Dr Katie Evans
Lecturer - School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences
Tel: 0151 231 2334
Email: k.evans@ljmu.ac.uk
Dr Evans is a Lecturer in Microbiology within the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences. Her research interests include Epigenetics - Chromatin structure and function Antibiotic resistant bacteria, particularly those associated in HAI, namely MRSA and ESBL/AmpC producing bacteria. and the development of rapid diagnostic tests
Academic Profile:
PhD Molecular Biophysics, Liverpool John Moores University and CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory, 2006
BSc (Hons) Applied Microbiology, Liverpool John Moores University, 2001
Selected Recent Publications
Evans, K. et al. (2005) 'A bacteriophytochrome regulates the synthesis of LH4 complexes in Rhodopseudomonas palustris'. Photosynthesis research, Vol 85(2), pp. 169-80
Evans, K. et al. (2006) 'Small Angle X-ray Scattering Reveals the Solution Structure of a Bacteriophytochrome in the Catalytically Active Pr State'. Journal of Molecular Biology, Vol 364(4), pp. 655-666
Derbyshire, H. et al. (2009) 'A simple disc diffusion method for detecting AmpC and extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae'. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Vol 63(3), pp. 497-501
