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  1. Mobile-Genetic-Element-Encoded Hypertolerance to Copper Protects Staphylococcus aureus from Killing by Host Phagocytes

    Article • mBio, October 2018, ASM Journals

    Joan A Geoghegan, Marta Zapotoczna

  2. Force-Induced Strengthening of the Interaction between Staphylococcus aureus Clumping Factor B and Loricrin

    Article • mBio, December 2017, ASM Journals

    Joan A Geoghegan, David Alsteens

  3. Adherence of Staphylococcus aureus to skin corneocytes

    Article • Infection and Immunity, April 2017, ASM Journals

    Joan A Geoghegan

  4. Molecular interactions and inhibition of the staphylococcal biofilm-forming protein SdrC

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2017, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Joan A Geoghegan

  5. Lessons from the Crystal Structure of the S. aureus Surface Protein Clumping Factor A in Complex With Tefibazumab, an Inhibiting Monoclonal Antibody

    Article • EBioMedicine, November 2016, Elsevier

    Joan A Geoghegan

  6. Molecular Interactions of Human Plasminogen with Fibronectin-binding Protein B (FnBPB), a Fibrinogen/Fibronectin-binding Protein fromStaphylococcus aureus

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, July 2016, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Joan A Geoghegan

  7. Forces between Staphylococcus aureus and human skin

    Article • Nanoscale Horizons, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Joan A Geoghegan

  8. Zinc-dependent mechanical properties of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm-forming surface protein SasG

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Joan A Geoghegan

  9. Staphylococcus aureus Fibronectin-Binding Protein A Mediates Cell-Cell Adhesion through Low-Affinity Homophilic Bonds

    Article • mBio, May 2015, ASM Journals

    Joan A Geoghegan

  10. Biofilm formation by staphylococci and streptococci: structural, functional, and regulatory aspects and implications for pathogenesis

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, April 2015, Frontiers

    Joan A Geoghegan

  11. Protein A Is Released into the Staphylococcus aureus Culture Supernatant with an Unprocessed Sorting Signal

    Article • Infection and Immunity, February 2015, ASM Journals

    Joan A Geoghegan

  12. Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • January 2015, Elsevier

    Joan A Geoghegan

  13. Cell Wall-Anchored Surface Proteins of Staphylococcus aureus: Many Proteins, Multiple Functions

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Joan A Geoghegan

  14. Protein-based biofilm matrices in Staphylococci

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, December 2014, Frontiers

    Joan A Geoghegan

  15. Fibronectin-binding proteins are required for biofilm formation by community-associated methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureusstrain LAC

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, April 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Joan A Geoghegan, Professor James P. O'Gara

  16. Adhesion, invasion and evasion: the many functions of the surface proteins of Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Nature Reviews Microbiology, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Joan A Geoghegan

  17. Forces Driving the Attachment of Staphylococcus epidermidis to Fibrinogen-Coated Surfaces

    Article • Langmuir, October 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Joan A Geoghegan

  18. Molecular Characterization of the Multiple Interactions of SpsD, a Surface Protein from Staphylococcus pseudintermedius, with Host Extracellular Matrix Proteins

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2013, PLOS

    Joan A Geoghegan, Pietro Speziale

  19. Subdomains N2N3 of Fibronectin Binding Protein A Mediate Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Formation and Adherence to Fibrinogen Using Distinct Mechanisms

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2013, ASM Journals

    Joan A Geoghegan

  20. Complement regulator C4BP binds to Staphylococcus aureus surface proteins SdrE and Bbp inhibiting bacterial opsonization and killing

    Article • Results in Immunology, January 2013, Elsevier

    Joan A Geoghegan

  21. Nasal Colonisation by Staphylococcus aureus Depends upon Clumping Factor B Binding to the Squamous Epithelial Cell Envelope Protein Loricrin

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, December 2012, PLOS

    Joan A Geoghegan

  22. Staphylococcus aureus surface protein SdrE binds the complement regulator factor H to evade the immune response

    Article • Immunobiology, November 2012, Elsevier

    Joan A Geoghegan

  23. Socializing, networking and development: a report from the second ‘Young Microbiologists Symposium on Microbe Signalling, Organization and Pathogenesis’

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, September 2012, Wiley

    Joan A Geoghegan

  24. Staphylococcus aureus Surface Protein SdrE Binds Complement Regulator Factor H as an Immune Evasion Tactic

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2012, PLOS

    Joan A Geoghegan

  25. The immune evasion protein Sbi of Staphylococcus aureus occurs both extracellularly and anchored to the cell envelope by binding lipoteichoic acid

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, January 2012, Wiley

    Joan A Geoghegan, Pietro Speziale, Dr Angelika Grundling

  26. The immune evasion protein Sbi ofStaphylococcus aureusoccurs both extracellularly and anchored to the cell envelope by binding lipoteichoic acid

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, January 2012, Wiley

    Joan A Geoghegan, Pietro Speziale, Dr Angelika Grundling

  27. Genome sequence of Staphylococcus lugdunensis N920143 allows identification of putative colonization and virulence factors

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, July 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Joan A Geoghegan, Professor Julian Parkhill

  28. Staphylococcus pseudintermedius expresses surface proteins that closely resemble those from Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Veterinary Microbiology, September 2009, Elsevier

    Joan A Geoghegan, Pietro Speziale