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Research
Latest papers
Dietary Vitamin B-9 and B-12 Deficiencies Alter Gut Homeostasis in Sprague–Dawley Rats
Journal of Nutrition · 2026
Systematic evaluation and optimization of TaqMan qPCR assays targeting F57, ISMAP02, and IS900 for multiplex detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis.
Journal of clinical microbiology · 2026 · senior author
Mechanisms and implications of phenotypic switching in bacterial pathogens.
Canadian journal of microbiology · 2025 · senior author
Latest funding
- $136,969
An integrated system for studying pharmaceutically and agriculturally important microbial small molecules
NSERC · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $2,700,000
Canadian One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Health Research Training Network (CAN-AMR-Net)
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $49,953
Testing Novel Face Mask Materials COVID-19_x000d_
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
32 publications.
Dietary Vitamin B-9 and B-12 Deficiencies Alter Gut Homeostasis in Sprague–Dawley Rats
Hossain KS, Rasouli A, Amarasena S, Kroezen Z, Kurysko N, Shanmuganathan M, Brunton JA, Lamers Y, Tahlan K, Mckibbin PB
Systematic evaluation and optimization of TaqMan qPCR assays targeting F57, ISMAP02, and IS900 for multiplex detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis.
Bissonnette N, Ollier S, Brousseau J-P, Byrne AS, Savard C, Tahlan K
Mechanisms and implications of phenotypic switching in bacterial pathogens.
Byrne AS, Bissonnette N, Tahlan K
Functional insights into Streptomyces isolates containing both clavulanic acid-like and carbapenem biosynthetic gene clusters.
Tahlan K, Shaikh AA, Liu J, Gupta K, AbuSara N, Srivastava SK, Deng A, Rouah A, Swackhamer MJ
Discovery and mechanistic characterization of a probiotic-origin 3β-OH-Δ5-6-cholesterol-5β-reductase directly converting cholesterol to coprostanol.
Netter U, Bisht V, Gaurav A, Sharma R, Ghosh A, Bisht VS, Ambatipudi K, Sharma HP, Mohanty S, Loat S, Sarkar M, Tahlan K, Navani NK
Effects of storage conditions on the microbiota of fecal samples collected from dairy cattle.
Jaramillo-Jaramillo AS, McClure JT, Stryhn H, Tahlan K, Sanchez J
Anthropogenic contamination sources drive differences in antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli in three urban lakes.
Wight J, Byrne AS, Tahlan K, Lang AS
Investigating in vivo Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis microevolution and mixed strain infections.
Byrne A, Bissonnette N, Ollier S, Tahlan K
A direct examination of microbial specialized metabolites associated with ocean sediments from Baffin Bay and the Gulf of Maine.
Shaikh AA, Verhoeven JTP, Sinha RK, Dufour SC, Tahlan K
Genomic epidemiology of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis isolates from Canadian dairy herds provides evidence for multiple infection events.
Byrne A, Ollier S, Tahlan K, Biet F, Bissonnette N
An integrated system for studying pharmaceutically and agriculturally important microbial small molecules
Principal investigators: Bignell, Dawn
Keywords: microbiology; natural products; phytotoxins; plant disease; antibiotics; drug discovery; metabolite detection; metabolite purification; high performance liquid chromatography; centrifugal vacuum concentrator
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
Testing Novel Face Mask Materials COVID-19_x000d_
Principal investigators: James, Lesley
Regulation and biosynthesis of bioactive secondary metabolites in Streptomyces clavuligerus and other related Streptomyces species
Principal investigators: Tahlan, Kapil
Keywords: bacteria; streptomyces; genetics; molecular biology; metabolism; natural products; biosynthesis; antibioitcs; resistance; regulation
Fluorescence spectrometer for advanced research in plant physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology
Principal investigators: Igamberdiev, Abir
High-throughput sequencer for life science research
Principal investigators: Lang, Andrew
Biochemical and regulatory mechanisms involved in secondary metabolism and antibiotic resistance in actinobacteria
Principal investigators: Tahlan, Kapil
A high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) instrument and associated rotary evaporator for small molecule and natural product analyses
Principal investigators: Bignell, Dawn
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
- Cameron Currie and Gerard Wright: 2 shared papers
- Jeroen De Buck and Kapil Tahlan: 2 shared papers
- Philip Britz Mckibbin and Yvonne Lamers: 1 shared paper
- Philip Britz Mckibbin and Kapil Tahlan: 1 shared paper
- Philip Britz Mckibbin and Shyamchand Mayengbam: 1 shared paper
- Cameron Currie and Kapil Tahlan: 1 shared paper
- Gerard Wright and Kapil Tahlan: 1 shared paper
- Yvonne Lamers and Kapil Tahlan: 1 shared paper
- Yvonne Lamers and Shyamchand Mayengbam: 1 shared paper
- Kapil Tahlan and Javier Sanchez: 1 shared paper
- Kapil Tahlan and Nicoletta Faraone: 1 shared paper
- Kapil Tahlan and Shyamchand Mayengbam: 1 shared paper
- Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences
- Biology
- Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of
- Health Management
- Chemistry
- Chemistry & Chemical Biology
- Biochemistry
- Other
Co-authors at Memorial University of Newfoundland, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Jeroen De Buck
Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of
2 shared papers, latest 2016
Shyamchand Mayengbam
Biochemistry
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Nicoletta Faraone
Chemistry
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Javier Sanchez
Health Management
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Philip Britz Mckibbin
Chemistry & Chemical Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Cameron Currie
Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Gerard Wright
Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Yvonne Lamers
Food, Nutrition and Health
1 shared papers, latest 2026
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