Louise Usher

University of Westminster — United Kingdom

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

6h-index168citations19works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry(4), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms(4), RNA Research and Splicing(3), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery(3), Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies(3)

Publications19 total

Airborne Pathogen Detection in Fine Aerosol Exhaled Breath Condensates
2022Open Access
Bacterial Adaptation to Venom in Snakes and Arachnida
Microbiology Spectrum·2022· 38 citedOpen Access
Predicting oligonucleotide therapeutic efficacy at the population level.
PubMed·2020
Response to the Letter from Garcia-Montojo and colleagues concerning our paper entitled, Quantitative analysis of human endogenous retrovirus-K transcripts in postmortem premotor cortex fails to confirm elevated expression of HERV-K RNA in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Acta Neuropathologica Communications·2019· 10 citedOpen Access
Quantitative analysis of human endogenous retrovirus-K transcripts in postmortem premotor cortex fails to confirm elevated expression of HERV-K RNA in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Acta Neuropathologica Communications·2019· 58 citedOpen Access
RACE-SEQ and population-wide polymorphism susceptibility testing for endonucleotically active, RNA-targeting therapeutics: RACE-SEQing RNA cleaving drug mechanism of action
2019
RACE-SEQ and Population-Wide Polymorphism Susceptibility Testing for Endonucleolytically Active, RNA-Targeting Therapeutics
Methods in molecular biology·2019· 1 cited
Microbial adaptation to venom is common in snakes and spiders
Create (Canterbury Christ Church University)·2018· 6 cited
Microbial adaptation to venom is common in snakes and spiders
2018· 10 citedOpen Access
RACE-Seq identifies the Argonaute-2 cleavage products of RNA interference-based oligonucleotides
WestminsterResearch (University of Westminster)·2018Open Access
Profiling the Mismatch Tolerance of Argonaute 2 through Deep Sequencing of Sliced Polymorphic Viral RNAs
Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids·2017· 2 citedOpen Access
Field-deployable, quantitative, rapid identification of active Ebola virus infection in unprocessed blood
Chemical Science·2017· 11 citedOpen Access
Clinical potential of oligonucleotide-based therapeutics in the respiratory system
Pharmacology & Therapeutics·2016· 26 citedOpen Access
Direct Bedside Quantification of DNA and RNA in Crude, Whole Biofluids
Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University)·2016
RACE-seq(ing) Argonaute-2 cleavage precision
Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University)·2016
The microbiome of venoms
Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University)·2015
A common brain microbiome in normal rodents & humans: evidence on entry routes with an intact blood-brain-barrier
2015
Pulmoscreen: towards the first autonomous respiratory microbiome biosensor
Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University)·2014
Isolation, identification and molecular characterisation of an isolate of<i>Zucchini yellow mosaic virus</i>occurring in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
South African Journal of Plant and Soil·2012· 6 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

Sterghios Moschos(15), Elham Esmaeilishirazifard(4), Myrto Kremyda-Vlachou(4), S. Trim(4), Pantazis Theotokis(4), Carol M. Trim(3), Hubert Denise(3), Vartul Sangal(3), Gregory H. Tyson(3), Axel Barlow(3), K. Redway(3), John D. Taylor(3), Teresa D. Loftus(3), M.M.G. Lock(3), K. Wright(3), Andrew Dalby(3), Lori A.S. Snyder(3), Wolfgang Wüster(3), Jeremy A. Garson(2), Ammar Al‐Chalabi(2)