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Dr Kathryn Wright

Research Fellow

United Kingdom

Affiliations

Department of Infection Biology
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Selected Publications

Genetic depletion in zebrafish uncovers requirement for septins in haematopoiesis
WRIGHT, K; PAINTER, H; Sachdev, N; Budnikova, A; Copper, L; Monteiro, R; MOSTOWY, S;
2026
openRxiv
Listeria-infected macrophages promote biomechanical alterations in endothelial cell monolayers for transmigration.
Muenkel, M; WRIGHT, K; Keskin, E; Sánchez-Rendón, JC; Balmes, A; Schäffer, TE; Romer, F; Lebtig, M; Kretschmer, D; Loskill, P; MOSTOWY, S; Bastounis, EE;
2026
Cell reports
No guts, no glory: IL-26 in host-microbiota interactions.
WRIGHT, K; MOSTOWY, S;
2025
The EMBO journal
Enhanced virulence and stress tolerance are signatures of epidemiologically successful Shigella sonnei.
Miles, SL; Santillo, D; PAINTER, H; WRIGHT, K; Torraca, V; López-Jiménez, AT; Virgo, M; Matanza, XM; Clements, A; Jenkins, C; Baker, S; Baker, KS; Cisneros, D; Puhar, A; Sancho-Shimizu, V; HOLT, KE; MOSTOWY, S;
2025
Nature communications
Neutrophils display antibacterial defense via non-canonical LC3 decoration of extracellular bacteria.
Skerniskyte, J; Barroso, MV; Chicher, J; Hammann, P; Demais, V; WRIGHT, K; MOSTOWY, S; Marteyn, BS;
2025
Microbes and infection / Institut Pasteur
Proximity biotinylation at the host-Shigella interface reveals UFMylation as an antibacterial pathway.
López-Jiménez, AT; Théry, F; WRIGHT, K; PAINTER, H; Hoffmeister, ST; Jarche, L; Benjamin, J; Van der Heden van Noort, GJ; Brokatzky, D; Gomes, MC; Miles, SL; Lobato-Márquez, D; Rohde, J; Pruneda, JN; Impens, F; MOSTOWY, S;
2025
bioRxiv
ERK activation waves coordinate mechanical cell competition leading to collective elimination via extrusion of bacterially infected cells.
Hundsdorfer, L; Muenkel, M; Aparicio-Yuste, R; Sanchez-Rendon, JC; Gomez-Benito, MJ; Balmes, A; Schäffer, TE; Velic, A; Yeh, Y-T; Constantinou, I; WRIGHT, K; Özbaykal Güler, G; Brokatzky, D; Maček, B; MOSTOWY, S; Bastounis, EE;
2025
Cell reports
Zebrafish <i>tsc1</i> and <i>cxcl12a</i> increase susceptibility to mycobacterial infection.
WRIGHT, K; Han, DJ; Song, R; De Silva, K; Plain, KM; Purdie, AC; Shepherd, A; Chin, M; Hortle, E; Wong, JJ-L; Britton, WJ; Oehlers, SH;
2024
Life science alliance
OXSR1 inhibits inflammasome activation by limiting potassium efflux during mycobacterial infection.
Hortle, E; Tran, VL; WRIGHT, K; Fontaine, AR; Pinello, N; O'Rourke, MB; Wong, JJ-L; Hansbro, PM; Britton, WJ; Oehlers, SH;
2022
Life science alliance
Rough and smooth variants of Mycobacterium abscessus are differentially controlled by host immunity during chronic infection of adult zebrafish.
Kam, JY; Hortle, E; Krogman, E; Warner, SE; WRIGHT, K; Luo, K; Cheng, T; Manuneedhi Cholan, P; Kikuchi, K; Triccas, JA; Britton, WJ; Johansen, MD; Kremer, L; Oehlers, SH;
2022
Nature communications
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