Nadia Morales, PhD.
Postdoctoral Fellow

B.Sc. Universidad de los Andes, Microbiology / Molecular Biology, 2008
Ph.D. University of Western Ontario, Biology, 2015

Email: nadia.morales@utoronto.ca

Publications:

Predictive modeling of antibiotic eradication therapy success for new-onset Pseudomonas aeruginosa pulmonary infections in children with cystic fibrosis.
Graña-Miraglia, L, Morales-Lizcano, N, Wang, PW, Hwang, DM, Yau, YCW, Waters, VJ, Guttman, DS.
PLoS Comput Biol.19,2023. PubMed PMID:37672526

Early Life Antimicrobial Exposure: Impact on Clostridioides difficile Colonization in Infants.
Obiakor, CV, Parks, J, Takaro, TK, Tun, HM, Morales-Lizcano, N, Azad, MB, Mandhane, PJ, Moraes, TJ, Simons, E, Turvey, SE, Subbarao, P, Scott, JA, Kozyrskyj, AL.
Antibiotics (Basel).11,2022. PubMed PMID:35884235

Ethnicity Associations With Food Sensitization Are Mediated by Gut Microbiota Development in the First Year of Life.
Tun, HM, Peng, Y, Chen, B, Konya, TB, Morales-Lizcano, NP, Chari, R, Field, CJ, Guttman, DS, Becker, AB, Mandhane, PJ, Moraes, TJ, Sears, MR, Turvey, SE, Subbarao, P, Simons, E, Scott, JA, Kozyrskyj, AL.
Gastroenterology.161,2021. PubMed PMID:33741316

From Birth to Overweight and Atopic Disease: Multiple and Common Pathways of the Infant Gut Microbiome.
Vu, K, Lou, W, Tun, HM, Konya, TB, Morales-Lizcano, N, Chari, RS, Field, CJ, Guttman, DS, Mandal, R, Wishart, DS, Azad, MB, Becker, AB, Mandhane, PJ, Moraes, TJ, Lefebvre, DL, Sears, MR, Turvey, SE, Subbarao, P, Scott, JA, Kozyrskyj, AL.
Gastroenterology.160,2021. PubMed PMID:32946900

Vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy and early infancy in relation to gut microbiota composition and C. difficile colonization: implications for viral respiratory infections.
Drall, KM, Field, CJ, Haqq, AM, de Souza, RJ, Tun, HM, Morales-Lizcano, NP, Konya, TB, Guttman, DS, Azad, MB, Becker, AB, Lefebvre, DL, Mandhane, PJ, Moraes, TJ, Sears, MR, Turvey, SE, Subbarao, P, Scott, JA, Kozyrskyj, AL.
Gut Microbes.12,2020. PubMed PMID:32779963

Clostridioides difficile Colonization Is Differentially Associated With Gut Microbiome Profiles by Infant Feeding Modality at 3-4 Months of Age.
Drall, KM, Tun, HM, Morales-Lizcano, NP, Konya, TB, Guttman, DS, Field, CJ, Mandal, R, Wishart, DS, Becker, AB, Azad, MB, Lefebvre, DL, Mandhane, PJ, Moraes, TJ, Sears, MR, Turvey, SE, Subbarao, P, Scott, JA, Kozyrskyj, AL.
Front Immunol.10,2019. PubMed PMID:31921134

The plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato is genetically monomorphic and under strong selection to evade tomato immunity.
Cai, R, Lewis, J, Yan, S, Liu, H, Clarke, CR, Campanile, F, Almeida, NF, Studholme, DJ, Lindeberg, M, Schneider, D, Zaccardelli, M, Setubal, JC, Morales-Lizcano, NP, Bernal, A, Coaker, G, Baker, C, Bender, CL, Leman, S, Vinatzer, BA.
PLoS Pathog.7,2011. PubMed PMID:21901088

Microbial diversity in leaves, trunk and rhizosphere of coconut palms (Cocos nucifera L.) associated with the coconut lethal yellowing phytoplasma in Grand-Lahou, Côte d’Ivoire. Morales-Lizcano NP, Hasan A, To H, Lekadou TT, Copeland J, Wang PW, Diallo HA, Konan Konan JL, Yoshioka K, Moeder W, Scott J, Arocha Rosete Y (2017). African Journal of Biotechnology. 16(27), 1534-1550. doi:10.5897/AJB2017.16006.  

First report of the
identification of a ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni’-related strain in
Trillium species in Canada. Arocha-Rosete Y, Morales-Lizcano NP, Hasan A, Yoshioka K, Moeder W,
Michelutti R, Satta E, Bertaccini A, Scott J. (2016). New Disease Reports 34, 19. doi:10.5197/j.2044-0588.2016.034.019