Dr. Alain STINTZI -Curriculum vitae 08/23/12

CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr. Alain STINTZI

Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, MicrobiologyImmunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Room 4135, 451 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, ON,K1H 8M5

Phone: (613)-562-5800 ext. 8216; Fax: (613)-562-5452; E-mail:

EDUCATION

1997Ph.D. (Molecular and Cellular Biology), Univ. Louis-Pasteur, France

1993D.E.A. (Molecular and Cellular Biology), Univ. Louis-Pasteur, France

1992M.S. (Biochemistry), Univ. Louis-Pasteur, France

1990B.Sc. (Mathematics and Physics - Baccalaureate C and Diplôme d’Etude Universitaire Générale), Lycée Camille See and Univ. Louis-Pasteur, France

EMPLOYMENT

2012-presentProfessor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa

2011-presentDirector, Graduate Program of Biochemistry, University of Ottawa

2005-presentAssociate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa

2005-presentMember, Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology [CREM]

2005-presentMember, Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology [OISB]

1999-2005Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, OklahomaStateUniversity, Stillwater, OK, USA

1997-1999Postdoctoral Fellow in Inorganic Chemistry and Microbiology, Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley

HONORS AND AWARDS

Marquis Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 2004. Government of Canada Award from the Academic Relations Division of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (EAITC), 1996-1997.

MRT Fellow, Ministere de la Recherche et Technologie, Paris, France, 1993-1997.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

American Society for Microbiology

American Chemical Society

The American Association for the Advancement of Science

EDITORIAL BOARD

2011-present: Associate Editor, MicrobiologyOpen.

2010-present:Associate Editor, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology.

2003-present: Member, Editorial board, Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

2003-present:Ad hoc reviewers: PNAS; Journal of Bacteriology, Infection and Immunity; Microbiology; FEMS Microbiology; Molecular Microbiology; Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry; Microbes and Infection; Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases; Applied and Environmental Microbiology; Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy; Journal of Proteome Research; Clinical Microbiology Reviews; Canadian Journal of Microbiology; BMC Microbiology; PLOS Pathogen; Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology; and Biochimica and Biophysica Acta.

INVITED MEMBER IN COMMITTEES AND SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY PANELS(2000-2010)

2011-2012Member, CIHR, New Investigators C Peer Review Committee

2012Member, NIH Special Emphasis Review Panel IDM-A 80S

2011International expert for the Romanian Research Assessment Exercise, Romania

2011 Member, NIH Special Emphasis Review Panel IDM-A 80S

2010External Reviewer, Canadian Research Chairs

2010External Reviewer, Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada

2010Reviewer (research grant), Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Italy

2010-2012 Nominated full member; European Science Foundation

2010: Member, NIH Special Emphasis panel ZAI1-BLG-M-M2 (enteric research investigation network cooperative research centers).

2009Member, CIHR Review Panel MI (Microbiology and Infectious Diseases)

2009Member, NIH Special Emphasis Review Panel ZRG1 IDM-A 90S

2009Member, NIH Special Emphasis Panel Review Meeting ZRG1 IDM-R(02)

2009Member, NIH grant review panel IDM-A

2009Chair, Ontario Graduate Scholarship Selection panel

2008Member, NIH Special Emphasis Review Panel – Selected Topics in Bacterial

Pathogenesis, ZRG1 IDM-A (90).

2008Member, NIH Special Study Section, Bacterial Pathogenesis, IDM-A 02M.

2008Reviewer (research grant), Health Research Board of Ireland

2008 Reviewer (research grant), Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation, Quebec.

2008Member, Scientific committee – The Canadian Campylobacter meeting (international meeting to be held in Montreal fall 2008)

2008Chair of the plenary session “Strategies for Campylobacter surveillance and control” at the 2008 Canadian Campylobacter Conference.

2008Member, Scientific organizing committee for the 2008 Canadian Campylobacter Conference (Montreal, September 25-26, 2008).

2006-2008 Member, Ontario Early Research Award review panel

2007Member, NIH Special Emphasis Review Panel – Bacterial Pathogenesis

2006 Member, Ontario Graduate Scholarship Selection panel

2004-2006 Member, NIH Drug Discovery and Antimicrobial Resistance study section.

2006-present Reviewer (research grant), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), UK

2004 Member, Review Panel of USDA's National Research Initiative (NRI) for the Microbial Subsection of the Functional Genomics of Agriculturally Important Organisms.

2004 Member, NIH Bacterial and Fungal Pathogenesis Special Emphasis panel.

CONFERENCES ORGANIZATION:

2011Member, Scientific organizing committee for the 16th International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter, and Related Organisms, Vancouver, August 28th-September 1st, 2011

2011Chair of the concurrent session “Campylobacter pathogenesis”; CHRO-2011, Vancouver, August 28th-September 1st, 2011

2008Member, Scientific organizing committee for the 2008 Canadian Campylobacter Conference (Montreal, September 25-26, 2008).

2008 (Sept.)Chair of the plenary session “Strategies for Campylobacter surveillance and control” at the 2008 Canadian Campylobacter Conference.

ACADEMIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES:

2011-present: Director, Graduate Program of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine

2011-present: Member, Faculty of Medicine Graduate Study Committee, Faculty of Medicine

2011-present: Commission of Graduate Study, University of Ottawa

2010-present: Member, Faculty nominating Committee; Faculty of Medicine

2009-present: Member, University of Ottawa Radiation Committee

2008-present:Member, Emerging Pathogen Executive Group; Uni. of Ottawa

2007-present:Member, BMI recruitment committee; Uni. of Ottawa.

2006-present:Member, Biochemistry Curriculum Committee; Uni. of Ottawa.

2007-present:Member, DTPC (Departmental Teaching Personnel Committee); Uni. of Ottawa.

2007-present:Member, Undergraduate Medical Curriculum committees;Uni. of Ottawa.

2003-2005: Mentor of faculty;Dr. Guolong Zhang, Assistant Professor of Animal Molecular Biology, Department of Animal Science, Oklahoma State. Research title: “Host Defense Responses to SARS Related Coronaviruses”; funded by the COBRE project “Functional Genomic/Analysis of Bacterial-Host Interaction” (NIH; 1P20RR015564).

2004-2005: Member, Research Advisory Committee; College of Veterinary Medicine, OSU

2002-2003: Member, Research Advisory Committee; College of Veterinary Medicine, OSU

PEER-REVIEWEDPUBLICATIONS:

  1. Meyer, J.M., V. Tran Van, A. Stintzi, O. Berge and G. Winkelmann. Ornibactin production and transport properties in strains of Burkholderia vietnamiensis and Burkholderia cepacia (formerly Pseudomonas cepacia). 1995. Biometals 8: 309-317.
  2. Meyer, J.M, A. Neely, A. Stintzi, C. Georges and I.A. Holder. Pyoverdine is essential for virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 1996. Infect. Immun. 64: 518-523.
  3. Champomier-Verges, M.C., A. Stintzi and J.M. Meyer. Acquisition of iron by the non-siderophore-producing Pseudomonas fragi.1996. Microbiology 142: 1191-1199.
  4. Stintzi, A., P. Cornelis, D. Hohnadel, J.M. Meyer, C. Dean, K. Poole, S. Kourambas and V. Krishnapillai. Novel pyoverdine biosynthesis gene(s) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO. 1996. Microbiology 142, 1181-1190.
  5. Meyer, J.M., A. Stintzi, D. De Vos, P. Cornelis, R. Tappe, K. Taraz and H. Budzikiewicz. Use of siderophores to type pseudomonads: the three Pseudomonas aeruginosa pyoverdine systems. 1997. Microbiology 147: 35-43.
  6. Meyer, J.M., A. Stintzi, V. Coulanges, S. Shivaji, J.A. Voss, K. Taraz and H. Budzikiewicz. Siderotyping of fluorescent pseudomonads: characterization of pyoverdines from Pseudomonas fluorescens and Pseudomonas putida strains from Antarctica. 1998. Microbiology 144: 3119-3126.
  7. Stintzi, A., K. Evans, J.M. Meyer, and K. Poole. Quorum-sensing and siderophore biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosalasR/LasI mutants exhibits reduced pyoverdine biosynthesis. 1998. FEMS Microbiol. Letters 166: 341-345.
  8. Meyer, J.M., A. Stintzi, and K. Poole. The ferripyoverdine receptor FpvA of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 recognizes the ferripyoverdines of P. aeruginosa PAO1 and P. fluorescens ATCC 13525. 1999. FEMS Microbiol. Letters 170: 145-150.
  9. Stintzi, A., Z. Johnson, M. Stonehouse, U. Ochsner, J.M. Meyer, M.L. Vasil and K. Poole. The pvc gene cluster of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: role in the synthesis of the pyoverdine chromophore and regulation by PtxR and PvdS. 1999. J. Bacteriol. 181, 4118-4124.
  10. Stintzi, A., and K. Raymond. Iron acquisition from transferrin and lactoferrin by Aeromonas hydrophila. A mechanistic and kinetic study. 2000. J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 5, 57-66.
  11. Turcot, I., A. Stintzi, J. Xu, and K. N. Raymond. Fast biological iron chelators: kinetics of iron removal from human diferric transferrin by multidentate hydroxypyridonates. 2000. J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 5, 634-641.
  12. Stintzi, A., C. Barnes, J. Xu, and K.N. Raymond. Microbial iron transport via a siderophore shuttle: a new membrane ion transport paradigm. 2000. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 20, 10691-10696.
  13. Stintzi, A. Gene expression profile of Campylobacter jejuni in response to growth temperature variation. 2003. J. Bacteriol. 185, 2009-2016.
  14. Stintzi, A. and L. Whitworth. Investigation of the Campylobacter jejuni cold shock response by global transcript profiling. 2003. Genome Letters. 2, 24-33.
  15. Poly, F., D. Threadgill, and A. Stintzi. Identification of Campylobacter jejuni ATCC 43431 specific genes by whole microbial genome comparisons. 2004. Journal of Bacteriology. 186(14):4781-95.
  16. Palyada, K., D. Threadgill, and A. Stintzi. Iron acquisition and regulation in Campylobacter jejuni. 2004. Journal of Bacteriology. 186(14):4714-29.
  17. Hamilton, D.H., I. Turcot, A. Stintzi, and K. N. Raymond. Large cooperativity in the removal of iron from transferrin at physiological temperature and chloride ion concentration. 2004. J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 9(8); 936-44.
  18. Stintzi, A., D. Marlow, K. Palyada, H. Naikare, L. Whitworth, and C. Clarke. Use of genome-wide expression profiling and mutagenesis to study the intestinal lifestyle of Campylobacter jejuni. 2005. Infection and Immunity. 73 (3); 1797-1810.
  19. Poly, F., D. Threadgill, and A. Stintzi. Genomic diversity in Campylobacter jejuni: Identification of C. jejuni 81-176 specific genes. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2005. 43 (5); 2330-2338.
  20. Ducey, T.F., M.B. Carson, M.B., J. Orvis, A. Stintzi, and D.W. Dyer. Identification of the iron-responsive genes of Neisseria gonorrhoeae by microarray analysis in defined medium. 2005. Journal of Bacteriology. 187 (14); 4865-4874.
  21. Dertz, E.A., Xu, J., Stintzi, A., and K.N. Raymond. Bacillibactin-mediated iron transport in Bacillus subitilis. 2006. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006 Jan 11;128(1):22-3.
  22. Naikare, H., Palyada, P., Panciera, R., Marlow, D. and A. Stintzi. A major role for FeoB in Campylobacter jejuni ferrous ion acquisition, gut colonization and intracellular survival. 2006. Infection and Immunity. 74 (10): 5433-5444.
  23. Dertz, E.A., Stintzi, A., and K.N. Raymond. Siderophore-mediated iron transport in B. subtilis and C. glutamicum. 2006. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 11(8):1087-97.
  24. B.S. Seal, K.L. Hiett, R.L.Kuntz, R. Woolsey, K.M. Schegg, M. Ard and A. Stintzi. 2007. Proteomic Analyses of a Robust versus a Poor Chicken Gastrointestinal Colonizing Isolate of C. jejuni. Journal of Proteome Research. Dec;6(12):4582-91.
  25. A. Reid, R. Pandey, K. Palyada, L. Whitworth, E. Doukhanine, and A. Stintzi. 2008. Identification of C. jejuni genes contributing to acid adaptation by transcriptional profiling and genome-wide mutagenesis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Vol.74(5):1598-612.
  26. A. N. Reid, R. Pandey, K. Palyada, H. Naikare, and A. Stintzi. 2008. Identification of C. jejuni genes involved in the response to acidic pH and stomach transit. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Vol.74(5):1583-97.
  27. K.L. Hiett, A. Stintzi, T.M. Andacht, R.L. Kuntz, and B.S. Seal. 2008. Genomic differences between Campylobacter jejuni isolates identify surfaces membrane and flagellar function gene products potentially important for colonizing the chicken intestine. Functional and Integrative Genomics. 2008 Nov;8(4):407-20
  28. Marshall B., Stintzi, A., Gilmour, C., Meyer, J.M., and Poole K. 2009. Citrate-mediated iron uptake in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: involvement of the citrate-inducible FecA receptor and the FeoB ferrous iron transporter.Microbiology. 155(Pt 1):305-15 (Impact factor: 3.11; citation 0).
  29. Palyada, K., Sun, Y.Q., Flint, A., Butcher, J., Naikare, H. and A. Stintzi. 2009. Characterization of the oxidative stress regulon of C. jejuni. BMC. 10:481-500.
  30. Annika Flint, James Butcher, Denver Marlow, Cyril Clarke, and Alain Stintzi. 2010. Use of a rabbit soft tissue chamber to investigate Campylobacter jejuni host interaction. Frontiers in Cellular and Infectious Microbiology, Vol. 1, 126, 1-10.
  31. Martin Stahl and Alain Stintzi. 2011.Identification of essential genes in C. jejuni genome highlights hyper-variable plasticity regions. Functional and Integrative Genomics. Feb. 23. 11(2); 241-57.
  32. Martin Stahl, Lorna Friis, Harlad Nothaft, Xin Liu, Jianjun Li, Christine Szymanski, and Alain Stintzi.2011. L-fucose provides Campylobacter jejuni with a competitive advantage. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 108(17): 7194-7199.
  33. Peter J. Turnbaugh and Alain Stintzi. 2011. Human health and disease in a microbial world. Front Microbiol. 2011;2:190. Epub 2011 Sep 16.
  34. Flint A, Sun YQ, Stintzi A. 2012. Cj1386 is an ankyrin-containing protein involved in heme trafficking to catalase in Campylobacter jejuni. J Bacteriol. Jan; 194(2):334-45.
  35. Martin Stahl, James Butcher and Alain Stintzi. 2012. Nutrition acquisition and metabolism by Campylobacter jejuni. Front. In Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. Vol 2, article 5, p 1-10.
  36. James Butcher, Sabina Sarvan, Joseph Brunzelle, Jean-Francois Couture and Alain Stintzi. 2012. Insights into the mechanism of Fur regulation in Campylobacter jejuni: a structural and genome-wide analysis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Jun 19;109(25):10047-52.
  37. Arthur, JC, Perez-Chanona EP, Muhkbauer, M., Tomkovich, S., Uronis, JM, Fan, TJ, Abujamel, T., Dogan, B., Campbell, B.J., Rogers A.B., Rhodes, J.M., Simpson, K.W., Stintzi, A., Hansen, J.J., Keku, T.O., Fodor, A.A., and C. Jobin. 2012. Intestinal inflammation targets cancer-inducing activity of the microbiota. Science; 2012 Aug 16. [Epub ahead of print]

BOOK CHAPTERS:

  1. Stintzi, A. and J.M Meyer. 1995. Search for siderophores in microorganisms. In Microbes for Better Living (Sankaran R. and Manja K.S., eds) pp. 169-176, DFRL Publishers, Mysore, India.
  2. Meyer J.M. and A. Stintzi. 1998. Iron metabolism and siderophores in Pseudomonas related species. Biotechnology Handbook: Pseudomonas (T. Montie, Ed) Plenum Publishing Co., London. 201-230.
  3. Stintzi, A. and Raymond K.N. Siderophore Chemistry. 2002. In Molecular and Cellular Iron Transport; Marcell Dekker: New York (D. M. Templeton, Ed). 273-319.
  4. Stintzi A. 2004. Investigation of the Iron Metabolism of Campylobacterjejuni and its Role in Host Colonization. Feedinfo News Service Scientific Reviews. November 2004. Available from URL:
  5. Stintzi A., van Vliet A.H.M, and J. Ketley. Iron metabolism, transport and regulation. 2008. Campylobacter, 3rd Edition. ASM book. Irving Nachamkin, Christine Szymanski, Martin Blaser (eds). 591-610.
  6. Butcher, J., Flint A., Stahl, M, and A. Stintzi.Campylobacter Fur and PerR regulons. 2010. In Iron Uptake in Microorganisms. Horizon Scientific Press. Pierre Cornelis and Simon Andrews (eds.).

COMMUNICATIONS:

  1. Meyer J.M., C. Georges and A. Stintzi. Biosynthesis pathway of pyoverdine: first data. International Conference on Iron and Microbial Iron Chelates. Brugge, Belgium, Nov. 5-6, 1993.
  2. Meyer J.M., A. Stintzi, V. Tran Van, O. Berge, H. Stephan and G. Winkelmann. Ornibactins-Biological properties. International Conference on Iron and Microbial Iron Chelates. Brugge, Belgium, Nov. 5-9, 1993.
  3. Stintzi A. and J.M. Meyer. Tyrosine as a precursor of pyoverdine and pseudoverdine in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. International Conference on Iron and Microbial Iron Chelates. Brugge, Belgium, Nov. 5-9, 1993.
  4. Stintzi A., J.M. Meyer and K. Poole. The pvc gene cluster of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: role in the synthesis of the pyoverdine chromophore and regulation by the exotoxin A regulator PtxR. VI International Congress on Pseudomonas: Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. Madrid, Spain, Sept 4-8, 1997.
  5. Meldrum, A., A. Stintzi and K. Poole. Regulation of pyoverdine biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 98th American Society for Microbiology General Meeting. Atlanta, USA, May 17-21, 1998.
  6. Stintzi A. and R.K. Raymond. Iron acquisition from transferrin and lactoferrin by Aeromonas hydrophila. 98th American Society for Microbiology General Meeting. Atlanta, USA, May 17-21, 1998.
  7. TurcotI., A. Stintzi, X. Jide and K.N. Raymond. Kinetics and mechanism of iron removal from ferric-transferrin by several promising therapeutic iron sequestering agents. BioIron’99 meeting. Sorrento, Italy, May 23-28, 1999.
  8. Stintzi A. and K. N. Raymond. Amonabactin mediated iron acquisition and transport in Aeromonas hydrophila. A mechanistic and kinetic study. BioIron’99 meeting. Sorrento, Italy, May 23-28, 1999.
  9. Stintzi A., C.M. Barnes and K. N. Raymond. Amonabactin- and siderophore- mediated iron transport in Aeromonas hydrophila through a single outer membrane receptor- an incredible broad range of siderophore recognition. American Society for Microbiology General Meeting. Chicago, May 30 – June 3, 1999.
  10. Naikare H. and A. Stintzi. Mechanism of ferric and ferrous ion aquisition in Campylobacter jejuni. 13th Annual Research Symposium of OklahomaStateUniversity, Stillwater, OK. March 6. 2002.
  11. Palyada K. and A. Stintzi Gene expression profile of Campylobacter jejuni in response to iron stravation.. Poster. Oklahoma NSF EPSCoR Annual Conference, Stillwater, OK. May 16. 2002.
  12. Poly F., L. Whitworth and A. Stintzi. Whole genome microbial comparisons by microarray hybridization. Poster. Oklahoma NSF EPSCoR Annual Conference, Stillwater. OK. May 16. 2002.
  13. Stintzi A. Gene expression profile of Campylobacter jejuni in response to growth temperature.. Poster. 102nd General meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Salt Lake City, Utah. May19-23. 2002.
  14. Stintzi A., D. Marlow and C. Clarke. Campylobacter gene expression during pathogenic development and host intestinal colonization. ASM Conferences Prokaryotic Development. Quebec city, Quebec, Canada. July 10-14, 2002.
  15. Andrus J.M., A. Stintzi, and D. S. Threadgill; Transcriptional Profiling of Campylobacter jejuni NCTC11168 Grown under different environmental conditions. Poster. 103nd General meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C. May 18-22, 2003.
  16. Palyada K., and A. Stintzi; Iron and Fur Regulons in Campylobacter jejuni . Poster. 103nd General meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C. May 18-22, 2003.
  17. Naikare H., and A. Stintzi; Ferrous Iron Acquisition in Campylobacter jejuni. Poster. 103nd General meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C. May 18-22, 2003.
  18. Poly F., and A. Stintzi; Whole Genome Microbial Comparisons by Microarray Analysis. Poster. 103nd General meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C. May 18-22, 2003.
  19. Naikare H., and A. Stintzi; TonB dependent ferric iron transport in Campylobacter jejuni. 104nd General meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, LA, May 23-27, 2004.
  20. Poly, F, and A. Stintzi; Genomic diversity in Campylobacter jejuni. 104nd General meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, LA, May 23-27, 2004.
  21. Whitworth L, Naikare H., and A. Stintzi; Characterization of the HspR regulon in Campylobacter jejuni. 104nd General meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, LA, May 23-27, 2004.
  22. Reid A., Pandey R., Palyada K and Stintzi A., “Genome wide analysis of the acid stress response of Campylobacter jejuni NCTC 11168”,2006 Canadian Campylobacter
  23. Simmons, M., Hiett, K.L., Stintzi, A., Seal, B.S., Frank, J.F. Gene Expression Profile of Campylobacter jejuni in Response to Chicken Weep. Campylobacter Helicobacter and Related Organisms International Workshop. September 4, 2007.
  24. Butcher, J., Sun, Y., Flint, A., Palyada, K., Naikare, H., and Stintzi A. The regulatory network controlling the iron metabolism in Campylobacter jejuni. The 6th International Biometals Symposium. Santiago de Compostela, Spain, July 14-18, 2008. This poster was selected for an oral presentation and received the Springer best poster award.
  25. Stahl, M., and Stintzi, A. The identification of C. jejuni essential genes. The 2008 Canadian Campylobacter Conference; Montreal, September 25-26, 2008. This poster was selected for an oral presentation.
  26. Flint, A., Sun, Y., and Stintzi A.. Hydrogen peroxide defenses in Campylobacter jejuni. The 2008 Canadian Campylobacter Conference; Montreal, September 25-26, 2008.
  27. Hayek, N., and Stintzi A., Characterization of an indispensable two-component regulator of C. jejuni. The 2008 Canadian Campylobacter Conference; Montreal, September 25-26, 2008.
  28. Butcher, J., Sun, Y., Flint, A., Palyada, K., Naikare, H., and Stintzi A. Characterization of the regulatory network controlling the iron metabolism in Campylobacter jejuni. The 2008 Canadian Campylobacter Conference; Montreal, September 25-26, 2008. This poster was selected for an oral presentation.
  29. Schissel, E., Dimitrijevic, T., Rocheleau, L., Healey, A., Stintzi, A., and Pelchat M. Regulation of iron uptake by a riboswitch in Campylobacter jejuni. RiboClub 2008 conference, Sherbrooke, September 22-24, 2008.
  30. Butcher, J. and A. Stintzi. Global characterization of the Fur and PerR regulons in Campylobacter jejuni by ChIP-on-chip analysis. Progress in Systems Biology 2009. Ottawa, ON, April 23-24, 2009. This poster received the second best poster award.
  31. Stahl, M, Szymanski, C, and A. Stintzi. Characterization of Campylobacter jejuni growth in the mucus lining of the intestinal epithelium. Progress in Systems Biology 2009. Ottawa, ON, April 23-24, 2009.
  32. Flint A., Sun Y., and A. Stintzi. Global characterization of oxidative defenses in Campylobacter jejuni. Progress in Systems Biology 2009. Ottawa, ON, April 23-24, 2009.
  33. Flint A., Sun Y., and A. Stintzi. Hydrogen peroxide defenses in Campylobacter jejuni. FEMS 2009 “Microbes and Man – Interdependence and Future Challenges”; Gothenburg, Sweden. June 28-July 2, 2009.
  34. Stahl, M, Szymanski, C, and A. Stintzi. Characterization of Campylobacter jejuni growth in the mucus lining of the intestinal epithelium.FEMS 2009 “Microbes and Man – Interdependence and Future Challenges”; Gothenburg, Sweden. June 28-July 2, 2009. This poster was selected for an oral presentation.
  35. Butcher J and A. Stintzi. ChIP-on-chip analysis reveals diverse roles for Fur and PerR inCampylobacter jejuni. 59th annual conference of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists. Montreal, QC. June 15-18, 2009.
  36. L. Friis, H. Nothaft, M. Stahl, J. Li, A. StintziC. Szymanski; First demonstration that Campylobacter jejuni metabolises carbohydrates; Alberta Carbohydrate (AICCS) meeting; Banff, AB, May 6-8, 2010.
  37. Stahl M and A. Stintzi. The use of mucin as a substrate for growth by Campylobacter jejuni. American Society for Microbiology General Meeting; San Diego, US, May 23-27, 2010.
  38. Nguyen H. and A. Stintzi;Acanthamoeba-Campylobacter interactions; CSM (Canadian Society of Microbiologists) conference, Hamilton, ON, June 14 to 17, 2010.
  39. Stahl, M and A. Stintzi. The use of mucin as a substrate for growth by Campylobacter jejuni . General meeting of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). San Diego, USA. 2010.
  40. Stahl, M, Nothaft, H., Friis, L, Szymanski, C. and A. Stintzi. The presence of an L-fucose metabolic pathway provides Campylobacter jejuni with a competitive advantage in vivo.16th International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter, and Related Organisms, Vancouver, August 28th-September 1st, 2011.
  41. Stahl, M. and A. Stintzi. Coculture with mucolytic commensal bacteria improve the growth of Campylobacter jejuni in vitro. 16th International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter, and Related Organisms, Vancouver, August 28th-September 1st, 2011.
  42. Sarvan, S., Butcher, J, Stintzi, A., and JF. Couture. Structural insights into an atypical Ferric uptake regulator. 16th International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter, and Related Organisms, Vancouver, August 28th-September 1st, 2011.
  43. Flint, A. and A. Stintzi. Oxidative stress defenses in Campylobacter jejuni. 16th International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter, and Related Organisms, Vancouver, August 28th-September 1st, 2011.
  44. Butcher J and A. Stintzi. ChIP-chip characterization reveals novel regulatory roles for Fur in Campylobacter jejuni. 16th International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter, and Related Organisms, Vancouver, August 28th-September 1st, 2011.
  45. Van Alphen, L, Fodor, C.B., Wenzel, C.Q., Ashmus, R.A., Miller, W.G., Stahl, M., Stintzi, A., Lowary, T.L., and C. Szymanski. O-methyl phosphoramidate modifications on the capsular polysaccharide of Campylobacter jejuni are involved in serum resistance, infection, and insecticidal activity. Annual conference of the Society for Glycobiology, Nov. 9-12th, 2011. Seattle, WA.
  46. Dufour, V., Li, J., Flint, A., Rivoal, K., Georgeault, S., Ermel, G., Stintzi, A., and C. Baysse. Characterization of a major LysR-type regulator in Campylobacter jejuni. 16th International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter, and Related Organisms, Vancouver, August 28th-September 1st, 2011.
  47. Tresse, O., Hernould, M., Haddad, N, Ghssein, G., Ermel, G, and A. Stintzi. CoxRE, a Campylobacter jejuni two-component system regulator involved in oxidative stress response. 16th International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter, and Related Organisms, Vancouver, August 28th-September 1st, 2011.

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