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Dylan Pillai

ResearcherMicrobiology and Infectious DiseasesUniversity of Calgary

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Dylan Pillai

Researcher

Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Health Sciences

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
1 publication in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (5 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2021.

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Research

Diagnostics Bioinformatics Loop Mediated Amplification Molecular Diagnostics Point Of Care Testing Whole Genome Sequencing Health Outcomes Antimicrobial Resistance

Latest papers

High Prevalence of Multistep Algorithms in Diagnostic Clostridioides difficile Laboratory Testing.
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine · 2025
Development and evaluation of a novel fast broad-range 16S ribosomal DNA PCR and sequencing assay for diagnosis of bacterial infective endocarditis: multi-year experience in a large Canadian healthcare zone and a literature review.
BMC infectious diseases · 2016

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Latest funding

Multimodal Sensing Platform for Innovative Gas Detection and Monitoring
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$148,729
Combating Antibiotic Resistance in Philippine Lakes: One-Health upstream interventions to reduce the burden
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
$562,461
COVID-19 Variant Supplement - Wastewater surveillance of SARS-COV2 to enable real-time clinical case-finding in Calgary
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$50,000

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Dylan Pillai

Research

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Latest funding

High Prevalence of Multistep Algorithms in Diagnostic Clostridioides difficile Laboratory Testing.

Development and evaluation of a novel fast broad-range 16S ribosomal DNA PCR and sequencing assay for diagnosis of bacterial infective endocarditis: multi-year experience in a large Canadian healthcare zone and a literature review.

Multimodal Sensing Platform for Innovative Gas Detection and Monitoring

Combating Antibiotic Resistance in Philippine Lakes: One-Health upstream interventions to reduce the burden

COVID-19 Variant Supplement - Wastewater surveillance of SARS-COV2 to enable real-time clinical case-finding in Calgary

COVID-19 Variant Supplement - Development and implementation of rapid metagenomic sequencing coupled with isothermal amplification point of care testing for viral diagnostics

Wastewater surveillance of SARS-COV2 to enable real-time clinical case-finding in Calgary

Development and implementation of rapid metagenomic sequencing coupled with isothermal amplification point of care testing for viral diagnostics

Development and implementation of rapid metagenomic sequencing coupled with isothermal amplification point of care testing for viral diagnostics

C. difficile near patient testing versus centralized laboratory testing: a cluster randomized trial

A clinical trial comparing C. difficile point of care testing versus laboratory testing in a large Canadian centre

Toward a rational and novel therapy for clostridium difficile infection

Frequent collaborators

Deirdre Church