Senior Lecturer in Medical Microbiology, Bart's and the London Medical School, Queen Mary, University of London, UK 1993-19/7/04
PhD QMW, University of London 1998
MRCPath Royal College of Pathologists 1990
MRCP (UK) Royal College of Physicians 1984
MB ChB (Medical Degree) Birmingham Medical School (UK) 1980
In collaboration with Professor Shay Fanning I obtained DAFF FIRM funding to look at the interface of animal and human Yersinia enterocolitica infections. I used genomic data on Mycobacterium tuberculosis to type strains infecting patients in Cork and Kerry, showing a large minority of strains belong to a recently emerged clonal group. In collaboration with Dr Beate Heym, (University of Versailles) and Professor Barry Plant (UCC/CUH) and others I used molecular epidemiology to investigate potential transmission of Mycobacterium abscessus strains in Ireland infecting cystic fibrosis patients.
Research Support
I obtained funding from the HEA to advance research on respiratory and gastrointestinal infections at Cork University Hospital cl3.ucc.ie.
Research in my laboratory has been supported by the Health Research Board, Science Foundation Ireland and the Healthcare Infection Society. Since 2012 my laboratory has received 500,000 euro in competitively awarded funding.
External examiner 2013-15 Trinity College Dublin, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine LABORATORY AND INVESTIGATIVE MEDICINE , 3rd Medical Year examination and LABORATORY MEDICINE.( AETIOLOGY, MECHANISMS OF DISEASE), 2nd Medical year Examination
Biography
Research CareerSenior Lecturer in Medical Microbiology, Bart's and the London Medical School, Queen Mary, University of London, UK 1993-19/7/04
Smith and Nephew Fellow, Institut Pasteur, Paris , France 1992-3.
Clinical training
In Medicine and Microbiology, Bart's Hospital London, and Leicester Royal Infirmary 1982-1991
Academic and professional qualifications
FRCP Royal College of Physicians of London 2021
FRCPI Royal College of Physicians of Ireland 2020
FFPRCPI Royal College of Physicians of Ireland 2007
FRCPath Royal College of Pathologists 1999PhD QMW, University of London 1998
MRCPath Royal College of Pathologists 1990
MRCP (UK) Royal College of Physicians 1984
MB ChB (Medical Degree) Birmingham Medical School (UK) 1980
Research Interests
- Bacterial genomics
- Horizontal gene transfer and bacterial metabolism
- Bacterial micro compartments and microcompartment-mediated metabolism
- Molecular microbiology
- Clinical medical microbiology (Yersinia and Mycobacteria)
In collaboration with Professor Shay Fanning I obtained DAFF FIRM funding to look at the interface of animal and human Yersinia enterocolitica infections. I used genomic data on Mycobacterium tuberculosis to type strains infecting patients in Cork and Kerry, showing a large minority of strains belong to a recently emerged clonal group. In collaboration with Dr Beate Heym, (University of Versailles) and Professor Barry Plant (UCC/CUH) and others I used molecular epidemiology to investigate potential transmission of Mycobacterium abscessus strains in Ireland infecting cystic fibrosis patients.
Research Support
I obtained funding from the HEA to advance research on respiratory and gastrointestinal infections at Cork University Hospital cl3.ucc.ie.
Research in my laboratory has been supported by the Health Research Board, Science Foundation Ireland and the Healthcare Infection Society. Since 2012 my laboratory has received 500,000 euro in competitively awarded funding.
Research Grants
| Project | Funding Body | Start Date | End Date | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science Foundation of Ireland | 15-AUG-20 | 14-MAR-21 | €78,452.00 | ||
| Science Foundation of Ireland | 01-OCT-20 | 30-SEP-24 | €520,031.00 |
Publications
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2023) | 'Portable HEPA filtration successfully augments natural-ventilation-mediated airborne particle clearance in a legacy design hospital ward' Fennelly M;Hellebust S;Wenger J;O'Connor D;Griffith GW;Plant BJ;Prentice MB; (2023) 'Portable HEPA filtration successfully augments natural-ventilation-mediated airborne particle clearance in a legacy design hospital ward'. Journal of Hospital Infection, 131 :54-57 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2022) | 'Real-time Monitoring of Aerosol Generating Dental Procedures' Fennelly M;Gallagher C;Harding M;Hellebust S;Wenger J;O'Sullivan N;O'Connor D;Prentice M; (2022) 'Real-time Monitoring of Aerosol Generating Dental Procedures'. Journal of Dentistry, [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2021) | 'Bacterial microcompartments and their role in pathogenicity' Prentice MB; (2021) 'Bacterial microcompartments and their role in pathogenicity'. Current Opinion In Microbiology, 63 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2021) | 'Assessment of Environmental and Occupational Risk Factors for the Mitigation and Containment of a COVID-19 Outbreak in a Meat Processing Plant' Walshe, N;Fennelly, M;Hellebust, S;Wenger, J;Sodeau, J;Prentice, M;Grice, C;Jordan, V;Comerford, J;Downey, V;Perrotta, C;Mulcahy, G;Sammin, D (2021) 'Assessment of Environmental and Occupational Risk Factors for the Mitigation and Containment of a COVID-19 Outbreak in a Meat Processing Plant'. Frontiers In Public Health, 9 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2021) | 'Containment of procedure-associated aerosols by an extractor tent: effect on nebulized drug particle dispersal' Fennelly M;Keane J;Dolan L;Plant BJ;O'Connor DJ;Sodeau JR;Prentice MB; (2021) 'Containment of procedure-associated aerosols by an extractor tent: effect on nebulized drug particle dispersal'. Journal of Hospital Infection, 110 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2021) | 'Seroprevalence study of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in healthcare workers following the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary-level hospital in the south of Ireland' Faller E;Wyse A;Barry R;Conlon K;Everard C;Finnegan P;Foran C;Herlihy E;Kerr G;Lapthorne S;McGreal-Bellone A;Morrissey E;O'Sullivan D;O'Sullivan G;Eustace JA;Spillane D;Dempsey C;Benson J;Prentice M;Gallagher J;MacSharry J;Fanning LJ;O'Riordan S;Horgan M;Sadlier C; (2021) 'Seroprevalence study of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in healthcare workers following the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary-level hospital in the south of Ireland'. Bmj Open, 11 (6) [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2020) | 'Effect of metabolosome encapsulation peptides on enzyme activity, coaggregation, incorporation, and bacterial microcompartment formation' Juodeikis, R;Lee, MJ;Mayer, M;Mantell, J;Brown, IR;Verkade, P;Woolfson, DN;Prentice, MB;Frank, S;Warren, MJ (2020) 'Effect of metabolosome encapsulation peptides on enzyme activity, coaggregation, incorporation, and bacterial microcompartment formation'. Microbiologyopen, [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2020) | 'Effectiveness of a plasma treatment device on microbial air quality in a hospital ward monitored by culture' Fennelly M;O'Connor D;Hellebust S;Murphy N;Casey C;Eustace J;Plant BJ;Sodeau J;Prentice MB; (2020) 'Effectiveness of a plasma treatment device on microbial air quality in a hospital ward monitored by culture'. Journal of Hospital Infection, [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2020) | 'The Presentation and Diagnosis of the First Known Community-Transmitted Case of SARS-CoV-2 in the Republic of Ireland' Faller E, Lapthorne S, Barry R, Shamile F, Salleh F, Doyle D, O'Halloran D, Prentice M, Sadlier C (2020) 'The Presentation and Diagnosis of the First Known Community-Transmitted Case of SARS-CoV-2 in the Republic of Ireland'. Irish Medical Journal, 113 (5) [Details] | |
| (2020) | 'VARICELLA ZOSTER REACTIVATION CAUSING ASEPTIC MENINGITIS IN HEALTHY ADOLESCENTS: A CASE SERIES AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE' Barry R;Prentice M;Costello D;O'Mahony O;DeGascun C;Felsenstein S; (2020) 'VARICELLA ZOSTER REACTIVATION CAUSING ASEPTIC MENINGITIS IN HEALTHY ADOLESCENTS: A CASE SERIES AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE'. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2019) | 'Bacterial microcompartment-mediated ethanolamine metabolism in E. coli urinary tract infection' Dadswell, Katherine; Creagh, Sinead; McCullagh, Edward; Liang, Mingzhi; Brown, Ian R.; Warren, Martin J. McNally, Alan; MacSharry, John; Prentice, Michael B. (2019) 'Bacterial microcompartment-mediated ethanolamine metabolism in E. coli urinary tract infection'. Infection and Immunity, [DOI] [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2019) | 'Tracking Yeast Metabolism and the Crabtree Effect in Real Time via CO2 Production using Broadband Acoustic Resonance Dissolution Spectroscopy (BARDS)' Ahmed MR;Doyle N;Connolly C;McSweeney S;Krüse J;Morrissey J;Prentice MB;Fitzpatrick D; (2019) 'Tracking Yeast Metabolism and the Crabtree Effect in Real Time via CO2 Production using Broadband Acoustic Resonance Dissolution Spectroscopy (BARDS)'. Journal of Biotechnology, 308 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2018) | 'Review: The Use of Real-Time Fluorescence Instrumentation to Monitor Ambient Primary Biological Aerosol Particles (PBAP)' Fennelly, MJ;Sewell, G;Prentice, MB;O'Connor, DJ;Sodeau, JR (2018) 'Review: The Use of Real-Time Fluorescence Instrumentation to Monitor Ambient Primary Biological Aerosol Particles (PBAP)'. [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2017) | 'Bacterial microcompartment-directed polyphosphate kinase promotes stable polyphosphate accumulation in E. coli' Liang, M;Frank, S;Luensdorf, H;Warren, MJ;Prentice, MB (2017) 'Bacterial microcompartment-directed polyphosphate kinase promotes stable polyphosphate accumulation in E. coli'. Journal of Biotechnology, 12 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2016) | 'Combined Analysis of Variation in Core, Accessory and Regulatory Genome Regions Provides a Super-Resolution View into the Evolution of Bacterial Populations' McNally A;Oren Y;Kelly D;Pascoe B;Dunn S;Sreecharan T;Vehkala M;Välimäki N;Prentice MB;Ashour A;Avram O;Pupko T;Dobrindt U;Literak I;Guenther S;Schaufler K;Wieler LH;Zhiyong Z;Sheppard SK;McInerney JO;Corander J; (2016) 'Combined Analysis of Variation in Core, Accessory and Regulatory Genome Regions Provides a Super-Resolution View into the Evolution of Bacterial Populations'. PLoS genetics, 12 (9) [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2016) | 'Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) Infection in Ireland' Hickey C, Spillane D, Benson J, Levis J, Fanning LJ, Cryan B, Prentice MB (2016) 'Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) Infection in Ireland'. Irish Medical Journal, 109 (8) [Details] | |
| (2016) | 'Antimicrobial susceptibility of long term care facility and general practice urine samples in patients 65 years and older: an observational study' Fleming A;Barry L;Byrne S;Prentice M; (2016) 'Antimicrobial susceptibility of long term care facility and general practice urine samples in patients 65 years and older: an observational study'. European Journal of Public Health, [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2016) | 'All Yersinia enterocolitica are pathogenic: Virulence of phylogroup 1 Y. enterocolitica in a Galleria mellonella infection model' Alenizi D;Ringwood T;Redhwan A;Bouraha B;Wren BW;Prentice M;McNally A; (2016) 'All Yersinia enterocolitica are pathogenic: Virulence of phylogroup 1 Y. enterocolitica in a Galleria mellonella infection model'. Microbiology (Reading, England), [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2016) | 'Classification of polyhedral shapes from individual anisotropically resolved cryo-electron tomography reconstructions' Bag S;Prentice MB;Liang M;Warren MJ;Roy Choudhury K; (2016) 'Classification of polyhedral shapes from individual anisotropically resolved cryo-electron tomography reconstructions'. BMC Bioinformatics, 17 (1) [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium abscessus complex isolates in Ireland' O'Driscoll C, Konjek J, Heym B, Fitzgibbon MM, Plant BJ, Ní Chróinín M, Mullane D, Lynch-Healy M, Corcoran GD, Schaffer K, Rogers TR, Prentice MB. (2015) 'Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium abscessus complex isolates in Ireland'. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 15 :122-128 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'Actinomyces meyeri brain abscess following dental extraction' Clancy U, Ronayne A, Prentice MB, Jackson A (2015) 'Actinomyces meyeri brain abscess following dental extraction'. BMJ case reports, [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2014) | 'Solution structure of a bacterial microcompartment targeting peptide and its application in the construction of an ethanol bioreactor' Lawrence, Andrew D Frank, Stefanie Newnham, Sarah Lee, Matthew J Brown, Ian R Xue, Wei-Feng Rowe, Michelle L Mulvihill, Daniel P Prentice, Michael B Howard, Mark J Warren, Martin J (2014) 'Solution structure of a bacterial microcompartment targeting peptide and its application in the construction of an ethanol bioreactor'. ACS Synthetic Biology, http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/sb4001118 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2014) | 'Parallel independent evolution of pathogenicity within the genus Yersinia' Reuter S, Connor TR, Barquist L, Walker D, Feltwell T, Harris SR, Fookes M, Hall ME, Petty NK, Fuchs TM, Corander J, Dufour M, Ringwood T, Savin C, Bouchier C, Martin L, Miettinen M, Shubin M, Riehm JM, Laukkanen-Ninios R, Sihvonen LM, Siitonen A, Skurnik M, Falcão JP, Fukushima H, Scholz HC, Prentice MB, Wren BW, Parkhill J, Carniel E, Achtman M, McNally A, Thomson NR. (2014) 'Parallel independent evolution of pathogenicity within the genus Yersinia'. Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America, 111 ((18)):6768-6773 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'Bacterial microcompartments moving into a synthetic biological world' Frank, S,Lawrence, AD,Prentice, MB,Warren, MJ (2013) 'Bacterial microcompartments moving into a synthetic biological world'. Journal of Biotechnology, 163 :273-279 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2012) | 'Substrate channels revealed in the trimeric Lactobacillus reuteri bacterial microcompartment shell protein PduB' Pang A, Liang M, Prentice MB, Pickersgill RW. (2012) 'Substrate channels revealed in the trimeric Lactobacillus reuteri bacterial microcompartment shell protein PduB'. Acta Crystallographica Section D-Biological Crystallography, 68 (12):1642-1652 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2012) | 'Yersinia enterocolitica: a brief review of the issues relating to the zoonotic pathogen, public health challenges, and the pork production chain' Drummond N, Murphy BP, Ringwood T, Prentice MB, Buckley JF, Fanning S (2012) 'Yersinia enterocolitica: a brief review of the issues relating to the zoonotic pathogen, public health challenges, and the pork production chain'. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 9 (3):179-189 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'An unusual case of Legionellosis' Prior AR, Bredin CP, Seigne P, Corcoran D, Prentice M; (2011) 'An unusual case of Legionellosis'. Irish Medical Journal, 104 (3):89-90 [Details] | |
| (2010) | 'Synthesis of Empty Bacterial Microcompartments, Directed Organelle Protein Incorporation, and Evidence of Filament-Associated Organelle Movement' Parsons, JB; Frank, S; Bhella, D; Liang, MZ; Prentice, MB; Mulvihill, DP; Warren, MJ; (2010) 'Synthesis of Empty Bacterial Microcompartments, Directed Organelle Protein Incorporation, and Evidence of Filament-Associated Organelle Movement'. Molecular Cell, 38 :305-315 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2010) | 'Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates in Southwest Ireland' Ojo, OO., Sheehan, S., Corcoran, D.G., Nikolayevsky, V., Brown, T., O'Sullivan, M., O'Sullivan, K., Gordon, S.V., Drobniewski, F., Prentice, M.B. (2010) 'Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates in Southwest Ireland'. Infection, Genetics, Evolution, 10 :1110-1116 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2010) | 'First report: Yersinia enterocolitica recovered from canine tonsils' Murphy, BP,Drummond, N,Ringwood, T,O'Sullivan, E,Buckley, JF,Whyte, P,Prentice, MB,Fanning, S (2010) 'First report: Yersinia enterocolitica recovered from canine tonsils'. Veterinary Microbiology, 146 :336-339 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2008) | 'Lactobacillus Reuteri Dsm 20016 Produces Cobalamin-Dependent Diol Dehydratase In Metabolosomes and Metabolizes 1,2-Propanediol By Disproportionation' Sriramulu, DD, Liang, M, Hernandez-Romero, D, Raux-Deery, E, Lunsdorf, H, Parsons, JB, Warren, MJ, Prentice, MB; (2008) 'Lactobacillus Reuteri Dsm 20016 Produces Cobalamin-Dependent Diol Dehydratase In Metabolosomes and Metabolizes 1,2-Propanediol By Disproportionation'. Journal of Bacteriology, 190 (13):4559-4567 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2008) | 'Mycobacterium bovis Strains Causing Smear-Positive Human Tuberculosis, Southwest Ireland' Ojo, O,Sheehan, S,Corcoran, GD,Okker, M,Gover, K,Nikolayevsky, V,Brown, T,Dale, J,Gordon, SV,Drobniewski, F,Prentice, MB; (2008) 'Mycobacterium bovis Strains Causing Smear-Positive Human Tuberculosis, Southwest Ireland'. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 14 :1931-1934 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2008) | 'Biochemical and Structural Insights Into Bacterial Organelle Form and Biogenesis' Parsons, JB, Dinesh, SD, Deery, E, Leech, HK, Brindley, AA, Heldt, D, Frank, S, Smales, CM, Lunsdorf, H, Rambach, A, Gass, MH, Bleloch, A, McClean, KJ, Munro, AW, Rigby, SEJ, Warren, MJ, Prentice, MB; (2008) 'Biochemical and Structural Insights Into Bacterial Organelle Form and Biogenesis'. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283 (21):14366-14375 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2007) | 'Plague' Prentice MB, Rahalison L; (2007) 'Plague'. The Lancet, 369 (9568):1196-1207 [Details] | |
| (2007) | 'Comparative genome analyses of the pathogenic Yersiniae based on the genome sequence of Yersinia enterocolitica strain 8081' Thomson NR, Howard S, Wren BW, Prentice MB; (2007) 'Comparative genome analyses of the pathogenic Yersiniae based on the genome sequence of Yersinia enterocolitica strain 8081'. Genomic Imprinting, 603 :2-16 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2006) | 'The Complete Genome Sequence and Comparative Genome Analysis of The High Pathogenicity Yersinia Enterocolitica Strain 8081' Thomson, NR, Howard, S, Wren, BW, Holden, MTG, Crossman, L, Challis, GL, Churcher, C, Mungall, K, Brooks, K, Chillingworth, T, Feltwell, T, Abdellah, Z, Hauser, H, Jagels, K, Maddison, M, Moule, S, Sanders, M, Whitehead, S, Quail, MA, Dougan, G, Parkhill, J, Prentice, MB; (2006) 'The Complete Genome Sequence and Comparative Genome Analysis of The High Pathogenicity Yersinia Enterocolitica Strain 8081'. Plos Genetics, 2 (12):2039-2051 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2006) | 'Dynamics of a Lotka-Volterra type model with applications to marine phage population dynamics' Gavin C.,Pokrovskii A.,Prentice M., Sobolev V.,; (2006) 'Dynamics of a Lotka-Volterra type model with applications to marine phage population dynamics'. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 55 (*):80-93 [Details] | |
| (2004) | 'Absence of Yersinia pestis-specific DNA in human teeth from five European excavations of putative plague victims' Gilbert MT, Cuccui J, White W, Lynnerup N, Titball RW, Cooper A, Prentice MB.; (2004) 'Absence of Yersinia pestis-specific DNA in human teeth from five European excavations of putative plague victims'. Microbiology, 150(Pt 2) (*):341-354 [Details] | |
| (2003) | 'Construction of a Yersinia pestis microarray' Stabler RA, Hinds J, Witney AA, Isherwood K, Oyston P, Titball R, Wren B, Hinchliffe S, Prentice M; (2003) 'Construction of a Yersinia pestis microarray'. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 529 :47-49 [Details] | |
| (2003) | 'Cobalamin synthesis in Yersinia enterocolitica 8081. Functional aspects of a putative metabolic island' Prentice MB, Cuccui J, Thomson N, Parkhill J, Deery E, Warren MJ; (2003) 'Cobalamin synthesis in Yersinia enterocolitica 8081. Functional aspects of a putative metabolic island'. Advances In Experimental Medicine and Biology, 529 (*):43-46 [Details] | |
| (2003) | 'Application of DNA microarrays to study the evolutionary genomics of Yersinia pestis and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis' Hinchliffe SJ, Isherwood KE, Stabler RA, Prentice MB, Nichols RA, Rakin A, Oyston PCF, Hinds J, Titball RW, Wren BW; (2003) 'Application of DNA microarrays to study the evolutionary genomics of Yersinia pestis and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis'. Genome Research, 13 (9):2018-2029 [Details] | |
| (2002) | 'Characterisation and distribution of a cryptic Salmonella typhi plasmid pHCM2' Kidgell C, Pickard D, Wain J, James K, Diem Nga LT, Diep TS, Levine MM, O'Gaora P, Prentice MB, Parkhill J, Day N, Farrar J, Dougan G.; (2002) 'Characterisation and distribution of a cryptic Salmonella typhi plasmid pHCM2'. Plasmid, 47 (3):159-171 [Details] | |
| (2001) | 'Genome sequence of Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague' Parkhill J, Wren BW, Thomson NR, Titball RW, Holden MTG, Prentice MB; (2001) 'Genome sequence of Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague'. Nature, 413 (6855):523-527 [Details] | |
| (2001) | 'Yersinia pestis pFra shows biovar-specific differences and recent common ancestry with a Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi plasmid' Prentice MB, James KD, Parkhill J, Baker SG, Stevens K, Simmonds MN, Mungall KL, Churcher C, Oyston PC, Titball RW, Wren BW, Wain J, Pickard D, Hien TT, Farrar JJ, Dougan G. ; (2001) 'Yersinia pestis pFra shows biovar-specific differences and recent common ancestry with a Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi plasmid'. The Journal of Bacteriology, 183 (8):2586-2594 [Details] | |
| (2000) | 'Bartonella infection: A significant cause of native valve endocarditis necessitating surgical management' James E, Hill J, Uppal R, Prentice MB. ; (2000) 'Bartonella infection: A significant cause of native valve endocarditis necessitating surgical management'. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 119 (1):171-172 [Details] | |
| (1999) | 'The high-pathogenicity island of Y. enterocolitica Ye8081 undergoes low frequency deletion but not precise excision, suggesting recent stabilization in the genome' Bach S, Buchrieser C , Prentice M, Guiyoule A, Msadek T, Carniel E . ; (1999) 'The high-pathogenicity island of Y. enterocolitica Ye8081 undergoes low frequency deletion but not precise excision, suggesting recent stabilization in the genome'. Infection and Immunity, 67 (10):5091-5099 [Details] | |
| (1999) | 'Antibiotic prescribing (Leading article)' Prentice M. ; (1999) 'Antibiotic prescribing (Leading article)'. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 52 (12):874-875 [Details] | |
| (1998) | 'The 102-kilobase unstable region of Yersinia pestis comprises a high-pathogenicity island linked to a pigmentation segment which undergoes internal rearrangement' Buchrieser C, Prentice M, Carniel E. ; (1998) 'The 102-kilobase unstable region of Yersinia pestis comprises a high-pathogenicity island linked to a pigmentation segment which undergoes internal rearrangement'. The Journal of Bacteriology, 180 (9):2321-2329 [Details] | |
| (1996) | 'Characterization of a large chromosomal ''high-pathogenicity island'' in biotype 1B Yersinia enterocolitica' Carniel E, Guilvout I, Prentice M.; (1996) 'Characterization of a large chromosomal ''high-pathogenicity island'' in biotype 1B Yersinia enterocolitica'. The Journal of Bacteriology, 178 (23):6743-6751 [Details] | |
| (1995) | 'Sequence analysis of a Yersinia pestis insertion sequence associated with an unstable region of the chromosome' Prentice MB, Carniel E.; (1995) 'Sequence analysis of a Yersinia pestis insertion sequence associated with an unstable region of the chromosome'. Contributions to Microbiology & Immunology, 13 :294-298 [Details] | |
| (1994) | 'Midstream urine investigations' Mead M, Prentice MB, Nicholson KG. ; (1994) 'Midstream urine investigations'. Update, 48 (3):155-158 [Details] | |
| (1994) | 'Necrotizing fasciitis' Simpson AJH, Jumaa PA, Prentice MB. ; (1994) 'Necrotizing fasciitis'. Lancet, 344 [Details] | |
| (1993) | 'Comparison of Signal and Bactec NR-660 blood culture systems' Stevens M, Prentice MB, Swann RA, Mitchell CJ, Donkin A.; (1993) 'Comparison of Signal and Bactec NR-660 blood culture systems'. Journal of Applied Bacteriology, 74 :417-420 [Details] | |
| (1993) | 'Yersinia enterocolitica and mycotic aneurysm' Prentice MB, Fortineau N, Lambert T, Voinnesson A, Cope D. ; (1993) 'Yersinia enterocolitica and mycotic aneurysm'. Lancet, 341 :1535-1536 [Details] | |
| (1992) | 'Hepatitis B infection following open heart surgery' Prentice MB, Flower AJE, Morgan GM, Nicholson KG, Rana B, Firmin RK, Mitchell CJ. ; (1992) 'Hepatitis B infection following open heart surgery'. British Medical Journal, 304 :761-764 [Details] | |
| (1992) | 'Transfusing Yersinia enterocolitica' Prentice M.; (1992) 'Transfusing Yersinia enterocolitica'. British Medical Journal, 305 :663-664 [Details] | |
| (1991) | 'The epidemiology of Yersinia enterocolitica infection in the British Isles 1983-1988' Prentice MB, Cope D, Swann RA.; (1991) 'The epidemiology of Yersinia enterocolitica infection in the British Isles 1983-1988'. Contributions to Microbiology & Immunology, 12 :17-25 [Details] | |
| (1991) | 'Rapid identification of Staphylococcus aureus strains without clumping factor , DNAase or protein A' Prentice MB, Geary C, Mitchell CJ. ; (1991) 'Rapid identification of Staphylococcus aureus strains without clumping factor , DNAase or protein A'. Lancet, 338 [Details] | |
| (1991) | 'Antimicrobial susceptibility of pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica strains in the British Isles' Lyons MM, Prentice MB, Cope D, Swann RA.; (1991) 'Antimicrobial susceptibility of pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica strains in the British Isles'. Contributions to Microbiology & Immunology, 12 :251-254 [Details] | |
| (1990) | 'Infected foreign body due to Bacillus licheniformis in Rheumatoid Arthritis' David LAT, Lyons M, Samanta A, Prentice M, Nichol FE.; (1990) 'Infected foreign body due to Bacillus licheniformis in Rheumatoid Arthritis'. British Journal of Rheumatology, 24 (4) [Details] | |
| (1990) | 'Infectious complications of blood transfusion' Prentice M, Cope D, Weinbren M, O'Driscoll J.; (1990) 'Infectious complications of blood transfusion'. British Medical Journal, 300 :678-679 [Details] | |
| (1989) | 'Listeria monocytogenes peritonitis complicating CAPD' Korzets A, Andrews M, Campbell A, Feehally J, Walls J, Prentice M.; (1989) 'Listeria monocytogenes peritonitis complicating CAPD'. Peritoneal Dialysis Bulletin, 9 :349-350 [Details] | |
| (1987) | 'HIV testing in lymphoma patients' Prentice MB, Crook S, Adams K, Lister TAL, Grint PCA, Heath RB. ; (1987) 'HIV testing in lymphoma patients'. Journal of Hematology & Oncology, 5 (1):71-72 [Details] |
Book Chapters
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| (2012) | 'Plague: Yersinia pestis' Prentice, Michael B (2012) 'Plague: Yersinia pestis' In: Oxford Textbook of Medicine: Infection. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. [Details] | |
| (2012) | 'Other Yersinia infections: Yersiniosis' Prentice, Michael B (2012) 'Other Yersinia infections: Yersiniosis' In: Oxford Textbook of Medicine: Infection. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Plague and other Yersinia infections' Prentice, Michael B.; (2011) 'Plague and other Yersinia infections' In: Harrison's Principles and Practice of Internal Medicine. New York: McGraw-Hill. [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Yersiniosis and Plague' Prentice, MB; (2011) 'Yersiniosis and Plague' In: Oxford Textbook of Zoonoses: Biology, Clinical Practice, and Public Health Control. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details] | |
| (2010) | 'Other Yersinia infections: yersiniosis' Prentice, MB; (2010) 'Other Yersinia infections: yersiniosis' In: The Oxford Textbook of Medicine 5th Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details] | |
| (2010) | 'Plague: Yersinia pestis' Prentice, MB; (2010) 'Plague: Yersinia pestis' In: The Oxford Textbook of Medicine 5th Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details] |
Conference Publications
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2012) | Advances in Yersinia Research Ringwood T, Murphy BP, Drummond N, Buckley JF, Fanning S, Prentice MB (2012) Preliminary survey regarding yersiniosis in ireland . In: Alzira Maria Paiva de Almeida, Nilma Cintra Leal eds. Advances in Yersinia Research , pp.59-61 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2006) | Journal of Physics: Conference Series Gavin C., Pokrovskii A., Prentice M., Sobolev V; (2006) Dynamics of a Lotka-Volterra type model with applications to marine phage population dynamics Journal of Physics: Conference Series , pp.80-93 [Details] |
Other
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2006) | Dynamics of A Lotka-Volterra Type Model With Applications to Marine Phage Population Dynamics. Gavin, C, Pokrovskii, A, Prentice, M, Sobolev, V; (2006) Dynamics of A Lotka-Volterra Type Model With Applications to Marine Phage Population Dynamics. Other [DOI] [Details] |
Professional Activities
Conference Contributions
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2018) | Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2018, K. Dadswell, S. Creagh, E. McCullagh, A. McNally, J. MacSharry, M. B. Prentice (2018) Ethanolamine Metabolism in Urinary Tract Infection. [Oral Presentation], Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2018, Birmingham, UK , 10-APR-18 - 13-APR-18. [Details] |
Committees
| Committee | Function | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HSE National Microbiological Reference Laboratory Group | Committee Member | 2005 / 2013 |
Employment
| Employer | Position | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pathology/Microbiology/APC | Professor of Medical Microbiology | 19-JUL-04 / | |
| Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London | Senior Lecturer in Medical Microbiology/Honorary Consultant Microbiologist | 01-JAN-93 / 01-JAN-04 | |
| Institut Pasteur, Paris | Smith and Nephew Research Fellow | 01-JAN-91 / 01-JAN-92 | |
| Public Health Laboratory, Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK | Senior Registrar in Medical Microbiology/Honorary Clinical Teacher | 01-JAN-87 / 01-JAN-91 |
Education
| Year | Institution | Qualification | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | University of Birmingham, UK | MB CHB | - | |
| 1998 | Queen Mary, University of London | PhD | - |
Languages
| Language | Reading | Writing | Speaking | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent | |
| French | Fluent | Functional | Fluent |
Outreach Activities
| Description | |
|---|---|
Lecture “TB in Ireland” and question panel member for APC Public Forum “TB: a re-emerging problem?” 9/11/10 Brookfield Health Science Building, UCC |
Other Activities
| Description | |
|---|---|
External examiner 2013-15 Trinity College Dublin, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine LABORATORY AND INVESTIGATIVE MEDICINE , 3rd Medical Year examination and LABORATORY MEDICINE.( AETIOLOGY, MECHANISMS OF DISEASE), 2nd Medical year Examination |
Teaching Activities
Teaching Interests
Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Fellow status is closely aligned to Standard Descriptor 2 (SD2) of the UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and supporting learning in higher education (UK PSF).External examiner 2013-15 Trinity College Dublin, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine LABORATORY AND INVESTIGATIVE MEDICINE , 3rd Medical Year examination and LABORATORY MEDICINE.( AETIOLOGY, MECHANISMS OF DISEASE), 2nd Medical year Examination
Recent Postgraduates
| Graduation Year | Student Name | Institution | Degree Type | Thesis Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Karen McCarthy | UCC | PHD | A study into the properties and applications of bacterial microcompartments and polyphosphate metabolism | |
| 2015 | Alan Barry | UCC | MSc | Laboratory Evaluation of Microcompartment-Enhanced Biological Phosphorous Removal (MEBPR) as a Potential Wastewater Treatment Process | |
| 2013 | Tamara Ringwood | UCC | PhD | Epidemiology and Comparative Analysis of Yersinia in Ireland | |
| 2013 | Kamila Knapik | UCC | PHD | Genetic analysis of bacteriophages from clinical and environmental samples | |
| 2009 | Olabisi Ojo | UCC | PhD | Molecular epidemiology and comparative genomics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Southwest Ireland |
Research Information
Internal Collaborators
| Name | Institute | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Paul O'Toole | UCC/APC | IRELAND | |
| Dr John MacSharry | UCC/APC | IRELAND | |
| Dr Cormac Gahan | UCC/APC | IRELAND | |
| Professor Barry Plant | Cork Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, UCC, Cork University Hospital | IRELAND |
External Collaborators
| Name | Organisation / Institute | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Martin Warren | University of Kent | UNITED KINGDOM | |
| Professor Richard Pickersgill | Queen Mary, University of London | UNITED KINGDOM | |
| Professor Alan McNally | University of Birmingham | UNITED KINGDOM |