Bernard R. Glick

Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Adjunct Professor

Bernie Glick. Bernard Glick carries out research in plant-microbial interactions. His findings include discovering how certain bacteria can help plants grow, even under stressful conditions, such as drought. He's shown that growth-promoting bacteria can be successfully applied to several food crops as a more sustainable alternative to using chemicals.

With over 52,000 citations, an h-index of 101 and nearly 400 publications, Professor Glick has one of the highest citation records at the University of Waterloo.

Contact information
Office: Biology 2 356C
Phone: 519-888-4567, ext. 32058
Email: glick@uwaterloo.ca

Expertise

Molecular genetics
Microbiology
Plant physiology, growth and development

Research

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.

Teaching

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

Highlighted Publications

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.

Awards and Distinctions

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)

University of Waterloo Affiliations

Cross-appointed to Chemical Engineering

Professional Associations and Service

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