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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 479 7396
Email
keith.ireton@otago.ac.nz
Position
Associate Professor
Department
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Qualifications
BSc, PhD
Research summary
Medical microbiology and microbial pathogenesis, cellular microbiology

Research

My laboratory studies molecular mechanisms of virulence of the food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. One ongoing project focuses on understanding the process by which Listeria induces its internalization into host human cells. Another project examines how Listeria spreads from infected human cells to surrounding healthy cells.

Publications

Ireton, K., Gyanwali, G. C., Herath, T. U. B., & Lee, N. (2023). Exploitation of the host exocyst complex by bacterial pathogens. Molecular Microbiology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/mmi.15034 Journal - Research Other

Gyanwali, G. C., Herath, T. U. B., Gianfelice, A., & Ireton, K. (2022). Listeria monocytogenes co-opts the host exocyst complex to promote internalin A-mediated entry. Infection & Immunity, 90(12), e00326-22. doi: 10.1128/iai.00326-22 Journal - Research Article

Ireton, K., Dowd, G. C., Mortuza, R., Herath, T. U. B., Roy, A., & Gianfelice, A. (2022, August). The bacterial pathogens Listeria monocytogenes and Shigella flexneri exploit host polarized exocytosis to enhance cell-to-cell spread. Verbal presentation at the Webster Centre for Infectious Diseases Satellite Meeting: Queenstown Research Week, Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Herath, T. U. B., Roy, A., Gianfelice, A., & Ireton, K. (2022, August). Role of host exocytosis in cell-to-cell spread of Shigella flexneri. Verbal presentation at the Advances in Microscopy Satellite Meeting: Queenstown Research Week, Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Roy, A., & Ireton, K. (2021). Role of host membrane remodeling proteins in cell-to-cell spread of the bacterium Shigella flexneri. Proceedings of the 16th Congress of the Federation of Asian & Oceanic Biochemists & Molecular Biologists (FAOBMB). (pp. 144). Retrieved from https://www.faobmb2021.org Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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