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Douglas Morck

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ProfessorDepartment of Biological SciencesUniversity of Calgary

Douglas Morck

Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

Faculty of Science

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (9 NSERC, 1 CIHR), most recently in 2010.

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118

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6,816

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Research

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Antibiotic Resistance Pathogenic mechanisms in infectious disease Treatment of infectious disease Biofilms and medical device-related infection

Latest papers

A call to action to address critical flaws and bias in laboratory animal experiments and preclinical research.
Scientific reports · 2025
Profiling bacterial communities in feedlot cattle affected with bovine foot rot and bovine digital dermatitis lesions using 16S rRNA gene sequencing and quantitative real-time PCR.
BMC microbiology · 2025
Tu1600 WASTEWATER-BASED SURVEILLANCE OF HEPATITIS E VIRUS ACROSS COMMUNITIES IN ALBERTA, CANADA
Gastroenterology · 2024

All 118 publications

Latest funding

New Paradigms in Antibiotic development and Biofilm control strategies
CIHR · 2010 · Principal investigator
Porphyromonas pigment in bovine footrot: implications in pathophysiology and treatment
NSERC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$160,000
Pathobiology of bovine footrot
NSERC · 2007 · Principal investigator
$39,040

All 20 grants and awards

118 publications.

A call to action to address critical flaws and bias in laboratory animal experiments and preclinical research.

Townsend HGG, Osterrieder K, Jelinski MD, Morck DW, Waldner CL, Cox WR, Gerdts V, Potter AA, Babiuk LA, Cross JC

Scientific reports20257 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-15935-4 PMID: 40841741

Profiling bacterial communities in feedlot cattle affected with bovine foot rot and bovine digital dermatitis lesions using 16S rRNA gene sequencing and quantitative real-time PCR.

Pyakurel S, Caddey BJ, Dias AP, De Buck J, Morck DW, Orsel K

BMC microbiology20254 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12866-025-03869-w PMID: 40114065

Tu1600 WASTEWATER-BASED SURVEILLANCE OF HEPATITIS E VIRUS ACROSS COMMUNITIES IN ALBERTA, CANADA

Aito Ueno, Barbara Jean M. Waddell, Jangwoo Lee, Kevin Xiang, Kristine Du, Aidan Bender, Carolyn Visser, Janine McCalder, Chloe Papparis, María A. Bautista, Rhonda Gail Clark, Benson Weyant, Douglas Walter Morck, Frank J.U.M. van der Meer, Kevin Fonseca, Mark G. Swain, Carla S. Coffin, Bonita E. Lee, Xiaoli Pang, Steven J. Drews, C. P. Leslie O'Grady, Casey R. J. Hubert, Michael D. Parkins

Gastroenterology2024

DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5085(24)03571-6

PNAG exopolysaccharide eradication gives neutrophils access to Staphylococcus aureus biofilm infections

Rachel M. Kratofil, Trevor E. Randall, Josefien W. Hommes, Rehnuma Tabassum Sejuty, Jessica M. Chisholm, Deepa Raju, Mario A. Vargas, P. Lynne Howell, Gerald B. Pier, Douglas Walter Morck, Joe Jonathan Harrison, Paul Kubes

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)20231 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.23.525131

The impact of freezing and multiple freeze-thaw cycles on Brix refractometry estimates of immunoglobulin concentration in beef cattle colostrum.

Jacqueline M Stalker, Lisa Gamsjäger, Jennifer M. Pearson, Douglas Walter Morck, M. Claire Windeyer

PubMed20231 citationsOpen Access

PMID: 37020581

Protoporphyrin IX derived from dual-species anaerobic biofilms of Fusobacterium necrophorum and Porphyromonas levii attenuates bovine neutrophil function

Joey Lockhart, Thibault Allain, Simon Andrew Hirota, André G. Buret, Douglas Walter Morck

Biofilm20224 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.bioflm.2022.100095 PMID: 36478961

Anaerobic Bacterial Biofilms Inhibit Neutrophil Responses via the Release of Stable Small‐Molecule Effectors

Joey Lockhart, Thibault Allain, André G. Buret, Douglas Walter Morck

The FASEB Journal2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2022.36.s1.r2675

Physical Activity Shapes the Intestinal Microbiome and Immunity of Healthy Mice but Has No Protective Effects against Colitis in MUC2-/- Mice.

Estaki M, Morck DW, Ghosh S, Quin C, Pither J, Barnett JA, Gill SK, Gibson DL

mSystems202020 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00515-20 PMID: 33024049

Correction for Estaki et al., "Physical Activity Shapes the Intestinal Microbiome and Immunity of Healthy Mice but Has No Protective Effects against Colitis in MUC2-/- Mice".

Estaki M, Morck DW, Ghosh S, Quin C, Pither J, Barnett JA, Gill SK, Gibson DL

mSystems20202 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1128/msystems.01096-20 PMID: 33144316

Biofilm and Planktonic Bacteria Differentially Express a Small Molecule (<3kD), Heat‐Stable, Protease‐Resistant Factor that Affects Bovine Neutrophil Function in a NF‐Kappa β‐Independent Mechanism

Joey Lockhart, André G. Buret, Douglas Walter Morck

The FASEB Journal20201 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.04816

New Paradigms in Antibiotic development and Biofilm control strategies

Principal investigatorCIHR2010Canada-UK Partnership on Antibiotic Resistance - LOI

Principal investigators: Ceri, Howard; Buret, André G; Conly, John M; Hollenberg, Morley D; Morck, Douglas W; Parkins, Michael D; Read, Ronald R; Storey, Douglas G; Turner, Raymond J

Keywords: Antibiotics; Biofilms; Chronic Infections; Cystic Fibrosis; Pathophysiology Of Infections; Prostatitis

Porphyromonas pigment in bovine footrot: implications in pathophysiology and treatment

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Morck, Douglas

$160,000

Pathobiology of bovine footrot

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Morck, Douglas

$39,040

Towards better animal health

Co-investigatorNSERC2007Synergy Awards

Principal investigators: Buret, Andre

$25,000

Spectramax microtitre plate reader system

Co-investigatorNSERC2006Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Buret, Andre

$59,616

Pulsed field gel electrophoresis unit

Principal investigatorNSERC2006Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Morck, Douglas

$15,343

Bovine footrot: a model to study the pathobiology of anaerobic bacteria and host interactions

Principal investigatorNSERC2002Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Morck, Douglas

$118,400

Fluorescence microscope (with digital camera)

Co-investigatorNSERC2001Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Buret, Andre

$41,328

High throughput screening of antibiotic susceptibility of biofilms

Co-investigatorNSERC2001Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Ceri, Howard

$34,752

Antibiotic-induced neutrophil apoptosis: anti-inflammatory properties and cellular mechanisms

Co-investigatorNSERC2001Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Buret, Andre

$110,500

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.

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Douglas Morck

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A call to action to address critical flaws and bias in laboratory animal experiments and preclinical research.

Profiling bacterial communities in feedlot cattle affected with bovine foot rot and bovine digital dermatitis lesions using 16S rRNA gene sequencing and quantitative real-time PCR.

Tu1600 WASTEWATER-BASED SURVEILLANCE OF HEPATITIS E VIRUS ACROSS COMMUNITIES IN ALBERTA, CANADA

PNAG exopolysaccharide eradication gives neutrophils access to Staphylococcus aureus biofilm infections

The impact of freezing and multiple freeze-thaw cycles on Brix refractometry estimates of immunoglobulin concentration in beef cattle colostrum.

Protoporphyrin IX derived from dual-species anaerobic biofilms of Fusobacterium necrophorum and Porphyromonas levii attenuates bovine neutrophil function

Anaerobic Bacterial Biofilms Inhibit Neutrophil Responses via the Release of Stable Small‐Molecule Effectors

Physical Activity Shapes the Intestinal Microbiome and Immunity of Healthy Mice but Has No Protective Effects against Colitis in MUC2-/- Mice.

Correction for Estaki et al., "Physical Activity Shapes the Intestinal Microbiome and Immunity of Healthy Mice but Has No Protective Effects against Colitis in MUC2-/- Mice".

Biofilm and Planktonic Bacteria Differentially Express a Small Molecule (<3kD), Heat‐Stable, Protease‐Resistant Factor that Affects Bovine Neutrophil Function in a NF‐Kappa β‐Independent Mechanism

New Paradigms in Antibiotic development and Biofilm control strategies

Porphyromonas pigment in bovine footrot: implications in pathophysiology and treatment

Pathobiology of bovine footrot

Towards better animal health

Spectramax microtitre plate reader system

Pulsed field gel electrophoresis unit

Bovine footrot: a model to study the pathobiology of anaerobic bacteria and host interactions

Fluorescence microscope (with digital camera)

High throughput screening of antibiotic susceptibility of biofilms

Antibiotic-induced neutrophil apoptosis: anti-inflammatory properties and cellular mechanisms

Frequent collaborators

Andre Buret

Deanna Gibson

Howard Ceri

Daniel Barreda

Steven Boyd

Jason Pither

Benedikt Hallgrimsson

Jeroen De Buck

Herman Barkema

Frank van der Meer

Simon Hirota

Sanjoy Ghosh

Gail Thornton

David Patrick

Volker Gerdts

Steven Drews

Casey Hubert

Bonita Lee

Cheryl Waldner

Robert Hancock

David Hall