Microbiology

This class comprises research and experimental development in microbiology
Parent Category
Sub-Categories
Parasitology
Bacteriology
Microbial genetics
Microbial ecology and evolution
Microbial physiology
Mycology
Virology
Microbiome
Environmental microbiology (including air microbiology)
Microbiology, n.e.c.
 
 
 
 

UBC Researchers conducting research in Microbiology

D

Doherty, Jeff

Faculty of Science

Postdoctoral Fellow

Parasitology; Behavioural ecology; Animal behaviour; Insect biology; host-parasite interactions; multidisciplinary research; host manipulation; ethology; Disease Ecology

E

Eltis, Lindsay

Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Biochemistry; Genomics; Immunology; Microbiology; Bacterial catabolism of steroids and lignin; biocatalyst development; Enzymes and Proteins; Metabolism (Living Organisms); Mycobacterium tuberculosis

F

Fischer, Monika

Department of Botany, Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Mycology; mycology; fire-adapted fungi; fungal community ecology; fungal genetics & development; fungal metabolism

H

Hallam, Steven

Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Microbiome; Microbial ecology; metagenomics; Biological engineering; Synthetic biology; Bioinformatics; Machine Learning; Entrepreneurship

Hawley, Alyse

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Hirst, Martin

Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Michael Smith Laboratories, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Bioinformatics; Clinical oncology; Genomics; Immunology; Microbiology; Carcinogenesis; Cellular Differentiation; Epigenomics; Leukemia; Molecular Genetics

J

Jean, Francois

Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Medical virology; Protein trafficking in cell biology; Proteomics; Enzymes (including kinetics and mechanisms, and biocatalyst); Organelle function; Virology; Systems biology; Cellular virology; Emerging human viruses; COVID-19; Host-virus interactions; Broad-based antiviral agents; Antiviral agents; Natural products as antiviral agents; Lipid-modulating drugs; Cellular protease inhibitors; Viral protease inhibitors; Human coronaviruses; SARS-CoV-2; Human flaviviruses; Dengue virus; Zika virus; West Nile virus; Influenza A virus; Human microRNAs; Therapeutic microRNA; Viral and cellular biomarkers; Molecular diagnostics for detecting viral infection; Circulating exosomes; Exosomal microRNAs; Proteomics-based technologies; Multiplexed and Mass Spectrometric quantitation assays

K

Kronstad, James

Michael Smith Laboratories, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Bioinformatics; Immunology; Microbiology; Plant biology; Mycology; Fungal diseases of plants; Genomics and Proteomics; Medical Mycology; Molecular Genetics; Pathogenesis of infectious diseases; Plant-Microbe Interactions

M

Manges, Amee

School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Health sciences; Immunology; Microbiology; Public and population health; Epidemiology; Molecular epidemiology; Public health

Murphy, Michael

Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Bacteriology; Enzymes (including kinetics and mechanisms, and biocatalyst); Alternatives to antibiotics; Bacterial pathogenesis; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Functional and Structural Proteomics; Microbial metal metabolism

R

Rivarez, Mark Paul

Applied Biology, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Plant pathology; Agricultural ecology; Virology; Bioinformatics; Biogeography and phylogeography; Phylogeny and comparative analysis; Bacteriology; Mycology; Plant microbiota; Horticultural crop protection (pests, diseases and weeds); plant pathology; AI-based modeling; Biological control; virus evolution; virus epidemiology; pathogen diversity; bacteriology; mycology; metagenomics; high-throughput sequencing

S

Sadarangani, Manish

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Immunology; Microbiology; Clinical sciences; Antimicrobial resistant bacteria; Bacterial Vaccines; Childhood infections; Epidemiology; Immune System; Vaccine Development; Vaccine immunity; Clinical trials and observational studies

Sun, Jim

Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Cellular immunology; Pathogenesis; Intracellular signaling, signal transduction, receptor and membrane biology; Bacteriology; Host immunity to tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Cellular microbiology; Host-directed therapy; TB drug discovery; Macrophage biology; Intracellular pathogens

Suttle, Curtis

Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Botany, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Bioinformatics; Fisheries sciences; Immunology; Microbiology; Oceanography; Plant biology; Biological Oceanography; Environmental Virology; Marine Environment; Marine Microbiology; Microbial Diversity; Phage; Viral Discovery; Viruses

T

Tokuyama, Maria

Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Virology; Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs); Chronic interaction between viruses and the immune system

Tropini, Carolina

Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Microbiology; Medical and biomedical engineering; Physical sciences; Bacteria; Bacteriophages; Bioengineering; Bioinformatics; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Biophysics; Gut microbiota; Inflammatory bowel disease

Turvey, Stuart

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Immunology; Microbiology; Asthma; Immune System; Immunodeficiencies; Microbiome cohort studies; Precision Medicine; Primary Immune Deficiencies
 

Student & Alumni Stories in Microbiology

Kelsey Huus

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology and Immunology (PhD)

Gut microbiota in malnutrition and enteric disease

Kate Thompson

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology and Immunology (PhD)

The impact of the rare metabolism of photoferrotrophy - photosynthetic iron oxidation - on modern and ancient environments.

Kylynda Bauer sitting on a bench

Kylynda Bauer

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology and Immunology (PhD)

Diet and Gut Microbiota-Brain Axis

Mihai Cirstea

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology and Immunology (PhD)

The Microbiome and Parkinson's Disease

Julia Huggins

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology and Immunology (PhD)

Oxygen loss in our oceans and the environmental impacts of marine microorganisms

Isobel Mouat

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology and Immunology (PhD)

Teaching science beyond content: introducing what science is and how it is done to first-year students

Raphael Roccor

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology and Immunology (PhD)

Spinning Straw into Golden Liquids – Making High-value Oils from Biomass Residues

Morgan Alford

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology and Immunology (PhD)

Nitrogen metabolism intersects resistance and virulence mechanisms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Deanna Pepin

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology and Immunology (PhD)

Impact of osmotic perturbations on the gut microbiota

Christopher Lee

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology and Immunology (PhD)

Investigating tryptophan and lipid metabolism in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans
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Ina Na

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Botany (PhD)

The diversity and evolution of apicomplexans

Heather (Hezy) Anholt

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

A one health approach to investigating the ecology of East African trypanosomiasis in Malawian wildlife

Jake Felker

Student

Master of Science in Microbiology and Immunology (MSc)

Investigating the antibacterial response of macrophages to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Jackson Moore

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Genome Science and Technology (PhD)

Domestication and ecology of the model eukaryote Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Reid Warsaba

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PhD)

Investigating the Role of a Redundant Viral Protein

Kevin Kuchinski

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PhD)

Sequencing avian influenza genomes in mud from wild bird habitats to prevent outbreaks and prepare for pandemics

W. Austin Guild

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology and Immunology (PhD)

Investigating the protective role of endogenous retroviruses against herpes simplex virus-2 infection

Loulou Cai

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PhD)

The impact of chronic/latent viral infections on markers of inflammation and cellular markers of aging in people living with HIV

Connor Thompson

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology and Immunology (PhD)

Molecular and cellular studies of novel broad-spectrum natural product antivirals against viruses of pandemic concern

Avril Metcalfe-Roach

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology and Immunology (PhD)

Interplay between diet and the microbiome in Parkinson's disease

Ash Larnder

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

The gut microbiome and hormone receptor-positive female breast cancer

Noah Brittain

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD)

A Biofilm-Inspired Delivery Platform for Improved Efficacy of Orally Delivered Live-Cell Bacteriotherapies

Sarah Hanstock

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD)

The BUTOX Study: the role of the gut microbiome and BUTyrate in calcium OXalate kidney stone disease
 

Program Specializations in Microbiology

Microbiology and Immunology
 

Academic Units in Microbiology

Department of Microbiology & Immunology
 
 
French Name
Microbiologie
French Description
Cette classe comprend la recherche et le développement expérimental en microbiologie.
 
 

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