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PhD candidateSharon McKenzie Lequeux headshot

Email mcksh534@student.otago.ac.nz

Research interests

Sharon is in the first year of her PhD with Mātai Hāora and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology (supported by the Maurice Wilkins Centre) and is based in Ōtepoti Dunedin. Her research project is investigating interactions between human neutrophils and Staphylococcus aureus, with particular interest in neutrophil antimicrobial responses and intracellular bacterial survival. Her supervisors are Professor Mark Hampton and Dr Nina Dickerhof.

Affiliations

Publications

Harfoot, R., Lawley, B., Hernández, L. C., Kuang, J., Grant, J., Treece, J. M., LeQueux, S., Day, R., Jack, S., Stanton, J.-A. L., Bostina, M., Ussher, J. E., & Quiñones‑Mateu, M. E. (2022). Characterization of the first SARS-CoV-2 isolates from Aotearoa New Zealand as part of a rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Viruses, 14, 366. doi: 10.3390/v14020366 Journal - Research Article

Velamoor, S., Lequeux, S., Easingwood, R., Mitchell, A., Plowman, J., Bostina, M., & Harland, D. (2021). A correlative fluorescent and electron microscopic technique for ultralocalization of trichocyte keratins. In P. Ghosal, C. B. Carter, K. R. Vinothkumar & R. Sarkar (Eds.), Applications of Microscopy in Materials and Life Sciences: Proceedings of the 12th Asia-Pacific Microscopy Conference. (pp. 243-250). Singapore: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-2982-2_24 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Bir, S., Chandrasekera, D., Van Hout, I., Lequeux, S., Coffey, S., Bunton, R. W., Davis, P., Williams, M. J. A., & Katare, R. (2021). Use of exosomes to deliver proangiogenic microRNAs and reduce the microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus. Proceedings of the 44th New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes (NZSSD) Annual Scientific Meeting. Retrieved from https://www.ivvy.com.au/event/NZSSD2021 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Velamoor, S., Richena, M., Mitchell, A., Lequeux, S., Bostina, M., & Harland, D. (2020). High-pressure freezing followed by freeze substitution of a complex and variable density miniorgan: The wool follicle. Journal of Microscopy, 278(1), 18-28. doi: 10.1111/jmi.12875 Journal - Research Article

Velamoor, S., Lequeux, S., Mitchell, A., Bostina, M., & Harland, D. (2019, August-September). Investigating the structural assembly of keratins in biological materials using electron microscopy. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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