Joseph Bielawski, Dalhousie University

Research

Bioinformatics Cancer Deep Learning Inflamatory Bowel Disease Long Read Sequencing Machine Learning Metagenomics Microbiome

Latest papers

Microbial predictors of sustained clinical remission following the Crohn's disease exclusion diet in adults and microbiome shifts toward healthy pediatric controls.
Crohn's & colitis 360 · 2026
The genome sequence of the gastric gland parasite, Cryptosporidium proliferans.
iScience · 2026
Ten simple rules for succeeding as an underrepresented STEM undergraduate.
PLoS computational biology · 2022 · senior author

All 6 publications

Latest funding

Adaptive evolution across multi-scale biological systems: finding a bridge between molecular evolution and multi-species dynamics.
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$200,000
Novel and robust systems based approaches for the identification and translation of microbiome derived diagnostic and therapeutics
CIHR · 2018 · Principal investigator
$25,000
A general framework for modelling functional divergence at the molecular level, and investigating relationships to phenotype.
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$105,000

All 8 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

Microbial predictors of sustained clinical remission following the Crohn's disease exclusion diet in adults and microbiome shifts toward healthy pediatric controls.

Sigall-Boneh R, Organ S, Ghiboub M, Yanai H, Abramas L, Wierdsma N, Verburgt CM, de Jonge WJ, Derikx JPM, Lewis JD, Gu H, Bielawski J, Maharshak N, Dotan I, Wine E, Dunn K, Van Limbergen J

Crohn's & colitis 3602026

DOI: 10.1093/crocol/otag071 PMID: 42491760

02

The genome sequence of the gastric gland parasite, Cryptosporidium proliferans.

Wiśniewska MM, Tůmová L, Silberman JD, Salomaki ED, Bielawski J, Táborský P, Hlásková L, Sak B, Kváč M, Kolísko M

iScience2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.115597 PMID: 42063550

03

Ten simple rules for succeeding as an underrepresented STEM undergraduate.

Massey MDB, Arif S, Embuldeniya S, Nanglu K, Bielawski J

PLoS computational biology2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010101 PMID: 35679237

04

Modelling Free-Living and Particle-Associated Bacterial Assemblages across the Deep and Hypoxic Lower St. Lawrence Estuary.

Cui TT, Dawson TJ, McLatchie S, Dunn K, Bielawski J, Walsh DA

mSphere2020

DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00364-20 PMID: 32434843

05

Testing adequacy for DNA substitution models.

Chen W, Kenney T, Bielawski J, Gu H

BMC bioinformatics2019

DOI: 10.1186/s12859-019-2905-3 PMID: 31221105

06

Smoothed Bootstrap Aggregation for Assessing Selection Pressure at Amino Acid Sites.

Mingrone J, Susko E, Bielawski J

Molecular biology and evolution2016Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msw160 PMID: 27486222

Adaptive evolution across multi-scale biological systems: finding a bridge between molecular evolution and multi-species dynamics.

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Bielawski, Joseph

$200,000

Novel and robust systems based approaches for the identification and translation of microbiome derived diagnostic and therapeutics

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Team Grant: Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2: Research Teams - LOI

Principal investigators: Langille, Morgan G; Beiko, Robert G; Bielawski, Joseph P; Declercq, Vanessa C; Gloor, Gregory B; Parkinson, John; Van Limbergen, Johan E

Keywords: Bioinformatics; Cancer; Deep Learning; Inflamatory Bowel Disease; Long Read Sequencing; Machine Learning; Metagenomics; Microbiome; Sex And Gender; Statistics

$25,000

A general framework for modelling functional divergence at the molecular level, and investigating relationships to phenotype.

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Bielawski, Joseph

$105,000

Modeling and mapping microbial diversity and function with marker genes, genomes and metagenomes

Principal investigatorCIHR2010Emerging Team Grant: Canadian Microbiome Initiative - Full Application

Principal investigators: Doolittle, W. F; Beiko, Robert G; Bielawski, Joseph P; Ereshefsky, Marc

Keywords: Bioinformatics; Infectious Diseases; Metagenomics; Microbiomics; Modeling

$669,000

Modeling and mapping microbial diversity and function with marker genes, genomes and metagenomes

Principal investigatorCIHR2009Canadian Microbiome Initiative - LOI

Principal investigators: Doolittle, W. F; Beiko, Robert G; Bielawski, Joseph P; Zhaxybayeva, Olga A

Keywords: Bacterial Species; Bioinformatics; Genomics; Infectious Diseases; Metagenomics; Sequence Typing

Evolutionary analysis of protein diversification: model improvement, assessment and application to real data

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Bielawski, Joseph

$145,000

Microbial adaptive evolution: a phylogenomic approach

Principal investigatorNSERC2004Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Bielawski, Joseph

$115,000

Upgrade of sun computer system with new cluster

Co-investigatorNSERC2004Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Field, Christopher

$63,200

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Eytan Wine

Pediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2026

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Bioinformatics Dear Professor Bielawski, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Microbial predictors of sustained clinical remission following the Crohn's disease exclusion diet in adults and microbiome shifts toward healthy pediatric controls." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Adaptive evolution across multi-scale biological systems: finding a bridge between molecular evolution and multi-species dynamics." (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]