2024

Reis-Cunha, J. L., Pimenta-Carvalho, S. A., Almeida, L. V., Coqueiro-Dos-Santos, A., Marques, C. A. , Black, J. A., Damasceno, J. , McCulloch, R. , Bartholomeu, D. C. and Jeffares, D. C. (2024) Ancestral aneuploidy and stable chromosomal duplication resulting in differential genome structure and gene expression control in trypanosomatid parasites. Genome Research, 34(3), pp. 441-453. (doi: 10.1101/gr.278550.123) (PMID:38604731) (PMCID:PMC11067883)

2023

Black, J. A., Klinger, C. M., Lemgruber, L. , Dacks, J. B., Mottram, J. C. and McCulloch, R. (2023) AAK1-like: a putative pseudokinase with potential roles in cargo uptake in bloodstream form Trypanosoma brucei parasites. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 70(6), e12994. (doi: 10.1111/jeu.12994) (PMID:37548427)

Black, J. A., Reis-Cunha, J. L., Cruz, A. K. and Tosi, L. R.O. (2023) Life in plastic, it’s fantastic! How Leishmania exploit genome instability to shape gene expression. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 13, 1102462. (doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1102462) (PMID:36779182) (PMCID:PMC9910336)

2022

Faria, J., Briggs, E. M., Black, J. A. and McCulloch, R. (2022) Emergence and adaptation of the cellular machinery directing antigenic variation in the African trypanosome. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 70, 102209. (doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2022.102209) (PMID:36215868)

2021

Silva, G. L.A., Tosi, L. R.O., McCulloch, R. and Black, J. A. (2021) Unpicking the roles of DNA damage protein kinases in trypanosomatids. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9, 636615. (doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.636615) (PMID:34422791) (PMCID:PMC8377203)

Damasceno, J. D. , Marques, C. A., Black, J., Briggs, E. and McCulloch, R. (2021) Read, write, adapt: challenges and opportunities during kinetoplastid genome replication. Trends in Genetics, 37(1), pp. 21-34. (doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2020.09.002) (PMID:32993968) (PMCID:PMC9213392)

2020

Briggs, E. M., Marques, C. A., Reis-Cunha, J., Black, J., Campbell, S., Damasceno, J. , Bartholomeu, D., Crouch, K. and McCulloch, R. (2020) Next-generation analysis of trypanosomatid genome stability and instability. In: Michels, P. A.M., Ginger, M. L. and Zilberstein, D. (eds.) Trypanosomatids: Methods and Protocols. Series: Methods in Molecular Biology (2116). Springer, pp. 225-262. ISBN 9781071602935 (doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0294-2_15)

Black, J. A., Crouch, K. , Lemgruber, L. , Lapsley, C., Dickens, N. , Tosi, L. R.O., Mottram, J. C. and McCulloch, R. (2020) Trypanosoma brucei ATR links DNA damage signalling during antigenic variation with regulation of RNA Polymerase I-transcribed surface antigens. Cell Reports, 30(3), 836-851.e5. (doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.12.049) (PMID:31968257) (PMCID:PMC6988115)

2019

Nnadi, C., Ebiloma, G. U., Black, J. A., Nwodo, N., Lemgruber, L. , Schmidt, T. J. and De Koning, H. P. (2019) Potent antitrypanosomal activities of 3-aminosteroids against African trypanosomes: investigation of cellular effects and of cross-resistance with existing drugs. Molecules, 24(2), 268. (doi: 10.3390/molecules24020268) (PMID:30642032)

2017

Stortz, J. A. et al. (2017) Genome-wide and protein kinase-focused RNAi screens reveal conserved and novel damage response pathways in Trypanosoma brucei. PLoS Pathogens, 13(7), e1006477. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006477) (PMID:28742144) (PMCID:PMC5542689)

Articles

Reis-Cunha, J. L., Pimenta-Carvalho, S. A., Almeida, L. V., Coqueiro-Dos-Santos, A., Marques, C. A. , Black, J. A., Damasceno, J. , McCulloch, R. , Bartholomeu, D. C. and Jeffares, D. C. (2024) Ancestral aneuploidy and stable chromosomal duplication resulting in differential genome structure and gene expression control in trypanosomatid parasites. Genome Research, 34(3), pp. 441-453. (doi: 10.1101/gr.278550.123) (PMID:38604731) (PMCID:PMC11067883)

Black, J. A., Klinger, C. M., Lemgruber, L. , Dacks, J. B., Mottram, J. C. and McCulloch, R. (2023) AAK1-like: a putative pseudokinase with potential roles in cargo uptake in bloodstream form Trypanosoma brucei parasites. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 70(6), e12994. (doi: 10.1111/jeu.12994) (PMID:37548427)

Black, J. A., Reis-Cunha, J. L., Cruz, A. K. and Tosi, L. R.O. (2023) Life in plastic, it’s fantastic! How Leishmania exploit genome instability to shape gene expression. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 13, 1102462. (doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1102462) (PMID:36779182) (PMCID:PMC9910336)

Faria, J., Briggs, E. M., Black, J. A. and McCulloch, R. (2022) Emergence and adaptation of the cellular machinery directing antigenic variation in the African trypanosome. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 70, 102209. (doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2022.102209) (PMID:36215868)

Silva, G. L.A., Tosi, L. R.O., McCulloch, R. and Black, J. A. (2021) Unpicking the roles of DNA damage protein kinases in trypanosomatids. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9, 636615. (doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.636615) (PMID:34422791) (PMCID:PMC8377203)

Damasceno, J. D. , Marques, C. A., Black, J., Briggs, E. and McCulloch, R. (2021) Read, write, adapt: challenges and opportunities during kinetoplastid genome replication. Trends in Genetics, 37(1), pp. 21-34. (doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2020.09.002) (PMID:32993968) (PMCID:PMC9213392)

Black, J. A., Crouch, K. , Lemgruber, L. , Lapsley, C., Dickens, N. , Tosi, L. R.O., Mottram, J. C. and McCulloch, R. (2020) Trypanosoma brucei ATR links DNA damage signalling during antigenic variation with regulation of RNA Polymerase I-transcribed surface antigens. Cell Reports, 30(3), 836-851.e5. (doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.12.049) (PMID:31968257) (PMCID:PMC6988115)

Nnadi, C., Ebiloma, G. U., Black, J. A., Nwodo, N., Lemgruber, L. , Schmidt, T. J. and De Koning, H. P. (2019) Potent antitrypanosomal activities of 3-aminosteroids against African trypanosomes: investigation of cellular effects and of cross-resistance with existing drugs. Molecules, 24(2), 268. (doi: 10.3390/molecules24020268) (PMID:30642032)

Stortz, J. A. et al. (2017) Genome-wide and protein kinase-focused RNAi screens reveal conserved and novel damage response pathways in Trypanosoma brucei. PLoS Pathogens, 13(7), e1006477. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006477) (PMID:28742144) (PMCID:PMC5542689)

Book Sections

Briggs, E. M., Marques, C. A., Reis-Cunha, J., Black, J., Campbell, S., Damasceno, J. , Bartholomeu, D., Crouch, K. and McCulloch, R. (2020) Next-generation analysis of trypanosomatid genome stability and instability. In: Michels, P. A.M., Ginger, M. L. and Zilberstein, D. (eds.) Trypanosomatids: Methods and Protocols. Series: Methods in Molecular Biology (2116). Springer, pp. 225-262. ISBN 9781071602935 (doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0294-2_15)