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Kirsty R. McWilliam

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenORCID 0000-0003-1459-8851Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Organism:human· 1

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintOct 14, 2026

AKT-like kinase regulates early steps in the Trypanosoma brucei quorum sensing signalling pathway

Kirsty R. McWilliam, Simon d' Archivio, Federico Rojas…·Keith R. Matthews

This study identifies AKT-like kinase as a regulator of quorum sensing in Trypanosoma brucei, showing its role in differentiation and potential as a therapeutic target.

DOI 10.64898/2026.10.13.758553

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MicrobiologyNaturePeer-reviewedMar 12, 2025

High-resolution scRNA-seq reveals genomic determinants of antigen expression hierarchy in African Trypanosomes

Zhibek Keneskhanova, Kirsty R. McWilliam, Raúl O. Cosentino…·T. Nicolai Siegel

This study uses high-resolution scRNA-seq to uncover how genomic rearrangements during antigen switching in Trypanosoma brucei depend on repair mechanisms and homologous templates.

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