Miss Kimberley Bruce
Research Assistant
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
+61 7 336 54631
Publications
Journal Articles
McMillan, Christopher L.D., Corner, Andrea V., Wijesundara, Danushka K., Choo, Jovin J.Y., Pittayakhajonwut, Daraporn, Poredi, Indrajeet, Parry, Rhys H., Bindra, Guneet K., Bruce, Kimberley, Khromykh, Alexander A., Fernando, Germain J.P., Dapremont, Laurent, Young, Paul R. and Muller, David A. (2025). Skin patch delivery of a SARS-CoV-2 Spike DNA vaccine produces broad neutralising antibody responses. Heliyon, 11 (4) e42533, e42533. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e42533
Ma, Jiawei, Bruce, Kimberley, Stevenson, Philip G. and Farrell, Helen E. (2024). Mouse cytomegalovirus lacking sgg1 shows reduced import into the salivary glands. Journal of General Virology, 105 (8) 002013. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.002013
Xie, Wanxiaojie, Bruce, Kimberley, Belz, Gabrielle T., Farrell, Helen E. and Stevenson, Philip G. (2024). Indirect CD4
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T cell protection against mouse gamma-herpesvirus infection via interferon gamma. Journal of Virology, 98 (5) e0049324, 1-22. doi: 10.1128/jvi.00493-24
Xie, Wanxiaojie, Bruce, Kimberley, Stevenson, Philip G. and Farrell, Helen E. (2024). Indirect CD4+ T cell protection against persistent MCMV infection by NK cells requires IFNγ. Journal of General Virology, 105 (1) 001956. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001956
Bruce, Kimberley, Ma, Jiawei, Lawler, Clara, Xie, Wanxiaojie, Stevenson, Philip G. and Farrell, Helen E. (2022). Recent advancements in understanding primary cytomegalovirus infection in a mouse model. Viruses, 14 (9) 1934, 1934. doi: 10.3390/v14091934
Xie, Wanxiaojie, Lee, Byungchul, Bruce, Kimberley, Lawler, Clara, Farrell, Helen E. and Stevenson, Philip G. (2022). CD4 + T cells control murine cytomegalovirus infection indirectly. Journal of Virology, 96 (7) e00077-22, 1-15. doi: 10.1128/jvi.00077-22
Ma, Jiawei, Bruce, Kimberley, Davis-Poynter, Nicholas, Stevenson, Philip G. and Farrell, Helen E. (2022). The mouse cytomegalovirus G protein-coupled receptor homolog, M33, coordinates key features of in vivo Infection via distinct components of its signaling repertoire. Journal of Virology, 96 (4) e01867-21, e0186721. doi: 10.1128/jvi.01867-21
Xie, Wanxiaojie, Bruce, Kimberley, Farrell, Helen E. and Stevenson, Philip G. (2021). Olfactory entry promotes herpesvirus recombination. Journal of Virology, 95 (23) e01555-21, e0155521. doi: 10.1128/jvi.01555-21
Farrell, Helen E., Bruce, Kimberley and Stevenson, Philip G. (2021). A live olfactory MCMV vaccine attenuated for systemic spread, protects against superinfection. Journal of Virology, 95 (21) e01264-21, e0126421. doi: 10.1128/jvi.01264-21
Ma, Jiawei, Bruce, Kimberley, Stevenson, Philip G. and Farrell, Helen E. (2021). The murine cytomegalovirus MCK-2 facilitates in vivo infection transfer from dendritic cells to salivary gland acinar cells. Journal of Virology, 95 (17) e00693-21, e0069321. doi: 10.1128/jvi.00693-21
Farrell, Helen E., Bruce, Kimberley, Redwood, Alec J. and Stevenson, Philip G. (2019). Murine cytomegalovirus disseminates independently of CX3CR1, CCL2 or its m131/m129 chemokine homologue. Journal of General Virology, 100 (12), 1695-1700. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001333
Farrell, Helen E., Bruce, Kimberley, Lawler, Clara and Stevenson, Philip G. (2019). Murine cytomegalovirus spread depends on the infected myeloid cell type. Journal of Virology, 93 (15) e00540-19. doi: 10.1128/jvi.00540-19
Yunis, Joseph, Farrell, Helen E., Bruce, Kimberley, Lawler, Clara, Wyer, Orry, Davis-Poynter, Nicholas, Brizić, Ilija, Jonjić, Stipan, Adler, Barbara and Stevenson, Philip G. (2018). Murine Cytomegalovirus glycoprotein O promotes epithelial cell infection in vivo. Journal of Virology, 93 (3) e01378-18. doi: 10.1128/jvi.01378-18
Farrell, Helen E., Bruce, Kimberley, Ma, Jiawei, Davis-Poynter, Nicholas and Stevenson, Philip G. (2018). Human cytomegalovirus US28 allows dendritic cell exit from lymph nodes. Journal of General Virology, 99 (11) 001154, 1509-1514. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001154
Yunis, Joseph, Farrell, Helen E., Bruce, Kimberley, Lawler, Clara, Sidenius, Stine, Wyer, Orry, Davis-Poynter, Nicholas and Stevenson, Philip G. (2018). Murine cytomegalovirus degrades MHC class II to colonize the salivary glands. PLoS Pathogens, 14 (2) e1006905, 1-17. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006905
Farrell, Helen E, Bruce, Kimberley, Lawler, Clara, Oliveira, Martha, Cardin, Rhonda, Davis-Poynter, Nicholas and Stevenson, Philip G (2017). Murine Cytomegalovirus Spreads by Dendritic Cell Recirculation. mBio, 8 (5) e01264-17, 1-13. doi: 10.1128/mBio.01264-17
Farrell, Helen E., Bruce, Kimberley, Lawler, Clara, Cardin, Rhonda D., Davis-Poynter, Nicholas J. and Stevenson, Philip G. (2016). Type 1 interferons and NK cells limit murine cytomegalovirus escape from the lymph node subcapsular sinus. PLoS Pathogens, 12 (12) e1006069, e1006069. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006069
Farrell, Helen, Oliveira, Martha, Macdonald, Kate, Yunis, Joseph, Mach, Michae, Bruce, Kimberley, Stevenson, Philip, Cardin, Rhonda and Davis-Poynter, Nicholas (2016). Luciferase-tagged wild-type and tropism-deficient mouse cytomegaloviruses reveal early dynamics of host colonization following peripheral challenge. Journal of General Virology, 97 (12) 000642, 3379-3391. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.000642
Farrell, Helen E., Lawler, Clara, Tan, Cindy S. E., MacDonald, Kate, Bruce, Kimberley, Mach, Michael, Davis-Poynter, Nick and Stevenson, Philip G. (2016). Murine Cytomegalovirus exploits olfaction to enter new hosts. mBio, 7 (2) e00251-16, e00251-16.1-e00251-16.10. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00251-16
Farrell, Helen E., Davis-Poynter, Nick, Bruce, Kimberley, Lawler, Clara, Dolken, Lars, Mach, Michael and Stevenson, Philip G. (2015). Lymph node macrophages restrict murine cytomegalovirus dissemination. Journal of Virology, 89 (14), 7147-7158. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00480-15