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  • Aisha Freeman

    Lab Technician

    B.Sc.F.S. Hon. Trent University, Forensic Science
    Ph.D. University of Western Ontario, Biochemistry





    Publications:

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  • Calvin Mok

    Calvin Mok Ph.D.
    Education outreach and Bioinformatician

    B. Math University of Waterloo, Faculty of Mathematics, 2005
    Ph.D. University of Toronto, Institute of Medical Science, 2012





    Publications:

    High-throughput phenotyping of infection by diverse microsporidia species reveals a wild C. elegans strain with opposing resistance and susceptibility traits.
    Mok, C, Xiao, MA, Wan, YC, Zhao, W, Ahmed, SM, Luallen, RJ, Reinke, AW.
    PLoS Pathog.19,2023. PubMed PMID:36893187

    An intestinally secreted host factor promotes microsporidia invasion of C. elegans.
    Tamim El Jarkass, H, Mok, C, Schertzberg, MR, Fraser, AG, Troemel, ER, Reinke, AW.
    Elife.11,2022. PubMed PMID:34994689

    PhenoMIP: High-Throughput Phenotyping of Diverse Caenorhabditis elegans Populations via Molecular Inversion Probes.
    Mok, C, Belmarez, G, Edgley, ML, Moerman, DG, Waterston, RH.
    G3 (Bethesda).10,2020. PubMed PMID:32868407

    Challenges and Approaches to Genotyping Repetitive DNA.
    Morton, EA, Hall, AN, Kwan, E, Mok, C, Queitsch, K, Nandakumar, V, Stamatoyannopoulos, J, Brewer, BJ, Waterston, R, Queitsch, C.
    G3 (Bethesda).10,2020. PubMed PMID:31757929

    MIP-MAP: High-Throughput Mapping of Caenorhabditis elegans Temperature-Sensitive Mutants via Molecular Inversion Probes.
    Mok, CA, Au, V, Thompson, OA, Edgley, ML, Gevirtzman, L, Yochem, J, Lowry, J, Memar, N, Wallenfang, MR, Rasoloson, D, Bowerman, B, Schnabel, R, Seydoux, G, Moerman, DG, Waterston, RH.
    Genetics.207,2017. PubMed PMID:28827289

    Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism for ciliopathies and related forms of photoreceptor degeneration.
    Mok, CA, Héon, E.
    Adv Exp Med Biol.723,2012. PubMed PMID:22183374

    Mutations in a guanylate cyclase GCY-35/GCY-36 modify Bardet-Biedl syndrome-associated phenotypes in Caenorhabditis elegans.
    Mok, CA, Healey, MP, Shekhar, T, Leroux, MR, Héon, E, Zhen, M.
    PLoS Genet.7,2011. PubMed PMID:22022287

    Ciliary dysfunction and obesity.
    Mok, CA, Héon, E, Zhen, M.
    Clin Genet.77,2010. PubMed PMID:19968672

    BBS7 and TTC8 (BBS8) mutations play a minor role in the mutational load of Bardet-Biedl syndrome in a multiethnic population.
    Bin, J, Madhavan, J, Ferrini, W, Mok, CA, Billingsley, G, Héon, E.
    Hum Mutat.30,2009. PubMed PMID:19402160

    An essential role for DYF-11/MIP-T3 in assembling functional intraflagellar transport complexes.
    Li, C, Inglis, PN, Leitch, CC, Efimenko, E, Zaghloul, NA, Mok, CA, Davis, EE, Bialas, NJ, Healey, MP, Héon, E, Zhen, M, Swoboda, P, Katsanis, N, Leroux, MR.
    PLoS Genet.4,2008. PubMed PMID:18369462

    CRYBB1 mutation associated with congenital cataract and microcornea.
    Willoughby, CE, Shafiq, A, Ferrini, W, Chan, LL, Billingsley, G, Priston, M, Mok, C, Chandna, A, Kaye, S, Héon, E.
    Mol Vis.11,2005. PubMed PMID:16110300

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  • Samantha Levin

    Samantha Levin

    Samantha Levin

    Graduate Student

    Co-supervised with Dr. Darrell Desveaux

    B.Sc.Hon. McMaster University, Molecular Biology and Genetics, 2021







  • Janis Cheng

    Janis Cheng

    Janis Cheng

    Graduate Student

    Co-supervised with Dr. Darrell Desveaux

    BScH Biotechnology Queen’s University, 2021
    Diploma in Advanced Biotechnology St. Lawrence College, 2021





    Publications:

    1. DNA Methylation in Ensifer Species during Free-Living Growth and during Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiosis with Medicago spp.
      diCenzo, GC, Cangioli, L, Nicoud, Q, Cheng, JHT, Blow, MJ, Shapiro, N, Woyke, T, Biondi, EG, Alunni, B, Mengoni, A, Mergaert, P.
      mSystems.7,2022. PubMed PMID:35089065
    2. Proteobacteria Contain Diverse flg22 Epitopes That Elicit Varying Immune Responses in Arabidopsis thaliana.
      Cheng, JHT, Bredow, M, Monaghan, J, diCenzo, GC.
      Mol Plant Microbe Interact.34,2021. PubMed PMID:33560865

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  • Theresa Casselman

    Theresa Casselman

    Theresa Casselman
    Graduate Student

    B.Sc. University of Toronto 2019

  • Racquel Singh

    Racquel Singh
    Graduate Student

    Co-supervised with Dr. Darrell Desveaux

    B.Sc. University of British Columbia 2016
    B.C.S University of British Columbia 2019





    1. ZAR1: Guardian of plant kinases.
      Breit-McNally, C, Laflamme, B, Singh, RA, Desveaux, D, Guttman, DS.
      Front Plant Sci.13,2022. PubMed PMID:36212348
    2. Characterization of new cristamonad species from kalotermitid termites including a novel genus, Runanympha.
      Singh, RA, Boscaro, V, James, ER, Karnkowska, A, Kolisko, M, Gavelis, GS, Okamoto, N, Del Campo, J, Fiorito, R, Hehenberger, E, Irwin, NAT, Mathur, V, Scheffrahn, RH, Keeling, PJ.
      Sci Rep.11,2021. PubMed PMID:33790354

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  • Tamar Av-Shalom

    Tamar Av-Shalom

    Graduate Student

  • Lijie Yuan

    Lijie Yuan

    Lijie Yuan
    Sequencing Technician







    Publications:

    Seasonal community succession of the phyllosphere microbiome.
    Copeland, JK, Yuan, L, Layeghifard, M, Wang, PW, Guttman, DS.
    Mol Plant Microbe Interact.28,2015. PubMed PMID:25679538

    Analysis of the cystic fibrosis lung microbiota via serial Illumina sequencing of bacterial 16S rRNA hypervariable regions.
    Maughan, H, Wang, PW, Diaz Caballero, J, Fung, P, Gong, Y, Donaldson, SL, Yuan, L, Keshavjee, S, Zhang, Y, Yau, YC, Waters, VJ, Tullis, DE, Hwang, DM, Guttman, DS.
    PLoS One.7,2012. PubMed PMID:23056217

    Extensive remodeling of the Pseudomonas syringae pv. avellanae type III secretome associated with two independent host shifts onto hazelnut.
    O’Brien, HE, Thakur, S, Gong, Y, Fung, P, Zhang, J, Yuan, L, Wang, PW, Yong, C, Scortichini, M, Guttman, DS.
    BMC Microbiol.12,2012. PubMed PMID:22800299

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  • Jee Lee

    Jee Lee
    Sequencing Technician

    B.Sc. University of Ottawa, Biopharmaceutical Science, 2009
    M.Sc. University of Ottawa, Biochemistry, 2011







    Publications:

    Systematic profiling of the chicken gut microbiome reveals dietary supplementation with antibiotics alters expression of multiple microbial pathways with minimal impact on community structure.
    Zou, A, Nadeau, K, Xiong, X, Wang, PW, Copeland, JK, Lee, JY, Pierre, JS, Ty, M, Taj, B, Brumell, JH, Guttman, DS, Sharif, S, Korver, D, Parkinson, J.
    Microbiome.10,2022. PubMed PMID:35965349

    Accumulation of genetic variants associated with immunity in the selective breeding of broilers.
    Zou, A, Nadeau, K, Wang, PW, Lee, JY, Guttman, DS, Sharif, S, Korver, DR, Brumell, JH, Parkinson, J.
    BMC Genet.21,2020. PubMed PMID:31952471

    Perturbations of the ZED1 pseudokinase activate plant immunity.
    Bastedo, DP, Khan, M, Martel, A, Seto, D, Kireeva, I, Zhang, J, Masud, W, Millar, D, Lee, JY, Lee, AH, Gong, Y, Santos-Severino, A, Guttman, DS, Desveaux, D.
    PLoS Pathog.15,2019. PubMed PMID:31269090

    Identifying Pseudomonas syringae Type III Secreted Effector Function via a Yeast Genomic Screen.
    Lee, AH, Bastedo, DP, Youn, JY, Lo, T, Middleton, MA, Kireeva, I, Lee, JY, Sharifpoor, S, Baryshnikova, A, Zhang, J, Wang, PW, Peisajovich, SG, Constanzo, M, Andrews, BJ, Boone, CM, Desveaux, D, Guttman, DS.
    G3 (Bethesda).9,2019. PubMed PMID:30573466Search PubMed

  • Inga Kireeva

    Inga Kireeva

    Inga Kireeva
    Mass Spectrometry Technician







    Publications:

    Alpha Carbonic Anhydrase 5 Mediates Stimulation of ATP Synthesis by Bicarbonate in Isolated Arabidopsis Thylakoids.
    Fedorchuk, TP, Kireeva, IA, Opanasenko, VK, Terentyev, VV, Rudenko, NN, Borisova-Mubarakshina, MM, Ivanov, BN.
    Front Plant Sci.12,2021. PubMed PMID:34512677

    Perturbations of the ZED1 pseudokinase activate plant immunity.
    Bastedo, DP, Khan, M, Martel, A, Seto, D, Kireeva, I, Zhang, J, Masud, W, Millar, D, Lee, JY, Lee, AH, Gong, Y, Santos-Severino, A, Guttman, DS, Desveaux, D.
    PLoS Pathog.15,2019. PubMed PMID:31269090

    Identifying Pseudomonas syringae Type III Secreted Effector Function via a Yeast Genomic Screen.
    Lee, AH, Bastedo, DP, Youn, JY, Lo, T, Middleton, MA, Kireeva, I, Lee, JY, Sharifpoor, S, Baryshnikova, A, Zhang, J, Wang, PW, Peisajovich, SG, Constanzo, M, Andrews, BJ, Boone, CM, Desveaux, D, Guttman, DS.
    G3 (Bethesda).9,2019. PubMed PMID:30573466

    Bacterial inactivation of the anticancer drug doxorubicin.
    Westman, EL, Canova, MJ, Radhi, IJ, Koteva, K, Kireeva, I, Waglechner, N, Wright, GD.
    Chem Biol.19,2012. PubMed PMID:23102220

    Cryo-electron microscopy structure of the 30S subunit in complex with the YjeQ biogenesis factor.
    Jomaa, A, Stewart, G, Mears, JA, Kireeva, I, Brown, ED, Ortega, J.
    RNA.17,2011. PubMed PMID:21960487

    A proteome resource of ovarian cancer ascites: integrated proteomic and bioinformatic analyses to identify putative biomarkers.
    Gortzak-Uzan, L, Ignatchenko, A, Evangelou, AI, Agochiya, M, Brown, KA, St Onge, P, Kireeva, I, Schmitt-Ulms, G, Brown, TJ, Murphy, J, Rosen, B, Shaw, P, Jurisica, I, Kislinger, T.
    J Proteome Res.7,2008. PubMed PMID:18076136

    Human serum proteins preseparated by electrophoresis or chromatography followed by tandem mass spectrometry.
    Marshall, J, Jankowski, A, Furesz, S, Kireeva, I, Barker, L, Dombrovsky, M, Zhu, W, Jacks, K, Ingratta, L, Bruin, J, Kristensen, E, Zhang, R, Stanton, E, Takahashi, M, Jackowski, G.
    J Proteome Res.3,2004. PubMed PMID:15253417

    Mining biomarkers in human sera using proteomic tools.
    Zhang, R, Barker, L, Pinchev, D, Marshall, J, Rasamoelisolo, M, Smith, C, Kupchak, P, Kireeva, I, Ingratta, L, Jackowski, G.
    Proteomics.4,2004. PubMed PMID:14730686

    Processing of serum proteins underlies the mass spectral fingerprinting of myocardial infarction.
    Marshall, J, Kupchak, P, Zhu, W, Yantha, J, Vrees, T, Furesz, S, Jacks, K, Smith, C, Kireeva, I, Zhang, R, Takahashi, M, Stanton, E, Jackowski, G.
    J Proteome Res.2,2003. PubMed PMID:12938926

    Sequencing of argentinated peptides by means of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization tandem mass spectrometry.
    Chu, IK, Cox, DM, Guo, X, Kireeva, I, Lau, TC, McDermott, JC, Siu, KW.
    Anal Chem.74,2002. PubMed PMID:12033309

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