Dr Mark S Thomas

BSc, PhD

Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Senior Lecturer

m.s.thomas@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 215 9557

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Dr Mark S Thomas
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health
The Medical School
Beech Hill Road
Sheffield
S10 2RX
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I obtained my PhD in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Southampton followed by postdoctoral stints in Masayasu Nomura’s lab at the Institute for Enzyme Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and at the University of California-Irvine. I then spent some time working in Richard Flavell's group at IPSR in Cambridge and with Robert Glass at the University of Nottingham. I joined the University of Sheffield in 1994.

Research interests

Virulence mechanisms of pathogenic members of the Burkholderia, particularly B. cenocepacia and B. thailandensis. Areas of interest include:

  • Iron acquisition mechanisms.
  • Protein toxins and their mechanism of secretion.
  • Response to environmental stress, particularly the role of extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factors.
  • Mechanisms and regulation of antibiotic resistance.

Current projects

  • The mechanism of toxin secretion by the type VI secretion systems of B. cenocepacia and B. thailandensis
  • Identification and characterisation of secreted effector proteins of B. cenocepacia and B. thailandensis
  • Mechanisms of stress sensing and response in pathogenic Burkholderia
  • How does B. cenocepacia survive in a low iron environment?
  • Role of TonB-dependent transport systems in Burkholderia.
  • Mechanisms and regulation of antibiotic resistance in Burkholderia.
Publications

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Conference proceedings papers

  • Glinkowska M, Szambowska A, Thomas MS & Wegrzyn G (2007) Properties of the Escherichia coli DnaA protein required for transcriptional activation of bacteriophage lambda p(R) promoter. FEBS JOURNAL, Vol. 274 (pp 347-347) RIS download Bibtex download
Teaching interests

Currently, I teach bacterial molecular genetics, microbial pathogenicity, and microbiology to science undergraduates, medical students and Masters students.