Dr Rininta Firdaus

School of Dentistry
Research Fellow

Contact details

Telephone: +44 (0) 1214665113
Email: r.firdaus@bham.ac.uk
Twitter: @rininta173

Address: Institute of Clinical Sciences
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Rini is a Research Fellow in the School of Dentistry. She obtained her PhD in Molecular Microbiology from the University of Nottingham, UK, in 2019. Her PhD was based in the School of Life Sciences and focused in investigating the host pathogen interaction between Neisseria meningitidis and human brain vascular endothelial cells.

After PhD, she joined Department of Biomaterials, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, as a postdoctoral fellow, engaging in research on biomaterials-associated infection(s) mainly caused by Staphylococci and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. She is currently involved in SONATA project in School of Dentistry and School of Chemistry, evaluating nanoparticles of antibiotics on oral biofilm models.

Qualifications

PhD in Molecular Microbiology, University of Nottingham, UK, 2019
MSc in Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, 2010
BSc in Pharmacy, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia, 2007

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Vassey, M, Firdaus, R, Aslam, A, Wheldon, LM, Oldfield, NJ, Ala’Aldeen, DAA & Wooldridge, KG 2023, 'G₁ Cell Cycle Arrest Is Induced by the Fourth Extracellular Loop of Meningococcal PorA in Epithelial and Endothelial Cells', Cellular Microbiology, vol. 2023, 7480033. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/7480033

Gerner, E, Giraldo-Osorno, PM, Loo, AJ, Firdaus, R, Amara, HB, Werthén, M, Palmquist, A, Almqvist, S & Trobos, M 2023, 'Targeting Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing with sodium salicylate modulates immune responses in vitro and in vivo', Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, vol. 13, 1183959. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2023.1183959

Trobos, M, Firdaus, R, Malchau, KS, Tillander, J, Arnellos, D, Rolfson, O, Thomsen, P & Lasa, I 2022, 'Genomics of Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis from Periprosthetic Joint Infections and Correlation to Clinical Outcome', Microbiology spectrum, vol. 10, no. 4, e02181-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02181-21

Turner, AB, Gerner, E, Firdaus, R, Echeverz, M, Werthén, M, Thomsen, P, Almqvist, S & Trobos, M 2022, 'Role of sodium salicylate in Staphylococcus aureus quorum sensing, virulence, biofilm formation and antimicrobial susceptibility', Frontiers in Microbiology, vol. 13, 931839. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.931839

Zaborowska, M, Vazirisani, F, Shah, FA, Firdaus, R, Omar, O, Ekström, K, Trobos, M & Thomsen, P 2021, 'Immunomodulatory effects exerted by extracellular vesicles from Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus isolated from bone-anchored prostheses', Biomaterials, vol. 278, 121158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.121158

Firdaus, R 2019, 'IN VITRO AND IN VIVO STUDIES OF ANTIHYPERURICEMIC AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY FROM BULBS OF BAWANG TIWAI (ELEUTHERINE PALMIFOLIA (L.) MERR.) FROM INDONESIA', Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research. https://doi.org/10.22159/ajpcr.2019.v12i1.30550

Firdaus, R 2019, 'PorA-Loop4 derived peptides of Neisseria meningitidis cause a G1 cell cycle arrest through the Akt signalling pathway in human brain microvascular endothelial cells', Access Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.ac2019.po0403

Firdaus, R, Jartun, HH & Khider, M 2019, 'sodA and gap Genes as Markers for The Identification of Staphylococcus capitis', The Indonesian Biomedical Journal. https://doi.org/10.18585/inabj.v11i3.891

Firdaus, R 2014, 'Isolation and identification of substances with anti-hepatitis c virus activities from kalanchoe pinnata', International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

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