HO Foo Kiong
B.Sc., Nanyang Technological University
hofk [at] ntu.edu.sg
hofk [at] ntu.edu.sg
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0928-4786Foo Kiong graduated with a degree in the biological sciences from Nanyang Technological University. Interested in both public health and microbiology, he joined the Kline lab as a research assistant, where he investigates host-pathogen interactions in group A Streptococcus biofilms. In his spare time, Foo Kiong enjoys watching movies and reading books, especially those with a clever plot and a brilliant twist at the end.
| 1. | The HtrA chaperone monitors sortase-assembled pilus biogenesis in Enterococcus faecalis. Colomer-Winter C, Yong AMH, Chong KKL, Veleba M, Choo PY, Gao IH, Matysik A, Ho FK, Chen SL, Kline KA. PLoS Genetics, 20(8), e1011071. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1011071 (2024) |
| 2. | Escherichia coli BarA-UvrY regulates the pks island and kills Staphylococci via the genotoxin colibactin during interspecies competition. Wong JJ, Ho FK, Choo PY, Chong KKL, Ho BCM, Neelakandan R, Keogh D, Barkham T, Chen J, Liu CF, Kline KA; PLoS Pathog. Sep 6;18(9):e1010766. (2022) |
| 3. | Enterococcus faecalis alters endo-lysosomal trafficking to replicate and persist within mammalian cells. da Silva RAG, Tay WH, Ho FK, Tanoto FR, Chong KKL, Choo PY, Ludwig A, Kline KA; PLoS Pathog 18, e1010434. (2022) |
| 4. | Cellular chaining influences biofilm formation and structure in group A Streptococcus, Matysik A, Ho FK, Ler Tan AQ, Vajjala A, Kline KA; Biofilm (2020) |
