As a key part of our ongoing research activities, we regularly publish articles in peer-reviewed scientific and medical journals, in addition to book chapters and full books. We invite you to browse through these articles, and we look forward to your questions and comments!
Infant gut microbiota and the hygiene hypothesis of allergic disease: impact of household pets and siblings on microbiota composition and diversity
Azad MB, Konya T, Maughan H, Guttman DS, Field CJ, Chari RS, Sears MR, Becker AB, Scott JA, Kozyrskyj AL. 2013. Infant gut microbiota and the hygiene hypothesis of allergic disease: impact of household pets and siblings on microbiota composition and diversity. Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology 9: 15. doi: 10.1186/1710-1492-9-15.
Meeting Report: Fungal ITS Workshop (October 2012)
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.
Temporal variation in airborne microbial populations and microbially-derived allergens in a tropical urban landscape
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.
Gut microbiota in Canadian infants: profiles by mode of delivery and infant diet at 4 months
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.
Diverse lifestyles and strategies of plant pathogenesis encoded in the genomes of eighteen Dothideomycetes fungi
Ohm RA, Feau N, Henrissat B, Schoch CL, Horwitz BA, Barry KW, Condon BJ, Copeland AC, Dhillon B, Glaser F, Hesse CN, Kosti I, LaButti K, Lindquist EA, Lucas S, Salamov AA, Bradshaw RE, Ciuffetti L, Hamelin RC, Kema GHJ, Lawrence C, Scott JA, Spatafora JW, Turgeon BG, de Wit PJGM, Zhong S, Goodwin SB, Grigoriev IV. 2012. Diverse lifestyles and strategies of plant pathogenesis encoded in the genomes of eighteen Dothideomycetes fungi. PLoS Pathogens 8(12): e1003037. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003037.
Infant gut microbiota and the hygiene hypothesis of allergic disease
Azad MB, Konya T, Koster B, Maughan H, Guttman DS, Field CJ, Chari RS, Sears MR, Becker AB, Scott JA, Kozyrskyj AL. Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology 2012, 8(Suppl 1):A12. From Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting 2012 Calgary, Canada. 11-14 October 2012 doi:10.1186/1710-1492-8-S1-A12.
Influence of sample mass on the measurement confidence of microbial cell wall materials in vacuum-collected floor dust
Scott JA, Konya T, Ewaze JO. 2012. Influence of sample mass on the measurement confidence of microbial cell wall materials in vacuum-collected floor dust. Healthy Buildings 4H.1: 1-4.
Development and validation of the TefTex electrostatic wipe for indoor dust sampling
Konya T, Ewaze JO, Urch B, Shu H, Curran J, Speck M, Allen R, Brook J, Diamond M, Evans G, Takaro T, Wheeler A, Scott JA. 2012. Development and validation of the TefTex electrostatic wipe for indoor dust sampling. Healthy Buildings 4H.9: 1-5.