Member publications

A list of microbe-related research published by members of the Waterloo Centre for Microbial Research since 2017. This collection is organized by member using the newest APA citation guidelines.

William Anderson

Bai, Y., Moo-Young, M., & Anderson, W. A. (2019). A mechanistic model for gas–€“liquid mass transfer prediction in a rocking disposable bioreactor. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 116(8), 1986–1998. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.27000
Bai, Y., Moo-Young, M., & Anderson, W. A. (2019). Characterization of power input and its impact on mass transfer in a rocking disposable bioreactor. Chemical Engineering Science, 209, 115183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2019.115183
Cholewinski, A., Dadzie, E., Sherlock, C., Anderson, W. A., Charles, T. C., Habib, K., Young, S. B., & Zhao, B. (2022). A critical review of microplastic degradation and material flow analysis towards a circular economy. Environmental Pollution (Barking, Essex: 1987), 315, 120334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120334
Derraik, J. G. B., Anderson, W. A., Connelly, E. A., & Anderson, Y. C. (2020). Rapid Review of SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 Viability, Susceptibility to Treatment, and the Disinfection and Reuse of PPE, Particularly Filtering Facepiece Respirators. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(17), Article 17. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176117
Harfoot, R., Yung, D. B. Y., Anderson, W. A., Wild, C. E. K., Coetzee, N., Hernández, L. C., Lawley, B., Pletzer, D., Derraik, J. G. B., Anderson, Y. C., & Quiñones-Mateu, M. E. (2022). Ultraviolet-C Irradiation, Heat, and Storage as Potential Methods of Inactivating SARS-CoV-2 and Bacterial Pathogens on Filtering Facepiece Respirators. Pathogens, 11(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11010083
Kaur, A., Anderson, W. A., Tanvir, S., & Kansal, S. K. (2019). Solar light active silver/iron oxide/zinc oxide heterostructure for photodegradation of ciprofloxacin, transformation products and antibacterial activity. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 557, 236–253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2019.09.017
Liu, M., Bauman, L., Nogueira, C. L., Aucoin, M. G., Anderson, W. A., & Zhao, B. (2022). Antimicrobial polymeric composites for high-touch surfaces in healthcare applications. Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering, 22, 100395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobme.2022.100395
Muralidharan, S. K., Bauman, L., Anderson, W. A., & Zhao, B. (2020). Recyclable antimicrobial sulphonated poly (ether ether ketone) –€“ copper films: Flat vs micro-pillared surfaces. Materials Today Communications, 25, 101485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.101485
Schmidt, T., & Anderson, W. A. (2017). Biotrickling Filtration of Air Contaminated with 1-Butanol. Environments, 4(3), 57. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments4030057
Tanvir, F., Yaqub, A., Tanvir, S., & Anderson, W. A. (2017a). Colorimetric enumeration of bacterial contamination in water based on β-galactosidase gold nanoshell activity. Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 99, 49–€“56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enzmictec.2017.01.006
Tanvir, F., Yaqub, A., Tanvir, S., & Anderson, W. A. (2017b). Poly-L-arginine Coated Silver Nanoprisms and Their Anti-Bacterial Properties. Nanomaterials, 7(10), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano7100296

Marc Aucoin

Blondeel, E. J. M., & Aucoin, M. G. (2018). Supplementing glycosylation: A review of applying nucleotide-sugar precursors to growth medium to affect therapeutic recombinant protein glycoform distributions. Biotechnology Advances, 36(5), 1505–1523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biotechadv.2018.06.008
Boegel, S. J., Gabriel, M., Sasges, M., Petri, B., D’Agostino, M. R., Zhang, A., Ang, J. C., Miller, M. S., Meunier, S. M., & Aucoin, M. G. (2021). Robust Evaluation of Ultraviolet-C Sensitivity for SARS-CoV-2 and Surrogate Coronaviruses. Microbiology Spectrum, 9(2), e00537-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/Spectrum.00537-21
Bruder, M. R., & Aucoin, M. G. (2022). Utility of Alternative Promoters for Foreign Gene Expression Using the Baculovirus Expression Vector System. Viruses, 14(12), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14122670
Bruder, M. R., & Aucoin, M. G. (2023). Evaluation of Virus-Free Manufacture of Recombinant Proteins Using CRISPR-Mediated Gene Disruption in Baculovirus-Infected Insect Cells. Vaccines, 11(2), 225. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020225
Bruder, M. R., Walji, S.-D., & Aucoin, M. G. (2021). Comparison of CRISPR–Cas9 Tools for Transcriptional Repression and Gene Disruption in the BEVS. Viruses, 13(10), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13101925
Dare, E. V., Gabriel, M., Begum, A., Sasges, M., & Aucoin, M. G. (2017). The effect of hydrogen peroxide produced during ultraviolet disinfection of CHO cell culture media. Process Biochemistry, 61, 147-€–155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2017.06.025
Delumeau, L.-V., Asgarimoghaddam, H., Alkie, T., Jones, A. J. B., Lum, S., Mistry, K., Aucoin, M. G., DeWitte-Orr, S., & Musselman, K. P. (2021). Effectiveness of antiviral metal and metal oxide thin-film coatings against human coronavirus 229E. APL Materials, 9(11), 111114. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0056138
Gabriel, M. A., Dare, E. V., Meunier, S. M., Campbell, J. L., Sasges, M. R., & Aucoin, M. G. (2019). Ultraviolet irradiation of trypsin, lysozyme and β-galactosidase: How does UVC affect these enzymes when used as a secondary barrier against adventitious agents? Vaccine, 37(43), 6518–€“6525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.08.063
Ganobis, C. M., Al-Abdul-Wahid, M. S., Renwick, S., Yen, S., Carriero, C., Aucoin, M. G., & Allen-Vercoe, E. (2020). 1D 1H NMR as a Tool for Fecal Metabolomics. Current Protocols in Chemical Biology, 12(3), e83. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpch.83
Havaei, S. M., Aucoin, M. G., & Jahanian-Najafabadi, A. (2021). Pseudomonas Exotoxin-Based Immunotoxins: Over Three Decades of Efforts on Targeting Cancer Cells With the Toxin. Frontiers in Oncology, 11, 781800. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2021.781800
Lall, D., Miscevic, D., Bruder, M., Westbrook, A., Aucoin, M., Moo-Young, M., & Perry Chou, C. (2021). Strain engineering and bioprocessing strategies for biobased production of porphobilinogen in Escherichia coli. Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 8(1), 1–16.
Liu, M., Bauman, L., Nogueira, C. L., Aucoin, M. G., Anderson, W. A., & Zhao, B. (2022). Antimicrobial polymeric composites for high-touch surfaces in healthcare applications. Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering, 22, 100395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobme.2022.100395
Logan, M., Manalil, J., Notte, C., Kearse, C., George, S., Zeiser, A., Farrell, P., & Aucoin, M. G. (2019). A flow cytometric granularity assay for the quantification of infectious virus. Vaccine, 37(47), 7090-€“7099. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.02.059
Logan, M., Rinas, K., McConkey, B., & Aucoin, M. G. (2022). Vero cells gain renal tubule markers in low-calcium and magnesium chemically defined media. Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10221-z
Lourenco Nogueira, C., Boegel, S. J., Shukla, M., Ngo, W., Jones, L., & Aucoin, M. G. (2022). Antiviral Activity of Contemporary Contact Lens Care Solutions against Two Human Seasonal Coronavirus Strains. Pathogens, 11(4), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11040472
Marcali, M., Aucoin, M. G., & Ren, C. (2021). Hemagglutination Assay to Quantify Influenza A Virus Like Particles in Droplets. MicroTAS 2021 - 25th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, 985–€“986. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5755515/
Marcali, M., Chen, X., Aucoin, M. G., & Ren, C. L. (2022). Droplet formation of biological non-Newtonian fluid in T-junction generators. II. Model for final droplet volume prediction. Physical Review E, 105(2), 025106. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.105.025106
Meunier, S. M., Sasges, M. R., & Aucoin, M. G. (2017). Evaluating ultraviolet sensitivity of adventitious agents in biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, 44(6), 893–€“909. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10295-017-1917-0
Moussa, H. I., Chan, W. Y., Logan, M., Aucoin, M. G., & Tsui, T. Y. (2020). Limitation in Controlling the Morphology of Mammalian Vero Cells Induced by Cell Division on Asymmetric Tungsten-Silicon Oxide Nanocomposite. Materials, 13(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13020335
Moussa, H. I., Logan, M., Chan, W. Y., Wong, K., Rao, Z., Aucoin, M. G., & Tsui, T. Y. (2018). Pattern-dependent mammalian cell (Vero) morphology on tantalum/silicon oxide 3D nanocomposites. Materials, 11(8). https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11081306
Moussa, H. I., Logan, M., Siow, G. C., Phann, D. L., Rao, Z., Aucoin, M. G., & Tsui, T. Y. (2017). Manipulating mammalian cell morphologies using chemical-mechanical polished integrated circuit chips. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 18(1), 839–€“856. https://doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2017.1388135
Moussa, H. I., Logan, M., Wong, K., Rao, Z., Aucoin, M. G., & Tsui, T. Y. (2018). Nanoscale-textured tantalum surfaces for mammalian cell alignment. Micromachines, 9(9). https://doi.org/10.3390/mi9090464
Nogueira, C. L., Boegel, S. J., Shukla, M., Ngo, W., Jones, L., & Aucoin, M. G. (2022). The impact of a rub and rinse regimen on removal of human coronaviruses from contemporary contact lens materials. Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 45(6), 101719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2022.101719
Quattrociocchi, M., Boegel, S. J., & Aucoin, M. G. (2021). Enhanced characterization of yeast hydrolysate combining acid digestion and 1D-1H NMR targeted profiling. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 99(S1), S7–S17. https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.24018
Shafiee, F., Aucoin, M. G., & Jahanian-Najafabadi, A. (2019). Targeted Diphtheria Toxin-Based Therapy: A Review Article. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02340
Srirangan, K., Akawi, L. K., Chou, C. P., Aucoin, M. G., Stacey, L. E., & Newton, C. (2017). Use of a case on metabolically engineered Escherichia coli to develop a framework for the design and analysis of bioprocesses. International Journal of Engineering Education, 33(2), 751–760.
Tsui, T. Y., Logan, M., Moussa, H. I., & Aucoin, M. G. (2018). What’s happening on the other side? Revealing nano-meter scale features of mammalian cells on engineered textured tantalum surfaces. Materials, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12010114
Varga, J. F. A., Brunner, S. R., Cheng, G., Min, D., Aucoin, M. G., Doxey, A. C., & Dixon, B. (2022). Identification and characterization of a novel peptide from rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) with antimicrobial activity against Streptococcus iniae. Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 137, 104518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2022.104518
Walji, S.-D., & Aucoin, M. G. (2020). A critical evaluation of current protocols for self-sterilizing surfaces designed to reduce viral nosocomial infections. American Journal of Infection Control, 48(10), 1255–1260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2020.02.008
Walji, S.-D., Bruder, M. R., & Aucoin, M. G. (2021). Virus matrix interference on assessment of virucidal activity of high-touch surfaces designed to prevent hospital-acquired infections. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 10(1), 133. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-021-01001-x
Wulff, D., Chan, A., Liu, Q., Gu, F. X., & Aucoin, M. G. (2020). Characterizing internal cavity modulation of corn starch microcapsules. Heliyon, 6(10). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05294
Yip, A., Smith-Roberge, J., Khorasani, S. H., Aucoin, M. G., & Ingalls, B. P. (2022). Calibrating spatiotemporal models of microbial communities to microscopy data: A review. PLOS Computational Biology, 18(10), e1010533. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010533

Trevor Charles

Alexis Dolphin

Andrew Doxey

Bernard Duncker

John Honek

Laura Hug

Brian Ingalls

Yilan Liu

Kesen Ma

Shannon Majowicz

Brendan McConkey

Jenine McCutcheon

Tizazu McKennon

Christine Moresoli

Kirsten Müller

Josh Neufeld

Jozef Nissimov

Maren Oelbermann

Wayne Parker

Sherry Schiff

Matthew Scott

Maria Strack

Valerie Ward