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Carol Churcher is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Dentistry. Their work focuses on topics related to antimicrobial resistance, oral microbiology, periodontitis, and streptococcal infections and treatments.

Churcher's recent scholarly output includes a publication titled CARRIAGE study - a prospective cohort study of determinants of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonisation in healthy adults in England, published in 2025 in Wellcome Open Research. This paper has been cited once and contributes to understanding the determinants of nasal colonisation by Staphylococcus aureus, a key aspect in infectious disease research.

The scientist's research spans multiple subfields, including:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Periodontics
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

The main topics addressed in their work cover:

  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments

Churcher frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Beth Blane
  • Matthew R. Walker
  • Stephen Kapotage
  • Carmel Moore
  • Amy McMahon

Their publications have appeared in venues such as Wellcome Open Research, which is also the venue for their noted paper.

Best Publications

  • Deciphering the biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the complete genome sequence

    S. T. Cole;R. Brosch;J. Parkhill;T. Garnier

  • Table S2: Trans-factors and trinucleotide repeat instability Trans-factor

    Arturo López Castel;John D Cleary;Christopher E Pearson

  • The zebrafish reference genome sequence and its relationship to the human genome.

    Kerstin Howe;Matthew D. Clark;Carlos F. Torroja;Carlos F. Torroja;James Torrance

  • The genome sequence of the food-borne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni reveals hypervariable sequences

    J. Parkhill;B. W. Wren;K. Mungall;J. M. Ketley

  • Massive gene decay in the leprosy bacillus

    S. T. Cole;K. Eiglmeier;J. Parkhill;K. D. James

  • The genome sequence of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    V. Wood;R. Gwilliam;M.A. Rajandream;M. Lyne

  • The Genome of the African Trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei

    Matthew Berriman;Elodie Ghedin;Elodie Ghedin;Christiane Hertz-Fowler;Gaelle Blandin

  • The genome of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum

    L. Eichinger;J. A. Pachebat;J. A. Pachebat;G. Glöckner;M.-A. Rajandream

  • Analyses of pig genomes provide insight into porcine demography and evolution

    Martien A. M. Groenen;Alan L. Archibald;Hirohide Uenishi;Christopher K. Tuggle

  • Genome sequence of Yersinia pestis , the causative agent of plague

    J. Parkhill;B. W. Wren;N. R. Thomson;R. W. Titball

  • Complete genome sequence of a multiple drug resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi CT18

    J. Parkhill;G. Dougan;K. D. James;N. R. Thomson

  • Mapping copy number variation by population-scale genome sequencing

    Ryan E. Mills;Klaudia Walter;Chip Stewart;Robert E. Handsaker

  • Complete genomes of two clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains: Evidence for the rapid evolution of virulence and drug resistance

    Matthew T. G. Holden;Edward J. Feil;Jodi A. Lindsay;Sharon J. Peacock

  • Comparative analysis of the genome sequences of Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella parapertussis and Bordetella bronchiseptica.

    Julian Parkhill;Mohammed Sebaihia;Andrew Preston;Lee D Murphy

  • Assessing transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in England.

    Erik Volz;Swapnil Mishra;Meera Chand;Jeffrey C. Barrett

  • The multidrug-resistant human pathogen Clostridium difficile has a highly mobile, mosaic genome

    Mohammed Sebaihia;Brendan W Wren;Peter Mullany;Neil F Fairweather

  • A Comprehensive Survey of the Plasmodium Life Cycle by Genomic, Transcriptomic, and Proteomic Analyses

    Neil Hall;Marianna Karras;J. Dale Raine;Jane M. Carlton;Jane M. Carlton;Jane M. Carlton

  • The genome of the protist parasite Entamoeba histolytica

    Brendan Loftus;Iain Anderson;Rob Davies;U. Cecilia M. Alsmark

  • Complex landscapes of somatic rearrangement in human breast cancer genomes.

    Philip J. Stephens;David J. Mcbride;Meng-lay Lin;Ignacio Varela

  • Genomic plasticity of the causative agent of melioidosis, Burkholderia pseudomallei

    Matthew T. G. Holden;Richard W. Titball;Richard W. Titball;Sharon J. Peacock;Sharon J. Peacock;Ana M. Cerdeño-Tárraga

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael A. Quail
Michael A. Quail Wellcome Sanger Institute
Julian Parkhill
Julian Parkhill University of Cambridge
Karen Mungall
Karen Mungall BC Cancer Agency
Bart Barrell
Bart Barrell Wellcome Sanger Institute
Nicholas R. Thomson
Nicholas R. Thomson Wellcome Sanger Institute
Mandy Sanders
Mandy Sanders Wellcome Sanger Institute
Matthew T. G. Holden
Matthew T. G. Holden University of St Andrews
Stephen D. Bentley
Stephen D. Bentley Wellcome Sanger Institute
Gordon Dougan
Gordon Dougan University of Cambridge
Neil Hall
Neil Hall Norwich Research Park

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