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Lisa Craig
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Research
Latest papers
Pilin antigenic variants impact gonococcal lifestyle and antibiotic tolerance by modulating interbacterial forces.
PLoS biology · 2025
Tad and toxin-coregulated pilus structures reveal unexpected diversity in bacterial type IV pili.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
Models are useful until high-resolution structures are available: (Trends in Microbiology 31(6), 550-551; 2023).
Trends in microbiology · 2023
Latest funding
- $90,000
Characterizing the tip of the Type IV pilus
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $849,150
Exploring and exploiting Type IV pili for DNA and antibiotic uptake
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
- $150,000
A Comprehensive Protein Expression, Purification and Crystallization (PEPC) System
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
29 publications.
Pilin antigenic variants impact gonococcal lifestyle and antibiotic tolerance by modulating interbacterial forces.
Wielert I, Kraus-Römer S, Volkmann TE, Craig L, Higgins PG, Maier B
Tad and toxin-coregulated pilus structures reveal unexpected diversity in bacterial type IV pili.
Sonani RR, Sanchez JC, Baumgardt JK, Kundra S, Wright ER, Craig L, Egelman EH
Models are useful until high-resolution structures are available: (Trends in Microbiology 31(6), 550-551; 2023).
Wang F, Craig L, Liu X, Rensing C, Egelman EH
Models are useful until high-resolution structures are available.
Wang F, Craig L, Liu X, Rensing C, Egelman EH
Mechanism of secretion of TcpF by the Vibrio cholerae toxin-coregulated pilus.
Nguyen M, Wu TH, Danielson KJ, Khan NM, Zhang JZ, Craig L
Microbial nanowires: type IV pili or cytochrome filaments?
Wang F, Craig L, Liu X, Rensing C, Egelman EH
Motor-independent retraction of type IV pili is governed by an inherent property of the pilus filament.
Chlebek JL, Denise R, Craig L, Dalia AB
The minor pilin PilV provides a conserved adhesion site throughout the antigenically variable meningococcal type IV pilus.
Barnier JP, Meyer J, Kolappan S, Bouzinba-Ségard H, Gesbert G, Jamet A, Frapy E, Schönherr-Hellec S, Capel E, Virion Z, Dupuis M, Bille E, Morand P, Schmitt T, Bourdoulous S, Nassif X, Craig L, Coureuil M
The Vibrio cholerae minor pilin TcpB mediates uptake of the cholera toxin phage CTXφ.
Gutierrez-Rodarte M, Kolappan S, Burrell BA, Craig L
Type IV pili: dynamics, biophysics and functional consequences.
Craig L, Forest KT, Maier B
Characterizing the tip of the Type IV pilus
Principal investigators: Craig, Lisa
Keywords: type iv pili; pily1; minor pilins; natural transformation; secretion; bacteriophage; structural biology; neisseria gonorrhoeae; acinetobacter baylyi; antibiotic resistance
Exploring and exploiting Type IV pili for DNA and antibiotic uptake
Principal investigators: Craig, Lisa
Keywords: Antibiotic Resistance; Multidrug Resistance; Natural Transformation; Neisseria Gonorrhoeae; Pily1; Type Iv Pili
A Comprehensive Protein Expression, Purification and Crystallization (PEPC) System
Principal investigators: Craig, Lisa
Exploiting the bacterial Type IV pilus as an antibiotic uptake system
Principal investigators: Craig, Lisa
Enhanced 2D Imaging for Gels and Membranes
Principal investigators: Audas, Timothy
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE TYPE IV PILUS MOTOR COMPLEX
Principal investigators: Craig, Lisa
X-ray Generator for Macromolecular Crystallography
Principal investigators: Paetzel, Mark
Calorimeter for measuring energetics of ligand-binding by titration
Principal investigators: Young, Edgar
The Type IV pilus as a dynamic transport apparatus
Principal investigators: Craig, Lisa
Keywords: Bacterial Secretion; Enteropathogenic E. Coli; Filamentous Phage; Macromolecular Complexes; Membrane Proteins; Membrane Translocation; Structural Biology; Type Iv Pili; Vibrio Cholerae; X-Ray Crystallography
Mechanism of secretion by the bacterial Type IV pilus system
Principal investigators: Craig, Lisa
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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