Dr Sam Willcocks
Lecturer in Biosciences (Microbiology & Infectious Diseases)
Heinz Wolff 228
- Email: sam.willcocks@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 265460
Alshabani, LA., Abdali, JM., Brown, AK., de Sousa, DP., Willcocks, S., Kumar, A., et al. (2026) '3-(Pyridine-3-ylmethylene)chroman-4-one and tetralone derivatives: synthesis, Mycobacterium tuberculosisCYP121A1 enzyme inhibition and antimycobacterial activityvsdrug-sensitive and drug-resistant strains'. RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 17 (3). pp. 1672 - 1686. ISSN: 2632-8682 Open Access Link
Lamprecht, DA., Wall, RJ., Leemans, A., Truebody, B., Sprangers, J., Fiogbe, P., et al. (2025) 'Targeting de novo purine biosynthesis for tuberculosis treatment'. Nature, 644 (8075). pp. 214 - 220. ISSN: 0028-0836 Open Access Link
Martin, LT., Daniel, C., Guldberg-Allen, M., Navaratnarajah, A., Anselmi, S., Burova, T-MD., et al. (2025) 'Development of Carprofen analogues with activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis'. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 127. pp. 1 - 15. ISSN: 0968-0896 Open Access Link
Daniel, C., Willcocks, S. and Bhakta, S. (2024) 'Rapid Gene Silencing Followed by Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing for Target Validation in Antibiotic Discovery', inMethods in Molecular Biology. Springer US. , 2833. pp. 23 - 33. ISBN 13: 9781071639801.
Gibson, AJ., Stiens, J., Passmore, IJ., Faulkner, V., Miculob, J., Willcocks, S., et al. (2022) 'Defining the Genes Required for Survival of Mycobacterium bovis in the Bovine Host Offers Novel Insights into the Genetic Basis of Survival of Pathogenic Mycobacteria'. mBio, 13 (4). pp. e0067222. ISSN: 2161-2129
Bartens, MC., Gibson, AJ., Etherington, GJ., Di Palma, F., Holder, A., Werling, D. and et al. (2021) 'Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the Bovine TLR2 Extracellular Domain Contribute to Breed and Species-Specific Innate Immune Functionality'. Frontiers in Immunology, 12. pp. 764390. ISSN: 1664-3224
Faulkner, V., Cox, AA., Goh, S., van Bohemen, A., Gibson, AJ., Liebster, O., et al. (2021) 'Re-sensitization of Mycobacterium smegmatis to Rifampicin Using CRISPR Interference Demonstrates Its Utility for the Study of Non-essential Drug Resistance Traits'. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11. pp. 619427. ISSN: 1664-302X
Munshi, T., Sparrow, A., Wren, BW., Reljic, R. and Willcocks, SJ. (2020) 'The Antimicrobial Peptide, Bactenecin 5, Supports Cell-Mediated but Not Humoral Immunity in the Context of a Mycobacterial Antigen Vaccine Model'. Antibiotics, 9 (12). pp. 1 - 10. ISSN: 2079-6382 Open Access Link
Willcocks, SJ., Cia, F., Francisco, AF. and Wren, BW. (2020) 'Revisiting aminocoumarins for the treatment of melioidosis'. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 56 (1). pp. 106002 - 106002. ISSN: 0924-8579
Willcocks, SJ., Denman, C., Cia, F., McCarthy, E., Cuccui, J. and Wren, BW. (2020) 'Virulence of the Emerging Pathogen,Burkholderia Pseudomallei, Depends Upon theO-linked Oligosaccharyltransferase, PglL'. Future Microbiology, 15 (4). pp. 241 - 257. ISSN: 1746-0913
Willcocks, S., Huse, KK., Stabler, R., Oyston, PCF., Scott, A., Atkins, HS. and et al. (2019) 'Genome-wide assessment of antimicrobial tolerance in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis under ciprofloxacin stress'. Microbial Genomics, 5 (11). ISSN: 2057-5858
Price, RL., Bugeon, L., Mostowy, S., Makendi, C., Wren, BW., Williams, HD. and et al. (2019) 'In vitro and in vivo properties of the bovine antimicrobial peptide, Bactenecin 5'. PLOS ONE, 14 (1). pp. e0210508 - e0210508. ISSN: 1932-6203
Willcocks, SJ., Stabler, RA., Atkins, HS., Oyston, PF. and Wren, BW. (2018) 'High-throughput analysis of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis gene essentiality in optimised in vitro conditions, and implications for the speciation of Yersinia pestis'. BMC Microbiology, 18 (1). pp. 46. ISSN: 1471-2180