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Ian Lewis
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Research
Latest papers
T6SS mutants exploit itaconate to support infection of phagocytes.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
Sequestration of the phagocyte metabolite itaconate by Pseudomonas aeruginosa RpoN promotes successful pulmonary infection.
Nature communications · 2025
Ethylene and epoxyethane metabolism in methanotrophic bacteria: comparative genomics and physiological studies using Methylohalobius crimeensis.
Microbial genomics · 2024
Latest funding
- $6,000
Analyzing gut microbiome metabolic relationships and the impact of antimicrobials
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
- $368,582
Shaping Evolution: The Geoenvironmental, Biological, and Technological Contexts of Homo habilis and Homo erectus at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $125,000
Chacterization of small intestinal microbiome biomarkers of treatment response in Parkinson's disease
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
9 publications.
T6SS mutants exploit itaconate to support infection of phagocytes.
Beg AZ, Fields BL, Chen YT, Lung TWF, Gowdy G, Talat A, Khan AU, Shah SS, Lewis I, Riquelme S, Prince A
Sequestration of the phagocyte metabolite itaconate by Pseudomonas aeruginosa RpoN promotes successful pulmonary infection.
Beg AZ, Liu Z, Chen YT, Talat A, Gowdy G, Miller J, Florek L, Dietrich L, Wang C, Lewis I, Wong Fok Lung T, Riquelme S, Prince A
Ethylene and epoxyethane metabolism in methanotrophic bacteria: comparative genomics and physiological studies using Methylohalobius crimeensis.
Toppings N, Marshall M, Smirnova AV, Sheremet A, Pasala AS, Nwosu FC, Hepburn M, Lewis I, Coleman NV, Dunfield PF
Metabolic Interactive Nodular Network for Omics (MINNO): Refining and investigating metabolic networks based on empirical metabolomics data.
Mandwal A, Bishop SL, Castellanos M, Westlund A, Chaconas G, Lewis I, Davidsen J
Crohn's disease therapeutic dietary intervention (CD-TDI): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
Raman M, Ma C, Taylor LM, Dieleman LA, Gkoutos GV, Vallance JK, McCoy KD, Lewis I, Jijon H, McKay DM, Mutch DM, Barkema HW, Gibson D, Rauch M, Ghosh S
Knowledge Gaps in the Understanding of Antimicrobial Resistance in Canada.
McCubbin KD, Anholt RM, de Jong E, Ida JA, Nóbrega DB, Kastelic JP, Conly JM, Götte M, McAllister TA, Orsel K, Lewis I, Jackson L, Plastow G, Wieden HJ, McCoy K, Leslie M, Robinson JL, Hardcastle L, Hollis A, Ashbolt NJ, Checkley S, Tyrrell GJ, Buret AG, Rennert-May E, Goddard E, Otto SJG, Barkema HW
Staphylococcus aureus induces an itaconate-dominated immunometabolic response that drives biofilm formation.
Tomlinson KL, Lung TWF, Dach F, Annavajhala MK, Gabryszewski SJ, Groves RA, Drikic M, Francoeur NJ, Sridhar SH, Smith ML, Khanal S, Britto CJ, Sebra R, Lewis I, Uhlemann AC, Kahl BC, Prince AS, Riquelme SA
Optimized serial expansion of human induced pluripotent stem cells using low-density inoculation to generate clinically relevant quantities in vertical-wheel bioreactors.
Borys BS, So T, Colter J, Dang T, Roberts EL, Revay T, Larijani L, Krawetz R, Lewis I, Argiropoulos B, Rancourt DE, Jung S, Hashimura Y, Lee B, Kallos MS
Using Precisely Defined in vivo Microbiotas to Understand Microbial Regulation of IgE.
Wyss M, Brown K, Thomson CA, Koegler M, Terra F, Fan V, Ronchi F, Bihan D, Lewis I, Geuking MB, McCoy KD
Analyzing gut microbiome metabolic relationships and the impact of antimicrobials
Principal investigators: Akingbade, David
Keywords: Antibiotics; Gut; Homeostasis; In Vitro; Metabolic; Microbiome
Shaping Evolution: The Geoenvironmental, Biological, and Technological Contexts of Homo habilis and Homo erectus at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Principal investigators: Mercader, Julio
Chacterization of small intestinal microbiome biomarkers of treatment response in Parkinson's disease
Principal investigators: Martino, Davide
Canadian One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Health Research Training Network (CAN-AMR-Net)
Principal investigators: Barkema, Herman W; Cheng, Zhenyu; Lee, Amy H; Nguyen, Dao; Otto, Simon J; Wiktorowicz, Mary E
Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Collaboration; Communication; Education; Employment Readiness; Experience; Highly-Qualified Personnel; Knowledge Transfer; One Health; Transdisciplinary
Role of prenatal stress in the co-development of children's gut microbiome and socioemotional problems
Principal investigators: Giesbrecht, Gerald F
Keywords: Gut-Brain-Axis; Mental Health; Microbiome Maturation; Prenatal Stress; Socioemotional Development
Preparation and application of core-shell Ca(OH)2-CaCO3 biocidal particles
Principal investigators: Husein, Maen M
Keywords: antimicrobial; biocidal; calcium carbonate; calcium hydroxide; co2; core-shell; dry ice; particle; reaction; throttling
Metabolic Adaptations Contributing to Antimicrobial Resistance in Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
Principal investigators: Bishop, Stephanie L
Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Bacterial Infections; Biochemistry; Gonorrhea; Mass Spectrometry; Metabolism; Metabolomics; Neisseria Gonorrhoeae; Public Health
Determining the impact of inosine-producing microbes in promoting the efficacy and modulating toxicity of immune checkpoint blockade therapy in cancer.
Principal investigators: McCoy, Kathy
Keywords: Anti-Tumor Immunity; Bifidobacteria; Gnotobiotic Mouse Models; Human Microbiome-Associated Mice; Immune Checkpoint Blockade Therapy; Immune-Related Adverse Events; Inosine; Metabolites; Microbiota; Wild Microbiome
One Health Modelling Network for Emerging Infections (OMNI)
Principal investigators: Zhu, Huaiping
Enabling Cellular Therapy Biomanufacturing through Integrated Modeling of Fluid Dynamics and Cellular Metabolism in Bioreactors
Principal investigators: Kallos, Michael S
Keywords: Bioreactor; Metabolism; Modeling; Pluripotent Stem Cells; Shear Stress
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Humberto Jijon and Christopher Ma: 4 shared papers
- Roman Krawetz and Ian Lewis: 1 shared paper
- Ellen Goddard and Aidan Hollis: 1 shared paper
- Ellen Goddard and Ian Lewis: 1 shared paper
- Ellen Goddard and Kathy McCoy: 1 shared paper
- Ellen Goddard and Myles Leslie: 1 shared paper
- Ellen Goddard and Elissa Rennert-May: 1 shared paper
- Ellen Goddard and Sylvia Checkley: 1 shared paper
- Ellen Goddard and Hans-Joachim Wieden: 1 shared paper
- Ellen Goddard and Graham Plastow: 1 shared paper
- George Chaconas and Ian Lewis: 1 shared paper
- Aidan Hollis and Ian Lewis: 1 shared paper
- Aidan Hollis and Kathy McCoy: 1 shared paper
- Aidan Hollis and Myles Leslie: 1 shared paper
- Aidan Hollis and Elissa Rennert-May: 1 shared paper
- Aidan Hollis and Sylvia Checkley: 1 shared paper
- Aidan Hollis and Hans-Joachim Wieden: 1 shared paper
- Aidan Hollis and Graham Plastow: 1 shared paper
- Ian Lewis and Kathy McCoy: 1 shared paper
- Ian Lewis and Humberto Jijon: 1 shared paper
- Ian Lewis and Deanna Gibson: 1 shared paper
- Ian Lewis and Myles Leslie: 1 shared paper
- Ian Lewis and Christopher Ma: 1 shared paper
- Ian Lewis and Elissa Rennert-May: 1 shared paper
- Ian Lewis and Sylvia Checkley: 1 shared paper
- Ian Lewis and Hans-Joachim Wieden: 1 shared paper
- Ian Lewis and Graham Plastow: 1 shared paper
- Humberto Jijon and Deanna Gibson: 1 shared paper
- Deanna Gibson and Christopher Ma: 1 shared paper
- Medicine
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Department of Biological Sciences
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Biology
- Rural Economy
- Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of
- Other
Co-authors at University of Calgary, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Deanna Gibson
Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Kathy McCoy
Physiology and Pharmacology
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Elissa Rennert-May
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Christopher Ma
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Graham Plastow
Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Humberto Jijon
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Myles Leslie
Department of Community Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Sylvia Checkley
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Hans-Joachim Wieden
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Roman Krawetz
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Ellen Goddard
Rural Economy
1 shared papers, latest 2021
George Chaconas
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Aidan Hollis
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2021
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