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Chris Le
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Latest papers
Locked Nucleic Acid and Minor Groove Binder Probes Improve the Specificity of Isothermal Amplification Detection.
Analytical chemistry · 2026 · senior author
Fish Remain High in Selenium Long after Mountaintop Coal Mines Close
Environmental Science & Technology · 2026
Incorporating CRISPR Techniques with Electrochemical Sensors: From Signal-Off to Signal-On Assays.
ACS sensors · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $2,543,752
Innovative techniques and diagnostic tests for pandemic preparedness and health equity - Le
CFI · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $158,616
Quantitative analysis of SARS-CoV-2 proteins for clinical diagnostics and environmental surveillance
CFI · 2021 · Co-investigator
- $1,484,070
NSERC CREATE for Research in Environmental, Analytical Chemistry and Toxicology (REACT)
NSERC · 2014 · Co-investigator
From the 150 most recent of 416 publications.
Locked Nucleic Acid and Minor Groove Binder Probes Improve the Specificity of Isothermal Amplification Detection.
Liu Y, Ma X, Hu J, Tyrrell GJ, van der Walt PJ, Li XF, Le XC
Fish Remain High in Selenium Long after Mountaintop Coal Mines Close
Colin A. Cooke, Jennifer A. Graydon, Andreas Luek, Xiufen Lu, Hailey Yu, X. Chris Le, Megan Reichert
Incorporating CRISPR Techniques with Electrochemical Sensors: From Signal-Off to Signal-On Assays.
Yang C, Hu J, Zhang H, Le XC
Diversity of Iodinated Water Disinfection Byproducts and Their Formation Dynamics Discovered Using Exposome-Scale Nontargeted Analysis and Machine Learning.
Shen Q, Zhang D, Zhao T, Chau KNM, Grubisa G, Huan T, Le XC, Li XF
Disinfection Byproducts Confirmed over 50 Years: Systematic Curation, Modes of Toxic Action, and Toxicogenomics.
Xiang T, Liu J, Yang X, Zhang D, Shen Q, Le XC, Li XF
Spherical Nucleic Acids-Directed Cryosynthesis of Manganese Nanoagents for Tumor Imaging and Therapy.
Xie W, Hao Q, Ye Z, Sha R, Wen B, Wang H, Zhang H, Jia G, Le XC, Jiang G, Peng H
Insight into the interaction mechanisms of toxic cadmium and lead with calcite/phosphate composite solids
Qi Xiao, Xinghua Xu, X. Chris Le, Shitong Yang
Arsenic speciation in more than 1600 freshwater fish samples from fifty-three waterbodies in Alberta, Canada.
Lau C, Lu X, Chen X, Hoy KS, Davydiuk T, Graydon JA, Reichert M, LeBlanc A, Donadt C, Jhangri G, Le XC
In Vivo Evaluation of Liver Injury and Arthritis Enabled by a Nitroxyl-Activated Near-Infrared Fluorescence and Photoacoustic Dual-Modality Imaging Probe
Lejuan Liao, Yidong Bin, Zongyi He, Liangliang Zhang, Yanli Luo, Shulin Zhao, X. Chris Le
Effects of tertiary air injection on the reaction behavior and NOx emissions during pulverized coal air-staged MILD combustion
X. Chris Le, Zewu Zhang, Xiaojian Zha, Wenchao Mao, Cong Luo, Xiaoshan Li, Fan Wu, Liqi Zhang
Innovative techniques and diagnostic tests for pandemic preparedness and health equity - Le
Principal investigators: Camille Hamula, Chris Le
Keywords: pandemic preparedness,analytical technology,rapid diagnostics,point-of-care tests,unmet diagnostic needs,potential pandemic pathogens,biomanufacturing,nucleic acids,proteins,antibodies,molecular assays,sensors and devices,point-of-care technology,affinity recognition,isothermal amplification,ultrasensitive detection,pathogen characterization,CRISPR diagnostics
Quantitative analysis of SARS-CoV-2 proteins for clinical diagnostics and environmental surveillance
Principal investigators: Drabovich, Andrei
Keywords: Quantification of SARS-CoV-2 proteins in clinical and environmental samples Nanoflow/microflow liquid chromatography, and accessories for mass spectrometry
NSERC CREATE for Research in Environmental, Analytical Chemistry and Toxicology (REACT)
Principal investigators: Chan, Laurie
Bioanalytical techniques and affinity assays for DNA damage and molecular interactions
Principal investigators: Le, Chris
Canadian Water Network/Réseau canadien de l'eau
Principal investigators: Courtenay, Simon
DNA-Protein binding assays
Principal investigators: Le, Chris
Canadian Water Network/Réseau canadien de l'eau
Principal investigators: Munkittrick, Kelly
High performance liquid chromatograph with photo diode array detector
Principal investigators: Hrudey, Steve
Bioanalysis using affinity interactions, capillary electrophoresis and laser induced fluorescence
Principal investigators: Le, Chris
Metals in The Human Environment (MITHE)
Principal investigators: Hale, Beverley
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Bob Kowalewski and Alain Bellerive: 1,397 shared papers
- Alain Bellerive and Dominique Trischuk: 487 shared papers
- Bob Kowalewski and Dominique Trischuk: 472 shared papers
- Bob Kowalewski and Colin Gay: 370 shared papers
- Colin Gay and Alain Bellerive: 352 shared papers
- Colin Gay and Dominique Trischuk: 279 shared papers
- Xing-Fang Li and Chris Le: 102 shared papers
- Hongquan Zhang and Chris Le: 79 shared papers
- Hongquan Zhang and Xing-Fang Li: 43 shared papers
- Michael Weinfeld and Chris Le: 34 shared papers
- Feng Li and Chris Le: 29 shared papers
- Xing-Fang Li and Feng Li: 22 shared papers
- Elaine Leslie and Susan Cole: 18 shared papers
- Afsaneh Lavasanifar and Michael Weinfeld: 14 shared papers
- Hongquan Zhang and Feng Li: 14 shared papers
- Elaine Leslie and Chris Le: 12 shared papers
- Ayman El-Kadi and Arno Siraki: 7 shared papers
- Michael Weinfeld and Hongquan Zhang: 6 shared papers
- Gregory Tyrrell and Xing-Fang Li: 5 shared papers
- Afsaneh Lavasanifar and Ayman El-Kadi: 4 shared papers
- Lydia Chen and Chris Le: 3 shared papers
- Susan Cole and Chris Le: 3 shared papers
- Mark Carey and Chris Le: 3 shared papers
- Gregory Tyrrell and Chris Le: 3 shared papers
- Bonita Lee and Carmen Charlton: 3 shared papers
- Afsaneh Lavasanifar and Xing-Fang Li: 2 shared papers
- Afsaneh Lavasanifar and Chris Le: 2 shared papers
- Andrei Drabovich and Chris Le: 2 shared papers
- Michael Schmitt and Chris Le: 2 shared papers
- Iris Dillmann and Chris Le: 2 shared papers
- Chris Le and Kristi Lew: 2 shared papers
- Lydia Chen and Xing-Fang Li: 1 shared paper
- Elaine Leslie and Michael Weinfeld: 1 shared paper
- Afsaneh Lavasanifar and Arno Siraki: 1 shared paper
- Ayman El-Kadi and Chris Le: 1 shared paper
- Michael Weinfeld and Arno Siraki: 1 shared paper
- Michael Weinfeld and Kristi Lew: 1 shared paper
- Corey Nislow and Chris Le: 1 shared paper
- Andrew Ha and Chris Le: 1 shared paper
- Andrei Drabovich and Xing-Fang Li: 1 shared paper
- Gregory Tyrrell and Bonita Lee: 1 shared paper
- Bonita Lee and Xing-Fang Li: 1 shared paper
- Bonita Lee and Chris Le: 1 shared paper
- Arno Siraki and Chris Le: 1 shared paper
- Bob Kowalewski and Chris Le: 1 shared paper
- Colin Gay and Chris Le: 1 shared paper
- Alain Bellerive and Chris Le: 1 shared paper
- Xing-Fang Li and Carmen Charlton: 1 shared paper
- Dominique Trischuk and Chris Le: 1 shared paper
- Carmen Charlton and Chris Le: 1 shared paper
- Laboratory Medicine & Pathology Dept
- Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Oncology
- Chemistry
- Physiology Dept
- Medicine
- Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
- Other
Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Xiaochun Le
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
416 shared papers, latest 2026
Xing-Fang Li
Laboratory Medicine & Pathology Dept
102 shared papers, latest 2026
Hongquan Zhang
Laboratory Medicine & Pathology Dept
79 shared papers, latest 2026
Michael Weinfeld
Oncology
34 shared papers, latest 2024
Feng Li
Chemistry
29 shared papers, latest 2025
Elaine Leslie
Physiology Dept
12 shared papers, latest 2024
Steve Hrudey
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
6 shared papers, latest 2024
Graham Tipples
Medicine
5 shared papers, latest 2023
Gregory Tyrrell
Medicine
3 shared papers, latest 2026
Mark Carey
Obstetrics and Gynecology
3 shared papers, latest 2002
Xiaoli Pang
Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
3 shared papers, latest 2024
Susan Cole
Pathology
3 shared papers, latest 2024
Lydia Chen
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
3 shared papers, latest 2016
Kristi Lew
Laboratory Medicine & Pathology Dept
2 shared papers, latest 2010
Michael Schmitt
Social Psychology
2 shared papers, latest 2006
Barry Rosen
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2009
Caley Shukalek
Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2011
Andrei Drabovich
Laboratory Medicine & Pathology Dept
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Afsaneh Lavasanifar
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2016
Iris Dillmann
Astronomy Research Centre
2 shared papers, latest 2019
Lilly Pang
Laboratory Medicine & Pathology Dept
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Gian Jhangri
School of Public Health
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Wayne Clark
Psychiatry Dept
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Shawn Babiuk
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Michèle Bouchard
Département de santé environnementale et santé au travail
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Pierre Ayotte
Médecine
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Michel Lefebvre
Department of Physics and Astronomy
1 shared papers, latest 2024
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