Staff Profile
Dr Helen Waller
Senior Research Technician
- Email: helen.waller@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7442
- Address: NUBI
Medical School
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Catherine Cookson Building
Framlington Place
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4HH
Publications
- Peters DT, Waller H, Birch MA, Lakey JH. Engineered mosaic protein polymers; a simple route to multifunctional biomaterials. Journal of Biological Engineering 2019, 13, 54.
- Al-Jawdah AD, Ivanova IG, Waller H, Perkins ND, Lakey JH, Peters DT. Induction of the immunoprotective coat of Yersinia pestis at body temperature is mediated by the Caf1R transcription factor. BMC Microbiology 2019, 19(1), 68.
- Akin S, Ulusu Y, Waller H, Lakey JH, Sonmezoglu S. Insight into Interface Engineering at TiO2/Dye through Molecularly Functionalized Caf1 Biopolymer. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 2018, 6(2), 1825-1836.
- Dura G, Waller H, Gentile P, Lakey JH, Fulton DA. Tuneable hydrogels of Caf1 protein fibers. Materials Science and Engineering C 2018, 93, 88-95.
- Johnson CL, Solovyova AS, Hecht O, Macdonald C, Waller H, Grossmann JG, Moore GR, Lakey JH. The Two-State Prehensile Tail of the Antibacterial Toxin Colicin N. Biophysical Journal 2017, 113(8), 1673-1684.
- Ulusu Y, Dura G, Waller H, Benning MJ, Fulton DA, Lakey JH, Peters DH. Thermal stability and rheological properties of the ‘non-stick’ Caf1 biomaterial. Biomedical Materials 2017, 12(5), 051001.
- Waller H, Ulusu Y, Lakey JH. Caf1 of Yersinia pestis Forms Complex Highly Stable Protein Polymers and Hydrogel Scaffolds. In: Biophysical Society 60th Annual Meeting. 2016, Los Angeles, California: Cell Press.
- Farras P, Waller H, Benniston AC. Enhanced Photostability of a Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complex under Highly Oxidizing Aqueous Conditions by its Partial Inclusion into a Cyclodextrin. Chemistry-A European Journal 2016, 22(3), 1133-1140.
- Peters D, Ulusu Y, Waller H, Lakey J. Protein engineering of Caf1 from the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis for tissue engineering applications. In: 30th Anniversary Symposium of The Protein Society. 2016, Baltimore, MD: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
- Cameron K, Najmudin S, Alves VD, Bayer EA, Smith SP, Bule P, Waller H, Ferreira LMA, Gilbert HJ, Fontes CMGA. Cell-surface Attachment of Bacterial Multienzyme Complexes Involves Highly Dynamic Protein-Protein Anchors. Journal of Biological Chemistry 2015, 290(21), 13578-13590.