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Research
Latest papers
Long-Read-Based Genome Assembly Reveals Numerous Endogenous Viral Elements in the Green Algal Bacterivore Cymbomonas tetramitiformis.
Genome biology and evolution · 2023
Proteomic Analysis of Trichomonas vaginalis Phagolysosome, Lysosomal Targeting, and Unconventional Secretion of Cysteine Peptidases.
Molecular & cellular proteomics : MCP · 2022
Ancient complement and lineage-specific evolution of the Sec7 ARF GEF proteins in eukaryotes.
Molecular biology of the cell · 2019 · senior author
Latest funding
- $170,500
Enigmatic endomembrane components through an evolutionary and parasitological lens
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $105,000
Population genomic, bioinformatic, and molecular parasitological assessment of diversity and function of the membrane-trafficking machinery in Giardia intestinalis, a common Canadian enteric pathogen.
CIHR · 2020 · Supervisor
- $120,000
Exploring the evolution of the Contractile Vacuole.
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
3 publications.
Long-Read-Based Genome Assembly Reveals Numerous Endogenous Viral Elements in the Green Algal Bacterivore Cymbomonas tetramitiformis.
Gyaltshen Y, Rozenberg A, Paasch A, Burns JA, Warring S, Larson RT, Maurer-Alcalá XX, Dacks J, Narechania A, Kim E
Proteomic Analysis of Trichomonas vaginalis Phagolysosome, Lysosomal Targeting, and Unconventional Secretion of Cysteine Peptidases.
Zimmann N, Rada P, Žárský V, Smutná T, Záhonová K, Dacks J, Harant K, Hrdý I, Tachezy J
Ancient complement and lineage-specific evolution of the Sec7 ARF GEF proteins in eukaryotes.
Pipaliya SV, Schlacht A, Klinger CM, Kahn RA, Dacks J
Enigmatic endomembrane components through an evolutionary and parasitological lens
Principal investigators: Dacks, Joel JB
Keywords: clathrin; convergent evolution; evolutionary cell biology; membrane-trafficking; molecular evolution; parasitology; secretion
Population genomic, bioinformatic, and molecular parasitological assessment of diversity and function of the membrane-trafficking machinery in Giardia intestinalis, a common Canadian enteric pathogen.
Principal investigators: Pipaliya, Shweta
Keywords: Bioinformatics; Evolution; Gastrointestinal Infection; Genome Assembly; Infectious Diseases; Membrane Trafficking; Microbial Parasites; Molecular Biology; Parasitology; Population Genomics
Exploring the evolution of the Contractile Vacuole.
Principal investigators: Dacks, Joel
Microbial community development in Base Mine Lake, the first end-pit-lake in the Alberta oil sands region
Principal investigators: Dunfield, Peter
Exploring the evolution of the Contractile Vacuole.
Principal investigators: Dacks, Joel
Keywords: Endolysosomal organelle; Evolutionary Cell Biology; Freshwater organism; Genomics; Membrane-trafficking system; Osmoregulation; Protistology; RNASeq
Bioinformatic and molecular investigation of enigmatic Rab GTPases in the gut microbial parasite, Giardia intestinalis.
Principal investigators: Pipaliya, Shweta
Keywords: Cell Biological Investigations; Giardia; Giardiasis; Gut; Parasite; Parasitic Lineages
Evolutionary Cell Biology
Principal investigators: Dacks, Joel
Evolutionary Cell Biology
Principal investigators: Dacks, Joel
Evolution of the Contractile Vacuole
Principal investigators: Dacks, Joel
Evolutionary Cell Biology
Principal investigators: Dacks, Joel
Keywords: CRC
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