I am a molecular microbiologist in the Degnan lab. My research focuses on studying the symbiotic relationship between marine sponges and the internal microbial communities they harbour. Using genomic, molecular and behavioural methods, I investigate how these symbiotic partnerships influence sponge development and how symbioses break down in response to environmental challenges. As one of the earliest multicellular life forms, marine sponges are in a unique evolutionary position to shed light on the cardinal rules governing modern animal-microbe symbioses thereby uncovering broader ecological and evolutionary implications.
Journal Article: Hfe Permease and <i>Haemophilus influenzae</i> Manganese Homeostasis
Ganio, Katherine, Nasreen, Marufa, Yang, Zihao, Maunders, Eve A., Luo, Zhenyao, Hossain, Sheikh Imamul, Ngu, Dalton H. Y., Ellis, Daniel, Gu, Jin, Neville, Stephanie L., Wilksch, Jonathan, Gunn, Adam P., Whittall, Jonathan J., Kobe, Boštjan, Deplazes, Evelyne, Kappler, Ulrike and McDevitt, Christopher A. (2024). Hfe Permease and Haemophilus influenzae Manganese Homeostasis. ACS Infectious Diseases, 10 (2), 436-452. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.3c00407
Journal Article: Zinc acquisition and its contribution to Klebsiella pneumoniae virulence
Maunders, Eve A., Giles, Matthew W., Ganio, Katherine, Cunningham, Bliss A., Bennett-Wood, Vicki, Cole, Gregory B., Ng, Dixon, Lai, Christine C., Neville, Stephanie L., Moraes, Trevor F., McDevitt, Christopher A. and Tan, Aimee (2024). Zinc acquisition and its contribution to Klebsiella pneumoniae virulence. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 13. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1322973
Journal Article: Host-mediated copper stress is not protective against Streptococcus pneumoniae D39 infection
Neville, Stephanie L., Cunningham, Bliss A., Maunders, Eve A., Tan, Aimee, Watts, Jacinta A., Ganio, Katherine, Eijkelkamp, Bart A., Pederick, Victoria G., Gonzalez de Vega, Raquel, Clases, David, Doble, Philip A. and McDevitt, Christopher A. (2022). Host-mediated copper stress is not protective against Streptococcus pneumoniae D39 infection. Microbiology Spectrum, 10 (6). doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02495-22
Hfe Permease and <i>Haemophilus influenzae</i> Manganese Homeostasis
Ganio, Katherine, Nasreen, Marufa, Yang, Zihao, Maunders, Eve A., Luo, Zhenyao, Hossain, Sheikh Imamul, Ngu, Dalton H. Y., Ellis, Daniel, Gu, Jin, Neville, Stephanie L., Wilksch, Jonathan, Gunn, Adam P., Whittall, Jonathan J., Kobe, Boštjan, Deplazes, Evelyne, Kappler, Ulrike and McDevitt, Christopher A. (2024). Hfe Permease and Haemophilus influenzae Manganese Homeostasis. ACS Infectious Diseases, 10 (2), 436-452. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.3c00407
Zinc acquisition and its contribution to Klebsiella pneumoniae virulence
Maunders, Eve A., Giles, Matthew W., Ganio, Katherine, Cunningham, Bliss A., Bennett-Wood, Vicki, Cole, Gregory B., Ng, Dixon, Lai, Christine C., Neville, Stephanie L., Moraes, Trevor F., McDevitt, Christopher A. and Tan, Aimee (2024). Zinc acquisition and its contribution to Klebsiella pneumoniae virulence. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 13. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1322973
Host-mediated copper stress is not protective against Streptococcus pneumoniae D39 infection
Neville, Stephanie L., Cunningham, Bliss A., Maunders, Eve A., Tan, Aimee, Watts, Jacinta A., Ganio, Katherine, Eijkelkamp, Bart A., Pederick, Victoria G., Gonzalez de Vega, Raquel, Clases, David, Doble, Philip A. and McDevitt, Christopher A. (2022). Host-mediated copper stress is not protective against Streptococcus pneumoniae D39 infection. Microbiology Spectrum, 10 (6). doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02495-22
The impact of chromate on Pseudomonas aeruginosa molybdenum homeostasis
Maunders, Eve A., Ngu, Dalton H. Y., Ganio, Katherine, Hossain, Sheikh I., Lim, Bryan Y. J., Leeming, Michael G., Luo, Zhenyao, Tan, Aimee, Deplazes, Evelyne, Kobe, Boštjan and McDevitt, Christopher A. (2022). The impact of chromate on Pseudomonas aeruginosa molybdenum homeostasis. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13 903146, 1-19. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.903146
The role of ZntA in Klebsiella pneumoniae zinc homeostasis
Maunders, Eve A., Ganio, Katherine, Hayes, Andrew J., Neville, Stephanie L., Davies, Mark R., Strugnell, Richard A., McDevitt, Christopher A. and Tan, Aimee (2022). The role of ZntA in Klebsiella pneumoniae zinc homeostasis. Microbiology Spectrum, 10 (1). doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01773-21
Maunders, Eve A., Triniman, Rory C., Western, Joshua, Rahman, Taufiq and Welch, Martin (2020). Global reprogramming of virulence and antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by a single nucleotide polymorphism in elongation factor, fusA1. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 295 (48), 16411-16426. doi: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.012102
Matrix exopolysaccharides; the sticky side of biofilm formation
Maunders, Eve and Welch, Martin (2017). Matrix exopolysaccharides; the sticky side of biofilm formation. FEMS microbiology letters, 364 (13). doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnx120
Impact of Azithromycin on the Quorum Sensing-Controlled Proteome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Swatton, J. E., Davenport, P. W., Maunders, E. A., Griffin, J. L., Lilley, K. S. and Welch, M. (2016). Impact of Azithromycin on the Quorum Sensing-Controlled Proteome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PLoS One, 11 (1) e0147698, 1-21. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147698
Which microbial factors really are important in Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections?
Crousilles, Audrey, Maunders, Eve, Bartlett, Sean, Fan, Catherine, Ukor, Emem-Fong, Abdelhamid, Yassmin, Baker, Ysobel, Floto, Andres, Spring, David R. and Welch, Martin (2015). Which microbial factors really are important in Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections?. Future microbiology, 10 (11), 1825-1836. doi: 10.2217/fmb.15.100