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Breadcrumb Robert J Wilkinson Wilkinson lab Tuberculosis Laboratory : Publications Lab contentLab contentIn this section Overview Areas of interest Publications Members Vacancies News Khayelitsha, South Africa: a peri-urban township of around 400000 people 30 km from the centre of Cape Town. In Khayelitsha the chances of developing tuberculosis in any year are around 1%, much higher if a person is HIV-coinfected. 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Influence of vitamin D supplementation on bone mineral content, bone turnover markers and fracture risk in South African schoolchildren: multicentre double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial (ViDiKids) Authors (18) Keren Middelkoop Lisa K Micklesfield Neil Walker Justine Stewart Carmen Delport David A Jolliffe[...] Nicholas C Harvey Richard L HooperRobert Wilkinson Linda-Gail Bekker Adrian R Martineau Journal of Bone and Mineral Research Published 10 January 2024 Crick labsRobert J WilkinsonFull details
A preclinical model of TB meningitis to determine drug penetration and activity at the sites of disease Authors (12) Faye Lanni Rosleine Antilus Sainte Mark Hansen Jr. Paul Parigi Firat Kaya Katherine LoMauro[...]Robert Wilkinson Sean Wasserman Brendan K Podell Martin Gengenbacher Véronique Dartois Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Published 1 December 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesRobert J WilkinsonIn Vivo ImagingBiological Research FacilityFull details
A crowd of BashTheBug volunteers reproducibly and accurately measure the minimum inhibitory concentrations of 13 antitubercular drugs from photographs of 96-well broth microdilution plates Authors (18) Philip W Fowler Carla Wright Helen Spiers Tingting Zhu Elisabeth ML Baeten Sarah W Hoosdally[...] David Clifton Derrick W Crook A Sarah Walker The Zooniverse Volunteer Community The CRyPTIC Consortium eLife Published 19 May 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesRobert J WilkinsonElectron MicroscopyFull details
Omicron neutralising antibodies after third COVID-19 vaccine dose in patients with cancer Authors (62)Annika FendlerScott ShepherdLewis AuMary Wu Ruth Harvey Andreas M Schmitt[...] Emma Nicholson Susanna Walker James LarkinSamra Turajlic The CAPTURE consortium The Lancet Published 5 March 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesRobert J WilkinsonSamra TurajlicCharles SwantonNicola LewisGeorge KassiotisSonia GandhiSteve GamblinRupert BealeDavid LV BauerWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyMetabolomicsHigh Throughput ScreeningBiological Research FacilityBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingScientific computingFull details
Immune responses following third COVID-19 vaccination are reduced in patients with hematological malignancies compared to patients with solid cancer Authors (65)Annika FendlerScott ShepherdLewis AuKatalin WilkinsonMary Wu Andreas M Schmitt[...] Susanna WalkerRobert Wilkinson James LarkinSamra Turajlic CAPTURE consortium Cancer Cell Published 14 February 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesRobert J WilkinsonSamra TurajlicCharles SwantonNicola LewisGeorge KassiotisSonia GandhiSteve GamblinRupert BealeDavid LV BauerWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyProteomicsMetabolomicsHigh Throughput ScreeningBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingScientific computingFull details
Mycobacterium tuberculosis cords within lymphatic endothelial cells to evade host immunity Authors (9) Thomas R LernerChristophe QuevalRachel LaiMatt RussellTony FearnsDaniel GreenwoodLucy CollinsonRobert WilkinsonMaximiliano Gutierrez JCI insight Published 21 May 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesRobert J WilkinsonMaximiliano GutierrezElectron MicroscopyFull details
Lymphatic endothelial cells are a replicative niche for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Authors (12) Thomas R Lerner Cristiane de Souza Carvalho-Wodarz Urska RepnikMatt Russell Sophie Borel Collin R Diedrich[...] Helen WainwrightLucy CollinsonRobert Wilkinson Gareth GriffithsMaximiliano Gutierrez Journal of Clinical Investigation Published 1 March 2016 Crick labs/ facilitiesRobert J WilkinsonMaximiliano GutierrezElectron MicroscopyExperimental HistopathologyFull details