Prof Mike Young

Prof Mike Young

Emeritus Professor

Department of Life Sciences

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Our laboratory studies post-exponential phase gene expression in several Gram-positive bacteria, including Bacillus and Clostridium. Recent work on dormancy in Micrococcus luteus led to the discovery of the Rpf family of bacterial growth factors found throughout the actinobacteria (e.g. mycobacteria, streptomycetes). We are currently exploring the mechanism of actions of these secreted bacterial growth factors and their potential applications for TB protection and therapy.

A Tool for Multiple Targeted Genome Deletions that Is Precise, Scar-Free, and Suitable for Automation. / Aubrey, Wayne; Riley, Michael; Young, Michael et al.
In: PLoS ONE, Vol. 10, No. 12, e0142494, 02.12.2015.

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Surviving the heat: Heterogeneity of response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae provides insight into thermal damage to the membrane. / Guyot, Stéphane; Gervais, Patrick; Young, Michael et al.
In: Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 17, No. 8, 14.05.2015, p. 2982-2992.

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Cyclic Amp-Dependent Resuscitation of Dormant Mycobacteria by Exogenous Free Fatty Acids. / Shleeva, Margarita; Goncharenko, Anna; Kudykina, Yuliya et al.
In: PLoS ONE, Vol. 8, No. 12, e82914, 23.12.2013.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

PD5: a general purpose library for primer design software. / Riley, Michael C.; Aubrey, Wayne; Young, Michael et al.
In: PLoS ONE, Vol. 8, No. 11, e80156, 21.11.2013.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Yeast-based automated high-throughput screens to identify anti-parasitic lead compounds. / Bilsland, Elizabeth ; Sparkes, Andrew Charles; Williams, Kevin Stewart et al.
In: Open Biology, Vol. 3, No. 2, 120158, 27.02.2013.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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