Education

Ph.D. in infectious diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1997

Current position

Assistant professor, Division Infection Biology, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University Utrecht, The Netherlands

Publications (since 2005)

1. Martinez-Malaxetxebarria, I., Muts, R., van-Dijk, L., Parker, C. T., Miller, W. G., Huynh, S., Gaastra, W., van-Putten, J. P., Fernandez-Astorga, A. and Wösten, M. M. S. M. (2016). Regulation of energy metabolism by the extracytoplasmic function (ECF) σ factors of Arcobacter butzleri. In: de Bruijn, F. J. (ed). Stress and Environmental Regulation of gene Expression and Adaptation in Bacteria.
   
2. van der Stel, A. X., van Mourik, A., Laniewski, P., van Putten, J. P., Jagusztyn-Krynicka, E. K. and Wosten, M. M. (2015). The Campylobacter jejuni RacRS two-component system activates the glutamate synthesis by directly upregulating gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT). Front Microbiol 6: 567.
   
3. Grabowska, A. D., Wywiał, E., Dunin-Horkawicz, S., Łasica, A. M., Wösten, M. M., Nagy-Staroń, A., Godlewska, R., Bocian-Ostrzycka, K., Pieńkowska, K., Łaniewski, P., Bujnicki, J. M., van Putten, J. P. and Jagusztyn-Krynicka, E. K. (2014). Functional and bioinformatics analysis of two Campylobacter jejuni homologs of the thiol-disulfide oxidoreductase, DsbA. PLoS One 9(9): e106247.
   
4. van der Stel, A. X., van Mourik, A., Heijmen-van Dijk, L., Parker, C. T., Kelly, D. J., van de Lest, C. H., van Putten, J. P. and Wösten, M. M. (2015). The Campylobacter jejuni RacRS system regulates fumarate utilization in a low oxygen environment. Environ Microbiol 17(4): 1049-1064.
   
5. Bleumink-Pluym, N. M., van Alphen, L. B., Bouwman, L. I., Wösten, M. M. and van Putten, J. P. (2013). Identification of a functional type VI secretion system in Campylobacter jejuni conferring capsule polysaccharide sensitive cytotoxicity. PLoS Pathog 9(5): e1003393.
   
6. Martinez-Malaxetxebarria, I., Muts, R., van Dijk, L., Parker, C. T., Miller, W. G., Huynh, S., Gaastra, W., van Putten, J. P., Fernandez-Astorga, A. and Wösten, M. M. (2012). Regulation of energy metabolism by the extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factors of Arcobacter butzleri. PLoS One 7(9): e44796.
   
7. van Mourik, A., Steeghs, L., van Laar, J., Meiring, H. D., Hamstra, H. J., van Putten, J. P. and Wösten, M. M. (2010). Altered linkage of hydroxyacyl chains in lipid A of Campylobacter jejuni reduces TLR4 activation and antimicrobial resistance. J Biol Chem 285(21): 15828-15836.
   
8. Wösten, M. M., van Dijk, L., Parker, C. T., Guilhabert, M. R., van der Meer-Janssen, Y. P., Wagenaar, J. A. and van Putten, J. P. (2010). Growth phase-dependent activation of the DccRS regulon of Campylobacter jejuni. J Bacteriol 192(11): 2729-2736.
   
9. Wösten, M. M., van Dijk, L., Veenendaal, A. K., de Zoete, M. R., Bleumink-Pluijm, N. M. and van Putten, J. P. (2010). Temperature-dependent FlgM/FliA complex formation regulates Campylobacter jejuni flagella length. Mol Microbiol 75(6): 1577-1591.
   
10. van Putten, J. P., van Alphen, L. B., Wösten, M. M. and de Zoete, M. R. (2009). Molecular mechanisms of campylobacter infection. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 337: 197-229. Review.
    
11. Gaasbeek, E. J., Wagenaar, J. A., Guilhabert, M. R., Wösten, M. M., van Putten, J. P., van der Graaf-van Bloois, L., Parker, C. T. and van der Wal, F. J. (2009). A DNase encoded by integrated element CJIE1 inhibits natural transformation of Campylobacter jejuni. J Bacteriol 191(7): 2296-2306.
    
12. Ho, H. T., Lipman, L. J., Wösten, M. M., van Asten, A. J. and Gaastra, W. (2008). Arcobacter spp. possess two very short flagellins of which FlaA is essential for motility. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 53(1): 85-95.
    
13. Wösten, M. M., van Mourik, S. M. A. and van Putten, J. P. M. (2008). Regulation of Genes in Campylobacter. In: Nachamkin, I., Szymanski, C. M. and Blaser, M. J. (eds). Campylobacter 3rd Edition.
    
14. van Mourik, A., Bleumink-Pluym, N. M., van Dijk, L., van Putten, J. P. and Wosten, M. M. (2008). Functional analysis of a Campylobacter jejuni alkaline phosphatase secreted via the Tat export machinery. Microbiology 154(Pt 2): 584-592.
    
15. van Alphen, L. B., Bleumink-Pluym, N. M., Rochat, K. D., van Balkom, B. W., Wösten, M. M. and van Putten, J. P. (2008). Active migration into the subcellular space precedes Campylobacter jejuni invasion of epithelial cells. Cell Microbiol 10(1): 53-66.
    
16. Miller, W. G., Parker, C. T., Rubenfield, M., Mendz, G. L., Wösten, M. M., Ussery, D. W., Stolz, J. F., Binnewies, T. T., Hallin, P. F., Wang, G., Malek, J. A., Rogosin, A., Stanker, L. H. and Mandrell, R. E. (2007). The complete genome sequence and analysis of the epsilonproteobacterium Arcobacter butzleri. PLoS One 2(12): e1358.
    
17. Wösten, M. M., Parker, C. T., van Mourik, A., Guilhabert, M. R., van Dijk, L. and van Putten, J. P. (2006). The Campylobacter jejuni PhosS/PhosR operon represents a non-classical phosphate-sensitive two-component system. Mol Microbiol 62(1): 278-291.
    
18. Nishino, K., Hsu, F. F., Turk, J., Cromie, M. J., Wosten, M. M. and Groisman, E. A. (2006). Identification of the lipopolysaccharide modifications controlled by the Salmonella PmrA/PmrB system mediating resistance to Fe(III) and Al(III). Mol Microbiol 61(3): 645-654.