Liam K. R. Sharkey

This paper shows that phosphorylation by PknB at T101 promotes WalR dimer formation and strengthens DNA binding, revealing a direct functional link between PknB and WalR.

This study characterizes microbial communities in southeastern Australian montane fens, revealing high diversity and unique taxa not found in other environments.

The paper isolates soil bacteria using diffusion chambers, screens for antibiotic activity, and combines mass spectrometry and genomics to identify known and novel antibiotics from Australian soil samples.

This study identifies simple sequence repeats (SSRs) as key drivers of genetic heterogeneity and rapid adaptation in Staphylococcus aureus through loss-of-function mutations and phase-variable evolution.