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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

George P. C. Salmond is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, contributing extensively across 23 publications in this domain. Within these disciplines, their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Pharmacology, Plant Science, and Biotechnology.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Microbial Metabolism and Applications
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

The following recent papers illustrate the scope and focus of Salmond's scientific contributions:

  • Sense codon reassignment enables viral resistance and encoded polymer synthesis (2021, Science)
  • Refactored genetic codes enable bidirectional genetic isolation (2022, Science)
  • Genomics of the Argentinian cholera epidemic elucidate the contrasting dynamics of epidemic and endemic Vibrio cholerae (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Microbial gas vesicles as nanotechnology tools: exploiting intracellular organelles for translational utility in biotechnology, medicine and the environment (2020, Microbiology)
  • Multiparametric Sensing of Outer Membrane Vesicle-Derived Supported Lipid Bilayers Demonstrates the Specificity of Bacteriophage Interactions (2023, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering)

Salmond frequently publishes in various scientific venues with multiple articles in:

  • Science
  • ACS Chemical Biology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Nature Communications

Collaborative research is a significant aspect of Salmond's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Rita E. Monson
  • Miguel A. Matilla
  • Jason W. Chin
  • Finian J. Leeper
  • Wesley E. Robertson

Recognition includes election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Top 10 plant pathogenic bacteria in molecular plant pathology

    John Mansfield;Stephane Genin;Shimpei Magori;Vitaly Citovsky

  • Quorum‐sensing in Gram‐negative bacteria

    Neil A. Whitehead;Anne M.L. Barnard;Holly Slater;Natalie J.L. Simpson

  • A century of the phage: past, present and future

    George P. C. Salmond;Peter C. Fineran

  • A family of related ATP-binding subunits coupled to many distinct biological processes in bacteria.

    Higgins Cf;Hiles Id;Salmond Gp;Gill Dr

  • Quorum-sensing cross talk: isolation and chemical characterization of cyclic dipeptides from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other gram-negative bacteria.

    Matthew T.G. Holden;Siri Ram Chhabra;Rocky De Nys;Paul Stead

  • Multiple N-acyl-L-homoserine lactone signal molecules regulate production of virulence determinants and secondary metabolites in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    M K Winson;M Camara;A Latifi;M Foglino

  • The phage abortive infection system, ToxIN, functions as a protein-RNA toxin-antitoxin pair.

    Peter C. Fineran;Tim R. Blower;Ian J. Foulds;David P. Humphreys

  • The biosynthesis and regulation of bacterial prodiginines.

    Neil R. Williamson;Peter C. Fineran;Finian J. Leeper;George P. C. Salmond

  • The bacterial 'enigma': cracking the code of cell-cell communication

    G. P. C. Salmond;B. W. Bycroft;G. S. A. B. Stewart;P. Williams

  • Genome sequence of the enterobacterial phytopathogen Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica and characterization of virulence factors

    K. S. Bell;M. Sebaihia;L. Pritchard;L. Pritchard;M. T. G. Holden

  • Combating Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria: Current Strategies for the Discovery of Novel Antibacterials

    Kieron M. G. O'Connell;James T. Hodgkinson;Hannah F. Sore;Martin Welch

  • Biosynthesis of carbapenem antibiotic and prodigiosin pigment in Serratia is under quorum sensing control.

    N. R. Thomson;M. A. Crow;S. J. McGowan;A. Cox

  • Quorum sensing: a population-density component in the determination of bacterial phenotype

    Simon Swift;John P. Throup;Paul Williams;George P.C. Salmond

  • N-(3-oxohexanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone regulates carbapenem antibiotic production in Erwinia carotovora.

    N. J. Bainton;P. Stead;Sri Ram Chhabra;B. W>. Bycroft

  • Phosphate availability regulates biosynthesis of two antibiotics, prodigiosin and carbapenem, in Serratia via both quorum-sensing-dependent and -independent pathways

    Holly Slater;Matthew Crow;Lee Everson;George P. C. Salmond

  • A general role for the lux autoinducer in bacterial cell signalling: control of antibiotic biosynthesis in Erwinia

    Nigel J. Bainton;Barrie W. Bycroft;Siri Ram Chhabra;Paul Stead

  • Quorum sensing as a population-density-dependent determinant of bacterial physiology.

    S Swift;J A Downie;N A Whitehead;A M Barnard

  • A widespread bacteriophage abortive infection system functions through a Type IV toxin–antitoxin mechanism

    Ron L. Dy;Rita Przybilski;Koen Semeijn;George P.C. Salmond

  • Remarkable Mechanisms in Microbes to Resist Phage Infections

    Ron L. Dy;Corinna Richter;George P.C. Salmond;Peter C. Fineran

  • Membrance traffic wardens and protein secretion in Gram-negative bacteria

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  • Quorum sensing coordinates brute force and stealth modes of infection in the plant pathogen Pectobacterium atrosepticum

    Hui Liu;Sarah J. Coulthurst;Leighton Pritchard;Peter E. Hedley

  • Biosynthesis of the red antibiotic, prodigiosin, in Serratia: identification of a novel 2-methyl-3-n-amyl-pyrrole (MAP) assembly pathway, definition of the terminal condensing enzyme, and implications for undecylprodigiosin biosynthesis in Streptomyces.

    Neil R. Williamson;Henrik T. Simonsen;Raef A. A. Ahmed;Gabrielle Goldet

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter C. Fineran
Peter C. Fineran University of Otago
David R. Spring
David R. Spring University of Cambridge
Ian K. Toth
Ian K. Toth James Hutton Institute
Nicholas R. Thomson
Nicholas R. Thomson Wellcome Sanger Institute
Barrie W. Bycroft
Barrie W. Bycroft University of Nottingham
Kathryn S. Lilley
Kathryn S. Lilley University of Cambridge
Ben F. Luisi
Ben F. Luisi University of Cambridge
Gordon Dougan
Gordon Dougan University of Cambridge
Paul Williams
Paul Williams University of Nottingham
Pete E. Hedley
Pete E. Hedley James Hutton Institute

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