Dr Brian Forde
Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellow
UQ Centre for Clinical Research Faculty of Medicine

Featured projects | Duration |
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Discovery of new regulatory networks with long-read transcriptomics Genome Innovation Hub Collaborative Project (UQ infrastructure) |
2019 |
Culture-independent metagenomic diagnostics Genome Innovation Hub Collaborative Project (UQ infrastructure) |
2021 |
Journal Articles
Stewart, Adam G., Satlin, Michael J., Schlebusch, Sanmarié, Isler, Burcu, Forde, Brian M., Paterson, David L. and Harris, Patrick N. A. (2020). Completing the picture - capturing the resistome in antibiotic clinical trials. Clinical Infectious Diseases. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1877
Gordon, Louisa G., Elliott, Thomas M., Forde, Brian, Mitchell, Brett, Russo, Philip L., Paterson, David L. and Harris, Patrick N. A. (2020). Budget impact analysis of routinely using whole-genomic sequencing of six multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens in Queensland, Australia. BMJ Open, 11 (2) e041968, e041968. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041968
De Oliveira, David M. P., Bohlmann, Lisa, Conroy, Trent, Jen, Freda E.-C., Everest-Dass, Arun, Hansford, Karl A., Bolisetti, Raghu, El-Deeb, Ibrahim M., Forde, Brian M., Phan, Minh-Duy, Lacey, Jake A., Tan, Aimee, Rivera-Hernandez, Tania, Brouwer, Stephan, Keller, Nadia, Kidd, Timothy J., Cork, Amanda J., Bauer, Michelle J., Cook, Gregory M., Davies, Mark R., Beatson, Scott A., Paterson, David L., McEwan, Alastair G., Li, Jian, Schembri, Mark A., Blaskovich, Mark A. T., Jennings, Michael P., McDevitt, Christopher A., von Itzstein, Mark and Walker, Mark J. (2020). Repurposing a neurodegenerative disease drug to treat Gram-negative antibiotic-resistant bacterial sepsis. Science Translational Medicine, 12 (570) abb3791, eabb3791. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abb3791
Guglielmino, Christine J. D., Kakkanat, Asha, Forde, Brian M., Rubenach, Sally, Merone, Lea, Stafford, Russell, Graham, Rikki M. A., Beatson, Scott A. and Jennison, Amy V. (2020). Outbreak of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) Shigella flexneri in northern Australia due to an endemic regional clone acquiring an IncFII plasmid. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 40 (2), 279-286. doi: 10.1007/s10096-020-04029-w
Hancock, Steven J., Phan, Minh-Duy, Luo, Zhenyao, Lo, Alvin W., Peters, Kate M., Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Forde, Brian M., Whitfield, Jason, Yang, Ji, Strugnell, Richard A., Paterson, David L., Walsh, Timothy R., Kobe, Bostjan, Beatson, Scott A. and Schembri, Mark A. (2020). Comprehensive analysis of IncC plasmid conjugation identifies a crucial role for the transcriptional regulator AcaB. Nature Microbiology, 5 (11), 1340-1348. doi: 10.1038/s41564-020-0775-0
Forde, Brian M., Henderson, Andrew, Playford, Elliott G., Looke, David, Henderson, Belinda C., Watson, Catherine, Steen, Jason A., Sidjabat, Hanna E., Laurie, Gordon, Muttaiyah, Sharmini, Nimmo, Graeme R., Lampe, Guy, Smith, Helen, Jennison, Amy V., McCall, Brad, Carroll, Heidi, Cooper, Matthew A., Paterson, David L. and Beatson, Scott A. (2020). Fatal respiratory diphtheria caused by ß-lactam–resistant corynebacterium diphtheriae. Clinical Infectious Diseases. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1147
De Oliveira, David M. P., Forde, Brian M., Kidd, Timothy J., Harris, Patrick N. A., Schembri, Mark A., Beatson, Scott A., Paterson, David L. and Walker, Mark J. (2020). Antimicrobial resistance in ESKAPE pathogens. Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 33 (3) e00181-19, e00181-19. doi: 10.1128/cmr.00181-19
Chapman, Paul, Forde, Brian M., Roberts, Leah W., Bergh, Haakon, Vesey, Debra, Jennison, Amy V., Moss, Susan, Paterson, David L., Beatson, Scott A. and Harris, Patrick N. A. (2020). Genomic investigation reveals contaminated detergent as the source of an Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-producing Klebsiella michiganensis outbreak in a neonatal unit. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 58 (5) e01980. doi: 10.1128/jcm.01980-19
Omaleki, Lida, Beatson, Scott A., Thomrongsuwannakij, Thotsapol, Blackall, Patrick J., Buller, Nicky B., Hair, Sam D., Vitali, Simone D., Wallace, Alisa M., Turni, Conny and Forde, Brian M. (2020). Phase variation in latB associated with a fatal Pasteurella multocida outbreak in captive squirrel gliders. Veterinary Microbiology, 243 108612, 108612. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2020.108612
Omaleki, Lida, Blackall, Patrick J., Cuddihy, Thom, Beatson, Scott A., Forde, Brian M. and Turni, Conny (2020). Using genomics to understand inter- and intra- outbreak diversity of Pasteurella multocida isolates associated with fowl cholera in meat chickens. Microbial Genomics, 6 (3) 000346. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000346
Lee, Brendon M., Harold, Liam K., Almeida, Deepak V., Afriat-Jurnou, Livnat, Aung, Htin Lin, Forde, Brian M., Hards, Kiel, Pidot, Sacha J., Ahmed, F. Hafna, Mohamed, A. Elaaf, Taylor, Matthew C., West, Nicholas P., Stinear, Timothy P., Greening, Chris, Beatson, Scott A., Nuermberger, Eric L., Cook, Gregory M. and Jackson, Colin J. (2020). Predicting nitroimidazole antibiotic resistance mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis with protein engineering. PLoS Pathogens, 16 (2) e1008287, e1008287. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008287
Roberts, Leah W., Harris, Patrick N. A., Forde, Brian M., Ben Zakour, Nouri L., Catchpoole, Elizabeth, Stanton-Cook, Mitchell, Phan, Minh-Duy, Sidjabat, Hanna E., Bergh, Haakon, Heney, Claire, Gawthorne, Jayde A., Lipman, Jeffrey, Allworth, Anthony, Chan, Kok-Gan, Chong, Teik Min, Yin, Wai-Fong, Schembri, Mark A., Paterson, David L. and Beatson, Scott A. (2020). Integrating multiple genomic technologies to investigate an outbreak of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacter hormaechei. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 466, 466. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-14139-5
Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Phan, Minh-Duy, Forde, Brian M., Murthy, Ambika M. V., Peters, Kate M., Day, Christopher J., Poole, Jessica, Kidd, Timothy J., Welch, Rodney A., Jennings, Michael P., Ulett, Glen C., Sweet, Matthew J., Beatson, Scott A. and Schembri, Mark A. (2019). Complex multilevel control of hemolysin production by uropathogenic Escherichia coli. mBio, 10 (5) e02248-19. doi: 10.1128/mbio.02248-19
Buckley, Cameron, Beatson, Scott A., Limnios, Athena, Lahra, Monica M., Whiley, David M. and Forde, Brian M. (2019). Whole-genome sequencing as an improved means of investigating Neisseria gonorrhoeae treatment failures. Sexual Health, 16 (5), 500-507. doi: 10.1071/SH19012
Forde, Brian M., Roberts, Leah W., Phan, Minh-Duy, Peters, Kate M., Fleming, Brittany A., Russell, Colin W., Lenherr, Sara M., Myers, Jeremy B., Barker, Adam P., Fisher, Mark A., Chong, Teik-Min, Yin, Wai-Fong, Chan, Kok-Gan, Schembri, Mark A., Mulvey, Matthew A. and Beatson, Scott A. (2019). Population dynamics of an Escherichia coli ST131 lineage during recurrent urinary tract infection. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 3643, 3643. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11571-5
Forde, Brian M., McAllister, Lauren J., Paton, James C., Paton, Adrienne W. and Beatson, Scott A. (2019). SMRT sequencing reveals differential patterns of methylation in two O111:H- STEC isolates from a hemolytic uremic syndrome outbreak in Australia. Scientific Reports, 9 (1) 9436, 9436. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45760-5
Crawford, Rebecca L., Blyde, David, Blackall, Patrick J., Forde, Brian M., Beatson, Scott A., Harris, Louise M., Turni, Conny and Omaleki, Lida (2019). Novel insights into pasteurellosis in captive pinnipeds. Veterinary Microbiology, 231, 232-237. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2019.03.017
Walker, Mark J., Brouwer, Stephan, Forde, Brian M., Worthing, Kate A., McIntyre, Liam, Sundac, Lana, Maloney, Sam, Roberts, Leah W., Barnett, Timothy C., Richter, Johanna, Cork, Amanda J., Irwin, Adam D., You, Yuanhai, Zhang, Jianzhong, Dougan, Gordon, Yuen, K. Y., Nizet, Victor, Beatson, Scott A., Grimwood, Keith and Davies, Mark R. (2019). Detection of epidemic scarlet fever group A Streptococcus in Australia. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69 (7), 1232-1234. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz099
Forde, Brian M., Zowawi, Hosam M., Harris, Patrick N. A., Roberts, Leah, Ibrahim, Emad, Shaikh, Nissar, Deshmukh, Anand, Sid Ahmed, Mazen A., Al Maslamani, Muna, Cottrell, Kyra, Trembizki, Ella, Sundac, Lana, Yu, Heidi H., Li, Jian, Schembri, Mark A., Whiley, David M., Paterson, David L. and Beatson, Scott A. (2018). Discovery of mcr-1-mediated colistin resistance in a highly virulent Escherichia coli lineage. mSphere, 3 (5) e00486-18. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00486-18
Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Phan, Minh-Duy, Peters, Kate M., Lo, Alvin W., Forde, Brian M., Min Chong, Teik, Yin, Wai-Fong, Chan, Kok-Gan, Chromek, Milan, Brauner, Annelie, Chapman, Matthew R., Beatson, Scott A. and Schembri, Mark A. (2018). Discovery of new genes involved in curli production by a uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain from the highly virulent O45:K1:H7 lineage. mBio, 9 (4) e01462-18. doi: 10.1128/mbio.01462-18
Buckley, Cameron, Forde, Brian M., Trembizki, Ella, Lahra, Monica M., Beatson, Scott A. and Whiley, David M. (2018). Use of whole genome sequencing to investigate an increase in Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection among women in urban areas of Australia. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 1503, 1-7. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-20015-x
Goh, Kelvin G. K., Phan, Minh-Duy, Forde, Brian M., Chong, Teik Min, Yin, Wai-Fong, Chan, Kok-Gan, Ulett, Glen C., Sweet, Matthew J., Beatson, Scott A. and Schembri, Mark A. (2017). Genome-wide discovery of genes required for capsule production by uropathogenic Escherichia coli. MBio, 8 (5) e01558-17. doi: 10.1128/mBio.01558-17
Sullivan, Matthew J, Forde, Brian M, Prince, Darren W, Ipe, Deepak S, Ben Zakour, Nouri L, Davies, Mark R, Dougan, Gordon, Beatson, Scott A and Ulett, Glen C (2017). Complete Genome Sequence of Serotype III Streptococcus agalactiae Sequence Type 17 Strain 874391. Genome announcements, 5 (42) e01107-17, 1-3. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01107-17
Phan, Minh-Duy, Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Achard, Maud E. S., Forde, Brian M., Hong, Kar Wai, Chong, Teik Min, Yin, Wai-Fong, Chan, Kok-Gan, West, Nicholas P., Walker, Mark J., Paterson, David L., Beatson, Scott A. and Schembri, Mark A. (2017). Modifications in the pmrB gene are the primary mechanism for the development of chromosomally encoded resistance to polymyxins in uropathogenic Escherichia coli. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 72 (10), 2729-2736. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkx204
Hancock, Steven J., Phan, Minh-Duy, Peters, Kate M., Forde, Brian M., Chong, Teik Min, Yin, Wai-Fong, Chan, Kok-Gan, Paterson, David L., Walsh, Timothy R., Beatson, Scott A. and Schembri, Mark A. (2016). Identification of IncA/C plasmid replication and maintenance genes and development of a plasmid multi-locus sequence-typing scheme. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 61 (2) e01740, AAC.01740-16. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01740-16
Clancy, Ceara D., Forde, Brian M., Moore, Stanley A. and O'Toole, Paul W. (2016). Draft genome sequences of Helicobacter pylori strains 17874 and P79. Journal of Bacteriology, 198 (13), 1902-1902. doi: 10.1128/JB.00307-16
Wailan, Alexander M., Sidjabat, Hanna E., Yam, Wan Keat, Alikhan, Nabil-Fareed, Petty, Nicola K., Sartor, Anna L., Williamson, Deborah A., Forde, Brian M., Schembri, Mark A., Beatson, Scott A., Paterson, David L., Walsh, Timothy R. and Partridge, Sally R. (2016). Mechanisms involved in acquisition of blaNDM genes by IncA/C2 and IncFIIY plasmids. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 60 (7), 4082-4088. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00368-16
Forde, Brian M., Phan, Minh-Duy, Gawthorne, Jayde A., Ashcroft, Melinda M., Stanton-Cook, Mitchell, Sarkar, Sohinee, Peters, Kate M., Chan, Kok-Gan, Chong, Teik Min, Yin, Wai-Fong, Upton, Mathew, Schembri, Mark A. and Beatson, Scott A. (2015). Lineage-specific methyltransferases define the methylome of the globally disseminated Escherichia coli ST131 clone. MBio, 6 (6) e01602-15, e01602-15. doi: 10.1128/mBio.01602-15
Ben Zakour, Nouri L., Davies, Mark R., You, Yuanhai, Chen, Jonathan H. K., Forde, Brian M., Stanton-Cook, Mitchell, Yang, Ruifu, Cui, Yujun, Barnett, Timothy C., Venturini, Carola, Ong, Cheryl-lynn Y., Tse, Herman, Dougan, Gordon, Zhang, Jianzhong, Yuen, Kwok-Yung, Beatson, Scott A. and Walker MJ (2015). Transfer of scarlet fever-associated elements into the group A Streptococcus M1T1 clone. Scientific Reports, 5 (1) 15877, 15877.1-15877.7. doi: 10.1038/srep15877
Zowawi, Hosam M., Forde, Brian M., Alfaresi, Mubarak, Alzarouni, Abdulqadir, Farahat, Yasser, Chong, Teik-Min, Yin, Wai-Fong, Chan, Kok-Gan, Li, Jian, Schembri, Mark A., Beatson, Scott A. and Paterson, David L. (2015). Stepwise evolution of pandrug-resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae.. Scientific Reports, 5 (Art No.: 15082) 15082, 15082. doi: 10.1038/srep15082
Schembri, Mark A., Ben Zakour, Nouri L., Minh-Duy Phan, Forde, Brian M., Stanton-Cook, Mitchell and Beatson, Scott A. (2015). Molecular characterization of the multidrug resistant escherichia coli ST131 clone. Pathogens, 4 (3), 422-430. doi: 10.3390/pathogens4030422
Beatson, Scott A., Ben Zakour, Nouri L., Totsika, Makrina, Forde, Brian M., Watts, Rebecca E., Mabbett, Amanda N., Szubert, Jan M., Sarkar, Sohinee, Phan, Minh-Duy, Peters, Kate M., Petty, Nicola K., Alikhan, Nabil-Fareed, Sullivan, Mitchell J., Gawthorne, Jayde A., Stanton-Cook, Mitchell, Nguyen Thi Khanh Nhu, Chong, Teik Min, Yin, Wai-Fong, Chan, Kok-Gan, Hancock, Viktoria, Ussery, David W., Ulett, Glen C. and Schembri, Mark A. (2015). Molecular analysis of asymptomatic bacteriuria Escherichia coli strain VR50 reveals adaptation to the urinary tract by gene acquisition. Infection and Immunity, 83 (5), 1749-1764. doi: 10.1128/IAI.02810-14
Phan, Minh Duy, Forde, Brian M., Peters, Kate M., Sarkar, Sohinee, Hancock, Steven, Stanton-Cook, Mitchell, Zakour, Nouri L. Ben, Upton, Mathew, Beatson, Scott A. and Schembri, Mark A. (2015). Molecular Characterization of a Multidrug Resistance IncF Plasmid from the Globally Disseminated Escherichia coli ST131 Clone.. PLoS One, 10 (4) e0122369, e0122369-e0122369. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122369
Phan, Minh-Duy, Peters, Kate M., Sarkar, Sohinee, Forde, Brian M., Lo, Alvin W., Stanton-Cook, Mitchell, Roberts, Leah W., Upton, Mathew, Beatson, Scott A. and Schembri, Mark A. (2015). Third-generation cephalosporin resistance conferred by a chromosomally encoded blaCMY-23 gene in the Escherichia coli ST131 reference strain EC958. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 70 (7) dkv066, 1969-1972. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkv066
Raftis, Emma J., Forde, Brian M., Claesson, Marcus J. and O'Toole, Paul W. (2014). Unusual genome complexity in Lactobacillus salivarius JCM1046. BMC Genomics, 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-771
Forde, Brian M., Ben Zakour, Nouri L., Stanton-Cook, Mitchell, Phan, Minh-Duy, Totsika, Makrina, Peters, Kate M., Chan, Kok Gan, Schembri, Mark A., Upton, Mathew and Beatson, Scott A. (2014). The complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli EC958: a high quality reference sequence for the globally disseminated multidrug resistant E. coli O25b:H4-ST131 clone. PLoS One, 9 (8) e104400, e104400.1-e104400.13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104400
Petty, Nicola K., Ben Zakour, Nouri L., Stanton-Cook, Mitchell, Skippington, Elizabeth, Totsika, Makrina, Forde, Brian M., Phan, Minh-Duy, Gomes Moriel, Danilo, Peters, Kate M., Davies, Mark, Rogers, Benjamin A., Dougan, Gordon, Rodriguez-Baño, Jesús, Pascual, Alvaro, Pitout, Johann D., Upton, Mathew, Paterson, David L., Walsh, Timothy R., Schembri, Mark A. and Beatson, Scott A. (2014). Global dissemination of a multidrug resistant Escherichia coli clone. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111 (15), 5694-5699. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1322678111
Forde, Brian M. and O'Toole, Paul W. (2013). Next-generation sequencing technologies and their impact on microbial genomics. Briefings in Functional Genomics, 12 (5), 440-453. doi: 10.1093/bfgp/els062
Neville, B. Anne, Forde, Brian M., Claesson, Marcus J., Darby, Trevor, Coghlan, Avril, Nally, Kenneth, Ross, R. Paul and O'Toole, Paul W. (2012). Characterization of pro-inflammatory flagellin proteins produced by Lactobacillus ruminis and related motile Lactobacilli. PLoS One, 7 (7), e40592. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040592
Clancy, Ceara D., Forde, Brian M., Moore, Stanley A. and O'Toole, Paul W. (2012). Draft Genome Sequences of Helicobacter pylori Strains 17874 and P79. Journal of Bacteriology, 194 (9), 2402-2402. doi: 10.1128/JB.00230-12
Riboulet-Bisson, Eliette, Sturme, Mark H. J., Jeffery, Ian B., O'Donnell, Michelle M., Neville, B. Anne, Forde, Brian M., Claesson, Marcus J., Harris, Hugh, Gardiner, Gillian E., Casey, Patrick G., Lawlor, Peadar G., O'Toole, Paul W. and Ross, R. Paul (2012). Effect of Lactobacillus salivarius bacteriocin Abp118 on the mouse and pig intestinal microbiota. PLoS One, 7 (2), e31113. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031113
O'Toole, Paul W., Snelling, William J., Canchaya, Carlos, Forde, Brian M., Hardie, Kim R., Josenhans, Christine, Graham, Robert L. J., McMullan, Geoff, Parkhill, Julian, Belda, Eugenio and Bentley, Stephen D. (2010). Comparative genomics and proteomics of Helicobacter mustelae, an ulcerogenic and carcinogenic gastric pathogen. BMC Genomics, 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-164
Conference Papers
Cuddihy, Thom, Forde, Brian, Rhodes, Nicholas, Paterson, David, Gorse, Dominique, Beatson, Scott and Harris, Patrick (2019). SRA down under: cache and analysis platform for infectious disease. Australian national conference for Health Informatics (HIC 2019), Melbourne, Australia, 12-14 August 2019. Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press. doi: 10.3233/SHTI190776
Pal, Tibor , Sonnevend, Agnes Maria , Ghazawi, Akela , Haidermota, Aliashgher , Girgis, Safinaz , Alfaresi, Mubarak , Omar, Mohammed , Paterson, David L. , Beatson, Scott , Forde, Brian and Zowawi, Hosam M. (2016). Multi-hospital spread of a pan-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clone with an ISEcp1-directed blaOXA-181 insertion into the mgrB gene in the AE. The 26th European Congress on Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 9-12 April 2016.
Forde, Brian M., Neville, B. Anne, O'Donnell, Michelle M. , Riboulet-Bisson, E., Claesson, M. J., Coghlan, Avril, Ross, R. Paul and O'Toole, Paul W. (2011). Genome sequences and comparative genomics of two Lactobacillus ruminis strains from the bovine and human intestinal tracts. 10th Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacterium (LAB), Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands, 28 August-1 September 2011. London, United Kingdom: BioMed Central. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-10-S1-S13
Donnell, Michelle M. O', Forde, Brian M., Neville, B., Ross, Paul R. and Toole, Paul W. O' (2011). Carbohydrate catabolic flexibility in the mammalian intestinal commensal Lactobacillus ruminis revealed by fermentation studies aligned to genome annotations. 10th Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacterium, The Netherlands, 28 August - 1 September 2011. London, United Kingdom: BioMed Central. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-10-S1-S12