Stephen Garrett
I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the Palmer lab at Newcastle University. I completed my PhD in the Palmer lab in September 2023 with my research focusing on the Type VII Secretion System in Staphylococcus aureus and the toxins it secretes. I completed my undergraduate degree at the University of Glasgow, undertaking a research project in the Penadés lab, working on phage inducible chromosomal islands. I was also awarded the Harry Smith Vacation Studentship in 2018 where I worked in the Wall lab on metabolites of gut bacteria and the effects they have on the host.
News
Jun 23
StaphGBI, Galway
Oral Presentation: “Characterisation of a novel lipase toxin of the Staphylococcus aureus type VII secretion system"
Jun 23
Research by Bowran et al., on which I was a co-author, was accepted for publication in Microbial Genomics. This work identified a rare eighth varient of the T7SS in L. monocytogenes, with an accosiated Rhs toxin.
Apr 23
Annual Conference, Microbiology Society
Oral Presentation: “Characterisation of TslA, a novel ‘reverse’ substrate of the Staphylococcus aureus type VII secretion system”.
Early Career Microbiologist Forum co-chair of the Microbial Physiology, Metabolism and Molecular Biology Forum.
Nov 22
Protein Secretion at the Host-Pathogen Interface, Microbiology Society
Oral Presentation: “Characterisation of a novel lipase toxin of the Staphylococcus aureus type VII secretion system"
Nov 22
My first co-corresponding, first author paper was accepted for publication in Microbial Genomics.
Jun 22
Our preprint analysing the laboratory Staphylococcus aureus strain, RN6390, and it's progenitors was published in Access Microbiology. We highlight the differences between RN6390 and its parental strain NCT8325, including the difference in the prophages found in each strain.
Jun 22
Invited to be a Discussion Leader at the GRC Bacterial cell Surfaces conference and also presented my work in the form of a poster at the meeting.
Apr 22
Early Career Researcher co-chair for the Environmental Microbiology session at the Microbiology Society Annual Conference, Belfast 2022. I also presented a poster at the meeting.
Jan 22
Three month PIPs placement at the National Collection of Type Cultures - UKHSA as part of the molecular research team.
Jan 22
My first co-corresponding, first author paper has been published to BioRxiv. We explore the role recombination plays in the expansion and loss of T7SS immunity genes.
