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Keira Cozens

University of BathORCID 0009-0008-0545-6070Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Organism:E. coli· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Bridget N. J. WatsoniD· 1 shared Carolina Ferrari· 1 shared Clàudia Morros-BernausiD· 1 shared Cristina MerlaiD· 1 shared David M. AanenseniD· 1 shared David SünderhaufiD· 1 shared Davide SasseraiD· 1 shared Edward J. FeiliD· 1 shared

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintOct 30, 2026

Prevention of Klebsiella pneumoniae antibiotic resistance plasmid dissemination by prophylactic or simultaneous CRISPR-Cas9 treatment.

Clàudia Morros-Bernaus, Nia Feakes, Urszula Oko…·David Sünderhauf

This study demonstrates that mobile CRISPR-Cas9 tools can effectively prevent the dissemination of an AMR plasmid from K. pneumoniae to E. coli under various experimental conditions.

DOI 10.64898/2026.10.29.762760

E. coliexperimental assay

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MicrobiologyPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological SciencesPeer-reviewedSep 4, 2025

Phage susceptibility to a minimal, modular synthetic CRISPR-Cas system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is nutrient dependent

Josie F. K. Elliott, Keira Cozens, Yueyi Cai…·Tiffany Taylor

The paper tests a synthetic CRISPR-Cas system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa against 13 phages and finds nutrient-dependent protection efficacy.

3 citations

bacteria (other)proteomics

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintJan 5, 2024

Convergence and global epidemiology of Klebsiella pneumoniae plasmids harbouring the iuc3 virulence locus.

Marjorie J. Gibbon, Natacha Couto, Keira Cozens…·Edward J. Feil

The paper characterizes iuc3-carrying plasmids in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates, identifying convergent plasmids with resistance and virulence genes and highlighting their global epidemiology.

6 citations

humanmouse

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