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Breadcrumb Rupert Beale Beale lab Cell Biology of Infection Laboratory : Publications Lab contentLab contentIn this section Overview Members Vacancies Publications PublicationsYear published (-)2022 (13) Facet Year publishedResearch topicsCell Biology (13)Immunology (13)Infectious Disease (13)Chemical Biology & High Throughput (7)Cell Cycle & Chromosomes (6)Computational & Systems Biology (6)Genetics & Genomics (6)Genome Integrity & Repair (6)Human Biology & Physiology (6)Metabolism (6)Model Organisms (6)Neurosciences (6)Stem Cells (6)Structural Biology & Biophysics (6)Tumour Biology (6)Signalling & Oncogenes (5)Biochemistry & Proteomics (3)Developmental Biology (2)Imaging (1) Facet Research topicsPublication typeJournal article (13)Primary research (11)Commentary (1)Letter (1) Facet Publication typeJournalThe Lancet (4)Autophagy (1)Cell Reports (1)Cell Reports Medicine (1)Clinical Kidney Journal (1)Journal of Infection (1)Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (1)New England Journal of Medicine (1)Science Immunology (1)Science Translational Medicine (1) Facet Journal Publications Displaying 1 - 13 of 13Last updated : 23 April 2024 02:13 The memory B cell response to influenza vaccination is impaired in older persons Authors (7) Alice R Burton Stephane M Guillaume William S Foster Adam K Wheatley Danika L HillEdward Carr Michelle A Linterman Cell Reports Published 8 November 2022 Crick labsRupert BealeFull details WHO's therapeutics and COVID-19 living guideline on mAbs needs to be reassessed Authors (19)Mary WuEdward Carr Ruth HarveyHarriet MearsSvend Kjaer Hermaleigh Townsley[...] Bryan WilliamsSonia GandhiCharles Swanton Emma C WallDavid LV Bauer The Lancet Published 17 December 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonNicola LewisSonia GandhiSteve GamblinRupert BealeDavid LV BauerWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details Functional immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern after fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose or infection in patients with blood cancer Authors (64)Annika FendlerScott ShepherdLewis AuMary Wu Ruth HarveyKatalin Wilkinson[...] Emma Nicholson Susanna WalkerRobert Wilkinson James LarkinSamra Turajlic Cell Reports Medicine Published 18 October 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesRobert J WilkinsonSamra TurajlicCharles SwantonGeorge KassiotisSonia GandhiSteve GamblinRupert BealeDavid LV BauerWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyMetabolomicsHigh Throughput ScreeningScientific computingFull details Antibody correlates of protection from SARS-CoV-2 reinfection prior to vaccination: a nested case-control within the SIREN study Authors (37) Ana Atti Ferdinando InsalataEdward Carr Ashley D Otter Javier Castillo-OlivaresMary Wu[...] Susan Hopkins Tim Brooks Victoria Hall The SIREN Study Group The Crick COVID Immunity Pipeline Consortium Journal of Infection Published 1 November 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesRupert BealeWorldwide Influenza CentreHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details SARS-CoV-2 S2-targeted vaccination elicits broadly neutralizing antibodies Authors (21)Kevin NgNikhil FaulknerKatja FinsterbuschMary Wu Ruth HarveySaira Hussain[...]Michael Howell Hisashi AraseAndreas WackDavid LV BauerGeorge Kassiotis Science Translational Medicine Published 27 July 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas WackCharles SwantonNicola LewisGeorge KassiotisSonia GandhiSteve GamblinPeter Cherepanov Rupert BealeDavid LV BauerWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyHigh Throughput ScreeningFlow CytometryCell ServicesBiological Research FacilityFull details The impact of Omicron on outcomes following infection with SARS-CoV-2 in patients with kidney failure in Scotland Authors (14) Samira Bell Jacqueline Campbell Chrissie Watters Martin O'Neil Alison Almond Katharine Buck[...] Nicola Joss Wendy Metcalfe Elaine Spalding Shona Methven Patrick B Mark Clinical Kidney Journal Published 1 January 2023 Crick labsRupert BealeFull details Targeting TLR4 during vaccination boosts MAdCAM-1+ lymphoid stromal cell activation and promotes the aged germinal center response Authors (11) Alice E Denton James Dooley Isabella Cinti Alyssa Silva-Cayetano Sigrid Fra-Bido Silvia Innocentin Danika L HillEdward Carr Andrew NJ McKenzie Adrian Liston Michelle A Linterman Science Immunology Published 6 May 2022 Crick labsRupert BealeFull details The V-ATPase complex regulates non-canonical Atg8-family protein lipidation through ATG16L1 recruitment Authors (7) Lewis Timimi Carmen Figueras-NovoaElena Marcassa Oliver Florey J Kenneth BaillieRupert BealeRachel Ulferts Autophagy Published 8 March 2022 Crick labsRupert BealeFull details Protection against SARS-CoV-2 after Covid-19 vaccination and previous infection Authors (35) Victoria Hall Sarah Foulkes Ferdinando Insalata Peter Kirwan Ayoub Saei Ana Atti[...] Tim Brooks Jasmin Islam Andre Charlett Susan Hopkins The SIREN Study Group New England Journal of Medicine Published 31 March 2022 Crick labsRupert BealeFull details The impact of vaccination on incidence and outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with kidney failure in Scotland Authors (20) Samira Bell Jacqueline Campbell Emilie Lambourg Chrissie Watters Martin O'Neil Alison Almond[...] Jamie P Traynor Vinod Sanu Peter Thomson Shona Methven Patrick B Mark Journal of the American Society of Nephrology Published 1 April 2022 Crick labsRupert BealeFull 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 Omicron neutralising antibodies after COVID-19 vaccination in haemodialysis patients Authors (19)Edward CarrMary Wu Ruth Harvey Roseanne E Billany Emma C WallGavin Kelly[...] Rachel B Jones Rona M Smith Stephen McAdoo Michelle WillicombeRupert Beale The Lancet Published 26 February 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonGitta StockingerNicola LewisGeorge KassiotisSonia GandhiSteve GamblinRupert BealeDavid LV BauerWorldwide Influenza CentreHigh Throughput ScreeningBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details Three-dose vaccination elicits neutralising antibodies against omicron Authors (26)Mary Wu Emma C WallEdward Carr Ruth Harvey Hermaleigh TownsleyHarriet Mears[...] Vincenzo Libri Bryan WilliamsSonia GandhiCharles SwantonDavid LV Bauer The Lancet Published 19 February 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonGitta StockingerNicola LewisGeorge KassiotisSonia GandhiSteve GamblinRupert BealeDavid LV BauerWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural 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The memory B cell response to influenza vaccination is impaired in older persons Authors (7) Alice R Burton Stephane M Guillaume William S Foster Adam K Wheatley Danika L HillEdward Carr Michelle A Linterman Cell Reports Published 8 November 2022 Crick labsRupert BealeFull details
WHO's therapeutics and COVID-19 living guideline on mAbs needs to be reassessed Authors (19)Mary WuEdward Carr Ruth HarveyHarriet MearsSvend Kjaer Hermaleigh Townsley[...] Bryan WilliamsSonia GandhiCharles Swanton Emma C WallDavid LV Bauer The Lancet Published 17 December 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonNicola LewisSonia GandhiSteve GamblinRupert BealeDavid LV BauerWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details
Functional immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern after fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose or infection in patients with blood cancer Authors (64)Annika FendlerScott ShepherdLewis AuMary Wu Ruth HarveyKatalin Wilkinson[...] Emma Nicholson Susanna WalkerRobert Wilkinson James LarkinSamra Turajlic Cell Reports Medicine Published 18 October 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesRobert J WilkinsonSamra TurajlicCharles SwantonGeorge KassiotisSonia GandhiSteve GamblinRupert BealeDavid LV BauerWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyMetabolomicsHigh Throughput ScreeningScientific computingFull details
Antibody correlates of protection from SARS-CoV-2 reinfection prior to vaccination: a nested case-control within the SIREN study Authors (37) Ana Atti Ferdinando InsalataEdward Carr Ashley D Otter Javier Castillo-OlivaresMary Wu[...] Susan Hopkins Tim Brooks Victoria Hall The SIREN Study Group The Crick COVID Immunity Pipeline Consortium Journal of Infection Published 1 November 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesRupert BealeWorldwide Influenza CentreHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details
SARS-CoV-2 S2-targeted vaccination elicits broadly neutralizing antibodies Authors (21)Kevin NgNikhil FaulknerKatja FinsterbuschMary Wu Ruth HarveySaira Hussain[...]Michael Howell Hisashi AraseAndreas WackDavid LV BauerGeorge Kassiotis Science Translational Medicine Published 27 July 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas WackCharles SwantonNicola LewisGeorge KassiotisSonia GandhiSteve GamblinPeter Cherepanov Rupert BealeDavid LV BauerWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyHigh Throughput ScreeningFlow CytometryCell ServicesBiological Research FacilityFull details
The impact of Omicron on outcomes following infection with SARS-CoV-2 in patients with kidney failure in Scotland Authors (14) Samira Bell Jacqueline Campbell Chrissie Watters Martin O'Neil Alison Almond Katharine Buck[...] Nicola Joss Wendy Metcalfe Elaine Spalding Shona Methven Patrick B Mark Clinical Kidney Journal Published 1 January 2023 Crick labsRupert BealeFull details
Targeting TLR4 during vaccination boosts MAdCAM-1+ lymphoid stromal cell activation and promotes the aged germinal center response Authors (11) Alice E Denton James Dooley Isabella Cinti Alyssa Silva-Cayetano Sigrid Fra-Bido Silvia Innocentin Danika L HillEdward Carr Andrew NJ McKenzie Adrian Liston Michelle A Linterman Science Immunology Published 6 May 2022 Crick labsRupert BealeFull details
The V-ATPase complex regulates non-canonical Atg8-family protein lipidation through ATG16L1 recruitment Authors (7) Lewis Timimi Carmen Figueras-NovoaElena Marcassa Oliver Florey J Kenneth BaillieRupert BealeRachel Ulferts Autophagy Published 8 March 2022 Crick labsRupert BealeFull details
Protection against SARS-CoV-2 after Covid-19 vaccination and previous infection Authors (35) Victoria Hall Sarah Foulkes Ferdinando Insalata Peter Kirwan Ayoub Saei Ana Atti[...] Tim Brooks Jasmin Islam Andre Charlett Susan Hopkins The SIREN Study Group New England Journal of Medicine Published 31 March 2022 Crick labsRupert BealeFull details
The impact of vaccination on incidence and outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with kidney failure in Scotland Authors (20) Samira Bell Jacqueline Campbell Emilie Lambourg Chrissie Watters Martin O'Neil Alison Almond[...] Jamie P Traynor Vinod Sanu Peter Thomson Shona Methven Patrick B Mark Journal of the American Society of Nephrology Published 1 April 2022 Crick labsRupert BealeFull 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
Omicron neutralising antibodies after COVID-19 vaccination in haemodialysis patients Authors (19)Edward CarrMary Wu Ruth Harvey Roseanne E Billany Emma C WallGavin Kelly[...] Rachel B Jones Rona M Smith Stephen McAdoo Michelle WillicombeRupert Beale The Lancet Published 26 February 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonGitta StockingerNicola LewisGeorge KassiotisSonia GandhiSteve GamblinRupert BealeDavid LV BauerWorldwide Influenza CentreHigh Throughput ScreeningBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details
Three-dose vaccination elicits neutralising antibodies against omicron Authors (26)Mary Wu Emma C WallEdward Carr Ruth Harvey Hermaleigh TownsleyHarriet Mears[...] Vincenzo Libri Bryan WilliamsSonia GandhiCharles SwantonDavid LV Bauer The Lancet Published 19 February 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonGitta StockingerNicola LewisGeorge KassiotisSonia GandhiSteve GamblinRupert BealeDavid LV BauerWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyHigh Throughput ScreeningBioinformatics and BiostatisticsScientific computingFull details