Neisseria gonorrhoeae

General topic area

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1 Introduction

Introduction - biology, disease, pathogenesis

2

Infection and AMR

Algorithms for predicting infection in women

3

Antimicrobial resistance

4

Whole-genome sequencing to predict antibiotic MICs for Ngo

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?Developing new antimicrobials to gonococci (computer-based? Etc...)

6 Genetics

Genetic transformation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Transcriptomics for Gc infection

8

RNA-seq for Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Biochemistry

Isolation of phenotypic variants by stereo-microscopy

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Production of peptidoglycan

11

Protein glycosylation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

12

?Production of purified pili/LPS

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Vaccine

OMV preparation and characterization

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Proteomics for vaccine development

15 Reverse vaccinology for Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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VLP-based vaccines

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Recombinant protein expression for gonococcal antigens

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Biological assays

Serum bactericidal assay

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Mouse intravaginal infection model 20

Human challenge model

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Mouse CEACAM model of infection humanized mouse model

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Gonococcal models of eye infection 23

Fallopian tube explant model

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Neutrophil interactions with Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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3D endometrial epithelial cell model

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Rhesus macaque model of Neisseria infection

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Methods to investigate gonococcal adhesion and invasion of human cells

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Opsonophagocytosis of N.gonorrhoeae