Adjunct Associate Professor
Willa Huston
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
Bacterial Stress response, Chlamydia, Legionella, Molecular microbiology, bacterial pathogenesis, proteases
Research field
Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Microbiology
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Ph.D (University of Queensland)
Professional memberships and associations
Women in Biotechnology
Teaching
Molecular Microbiology
Biochemistry
Publications
- Beagley, K., Huston, W., Hansbro, P. & Timms, P. (2009). Chlamydial infection of immune cells: altered function and implications for disease. Critical Reviews in Immunology, 29(4), 275–305. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/40537
- Tan, Y., Giffard, P., Barry, D., Huston, W. & Turner, M. (2008). Random Mutagenesis Identifies Novel Genes Involved in the Secretion of Antimicrobial, Cell Wall-Lytic Enzymes by Lactococcus lactis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 74(24), 7490–7496. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16983
- Huston, W., Theodoropoulos, C., Mathews, S. & Timms, P. (2008). Chlamydia trachomatis responds to heat shock, penicillin induced persistence, and IFN-gamma persistence by altering levels of the extracytoplasmic stress response protease HtrA. BMC Microbiology, 8(190), 1–16. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16849
- Huston, W., Harhangi, H., Leech, A., Butler, C., Jetten, M., Op den Camp, H. & Moir, J. (2007). Expression and Characterisation of a Major c-type Cytochrome Encoded by Gene kustc0563 from Kuenenia stuttgartiensis as a Recombinant Protein in Escherichia coli. Protein Expression and Purification, 51(1), 28–33. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/7156
- Huston, W., Swedberg, J., Harris, J., Walsh, T., Mathews, S. & Timms, P. (2007). The Temperature Activated HtrA Protease from Pathogen Chlamydia Trachomatis acts as both a Chaperone and Protease at 37. FEBS Letters, 581(18), 3382–3386. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/12059
- Huston, W., Jennings, M. & McEwan, A. (2002). The multicopper oxidase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a ferroxidase with a central role in iron acquisition. Molecular Microbiology, 45(6), 1741–1750. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/7172
- Huston, W., Potter, A., Jennings, M., Rello, J., Hauser, A. & McEwan, A. (2004). Survey of Ferroxidase Expression and Siderophore Production in Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 42(6), 2806–2809. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/7162
- Huston, W., Lowe, E., Butler, C. & Moir, J. (2005). Purification and characterisation of cytochrome c' from Neisseria meningitidis. Biochemical Society Transactions, 33(1), 187–189. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/7160
- Andrew, C., Kemper, L., Busche, T., Tiwari, A., Kesches, M., Stafford, J., Croft, L., Lu, S., Moenne-Loccoz, P., Huston, W., Moir, J. & Eady, R. (2005). Accessibility of the distal heme face, rather than Fe-His bond strength, determines the heme-nitrosyl coordination number of cytochromes c': evidence from spectroscopic studies. Biochemistry, 44(24), 8664–8672. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/44693
- Huston, W., Andrew, C., Servid, A., McKay, A., Leech, A., Butler, C. & Moir, J. (2006). Heterologous overexpression and purification of cytochrome c from Rhodobacter capsulatus and a mutant (K42E) in the dimerization region. Mutation does not alter oligomerization but impacts on heme iron spin state and nitric oxide binding properties. Biochemistry, 45(14), 4388–4395. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/7158
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2008
- Details
- 443248 NHMRC Peter Doherty Research Fellow 2007-2010"Stress response function of a putative serine protease HtrA, in chlamydia"
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2009
- Details
- 2009 for Travel in 2010. Ian Potter Foundation Travel Awards $3000
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2009
- Details
- I received the 2009 Vice-Chancellors Research Excellence Award, Queensland University of Technology.
- Type
- Committee Role/Editor or Chair of an Academic Conference
- Reference year
- 2009
- Details
- 2009-2011National Scientific Advisory Committee, Co-Chair Division 4, 2011 National conference
- Type
- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2008
- Details
- Working with the obligate intracellular, genetically intractable pathogen Chlamydia; Australian Society for Microbiology, Annual Scientific Meeting (Symposium; Invited); Melbourne
Selected research projects
- Title
- Role of HtrA and RseP, Stress Response Proteases, in Development and Persistence of Chlamydia Trachomatis Infections
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 553020
- Start year
- 2009
- Keywords
- Chlamydia; Infectious Disease; Microbial Stress Response
- Title
- Stress Response Function of a Putative Serine Protease HtrA, in Chlamydia
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 443248
- Start year
- 2007
- Keywords
- Chlamydia; Bacterial Pathogen; Infectious Disease; Stress Protein; Molecular Biology
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.