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Bacterial pathogens; evolution; host responses
United Kingdom

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Employment (5)

University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

2016 to present | Director of Edinburgh Infectious Diseases
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Ross Fitzgerald

University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

2004 to present (Roslin Institute)
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University of Dublin Trinity College: Dublin, IE

2002 to 2004 | Research Fellow (Moyne Institute)
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NIAID Rocky Mountain Laboratories: Hamilton, MT, US

2000 to 2002 | Post-doctoral Fellow
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University of Dublin Trinity College: Dublin, IE

1997 to 2000 | Research Fellow (Moyne Institute)
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Education and qualifications (2)

University of Dublin Trinity College: Dublin, IE

1993 to 1997 | PhD (Moyne Institute)
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Ross Fitzgerald

University of Dublin Trinity College: Dublin, IE

1987 to 1991 | BA(Mod) (Moyne Institute)
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Ross Fitzgerald

Professional activities (3)

Royal Society of Biology: London, GB

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Microbiology Society: London, London, GB

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American Society for Microbiology: Washington, DC, US

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Funding (7)

Understanding bacterial host adaptation to combat infectious disease

2017-01-01 to 2020-12-31 | Grant
Wellcome Trust (London, GB)
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201531/Z/16/Z

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Optimising Innate Host Defence to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance

2016-12-01 to 2021-11-30 | Grant
Medical Research Council (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: MR/N02995X/1
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Ross Fitzgerald via DimensionsWizard

Genomic epidemiology of Legionnaires’ disease in Scotland: towards effective outbreak investigation

2016-03-01 to 2017-11-30 | Grant
Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates (Edinburgh, GB)
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CSO-ETM/421

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Ross Fitzgerald via DimensionsWizard

Pan-genome reverse vaccinology of Staphylococcus aureus bovine mastitis

2013-09-30 to 2016-09-29 | Grant
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Swindon, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: BB/K00638X/1
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Ross Fitzgerald via DimensionsWizard

High resolution phylogenetic analysis of livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus.

2011-11-14 to 2015-02-18 | Grant
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Swindon, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: BB/I013873/1
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Ross Fitzgerald via DimensionsWizard

Development of a novel high-resolution genotyping method for epidemiological and evolutionary analysis of the major Scottish and UK lineages of methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus

2009-10-01 to 2012-09-30 | Grant
Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates (Edinburgh, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

CSO-CZB/4/717

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Ross Fitzgerald via DimensionsWizard

Genomic analysis of the host-specific pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus

2006-01-01 to 2008-12-31 | Grant
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Swindon, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: BB/D521222/1
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Ross Fitzgerald via DimensionsWizard

Works (42)

Bacterial metabolic remodelling by convergent evolution in response to host niche-dependent nutrient availability

2024-09-04 | Preprint
Contributors: Amy C. Pickering; Jamie Gorzynski; Grace Taylor-Joyce; Willow Fox; Pedro Melo; Joana Alves; Hannah Schlauch; Fiona Sargison; Gonzalo Yebra; J. Ross Fitzgerald
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Bacteriophage-driven emergence and expansion of Staphylococcus aureus in rodent populations

PLOS Pathogens
2024-07-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Gonzalo Yebra; D. Ashley Robinson; Daniel Mrochen; Stefan Fischer; Florian Pfaff; Rainer G. Ulrich; Kathleen Pritchett-Corning; Silva Holtfreter; J. Ross Fitzgerald
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Experimental evolution of Staphylococcus aureus in macrophages: dissection of a conditional adaptive trait promoting intracellular survival

mBio
2024-06-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Joana Alves; Manouk Vrieling; Natalie Ring; Gonzalo Yebra; Amy Pickering; Tomasz K. Prajsnar; Stephen A. Renshaw; J. Ross Fitzgerald; Steven J. Projan
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Time-lapse mesoscopy of Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus dual-species biofilms reveals a structural role for the hyphae of C. albicans in biofilm formation

Microbiology
2024-01-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Katherine J. Baxter; Fiona A. Sargison; J. Ross Fitzgerald; Gail McConnell; Paul A. Hoskisson
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Time-lapse mesoscopy ofCandida albicansandStaphylococcus aureusdual-species biofilms reveals a structural role for the hyphae ofC. albicansin biofilm formation

2023-09-01 | Preprint
Contributors: Katherine J. Baxter; Fiona A. Sargison; J. Ross Fitzgerald; Gail McConnell; Paul A. Hoskisson
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Rapid metagenomic sequencing for diagnosis and antimicrobial sensitivity prediction of canine bacterial infections

Microbial Genomics
2023-07-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Natalie Ring; Alison S. Low; Bryan Wee; Gavin K. Paterson; Tim Nuttall; David Gally; Richard Mellanby; J. Ross Fitzgerald
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Rapid metagenomic sequencing for diagnosis and antimicrobial sensitivity prediction of canine bacterial infections

2023-01-30 | Preprint
Contributors: Natalie Ring; Alison S. Low; Bryan Wee; Gavin K. Paterson; Tim Nuttall; Richard Mellanby; David Gally; J. Ross Fitzgerald
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Diversity and pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus from bovine mastitis: current understanding and future perspectives

BMC Veterinary Research
2022-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Bruno Campos; Amy C. Pickering; Lis Souza Rocha; Ananda Pereira Aguilar; Mary Hellen Fabres-Klein; Tiago Antônio de Oliveira Mendes; J. Ross Fitzgerald; Andrea de Oliveira Barros Ribon
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Nanoscaled discovery of a shunt rifamycin fromSalinispora arenicolausing a three-colour GFP-taggedStaphylococcus aureusmacrophage infection assay

2022-12-04 | Preprint
Contributors: Nhan T. Pham; Joana Alves; Fiona A. Sargison; Reiko Cullum; Jan Wildenhain; William Fenical; Mark S. Butler; David A. Mead; Brendan M. Duggan; J. Ross Fitzgerald et al.
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A graph-based approach for the visualisation and analysis of bacterial pangenomes

BMC Bioinformatics
2022-10-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Joshua D. Harling-Lee; Jamie Gorzynski; Gonzalo Yebra; Tim Angus; J. Ross Fitzgerald; Tom C. Freeman
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A graph-based approach for the visualisation and analysis of bacterial pangenomes

2022-04-12 | Preprint
Contributors: Joshua D Harling-Lee; Jamie Gorzynski; Gonzalo Yebra; Tim Angus; J Ross Fitzgerald; Tom C Freeman
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Staphylococcus aureus secreted lipases do not inhibit innate immune killing mechanisms [version 2; peer review: 3 approved]

2021-06-25 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2398-502X
Contributors: Fiona Sargison; Mariya I Goncheva; Joana Alves; Amy Pickering; J Ross Fitzgerald
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Radical genome remodelling accompanied the emergence of a novel host-restricted bacterial pathogen

PLOS Pathogens
2021-05-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Gonzalo Yebra; Andreas Peschel; Andreas F. Haag; Maan M. Neamah; Bryan A. Wee; Emily J. Richardson; Pilar Horcajo; Sander Granneman; María Ángeles Tormo-Más; Ricardo de la Fuente et al.
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Staphylococcus aureus secreted lipases do not inhibit innate immune killing mechanisms

Wellcome Open Research
2020-12-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Fiona Sargison; Joana Alves; Amy Pickering; J Ross Fitzgerald
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Population analysis ofLegionella pneumophilareveals the basis of resistance to complement-mediated killing

2020-08-14 | Preprint
Contributors: Bryan A. Wee; Joana Alves; Diane S. J. Lindsay; Ross L. Cameron; Amy Pickering; Jamie Gorzynski; Jukka Corander; Pekka Marttinen; Andrew J. Smith; J. Ross Fitzgerald
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A multihost bacterial pathogen overcomes continuous population bottlenecks to adapt to new host species

Science Advances
2019-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Rodrigo Bacigalupe; María Ángeles Tormo-Mas; José R. Penadés; J. Ross Fitzgerald
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Host-specialized fibrinogen-binding by a bacterial surface protein promotes biofilm formation and innate immune evasion

PLOS Pathogens
2019-06-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Amy C. Pickering; Victor J. Torres; Pauline Vitry; Valeriia Prystopiuk; Brandon Garcia; Magnus Höök; Jeffrey Schoenebeck; Joan A. Geoghegan; Yves F. Dufrêne; J. Ross Fitzgerald
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Bovine Staphylococcus aureus Superantigens Stimulate the Entire T Cell Repertoire of Cattle.

Infection and immunity
2018-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Wilson GJ; Tuffs SW; Wee BA; Seo KS; Park N; Connelley T; Guinane CM; Morrison WI; Fitzgerald JR
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Ross Fitzgerald via Europe PubMed Central

Genome hypermobility by lateral transduction.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
2018-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Chen J; Quiles-Puchalt N; Chiang YN; Bacigalupe R; Fillol-Salom A; Chee MSJ; Fitzgerald JR; Penadés JR
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Ross Fitzgerald via Europe PubMed Central

Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Surface Protein L (SpsL) Is Required for Abscess Formation in a Murine Model of Cutaneous Infection.

Infection and immunity
2018-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Richards AC; O'Shea M; Beard PM; Goncheva MI; Tuffs SW; Fitzgerald JR; Lengeling A
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Ross Fitzgerald via Europe PubMed Central

Population genomics of bacterial host adaptation.

Nature reviews. Genetics
2018-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Sheppard SK; Guttman DS; Fitzgerald JR
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Ross Fitzgerald via Europe PubMed Central

Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) isolated from milk of cows with subclinical mastitis.

Microbial pathogenesis
2018-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Bonsaglia ECR; Silva NCC; Rossi BF; Camargo CH; Dantas STA; Langoni H; Guimarães FF; Lima FS; Fitzgerald JR; Fernandes A et al.
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Ross Fitzgerald via Europe PubMed Central

Gene exchange drives the ecological success of a multi-host bacterial pathogen.

Nature ecology & evolution
2018-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Richardson EJ; Bacigalupe R; Harrison EM; Weinert LA; Lycett S; Vrieling M; Robb K; Hoskisson PA; Holden MTG; Feil EJ et al.
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Ross Fitzgerald via Europe PubMed Central

The role of 'filth flies' in the spread of antimicrobial resistance.

Travel medicine and infectious disease
2018-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Onwugamba FC; Fitzgerald JR; Rochon K; Guardabassi L; Alabi A; Kühne S; Grobusch MP; Schaumburg F
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Ross Fitzgerald via Europe PubMed Central

Reduced lysosomal clearance of autophagosomes promotes survival and colonization of Helicobacter pylori.

The Journal of pathology
2018-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhang L; Hu W; Cho CH; Chan FK; Yu J; Fitzgerald JR; Cheung CK; Xiao ZG; Shen J; Li LF et al.
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Ross Fitzgerald via Europe PubMed Central

Knowledge gaps and research priorities in Staphylococcus aureus mastitis control.

Transboundary and emerging diseases
2017-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Rainard P; Foucras G; Fitzgerald JR; Watts JL; Koop G; Middleton JR
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The Staphylococcus aureus superantigen SElX is a bifunctional toxin that inhibits neutrophil function.

PLoS pathogens
2017-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Tuffs SW; James DBA; Bestebroer J; Richards AC; Goncheva MI; O'Shea M; Wee BA; Seo KS; Schlievert PM; Lengeling A et al.
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Ross Fitzgerald via Europe PubMed Central

Tandem Amplification of the Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Element Can Drive High-Level Methicillin Resistance in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
2017-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Gallagher LA; Coughlan S; Black NS; Lalor P; Waters EM; Wee B; Watson M; Downing T; Fitzgerald JR; Fleming GTA et al.
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Ross Fitzgerald via Europe PubMed Central

Population Genomics of Legionella longbeachae and Hidden Complexities of Infection Source Attribution.

Emerging infectious diseases
2017-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Bacigalupe R; Lindsay D; Edwards G; Fitzgerald JR
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Recombination-Mediated Host Adaptation by Avian Staphylococcus aureus.

Genome biology and evolution
2017-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Murray S; Pascoe B; Méric G; Mageiros L; Yahara K; Hitchings MD; Friedmann Y; Wilkinson TS; Gormley FJ; Mack D et al.
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Ross Fitzgerald via Europe PubMed Central

Evolutionary Dynamics of Pandemic Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus ST398 and Its International Spread via Routes of Human Migration.

mBio
2017-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Uhlemann AC; McAdam PR; Sullivan SB; Knox JR; Khiabanian H; Rabadan R; Davies PR; Fitzgerald JR; Lowy FD
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Identification of LukPQ, a novel, equid-adapted leukocidin of Staphylococcus aureus.

Scientific reports
2017-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Koop G; Vrieling M; Storisteanu DM; Lok LS; Monie T; van Wigcheren G; Raisen C; Ba X; Gleadall N; Hadjirin N et al.
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Ross Fitzgerald via Europe PubMed Central

IL-1β-Induced Protection of Keratinocytes against Staphylococcus aureus-Secreted Proteases Is Mediated by Human β-Defensin 2.

The Journal of investigative dermatology
2016-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Wang B; McHugh BJ; Qureshi A; Campopiano DJ; Clarke DJ; Fitzgerald JR; Dorin JR; Weller R; Davidson DJ
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Ross Fitzgerald via Europe PubMed Central

Genomics of Natural Populations of Staphylococcus aureus.

Annual review of microbiology
2016-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Fitzgerald JR; Holden MT
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Identification of source and sink populations for the emergence and global spread of the East-Asia clone of community-associated MRSA.

Genome biology
2016-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Ward MJ; Goncheva M; Richardson E; McAdam PR; Raftis E; Kearns A; Daum RS; David MZ; Lauderdale TL; Edwards GF et al.
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Ross Fitzgerald via Europe PubMed Central

Not just a matter of size: a hospital-level risk factor analysis of MRSA bacteraemia in Scotland.

BMC infectious diseases
2016-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Gibbons CL; van Bunnik BAD; Blatchford O; Robertson C; Porphyre T; Imrie L; Wilson J; Fitzgerald JR; Woolhouse MEJ; Chase-Topping ME
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Recombination-mediated remodelling of host-pathogen interactions during Staphylococcus aureus niche adaptation.

Microbial genomics
2015-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Spoor LE; Richardson E; Richards AC; Wilson GJ; Mendonca C; Gupta RK; McAdam PR; Nutbeam-Tuffs S; Black NS; O'Gara JP et al.
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Ross Fitzgerald via Europe PubMed Central

Fibronectin Binding Proteins SpsD and SpsL Both Support Invasion of Canine Epithelial Cells by Staphylococcus pseudintermedius.

Infection and immunity
2015-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Pietrocola G; Gianotti V; Richards A; Nobile G; Geoghegan JA; Rindi S; Monk IR; Bordt AS; Foster TJ; Fitzgerald JR et al.
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Ross Fitzgerald via Europe PubMed Central

Phage-mediated horizontal transfer of a Staphylococcus aureus virulence-associated genomic island.

Scientific reports
2015-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Moon BY; Park JY; Hwang SY; Robinson DA; Thomas JC; Fitzgerald JR; Park YH; Seo KS
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A single natural nucleotide mutation alters bacterial pathogen host tropism.

Nature genetics
2015-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Viana D; Comos M; McAdam PR; Ward MJ; Selva L; Guinane CM; González-Muñoz BM; Tristan A; Foster SJ; Fitzgerald JR et al.
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Time-Scaled Evolutionary Analysis of the Transmission and Antibiotic Resistance Dynamics of Staphylococcus aureus Clonal Complex 398.

Applied and environmental microbiology
2014-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Ward MJ; Gibbons CL; McAdam PR; van Bunnik BA; Girvan EK; Edwards GF; Fitzgerald JR; Woolhouse ME
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Staphylococcus aureus proteins SSL6 and SElX interact with neutrophil receptors as identified using secretome phage display.

Cellular microbiology
2014-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Fevre C; Bestebroer J; Mebius MM; de Haas CJ; van Strijp JA; Fitzgerald JR; Haas PJ
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Peer review (3 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

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