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Leonard Foster
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Latest papers
Defining enteric bacterial pathogenesis using organoids: Citrobacter rodentium uses EspC, an atypical mucinolytic protease, to penetrate mouse colonic mucus.
Gut microbes · 2025
Proteome Analysis of the Six-Eyed Sand-Spider Sicarius thomisoides Venom.
Toxins · 2025
British Columbia beekeeping revenues and costs: survey data and profit modeling.
Journal of insect science (Online) · 2023
Latest funding
- $1,699,389
Alamar discovery of plasma biomarkers that distinguish dementia subtypes, inform on disease staging and predict rate of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $780,300
Multi-omics plasma biomarkers for early detection of cardiac allograft vasculopathy in adult heart transplant recipients
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $100,000
Structural and functional characterization of the type VII secretion system in Mycobacteria
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
7 publications.
Defining enteric bacterial pathogenesis using organoids: Citrobacter rodentium uses EspC, an atypical mucinolytic protease, to penetrate mouse colonic mucus.
Chen Y, Gilliland A, Liang Q, Han X, Yang H, Chan J, Lévesque D, Moon KM, Daneshgar P, Boisvert FM, Foster L, Zandberg WF, Bergstrom K, Yu HB, Vallance BA
Proteome Analysis of the Six-Eyed Sand-Spider Sicarius thomisoides Venom.
Arán-Sekul T, San Francisco J, Rojas J, Moon KM, Foster L, Catalán A
British Columbia beekeeping revenues and costs: survey data and profit modeling.
Bixby M, Cunningham M, Foster L, Higo H, Morfin N
Multiple Viral Protein Genome-Linked Proteins Compensate for Viral Translation in a Positive-Sense Single-Stranded RNA Virus Infection.
Warsaba R, Stoynov N, Moon KM, Flibotte S, Foster L, Jan E
Urinary epidermal growth factor is a novel biomarker for early diagnosis of antibody mediated kidney allograft rejection: A urinary proteomics analysis.
Heidari SS, Nafar M, Kalantari S, Tavilani H, Karimi J, Foster L, Moon KM, Khodadadi I
G3BP1-linked mRNA partitioning supports selective protein synthesis in response to oxidative stress.
Somasekharan SP, Zhang F, Saxena N, Huang JN, Kuo IC, Low C, Bell R, Adomat H, Stoynov N, Foster L, Gleave M, Sorensen PH
Identification of pyruvate kinase in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a novel antimicrobial drug target.
Zoraghi R, See RH, Axerio-Cilies P, Kumar NS, Gong H, Moreau A, Hsing M, Kaur S, Swayze RD, Worrall L, Amandoron E, Lian T, Jackson L, Jiang J, Thorson L, Labriere C, Foster L, Brunham RC, McMaster WR, Finlay BB, Strynadka NC, Cherkasov A, Young RN, Reiner NE
Alamar discovery of plasma biomarkers that distinguish dementia subtypes, inform on disease staging and predict rate of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
Principal investigators: Wellington, Cheryl L
Keywords: Alzheimer'S Disease; Biomarkers; Dementia; Immunoassay
Multi-omics plasma biomarkers for early detection of cardiac allograft vasculopathy in adult heart transplant recipients
Principal investigators: Tebbutt, Scott J
Keywords: Biomarkers; Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy; Heart Transplantation; Metabolomics; Proteomics
Structural and functional characterization of the type VII secretion system in Mycobacteria
Principal investigators: Tocheva, Elitza
Keywords: Bacterial Secretion Systems; Correlative Light And Electron Microscopy; Cryo-Electron Tomography; Cryo-Fib Milling; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Macromolecular Complexes; Mycobacteria
Accelerating Next-Generation Vaccine Development to Combat the Global Mpox Crisis
Principal investigators: Foster, Leonard J
Keywords: Hla; Infection Models; Mhc; Mpox; Self-Amplifying Dna; Self-Amplifying Rna; Vaccine
Development and Commercialization of a Safe and Effective Mpox Subunit Vaccine with Global Impact
Principal investigators: Foster, Leonard J
Keywords: Algorithm; Hla; Infection Models; Mhc; Mpox; Self-Amplifying Rna; Vaccine
Structural and functional characterization of the type VII secretion system in Mycobacteria
Principal investigators: Tocheva, Elitza
Keywords: Cryo-Electron Tomography; Cryo-Fib Milling; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Pathogenic Mycobacteria; Secretion Systems; Super-Resolution Light Microscopy
Innovative Expression Platform for Therapeutic Antibody Delivery
Principal investigators: Foster, Leonard J
Keywords: Antibody Expression; Antibody Therapeutic; Malaria; Self-Amplifying Dna; Self-Amplifying Rna
The evolution of host-flavivirus interactions and their impact on viral pathogenesis and host response
Principal investigators: Foster, Leonard J; GAMARNIK, ANDREA; Hagai, Tzachi
Keywords: Flaviviruses; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Interactome; Protein Interaction Networks
Development and Commercialization of a Safe and Effective Mpox Subunit Vaccine with Global Impact
Principal investigators: Foster, Leonard J
Keywords: Algorithm; Hla; Infection Models; Mhc; Mpox; Self-Amplifying Rna; Vaccine
A synthetic biology approach to unlocking the role of the ribosome in cell competition
Principal investigators: Shakiba, Nika
Keywords: Cell Competition; Pluripotent Stem Cell; Proteomics; Ribosome; Synthetic Biology; Transcription; Translation
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
- Artem Cherkasov and Martin Gleave: 6 shared papers
- Artem Cherkasov and Leonard Foster: 1 shared paper
- Leonard Foster and Martin Gleave: 1 shared paper
- Leonard Foster and Eric Jan: 1 shared paper
- Leonard Foster and Kirk Bergstrom: 1 shared paper
- Urologic Sciences
- Michael Smith Laboratories
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Biology
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