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Bacterial cells have revealed a surprising degree of organization. Many essential cellular processes are performed by higher order protein complexes, which are precisely regulated in time and space. We are interested in understanding the organization, as well as the temporal and spatial regulation, of the fundamental processes of cell division, cell wall synthesis and chromosome segregation.
We use Staphylococcus aureus as a model organism. S. aureus is a Gram-positive bacterial pathogen and a major cause of antibiotic resistant infections. Besides its clinical relevance, S. aureus is also a very interesting model to study cell division because it has a different shape and mode of division from the traditional, widely used, model organisms Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis. S. aureus cells are spherical and, more interestingly, divide in three consecutive perpendicular planes over three division cycles.
We use the information gained by studying fundamental processes in a bacterial pathogen to better understand antibiotic resistance mechanisms in S. aureus, as well as the mode of action of new antimicrobial compounds. We strongly believe that fundamental research on pathogens biology is essential for the development of innovative strategies against clinically relevant pathogens.
We use Staphylococcus aureus as a model organism. S. aureus is a Gram-positive bacterial pathogen and a major cause of antibiotic resistant infections. Besides its clinical relevance, S. aureus is also a very interesting model to study cell division because it has a different shape and mode of division from the traditional, widely used, model organisms Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis. S. aureus cells are spherical and, more interestingly, divide in three consecutive perpendicular planes over three division cycles.
We use the information gained by studying fundamental processes in a bacterial pathogen to better understand antibiotic resistance mechanisms in S. aureus, as well as the mode of action of new antimicrobial compounds. We strongly believe that fundamental research on pathogens biology is essential for the development of innovative strategies against clinically relevant pathogens.
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MBio (2024)
Microbiology Spectrumno. 8 (2024): e0415223-e0415223
Sara F Costa,Bruno M Saraiva,Helena Veiga,Leonor B Marques,Simon Schäper, Marta Sporniak,Daniel E Vega,Ana M Jorge, Andreia M Duarte,António D Brito,Andreia C Tavares,Patricia Reed,Mariana G Pinho
mBiono. 3 (2024): e0323523-e0323523
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2023)
Future medicinal chemistryno. 12 (2023): 1037-1048
Joana Figueiredo, Mafalda Xavier Henriques,Maria Joao Catalao, Sara Pinheiro,Ana Rita Narciso,Francisco Mesquita,Bruno Manuel Saraiva,Madalena Carido,Didier Cabanes,Mariana Gomes Pinho,Sergio Raposo Filipe
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#Papers: 93
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Sociability: 6
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