Professor, Associate Department Head We are a microbial glycobiology lab using multidisciplinary techniques and model systems to: 1) characterize pathways responsible for generating bacterial glycoconjugates, 2) exploit bacteriophage recognition proteins that bind to these structures, and 3) differentiate the protective benefits of host milk oligosaccharides to develop novel therapeutics and vaccines for the prevention of diarrheal diseases and post-infectious neuropathies such as Guillain-Barré Syndrome. These studies have also expanded our knowledge of carbohydrate metabolism by the gut microbiota and the transfer of antibiotic resistance between bacteria. Education: Ph.D. University of Alberta, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 1996 B.Sc. University of Winnipeg, dual majors in Chemistry Co-op and Molecular Biology, 1991 Research Research Areas: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Bioinformatics and -omics/Computational Biology Microbe-Host Interactions Microbial Ecology Microbial Physiology Molecular Microbiology Labs (via personnel): Christine Szymanski Labs: Szymanski Selected Publications Selected Publications: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=szymanski+cm Of note: Employment History Adjunct Professorships, University of Georgia, Department of Infectious Diseases, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Center for Vaccines and Immunology, Athens, Georgia, 2017-Present Adjunct Professor, University of Alberta, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Edmonton, Alberta, 2008-Present Professor (Associate, Full), University of Alberta, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Edmonton, Alberta, 2008-2016 Adjunct Professor, University of Ottawa, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Ontario, 2007-2009 Research Officer (Assistant, Associate, Senior), National Research Council, Institute for Biological Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario, 2000-2008 Postdoctoral Fellow, Naval Medical Research Center, Enteric Disease Vaccine Program, Silver Spring, Maryland, 1996-2000 Chemistry Co-op Student Work Terms, ABI/Apotex Biotechnology Inc. (1988, 1989), SynPhar Laboratories Inc. (1990), University of Alberta (1991) Courses Regularly Taught MIBO 4220-6220, Bacterial Pathogenesis
