Research project

Prof R. Read: MRC Experimental Human Challenge with Genetically Modified Commensals to Investigate Respiratory Tract Mucosal Immunity and Colonisation

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

The infant pharyngeal microbiomes: origin, impact and manipulation

Christine E Jones,

Robert Read,

& Anastasia Theodosiou

, 2020 , Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases , 33 (6) , 548--555

DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000691

Type: article

Alveolar macrophage apoptosis-associated bacterial killing helps prevent murine pneumonia

Julie A. Preston,

Martin A. Bewley,

Helen M. Marriott,

A. McGarry Houghton,

Mohamed Mohasin,

Jamil Jubrail,

Lucy Morris,

Yvonne L. Stephenson,

Simon Cross,

David R. Greaves,

Ruth W. Craig,

Nico van Rooijen,

Colin D. Bingle,

Robert C. Read,

Timothy J. Mitchell,

Moira K. B. Whyte,

Steven D. Shapiro,

& David H. Dockrell

, 2019 , American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine , 200 (1) , 84--97

DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201804-0646OC

Type: article

The nonpathogenic commensal Neisseria

Robert B Dorey,

Anastasia A Theodosiou,

Robert C Read,

& Christine E Jones

, 2019 , Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases , 32 (5) , 490--496

DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000585

Type: review

Neisseria meningitidis and meningococcal disease

Robert C Read

, 2019 , Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases , 32 (6) , 601--608

DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000606

Type: review

Protocol for a controlled human infection with genetically modified Neisseria lactamica expressing the meningococcal vaccine antigen NadA

Diane Gbesemete,

Jay Robert Laver,

Hans de Graaf,

Muktar Ibrahim,

Andrew Vaughan,

Saul Faust,

Andrew Gorringe,

& Robert Charles Read

, 2019 , BMJ Open , 9 (4) , e026544

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026544

Type: article