Mr Alan Cookson

Mr Alan Cookson

Research Scientist

IBERS

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Publications in the last 5 years:

Genome analysis, metabolic potential and predatory capabilities of Herpetosiphon llansteffanense sp.nov.

Paul Livingstone, Russell M Morphew, Alan Cookson, Edward Whitworth

June 2018 in Applied and Environmental Microbiology DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01040-18

The rumen microbiome: an underexplored resource for novel antimicrobial discovery

 Linda B. Oyama, Susan E. Girdwood, Alan R. Cookson, Narcis Fernandez-Fuentes, Florence Privé, Hannah E. Vallin, Toby J. Wilkinson, Peter N. Golyshin, Olga V. Golyshina, Ralf Mikut, Kai Hilpert, Jennifer Richards, Mandy Wootton, Joan E. Edwards, Marc Maresca, Josette Perrier, Fionnuala T. Lundy, Yu Luo, Mei Zhou, Matthias Hess, Hilario C. Mantovani, Christopher J. Creevey & Sharon A. Huws

In Nature Partner Journal, Biofilms and Microbiomes volume 3, Article number: 33 (2017)

Buwchitin: A Ruminal Peptide with Antimicrobial Potential against Enterococcus faecalis.

Oyama LB, Crochet JA, Edwards JE, Girdwood SE, Cookson AR, Fernandez-Fuentes N, Hilpert K, Golyshin PN, Golyshina OV, Privé F, Hess M, Mantovani HC, Creevey CJ, Huws SA.

Frontiers in Chemistry, 2017 Jul 12 5:51. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2017.00051. 2017.

Endophytic bacteria in Miscanthus seed: implications for germination, vertical inheritance of endophytes, plant evolution and breeding. Naomi Cope-Selby, Alan Cookson, Michael Squance, Iain Donnison, Richard Flavell, Kerrie Farrar. Apr 2016. GCB Bioenergy

Polyphenol oxidase affects normal nodule development in red clover (Trifolium pratense L.). K. Judith Webb · Alan Cookson · Gordon Allison, Michael L. Sullivan, Ana L. Winters. Dec 2014, Frontiers in Plant Science

Differential Colonization of Plant Parts by the Rumen Microbiota is likely to be due to Different Forage Chemistries. Huws SA, Olga L. Mayorga, Theodorou MK, Eun Joong Kim, Alan Cookson, Charles James Newbold, Kingston Smith AH. Feb 2014, Journal of Microbial & Biochemical Technology

Gene Expression Patterns, Localization, and Substrates of Polyphenol Oxidase in Red Clover (Trifolium pratense L.) Kathleen Judith Webb, Alan Roy Cookson, Gordon Graham Allison, Michael L. Sullivan, Ana Winters. Jun 2013, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

Responsibilities

IBERS Gogerddan Controlled Environment Facility Manager

IBERS Advanced Microscopy & Bio-Imaging Lab Manager

Publications

Khalid, A, Cookson, AR, Whitworth, DE, Beeton, ML, Robins, LI & Maddocks, SE 2023, 'A Synthetic Polymicrobial Community Biofilm Model Demonstrates Spatial Partitioning, Tolerance to Antimicrobial Treatment, Reduced Metabolism, and Small Colony Variants Typical of Chronic Wound Biofilms', Pathogens, vol. 12, no. 1, 118. 10.3390/pathogens12010118
Chakroborty, A, Pritchard, D, Bouillon, ME, Cervi, A, Cookson, A, Wild, C, Fenn, C, Payne, J, Holdsworth, P, Capner, C, O'Neill, J, Padalino, G, Forde-Thomas, J, Gupta, S, Smith, BG, Fisher, M, Lahmann, M, Baird, MS & Hoffmann, KF 2022, 'Flukicidal effects of abietane diterpenoid derived analogues against the food borne pathogen Fasciola hepatica.', Veterinary Parasitology, vol. 309, 109766. 10.1016/j.vetpar.2022.109766
Oyama, LB, Olleik, H, Teixeira, ACN, Guidini, MM, Pickup, JA, Hui, BYP, Vidal, N, Cookson, AR, Vallin, H, Wilkinson, T, Bazzolli, DMS, Richards, J, Wootton, M, Mikut, R, Hilpert, K, Maresca, M, Perrier, J, Hess, M, Mantovani, HC, Fernandez-Fuentes, N, Creevey, CJ & Huws, SA 2022, 'In silico identification of two peptides with antibacterial activity against multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus', npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, vol. 8, no. 1, 58. 10.1038/s41522-022-00320-0
Adeniyi, O, Baptista, R, Bhowmick, S, Cookson, A, Nash, RJ, Winters, A, Shen, J & Mur, LAJ 2022, 'Isolation and Characterisation of Quercitrin as a Potent Anti-Sickle Cell Anaemia Agent from Alchornea cordifolia', Journal of Clinical Medicine, vol. 11, no. 8, 2177. 10.3390/jcm11082177
Mulkern, AJ, Oyama, LB, Cookson, AR, Creevey, CJ, Wilkinson, TJ, Olleik, H, Maresca, M, da Silva, GC, Fontes, PP, Bazzolli, DMS, Mantovani, HC, Damaris, BF, Mur, LAJ & Huws, SA 2022, 'Microbiome-derived antimicrobial peptides offer therapeutic solutions for the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections', npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, vol. 8, no. 1, 70. 10.1038/s41522-022-00332-w
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