Bernard R. Glick

• Molecular Genetics
• Microbiology

Isolation, characterization and manipulation of microbial genes which encode products that are involved in the microbial stimulation of plant growth. Use of bacteria as biocontrol agents to control fungal diseases. Biochemical and physiological consequences of the genetic transformation of plant growth-promoting bacteria. Microbial phytohormone biosynthesis. Use of plant-microbial combinations to remediate contaminated soils. Ethylene modulated gene expression.

Professor Glick teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses. Course offerings have included

• BIOL 432 Molecular Biotechnology 2
• BIOL 467 Plant-Microbe Interaction
• BIOL 499 Honours Research Project
• BIOL 680 Plant growth-promoting bacteria drought
• BIOL 642 Current Topics in Biotechnology

Recent publications include

• Glick, B.R. 2014. Bacteria with ACC deaminase can promote plant growth and help to feed the world. Microbiol. Res. 169:30-39.
• Ali, S., Duan, J., Charles, T.C. and Glick, B.R. 2014. A bioinformatics approach to the determination of bacterial genes involved in endophytic behavior. J. Theor. Biol 343:193-198.
• Duca, D., Lorv, J., Patten, C.L., Rose, D. and Glick, B.R. 2014. Microbial indole-3-acetic acid and plant growth. Anton. Van Leeuwenhoek 106:85-125.
• Nascimento, F.X., McConkey, B.J and Glick, B.R. 2014. New insights into ACC deaminase phylogeny, evolution and evolutionary significance. PLoS ONE, 9 (6): e99168.
• Glick, B.R. 2012. Plant growth-promoting bacteria: mechanisms and applications, Scientifica vol. 2012, Article ID 963401

Please see Bernard Glick's Google Scholar profile for a current list of his peer-reviewed articles.

• Lady Davis Fellowship, The Technion, Haifa, Israel (2011)
• Career Achievement Award, Canadian Council of University Biology Chairs (2010)
• Salamanca University Fellowship, Salamanca, Spain (2009)
• Université Claude Bernard Fellowship, Lyon, France (2001)
• Lady Davis Fellowship, The Technion, Haifa, Israel (1992-93, 1994-95)

• Cross-appointed to Chemical Engineering

• Journal Editorship
  • Biotechnology Advances, Editorial Board Member
  • Recent Patents on Biotechnology, Editorial Board Member
  • The Open Biotechnology Journal, Editorial Board Member
  • FEMS Microbiology Letters, Section Editor
  • Plant and Soil, Section Editor
  • Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Environment, Editorial Board Member

1974 PhD Biochemistry, University of Waterloo

1972 MSc Biochemistry, University of Waterloo

1969 BSc Chemistry, The City College of New York