Wang, X., Jowsey, W. J., Cheung, C.-Y., Dickerhof, N., Taka, J. R. H., Hampton, M. B., … Gardner, P., Fineran, P. C., Cook, G. M., Jackson, S. A., & McNeil, M. B. (2026, February). Genetic vulnerabilities in rifampicin resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis [Invited]. Verbal presentation at the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Shajumon, R., Gilmour, M., Wang, X., Ussher, J., Daniels, N., Toldi, G., & Kirman, J. (2025). Pattern of BCG vaccine-induced protection in peripheral blood. Proceedings of the Infectious Diseases & Pandemic Preparedness Summit. (pp. 40). Retrieved from https://www.teniwha.com
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Wang, X., Jowsey, W. J., Cheung, C.-Y., Fineran, P. C., Cook, G. M., Jackson, S. A., & McNeil, M. B. (2025). Defining therapeutic vulnerabilities in drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Wang, X., Jowsey, W. J., Cheung, C.-Y., Fineran, P. C., Cook, G. M., Jackson, S. A., & McNeil, M. B. (2024, September). Exploring collateral vulnerabilities in drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A path to novel anti-TB therapies. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Research Week (QRW) Pathogen Genomics Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Wang, X., Jowsey, W. J., Cheung, C.-Y., Smart, C., Klaus, H., Seeto, N. E., Waller, N. J. E., Chrisp, M. T., … Fineran, P. C., Cook, G. M., Jackson, S. A., & McNeil, M. B. (2024, September). Genome wide essentiality screens to define therapeutic vulnerabilities in an isoniazid-resistant catalase mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Verbal presentation at the 34th Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
2026
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Wang, X., Jowsey, W. J., Cheung, C.-Y., Dickerhof, N., Taka, J. R. H., Hampton, M. B., … Gardner, P., Fineran, P. C., Cook, G. M., Jackson, S. A., & McNeil, M. B. (2026, February). Genetic vulnerabilities in rifampicin resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis [Invited]. Verbal presentation at the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2025
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Shajumon, R., Gilmour, M., Wang, X., Ussher, J., Daniels, N., Toldi, G., & Kirman, J. (2025). Pattern of BCG vaccine-induced protection in peripheral blood. Proceedings of the Infectious Diseases & Pandemic Preparedness Summit. (pp. 40). Retrieved from https://www.teniwha.com
Wang, X., Jowsey, W. J., Cheung, C.-Y., Fineran, P. C., Cook, G. M., Jackson, S. A., & McNeil, M. B. (2025). Defining therapeutic vulnerabilities in drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go
2024
Journal - Research Article
Wang, X., Jowsey, W. J., Cheung, C.-Y., Smart, C. J., Klaus, H. R., Seeto, N. E. J., Waller, N. J. E., … Fineran, P. C., Cook, G. M., Jackson, S. A., & McNeil, M. B. (2024). Whole genome CRISPRi screening identifies druggable vulnerabilities in an isoniazid resistant strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Nature Communications, 15, 9791. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-54072-w
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Wang, X., Jowsey, W. J., Cheung, C.-Y., Fineran, P. C., Cook, G. M., Jackson, S. A., & McNeil, M. B. (2024, September). Exploring collateral vulnerabilities in drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A path to novel anti-TB therapies. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Research Week (QRW) Pathogen Genomics Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Wang, X., Jowsey, W. J., Cheung, C.-Y., Smart, C., Klaus, H., Seeto, N. E., Waller, N. J. E., Chrisp, M. T., … Fineran, P. C., Cook, G. M., Jackson, S. A., & McNeil, M. B. (2024, September). Genome wide essentiality screens to define therapeutic vulnerabilities in an isoniazid-resistant catalase mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Verbal presentation at the 34th Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.
2022
Journal - Research Article
Wang, X., Reilly, K., Heathcott, R., Biswas, A., Johnson, L. J., Teasdale, S., … Morales, S. E. (2022). Soil nitrogen treatment alters microbiome networks across farm niches. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, 786156. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.786156
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Wang, X. Y., Cheung, J., Jackson, S., & Cook, G. M. (2022, August). Metabolic dysregulation in drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Poster session presented at the Webster Centre for Infectious Diseases Satellite Meeting: Queenstown Research Week, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Awarded Doctoral Degree
Wang, X. (2022). Towards a better understanding of microbiomes across pastoral farm habitats (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10523/13509
2021
Journal - Research Article
Nilsen, A. R., Macrae, O. C., Andrew, K., Wang, X. Y., Te Tana, M. C., Soop, K., Brown, C. M., Summerfield, T. C., & Orlovich, D. A. (2021). Studies of New Zealand Cortinarius: Resolution of taxonomic conflicts in section Subcastanelli (Agaricales), new species and key to rozitoid species. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 59(4), 457-475. doi: 10.1080/0028825X.2021.1879877
2020
Journal - Research Article
Nilsen, A. R., Wang, X. Y., Soop, K., Cooper, J. A., Ridley, G. S., Wallace, M., Summerfield, T. C., Brown, C. M., & Orlovich, D. A. (2020). Purple haze: Cryptic purple sequestrate Cortinarius in New Zealand. Mycologia, 112(3), 588-605. doi: 10.1080/00275514.2020.1730120
Hannaway, R. F., Wang, X., Schneider, M., Slow, S., Cowan, J., Brockway, B., Schofield, M. R., Morgan, X. C., Murdoch, D. R., & Ussher, J. E. (2020). Mucosal-associated invariant T cells and Vδ2+ γδ T cells in community acquired pneumonia: Association of abundance in sputum with clinical severity and outcome. Clinical & Experimental Immunology, 199(2), 201-215. doi: 10.1111/cei.13377
2019
Journal - Research Article
Murphy, R., Morgan, X. C., Wang, X. Y., Wickens, K., Purdie, G., Fitzharris, P., Otal, A., Lawley, B., Stanley, T., Barthow, C., Crane, J., … Tannock, G. W. (2019). Eczema-protective probiotic alters infant gut microbiome functional capacity but not composition: Sub-sample analysis from a RCT. Beneficial Microbes, 10(1), 5-17. doi: 10.3920/bm2017.0191
2018
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Griffith, J. C., Withers, A. R., Ticar, V., Wang, C., Day, A., & Morgan, X. (2018). Dynamics of the human gut microbiome in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease. Proceedings of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB) Joint Annual Conference: Microbes & Molecules. (pp. 91). Retrieved from https://www.nzmsconference.org.nz
Wang, X., Greening, C., Cook, G. M., Morgan, X. C., Attwood, G. T., & Morales, S. E. (2018). Mitigating CH4 emission through a better understanding of H2 metabolism in the rumen. Proceedings of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB) Joint Annual Conference: Microbes & Molecules. (pp. 70). Retrieved from https://www.nzmsconference.org.nz
Andrews, A., Wang, C., Wall, C., Gearry, R., Day, A., Tannock, G., & Morgan, X. (2018). Modulation of the gut microbiome in adult Crohn's Disease patients during exclusive enteral nutrition. Proceedings of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB) Joint Annual Conference: Microbes & Molecules. (pp. 50-51). Retrieved from https://www.nzmsconference.org.nz
2016
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Orlovich, D. A., Gillard, G., Wang, X., Nilsen, A. R., Brown, C. M., & Summerfield, T. C. (2016). Comparative genomics of a truffle-like fungus Cortinarius beeverorum and its close mushroom relative C. dulciolens. Proceedings of the Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Mycological Society (AMS) with the Fungal Network of New Zealand (FUNNZ). (pp. 14). Retrieved from https://www.australasianmycologicalsociety.com
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Wang, X., Klenerman, P., Slow, S., Murdoch, D. R., Ussher, J. E., & Morgan, X. C. (2016, November). Understanding the potential of the commensal microbiome to modulate MAIT cells. Verbal presentation at the Joint Meeting of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) and the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB), Christchurch, New Zealand.
2014
Journal - Research Article
Orlovich, D. A., Wang, X. Y., & Lebel, T. (2014). Cortinarius beeverorum, a new species of sequestrate Cortinarius from New Zealand. Mycological Progress, 13(3), 915-921. doi: 10.1007/s11557-014-0977-z
