. Jan, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21238943 A Diagnostic PCR Assay for the Detection of an Australian Epidemic Strain of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials. 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20637114 Gene Expression of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in a Mucin-containing Synthetic Growth Medium Mimicking Cystic Fibrosis Lung Sputum Journal of Medical Microbiology. Sep, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20522626 Genetic Switch to Hypervirulence Reduces Colonization Phenotypes of the Globally Disseminated Group A Streptococcus M1T1 Clone The Journal of Infectious Diseases. Jul, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20507231 Bacterial Membrane Vesicles Deliver Peptidoglycan to NOD1 in Epithelial Cells Cellular Microbiology. Mar, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 19888989 Roles of Type IV Pili, Flagellum-mediated Motility and Extracellular DNA in the Formation of Mature Multicellular Structures in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Biofilms Environmental Microbiology. Sep, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18485000 Twitching Motility is Essential for Virulence in Dichelobacter Nodosus Journal of Bacteriology. May, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18310333 Pseudomonas Aeruginosa FimL Regulates Multiple Virulence Functions by Intersecting with Vfr-modulated Pathways Molecular Microbiology. Mar, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15720546 TonB3 is Required for Normal Twitching Motility and Extracellular Assembly of Type IV Pili Journal of Bacteriology. Jul, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15205442 Characterization of a Complex Chemosensory Signal Transduction System Which Controls Twitching Motility in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Molecular Microbiology. May, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15101991 FimX, a Multidomain Protein Connecting Environmental Signals to Twitching Motility in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Journal of Bacteriology. Dec, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 14645265 Proteome Analysis of Extracellular Proteins Regulated by the Las and Rhl Quorum Sensing Systems in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa PAO1 Microbiology (Reading, England). May, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12724392 Phosphorylation of the Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Response Regulator AlgR is Essential for Type IV Fimbria-mediated Twitching Motility Journal of Bacteriology. Aug, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12142425 Differential Regulation of Twitching Motility and Elastase Production by Vfr in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Journal of Bacteriology. Jul, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12057955 Quorum Sensing is Not Required for Twitching Motility in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Journal of Bacteriology. Jul, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12057954 Extracellular DNA Required for Bacterial Biofilm Formation Science (New York, N.Y.). Feb, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 11859186 Super-resolution Imaging of the Cytokinetic Z Ring in Live Bacteria Using Fast 3D-Structured Illumination Microscopy (f3D-SIM) Lynne Turnbull*1, Michael P. Strauss*1, Andrew T. F. Liew1, Leigh G. Monahan1, Cynthia B. Whitchurch1, Elizabeth J. Harry1 1The ithree Institute, University of Technology, Sydney JoVE 51469 Biologia
Super-resolution Imaging of the Cytokinetic Z Ring in Live Bacteria Using Fast 3D-Structured Illumination Microscopy (f3D-SIM) Lynne Turnbull*1, Michael P. Strauss*1, Andrew T. F. Liew1, Leigh G. Monahan1, Cynthia B. Whitchurch1, Elizabeth J. Harry1 1The ithree Institute, University of Technology, Sydney JoVE 51469 Biologia