Our research interests are centred on using molecular biology to understand the signalling processes that control multicellular behaviours exhibited by bacteria.

Arnaouteli, S., MacPhee, C. E. and Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2016) Just in case it rains: building a hydrophobic biofilm the Bacillus subtilis way. Current opinion in microbiology. 34, 7-12 Morris, R. J., Bromley, K. M., Stanley-Wall, N. and MacPhee, C. E. (2016) A phenomenological description of BslA assemblies across multiple length scales. Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences. 374 Robertson-Albertyn, S., Hardee, E. and Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2016) Microbe Motels: An Interactive Method to Introduce the Human Microbiome. Journal of microbiology & biology education. 17, 282-283 Schor, M., Reid, J. L., MacPhee, C. E. and Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2016) The Diverse Structures and Functions of Surfactant Proteins. Trends in biochemical sciences. 41, 610-620 Warne, B., Harkins, C. P., Harris, S. R., Vatsiou, A., Stanley-Wall, N., Parkhill, J., Peacock, S. J., Palmer, T. and Holden, M. T. (2016) The Ess/Type VII secretion system of Staphylococcus aureus shows unexpected genetic diversity. BMC genomics. 17, 222 Brandani, G. B., Schor, M., Morris, R., Stanley-Wall, N., MacPhee, C. E., Marenduzzo, D. and Zachariae, U. (2015) The Bacterial Hydrophobin BslA is a Switchable Ellipsoidal Janus Nanocolloid. Langmuir. 31, 11558-11563 Bromley, K. M., Morris, R. J., Hobley, L., Brandani, G., Gillespie, R. M. C., McCluskey, M., Zachariae, U., Marenduzzo, D., Stanley-Wall, N. R. and MacPhee, C. E. (2015) Interfacial self-assembly of a bacterial hydrophobin. P Natl Acad Sci USA. 112, 5419-5424 Cairns, L. S., Martyn, J. E., Bromley, K. and Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2015) An alternate route to phosphorylating DegU of Bacillus subtilis using acetyl phosphate. BMC Microbiol. 15, 78 Gerc, A. J., Diepold, A., Trunk, K., Porter, M., Rickman, C., Armitage, J. P., Stanley-Wall, N. R. and Coulthurst, S. J. (2015) Visualization of the Serratia Type VI Secretion System Reveals Unprovoked Attacks and Dynamic Assembly. Cell Rep. 12, 2131-2142 Hobley, L., Harkins, C., MacPhee, C. E. and Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2015) Giving structure to the biofilm matrix: an overview of individual strategies and emerging common themes. FEMS Microbiol Rev. 39, 649-669 Stanley-Wall, N. R., Coulthurst, S. J. and Holland, I. B. (2015) A Snapshot of the Extraordinary World of Social Microbiology. J Mol Biol. 427, 3625-3627 Stanley-Wall, N. R. and MacPhee, C. E. (2015) Connecting the dots between bacterial biofilms and ice cream. Physical Biology. 12 Cairns, L. S., Hobley, L. and Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2014) Biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis: new insights into regulatory strategies and assembly mechanisms. Mol Microbiol. 93, 587-598 Cairns, L. S., Marlow, V. L., Kiley, T. B., Birchall, C., Ostrowski, A., Aldridge, P. D. and Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2014) FlgN is required for flagellum-based motility by Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol. 196, 2216-2226 Gerc, A. J., Stanley-Wall, N. R. and Coulthurst, S. J. (2014) Role of the phosphopantetheinyltransferase enzyme, PswP, in the biosynthesis of antimicrobial secondary metabolites by Serratia marcescens Db10. Microbiology. 160, 1609-1617 Gerwig, J., Kiley, T. B., Gunka, K., Stanley-Wall, N. and Stulke, J. (2014) The protein tyrosine kinases EpsB and PtkA differentially affect biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis. Microbiology. 160, 682-691 Gillespie, R. M. and Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2014) Enzymes in action: an interactive activity designed to highlight positive attributes of extracellular enzymes synthesized by microbes. J Microbiol Biol Educ. 15, 310-312 Hamilton, J. J., Marlow, V. L., Owen, R. A., Costa Mde, A., Guo, M., Buchanan, G., Chandra, G., Trost, M., Coulthurst, S. J., Palmer, T., Stanley-Wall, N. R. and Sargent, F. (2014) A holin and an endopeptidase are essential for chitinolytic protein secretion in Serratia marcescens. J Cell Biol. 207, 615-626 Hobley, L., Kim, S. H., Maezato, Y., Wyllie, S., Fairlamb, A. H., Stanley-Wall, N. R. and Michael, A. J. (2014) Norspermidine is not a self-produced trigger for biofilm disassembly. Cell. 156, 844-854 Marlow, V. L., Cianfanelli, F. R., Porter, M., Cairns, L. S., Dale, J. K. and Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2014) The prevalence and origin of exoprotease-producing cells in the Bacillus subtilis biofilm. Microbiology. 160, 56-66 Marlow, V. L., Porter, M., Hobley, L., Kiley, T. B., Swedlow, J. R., Davidson, F. A. and Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2014) Phosphorylated DegU manipulates cell fate differentiation in the Bacillus subtilis biofilm. J Bacteriol. 196, 16-27 Cairns, L. S., Marlow, V. L., Bissett, E., Ostrowski, A. and Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2013) A mechanical signal transmitted by the flagellum controls signalling in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol. 90, 6-21 Hobley, L., Ostrowski, A., Rao, F. V., Bromley, K. M., Porter, M., Prescott, A. R., MacPhee, C. E., van Aalten, D. M. and Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2013) BslA is a self-assembling bacterial hydrophobin that coats the Bacillus subtilis biofilm. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 110, 13600-13605 Marlow, V. L., Maclean, T., Brown, H., Kiley, T. B. and Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2013) Blast a biofilm: a hands-on activity for school children and members of the public. J Microbiol Biol Educ. 14, 252-254 Davidson, F. A., Seon-Yi, C. and Stanley-Wall, N. R. (2012) Selective heterogeneity in exoprotease production by Bacillus subtilis. Plos One. 7, e38574