selected scholarly activity
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chapters
- The origin and diversification of eukaryotes. 265-274. 2007
- A Biogeographical Perspective of the Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna. Advances in Marine Biology. 353-442. 1998
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journal articles
- Diversity, functional classification and genotyping of SHV β-lactamases in Klebsiella pneumoniae.. Microbial Genomics. 10:001294. 2024
- Minimal Impact on the Resistome of Children in Botswana After Azithromycin Treatment for Acute Severe Diarrheal Disease. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 230:239-249. 2024
- Simultaneous detection of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance genes with the open source, cloud-based, CZ ID pipeline. bioRxiv. 5:2024.04.12.589250. 2024
- Chronic COVID-19 infection in an immunosuppressed patient shows changes in lineage over time: a case report. Virology Journal. 21:8. 2024
- A standardized nomenclature for resistance-modifying agents in the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database. Microbiology spectrum. 11:e0274423. 2023
- Macrophage AMPK β1 activation by PF-06409577 reduces the inflammatory response, cholesterol synthesis, and atherosclerosis in mice. iScience. 26:108269-108269. 2023
- THE DIRECT AMPK-β1 SELECTIVE ACTIVATOR PF-06409577 TARGETS MACROPHAGES TO REDUCE ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN MICE. Canadian Journal of Diabetes. 47:S198-S198. 2023
- THE DIRECT AMPK-β1 SELECTIVE ACTIVATOR PF-06409577 TARGETS MACROPHAGES TO REDUCE ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN MICE. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 39:S238-S238. 2023
- Sensitivity to Neutralizing Antibodies and Resistance to Type I Interferons in SARS-CoV-2 R.1 Lineage Variants, Canada. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 29:1386-1396. 2023
- SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak Investigation Using Contact Tracing and Whole-Genome Sequencing in an Ontario Tertiary Care Hospital. Microbiology spectrum. 11:e0190022. 2023
- CARD*Shark: automated prioritization of literature curation for the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database. Database : the journal of biological databases and curation. 2023:baad023. 2023
- The DataHarmonizer: a tool for faster data harmonization, validation, aggregation and analysis of pathogen genomics contextual information. Microbial Genomics. 9:mgen000908. 2023
- CARD 2023: expanded curation, support for machine learning, and resistome prediction at the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database. Nucleic Acids Research (NAR). 51:D690-D699. 2023
- Exploring the mobilome and resistome of Enterococcus faecium in a One Health context across two continents. Microbial Genomics. 8. 2022
- Machine Learning for Antimicrobial Resistance Prediction: Current Practice, Limitations, and Clinical Perspective. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 35:e0017921. 2022
- Capturing the antibiotic resistome of preterm infants reveals new benefits of probiotic supplementation. Microbiome. 10:136. 2022
- Metformin-induced reductions in tumor growth involves modulation of the gut microbiome. Molecular Metabolism. 61:101498-101498. 2022
- Performance Characteristics of Next-Generation Sequencing for the Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance Determinants in Escherichia coli Genomes and Metagenomes. mSystems. 7:e0002222. 2022
- Datasets for benchmarking antimicrobial resistance genes in bacterial metagenomic and whole genome sequencing. Scientific data. 9:341. 2022
- Enabling genomic island prediction and comparison in multiple genomes to investigate bacterial evolution and outbreaks. Microbial Genomics. 8. 2022
- Surface and Air Contamination With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 From Hospitalized Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients in Toronto, Canada, March–May 2020. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 225:768-776. 2022
- The pesticide chlorpyrifos promotes obesity by inhibiting diet-induced thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue. Nature Communications. 12:5163. 2021
- Evolutionary trajectory of SARS-CoV-2 and emerging variants. Virology Journal. 18:166. 2021
- Temporal Dynamics and Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Demonstrate the Necessity of Ongoing Viral Genome Sequencing in Ontario, Canada. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 6:e00011-e00021. 2021
- The cytochrome P450 (CYP) superfamily in cnidarians. Scientific Reports. 11:9834. 2021
- The Pesticide Chlorpyrifos Promotes Obesity by Inhibiting Diet-Induced Thermogenesis. Journal of the Endocrine Society. 5:A59-A60. 2021
- Experimental and natural evidence of SARS-CoV-2-infection-induced activation of type I interferon responses. iScience. 24:102477-102477. 2021
- Structural Basis for Effector Transmembrane Domain Recognition by Type VI Secretion System Chaperones. The FASEB Journal. 35. 2021
- Identifying novel β-lactamase substrate activity through in silico prediction of antimicrobial resistance. Microbial Genomics. 7. 2021
- Recurrent multidrug-resistantSalmonella entericaserovar Typhimurium bacteremia in a returned traveller. Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada. 5:264-272. 2020
- Structural basis for effector transmembrane domain recognition by type VI secretion system chaperones. eLife. 9:e62816. 2020
- Strandedness during cDNA synthesis, the stranded parameter in htseq-count and analysis of RNA-Seq data. Briefings in Functional Genomics. 19:339-342. 2020
- Predicting the recombination potential of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. Journal of General Virology. 101:1251-1260. 2020
- The origins and genomic diversity of American Civil War Era smallpox vaccine strains. Genome Biology. 21:175. 2020
- De novo necroptosis creates an inflammatory environment mediating tumor susceptibility to immune checkpoint inhibitors. Communications Biology. 3:645. 2020
- Overcoming Acquired and Native Macrolide Resistance with Bicarbonate. ACS Infectious Diseases. 6:2709-2718. 2020
- Isolation, Sequence, Infectivity, and Replication Kinetics of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 26:2054-2063. 2020
- A Comparison of Whole Genome Sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 Using Amplicon-Based Sequencing, Random Hexamers, and Bait Capture. Viruses. 12:895-895. 2020
- Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance Using Proteomics and the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database: A Case Study. Proteomics - Clinical Applications. 14:e1800182. 2020
- Genotyping SARS-CoV-2 through an interactive web application. The Lancet Digital Health. 2:e340-e341. 2020
- Rapid Design of a Bait Capture Platform for Culture- and Amplification-Free Next-Generation Sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 2020
- CARD 2020: antibiotic resistome surveillance with the comprehensive antibiotic resistance database. Nucleic Acids Research (NAR). 48:D517-D525. 2020
- Capturing the Resistome: a Targeted Capture Method To Reveal Antibiotic Resistance Determinants in Metagenomes. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 64:e01324-e01319. 2019
- Metformin-induced increases in GDF15 are important for suppressing appetite and promoting weight loss. Nature Metabolism. 1:1202-1208. 2019
- An interbacterial toxin inhibits target cell growth by synthesizing (p)ppApp. Nature. 575:674-678. 2019
- Phylogenetic reconciliation reveals the natural history of glycopeptide antibiotic biosynthesis and resistance. Nature Microbiology. 4:1862-1871. 2019
- Failed Recovery of Glycemic Control and Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis With 2 wk of Physical Inactivity in Overweight, Prediabetic Older Adults. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences. 73:1070-1077. 2018
- Genetic population structure of the round whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum) in North America: multiple markers reveal glacial refugia and regional subdivision. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 75:836-849. 2018
- Functional relatedness in the Inv/Mxi‐Spa type III secretion system family. Molecular Microbiology. 103:973-991. 2017
- CARD 2017: expansion and model-centric curation of the comprehensive antibiotic resistance database. Nucleic Acids Research (NAR). 45:D566-D573. 2017
- Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in the genomic age. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1388:78-91. 2017
- A diverse intrinsic antibiotic resistome from a cave bacterium. Nature Communications. 7:13803. 2016
- The transcription factor, Nuclear factor, erythroid 2 (Nfe2), is a regulator of the oxidative stress response during Danio rerio development. Aquatic Toxicology. 180:141-154. 2016
- YphC and YsxC GTPases assist the maturation of the central protuberance, GTPase associated region and functional core of the 50S ribosomal subunit. Nucleic Acids Research (NAR). 44:8442-8455. 2016
- Gene duplication and divergence produce divergent MHC genotypes without disassortative mating. Molecular Ecology. 25:4355-4367. 2016
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Impacts of degraded
DNA on restriction enzyme associatedDNA sequencing (RADS eq). Molecular Ecology Resources. 15:1304-1315. 2015 - Bioinformatics of antimicrobial resistance in the age of molecular epidemiology. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 27:45-50. 2015
- IslandViewer 3: more flexible, interactive genomic island discovery, visualization and analysis: Figure 1.. Nucleic Acids Research (NAR). 43:W104-W108. 2015
- Non-neutral evolution and reciprocal monophyly of two expressed Mhc class II B genes in Leach’s storm-petrel. Immunogenetics. 67:111-123. 2015
- Clinical utilization of genomics data produced by the international Pseudomonas aeruginosa consortium. Frontiers in Microbiology. 6:1036. 2015
- Gene expression changes during Giardia–host cell interactions in serum-free medium. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 197:21-23. 2014
- Inhibition of endogenous MTF-1 signaling in zebrafish embryos identifies novel roles for MTF-1 in development. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: international journal of biochemistry and biophysics. 1843:1818-1833. 2014
- The Transcriptional Response to Oxidative Stress during Vertebrate Development: Effects of tert-Butylhydroquinone and 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin. PLoS ONE. 9:e113158-e113158. 2014
- The Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 57:3348-3357. 2013
- Developmental Expression of the Nfe2-Related Factor (Nrf) Transcription Factor Family in the Zebrafish, Danio rerio. PLoS ONE. 8:e79574-e79574. 2013
- Nrf2b, Novel Zebrafish Paralog of Oxidant-responsive Transcription Factor NF-E2-related Factor 2 (NRF2). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287:4609-4627. 2012
- Molecular typing of M. tuberculosis isolates from Yaoundé reveals RIF resistance markers, clonal relatedness and mutation patterns. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease. 2:342-347. 2012
- A Small Molecule Discrimination Map of the Antibiotic Resistance Kinome. Cell Chemical Biology. 18:1591-1601. 2011
- An atypical proprotein convertase in Giardia lamblia differentiation. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 175:169-180. 2011
- Phylogenetic and Functional Analysis of the Vertebrate Cytochrome P450 2 Family. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 72:56-71. 2011
- Identification and developmental expression of the full complement of Cytochrome P450 genes in Zebrafish. BMC Genomics. 11:643. 2010
- Transcriptome analyses of the Giardia lamblia life cycle. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 174:62-65. 2010
- Plasmodium possesses dynein light chain classes that are unique and conserved across species. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 9:337-343. 2009
- Transcriptome analysis ofSchistosoma mansonilarval development using serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE). Parasitology. 136:469-485. 2009
- Differential Gene Expression between Fall‐ and Spring‐Run Chinook Salmon Assessed by Long Serial Analysis of Gene Expression. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 137:1378-1388. 2008
- Profiling Schistosoma mansoni development using serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE). Experimental Parasitology. 117:246-258. 2007
- Genomic Minimalism in the Early Diverging Intestinal Parasite Giardia lamblia. Science. 317:1921-1926. 2007
- Molecular evolution of the vesicle coat component βCOP in Toxoplasma gondii. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 44:1284-1294. 2007
- A functionally divergent hydrogenosomal peptidase with protomitochondrial ancestry. Molecular Microbiology. 64:1154-1163. 2007
- Protein phosphatase 2A plays a crucial role in Giardia lamblia differentiation. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 152:80-89. 2007
- A New Family of Giardial Cysteine-Rich Non-VSP Protein Genes and a Novel Cyst Protein. PLoS ONE. 1:e44-e44. 2006
- Nitric oxide-dependent changes in Schistosoma mansoni gene expression. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 150:367-370. 2006
- Proteins of the Glycine Decarboxylase Complex in the Hydrogenosome ofTrichomonas vaginalis. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 5:2062-2071. 2006
- Schistosoma mansoni albumin, a major defense against oxidative damage, was acquired by lateral gene transfer from a mammalian host. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 150:359-363. 2006
- In Vitro Generation of Human High-Density-Lipoprotein-Resistant Trypanosoma brucei brucei. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 5:1276-1286. 2006
- Long Serial Analysis of Gene Expression for Gene Discovery and Transcriptome Profiling in the Widespread Marine Coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72:252-260. 2006
- Developmental changes in the adhesive disk during Giardia differentiation. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 141:199-207. 2005
- Annexin-like alpha giardins: a new cytoskeletal gene family in Giardia lamblia. International Journal for Parasitology. 35:617-626. 2005
- Characterization of a cetacean aromatase (CYP19) and the phylogeny and functional conservation of vertebrate aromatase. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 140:74-83. 2005
- Evolution of Eukaryotic Transcription: Insights From the Genome of Giardia lamblia. Genome Research. 14:1537-1547. 2004
- Phylogenetic Analysis of the Cytochrome P450 3 (CYP3) Gene Family. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 57:200-211. 2003
- Giardia lamblia RNA Polymerase II. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278:27804-27810. 2003
- Iron-Dependent Hydrogenases ofEntamoeba histolyticaandGiardia lamblia:Activity of the Recombinant Entamoebic Enzyme and Evidence for Lateral Gene Transfer. Biological Bulletin. 204:1-9. 2003
- A novel Myb‐related protein involved in transcriptional activation of encystation genes in Giardia lamblia. Molecular Microbiology. 46:971-984. 2002
- Evidence for Lateral Transfer of Genes Encoding Ferredoxins, Nitroreductases, NADH Oxidase, and Alcohol Dehydrogenase 3 from Anaerobic Prokaryotes to Giardia lamblia and Entamoeba histolytica. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 1:181-190. 2002
- A spliceosomal intron in Giardia lamblia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 99:3701-3705. 2002
- The Evolutionary Origins of Eukaryotic Protein Disulfide Isomerase Domains: New Evidence from the Amitochondriate Protist Giardia lamblia. Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE). 18:1455-1463. 2001
- Phylogenetic relationships within the Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) based on nuclear 18S rRNA sequences. Marine Biology. 138:235-246. 2001
- A molecular phylogeny of the Patellogastropoda (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Marine Biology. 137:183-194. 2000
- Ancyromonadida: A New Phylogenetic Lineage Among the Protozoa Closely Related to the Common Ancestor of Metazoans, Fungi, and Choanoflagellates (Opisthokonta). Journal of Molecular Evolution. 51:278-285. 2000
- Core Histones of the Amitochondriate Protist, Giardia lamblia. Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE). 17:1156-1163. 2000
- TheGiardiagenome project database. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 189:271-273. 2000
- Partial 28S rDNA Sequences and the Antiquity of Hydrothermal Vent Endemic Gastropods. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 13:255-274. 1999
- Relics and antiquity revisited in the modern vent fauna. Geological Society Special Publication. 148:271-291. 1998
- Plate tectonic history and hot vent biogeography. Tectonic, magmatic, hydrothermal and biological segmentation of mid-ocean ridges. 225-238. 1996
- Plate tectonic history and hot vent biogeography. Geological Society Special Publication. 118:225-238. 1996
- Human micronucleus counts are correlated with age, smoking, and cesium-137 dose in the Goiânia (Brazil) radiological accident. MUTATION RESEARCH-FUNDAMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF MUTAGENESIS. 313:57-68. 1994
- Metformin-induced increases in GDF15 are important for suppressing appetite and promoting weight loss. Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology.
- PCR Detection of Mixed and Zoonoses Malaria Using Plasmodium spp Dynein Light Chain (dlc-tctex) Gene. Annual Research and Review in Biology. 32:1-12.
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preprints
- Simultaneous detection of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance genes with the open source, cloud-based, CZ ID pipeline 2024
- CARPDM: cost-effective antibiotic resistome profiling of metagenomic samples using targeted enrichment 2024
- Minimal impact on the resistome of children in Botswana after azithromycin treatment for acute severe diarrhoeal disease 2023
- The Dataharmonizer: a Tool for Faster Data Harmonization, Validation, Aggregation, and Analysis of Pathogen Genomics Contextual Information 2022
- Exploring the mobilome and resistome of Enterococcus faecium in a One Health context across two continents 2022
- Performance characteristics of next-generation sequencing for antimicrobial resistance gene detection in genomes and metagenomes 2021
- Surface and air contamination with SARS-CoV-2 from hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Toronto, Canada 2021
- Structural basis for effector transmembrane domain recognition by type VI secretion system chaperones 2020
- Experimental and natural evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection-induced activation of type I interferon responses 2020
- Isolation, sequence, infectivity and replication kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 2020
- Recombination Potential of SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV 2020
- The Integrated Rapid Infectious Disease Analysis (IRIDA) Platform 2018
- Pathogen Taxonomy Updates at the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database: Implications for Molecular Epidemiology