Dr Layla Mahdi

Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences

City East Campus (P5-38)
tel +61 8 830 22383

email Layla.Mahdi@unisa.edu.au

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About me

Dr Layla Mahdi is a Senior Lecture in Clinical Microbiology in the School of Pharmacy and Medical Science. She has dual degrees in Molecular Microbiology and Tertiary Teaching and learning Practices. She is passionate about the quality of teaching and research to achieve the impact that will make a visible difference. Her research is focused on molecular analysis of bacterial pathogenesis, vaccine development for human and animal pathogens, and undertaking antimicrobial resistance surveillance and testing new classes of antibiotics.

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Research

Research focus

Medical and Health Sciences
Biological Sciences
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Microbiology
Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2025	Costabile, M, Caruso, C, Della Vedova, C, Bailey, S & Mahdi, L 2025, 'Leveraging computer-based simulations and immersive software technologies for enhanced student learning in laboratory medicine', Advances in Physiology Education, vol. 49, no. 6, pp. 338-351. Open access
2023	Courtice, JM, Ahmad, TB, Wei, C, Mahdi, LK, Palmieri, C, Juma, S, Groves, PJ, Hancock, K, Korolik, V, Petrovsky, N & Kotiw, M 2023, 'Detection, characterization, and persistence of Campylobacter hepaticus, the cause of Spotty Liver Disease in layer hens', Poultry Science, vol. 102, no. 7, article no. 102462, pp. 1-7. Open access
2022	Blaskovich, MA, Hansford, KA, Butler, MS, Ramu, S, Mahdi, L & Cooper, MA 55 total authors 2022, 'A lipoglycopeptide antibiotic for Gram-positive biofilm-related infections', Science Translational Medicine, vol. 14, no. 662, article no. abj2381, pp. 1-16. 59
2022	Mahdi, L, Denyer, G, Caruso, C & Costabile, M 2022, 'Introducing first-year undergraduate students the fundamentals of antibiotic sensitivity testing through a combined computer simulation and face-to-face laboratory session', Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 1-10. Open access 1
2021	Alhamami, T, Chowdhury, PR, Gomes, N, Carr, M, Veltman, T, Khazandi, M, Mollinger, J, Deutscher, AT, Turni, C, Mahdi, L, Venter, H, Abraham, S, Djordjevic, SP & Trott, DJ 2021, 'First emergence of resistance to macrolides and tetracycline identified in mannheimia haemolytica and pasteurella multocida isolates from beef feedlots in Australia', Microorganisms, vol. 9, no. 6, article no. 1322, pp. 1-17. Open access 1
2018	Courtice, JM, Mahdi, LK, Groves, PJ & Kotiw, M 2018, 'Spotty Liver Disease: a review of an ongoing challenge in commercial free-range egg production', Veterinary Microbiology, vol. 227, pp. 112-118. 4
2017	Ahmad, TB, Rudd, D, Benkendorff, K, Mahdi, LK, Pratt, K-A, Dooley, L, Wei, C & Kotiw, M 2017, 'Brominated indoles from a marine mollusc inhibit inflammation in a murine model of acute lung injury', PLoS One, vol. 12, no. 10, article no. e0186904, pp.1-18. Open access 2
2017	Mahdi, LK, Higgins, MA, Day, CJ, Tiralongo, J, Hartley-Tassell, LE, Jennings, MP, Gordon, DL, Paton, AW, Paton, JC & Ogunniyi, AD 2017, 'The pneumococcal alpha-glycerophosphate oxidase enhances nasopharyngeal colonization through binding to host glycoconjugates', EBioMedicine, vol. 18, pp. 236-243. Open access 1
2016	Harvey, RM, Trappetti, C, Mahdi, LK, Wang, H, McAllister, LJ, Scalvini, A, Paton, AW & Paton, JC 2016, 'The variable region of pneumococcal pathogenicity island 1 is responsible for unusually high virulence of a serotype 1 isolate', Infection and Immunity, vol. 84, no. 3, pp. 822-832. Open access 1
2015	Mahdi, LK, Van der Hoek, MB, Ebrahimie, E, Paton, JC & Ogunniyi, AD 2015, 'Characterization of pneumococcal genes involved in bloodstream invasion in a mouse model', PLoS One, vol. 10, no. 11, article no. e0141816, pp. 1-15. Open access 1
2014	Mahdi, LK, Deihimi, T, Zamansani, F, Fruzangohar, M, Adelson, DL, Paton, JC, Ogunniyi, AD & Ebrahimie, E 2014, 'A functional genomics catalogue of activated transcription factors during pathogenesis of pneumococcal disease', BMC Genomics, vol. 15, article no. 769, pp. 1-15. Open access
2013	Fruzangohar, M, Ebrahimie, E, Ogunniyi, AD, Mahdi, LK, Paton, JC & Adelson, DL 2013, 'Comparative GO: a web application for comparative gene ontology and gene ontology-based gene selection in bacteria', PLoS One, vol. 8, no. 3, article no. e58759, pp. 1-8. Open access
2013	Mahdi, LK, Ebrahimie, E, Adelson, DL, Paton, JC & Ogunniyi, AD 2013, 'A transcription factor contributes to pathogenesis and virulence in Streptococcus pneumoniae', PLoS One, vol. 8, no. 8, article no. e70862, pp. 1-9. Open access
2012	Mahdi, LK, Wang, H, Van der Hoek, MB, Paton, JC & Ogunniyi, AD 2012, 'Identification of a novel pneumococcal vaccine antigen preferentially expressed during meningitis in mice', Journal of Clinical Investigation, vol. 122, no. 6, pp. 2208-2220. Open access
2012	Ogunniyi, AD, Mahdi, LK, Trappetti, C, Verhoeven, N, Mermans, D, Van der Hoek, MB, Plumptre, CD & Paton, JC 2012, 'Identification of genes that contribute to the pathogenesis of invasive pneumococcal disease by in vivo transcriptomic analysis', Infection and Immunity, vol. 80, no. 9, pp. 3268-3278. Open access
2010	Alsamak, FF, Abdulamir, AS, Mahdi, LK, Alnaib, K & Abu Bakar, F 2010, 'Association of Helicobacter pylori with colorectal cancer development', Asian Biomedicine, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 609-618. Open access
2010	Ogunniyi, A, Mahdi, LK, Jennings, MP, McEwan, AG, McDevitt, CA, Van der Hoek, MB, Bagley, CJ, Hoffmann, P, Gould, KA & Paton, JC 2010, 'Central role of manganese in regulation of stress responses, physiology, and metabolism in Streptococcus pneumoniae', Journal of Bacteriology, vol. 192, no. 17, pp. 4489-4497. Open access
2009	Abdulamir, AS, Hafidh, RR, Mahdi, LK, Al-jeboori, T & Abubaker, F 2009, 'Investigation into the controversial association of Streptococcus gallolyticus with colorectal cancer and adenoma', BMC Cancer, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 1-12. Open access
2009	Ogunniyi, AD, Grabowicz, M, Mahdi, LK, Cook, J, Gordon, DL, Sadlon, TA & Paton, JC 2009, 'Pneumococcal histidine triad proteins are regulated by the Zn2+-dependent repressor AdcR and inhibit complement deposition through the recruitment of complement factor H', The FASEB Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 731-738.
2008	Abdulamir, A, Hafidh, R, Mahdi, L, Al-jeboori, T, Abubaker, F & Abbas, K 2008, 'The interplay between p53 and p21 tumor suppressor proteins in the transformation of colorectal adenoma to carcinoma', American Journal of Immunology, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 14-22. Open access
2008	Mahdi, LK, Ogunniyi, AD, LeMessurier, KS & Paton, JC 2008, 'Pneumococcal virulence gene expression and host cytokine profiles during pathogenesis of invasive disease', Infection and Immunity, vol. 76, no. 2, pp. 646-657. Open access

Research

Patents

Details	Registry	Status
Pneumococcal GLPO immunogen Paton, James; Mahdi, Layla; Ogunniyi, Abiodun	WO	Filed

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Collaborations

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Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Al-Nahrain University	IRAQ
Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute	AUSTRALIA
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Griffith University	AUSTRALIA
Murdoch University	AUSTRALIA
Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries	AUSTRALIA
SA Pathology	AUSTRALIA
Shiraz University	IRAN
Southern Cross University	AUSTRALIA
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of London	FRANCE
University of Putra	MALAYSIA
University of Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Southern Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Technology Sydney	AUSTRALIA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Member Australian Society for Microbiology	2010

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