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- Dr Steven Hancock is:
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Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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2025
Journal Article
An mRNA vaccine encoding five conserved Group A Streptococcus antigens
Harbison-Price, Nichaela, Sebina, Ismail, Bolton, Rhiannon A., Finn, Meredith, Cork, Amanda J., Courtney, Isabel G., Hancock, Steven, Pelingon, Ruby, Richter, Johanna, Ericsson, Olivia, Green, Shannon, Cuellar, Celeste, Davis, Laura, Pullinger, Brody, Na, Jack, Elangovan, Gayathiri, De Oliveira, David M. P., Curren, Bodie F., Bickham, Nia, Aguirre, Miguel, Dold, Christina, Brouwer, Stephan, Plante, Obadiah, Belz, Gabrielle T. and Walker, Mark J. (2025). An mRNA vaccine encoding five conserved Group A Streptococcus antigens. Nature Communications, 16 (1) 5439, 1-14. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-60580-0
2024
Journal Article
High-risk Escherichia coli clones that cause neonatal meningitis and association with recrudescent infection
Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Phan, Minh-Duy, Hancock, Steven J., Peters, Kate M., Alvarez-Fraga, Laura, Forde, Brian M., Andersen, Stacey B., Miliya, Thyl, Harris, Patrick N. A., Beatson, Scott A., Schlebusch, Sanmarie, Bergh, Haakon, Turner, Paul, Brauner, Annelie, Westerlund-Wikström, Benita, Irwin, Adam D. and Schembri, Mark A (2024). High-risk Escherichia coli clones that cause neonatal meningitis and association with recrudescent infection. eLife, 12 RP91853. doi: 10.7554/elife.91853.3
2024
Journal Article
A convergent evolutionary pathway attenuating cellulose production drives enhanced virulence of some bacteria
Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Rahman, M. Arifur, Goh, Kelvin G. K., Kim, Seung Jae, Phan, Minh-Duy, Peters, Kate M., Alvarez-Fraga, Laura, Hancock, Steven J., Ravi, Chitra, Kidd, Timothy J., Sullivan, Matthew J., Irvine, Katharine M., Beatson, Scott A., Sweet, Matthew J., Irwin, Adam D., Vukovic, Jana, Ulett, Glen C., Hasnain, Sumaira Z. and Schembri, Mark A. (2024). A convergent evolutionary pathway attenuating cellulose production drives enhanced virulence of some bacteria. Nature Communications, 15 (1) 1441, 1441. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45176-4
2023
Journal Article
Type I interferons drive MAIT cell functions against bacterial pneumonia
López-Rodríguez, Juan Carlos, Hancock, Steven J., Li, Kelin, Crotta, Stefania, Barrington, Christopher, Suárez-Bonnet, Alejandro, Priestnall, Simon L., Aubé, Jeffrey, Wack, Andreas, Klenerman, Paul, Bengoechea, Jose A and Barral, Patricia (2023). Type I interferons drive MAIT cell functions against bacterial pneumonia. The Journal of experimental medicine, 220 (10) e20230037. doi: 10.1084/jem.20230037
2023
Journal Article
Genetic basis of I-complex plasmid stability and conjugation
Lian, Zheng Jie, Phan, Minh-Duy, Hancock, Steven J., Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Paterson, David L. and Schembri, Mark A. (2023). Genetic basis of I-complex plasmid stability and conjugation. PLoS Genetics, 19 (6) e1010773, 1-21. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010773
2023
Journal Article
Integrative omics identifies conserved and pathogen-specific responses of sepsis-causing bacteria
Mu, Andre, Klare, William P., Baines, Sarah L., Ignatius Pang, C. N., Guérillot, Romain, Harbison-Price, Nichaela, Keller, Nadia, Wilksch, Jonathan, Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Phan, Minh-Duy, Keller, Bernhard, Nijagal, Brunda, Tull, Dedreia, Dayalan, Saravanan, Chua, Hwa Huat Charlie, Skoneczny, Dominik, Koval, Jason, Hachani, Abderrahman, Shah, Anup D., Neha, Nitika, Jadhav, Snehal, Partridge, Sally R., Cork, Amanda J., Peters, Kate, Bertolla, Olivia, Brouwer, Stephan, Hancock, Steven J., Álvarez-Fraga, Laura, De Oliveira, David M. P. ... Walker, Mark J. (2023). Integrative omics identifies conserved and pathogen-specific responses of sepsis-causing bacteria. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 1530, 1-21. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37200-w
2023
Journal Article
Modelling the gastrointestinal carriage of Klebsiella pneumoniae infections
Calderon-Gonzalez, Ricardo, Lee, Alix, Lopez-Campos, Guillermo, Hancock, Steven J., Sa-Pessoa, Joana, Dumigan, Amy, McMullan, Ronan, Campbell, Eric L. and Bengoechea, Jose A. (2023). Modelling the gastrointestinal carriage of Klebsiella pneumoniae infections. mBio, 14 (1) e0312122. doi: 10.1128/mbio.03121-22
2022
Journal Article
Cyclic ADP ribose isomers: Production, chemical structures, and immune signaling
Manik, Mohammad K., Shi, Yun, Li, Sulin, Zaydman, Mark A., Damaraju, Neha, Eastman, Samuel, Smith, Thomas G., Gu, Weixi, Masic, Veronika, Mosaiab, Tamim, Weagley, James S., Hancock, Steven J., Vasquez, Eduardo, Hartley-Tassell, Lauren, Kargios, Nestoras, Maruta, Natsumi, Lim, Bryan Y. J., Burdett, Hayden, Landsberg, Michael J., Schembri, Mark A., Prokes, Ivan, Song, Lijiang, Grant, Murray, DiAntonio, Aaron, Nanson, Jeffrey D., Guo, Ming, Milbrandt, Jeffrey, Ve, Thomas and Kobe, Bostjan (2022). Cyclic ADP ribose isomers: Production, chemical structures, and immune signaling. Science, 377 (6614) eadc8969, 1-11. doi: 10.1126/science.adc8969
2022
Journal Article
Ucl fimbriae regulation and glycan receptor specificity contribute to gut colonisation by extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli
Hancock, Steven J., Lo, Alvin W., Ve, Thomas, Day, Christopher J., Tan, Lendl, Mendez, Alejandra A., Phan, Minh-Duy, Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Peters, Kate M., Richards, Amanda C., Fleming, Brittany A., Chang, Chyden, Ngu, Dalton H. Y., Forde, Brian M., Haselhorst, Thomas, Goh, Kelvin G. K., Beatson, Scott A., Jennings, Michael P., Mulvey, Matthew A., Kobe, Bostjan and Schembri, Mark A. (2022). Ucl fimbriae regulation and glycan receptor specificity contribute to gut colonisation by extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli. PLoS Pathogens , 18 (6) e1010582, e1010582. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010582
2022
Journal Article
Variation of Antigen 43 self-association modulates bacterial compacting within aggregates and biofilms
Vo, Julieanne L., Ortiz, Gabriela C. Martínez, Totsika, Makrina, Lo, Alvin W., Hancock, Steven J., Whitten, Andrew E., Hor, Lilian, Peters, Kate M., Ageorges, Valentin, Caccia, Nelly, Desvaux, Mickaël, Schembri, Mark A., Paxman, Jason J. and Heras, Begoña (2022). Variation of Antigen 43 self-association modulates bacterial compacting within aggregates and biofilms. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 8 (1) 20, 20. doi: 10.1038/s41522-022-00284-1
2022
Journal Article
Plasmid-mediated ciprofloxacin resistance imparts a selective advantage on Escherichia coli ST131
Phan, Minh-Duy, Peters, Kate M., Alvarez Fraga, Laura, Wallis, Steven C., Hancock, Steven, Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Forde, Brian, Bauer, Michelle J., Paterson, David L., Beatson, Scott A, Lipman, Jeffrey and Schembri, Mark A. (2022). Plasmid-mediated ciprofloxacin resistance imparts a selective advantage on Escherichia coli ST131. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 66 (1) e02146-21, 1-11. doi: 10.1128/aac.02146-21
2022
Journal Article
Differential Afa/Dr fimbriae expression in the multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli ST131 clone
Alvarez-Fraga, Laura, Phan, Minh-Duy, Goh, Kelvin G. K., Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Hancock, Steven J., Allsopp, Luke P., Peters, Kate M., Forde, Brian M., Roberts, Leah W., Sullivan, Matthew J., Totsika, Makrina, Beatson, Scott A., Ulett, Glen C. and Schembri, Mark A. (2022). Differential Afa/Dr fimbriae expression in the multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli ST131 clone. mBio, 13 (1) e03519, e0351921. doi: 10.1128/mbio.03519-21
2021
Journal Article
Characterisation of DtrJ as an IncC plasmid conjugative DNA transfer component
Hancock, Steven J., Phan, Minh‐Duy, Roberts, Leah, Vu, Thu Ngoc Minh, Harris, Patrick N.A., Beatson, Scott A. and Schembri, Mark A. (2021). Characterisation of DtrJ as an IncC plasmid conjugative DNA transfer component. Molecular Microbiology, 116 (1), 154-167. doi: 10.1111/mmi.14697
2020
Journal Article
Comprehensive analysis of IncC plasmid conjugation identifies a crucial role for the transcriptional regulator AcaB
Hancock, Steven J., Phan, Minh-Duy, Luo, Zhenyao, Lo, Alvin W., Peters, Kate M., Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Forde, Brian M., Whitfield, Jason, Yang, Ji, Strugnell, Richard A., Paterson, David L., Walsh, Timothy R., Kobe, Bostjan, Beatson, Scott A. and Schembri, Mark A. (2020). Comprehensive analysis of IncC plasmid conjugation identifies a crucial role for the transcriptional regulator AcaB. Nature Microbiology, 5 (11), 1340-1348. doi: 10.1038/s41564-020-0775-0
2020
Journal Article
Multispecies outbreak of Verona integron-encoded metallo-ß-lactamase-producing multidrug-resistant bacteria driven by a promiscuous incompatibility group A/C2 plasmid
de Man, Tom J. B., Yaffee, Anna Q., Zhu, Wenming, Batra, Dhwani, Alyanak, Efe, Rowe, Lori A., McAllister, Gillian, Moulton-Meissner, Heather, Boyd, Sandra, Flinchum, Andrea, Slayton, Rachel B., Hancock, Steven, Spalding Walters, Maroya, Laufer Halpin, Alison, Rasheed, James Kamile, Noble-Wang, Judith, Kallen, Alexander J. and Limbago, Brandi M. (2020). Multispecies outbreak of Verona integron-encoded metallo-ß-lactamase-producing multidrug-resistant bacteria driven by a promiscuous incompatibility group A/C2 plasmid. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 72 (3), 414-420. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa049
2019
Journal Article
Bioinformatic and molecular analysis of inverse autotransporters from Escherichia coli
Goh, Kelvin G. K., Moriel, Danilo G., Hancock, Steven J., Phan, Minh-Duy and Schembri, Mark A. (2019). Bioinformatic and molecular analysis of inverse autotransporters from Escherichia coli. MSphere, 4 (4) e00572-19. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00572-19
2019
Other Outputs
Molecular characterisation of A/C plasmids
Hancock, Steven (2019). Molecular characterisation of A/C plasmids. PhD Thesis, School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.572
2018
Journal Article
Copper ions and coordination complexes as novel carbapenem adjuvants
Djoko, Karrera Y., Achard, Maud E. S., Phan, Minh-Duy, Lo, Alvin W., Miraula, Manfredi, Prombhul, Sasiprapa, Hancock, Steven J., Peters, Kate M., Sidjabat, Hanna E., Harris, Patrick N., Mitić, Nataša, Walsh, Timothy R., Anderson, Gregory J., Shafer, William M., Paterson, David L., Schenk, Gerhard, McEwan, Alastair G. and Schembri, Mark A. (2018). Copper ions and coordination complexes as novel carbapenem adjuvants. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 62 (2) e02280-17. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02280-17
2017
Journal Article
Identification of IncA/C plasmid replication and maintenance genes and development of a plasmid multi-locus sequence-typing scheme
Hancock, Steven J., Phan, Minh-Duy, Peters, Kate M., Forde, Brian M., Chong, Teik Min, Yin, Wai-Fong, Chan, Kok-Gan, Paterson, David L., Walsh, Timothy R., Beatson, Scott A. and Schembri, Mark A. (2017). Identification of IncA/C plasmid replication and maintenance genes and development of a plasmid multi-locus sequence-typing scheme. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 61 (2) e01740. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01740-16
2015
Journal Article
Molecular Characterization of a Multidrug Resistance IncF Plasmid from the Globally Disseminated Escherichia coli ST131 Clone.
Phan, Minh Duy, Forde, Brian M., Peters, Kate M., Sarkar, Sohinee, Hancock, Steven, Stanton-Cook, Mitchell, Zakour, Nouri L. Ben, Upton, Mathew, Beatson, Scott A. and Schembri, Mark A. (2015). Molecular Characterization of a Multidrug Resistance IncF Plasmid from the Globally Disseminated Escherichia coli ST131 Clone.. PLoS One, 10 (4) e0122369, e0122369-e0122369. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122369
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