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Psilocybin, an Effective Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder in Adults - A Systematic Review (2023)
Journal Article
Watford, T., & Masood, N. (2023). Psilocybin, an Effective Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder in Adults - A Systematic Review. Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience, 22(1), 2-12. https://doi.org/10.9758/cpn.23.1120

Psilocybin is a classical psychedelic which has been utilised for healing purposes for millenia. However, with its classification as a Schedule I substance, research into this compound is scarce with few FDA-approved clinical studies. Despite this, p... Read More about Psilocybin, an Effective Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder in Adults - A Systematic Review.

Sudden Transition to Online Learning: an Action Research Study Exploring Foundation Year Students’ Experience at Keele University (2021)
Journal Article
Masood. (2021). Sudden Transition to Online Learning: an Action Research Study Exploring Foundation Year Students’ Experience at Keele University. The Journal of Academic Development and Education, https://doi.org/10.21252/29rw-zt56

The COVID-19 pandemic induced closure of the university campuses resulted in forced improvisation and adoption of online learning. Following sudden transition towards exclusive online learning, we needed to know more about students’ experience to ide... Read More about Sudden Transition to Online Learning: an Action Research Study Exploring Foundation Year Students’ Experience at Keele University.

Expanding the family of tetrahalide iron complexes: Synthesis, structure and biological applications (2020)
Journal Article
Abedin, N., Alshehri, A. H. A., Almughrbi, A. M., Moore, O., Alyza, S., Rusbridge, E. K., …Fitzpatrick, A. J. (2020). Expanding the family of tetrahalide iron complexes: Synthesis, structure and biological applications. Polyhedron, 190, 114755. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2020.114755

A neutral octahedral mononuclear iron(II) tetrabromide complex, [Fe(HAmpy)2Br4], that consists of equatorial bromide and protonated aminopyrazinium axial ligands is successfully synthesised through redox chemistry and analysed using X-ray crystallogr... Read More about Expanding the family of tetrahalide iron complexes: Synthesis, structure and biological applications.

The molecular characterisation of Escherichia coli K1 isolated from neonatal nasogastric feeding tubes (2015)
Journal Article
Masood. (2015). The molecular characterisation of Escherichia coli K1 isolated from neonatal nasogastric feeding tubes. BMC Infectious Diseases, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1210-7

Background
The most common cause of Gram-negative bacterial neonatal meningitis is E. coli K1. It has a mortality rate of 10–15 %, and neurological sequelae in 30–50 % of cases. Infections can be attributable to nosocomial sources, however the pre-c... Read More about The molecular characterisation of Escherichia coli K1 isolated from neonatal nasogastric feeding tubes.

Genomic dissection of the 1994 Cronobacter sakazakii outbreak in a French neonatal intensive care unit (2015)
Journal Article
Masood. (2015). Genomic dissection of the 1994 Cronobacter sakazakii outbreak in a French neonatal intensive care unit. BMC Genomics, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-1961-y

Background: Cronobacter sakazakii is a member of the genus Cronobacter that has frequently been isolated from powdered infant formula (PIF) and linked with rare but fatal neonatal infections such as meningitis and necrotising enterocolitis. The Cron... Read More about Genomic dissection of the 1994 Cronobacter sakazakii outbreak in a French neonatal intensive care unit.

Description of Siccibacter colletis sp. nov., a novel species isolated from plant material, and emended description of Siccibacter turicensis (2015)
Journal Article
Masood. (2015). Description of Siccibacter colletis sp. nov., a novel species isolated from plant material, and emended description of Siccibacter turicensis. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 1335 - 1341. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.000108

A re-evaluation of the taxonomic position of two strains, 1383T and 2249, isolated from poppy seeds and tea leaves, which had been identified as Siccibacter turicensis (formerly Cronobacter zurichensis ), was carried out. The analysis included phenot... Read More about Description of Siccibacter colletis sp. nov., a novel species isolated from plant material, and emended description of Siccibacter turicensis.

Genotypic and phenotypic characteristics of Cronobacter species, with particular attention to the newly reclassified species Cronobacter helveticus, Cronobacter pulveris, and Cronobacter zurichensis (2014)
Journal Article
Masood. (2014). Genotypic and phenotypic characteristics of Cronobacter species, with particular attention to the newly reclassified species Cronobacter helveticus, Cronobacter pulveris, and Cronobacter zurichensis. Food Microbiology, 226 - 235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2014.06.013

In 2013, Enterobacter helveticus, Enterobacter pulveris and Enterobacter turicensis, were reclassified as Cronobacter helveticus, Cronobacter pulveris and Cronobacter zurichensis, respectively. Previously these species had been used as negative contr... Read More about Genotypic and phenotypic characteristics of Cronobacter species, with particular attention to the newly reclassified species Cronobacter helveticus, Cronobacter pulveris, and Cronobacter zurichensis.

Draft Genome Sequence of "Candidatus Cronobacter colletis" NCTC 14934T, a New Species in the Genus Cronobacter (2014)
Journal Article
Masood. (2014). Draft Genome Sequence of "Candidatus Cronobacter colletis" NCTC 14934T, a New Species in the Genus Cronobacter. Genome Announcements,

Members of the Cronobacter genus are associated with serious infections in neonates. This is the first report of the draft genome sequence for the newly proposed species Cronobacter colletis.

Draft Genome Sequences of Three Newly Identified Species in the Genus Cronobacter, C. helveticus LMG23732T, C. pulveris LMG24059, and C. zurichensis LMG23730T (2013)
Journal Article
Masood. (2013). Draft Genome Sequences of Three Newly Identified Species in the Genus Cronobacter, C. helveticus LMG23732T, C. pulveris LMG24059, and C. zurichensis LMG23730T. Genome Announcements, https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00783-13

Cronobacter helveticus, Cronobacter pulveris, and Cronobacter zurichensis are newly described species in the Cronobacter genus,
which is associated with serious infections of neonates. This is the first report of draft genome sequences for these spe... Read More about Draft Genome Sequences of Three Newly Identified Species in the Genus Cronobacter, C. helveticus LMG23732T, C. pulveris LMG24059, and C. zurichensis LMG23730T.

Draft Genome Sequence of the Earliest Cronobacter sakazakii Sequence Type 4 Strain, NCIMB 8272 (2013)
Journal Article
Masood. (2013). Draft Genome Sequence of the Earliest Cronobacter sakazakii Sequence Type 4 Strain, NCIMB 8272. Genome Announcements, https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00782-13

The Cronobacter sakazakii clonal lineage defined as sequence type 4 (ST4) is associated with severe cases of neonatal meningitis and persistence in powdered infant formula. For genome sequencing of the earliest deposited culture collection strain of... Read More about Draft Genome Sequence of the Earliest Cronobacter sakazakii Sequence Type 4 Strain, NCIMB 8272.

Sialic acid utilization by Cronobacter sakazakii (2013)
Journal Article
Masood. (2013). Sialic acid utilization by Cronobacter sakazakii. Microbial Informatics and Experimentation, 3 - 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/2042-5783-3-3

Background
The Cronobacter genus is composed of seven species, and can cause infections in all age groups. Of particular concern is C. sakazakii, as this species is strongly associated with severe and often fatal cases of necrotizing enterocolitis a... Read More about Sialic acid utilization by Cronobacter sakazakii.

Comparative Analysis of Genome Sequences Covering the Seven Cronobacter Species (2012)
Journal Article
Masood. (2012). Comparative Analysis of Genome Sequences Covering the Seven Cronobacter Species. PloS one, e49455 - e49455. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049455

Background
Species of Cronobacter are widespread in the environment and are occasional food-borne pathogens associated with serious neonatal diseases, including bacteraemia, meningitis, and necrotising enterocolitis. The genus is composed of seven s... Read More about Comparative Analysis of Genome Sequences Covering the Seven Cronobacter Species.