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Dr Heather Hendrickson

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Department: School of Biological Sciences

Email: heather.hendrickson@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3691875

Office: Julius Van Haast Rm 538

Language: English

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Research / Creative works
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Fields of Research

  • Protozoan Predation
  • Endosymbiosis
  • Bacteriophages in agriculture and aquaculture
  • Bacterial evolution

Researcher Summary

Bacteria rule the planet. In the Hendrickson lab we use a combination of experimental evolution, bacterial genomics, cell biology, genome sequencing, and genetics to study important transitions in microbiology.

We are currently pursuing projects that involve using bacteriophages to protect New Zealand's primary industries against bacterial pathogens.

We also study the evolution of bacterial cell shape, virulence and endosymbiosis. For more information see https://hendricksonlab.co.nz/

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Agriculture and Other Applied Biological Sciences: Agriculture; Aquaculture; Biotechnology
  • Biology: Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour: Biology; Evolution; Microbiology
  • Biology: Molecular, Cellular and Whole Organism Biology: Genetics; Genomics/Bioinformatics; Molecular Biology; Virology

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

  • Hanauer DI., Graham MJ., Arnold RJ., Ayuk MA., Balish MF., Beyer AR., Butela KA., Byrum CA., Chia CP. and Chung HM. (2022) Instructional Models for Course-Based Research Experience (CRE) Teaching. CBE Life Sciences Education 21(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1187/CBE.21-03-0057. (Journal Articles)
  • Kok DN. and Hendrickson HL. (2022) Save our bees: bacteriophages to protect honey bees against the pathogen causing American foulbrood in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014223.2022.2157847. (Journal Articles)
  • Zuppi M., Hendrickson HL., O’Sullivan JM. and Vatanen T. (2022) Phages in the Gut Ecosystem. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 11 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2021.822562. (Journal Articles)
  • Davies CG., Reilly K., Altermann E. and Hendrickson HL. (2021) PLAN-M; Mycobacteriophage Endolysins Fused to Biodegradable Nanobeads Mitigate Mycobacterial Growth in Liquid and on Surfaces. Frontiers in Microbiology 12 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.562748. (Journal Articles)
  • Jacobs-Sera D., Abad LA., Alvey RM., Anders KR., Aull HG., Bhalla SS., Blumer LS., Bollivar DW., Alfred Bonilla J. and Butela KA. (2020) Genomic diversity of bacteriophages infecting Microbacterium spp. PLoS ONE 15(6) http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234636. (Journal Articles)
  • Davies CG., Wojtus JK., Gilligan CER., Latu SF., Manning TJ., Meyer CE., Nersesyan J., Tennent RI., Oosthuizen L. and Palmer E. (2019) Complete genome sequences of nine mycobacteriophages from New Zealand, Beatrix, Carthage, Daegal, Dulcie, fancypants, Fenn, Inca, Naira, and Robyn. Microbiology Resource Announcements 8(20) http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00395-19. (Journal Articles)
  • Poole AM. and Hendrickson HL. (2019) Response: Commentary: Manifold Routes to a Nucleus. Frontiers in Microbiology 10 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02585. (Journal Articles)
  • Wojtus JK., Frampton RA., Warring S., Hendrickson H. and Fineran PC. (2019) Genome sequence of a jumbo bacteriophage that infects the kiwifruit phytopathogen pseudomonas syringae pv. Actinidiae. Microbiology Resource Announcements 8(22) http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00224-19. (Journal Articles)
  • Yulo PRJ. and Hendrickson HL. (2019) The evolution of spherical cell shape; progress and perspective. Biochemical Society Transactions 47(6): 1621-1634. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BST20180634. (Journal Articles)
  • Hendrickson HL. and Poole AM. (2018) Manifold routes to a nucleus. Frontiers in Microbiology 9(OCT) http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02604. (Journal Articles)
  • Hendrickson HL., Barbeau D., Ceschin R. and Lawrence JG. (2018) Chromosome architecture constrains horizontal gene transfer in bacteria. PLoS Genetics 14(5) http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007421. (Journal Articles)
  • Bromhead C. and Hendrickson H. (2017) Untreatable gonorrhoea, are we there yet? Biochemist 39(3): 30-31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bio03903030. (Journal Articles)
  • Butela KA., Gurney SMR., Hendrickson HL., LeBlanc-Straceski JM., Zimmerman AM., Conant SB., Freed NE., Silander OK., Thomson JJ. and Berkes CA. (2017) Complete genome sequences of cluster a mycobacteriophages BobSwaget, Fred313, KADY, Lokk, MyraDee, Stagni, and StepMih. Genome Announcements 5(43) http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.01182-17. (Journal Articles)
  • Hanauer DI., Graham MJ., SEA-PHAGES., Betancur L., Bobrownicki A., Cresawn SG., Garlena RA., Jacobs-Sera D., Kaufmann N. and Pope WH. (2017) An inclusive Research Education Community (iREC): Impact of the SEA-PHAGES program on research outcomes and student learning.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 114(51): 13531-13536. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1718188115. (Journal Articles)
  • Wojtus JK., Fitch JL., Christian E., Dalefield T., Lawes JK., Kumar K., Peebles CL., Altermann E. and Hendrickson HL. (2017) Complete genome sequences of three novel Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25 bacteriophages, noxifer, phabio, and skulduggery. Genome Announcements 5(31) http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00725-17. (Journal Articles)
  • Zhang W., McQuitty EB., Olsen R., Fan H., Hendrickson H., Tio FO., Newton K., Cagle PT. and Jagirdar J. (2014) EGFR mutations in US Hispanic versus non-Hispanic white patients with lung adenocarcinoma. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 138(4): 543-545. http://dx.doi.org/10.5858/arpa.2013-0311-OA. (Journal Articles)
  • Hendrickson H. (2012) The lion and the mouse: How bacteriophages create, liberate and decimate bacterial pathogens. Bacteriophages in Health and Disease: 61-75. (Chapters)
  • Hendrickson H. and Rainey PB. (2012) Evolution: How the unicorn got its horn. Nature 489(7417): 504-505. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature11487. (Journal Articles)
  • Hendrickson H. (2009) Order and disorder during Escherichia coli divergence. PLoS Genetics 5(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000335. (Journal Articles)
  • Hendrickson HL. (2008) DNA replication can still spring surprises. Genome Biology 9(8) http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2008-9-8-317. (Journal Articles)
  • Lawrence JG. and Hendrickson H. (2008) Genomes in Motion: Gene Transfer as a Catalyst for Genome Change. Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Evolution of Pathogenesis: 3-22.Cambridge University Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511541520.002. (Chapters)
  • Hendrickson H. and Lawrence JG. (2007) Mutational bias suggests that replication termination occurs near the dif site, not at Ter sites. Molecular Microbiology 64(1): 42-56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05596.x. (Journal Articles)
  • Hendrickson H. and Lawrence JG. (2006) Selection for chromosome architecture in bacteria. Journal of Molecular Evolution 62(5): 615-629. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00239-005-0192-2. (Journal Articles)
  • Lawrence JG. and Hendrickson H. (2005) Genome evolution in bacteria: Order beneath chaos. Current Opinion in Microbiology 8(5): 572-578. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2005.08.005. (Journal Articles)
  • Lawrence JG. and Hendrickson H. (2003) Lateral gene transfer: When will adolescence end? Molecular Microbiology 50(3): 739-749. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03778.x. (Journal Articles)
  • Hendrickson H., Slechta ES., Bergthorsson U., Andersson DI. and Roth JR. (2002) Amplification-mutagenesis: Evidence that "directed" adaptive mutation and general hypermutability result from growth with a selected gene amplification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 99(4): 2164-2169. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.032680899. (Journal Articles)

Affiliations

  • Biomolecular Interaction Centre (Teaching/Research Organisation): Associate Investigator
  • New Zealand Microbiological Society (Professional Organisation): President

Key Methodologies

  • Genome sequencing and annotation
  • Fluorescent microscopy
  • Experimental Evolution
  • Bacteriophage discovery
  • Bacterial genetics
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