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Robert A. Kingsley is a researcher affiliated with the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broad areas, their work is further concentrated in several subfields including Food Science, Endocrinology, Ecology, Molecular Biology, and Infectious Diseases.

The main topics addressed in their research include Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, Vibrio bacteria research studies, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, genomics and phylogenetic studies, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, and food safety concerns related to Listeria monocytogenes.

Robert A. Kingsley has contributed to a number of scientific papers published in several frequent venues. The most common publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 15 publications, Microbial Genomics with 10 publications, PLoS Genetics and Communications Biology with 2 publications each, and the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, also with 2 publications.

  • Global diversity and antimicrobial resistance of typhoid fever pathogens: Insights from a meta-analysis of 13,000 Salmonella Typhi genomes (2023, eLife)
  • Evolution of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium driven by anthropogenic selection and niche adaptation (2020, PLoS Genetics)
  • Salmonella pathogenesis and host-adaptation in farmed animals (2021, Current Opinion in Microbiology)
  • Large-scale sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 genomes from one region allows detailed epidemiology and enables local outbreak management (2021, Microbial Genomics)
  • A genomic appraisal of invasive Salmonella Typhimurium and associated antibiotic resistance in sub-Saharan Africa (2023, Nature Communications)

Their frequent co-authors include Gaëtan Thilliez, Matt Bawn, Tapfumanei Mashe, Luke Acton, and Rafał Kolenda, reflecting collaborations that contribute to research productivity and interdisciplinary perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Invasive non-typhoidal salmonella disease: an emerging and neglected tropical disease in Africa

    Nicholas A Feasey;Nicholas A Feasey;Gordon Dougan;Robert A Kingsley;Robert S Heyderman;Robert S Heyderman

  • Cooperation between translating ribosomes and RNA polymerase in transcription elongation.

    Sergey Proshkin;A. Rachid Rahmouni;Alexander Mironov;Evgeny Nudler

  • Epidemic multiple drug resistant Salmonella Typhimurium causing invasive disease in sub-Saharan Africa have a distinct genotype

    Robert A. Kingsley;Chisomo L. Msefula;Nicholas R. Thomson;Samuel Kariuki;Samuel Kariuki

  • Animal models of Salmonella infections: enteritis versus typhoid fever

    Renato L. Santos;Shuping Zhang;Renée M. Tsolis;Robert A. Kingsley

  • Phylogeographical analysis of the dominant multidrug-resistant H58 clade of Salmonella Typhi identifies inter- and intracontinental transmission events

    Vanessa K. Wong;Vanessa K. Wong;Stephen Baker;Stephen Baker;Stephen Baker;Derek J. Pickard;Julian Parkhill

  • Comparative genome analysis of Salmonella Enteritidis PT4 and Salmonella Gallinarum 287/91 provides insights into evolutionary and host adaptation pathways.

    Nicholas R. Thomson;Debra J. Clayton;Daniel Windhorst;Georgios Vernikos

  • Intracontinental spread of human invasive Salmonella Typhimurium pathovariants in sub-Saharan Africa

    Chinyere K. Okoro;Robert A. Kingsley;Thomas Richard Connor;Simon R. Harris

  • Molecular Pathogenesis of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium-Induced Diarrhea

    Shuping Zhang;Robert A. Kingsley;Renato L. Santos;Helene Andrews-Polymenis

  • Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium and Its Host-Adapted Variants

    Wolfgang Rabsch;Helene L. Andrews;Robert A. Kingsley;Rita Prager

  • Salmonella typhimurium leucine-rich repeat proteins are targeted to the SPI1 and SPI2 type III secretion systems.

    Edward A. Miao;Christina A. Scherer;Renée M. Tsolis;Robert A. Kingsley

  • Host adaptation and the emergence of infectious disease: the Salmonella paradigm.

    Robert A. Kingsley;Andreas J. Bäumler

  • The neglected role of antibody in protection against bacteremia caused by nontyphoidal strains of Salmonella in African children

    Calman A. MacLennan;Esther N. Gondwe;Chisomo L. Msefula;Robert A. Kingsley

  • A Strand-Specific RNA–Seq Analysis of the Transcriptome of the Typhoid Bacillus Salmonella Typhi

    Timothy T. Perkins;Robert A. Kingsley;Maria C. Fookes;Paul P. Gardner

  • Salmonella bongori provides insights into the evolution of the salmonellae

    Maria Fookes;Gunnar N Schroeder;Gemma C. Langridge;Carlos J. Blondel

  • Geographical and temporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 clades in the WHO European Region, January to June 2020.

    Erik Alm;Eeva K Broberg;Thomas Connor;Emma B Hodcroft

  • Molecular and phenotypic analysis of the CS54 island of Salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium: identification of intestinal colonization and persistence determinants.

    Robert A. Kingsley;Andrea D. Humphries;Eric H. Weening;Marcel R. de Zoete

  • Distinct Salmonella Enteritidis lineages associated with enterocolitis in high-income settings and invasive disease in low-income settings

    Nicholas A. Feasey;James Hadfield;Karen Helena Keddy;Timothy J Dallman

  • The porin OmpD from nontyphoidal Salmonella is a key target for a protective B1b cell antibody response.

    Cristina Gil-Cruz;Saeeda Bobat;Jennifer L. Marshall;Robert A. Kingsley

  • A year of genomic surveillance reveals how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic unfolded in Africa.

    Eduan Wilkinson;Eduan Wilkinson;Marta Giovanetti;Marta Giovanetti;Houriiyah Tegally;James E. San

  • Of mice, calves, and men. Comparison of the mouse typhoid model with other Salmonella infections.

    Renee M Tsolis;R. A. Kingsley;S. M. Townsend;T. A. Ficht

  • Typhoid in Kenya Is Associated with a Dominant Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Haplotype That Is Also Widespread in Southeast Asia

    Samuel Kariuki;Samuel Kariuki;Gunturu Revathi;John Kiiru;Doris M. Mengo

  • The use of flow cytometry to detect expression of subunits encoded by 11 Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium fimbrial operons

    Andrea D. Humphries;Manuela Raffatellu;Sebastian Winter;Eric H. Weening

  • Of Mice, Calves, and Men

    Renée M. Tsolis;Robert A. Kingsley;Stacy M. Townsend;Thomas A. Ficht

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordon Dougan
Gordon Dougan University of Cambridge
Calman A. MacLennan
Calman A. MacLennan Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Andreas J. Bäumler
Andreas J. Bäumler University of California, Davis
Julian Parkhill
Julian Parkhill University of Cambridge
Melita A. Gordon
Melita A. Gordon University of Liverpool
Nicholas R. Thomson
Nicholas R. Thomson Wellcome Sanger Institute
Renée M. Tsolis
Renée M. Tsolis University of California, Davis
Robert S. Heyderman
Robert S. Heyderman University College London
Adam F. Cunningham
Adam F. Cunningham University of Birmingham
Simon R. Harris
Simon R. Harris Wellcome Sanger Institute

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