Infectious Diseases

Learn how CBB researchers are investigating Infectious Diseases:

CBB Researchers

Stories

Press/Media

  • "Canadian researchers developing device to prevent HIV transmission," , Emmanuel Ho, April 17, 2018
  • "The science behind the Zika virus," , Marc Aucoin, March 10, 2016
  • "Scanning probe microscopy in biomedical research," , Zoya Leonenko, October 1, 2014
  • "Tools and strategies for complex biologics production in animal cells," , Marc Aucoin, September 30, 2014
  • "Science scoop - for the love of fish!" , Brian Dixon, October 9, 2013

Publications by CBB Researchers

  • Lajoie,., Birse,K., Mwangi,L., Chen,Y., Cheruiyot,., Akolo,M., Mungai,., Boily‐Larouche,G., Romas,L., Mutch,S., Kimani,M., Oyugi,., Ho,E. A., Burgener,A., Kimani,J. and Fowke,K. R. Using safe, affordable and accessible ԴDz‐sٱǾ岹 Գپ‐iԴڱٴǰ drugs to reduce the number of HIV target cells in the blood and at the female genital tract. 
  • Kim, S., Chen, Y., Ho, E. A., & Liu, S. (2017). Reversibly pH-responsive polyurethane membranes for on-demand intravaginal drug delivery. 
  • Gu, J., Al-Bayati, K., & Ho, E. A. (2017). Development of antibody-modified chitosan nanoparticles for the targeted delivery of siRNA across the blood-brain barrier as a strategy for inhibiting HIV replication in astrocytes. 
  • Loggie, J. W., Garner, S. R., Partridge, C. G., Dixon, B., Knapp, R., & Neff, B. D. (2018). A test of the effects of androgens on immunity: No relationship between 11-ketotestosterone and immune performance in bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus).
  • Semple, S. L., Kellendonk, C. J., Al-Hussinee, L., MacInnes, J. I., Lumsden, J. S., & Dixon, B. (2018). Serum IgM, MH class β genotype and respiratory burst activity do not differ between rainbow trout families displaying resistance or susceptibility to the coldwater pathogen, Flavobacterium psychrophilum. 
  • Figueroa, C., Bustos, P., Torrealba, D., Dixon, B., Soto, C., Conejeros, P., & Gallardo, J. A. (2017). Coinfection takes its toll: Sea lice override the protective effects of vaccination against a bacterial pathogen in Atlantic salmon. 
  • Semple, S. L., Vo, N. T. K., Li, A. R., Pham, P. H., Bols, N. C., & Dixon, B. (2017). Development and use of an Arctic charr cell line to study antiviral responses at extremely low temperatures. 
  • Ahmadzadegan, A., Hamadeh, A., Sukumaran, M. K., & Ingalls, B. (2018). Bioaugmentation Approaches for Suppression of Antibiotic Resistance: Model-Based Design. In Emerging Applications of Control and Systems Theory (pp. 193-204).
  • Bundy, D. A., de Silva, N., Horton, S., Patton, G. C., Schultz, L., & Jamison, D. T. (2017). Investment in child and adolescent health and development: key messages from Disease Control Priorities. 
  • Lee, B. Y., Lam, J. H., Li, M. M., & Leonenko, Z. (2018). Biophysical Studies of Model Lipid Membranes to Determine a Novel Mechanism of Daptomycin Inhibition by Lung Surfactant.