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Olivia Steele-Mortimer is a researcher affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, agricultural and biological sciences, and medicine. Within these domains, their work focuses on several subfields including food science, endocrinology, immunology, genetics, and ecology.

The main topics addressed in Steele-Mortimer's studies encompass salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, Vibrio bacteria research, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, Escherichia coli research, as well as interferon and immune responses, and immune responses and vaccinations.

Steele-Mortimer has contributed to multiple papers. Among notable recent publications are the following:

  • Global mapping of Salmonella enterica-host protein-protein interactions during infection, 2021, Cell Host & Microbe
  • Cytosolic replication in epithelial cells fuels intestinal expansion and chronic fecal shedding of Salmonella Typhimurium, 2021, Cell Host & Microbe
  • Regulatory protein HilD stimulates Salmonella Typhimurium invasiveness by promoting smooth swimming via the methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein McpC, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Type I IFNs facilitate innate immune control of the opportunistic bacteria Burkholderia cenocepacia in the macrophage cytosol, 2021, PLoS Pathogens
  • Global mapping ofSalmonella enterica-host protein-protein interactions during infection, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

These papers have appeared in several publication venues with which Steele-Mortimer frequently collaborates. These venues include:

  • Cell Host & Microbe
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Nature Communications
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • STAR Protocols

Steele-Mortimer has coauthored research multiple times with various colleagues, reflecting collaborative efforts in the scientific community. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Laszlo Kari
  • Audrey Chong
  • Kendal G. Cooper
  • Tregei Starr
  • Philipp Walch

Best Publications

  • Inhibition of rab5 GTPase activity stimulates membrane fusion in endocytosis.

    Harald Alfred Stenmark;Robert G. Parton;Olivia Steele-Mortimer;Anne Lütcke

  • Eea1, An Early Endosome-Associated Protein - Eea1 Is a Conserved Alpha-Helical Peripheral Membrane-Protein Flanked by Cysteine Fingers and Contains a Calmodulin-Binding Iq Motif

    Fi Tjen Mu;Judy M. Callaghan;Olivia Steele-Mortimer;Harald Stenmark

  • Endoplasmic reticulum-mediated phagocytosis is a mechanism of entry into macrophages.

    Etienne Gagnon;Sophie Duclos;Christiane Rondeau;Eric Chevet

  • Noncanonical inflammasome activation of caspase-4/caspase-11 mediates epithelial defenses against enteric bacterial pathogens.

    Leigh A. Knodler;Leigh A. Knodler;Shauna M. Crowley;Ho Pan Sham;Hyungjun Yang

  • Dissemination of invasive Salmonella via bacterial-induced extrusion of mucosal epithelia

    Leigh A. Knodler;Bruce A. Vallance;Jean Celli;Seth Winfree

  • Salmonella– the ultimate insider. Salmonella virulence factors that modulate intracellular survival

    J. Antonio Ibarra;Olivia Steele-Mortimer

  • The Salmonella-containing vacuole: moving with the times.

    Olivia Steele-Mortimer

  • Biogenesis of Salmonella typhimurium-containing vacuoles in epithelial cells involves interactions with the early endocytic pathway.

    Olivia Steele‐Mortimer;Stéphane Méresse;Jean‐Pierre Gorvel;Ban‐Hock Toh

  • RAB ESCORT PROTEIN-1 IS A MULTIFUNCTIONAL PROTEIN THAT ACCOMPANIES NEWLY PRENYLATED RAB PROTEINS TO THEIR TARGET MEMBRANES

    Kirill Alexandrov;Hisanori Horiuchi;Olivia Steele-Mortimer;Miguel C. Seabra

  • The Salmonella effector protein SopB protects epithelial cells from apoptosis by sustained activation of Akt.

    Leigh A. Knodler;B. Brett Finlay;Olivia Steele-Mortimer

  • Controlling the maturation of pathogen-containing vacuoles: a matter of life and death.

    Stéphane Méresse;Olivia Steele-Mortimer;Edgardo Moreno;Michel Desjardins

  • The invasion-associated type III secretion system of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is necessary for intracellular proliferation and vacuole biogenesis in epithelial cells.

    Olivia Steele-Mortimer;John H Brumell;Leigh A Knodler;Stephane Méresse

  • The rab7 GTPase controls the maturation of Salmonella typhimurium-containing vacuoles in HeLa cells

    Stéphane Méresse;Olivia Steele‐Mortimer;B.Brett Finlay;Jean‐Pierre Gorvel

  • Chlamydial IFN-γ immune evasion is linked to host infection tropism

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  • Salmonella type III effectors PipB and PipB2 are targeted to detergent-resistant microdomains on internal host cell membranes.

    Leigh A. Knodler;Bruce A. Vallance;Michael Hensel;Daniela Jäckel

  • The phorbol 12-myristate-13-acetate differentiation protocol is critical to the interaction of THP-1 macrophages with Salmonella Typhimurium

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  • Taking possession: biogenesis of the Salmonella-containing vacuole.

    Leigh A. Knodler;Olivia Steele-Mortimer

  • Activation of Akt/protein kinase B in epithelial cells by the Salmonella typhimurium effector sigD.

    Olivia Steele-Mortimer;Leigh A. Knodler;Sandra L. Marcus;Michael P. Scheid

  • Co-operative regulation of endocytosis by three RAB5 isoforms

    Cecilia Bucci;Anne Lütcke;Olivia Steele-Mortimer;Vesa M. Olkkonen

  • HilD-mediated transcriptional cross-talk between SPI-1 and SPI-2

    Víctor H. Bustamante;Luary C. Martínez;Francisco J. Santana;Leigh A. Knodler

  • The Salmonella effector protein PipB2 is a linker for kinesin-1.

    Thomas Henry;Carole Couillault;Patrick Rockenfeller;Emmanuel Boucrot

  • Salmonella trafficking is defined by continuous dynamic interactions with the endolysosomal system.

    Dan Drecktrah;Leigh A. Knodler;Dale Howe;Olivia Steele‐Mortimer

Frequent Co-Authors

Leigh A. Knodler
Leigh A. Knodler Washington State University
B. Brett Finlay
B. Brett Finlay University of British Columbia
Jean-Pierre Gorvel
Jean-Pierre Gorvel Aix-Marseille University
Stéphane Méresse
Stéphane Méresse Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy
Bruce A. Vallance
Bruce A. Vallance University of British Columbia
Jean Gruenberg
Jean Gruenberg University of Geneva
Michael J. Clague
Michael J. Clague University of Liverpool
Jean Celli
Jean Celli Washington State University
Marino Zerial
Marino Zerial Max Planck Society
John H. Brumell
John H. Brumell University of Toronto

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