{"id":367,"date":"2025-12-22T13:54:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T00:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/?p=367"},"modified":"2026-01-09T16:17:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:17:53","slug":"2025-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/2025-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking back at 2025 Fellner Research Group activities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/251219-Fellner-group2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/251219-Fellner-group2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-372\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:300px;height:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/251219-Fellner-group2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/251219-Fellner-group2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/251219-Fellner-group2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/251219-Fellner-group2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/251219-Fellner-group2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Hello<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Shuxian Li<\/strong>, PhD student<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tianming Chen<\/strong>, PhD student<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Yin Wang<\/strong>, PhD student<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sathmi Bambarawana<\/strong>, Summer student<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Goodbye<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>George Randall<\/strong>, postdoc, now at Oxford<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Shilpa Saseendran Nair<\/strong>, ARF, now postdoc at Otago Pletzer lab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Adrian Isaac Soleil Smith-Beech<\/strong> MSc graduated, now PhD student at University of Queensland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Yoann Marjolet<\/strong>, exchange MSc student from France, now finishing his MSc at Polytech Clermont<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Conferences by PI and students<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Maurice Wilkins Centre Symposium Symposium (Auckland)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Queenstown Research Week Antimicrobial Resistance Meeting (Christchurch)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NZSBMB Conference (Rotorua)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>T\u016bmahi Whiti Makutu Kairangahau Wananga (<em>Papakura Marae<\/em> Auckland)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1928\" height=\"2560\" class=\"wp-image-368\" style=\"width: 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG20251122102345-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG20251122102345-scaled.jpg 1928w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG20251122102345-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG20251122102345-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG20251122102345-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG20251122102345-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG20251122102345-1542x2048.jpg 1542w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1928px) 100vw, 1928px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maurice Wilkins Centre NZ\u2013China Joint Symposium (Queenstown)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"wp-image-369\" style=\"width: 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/2025-C-MWC-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/2025-C-MWC-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/2025-C-MWC-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/2025-C-MWC-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/2025-C-MWC-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/2025-C-MWC-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/2025-C-MWC-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"wp-image-370\" style=\"width: 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/2025-C-MWC7-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/2025-C-MWC7-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/2025-C-MWC7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/2025-C-MWC7-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/2025-C-MWC7-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/2025-C-MWC7-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/fellner\/files\/2025\/12\/2025-C-MWC7-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Grant successes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mana T\u016b\u0101nuku Research Leader Fellowship (New Zealand Royal Society)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/news\/newsroom\/fellowships-for-otago-researchers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/news\/newsroom\/fellowships-for-otago-researchers<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalsociety.org.nz\/news\/2025-mana-tuanuku-research-leader-fellowships-awarded\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.royalsociety.org.nz\/news\/2025-mana-tuanuku-research-leader-fellowships-awarded\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marsden Fund (New Zealand Royal Society)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/sea-star-and-plant-light-response-projects-shine-bright-in-marsden-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/sea-star-and-plant-light-response-projects-shine-bright-in-marsden-awards\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/news\/newsroom\/otago-research-in-outer-space\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/news\/newsroom\/otago-research-in-outer-space<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Otago Research Grant (University of Otago)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commercialising Knowledge Assets Fund (UK Research and Innovation)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Publications<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sun, M.; Fellner, M.; Lv, C.; Carne, A.; Zang, J.; Zhao, G.; Bekhit, A. E. A.; Zhang, T. (2025) <em>Dual mechanisms of digestion-resistant proteins in food systems: structural resistance and enzyme inhibition.<\/em> Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr, 1-22. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10408398.2025.2551784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1080\/10408398.2025.2551784<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upadhyay, T.; Woods, E. C.; Dela Ahator, S.; Julin, K.; Faucher, F. F.; Uddin, M. J.; Hollander, M. J.; Pedowitz, N. J.; Abegg, D.; Hammond, I.; Eke, I. E.; Wang, S.; Chen, S.; Bennett, J. M.; Jo, J.; Lentz, C. S.; Adibekian, A.; Fellner, M.; Bogyo, M. (2025) <em>Identification of covalent inhibitors of Staphylococcus aureus serine hydrolases important for virulence and biofilm formation<\/em>. Nat Commun 16 (1), 5046. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-025-60367-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1038\/s41467-025-60367-3<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Warring, S. L.; Sisson, H. M.; Randall, G.; Grimon, D.; Dams, D.; Gutierrez, D.; Fellner, M.; Fagerlund, R. D.; Briers, Y.; Jackson, S. A.; Fineran, P. C. (2025) <em>Engineering an antimicrobial chimeric endolysin that targets the phytopathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae<\/em>. J Biol Chem, 110224. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jbc.2025.110224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1016\/j.jbc.2025.110224<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wang, S.; Woods, E. C.; Jo, J.; Zhu, J.; Hansel-Harris, A.; Holcomb, M.; Llanos, M.; Pedowitz, N. J.; Upadhyay, T.; Bennett, J.; Fellner, M.; Park K. W.; Zhang A.; Valdez T. A.; Forli S.; Chan A. I.; Cunningham C. N.; Bogyo M. (2025) <em>An mRNA Display Approach for Covalent Targeting of a Staphylococcus aureus Virulence Factor<\/em>. Journal of the American Chemical Society 147 (10), 8312-8325. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/jacs.4c15713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1021\/jacs.4c15713<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nair, S. S.; Kleffmann, T.; Smith, B., Morris, V.; Goebl, C.; Pletzer, D.; Fellner, M. (2025), <em>Comparative lipidomics profiles of planktonic and biofilms of methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus<\/em>, Anal Biochem, 115746. 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