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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 479 8373
Email
matthew.mcneil@otago.ac.nz
Position
Senior Research Fellow
Department
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research summary
Antimicrobial drug resistance

Research

My research is focused on the use of bacterial genetics and functional genomics to investigate bacterial metabolism and antimicrobial drug resistance. Ultimately, the goal of this work is to identify new therapeutics and treatment strategies to combat antimicrobial resistance.

My current work places an emphasis on M. tuberculosis and we are extending these approaches to other bacterial pathogens.

Publications

Adolph, C., Cheung, C.-Y., McNeil, M. B., Jowsey, W. J., Williams, Z. C., Hards, K., Harold, L. K., … Tyndall, J. D. A., … Cook, G. M. (2023). A dual-targeting succinate dehydrogenase and F1Fo-ATP synthase inhibitor rapidly sterilizes replicating and non-replicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Cell Chemical Biology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2023.12.002 Journal - Research Article

Waller, N. J. E., Cheung, C.-Y., Cook, G. M., & McNeil, M. B. (2023). The evolution of antibiotic resistance is associated with collateral drug phenotypes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Nature Communications, 14, 1517. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37184-7 Journal - Research Article

Jowsey, W. J., McNeil, M. B., & Cook, G. M. (2022, August). Exploiting metabolic dysregulation to potentiate antibiotic killing of resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Poster session presented at the Webster Centre for Infectious Diseases Satellite Meeting: Queenstown Research Week, Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Chapman, C. L., McNeil, M. B., & Cook, G. M. (2022, August). Multiplex transcriptional repression to investigate genetic interactions between bioenergetic complexes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Poster session presented at the Webster Centre for Infectious Diseases Satellite Meeting: Queenstown Research Week, Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Adolph, C. R., Cheung, C.-Y., McNeil, M. B., & Cook, G. M. (2022, August). Exploiting synergistic interactions in energy metabolism to combat drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Poster session presented at the Webster Centre for Infectious Diseases Satellite Meeting: Queenstown Research Week, Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

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