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Ciarán L. Kelly

Northumbria UniversityORCID 0000-0002-2263-5176Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Organism:bacteria (other)· 3 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:protein design· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1 Research Focus:software / tool· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1

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John T. HeapiD· 3 shared Melissa Poma· 3 shared George M. TayloriD· 2 shared Aistė Šatkutė· 1 shared Andreas W. K. Harris· 1 shared Andreas Zannetou· 1 shared Andrew HitchcockiD· 1 shared Antonio Torres-MéndeziD· 1 shared

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Identification of a native Type I Secretion System cargo in Zymomonas mobilis and its application for extracellular enzyme secretion

Melissa Poma, Jose L Munoz, Ciarán L. Kelly

The paper identifies a native Type I Secretion System (T1SS) cargo in Zymomonas mobilis and demonstrates its use for efficient extracellular enzyme secretion.

bioRxiv · May 29, 2026 · PreprintSynthetic Biology

A Comprehensive Genetic Toolkit for Rapid and High-Resolution Engineering of Metabolic Pathways in Zymomonas mobilis.

Melissa Poma, Matteo Marchetti, Cathal Burns, Andreas Zannetou, Emma M. Riley, Frank Sargent, Ulugbek Azimov, José Muñoz-Muñoz, Ciarán L. Kelly

This paper develops a genetic toolkit for precise metabolic pathway engineering in Zymomonas mobilis, enabling high-resolution control of gene expression and pathway assembly.

bioRxiv · Oct 29, 2025 · PreprintSynthetic Biology

A genetic toolbox for the high-resolution engineering of the plant growth-promoting agricultural bacterium Azospirillum brasilense.

Emma Riley, Melissa Poma, Ciarán L. Kelly

This paper develops a genetic toolkit for Azospirillum brasilense to enable engineering of plant growth-promoting behaviors.

bioRxiv · Apr 8, 2025 · PreprintSynthetic Biology

Transcriptional terminators allow leak-free chromosomal integration of genetic constructs in cyanobacteria

Ciarán L. Kelly, George M. Taylor, Aistė Šatkutė, Linda Dekker, John T. Heap

The paper identifies strong transcriptional terminators in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 that improve inducible control of chromosomally integrated genetic constructs.

Microorganisms · Aug 16, 2019Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology

Synthetic negative feedback circuits using engineered small RNAs

Ciarán L. Kelly, Andreas W. K. Harris, Harrison Steel, Edward J. Hancock, John T. Heap, Antonis Papachristodoulou

This paper designs and builds two synthetic negative feedback circuits using engineered small RNAs, showing they can fine-tune output and reduce noise compared to traditional protein-based systems.

Nucleic Acids Research · Sep 6, 2018Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology

A rhamnose-inducible system for precise and temporal control of gene expression in cyanobacteria

Ciarán L. Kelly, George M. Taylor, Andrew Hitchcock, Antonio Torres-Méndez, John T. Heap

This paper introduces a rhamnose-inducible promoter system in cyanobacteria with improved properties over existing systems.

ACS Synthetic Biology · Mar 15, 2018Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology