Author: jscott

ST Bates, S Ahrendt, HM Bik, TD Bruns, JG Caporaso, J Cole, M Dwan, N Fierer, D Gu, S Houston, R Knight, J Leff, C Lewis, JP Maestre, D McDonald, RH Nilsson, A Porras-Alfaro, V Robert, C Schoch, JA Scott, DL Taylor, L Wegener-Parfrey, JE Stajich. . 2013. Meeting Report: Fungal ITS Workshop (October 2012). Standards in Genomic Sciences 8 (1). doi:10.4056/sigs.3737409.

In the summer of 2012, a significant outbreak of Legionnaires Disease occurred in Quebec City resulting in 181 cases and 13 deaths. This week, the CBC’s premier French language investigative documentary program, L’Enquête, examined the public health response to the outbreak. L’Enquête spoke with Dr. Scott to learn about Legionella and the issues around its […]

Woo AC, Brar MS, Chan Y, Lau MCY, Leung FCC, Scott JA, Vrijmoed LLP, Zawar-Reza P, Pointing SB. 2013. Temporal variation in airborne microbial populations and microbially-derived allergens in a tropical urban landscape. Atmospheric Environment doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.03.047.

Azad MB, Konya T, Maughan H, Guttman DS, Field CJ, Chari RS, Sears MR, Becker AB, Scott JA, Kozyrskyj AL. 2013. Gut microbiota in Canadian infants: profiles by mode of delivery and infant diet at 4 months. Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) 185: 385-394 doi: 10.1503/cmaj.121189.

In a study just published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), Dr. James Scott and colleagues at the University of Toronto, the University of Alberta and elsewhere investigated the bacterial make-up of faeces from 24 three-month-old babies and found that the way the babies were delivered (vaginal or C-section) and whether the babies are […]