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Overview

Kim Findlay is affiliated with Norwich Research Park in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Pharmacology, Genetics, and Molecular Medicine.

Findlay's research encompasses several main topics, including:

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

Frequent publication venues for Findlay's work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Bacteriology
  • Microbiology

Findlay has collaborated extensively with several researchers, notably:

  • Matthew J. Bush
  • Susan Schlimpert
  • Govind Chandra
  • Kathryn J. Stratton
  • Alice Bisola Eseola

Some of the recent publications by Findlay include:

  • "Investigating the cell and developmental biology of plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae," 2021, Fungal Genetics and Biology
  • "Spatial rearrangement of the Streptomyces venezuelae linear chromosome during sporogenic development," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "c-di-AMP hydrolysis by the phosphodiesterase AtaC promotes differentiation of multicellular bacteria," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A conserved cell division protein directly regulates FtsZ dynamics in filamentous and unicellular actinobacteria," 2021, eLife
  • "The phosphorylation landscape of infection-related development by the rice blast fungus," 2024, Cell

Best Publications

  • Biofilm dispersal in Xanthomonas campestris is controlled by cell–cell signaling and is required for full virulence to plants

    J. Maxwell Dow;Lisa Crossman;Kim Findlay;Yong-Qiang He

  • Amino-acid cycling drives nitrogen fixation in the legume– Rhizobium symbiosis

    Emma M. Lodwig;Arthur H.F. Hosie;Alex Bourdes;K. Findlay

  • The Accumulation of Oleosins Determines the Size of Seed Oilbodies in Arabidopsis

    Rodrigo M.P. Siloto;Kim Findlay;Arturo Lopez-Villalobos;Edward C. Yeung

  • Normal growth of Arabidopsis requires cytosolic invertase but not sucrose synthase

    D. H. Paul Barratt;Paul Derbyshire;Kim Findlay;Marilyn Pike

  • Tensile properties of Arabidopsis cell walls depend on both a xyloglucan cross-linked microfibrillar network and rhamnogalacturonan II-borate complexes.

    Peter Ryden;Keiko Sugimoto-Shirasu;Andrew Charles Smith;Kim Findlay

  • Cell Wall Architecture of the Elongating Maize Coleoptile

    Nicholas C. Carpita;Marianne Defernez;Kim Findlay;Brian Wells

  • Virus-Induced Silencing of a Plant Cellulose Synthase Gene

    Rachel A. Burton;David M. Gibeaut;Antony Bacic;Kim Findlay

  • An Arabidopsis GPI-Anchor Plasmodesmal Neck Protein with Callose Binding Activity and Potential to Regulate Cell-to-Cell Trafficking

    Clare Simpson;Carole Thomas;Kim Findlay;Emmanuelle Bayer

  • Phytoplasma effector SAP54 induces indeterminate leaf-like flower development in Arabidopsis plants

    Allyson M. MacLean;Akiko Sugio;Olga V. Makarova;Kim C. Findlay

  • Nuclear-localized cyclic nucleotide-gated channels mediate symbiotic calcium oscillations.

    Myriam Charpentier;Jongho Sun;Teresa Vaz Martins;Guru V. Radhakrishnan

  • The DIF1 gene of Arabidopsis is required for meiotic chromosome segregation and belongs to the REC8/RAD21 cohesin gene family.

    Anuj M. Bhatt;Clare Lister;Tania Page;Paul Fransz

  • An effector of the Irish potato famine pathogen antagonizes a host autophagy cargo receptor

    Yasin F Dagdas;Khaoula Belhaj;Abbas Maqbool;Angela Chaparro-Garcia

  • Tetrameric c-di-GMP mediates effective transcription factor dimerization to control Streptomyces development.

    Natalia Tschowri;Maria A. Schumacher;Susan Schlimpert;Naga babu Chinnam

  • The syntaxin SYP132 contributes to plant resistance against bacteria and secretion of pathogenesis-related protein 1

    Monika Kalde;Thomas S. Nühse;Kim Findlay;Scott C. Peck

  • The receptor-like kinase SERK3/BAK1 is required for basal resistance against the late blight pathogen phytophthora infestans in Nicotiana benthamiana.

    Angela Chaparro-Garcia;Rachael C. Wilkinson;Selena Gimenez-Ibanez;Kim Findlay

  • Escherichia coli Strains Blocked in Tat-Dependent Protein Export Exhibit Pleiotropic Defects in the Cell Envelope

    Nicola R. Stanley;Kim Findlay;Ben C. Berks;Tracy Palmer

  • Ultrastructural and Temporal Observations of the Potyvirus Cylindrical Inclusions (CIs) Show That the CI Protein Acts Transiently in Aiding Virus Movement

    I.M. Roberts;D. Wang;K. Findlay;A.J. Maule

  • Cell elongation in Arabidopsis hypocotyls involves dynamic changes in cell wall thickness

    Paul Derbyshire;Kim Findlay;Maureen C. McCann;Keith Roberts

  • DAG, A GENE REQUIRED FOR CHLOROPLAST DIFFERENTIATION AND PALISADE DEVELOPMENT IN ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS

    M Chatterjee;S Sparvoli;C Edmunds;P Garosi

  • Callose Synthase GSL7 Is Necessary for Normal Phloem Transport and Inflorescence Growth in Arabidopsis

    D.H. Paul Barratt;Katharina Kölling;Alexander Graf;Marilyn Pike

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark J. Buttner
Mark J. Buttner Norwich Research Park
Keith Roberts
Keith Roberts John Innes Centre
Keith F. Chater
Keith F. Chater Norwich Research Park
Maureen C. McCann
Maureen C. McCann Purdue University West Lafayette
Tolga O. Bozkurt
Tolga O. Bozkurt Imperial College London
Alison M. Smith
Alison M. Smith John Innes Centre
George P. Lomonossoff
George P. Lomonossoff Norwich Research Park
Saskia A. Hogenhout
Saskia A. Hogenhout Norwich Research Park
Sophien Kamoun
Sophien Kamoun University of East Anglia
Nicole F. Steinmetz
Nicole F. Steinmetz University of California, San Diego

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