Research project

Prof R. Read: A genetically modified nasopharyngeal commensal as a platform for human bacteriotherapy

Lead researcher:

Professor Robert Read
Other researchers:

Professor Ian Clarke,

Professor Saul Faust
Research funder:

Medical Research Council
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Robert Read

Chair of Infectious Diseases

Connect with Robert

Email: r.c.read@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Ian Clarke

Professor of Virology

Research interests

Transposon mutagenesis of Chlamydia species
Cell culture systems and replicons for human noroviruses

Connect with Ian

Email: inc@soton.ac.uk

Professor Saul Faust MBBS, FRCPCH, PhD, FHEA, OBE

Professor Paediatric Immunology & Infect

Connect with Saul

Email: s.faust@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Microevolution of Neisseria lactamica during nasopharyngeal colonisation induced by controlled human infection

Anish Pandey,

David W. Cleary,

Jay R. Laver,

Andrew Gorringe,

Alice M. Deasy,

Adam P. Dale,

Paul D. Morris,

Xavier Didelot,

Martin C.J. Maiden,

& Robert C. Read

, 2018 , Nature Communications , 9 (1)

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07235-5

Type: article

A phase III observer-blind randomized, controlled study to evaluate the immune response and the correlation with nasopharyngeal carriage after immunization of university students with a quadrivalent meningococcal ACWY glycoconjugate or serogroup B meningococcal vaccine

Robert C. Read,

Peter Dull,

Xilian Bai,

Kate Nolan,

Jamie Findlow,

Rohit Bazaz,

Annett Kleinschmidt,

Maggie McCarthy,

Huajun Wang,

Daniela Toneatto,

& Ray Borrow

, 2017 , Vaccine , 35 (3) , 427--434

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.11.071

Type: article

International ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia

Antoni Torres,

Michael S. Niederman,

Jean Chastre,

Santiago Ewig,

Patricia Fernandez-Vandellos,

Hakan Hanberger,

Marin Kollef,

Gianluigi Li Bassi,

Carlos M. Luna,

Ignacio Martin-Loeches,

J. Artur Paiva,

Robert C. Read,

David Rigau,

Jean François Timsit,

Tobias Welte,

& Richard Wunderink

, 2017 , European Respiratory Journal , 50 (3)

DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00582-2017

Type: article

Investigating Bordetella pertussis colonisation and immunity

Hans De Graaf,

Diane F. Gbesemete,

Andrew R. Gorringe,

Dimitri A. Diavatopoulos,

Kent E. Kester,

Saul N. Faust,

& Robert C. Read

, 2017 , BMJ Open , 7 (10) , e018594

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018594

Type: article

Neisseria lactamica Y92-1009 complete genome sequence

Anish K. Pandey,

David W. Cleary,

Jay R. Laver,

Martin C.J. Maiden,

Xavier Didelot,

Andrew Gorringe,

& Robert C. Read

, 2017 , Standards in Genomic Sciences , 12 (41)

DOI: 10.1186/s40793-017-0250-6

Type: article