Aidan Taylor
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Lecturer in Microbiology
Teaching
- Part 2: Infectious Diseases
Research projects
- Photodynamic inactivation of Campylobacter by blue light
- Molybdenum and tungsten co-factor biosynthesis and regulation
- Non-canonical bacterial nitrogen metabolism
Background
- 2010-2013: BSc. Biochemistry and Genetics, University of Nottingham
- 2013-2017: PhD. Molecular Microbiology, University of Sheffield
- 2017-2022: Post-doctoral research associate, University of Sheffield
- 2023-current: Lecturer in Microbiology, University of Reading
Selected publications
- Walker, P., Taylor, A. J., Hitchcock, A., Webb, J. P., Green, J., Weinstein, J., & Kelly, D. J. (2022). Exploiting Violet-Blue Light to Kill Campylobacter jejuni: Analysis of Global Responses, Modeling of Transcription Factor Activities, and Identification of Protein Targets. MSystems, 7(4). https://doi.org/10.1128/MSYSTEMS.00454-22
- Mourkas, E., Taylor, A. J., Méric, G., Bayliss, S. C., Pascoe, B., Mageiros, L., Calland, J. K., Hitchings, M. D., Ridley, A., Vidal, A., Forbes, K. J., Strachan, N. J. C., Parker, C. T., Parkhill, J., Jolley, K. A., Cody, A. J., Maiden, M. C. J., Kelly, D. J., & Sheppard, S. K. (2020). Agricultural intensification and the evolution of host specialism in the enteric pathogen Campylobacter jejuni. PNAS. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9929054
- Taylor, A. J., & Kelly, D. J. (2019). The function, biogenesis and regulation of the electron transport chains in Campylobacter jejuni: New insights into the bioenergetics of a major food-borne pathogen. Advances in Microbial Physiology, 74, 239–329. https://doi.org/10.1016/BS.AMPBS.2019.02.003
Publications
- Hitchcock, N. , Kelly, D. , Hitchcock, A. , Taylor, A. (2023) Cysteine biosynthesis in Campylobacter jejuni: substrate specificity of CysM and the dualism of sulfide. Biomolecules , 13 (1). pp 1. ISSN: 2218-273X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/BIOM13010086
- Walker, P. , Taylor, A. , Hitchcock, A. , Webb, J. , Green, J. , Weinstein, J. , Kelly, D. (2022) Exploiting violet-blue light to kill Campylobacter jejuni: analysis of global responses, modeling of transcription factor activities, and identification of protein targets. mSystems , 7 (4). ISSN: 2379-5077 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1128/MSYSTEMS.00454-22
- Nasher, F. , Taylor, A. , Elmi, A. , Lehri, B. , Ijaz, U. , Baker, D. , Goram, R. , Lynham, S. , Singh, D. , Stabler, R. , Kelly, D. , Gundogdu, O. , Wren, B. (2022) MdaB and NfrA, two novel reductases important in the survival and persistence of the major enteropathogen Campylobacter jejuni. Journal of Bacteriology , 204 (1). ISSN: 1098-5530 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.00421-21
- Garg, N. , Taylor, A. , Pastorelli, F. , Flannery, S. , Jackson, P. , Johnson, M. , Kelly, D. (2021) Genes linking copper trafficking and homeostasis to the biogenesis and activity of the cbb 3-Type cytochrome c oxidase in the enteric pathogen Campylobacter jejuni. Frontiers in Microbiology , 12 ISSN: 1664-302X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/FMICB.2021.683260
- Mourkas, E. , Taylor, A. , Méric, G. , Bayliss, S. , Pascoe, B. , Mageiros, L. , Calland, J. , Hitchings, M. , Ridley, A. , Vidal, A. , Forbes, K. , Strachan, N. , Parker, C. , Parkhill, J. , Jolley, K. , Cody, A. , Maiden, M. , Kelly, D. , Sheppard, S. (2020) Agricultural intensification and the evolution of host specialism in the enteric pathogen Campylobacter jejuni. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , 117 (20). pp. 11018-11028. ISSN: 1091-6490 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1917168117
- Al-Otaibi, N. , Taylor, A. , Farrell, D. , Tzokov, S. , DiMaio, F. , Kelly, D. , Bergeron, J. (2020) The cryo-EM structure of the bacterial flagellum cap complex suggests a molecular mechanism for filament elongation. Nature Communications , 11 ISSN: 2041-1723 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/S41467-020-16981-4
- Taylor, A. and Kelly, D. (2019) Chapter Five - The function, biogenesis and regulation of the electron transport chains in Campylobacter jejuni: new insights into the bioenergetics of a major food-borne pathogen. In: Poole, R. , (eds.) Advances in Microbial Physiology. , 74. Advances in microbial physiology , 74 pp. 239-329. ISSN: 9780128177129 ISBN: 9780128177136 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/BS.AMPBS.2019.02.003
- Davies, C. , Taylor, A. , Elmi, A. , Winter, J. , Liaw, J. , Grabowska, A. , Gundogdu, O. , Wren, B. , Kelly, D. , Dorrell, N. (2019) Sodium taurocholate stimulates Campylobacter jejuni outer membrane vesicle production via down-regulation of the maintenance of lipid asymmetry pathway. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology , 9 ISSN: 2235-2988 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/FCIMB.2019.00177
- Garg, N. , Taylor, A. , Kelly, D. (2018) Bacterial periplasmic nitrate and trimethylamine-N-oxide respiration coupled to menaquinol-cytochrome c reductase (Qcr): implications for electrogenic reduction of alternative electron acceptors. Scientific Reports , 8 (1). ISSN: 2045-2322 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/S41598-018-33857-2
- Yahara, K. , Méric, G. , Taylor, A. , de Vries, S. , Murray, S. , Pascoe, B. , Mageiros, L. , Torralbo, A. , Vidal, A. , Ridley, A. , Komukai, S. , Wimalarathna, H. , Cody, A. , Colles, F. , McCarthy, N. , Harris, D. , Bray, J. , Jolley, K. , Maiden, M. , Bentley, S. , Parkhill, J. , Bayliss, C. , Grant, A. , Maskell, D. , Didelot, X. , Kelly, D. , Sheppard, S. (2017) Genome-wide association of functional traits linked with Campylobacter jejuni survival from farm to fork. Environmental Microbiology , 19 (1). pp. 361-380. ISSN: 1462-2920 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13628
- Taylor, A. , Zakai, S. , Kelly, D. (2017) The periplasmic chaperone network of Campylobacter jejuni: evidence that SalC (Cj1289) and PpiD (Cj0694) are involved in maintaining outer membrane integrity. Frontiers in Microbiology , 8 ISSN: 1664-302X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/FMICB.2017.00531