All Stories

  1. A bacterial type-II toxin-antitoxin-mediated gene amplification system in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • Life Research, January 2026, TMR Publishing Group

    Dr Colin Scott, Hafna Ahmed

  2. Disordered N‐termini enhance the thermostability of SGNH ‐hydrolase family polyesterases

    Article • Protein Science, December 2025, Wiley

    Dr Colin Scott, Hafna Ahmed

  3. Thermostable Bacterial Esterases From Lipase Family 1.5 Degrade Compostable Polyesters PBAT and PBSA

    Article • MicrobiologyOpen, November 2025, Wiley

    Dr Colin Scott, Hafna Ahmed

  4. Harnessing the biomolecular mechanisms of marine biomineralisation for carbon sequestration

    Article • Biotechnology Advances, October 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Colin Scott, Hafna Ahmed

  5. A F420-dependent Single Domain Chemogenetic Tool for Protein De-dimerization

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, September 2025, Elsevier

    Hafna Ahmed

  6. Structural insights into the enzymatic breakdown of azomycin-derived antibiotics by 2-nitroimdazole hydrolase (NnhA)

    Article • Communications Biology, December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Colin Scott, Hafna Ahmed

  7. The integration of tandem gene repeatsviaa bacterial type-II toxin-antitoxin-mediated gene amplification (ToxAmp) system and stability visualisation inSaccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • January 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Colin Scott, Hafna Ahmed

  8. Complex Inhibitory Mechanism of Glycomimetics with Heparanase

    Article • Biochemistry, June 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Hafna Ahmed

  9. The complex inhibitory mechanism of glycomimetics with human heparanase

    Article • January 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Hafna Ahmed

  10. A F420-dependent single domain chemogenetic tool for protein de-dimerization

    Article • November 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Hafna Ahmed

  11. Over the rainbow: structural characterization of the chromoproteins gfasPurple, amilCP, spisPink and eforRed

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology, April 2022, International Union of Crystallography

    Hafna Ahmed, Dr Colin Scott

  12. Predicting nitroimidazole antibiotic resistance mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis with protein engineering

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, February 2020, PLOS

    Dr Colin Jackson, Hafna Ahmed, Professor Nicholas West, A/Prof Scott A Beatson

  13. FAD-sequestering proteins protect mycobacteria against hypoxic and oxidative stress

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, February 2019, Elsevier

    Hafna Ahmed

  14. Hydrophobic Shielding Drives Catalysis of Hydride Transfer in a Family of F420H2-Dependent Enzymes

    Article • Biochemistry, November 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Hafna Ahmed

  15. The methanogenic redox cofactor F420 is widely synthesized by aerobic soil bacteria

    Article • The ISME Journal, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Hafna Ahmed

  16. Rv2074 is a novel F420H2-dependent biliverdin reductase inMycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • Protein Science, July 2016, Wiley

    Dr Colin Jackson, Hafna Ahmed

  17. Physiology, Biochemistry, and Applications of F420- and Fo-Dependent Redox Reactions

    Article • Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, April 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Colin Jackson, Dr Chris Greening, Dr Colin Scott, Hafna Ahmed

  18. Protonation state of F420H2in the prodrug-activating deazaflavin dependent nitroreductase (Ddn) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • Molecular BioSystems, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Hafna Ahmed

  19. Sequence–Structure–Function Classification of a Catalytically Diverse Oxidoreductase Superfamily in Mycobacteria

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, November 2015, Elsevier

    Hafna Ahmed