Recent publications
Abdian, P. L., Cámara, M., Cassan, F. D., Castrillo, G., Díaz, M., Anta, G. G., Hodge, C., Slater-Jefferies, J. L., MacPhee, C. E., Moriconi, E., Rakowska, P. D., Raval, R., Ross, D., Sandoval, J. F., Serra, D. O., Valverde, C., Webb, J., & Winters, A. (2024). Creating pathways for collaboration between Argentina and the UK to utilise microbial biofilms in sustainable agriculture. CABI Agriculture and Bioscience. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43170-024-00227-0
Morris, RJ., Bamford, NC., Bromley, KM., Erskine, E., Stanley-Wall, N. R., & MacPhee, CE. (2024). Bacillus subtilis Matrix Protein TasA is Interfacially Active, but BslA Dominates Interfacial Film Properties. Langmuir. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03163
Arnaouteli, S., Bamford, N. C., Brandani, G. B., Morris, R. J., Schor, M., Carrington, J. T., Hobley, L., van Aalten, D. M. F., Stanley-Wall, N. R., & MacPhee, C. E. (2023). Lateral interactions govern self-assembly of the bacterial biofilm matrix protein BslA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2312022120
Singh, B. P., Morris, R. J., Kunath, T., MacPhee, C. E., & Horrocks, M. H. (2023). Lipid-induced polymorphic amyloid fibril formation by α-synuclein. Protein Science, e4736. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/pro.4736
Kalamara, M., Abbott, J. C., Sukhodub, T., MacPhee, C., & Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2023). The putative role of the epipeptide EpeX in Bacillus subtilis intra-species competition. Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001344, https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001344
Bamford, N. C., Macphee, C. E., & Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2023). Microbial Primer: An introduction to biofilms – what they are, why they form and their impact on built and natural environments. Microbiology (United Kingdom), 169(8), Article 001338. https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001338
Morris, R. J., Stevenson, D., Sukhodub, T., Stanley-Wall, N. R., & MacPhee, C. E. (2022). Density and temperature controlled fluid extraction in a bacterial biofilm is determined by poly-γ-glutamic acid production. NPJ biofilms and microbiomes, 8(1), 1-9. Article 98. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-022-00361-5
Porter, M., Davidson, F. A., MacPhee, C. E., & Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2022). Systematic microscopical analysis reveals obligate synergy between extracellular matrix components during Bacillus subtilis colony biofilm development. Biofilm, 4, 1-21. Article 100082. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioflm.2022.100082
Eigentler, L., Kalamara, M., Ball, G., MacPhee, C. E., Stanley-Wall, N. R., & Davidson, F. A. (2022). Founder cell configuration drives competitive outcome within colony biofilms. ISME Journal, 16(6), 1512-1522. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-022-01198-8
Cámara, M., Green, W., MacPhee, C. E., Rakowska, P. D., Raval, R., Richardson, M. C., Slater-Jefferies, J., Steventon, K., & Webb, J. S. (2022). Economic significance of biofilms: a multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral challenge. NPJ biofilms and microbiomes, 8(1), Article 42. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-022-00306-y
Kalamara, M., Abbott, J. C., Macphee, C. E., & Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2021). Biofilm hydrophobicity in environmental isolates of Bacillus subtilis. Microbiology (United Kingdom), 167(9), 1-12. Article 001082. https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001082
Earl, C., Arnaouteli, S., Bamford, N. C., Porter, M., Sukhodub, T., MacPhee, C. E., & Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2020). The majority of the matrix protein TapA is dispensable for Bacillus subtilis colony biofilm architecture. Molecular Microbiology, 114(6), 920-933. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.14559
Poon, W. C. K., Brown, A. T., Direito, S. O. L., Hodgson, D. J. M., Nagard, L. L., Lips, A., MacPhee, C. E., Marenduzzo, D., Royer, J. R., Silva, A. F., Thijssen, J. H. J., & Titmuss, S. (2020). Soft matter science and the COVID-19 pandemic. Soft Matter. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SM01223H
Matoz-Fernandez, D., Arnaouteli, S., Porter, M., MacPhee, C. E., Stanley-Wall, N. R., & Davidson, F. A. (2020). Comment on "rivalry in Bacillus subtilis colonies: Enemy or family?". Soft Matter, 16(13), 3344-3346. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9sm02141h
Arnaouteli, S., Matoz-Fernandez, D. A., Porter, M., Kalamara, M., Abbott, J., MacPhee, C. E., Davidson, F. A., & Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2019). Pulcherrimin formation controls growth arrest of the Bacillus subtilis biofilm. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(27), 13553-13562. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1903982116
Erskine, E., Morris, R. J., Schor, M., Earl, C., Gillespie, R. M. C., Bromley, K. M., Sukhodub, T., Clark, L., Fyfe, P. K., Serpell, L. C., Stanley-Wall, N. R., & MacPhee, C. E. (2018). Formation of functional, non-amyloidogenic fibres by recombinant Bacillus subtilis TasA. Molecular Microbiology, 110(6), 897-913. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.13985
Erskine, E., MacPhee, C. E., & Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2018). Functional Amyloid and Other Protein Fibers in the Biofilm Matrix. Journal of Molecular Biology, 430(20), 3642-3656. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2018.07.026
Ujma, J., Kopysov, V., Nagornova, N. S., Migas, L. G., Lizio, M. G., Blanch, E. W., MacPhee, C., Boyarkin, O. V., & Barran, P. E. (2018). Initial Steps of Amyloidogenic Peptide Assembly Revealed by Cold-Ion Spectroscopy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 57(1), 213-217. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201710188
Bromley, K. M., & MacPhee, C. E. (2017). BslA-stabilized emulsion droplets with designed microstructure. Interface Focus, 7(4), Article 20160124. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2016.0124
Morris, R. J., Schor, M., Gillespie, R. M. C., Ferreira, A. S., Baldauf, L., Earl, C., Ostrowski, A., Hobley, L., Bromley, K. M., Sukhodub, T., Arnaouteli, S., Stanley-Wall, N. R., & MacPhee, C. E. (2017). Natural variations in the biofilm-associated protein BslA from the genus Bacillus. Scientific Reports, 7(1), Article 6730. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06786-9
Arnaouteli, S., Ferreira, A. S., Schor, M., Morris, R. J., Bromley, K. M., Jo, J., Cortez, K. L., Sukhodub, T., Prescott, A. R., Dietrich, L. E. P., MacPhee, C. E., & Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2017). Bifunctionality of a biofilm matrix protein controlled by redox state. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 114(30), E6184-E6191. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1707687114
Brandani, G. B., Vance, S. J., Schor, M., Cooper, A., Kennedy, M. W., Smith, B. O., MacPhee, C. E., & Cheung, D. L. (2017). Adsorption of the natural protein surfactant Rsn-2 onto liquid interfaces. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19(12), 8584-8594. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cp07261e
Morris, R. J., Brandani, G. B., Desai, V., Smith, B. O., Schor, M., & MacPhee, C. E. (2016). The Conformation of Interfacially Adsorbed Ranaspumin-2 Is an Arrested State on the Unfolding Pathway. Biophysical Journal, 111(4), 732-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2016.06.006
Morris, R. J., Bromley, K. M., Stanley-Wall, N., & MacPhee, C. E. (2016). A phenomenological description of BslA assemblies across multiple length scales. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 374(2072). Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2015.0131
Arnaouteli, S., MacPhee, C. E., & Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2016). Just in case it rains: building a hydrophobic biofilm the Bacillus subtilis way. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 34, 7-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2016.07.012
Schor, M., Reid, J. L., MacPhee, C. E., & Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2016). The Diverse Structures and Functions of Surfactant Proteins. Trends in biochemical sciences, 41(7), 610-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibs.2016.04.009
Harvey, S. R., MacPhee, C. E., Volkman, B. F., & Barran, P. E. (2016). The association and aggregation of the metamorphic chemokine lymphotactin with fondaparinux: from nm molecular complexes to μm molecular assemblies. Chemical Communications, 52(2), 394-7. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cc05801e
Schor, M., Mey, A. S. J. S., & MacPhee, C. E. (2016). Analytical methods for structural ensembles and dynamics of intrinsically disordered proteins. Biophysical Reviews, 8(4), 429-439. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12551-016-0234-6
Carr, M., & Macphee, C. E. (2015). Membrainy: a ‘smart’, unified membrane analysis tool. Source Code for Biology and Medicine, 10(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13029-015-0033-
Brandani, G. B., Schor, M., Morris, R., Stanley-Wall, N., MacPhee, C. E., Marenduzzo, D., & Zachariae, U. (2015). The Bacterial Hydrophobin BslA is a Switchable Ellipsoidal Janus Nanocolloid. Langmuir, 31(42), 11558–11563. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02347
Cole, H., Porrini, M., Morris, R., Smith, T., Kalapothakis, J., Weidt, S., Mackay, C. L., MacPhee, C. E., & Barran, P. E. (2015). Early stages of insulin fibrillogenesis examined with ion mobility mass spectrometry and molecular modelling. Analyst, 140(20), 7000-11. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5an01253h
Hobley, L., Ostrowski, A., Rao, F. V., Bromley, K. M., Porter, M., Prescott, A. R., MacPhee, C. E., Van Aalten, D. M. F., & Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2015). BslA is a self-assembling bacterial hydrophobin that coats the Bacillus subtilis biofilm. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(38), E371-E375. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1306390110
Hobley, L., Harkins, C., MacPhee, C. E., & Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2015). Giving structure to the biofilm matrix: an overview of individual strategies and emerging common themes. FEMS microbiology reviews, 39, 649-669. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuv015
Kalapothakis, J. M. D., Morris, R., Szavits-Nossan, J., Eden, K., Covill, S., Tabor, S., Gillam, J., Barran, P. E., Allen, R. J., & MacPhee, C. E. (2015). A Kinetic Study of Ovalbumin Fibril Formation: The Importance of Fragmentation and End-Joining. Biophysical Journal, 108(9), 2300-2311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2015.03.021
Beveridge, R., Phillips, A. S., Denbigh, L., Saleem, H. M., MacPhee, C. E., & Barran, P. E. (2015). Relating gas phase to solution conformations: Lessons from disordered proteins. Proteomics. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmic.201400605
Bromley, K. M., Morris, R. J., Hobley, L., Brandani, G., Gillespie, R. M. C., McCluskey, M., Zachariae, U., Marenduzzo, D., Stanley-Wall, N. R., & MacPhee, C. E. (2015). Interfacial self-assembly of a bacterial hydrophobin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 112(17), 5419-5424. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1419016112
Schor, M., Mey, A. S. J. S., Noe, F., & MacPhee, C. E. (2015). Shedding Light on the Dock-Lock Mechanism in Amyloid Fibril Growth Using Markov State Models. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6(6), 1076-1081. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00330
Harvey, S. R., Porrini, M., Tyler, R. C., MacPhee, C. E., Volkman, B. F., & Barran, P. E. (2015). Electron capture dissociation and drift tube ion mobility-mass spectrometry coupled with site directed mutations provide insights into the conformational diversity of a metamorphic protein. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17(16), 10538-10550. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cp05136j
Phillips, A. S., Gomes, A. F., Kalapothakis, J. M. D., Gillam, J. E., Gasparavicius, J., Gozzo, F. C., Kunath, T., MacPhee, C., & Barran, P. E. (2015). Conformational dynamics of alpha-synuclein: insights from mass spectrometry. Analyst, 140(9), 3070-3081. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4an02306d
Eden, K., Morris, R., Gillam, J., MacPhee, C. E., & Allen, R. J. (2015). Competition between Primary Nucleation and Autocatalysis in Amyloid Fibril Self-Assembly. Biophysical Journal, 108(3), 632-643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2014.11.3465
Stanley-Wall, N. R., & MacPhee, C. E. (2015). Connecting the dots between bacterial biofilms and ice cream. Physical Biology, 12(6), 063001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1478-3975/12/6/063001