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Vasu Appanna
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Latest papers
Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for Candida Species Identification: A Systematic Review of Diagnostic Performance
Pathogens · 2026
Involvement of fumarase C and NADH oxidase in metabolic adaptation of Pseudomonas fluorescens cells evoked by aluminum and gallium toxicity.
Applied and environmental microbiology · 2008 · senior author
A novel metabolic network leads to enhanced citrate biogenesis in Pseudomonas fluorescens exposed to aluminum toxicity.
Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions · 2008 · senior author
Latest funding
- $125,000
Deploying Viruses and Machine Learning for Climate Change Mitigation
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $62,832
High resolution 1H/13C FT-NMR spectrometer
NSERC · 1995 · Co-investigator
- $30,000
Biochemical mechanisms to counter aluminum and gallium toxicity
NSERC · 1993 · Principal investigator
6 publications.
Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for Candida Species Identification: A Systematic Review of Diagnostic Performance
Czajka KM, Bilgasem A, Al-Jumaili YA, Kitching D, Buchan G, Nair A, Reich M, Ijomah C, Saikrishna GE, Verschoor C
Involvement of fumarase C and NADH oxidase in metabolic adaptation of Pseudomonas fluorescens cells evoked by aluminum and gallium toxicity.
Chenier D, Beriault R, Mailloux R, Baquie M, Abramia G, Lemire J, Appanna V
A novel metabolic network leads to enhanced citrate biogenesis in Pseudomonas fluorescens exposed to aluminum toxicity.
Mailloux RJ, Lemire J, Kalyuzhnyi S, Appanna V
The monitoring of nucleotide diphosphate kinase activity by blue native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
Mailloux RJ, Darwich R, Lemire J, Appanna V
Aluminum-induced mitochondrial dysfunction leads to lipid accumulation in human hepatocytes: a link to obesity.
Mailloux R, Lemire J, Appanna V
Detection and purification of glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase, malic enzyme, and NADP-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase by blue native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
Bériault R, Chénier D, Singh R, Middaugh J, Mailloux R, Appanna V
Deploying Viruses and Machine Learning for Climate Change Mitigation
Principal investigators: Tharmalingam, Sujeenthar
High resolution 1H/13C FT-NMR spectrometer
Principal investigators: Rank, Werner
Biochemical mechanisms to counter aluminum and gallium toxicity
Principal investigators: Appanna, Vasu
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Chris Verschoor and Sujeenthar Tharmalingam: 4 shared papers
- Chris Verschoor and Vasu Appanna: 1 shared paper
- Sujeenthar Tharmalingam and Vasu Appanna: 1 shared paper
- School of Natural Sciences
- Department of Medicine
- Medical Sciences
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