Professor Simon Foster

School of Biosciences

West Riding Chair in Microbiology

West Riding Chair in Microbiology

Simon Foster
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s.foster@sheffield.ac.uk
Firth Court

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Professor Simon Foster
School of Biosciences
Firth Court
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
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Career history

  • 2020 - present: West Riding Chair in Microbiology
  • 2017 - present: Faculty Director Research and Innovation, University of Sheffield
  • 2008 - 2017: Director Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield
  • 1999 - present: Professor of Molecular Microbiology, University of Sheffield
  • 1993 - 2002: Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Sheffield
  • 1990 - 1993: J.G. Graves Medical Research Fellow, University of Sheffield
  • 1986 - 1990: Broodbank Fellow, University of Cambridge
  • 1984 - 1986: PhD, University of Cambridge
  • 1983 - 1984: PhD, University of Leeds
Research interests

Bacterial cell wall architecture and dynamics

The cell wall is essential for bacterial life and its synthesis is the target of crucial antibiotics such as penicillin and vancomycin. We determine the structure and function of the cell wall to elucidate not only how it permits cell growth but also how antibiotics lead to death. We use the infamous “super bug” Staphylococcus aureus as our target organism to address key fundamental questions of bacterial life and death.

S.aureus cell wall synthesis
S. aureus cell wall synthesis at the molecular level: Pattern of cell wall peptidoglycan synthesis as revealed by fluorescent amino acid labelling and super-resolution microscopy (Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy; STORM) . Bar 0.5μm.

Our primary goals are to:

  • determine the molecular structure of the cell wall and how it changes during growth, at a resolution never previously achieved in any organism, using our world-leading microscopy approaches.
  • use this information to then establish how the cell wall acts as the interface between a cell and its environment.
  • bring together our findings to establish the basic mechanisms underpinning growth, the action of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance across bacteria.

Staphylococcus aureus disease

S. aureus is a major human pathogen of increasing importance due to the spread of antibiotic resistance. Our research spans from the fundamental through to translational approaches to develop new control regimes. We use a range of models to investigate host:pathogen interaction.

Our primary goals are to:

  • elucidate S. aureus infection dynamics to determine how this organism is able to cause disease.
  • investigate the cellular and molecular mechanisms of infection from both the host and pathogen perspective.
  • use this information to better inform vaccine development and the use of antibiotics to treat infection.

Research Keywords

Microbiology, Staphylococcus aureus, pathogenicity, cell wall structure

Publications

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Journal articles

  • Panchal VV, Griffiths C, Mosaei H, Bilyk B, Sutton JAF, Carnell OT, Hornby DP, Green J, Hobbs JK, Kelley WL , Zenkin N et al (2020) . PLoS Pathogens, 16(7), ---.
  • Pasquina-Lemonche L, Burns J, Turner RD, Kumar S, Tank R, Mullin N, Wilson JS, Chakrabarti B, Bullough PA, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2020) . Nature, 582(7811), 294-297.
  • Boldock E, Surewaard BGJ, Shamarina D, Na M, Fei Y, Ali A, Williams A, Pollitt EJG, Szkuta P, Morris P , Prajsnar TK et al (2018) . Nature Microbiology, 3(8), 881-890.
  • Pollitt EJG, Szkuta PT, Burns N & Foster SJ (2018) . PLOS Pathogens, 14(6).
  • Turner RD, Mesnage S, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2018) . Nature Communications, 9.
  • Lund VA, Wacnik K, Turner RD, Cotterell BE, Walther CG, Fenn SJ, Grein F, Wollman AJ, Leake MC, Olivier N , Cadby A et al (2018) . Elife, 7.
  • García-Lara J, Weihs F, Ma X, Walker L, Chaudhuri RR, Kasturiarachchi J, Crossley H, Golestanian R & Foster SJ (2015) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(51), 15725-15730.
  • Wheeler R, Turner RD, Bailey RG, Salamaga B, Mesnage S, Mohamad SAS, Hayhurst EJ, Horsburgh M, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2015) . mBio, 6(4).
  • Hepburn L, Prajsnar TK, Klapholz C, Moreno P, Loynes CA, Ogryzko NV, Brown K, Schiebler M, Hegyi K, Antrobus R , Hammond KL et al (2014) . SCIENCE, 346(6209), 641-646.
  • McVicker G, Prajsnar TK, Williams A, Wagner NL, Boots M, Renshaw SA & Foster SJ (2014) . PLoS Pathog, 10(2), e1003959.
  • Prajsnar TK, Hamilton R, Garcia-Lara J, McVicker G, Williams A, Boots M, Foster SJ & Renshaw SA (2012) . Cell Microbiol, 14(10), 1600-1619.
  • Steele VR, Bottomley AL, Garcia-Lara J, Kasturiarachchi J & Foster SJ (2011) . Mol Microbiol, 80(2), 542-555.
  • Turner RD, Ratcliffe EC, Wheeler R, Golestanian R, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2010) . Nat Commun, 1, 26.
  • Hayhurst EJ, Kailas L, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2008) . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 105(38), 14603-14608.

All publications

Journal articles

  • Hoshyaripour S, Mauri M, Hobbs JK, Foster SJ & Allen RJ (2025) . mBio, e0172825.
  • Tinajero-Trejo M, Aindow M, Pasquina-Lemonche L, Lafage L, Adedeji-Olulana AF, Sutton JAF, Wacnik K, Jia Y, Bilyk B, Yu W , Hobbs JK et al (2025) . Science Advances, 11(15).
  • Pinho MG & Foster SJ (2024) . Annual Review of Microbiology, 78(1), 293-310.
  • Tooke AK, Hodges RE, Pyrah JF, Bayles KW, Renshaw SA & Foster SJ (2024) . Current Microbiology, 81.
  • Adedeji-Olulana AF, Wacnik K, Lafage L, Pasquina-Lemonche L, Tinajero-Trejo M, Sutton JAF, Bilyk B, Irving SE, Portman Ross CJ, Meacock OJ , Randerson SA et al (2024) . Science, 386(6721), 573-580.
  • Tooke AK & Foster SJ (2024) , 1-10.
  • Henriksen C, Bæk KT, Wacnik K, Gallay C, Veening J, Foster SJ & Frees D (2024) . Molecular Microbiology, 121(1), 98-115.
  • Wilson SA, Tank RKJ, Hobbs JK, Foster SJ & Garner EC (2023) . mBio, 14(5).
  • Sutton JAF, Cooke M, Tinajero-Trejo M, Wacnik K, Salamaga B, Portman-Ross C, Lund VA, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2023) . Frontiers in Microbiology, 14.
  • Pidwill GR, Pyrah JF, Sutton JAF, Best A, Renshaw SA & Foster SJ (2023) . Scientific Reports, 13(1), 1-11.
  • Sheng Q, Zhang M-Y, Liu S-M, Chen Z-W, Yang P-L, Zhang H-S, Liu M-Y, Li K, Zhao L-S, Liu N-H , Liu L-N et al (2023) . Science Advances, 9(3).
  • Lund VA, Gangotra H, Zhao Z, Sutton JAF, Wacnik K, DeMeester K, Liang H, Santiago C, Leimkuhler Grimes C, Jones S & Foster SJ (2022) . ACS Chemical Biology, 17(12), 3298-3305.
  • Hull RC, Wright RCT, Sayers JR, Sutton JAF, Rzaska J, Foster SJ, Brockhurst MA & Condliffe AM (2022) . Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 66(12).
  • Tinajero-Trejo M, Carnell O, Kabli AF, Pasquina-Lemonche L, Lafage L, Han A, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2022) . Communications Biology, 5(1).
  • Wacnik K, Rao VA, Chen X, Lafage L, Pazos M, Booth S, Vollmer W, Hobbs JK, Lewis RJ & Foster SJ (2022) . mBio, 13(4).
  • Kong L, Su M, Sang J, Huang S, Wang M, Cai Y, Xie M, Wu J, Wang S, Foster SJ , Zhang J et al (2022) . Frontiers in Microbiology, 13.
  • Bilyk BL, Panchal VV, Tinajero-Trejo M, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2022) . Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 86(2).
  • Salamaga B, Kong L, Pasquina-Lemonche L, Lafage L, von und zur Muhlen M, Gibson JF, Grybchuk D, Tooke AK, Panchal V, Culp EJ , Tatham E et al (2021) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(44).
  • Tank RKG, Lund VA, Kumar S, Turner RD, Lafage L, Pasquina Lemonche L, Bullough PA, Cadby A, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2021) . ACS Nano, 15(10), 16011-16018.
  • Gibson JF, Pidwill GR, Carnell OT, Surewaard BGJ, Shamarina D, Sutton JAF, Jeffery C, Derré-Bobillot A, Archambaud C, Siggins MK , Pollitt EJG et al (2021) . PLoS Pathogens, 17(9).
  • Gibson JF, Prajsnar TK, Hill CJ, Tooke AK, Serba JJ, Tonge RD, Foster SJ, Grierson AJ, Ingham PW, Renshaw SA & Johnston SA (2021) . Autophagy, 17(6), 1448-1457.
  • Sutton JAF, Carnell OT, Lafage L, Gray J, Biboy J, Gibson JF, Pollitt EJG, Tazoll SC, Turnbull W, Hajdamowicz NH , Salamaga B et al (2021) . PLoS Pathogens, 17(3).
  • Buchan KD, van Gent M, Prajsnar TK, Ogryzko NV, de Jong NWM, Kolata J, Foster SJ, van Strijp JAG & Renshaw SA (2021) . Journal of Cell Science, 134(5).
  • Pidwill GR, Gibson JF, Cole J, Renshaw SA & Foster SJ (2021) . Frontiers in Immunology, 11.
  • Uhlig F, Grundy L, Garcia-Caraballo S, Brierley SM, Foster SJ & Grundy D (2020) . iScience, 23(11).
  • Smitten KL, Thick EJ, Southam HM, Bernardino de la Serna J, Foster SJ & Thomas JA (2020) . Chemical Science, 11(33), 8828-8838.
  • Fenaroli F, Robertson JD, Scarpa E, Gouveia VM, Di Guglielmo C, De Pace C, Elks PM, Poma A, Evangelopoulos D, Canseco JO , Prajsnar TK et al (2020) . ACS Nano, 14(7), 8287-8298.
  • Panchal VV, Griffiths C, Mosaei H, Bilyk B, Sutton JAF, Carnell OT, Hornby DP, Green J, Hobbs JK, Kelley WL , Zenkin N et al (2020) . PLoS Pathogens, 16(7), ---.
  • Pasquina-Lemonche L, Burns J, Turner RD, Kumar S, Tank R, Mullin N, Wilson JS, Chakrabarti B, Bullough PA, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2020) . Nature, 582(7811), 294-297.
  • Buchan KD, van Gent M, Prajsnar TK, Ogryzko NV, de Jong NWM, Kolata J, Foster SJ, van Strijp JAG & Renshaw SA (2020) .
  • Viljoen A, Foster SJ, Fantner GE, Hobbs JK & Dufrêne YF (2020) . mBio, 11(1).
  • Hajdamowicz NH, Hull RC, Foster SJ & Condliffe AM (2019) . International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20(22).
  • Smitten KL, Fairbanks SD, Robertson CC, Bernardino de la Serna J, Foster SJ & Thomas JA (2019) . Chemical Science.
  • Morris PER, Renshaw S, Foster SJ, Peden A & Dockrell D (2019) . Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 6(Supplement_2), S904-S904.
  • Bojer MS, Wacnik K, Kjelgaard P, Gallay C, Bottomley AL, Cohn MT, Lindahl G, Frees D, Veening J, Foster SJ & Ingmer H (2019) . Molecular Microbiology, 112(4), 1116-1130.
  • Buchan KD, Prajsnar TK, Ogryzko NV, de Jong NWM, van Gent M, Kolata J, Foster SJ, Van Strijp JAG & Renshaw SA (2019) . PLoS ONE, 14(4).
  • Gibson JF, Prajsnar TK, Hill CJ, Tooke AK, Serba JJ, Tonge RD, Foster SJ, Grierson AJ, Ingham PW, Renshaw SA & Johnston SA (2019) .
  • Carnell O, Sutton J & Foster S (2019) . Access Microbiology, 1(1A).
  • Yang D, Ho YX, Cowell LM, Jilani I, Foster SJ & Prince LR (2019) . Frontiers in Immunology, 10.
  • Buchan KD, Foster SJ & Renshaw SA (2019) . Microbiology, 165(4), 367-385.
  • Boldock E, Surewaard BGJ, Shamarina D, Na M, Fei Y, Ali A, Williams A, Pollitt EJG, Szkuta P, Morris P , Prajsnar TK et al (2018) . Nature Microbiology, 3(8), 881-890.
  • Pollitt EJG, Szkuta PT, Burns N & Foster SJ (2018) . PLOS Pathogens, 14(6).
  • Turner RD, Mesnage S, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2018) . Nature Communications, 9.
  • Weihs F, Wacnik K, Turner RD, Culley S, Henriques R & Foster SJ (2018) . Scientific Reports, 8.
  • Lund VA, Wacnik K, Turner RD, Cotterell BE, Walther CG, Fenn SJ, Grein F, Wollman AJ, Leake MC, Olivier N , Cadby A et al (2018) . Elife, 7.
  • McVicker G, Prajsnar TK & Foster SJ (2018) . Methods Mol Biol, 1736, 17-27.
  • Prajsnar TK, McVicker G, Williams A, Renshaw SA & Foster SJ (2018) . Methods Mol Biol, 1736, 147-156.
  • Connolly J, Boldock E, Prince LR, Renshaw SA, Whyte MK & Foster SJ (2017) . Infection and Immunity, 85(11).
  • Bottomley AL, Liew ATF, Kusuma KD, Peterson E, Seidel L, Foster SJ & Harry EJ (2017) . Frontiers in Microbiology, 8.
  • Thompson AAR, Dickinson RS, Murphy F, Thomson JP, Marriott HM, Tavares A, Willson J, Williams L, Lewis A, Mirchandani A , Coelho PDS et al (2017) . Science Immunology, 2(8).
  • Bleiziffer I, Eikmeier J, Pohlentz G, McAulay K, Xia G, Hussain M, Peschel A, Foster S, Peters G & Heilmann C (2017) . PLoS Pathogens, 13(1).
  • Neumann Y, Bruns SA, Rohde M, Prajsnar TK, Foster SJ & Schmitz I (2016) . Autophagy, 12(11), 2069-2084.
  • Renzoni AM, Kelley WL, Rosato RR, Martinez MP, Roch M, Fatouraei M, Haeusser DP, Margolin W, Fenn S, Turner RD , Foster SJ et al (2016) . Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
  • Turner RD, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2016) . Methods in Molecular Biology, 1440, 3-9.
  • McCarthy H, Waters EM, Bose JL, Foster S, Bayles KW, O'Neill E, Fey PD & O'Gara JP (2016) . FEMS Microbiology Letters, 363(9), fnw087-fnw087.
  • Czaplewski L, Bax R, Clokie M, Dawson M, Fairhead H, Fischetti VA, Foster S, Gilmore BF, Hancock REW, Harper D , Henderson IR et al (2016) . The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 16(2), 239-251.
  • Jubrail J, Morris P, Bewley MA, Stoneham S, Johnston SA, Foster SJ, Peden AA, Read RC, Marriott HM & Dockrell DH (2015) . CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY, 18(1), 80-96.
  • García-Lara J, Weihs F, Ma X, Walker L, Chaudhuri RR, Kasturiarachchi J, Crossley H, Golestanian R & Foster SJ (2015) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(51), 15725-15730.
  • Wheeler R, Turner RD, Bailey RG, Salamaga B, Mesnage S, Mohamad SAS, Hayhurst EJ, Horsburgh M, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2015) . mBio, 6(4).
  • Rosado H, Turner RD, Foster SJ & Taylor PW (2015) . International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 16(8), 16710-16727.
  • Messad N, Prajsnar TK, Lina G, O'Callaghan D, Foster SJ, Renshaw SA, Skaar EP, Bes M, Dunyach-Remy C, Vandenesch F , Sotto A et al (2015) . Diabetes, 64(8), 2991-2995.
  • Viana D, Comos M, McAdam PR, Ward MJ, Selva L, Guinane CM, González-Muñoz BM, Tristan A, Foster SJ, Fitzgerald JR & Penadés JR (2015) . Nature Genetics, 47(4), 361-366.
  • Neumann Y, Ohlsen K, Donat S, Engelmann S, Kusch H, Albrecht D, Cartron M, Hurd A & Foster SJ (2015) . Archives of Microbiology, 197(2), 245-267.
  • Foster SJ (2015) . Biophysical Journal, 108(2), 198a-199a.
  • Loof TG, Goldmann O, Naudin C, Mörgelin M, Neumann Y, Pils MC, Foster SJ, Medina E & Herwald H (2015) . Microbiology, 161(3), 621-627.
  • Bailey RG, Turner RD, Mullin N, Clarke N, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2014) . Biophysical Journal, 107(11), 2538-2545.
  • Bottomley AL, Kabli AF, Hurd AF, Turner RD, Garcia-Lara J & Foster SJ (2014) . Molecular Microbiology, 94(5), 1041-1064.
  • Hepburn L, Prajsnar TK, Klapholz C, Moreno P, Loynes CA, Ogryzko NV, Brown K, Schiebler M, Hegyi K, Antrobus R , Hammond KL et al (2014) . SCIENCE, 346(6209), 641-646.
  • Mesnage S, Dellarole M, Baxter NJ, Rouget J-B, Dimitrov JD, Wang N, Fujimoto Y, Hounslow AM, Lacroix-Desmazes S, Fukase K , Foster SJ et al (2014) . Nat Commun, 5, 4269.
  • Paulin S, Jamshad M, Dafforn TR, Garcia-Lara J, Foster SJ, Galley NF, Roper DI, Rosado H & Taylor PW (2014) . Nanotechnology, 25(28).
  • Cartron ML, England SR, Chiriac AI, Josten M, Turner R, Rauter Y, Hurd A, Sahl H-G, Jones S & Foster SJ (2014) . Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 58(7), 3599-3609.
  • Reichmann NT, Piçarra Cassona C, Monteiro JM, Bottomley AL, Corrigan RM, Foster SJ, Pinho MG & Gründling A (2014) . Molecular Microbiology, 92(2), 273-286.
  • Turner RD, Vollmer W & Foster SJ (2014) . Mol Microbiol, 91(5), 862-874.
  • McVicker G, Prajsnar TK, Williams A, Wagner NL, Boots M, Renshaw SA & Foster SJ (2014) . PLoS Pathog, 10(2), e1003959.
  • Prajsnar TK, Renshaw SA, Ogryzko NV, Foster SJ, Serror P & Mesnage S (2013) . Infect Immun, 81(11), 4271-4279.
  • Mesnage SA & Foster SJ (2013) , 1, 1401-1407.
  • Turner RD, Hurd AF, Cadby A, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2013) . Nat Commun, 4, 1496.
  • Benachour A, Ladjouzi R, Le Jeune A, Hébert L, Thorpe S, Courtin P, Chapot-Chartier M-P, Prajsnar TK, Foster SJ & Mesnage S (2012) . J Bacteriol, 194(22), 6066-6073.
  • Schindler D, Gutierrez MG, Beineke A, Rauter Y, Rohde M, Foster S, Goldmann O & Medina E (2012) . The American Journal of Pathology, 181(4), 1327-1337.
  • Prajsnar TK, Hamilton R, Garcia-Lara J, McVicker G, Williams A, Boots M, Foster SJ & Renshaw SA (2012) . Cell Microbiol, 14(10), 1600-1619.
  • Stapleton MR, Wright L, Clarke SR, Moseby H, Tarkowski A, Vendrengh M & Foster SJ (2012) . J Med Microbiol, 61(Pt 6), 766-779.
  • Prince LR, Graham KJ, Connolly J, Anwar S, Ridley R, Sabroe I, Foster SJ & Whyte MKB (2012) . PLoS One, 7(2), e31506.
  • Hurd AF, Garcia-Lara J, Rauter Y, Cartron M, Mohamed R & Foster SJ (2012) . FEMS Microbiol Lett, 329(1), 93-100.
  • Wheeler R, Mesnage S, Boneca IG, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2011) . Mol Microbiol, 82(5), 1096-1109.
  • Wheeler R, Mesnage S, Boneca IG, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2011) . Molecular Microbiology, 82(5), 1096-1109.
  • Steele VR, Bottomley AL, Garcia-Lara J, Kasturiarachchi J & Foster SJ (2011) . Mol Microbiol, 80(2), 542-555.
  • Liew ATF, Theis T, Jensen SO, Garcia-Lara J, Foster SJ, Firth N, Lewis PJ & Harry EJ (2011) . Microbiology (Reading), 157(Pt 3), 666-676.
  • Chaibenjawong P & Foster SJ (2011) . Arch Microbiol, 193(2), 125-135.
  • Turner RD, Ratcliffe EC, Wheeler R, Golestanian R, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2010) . Nature Communications, 1(3).
  • Turner RD, Ratcliffe EC, Wheeler R, Golestanian R, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2010) . Nat Commun, 1, 26.
  • von Köckritz-Blickwede M, Konrad S, Foster S, Gessner JE & Medina E (2010) . Journal of Innate Immunity, 2(1), 87-92.
  • Cooper EL, García-Lara J & Foster SJ (2009) . BMC Microbiol, 9, 266.
  • Gill MR, Garcia-Lara J, Foster SJ, Smythe C, Battaglia G & Thomas JA (2009) . NAT CHEM, 1(8), 662-667.
  • Zhao B, Howard-Knight JP, Humphris ADL, Kailas L, Ratcliffe EC, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2009) . Rev Sci Instrum, 80(9), 093707.
  • García-Lara J & Foster SJ (2009) . Curr Opin Pharmacol, 9(5), 552-557.
  • Reikeras O, Sun JB, Wang JE, Foster SJ, Bastian D & Aasen AO (2009) . J TRAUMA, 67(3), 624-627.
  • Chaudhuri RR, Allen AG, Owen PJ, Shalom G, Stone K, Harrison M, Burgis TA, Lockyer M, Garcia-Lara J, Foster SJ , Pleasance SJ et al (2009) . BMC Genomics, 10, 291.
  • Anwar S, Prince LR, Foster SJ, Whyte MKB & Sabroe I (2009) . Clin Exp Immunol, 157(2), 216-224.
  • Clarke SR, Andre G, Walsh EJ, Dufrêne YF, Foster TJ & Foster SJ (2009) . Infect Immun, 77(6), 2408-2416.
  • Kailas L, Ratcliffe EC, Hayhurst EJ, Walker MG, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2009) . Ultramicroscopy, 109(7), 775-780.
  • Reikeras O, Sun J, Wang JE, Foster SJ & Aasen AO (2008) . J INVEST SURG, 21(5), 255-260.
  • Dehlin M, Bokarewa M, Rottapel R, Foster SJ, Magnusson M, Dahlberg LE & Tarkowski A (2008) . PLOS ONE, 3(11).
  • von Köckritz-Blickwede M, Rohde M, Oehmcke S, Miller LS, Cheung AL, Herwald H, Foster S & Medina E (2008) . The American Journal of Pathology, 173(6), 1657-1668.
  • Hayhurst EJ, Kailas L, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2008) . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 105(38), 14603-14608.
  • Prajsnar TK, Cunliffe VT, Foster SJ & Renshaw SA (2008) . Cell Microbiol, 10(11), 2312-2325.
  • Myhre AE, Agren J, Dahle MK, Tamburstuen MV, Lyngstadaas SP, Collins JL, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C, Aasen AO & Wang JE (2008) . SHOCK, 29(4), 468-474.
  • Vollmer W, Joris B, Charlier P & Foster S (2008) . FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 32(2), 259-286.
  • Foster S (2008) S. aureus: A 'superbug'. Microbiology Today, 35(1), 18-21.
  • Clarke SR & Foster SJ (2008) . Infect Immun, 76(4), 1518-1526.
  • Ruud TE, Gundersen Y, Wang JE, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C & Aasen AO (2007) . Surgical Infections, 8(5), 495-503.
  • Stapleton MR, Horsburgh MJ, Hayhurst EJ, Wright L, Jonsson I-M, Tarkowski A, Kokai-Kun JF, Mond JJ & Foster SJ (2007) . J Bacteriol, 189(20), 7316-7325.
  • Kirdis E, Jonsson IM, Kubica M, Potempa J, Josefsson E, Masalha M, Foster SJ & Tarkowski A (2007) . MICROB PATHOGENESIS, 43(5-6), 179-188.
  • Clarke SR, Mohamed R, Bian L, Routh AF, Kokai-Kun JF, Mond JJ, Tarkowski A & Foster SJ (2007) . Cell Host Microbe, 1(3), 199-212.
  • Hadley JS, Wang JE, Michaels LC, Dempsey CM, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C & Hinds CJ (2007) . SHOCK, 27(5), 466-473.
  • Adlesic M, Verdrengh M, Bokarewa M, Dahlberg L, Foster SJ & Tarkowski A (2007) . SCAND J IMMUNOL, 65(6), 530-537.
  • Tiyawisutsri R, Holden MTG, Tumapa S, Rengpipat S, Clarke SR, Foster SJ, Nierman WC, Day NPJ & Peacock SJ (2007) . BMC MICROBIOL, 7.
  • Koch A, Boehm O, Zacharowski PA, Loer SA, Weimann J, Rensing H, Foster SJ, Schmidt R, Berkels R, Reingruber S & Zacharowski K (2007) . CRIT CARE MED, 35(12), 2775-2784.
  • Cosgrove K, Coutts G, Jonsson I-M, Tarkowski A, Kokai-Kun JF, Mond JJ & Foster SJ (2007) . J Bacteriol, 189(3), 1025-1035.
  • Reilkeras O, Wang JE, Foster SJ & Utvag SE (2007) . J ORTHOP RES, 25(2), 262-266.
  • Murch O, Collin M, Sepodes B, Foster SJ, Mota-Filipe H & Thiemermann C (2006) . BRIT J PHARMACOL, 148(6), 769-777.
  • Clarke SR & Foster SJ (2006) . Adv Microb Physiol, 51, 187-224.
  • Shaw LN, Aish J, Davenport JE, Brown MC, Lithgow JK, Simmonite K, Crossley H, Travis J, Potempa J & Foster SJ (2006) . J BACTERIOL, 188(17), 6070-6080.
  • Pourmand MR, Clarke SR, Schuman RF, Mond JJ & Foster SJ (2006) . Infect Immun, 74(8), 4644-4654.
  • Agren J, Thiemermann C, Foster SJ, Wang JE & Aasen AO (2006) . SCAND J IMMUNOL, 64(1), 61-68.
  • Myhre AE, Lyngstadaas SP, Dahle MK, Stuestol JF, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C, Lilleaasen P, Wang JE & Aasen AO (2006) . J PERIODONTAL RES, 41(3), 208-213.
  • Clarke SR, Brummell KJ, Horsburgh MJ, McDowell PW, Mohamad SAS, Stapleton MR, Acevedo J, Read RC, Day NPJ, Peacock SJ , Mond JJ et al (2006) . J Infect Dis, 193(8), 1098-1108.
  • Wang YY, Dahle MK, Agren J, Myhre AE, Reinholt FP, Foster SJ, Collins JL, Thiemermann C, Aasen AO & Wang JE (2006) . SHOCK, 25(2), 141-146.
  • Masumoto J, Yang K, Varambally S, Hasegawa M, Tomlins SA, Qiu S, Fujimoto Y, Kawasaki A, Foster SJ, Horie Y , Mak TW et al (2006) Nod1 acts as an intracellular receptor to stimulate chemokine production and neutrophil recruitment in vivo. J EXP MED, 203(1), 203-213.
  • Dugo L, Collin M, Allen DA, Murch O, Foster SJ, Yaqoob MM & Thiemermann C (2006) . CRIT CARE MED, 34(5), 1489-1496.
  • García-Lara J, Needham AJ & Foster SJ (2005) . FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol, 43(3), 311-323.
  • Hadley JS, Wang JE, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C & Hinds CJ (2005) . INFECT IMMUN, 73(11), 7613-7619.
  • Wang YY, Myhre AE, Pettersen SJ, Dahle MK, Foster SJ, Thlemermann C, Bjornland K, Aasen AO & Wang JE (2005) . SHOCK, 24(3), 214-218.
  • Psylinakis E, Boneca IG, Mavromatis K, Deli A, Hayhurst E, Foster SJ, Varum KM & Bouriotis V (2005) . J BIOL CHEM, 280(35), 30856-30863.
  • Steen A, Buist G, Horsburgh GJ, Venema G, Kuipers OP, Foster SJ & Kok J (2005) . FEBS J, 272(11), 2854-2868.
  • García-Lara J, Masalha M & Foster SJ (2005) . Drug Discov Today, 10(9), 643-651.
  • Shaw LN, Golonka E, Szmyd G, Foster SJ, Travis J & Potempa J (2005) . J BACTERIOL, 187(5), 1751-1762.
  • Dugo L, Collin M, Allen DA, Patel NSA, Bauer I, Mervaala EMA, Louhelainen M, Foster SJ, Yaqoob MM & Thiemermann C (2005) . CRIT CARE MED, 33(9), 1903-1912.
  • Wang JE, Agren J, Aasen AO, Foster S & Thiemermann C (2004) . Critical Care Medicine, 32(Supplement), A18-A18.
  • Wang JE, Wang Y, Myhre AE, Bjornland K, Aasen AO, Foster SJ & Thiemermann C (2004) . Critical Care Medicine, 32(Supplement), A137-A137.
  • Jonsson I-M, Arvidson S, Foster S & Tarkowski A (2004) . Infection and Immunity, 72(10), 6106-6111.
  • Wang JE, Pettersen S, Stuestol JF, Wang YY, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C, Aasen AO & Bjorland K (2004) . SHOCK, 22(4), 376-379.
  • Needham AJ, Kibart M, Crossley H, Ingham PW & Foster SJ (2004) . Microbiology (Reading), 150(Pt 7), 2347-2355.
  • Huard C, Miranda G, Redko Y, Wessner F, Foster SJ & Chapot-Chartier MP (2004) . APPL ENVIRON MICROB, 70(6), 3493-3499.
  • FOSTER S & CAMILLI A (2004) . Current Opinion in Microbiology, 7(3), 274-276.
  • Ruzheinikov SN, Das SK, Sedelnikova SE, Baker PJ, Artymiuk PJ, García-Lara J, Foster SJ & Rice DW (2004) . J Mol Biol, 339(2), 265-278.
  • Horsburgh MJ, Wiltshire MD, Crossley H, Ingham E & Foster SJ (2004) . Infect Immun, 72(5), 3073-3076.
  • Lithgow JK, Hayhurst EJ, Cohen G, Aharonowitz Y & Foster SJ (2004) . J Bacteriol, 186(6), 1579-1590.
  • Myhre AE, Stuestol JF, Dahle MK, Overland G, Thiemermann C, Foster SJ, Lilleaasen P, Aasen AO & Wang JE (2004) . INFECT IMMUN, 72(3), 1311-1317.
  • Clarke SR, Wiltshire MD & Foster SJ (2004) . Mol Microbiol, 51(5), 1509-1519.
  • Wang JE, Dahle MK, Yndestad A, Bauer I, McDonald MC, Aukrust P, Foster SJ, Bauer M, Aasen AO & Thiemermann C (2004) Peptidoglycan of Staphylococcus aureus causes inflammation and organ injury in the rat. CRIT CARE MED, 32(2), 546-552.
  • Calander AM, Jonsson IM, Kanth A, Arvidsson S, Shaw L, Foster SJ & Tarkowski A (2004) . MICROBES INFECT, 6(2), 202-206.
  • Lithgow JK, Ingham E & Foster SJ (2004) . Microbiology (Reading), 150(Pt 2), 373-381.
  • Deutsch S-M, Guezenec S, Piot M, Foster S & Lortal S (2004) . Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70(1), 96-103.
  • Shaw L, Golonka E, Potempa J & Foster SJ (2004) . Microbiology (Reading), 150(Pt 1), 217-228.
  • Das SK, Sedelnikova SE, Baker PJ, Ruzheinikov SN, Foster SJ & Rice DW (2004) . Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 60(Pt 1), 166-168.
  • Wang JE, Dahle MK, McDonald M, Foster SJ, Aasen AO & Thiemermann C (2003) . SHOCK, 20(5), 402-414.
  • Karavolos MH, Horsburgh MJ, Ingham E & Foster SJ (2003) . Microbiology (Reading), 149(Pt 10), 2749-2758.
  • Gjertsson I, Foster S & Tarkowski A (2003) . Microbial Pathogenesis, 35(3), 119-124.
  • Horsburgh GJ, Atrih A & Foster SJ (2003) . J Bacteriol, 185(13), 3813-3820.
  • Chamaillard M, Hashimoto M, Horie Y, Masumoto J, Qiu S, Saab L, Ogura Y, Kawasaki A, Fukase K, Kusumoto S , Valvano MA et al (2003) An essential role for NOD1 in host recognition of bacterial peptidoglycan containing diaminopimelic acid. NAT IMMUNOL, 4(7), 702-707.
  • Sabroe I, Prince LR, Jones EC, Horsburgh MJ, Foster SJ, Vogel SN, Dower SK & Whyte MKB (2003) . J Immunol, 170(10), 5268-5275.
  • Kobayashi K, Ehrlich SD, Albertini A, Amati G, Andersen KK, Arnaud M, Asai K, Ashikaga S, Aymerich S, Bessieres P , Boland F et al (2003) . P NATL ACAD SCI USA, 100(8), 4678-4683.
  • Huard C, Miranda G, Wessner FO, Bolotin A, Hansen J, Foster SJ & Chapot-Chartier MP (2003) . MICROBIOL-SGM, 149, 695-705.
  • Inohara N, Ogura Y, Fontalba A, Gutierrez O, Pons F, Crespo J, Fukase K, Inamura S, Kusumoto S, Hashimoto M , Foster SJ et al (2003) . J BIOL CHEM, 278(8), 5509-5512.
  • Øverland G, Morath S, Yndestad A, Hartung T, Thiemermann C, Foster SJ, Smedsrød B, Mathisen Ø, Aukrust P, Aasen AO & Wang JE (2003) . Surgical Infections, 4(2), 181-191.
  • Bonen DK, Ogura Y, Nicolae DL, Inohara N, Saab L, Tanabe T, Chen FF, Foster SJ, Duerr RH, Brant SR , Cho JH et al (2003) . GASTROENTEROLOGY, 124(1), 140-146.
  • Horsburgh GJ, Atrih A, Williamson MP & Foster SJ (2003) . Biochemistry, 42(2), 257-264.
  • Clarke SR, Harris LG, Richards RG & Foster SJ (2002) . Infect Immun, 70(12), 6680-6687.
  • Mehanni MM, Turnbull AP, Sedelnikova SE, Baker PJ, Foster S & Rice DW (2002) . Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, 58(12), 2138-2140.
  • Fukushima T, Yamamoto H, Atrih A, Foster SJ & Sekiguchi J (2002) . J BACTERIOL, 184(21), 6007-6015.
  • Horsburgh MJ, Wharton SJ, Karavolos M & Foster SJ (2002) . Trends Microbiol, 10(11), 496-501.
  • Horsburgh MJ, Aish JL, White IJ, Shaw L, Lithgow JK & Foster SJ (2002) . J Bacteriol, 184(19), 5457-5467.
  • Chirakkal H, O'Rourke M, Atrih A, Foster SJ & Moir A (2002) . Microbiology (Reading), 148(Pt 8), 2383-2392.
  • Horsburgh MJ, Wharton SJ, Cox AG, Ingham E, Peacock S & Foster SJ (2002) . Mol Microbiol, 44(5), 1269-1286.
  • Ellingsen E, Morath S, Flo T, Schromm A, Hartung T, Thiemermann C, Espevik T, Golenbock D, Foster D, Solberg R , Aasen A et al (2002) Induction of cytokine production in human T cells and monocytes by highly purified lipoteichoic acid: involvement of Toll-like receptors and CD14.. Med Sci Monit, 8(5), BR149-BR156.
  • Harris LG, Foster SJ, Richards RG, Lambert P, Stickler D & Eley A (2002) An introduction to Staphylococcus aureus, and techniques for identifyingand quantifying S. aureus adhesins in relation to adhesion to biomaterials:Review. European Cells and Materials, 4, 39-60.
  • Jorgensen PF, Wang JE, Almlof M, Solberg R, Okkenhaug C, Scholz T, Thiemermann C, Foster SJ & Aasen AO (2001) Sirolimus interferes with the innate response to bacterial products in human whole blood by attenuation of IL-10 production. SCAND J IMMUNOL, 53(2), 184-191.
  • Atrih A & Foster SJ (2001) . Microbiology (Reading), 147(Pt 11), 2925-2932.
  • Ruzheinikov SN, Das SK, Sedelnikova SE, Hartley A, Foster SJ, Horsburgh MJ, Cox AG, McCleod CW, Mekhalfia A, Blackburn GM , Rice DW et al (2001) . J Mol Biol, 313(1), 111-122.
  • Liu Z-Q, Deng G-M, Foster S & Tarkowski A (2001) . Arthritis Research and Therapy, 3(6), 375-380.
  • Das SK, Sedelnikova SE, Baker PJ, Ruzheinikov SN, Foster S, Hartley A, Horsburgh MJ & Rice DW (2001) . Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, 57(9), 1324-1325.
  • Atrih A & Foster SJ (2001) . J Appl Microbiol, 91(2), 364-372.
  • Herbert KC & Foster SJ (2001) . Microbiology (Reading), 147(Pt 8), 2275-2284.
  • Wiltshire MD & Foster SJ (2001) . Infect Immun, 69(8), 5198-5202.
  • Harris LG, Richards RG & Foster SJ (2001) Staphylococcus aureus surface protein topography. European Cells and Materials, 1(SUPPL. 2), 38-39.
  • Horsburgh MJ, Clements MO, Crossley H, Ingham E & Foster SJ (2001) . Infect Immun, 69(6), 3744-3754.
  • Jorgensen PF, Wang JE, Almlof M, Thiemermann C, Foster SJ, Solberg R & Aasen AO (2001) Peptidoglycan and lipoteichoic acid modify monocyte phenotype in human whole blood. CLIN DIAGN LAB IMMUN, 8(3), 515-521.
  • Lindsay JA & Foster SJ (2001) . Microbiology (Reading), 147(Pt 5), 1259-1266.
  • Bacher G, Korner R, Atrih A, Foster SJ, Roepstorff P & Allmaier G (2001) Negative and positive ion matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and positive ion nano-electrospray ionization quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometry of peptidoglycan fragments isolated from various Bacillus species. J MASS SPECTROM, 36(2), 124-139.
  • Horsburgh MJ, Ingham E & Foster SJ (2001) . J Bacteriol, 183(2), 468-475.
  • Foster S (2001) . Trends in Microbiology, 9(1), 45-45.
  • Pratten J, Foster SJ, Chan PF, Wilson M & Nair SP (2001) Staphylococcus aureus accessory regulators: expression within biofilms and effect on adhesion. MICROBES INFECT, 3(8), 633-637.
  • Wang JE, Jorgensen PF, Ellingsen A, Almlof M, Thiemermann C, Foster SJ, Aasen AO & Solberg R (2001) Peptidoglycan primes for LPS-induced release of proinflammatory cytokines in whole human blood. SHOCK, 16(3), 178-182.
  • Zacharowski K, Berkels R, Olbrich A, Chatterjee PK, Cuzzocrea S, Foster SJ & Thiemermann C (2001) The selective guanylate cyclase inhibitor ODQ reduces multiple organ injury in rodent models of Gram-positive and Gram-negative shock. CRIT CARE MED, 29(8), 1599-1608.
  • Saetre T, Kahler H, Foster SJ & Lyberg T (2001) Aminoethyl-isothiourea inhibits leukocyte production of reactive oxygen species and proinflammatory cytokines induced by streptococcal cell wall coiviponents in hunian whole blood. SHOCK, 15(6), 455-460.
  • Wray GM, Foster SJ, Hinds CJ & Thiemermann C (2001) A cell wall component from pathogenic and non-pathogenic gram-positive bacteria (peptidoglycan) synergises with endotoxin to cause the release of tumour necrosis factor-alpha, nitric oxide production, shock, and multiple organ injury/dysfunction in the rat. SHOCK, 15(2), 135-142.
  • Saetre T, Kahler H, Foster SJ & Lyberg T (2000) Peptidoglycan and lipoteichoic acid, components of the streptococcal cell wall, have marked and differential effects on adhesion molecule expression and the production of reactive oxygen species in human whole blood leukocytes. SCAND J CLIN LAB INV, 60(4), 311-321.
  • Wang JE, Jorgensen PF, Almlof M, Thiemermann C, Foster SJ, Aasen AO & Solberg R (2000) Peptidoglycan and lipoteichoic acid from Staphylococcus aureus induce tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin 6 (IL-6), and IL-10 production in both T cells and monocytes in a human whole blood model. INFECT IMMUN, 68(7), 3965-3970.
  • Smith TJ, Blackman SA & Foster SJ (2000) . Microbiology (Reading), 146 ( Pt 2), 249-262.
  • Foster S (2000) . Trends in Microbiology, 8(1), 11-12.
  • Zacharowski K, Olbrich A, Cuzzocrea S, Foster SJ & Thiemermann C (2000) Membrane-permeable radical scavenger, tempol, reduces multiple organ injury in a rodent model of Gram-positive shock. CRIT CARE MED, 28(6), 1953-1961.
  • Boland FM, Atrih A, Chirakkal H, Foster SJ & Moir A (2000) . Microbiology (Reading), 146 ( Pt 1), 57-64.
  • Clements MO & Foster SJ (1999) Stress resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. TRENDS MICROBIOL, 7(11), 458-462.
  • Lindsay JA & Foster SJ (1999) . Mol Gen Genet, 262(2), 323-331.
  • Clements MO, Watson SP & Foster SJ (1999) . J Bacteriol, 181(13), 3898-3903.
  • Atrih A, Bacher G, Allmaier G, Williamson MP & Foster SJ (1999) . J Bacteriol, 181(13), 3956-3966.
  • Atrih A, Bacher G, Körner R, Allmaier G & Foster SJ (1999) . Microbiology (Reading), 145 ( Pt 5), 1033-1041.
  • Clements MO, Watson SP, Poole RK & Foster SJ (1999) . J Bacteriol, 181(2), 501-507.
  • Paget MSB, Chamberlin L, Atrih A, Foster SJ & Buttner MJ (1999) Evidence that the extracytoplasmic function sigma factor sigma(E) is required for normal cell wall structure in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). J BACTERIOL, 181(1), 204-211.
  • Atrih A & Foster SJ (1999) . Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 75(4), 299-307.
  • Chan PF, Foster SJ, Ingham E & Clements MO (1998) . Journal of Bacteriology, 180(23), 6082-6089.
  • Chan PF & Foster SJ (1998) . J Bacteriol, 180(23), 6232-6241.
  • Chan PF, Foster SJ, Ingham E & Clements MO (1998) . J Bacteriol, 180(23), 6082-6089.
  • Watson SP, Antonio M & Foster SJ (1998) . Microbiology (Reading), 144 ( Pt 11), 3159-3169.
  • Atrih A, Zöllner P, Allmaier G, Williamson MP & Foster SJ (1998) . J Bacteriol, 180(17), 4603-4612.
  • Chan PF & Foster SJ (1998) . Microbiology (Reading), 144 ( Pt 9), 2469-2479.
  • Kengatharan KM, De Kimpe S, Robson C, Foster SJ & Thiemermann C (1998) Mechanism of gram-positive shock: Identification of peptidoglycan and lipoteichoic acid moieties essential in the induction of nitric oxide synthase, shock, and multiple organ failure. J EXP MED, 188(2), 305-315.
  • Clements MO & Foster SJ (1998) . Microbiology (Reading), 144 ( Pt 7), 1755-1763.
  • McLaughlan AM & Foster SJ (1998) Molecular characterization of an autolytic amidase of Listeria monocytogenes EGD.. Microbiology (Reading, England), 144.
  • McLaughlan AM & Foster SJ (1998) . Microbiology (Reading), 144 ( Pt 5), 1359-1367.
  • Watson SP, Clements MO & Foster SJ (1998) . J Bacteriol, 180(7), 1750-1758.
  • Blackman SA, Smith TJ & Foster SJ (1998) . Microbiology (Reading), 144 ( Pt 1), 73-82.
  • Smith TJ & Foster SJ (1997) Autolysins during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis 168. FEMS MICROBIOL LETT, 157(1), 141-147.
  • McLaughlan AM & Foster SJ (1997) . FEMS Microbiol Lett, 152(1), 149-154.
  • Kengatharan M, Foster SJ & Thiemermann C (1997) Purified Staphylococcus aureus lipoteichoic acid induces nitric oxide synthase activity in murine macrophages. BRIT J PHARMACOL, 120, P335-P335.
  • Atrih A, Zöllner P, Allmaier G & Foster SJ (1996) . J Bacteriol, 178(21), 6173-6183.
  • Kengatharan M, Robson CL, Foster SJ & Thiemermann C (1996) Lipoteichoic acid from S-aureus, but not from B-subtilis, synergises with B-subtilis peptidoglycan to cause hyporeactivity to noradrenaline and organ injury in rats. BRIT J PHARMACOL, 119, P18-P18.
  • Kengatharan M, DeKimpe SJ, Foster SJ & Thiemermann C (1996) Importance of lipoteichoic acid and peptidoglycan in the induction of nitric oxide synthase in murine macrophages by gram-positive organisms. BRIT J PHARMACOL, 119, P62-P62.
  • Robson CL, Kengatharan M, Foster SJ & Thiemermann C (1996) Lipoteichoic acid from various Gram-positive bacteria either alone or in combination with a fragment of peptidoglycan induce nitric oxide synthase in murine macrophages. BRIT J PHARMACOL, 119, P243-P243.
  • Smith TJ, Blackman SA & Foster SJ (1996) . Microb Drug Resist, 2(1), 113-118.
  • Foster SJ (1995) . J Bacteriol, 177(19), 5723-5725.
  • Smith TJ & Foster SJ (1995) . J Bacteriol, 177(13), 3855-3862.
  • Foster SJ (1994) . Soc Appl Bacteriol Symp Ser, 23, 25S-39S.
  • Foster SJ (1993) . Mol Microbiol, 8(2), 299-310.
  • Foster SJ (1993) . FEMS Microbiol Lett, 110(3), 295-298.
  • Foster SJ (1993) . J Gen Microbiol, 139(12), 3177-3184.
  • Foster SJ (1992) . J Bacteriol, 174(2), 464-470.
  • Foster SJ (1991) . J Gen Microbiol, 137(8), 1987-1998.
  • Hope W, Nambiar S, O’Brien S, Sharland M, Paterson DL, Yin M, Gilbert IH, Ferguson M, Peacock SJ, Buchan I , Reza N et al () . Nature Microbiology, 10(5), 1258-1258.
  • Hope W, Nambiar S, O’Brien S, Sharland M, Paterson DL, Yin M, Gilbert IH, Ferguson M, Peacock SJ, Buchan I , Reza N et al () . Nature Microbiology, 10(4), 813-816.
  • Wollman AJM, Miller H, Foster S & Leake MC () . Physical Biology, 13(5), 055002-055002.
  • Schroeder K, Jularic M, Horsburgh SM, Hirschhausen N, Neumann C, Bertling A, Schulte A, Foster S, Kehrel BE, Peters G & Heilmann C () . PLoS ONE, 4(10), e7567-e7567.

Book chapters

  • Mesnage S & Foster SJ (2025) , Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes (pp. 1671-1677). Elsevier
  • Mesnage S & Foster SJ (2013) , Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes (pp. 1401-1407). Elsevier
  • Dugo L, Collin M, Allen DA, Patel NSA, Bauer I, Mervaala EMA, Louhelainen M, Foster SJ, Yaqoob MM & Thiemermann C (2007) Inhibiting glycogen synthase kinase 3β in sepsis (pp. 128-142).
  • FOSTER S, BURGESS I & PLANK R (2005) , Fourth International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures (pp. 933-940). Elsevier
  • Foster SJ (2004) , Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes (pp. 866-868). Elsevier
  • Foster SJ (2004) , Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes Second Edition Volume 1 Aspartic and Metallo Peptidases (pp. 866-868).
  • Foster SJ & Popham DL () , Bacillus subtilisand Its Closest Relatives (pp. 21-41). ASM Press

Conference proceedings

  • Gibson J, Jeffery C, Renshaw S & Foster S (2019) The role of augmenting material in Staphylococcus aureus interaction with macrophages. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION, Vol. 49 (pp 205-205)
  • Uhlig F, Grundy L, Castro J, Brierley SM, Foster SJ & Grundy D (2018) Identification of modulators of intestinal nerve activity from Staphylococcus aureus. NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY, Vol. 30
  • Hobbs JK, Burns JM, Turner RD, Bailey RG, Kumar S, Tank RK, Mullin N & Foster SJ (2017) . European Biophysics Journal with Biophysics Letters, Vol. 46(Suppl 1) (pp S100-S100). Edinburgh, UK, 16 July 2017 - 16 July 2017.
  • Burns JM, Bailey RG, Kumar S, Turner RD, Mullin N, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2017) High resolution atomic force microscopy of living S. aureus bacterial cell wall. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, Vol. 46 (pp S291-S291)
  • Kumar S, Mullin N, Cartron ML, Leggett GJ, Foster SJ, Hunter CN & Hobbs JK (2017) High-resolution Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) imaging of native biological membrane systems. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, Vol. 46 (pp S368-S368)
  • Lemonche LP, Kumar S, Turner RD, Burns JM, Mullin N, Tank RK, Owen DS, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2017) Death or alive? Correlating the cell wall structure of sacculi and living bacteria using AFM. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, Vol. 46 (pp S295-S295)
  • Uhlig F, Foster S, Krueger D, Schemann M & Grundy D (2017) Effect of soluble mediators from Staphylococcus aureus on intestinal epithelial function and sensory signaling. NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY, Vol. 29 (pp 128-128)
  • Doroshenko N, Rimmer S, Foster S, MacNeil S & Douglas I (2017) Corneal infections: targeted eradication through antibiotic functionalized polymers. INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, Vol. 58(8)
  • Dickinson RS, Thompson AAR, Thomson JP, Murphy F, Marriott HM, Tavares A, Willson J, Williams L, Lewis A, Forbes S , Stimson RH et al (2016) . Thorax, Vol. 71(Suppl 3) (pp A61.2-A62)
  • Johnson E, Wagner N, Williams A, Prajsnar T, Renshaw S & Foster S (2015) . Journal of Infection, Vol. 71(6) (pp 684-684)
  • Walther CG, Vahldieck M, Robinson D & Foster S (2015) New green emitting fluorochromes for Fluorescence Microscopy, specifically Structured Illumination Microscopy. Microscopy Microscience Congress 2015 (MMC 2015) (pp P2608-P2608). Manchester, 29 June 2015 - 2 July 2015.
  • Thompson AAR, Marriott HM, Williams L, Shaw G, Hameed A, Parmar S, Preston JA, Simon MC, Johnson RS, Foster SJ , Dockrell DH et al (2013) . THORAX, Vol. 68 (pp A140-A140)
  • Bleiziffer I, Pohlentz G, McAulay K, Xia G, Hussain M, Peschel A, Foster SJ, Peters G & Heilmann C (2013) At least four glycosyltransferases are involved in the glycosylation of the plasmin-sensitive protein Pls in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, Vol. 303 (pp 57-57)
  • Anwar S, Sabroe I, Foster SJ & Whyte MK (2009) . THORAX, Vol. 64 (pp A36-A36)
  • Anwar S, Prince LR, Sabroe I, Foster SJ & Whyte MK (2007) Subversion of neutrophil apoptosis by Staphylococcus aureus. THORAX, Vol. 62 (pp A114-A115)
  • Ruud TE, Gundersen Y, Wang JE, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C & Aasen AO (2006) Systemic petidoglycan (PegG) stimulates proinflammatory responses in synergy with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in an in vivo and in vitro porcine model.. SHOCK, Vol. 26 (pp 32-32)
  • Tarkowski A, Verdrengh M, Jonsson IM, Magnusson M, Foster SJ & Liu ZQ (2005) Carbohydrates and biology of staphylococcal infections. GLYCOBIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, Vol. 564 (pp 115-116)
  • Wang YY, Myhre AE, Foster SJ, Thiermann C, Bjornland K, Aasen AO & Wang JE (2005) Peptidoglycan of S aureus induced the release of MMP-9 in human blood by degranulation of neutrophils.. SHOCK, Vol. 23 (pp 76-77)
  • Agren J, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C, Wang JE & Aasen AO (2005) Synthetic CpG- and GpC oligonucleotides enhance the TNF alpha release induced by peptidoglycan but not by lipopolysaccharide.. SHOCK, Vol. 23 (pp 22-22)
  • Hadley JS, Wang JE, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C & Hinds CJ (2004) Monocyte cell surface receptor upregulation in response to stimulation with lipopolysaccharide and peptidoglycan. SHOCK, Vol. 21 (pp 21-21)
  • Hadley JS, Wang JE, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C & Hinds CJ (2004) Cytokine responses to combined administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and peptidoglycan (PepG). SHOCK, Vol. 21 (pp 50-50)
  • Atrih A & Foster SJ (2002) Bacterial endospores the ultimate survivors. INTERNATIONAL DAIRY JOURNAL, Vol. 12(2-3) (pp 217-223)
  • FOSTER SJ (1994) THE ROLE AND REGULATION OF CELL-WALL STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS DURING DIFFERENTIATION OF ENDOSPORE-FORMING BACTERIA. JOURNAL OF APPLIED BACTERIOLOGY, Vol. 76 (pp S25-S39)

Posters

  • Pasquina Lemonche L, Burns J, Turner R, Foster S & Hobbs J (2019) Molecular Resolution of Gram Positive Bacteria Cell Wall using AFM.

Datasets

  • Lemonche LP, Burns J, Turner R, Kumar S, Tank R, Mullin N, Wilson J, Chakrabarti B, Bullough P, Foster S & Hobbs J (2020) .
  • Panchal V, Griffiths C, Mosaei H, Bilyk B, Sutton J, Carnell O, Hornby D, Green J, Hobbs J, Kelley W , Zenkin N et al .

Preprints

  • Henriksen C, Bæk KT, Wacnik K, Gallay C, Veening J-W, Foster SJ & Frees D (2023) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Sutton JAF, Cooke M, Tinajero-Trejo M, Wacnik K, Salamaga B, Portman-Ross C, Lund VA, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2023) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Wilson SA, Tank RKJ, Hobbs JK, Foster SJ & Garner EC (2021) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Bojer MS, Wacnik K, Kjelgaard P, Gallay C, Bottomley AL, Cohn MT, Lindahl G, Frees D, Veening J-W, Foster SJ & Ingmer H (2018) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Rizzello L, Robertson JD, Elks PM, Poma A, Daneshpour N, Prajsnar TK, Evangelopoulos D, Canseco JO, Yona S, Marriott HM , Dockrell DH et al (2017) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Research group

Host-pathogen interactions and antimicrobial resistance

Teaching activities
  • MBB323 Microbial Structure and Dynamics: Genes and Populations (Module Coordinator)
  • MBB335 Bacterial Pathogenicity

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