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May 26, 2003
 BOISVERT, Annie: Antigenic and genomic variability of P46 and P97 of 11 North American strains of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae.  
 BOURQUE, Denis: Development of a high-cell density recombinant protein expression system with Methylobacterium extorquensfed-batch fermentation 
 CHEIKH SAAD BOUH, Kane: Monoclonal antibodies against P46 and P65 rec. proteins for Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae detection by Indirect Immunofluorescence (IIF) and Immunoperoxydase (IP).  
 CHU, Byron: Aspartate-44 and Histidine-111 are Essential to Catalysis in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Xylose Reductase 
 COURVILLE, Pascal: Determination of E.coli MntH transmembrane topology 
 DUGUAY, Marie: Proteomic Study of Desulfitobacterium frappieri PCP-1 Induced by 3,5-Dichlorophenol.  
 FARAG, Farag: Middle ear aspirates (MEAs) versus conventional external ear swabs in chronic suppurative otits media(CSOM): A microbiological study in children 
 FILION, Mario: THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF MYCOBACTERIAL CELL WALL-DNA COMPLEX IS DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF MYCOBACTERIAL DNA 
 FITTIPALDI, Nahuel: Comparison and field validation of PCR tests for the detection of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae in carrier pigs. 
 GAGNÉ, Marie-Josée: Antimicrobial effect of oregano and thyme essential oils on a meat-borne strain of Escherichia coli O157:H7.  
 GAO, Anli : Decontamination of raw milk for isolation of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis 
 GOW, JOHN: Antibiotic resistance in bacteria isolated from a Newfoundland and Labrador scallop hatchery 
 GYLES, Carlton: Genes and Virulence of O149:K88ac Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli from Post-Weaning Diarrhea in Pigs 
 JOUNG, Kwang-Bo: Distribution of transposable genetic elements IS231-like sequences among Bacillus thuringiensis serovars and strains 
 LABRIE, Josée: Identification of an ABC transporter with probable implication in O-polysaccharide assembly of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 1 
 LAGACÉ, Luc: Bacterial community identification of maple sap as determined by ARDRA and ribosomal DNA sequencing. 
 LAMARCHE, Martin: Gene Knock Outs Strategy to Study the Role of the Pst System in Pathogenic Escherichia coli Virulence 
 LARKIN, Carolyn: Antimicrobial Resistance of Campylobacter Isolates from Hog, Beef and Chicken Carcass Samples from Provincially Inspected Abattoirs in Ontario 
 LAWRENCE, John: Mapping biofilm constituents using scanning transmission X-ray microscopy.  
 LI, Jinghua: Chemical and biological leaching of sterile and nonsterile low-grade ore 
 LYMBEROPOULOS, Maria: Characterization of a Novel Fimbrial Operon from Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli and Phylogenetic Distribution among E. coli Reference Strains. 
 MAYNARD, Christine: Patterns of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes and Integron Carriage among Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli O149: K91 Isolated from Postweaning Pigs over the Last Two Decades 
 MILLETTE, Mathieu: Inhibition of pathogens by lactic acid bacteria strains in fermented milk 
 MILLETTE, Mathieu: Inhibition of pathogens by lactic acid bacteria strains in fermented milk and mice C57BL/6 
 NAIM, Fadia: In vitro digestion of E. coli O157:H7 in dry sausage. Key words: Escherichia coli O157:H7, dry sausage, survival, in vitro digestion, synthetic digestive fluid 
 NAIM, Fadia: Influence of inoculum preparation, inoculation procedure and process parameters on Escherichia coli O157: H7 survival during the validation of sausage fermentation-drying processes 
 NAZARALI, Zaida: The effect of acidophilic bacteria on the leaching of low-grade Ni-Cu ore by different isolates of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans 
 PARADIS-BLEAU, Catherine: Molecular genomics and biochemical characterization of the FtsA and FtsZ cell division proteins from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 
 PARADIS-BLEAU, Catherine: Molecular studies of Pseudomonas aeruginosa FtsA and FtsZ interactions and screening for ATPase peptide inhibitors of FtsA by phage display.  
 PARADIS-BLEAU, Catherine: Identification of peptide inhibitors of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa FtsZ GTPase activity using phage display.  
 SANOWAR, Sarah: Reconstitution as a Tool for Studying the Salmonella enterica  PhoQ Sensor Kinase 
 SAWICKI, Jakub: Production of Anti-EGT Polyclonal Antibodies Using The Genetic Immunisation Method. 
 TADJINE, Mimi: Production of monoclonal antibodies against Haemophilus parasuis 
 TAZI, SAMIA: Molecular characterization of an apoptosis suppressor gene of Choristoneura fumiferana granulovirus (ChfuGV) 
 VEILLETTE, Marc: Six months follow-up of microbial contamination in a metal-working fluid system after dumping, cleaning and recharging 
 VEILLETTE, Marc: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis in a hard wood processing plant: Impact and etiology 
 VÉZINA, Julie: Développement de sondes pour amplifier le gène bphA à partir d'échantillons d'ADN provenant de sols contaminés par les BPC 
 WARD, Pierre: Use of tnp gene, an IS30-family insertion sequence isolated from Lactobacillus rhamnosus for strain differentiation in Lactobacillus casei -complex. 
 YANG, Jianzhong : A ReactIR study of cyclododecanone monooxygenase-catalyzed reaction for lauryl lactone production  


May 27, 2003
 ABDI-ALI, Ahya: Growth Conditions Effect on Alginate Production from Pseudomonas aeruginosa 
 AL-NUMANI, Dina: Up-regulation of ICAM-1, CD11a/CD18 and CD11c/CD18 on Human THP-1 Monocytes Stimulated by Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 
 ALROUMI, Dina: Microbiological and molecular analysis of oil contaminated marine sediments: 30 years after the spill. 
 BEKAL-SI ALI, Sadjia: DNA microarray: a powerful tool for identification of emerging E. coli pathotypes 
 BERNIER, Steve: Characterization of a Burkholderia cepacia ABC Transporter System and its Potential Role in Iron Uptake 
 BOYD, Jessica: Type IV pili are virulence factors for Aeromonas salmonicida infection of Atlantic Salmon 
 BURTON , Jeremy: Atopobium: A Common Inhabitant Amongst the Vaginal Bacterial Microbiota of Post Menopausal Women with High Grade Nugent Scores 
 CHENIER, Martin: Temporal variations in the microbial activity and composition of river biofilms grown in the presence of nutrients and hexadecane. 
 CHONG, Patrick: Phenazine-dependent F420H2 dehydrogenase activity is located on the F420-reducing hydrogenase of Methanospirillum hungatei strain GP1 and Methanosarcina barkeri strain Fusaro 
 CONSTANT, Philippe: Study of Sulphate-Reducing Bacteria Populations in a Temperate Wetlands and Northern Snows in Québec Using a Molecular Approach  
 D'AMOURS, Benoit: Induction of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines by Streptococcus suis in a porcine whole-blood model of infection. 
 DEL RIO, Luis: Isolation and Characterization of a Pseudomonas putida Strain Able to Grow on Two Surrogate Naphthenic Acids  
 DEMERS, Josée: Evaluation of photoreactivation for thermotolerant coliforms and enterococci after disinfection of wastewater by ultraviolet radiation. 
 DEVILLARD, Estelle: Identification of pathogenic organisms in bacterial vaginosis, by using PCR-Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis 
 DROUIN, Karine: Feasibility and pilot study for assessing in situ biostimulation of BTEX and TPH degradation in contaminated groundwater 
 DUTIL, Steve: Detection of Legionella sp. by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) in dental units waterlines 
 ETHIER, Sheila: Enhancement of phagocytosis and survival of human neutrophils by PBI-1402: Potential protection against opportunistic infections. 
 FAUCHER, Sébastien: Identification of Salmonella typhi genes that are absent from Salmonella typhimurium and are expressed within macrophages  
 FIELD, Tyler: A rapid method to determine antimicrobial efficacy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa using a semi-quantitative colormetric assay. 
 FORTIN, Nathalie: Microbial Population Structure and Degradation Potential in a Marine Wetland Experimentally Exposed to Crude Oil 
 GAGNON, Mylène: MONOCYTIC AND ENDOTHELIAL CELLS AS POSSIBLE ROUTES OF ENTRY OF HUMAN CORONAVIRUSES INTO THE BRAIN 
 GARDUNO, Rafael: Ecological aspects of the transmission of Legionella pneumophila to humans 
 GAUCHER, Isabelle: Analysis of Salmonella typhi genes expressed within macrophages using the green fluorescent protein. 
 GAUTHIER, Annie: Characterization of the genes encoding reductive dehalogenases in Desulfitobacterium frappieri PCP-1  
 HEBERT, Shannon Hebert: RpoS and Stationary Phase Stress Survival in Azotobacter vinelandii 
 HIRKALA, Danielle: Phylogenetic analysis of pseudomonads associated with the roots of field-grown canola. 
 HOSSEINIJAZANI, Nima : Conjugation of tetanus toxoid with Salmonella typhimurium PTCC1735 O-specific polysaccharide and its effect on production of opsonizing antibodies in a mouse model. 
 HYNES, Russell: The effect of rhizobacteria on root growth of pea and lentil 
 JACQUES, Alexandre: MURINE VIRAL HEPATITIS IS CONTROLLED BY THE INTRAHEPATIC NK/NK-T CELL RATIO. 
 JUCK, David: Comparison of oligonucleotides and amplicons as microarray probes for environmental analyses. 
 JUGNIA, Louis: Functional and structural aspects of the microbial population associated with organic acid production during methanogenesis in soil and sediments from the Canadian mid-north  
 KUKAVICA-IBRULJ, Irena: Functional genomics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in vivo essential genes in a rat model of chronic lung infection 
 LABBÉ, Normand: Description of a new Phyllobacteriaceae bacterium isolated from a marine denitrification system. 
 LAMOTHE, Julie: Characterization of the intracellar survival mechanism of Burkholderia cepacia within Acathamoeba polyphaga 
 LAWRENCE, John: Microbial communities as indicators of the impacts of nickel in rivers.  
 LAWRENCE, John: Effect of major nutrients on the abundance of protozoan and micrometazoan grazers in river biofilms.  
 LEUNG, Grant: Biocontrol of Pathogenic Fungi by Novel Rhizobacteria Isolated in Saskatchewan 
 LÉVESQUE, Marie-Josée: Phylogenetic Characterization and Microbial Population Dynamics in an Anaerobic and a Coupled Aerobic/Anaerobic TCE-Degrading Bioreactors 
 LOGAN, Susan: Functional characterization of polysaccharide gene loci involved in motility of Helicobacter pylori. 
 MACDONALD, Jaime: GacA regulates hyper-swarming behaviour in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 
 MAHMOUD, Khaled: Detection of isolates of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans from acid mine drainage environments using fluorescent in situ hybridization  
 MARTINEZ, Véra: Removal of microorganism indicators and pathogenic by waste stabilization ponds.  
 MELLATA, Melha: Non-specific macrophage response to avian pathogenic E. coli infection in vitro and the role of bacterial virulence factors 
 MÉRIAUX, Anne: Microflora of air and peat in peat moss processing plants in Eastern Canada 
 MIHOC, Anca: Characterization of sediment microbial populations and processes associated with biodegradation and biotransformation of contaminants from Sydney Harbour, Nova Scotia 
 PELLETIER, amélie: Rôle des protéines PII dans la régulation de l’activité et de l’état de modification de la nitrogénase chez Rhodobacter capsulatus 
 POTVIN, Eric: High throughput screening of signature-tagged mutagenesis Pseudomonas aeruginosa mutants in a rat model of chronic lung infection. 
 RICHARD, Karine L.: Molecular dissection of four Pseudomonas aeruginosa genes essential for in vivo maintenance.  
 ROY, Réal: Methane oxidation and methanotrophic bacteria in a landfill soil. 
 ROY, SÉBASTIEN: Phytoremediation of heavy metal and PAH-contaminated brownfield sites in Montreal. 
 SABRI, Mourad: Identification and characterization of a novel siderophore-independent iron transporter in extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli . 
 SEGURA, Mariela: Characterization of an atypical Streptococcus suis capsular type 2 isolate: a poor encapsulated strain with high inflammatory activities 
 SQUIRES-PARSONS, Deborah: PCB BIODEGRADATION BY COLD-ADAPTED MICROBIAL CONSORTIA ISOLATED FROM NEWFOUNDLAND SOILS  
 STASIAK, Dorota: Th1 cytokines mediate CpG induced protective immunity to blood-stage Plasmodium chabaudi AS malaria infection  
 TOPP, Ed: Fate of bacterial and chemical contaminants in soils receiving swine manure slurry. 
 TREMBLAY, Pier-Luc: Rôle d’AmtB dans le transport de l’ammonium et la transduction des signaux chez Rhodobacter capsulatus  
 WATTERWORTH, Leigh: Persistence of enterohemmorhagic Escherichia coli in well water and its relatedness to ERIC-PCR genotype. 
 WHYTE, Lyle: An In Situ Bioremediation Treatment of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soils in the Canadian High Arctic 
 WISSE, Gesine: Development of a marked microorganism to monitor survival and gene transfer in the environment 
 ZHAO, Jian-Shen: Pathways for biodegradation of hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) in obligate anaerobes isolated from anaerobic sludge 


May 28, 2003
 BELHOCINE, Kamila: Lateral transfer of a bacterial group II intron 
 BELLEFEUILLE, Julie: Cj1135 from Campylobacter jejuni encodes a two-domain glucosyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of the lipooligosaccharide inner-core.  
 BOLDUC, Nathalie: Expression analysis of the putative plant programmed cell death regulator BI-1 in the hypersensitive response of tobacco plants to TMV infection 
 BOUGIE, Véronique: Turnip mosaic virus as a vector for plant gene expression. 
 CHABAUD, Stéphane: The Anti-Apoptotic R1 Subunit of Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Ribonucleotide Reductase Has one alpha-Crystallin Domain and Chaperone-like Activity Similar to Hsp27 
 CHABOT, Sylvie: Characterization of porcine hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus (HEV) anti-HE and anti-S monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) and determination of species and group specific antigenic domains. 
 CHOUINARD, Annie: Proteomic study of Streptomyces coelicolor M145 mutants 
 CROST, Cecile: Influence of L-alanine and L-leucine on the transcriptional regulation of the foo and clp operons, encoding for F165.1 and CS31A adhesins respectively. 
 DANIS, Carole: The tyrosine-based endocytosis/targeting motif in retroviral envelope glycoprotein affects viral pathogenesis: molecular dissection and studies in the murine leukemia virus model 
 DEBBECHE, Olfa: HHV-6-induced changes in the expression of cell cycle regulatory proteins 
 DENEER, Harry: Identifying and using flagellin genes for phylogenetic analysis of the genus Pectinatus  
 DESFORGES, Marc: Prevention of a Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Persistent Infection by Apoptosis in a Human Neural Cell Line  
 DÉZIEL, Eric: The Pseudomonas aeruginosa transcriptional regulator mvfR controls the production of the Pseudomonas Quinolone Signal (PQS) and related secondary metabolites. 
 DROUIN, Christian: Lactoccocus lactis as live vaccine against leishmaniasis 
 DUBOIS, Jason: Evaluation of DNA Microarrays as a tool for characterizing microbial consortia 
 DUBOIS, Jason: 16S and cpn60: A dual backbone approach to using DNA microarrays for the taxonomic discrimination of Bacillus species 
 FIOLA, Karine : Effect of ribozymes on different Lactococcus lactis mRNA targets 
 FLANNAGAN, Ronald: Functional disruption of the motA gene in Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus 
 GAUTHIER, Céline: Similar levels of xylanase B2 secretion mediated by Tat- and Sec- dependent signal sequences in Streptomyces lividans 
 GINGUES, Sonia: Regulation of Protease Expression in Burkholderia cepacia  
 HEFFERON, Kathleen: Reconstructing the replication complex of AcMNPV  
 HYNES, Michael: Systematic approach to studying plasmid incompatibility in the rhizobia  
 ITO, Emma: Baculovirus P143, LEF-3, and IE-1 Proteins Form a Complex Bound on Viral Chromatin 
 JABRANE, AHMED: High level eucaryotic expression of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus ORF5 gene by rare codon replacement correlates with increased immunogenicity of GP5 glycoprotein in pigs 
 JACOMY, Helene: VACUOLATING ENCEPHALITIS IN MICE INFECTED BY HUMAN CORONAVIRUS OC43 
 JEAN, Myriam: Immunobiological characterization of the P10 protein of Choristoneura fumiferana granulovirus (ChfuGV)  
 JOSEPH, Tomy: Studies on antibody facilitated uptake of Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus in macrophage-like fish cell lines 
 LEE, Chang-Muk: A serine/threonine protein phosphatase SIT4 modulates yeast-hypha morphogenesis and virulence in Candida albicans 
 LEE, Chang-Muk: Transcription profiling of SIT4 mutant demonstrate pleotropic regulation on yeast-to-hyphal transition in Candida albicans. 
 LETOWSKI, Jaroslaw: Effect of mismatch position and number in 50-mer oligonucleotide probes of different G+C composition in DNA microarray hybridizations 
 LI, Haiming: Analysis of the xylanase C signal sequence of Streptomyces lividans by random mutagenesis 
 MARTCHENKO, Mikhail: The new subfamily of CuZn Superoxide Dismutase is involved in Branching and Hyphal Growth in Candida albicans.  
 MONEKE, Emeka: Correlation of lesions with presence of viral RNA in Atlantic salmon infected with Infectious salmon anemia (ISA)virus (ISAV).  
 MOROSOLI, Rolf: Secretion of the xylanase C from Streptomyces lividans mediated by the Tat protein export system 
 MUNIR, Khalid: Quantitative Detection of Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus by Real-Time PCR 
 NAGATA, Les: DNA Vaccine Protects Against Western Equine Encephalitis Virus Infections in Mice 
 ONTSOUKA, Barthelemy :

Immunobiology of the ORF2a and ORF2b genes of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) expressed in procaryotic and eucaryotic vectors.

 
 RACINE, Sébastien: Early detection of Porcine Circovirus type 2 infection in pigs using recombinant nucleocapsid protein in an indirect immunofluorescence assay. 
 RICHARDSON, Jason: Evidence for a Novel Rhamnose Catabolic Pathway in Rhizobium leguminosarum 
 RICHARDSON, Jason: Functional and Regulatory Analysis of an ABC Transporter necessary for Rhamnose Catabolism in Rhizobium leguminosarium  
 SASSEVILLE, Marie-Josée: The coronavirus group specific ORF 2a gene of Porcine Hemagglutinating Encephalomyelitis Virus (HEV) is deleted in the field isolate IAF-404. 
 SELINGER, Brent: Further evidence for a new class of phytases: Biochemical characterization of a second PTP phytase from Mitsuokella multiacidus032 
 STEVEN, Blaire: Genetic Characterization of the mdh-sucCDAB operon of Sinorhizobium meliloti  
 ST-LOUIS, Marie-Claude: Identification of the bovine pestivirus NS3 protein as an inducer of apoptosis 
 TOPOROWSKI, Michael: Uncovering the role of two putative outer membrane proteins RsaF 973 and RsaF 1984 in secretion of the S-layer of Caulobacter crescentus 
 VIEL, Catherine : Multi-protein interaction with VPgPro of turnip mosaic virus in infected cells. 
 WALDMUELLER, Markus: Role of homologous regions in baculovirus DNA replication 
 WHELAN, Heather: Genomic Features of Energy Taxis in Azotobacter vinelandii 
 WHELAN, Heather: Genomic features of Energy taxis in Azotobacter vinelandii