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Emma Allen-Vercoe

ResearcherUniversity of Guelph

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Emma Allen-Vercoe

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Guelph

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
47 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 16 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (3 CIHR, 3 NSERC), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 4 trainee awards (4 CIHR), most recently in 2019.

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Academic metrics

118

Publications

462

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Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Crc

Latest papers

Enterocloster citroniae and related gut microbiome species modulate Vibrio cholerae biofilm formation through the production of bioactive small molecules.
Virulence · 2026
Toward a Yanomami framework for ethical microbiome research.
Trends in microbiology · 2026 · senior author
Complete genome sequence of Clostridium beijerinckii DSM 105335 obtained by hybrid Illumina- and Nanopore-based assembly.
Microbiology resource announcements · 2026

All 118 publications

Latest funding

Canada Research Chair - Tier 1
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$1,400,000
Articulating Microbiome Stewardship: Definition, Guiding Principles, Framework
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$707,624
Metabolic Poetics
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$114,928

All 17 grants and awards

118 publications.

Enterocloster citroniae and related gut microbiome species modulate Vibrio cholerae biofilm formation through the production of bioactive small molecules.

Pauer H, Nasiri S, Magalhães NS, Nguyen VT, Ferreira NV, Ferreira LDS, Bradshaw AB, Kirby KE, Sabapathy T, Udensi CG, Feofanova V, Moreira DA, Parente TE, Wilde J, Pride DT, Allen-Vercoe E, Antunes LCM

Virulence2026

DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2026.2712696 PMID: 42747286

Toward a Yanomami framework for ethical microbiome research.

Good DA, Renwick S, Caballero-Arias H, O'Doherty KC, Paulino LC, Allen-Vercoe E

Trends in microbiology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2025.10.011 PMID: 41203487

Complete genome sequence of Clostridium beijerinckii DSM 105335 obtained by hybrid Illumina- and Nanopore-based assembly.

O'Loughlin JM, Allen-Vercoe E, McNay C, Windsor S, Horsfall L, Burgess K

Microbiology resource announcements2026

DOI: 10.1128/mra.01445-25 PMID: 42545013

Microbiome stewardship: definition and guiding principles for implementation.

O'Doherty KC, Beijbom M, Allen-Vercoe E, Choudoir MJ, Silva DS, Bonilla C, Debelius J, Elton S, Hauptmann AL, Heyland A, Morar N, Skillings D, Sun Z, Wolf PG, Beiko RG, Ishaq SL

Sustainable microbiology2026

DOI: 10.1093/sumbio/qvag028 PMID: 42576889

Anthropogenic stressors drive microbiome assembly: A global meta-analysis of bumble bees.

Macpherson CV, Daisley BA, Drosdowech SM, Meers JA, Raine NE, Allen-Vercoe E

The Science of the total environment2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2026.181748 PMID: 41934884

Correction: Analysis of early childhood intestinal microbial dynamics in a continuous-flow bioreactor.

Granato A, Renwick S, Yau C, Kong T, Daigneault MC, Knip M, DIABIMMUNE Study Group, Allen-Vercoe E, Danska JS

Microbiome2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s40168-026-02424-7 PMID: 42104511

DNA reference reagents isolate biases in microbiome profiling: a global multi-lab study.

Anwar S, Lamaudiere M, Hassall J, Dehinsilu J, Bhuller RK, Hold GL, Vázquez-Campos X, Mahnert A, Moissl-Eichinger C, Gallé B, Kainz G, Pjevac P, Hausmann B, Schwarz J, Kohl G, Berry D, Vancuren SJ, Allen-Vercoe E, Nielsen N, Sørensen N, Eklund A, Nielsen HB, Riedel R, Krause JL, Chang H-D, Park S, Song H-Y, Seo H, Ul-Haq A, Kim S, Kwon Y, Park S, Soberon X, Silva-Herzog E, Verlouw JAM, Arp P, Jhamai M, Kraaij R, Geelen AR, Ducarmon QR, Smits WK, Kuijper EJ, Zwittink RD, van Best N, Penders J, Le G, Driessen C, Kool J, Shetty SA, Fuentes S, Demirci M, Yigin A, Whalley C, Beggs AD, Quince C, James R, Raguideau S, Gordon M, Mate R, Fritzsche M, Danckert NP, Blanco JM, Marchesi JR, Rauch M, Williamson RA, Van't Wout AB, Kritz A, Rosecker S, Stevens R, Laws L, Sayavedra L, Romano S, Telatin A, Baker D, Narbad A, Servetas SL, Kralj JG, Forry SP, Hunter ME, Dootz JN, Jackson SA, Mason CE, Butler DJ, Mozsary C, Foox J, Damle N, Resh A, Busswitz A, Lenz P, Sontag S, Cross A, Sanchez C, Guo M, Olson K, Smith EA, La Reau AJ, Ward T, Kuersten S, Hyde F, Khrebtukova I, Schroth G, Rijpkema S, Amos GCA, Sergaki C

mSystems2025

DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00466-25 PMID: 41104927

Assessment of ecological fidelity of human microbiome-associated mice in observational studies and an interventional trial.

Wong MK, Armstrong E, Heirali AA, Schneeberger PHH, Chen H, Cochrane K, Sherriff K, Allen-Vercoe E, Siu LL, Spreafico A, Coburn B

mBio2025

DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01904-25 PMID: 40996271

Members of Lachnospiraceae produce valerate and caproate in response to short-chain fatty acids.

Fitzgerald BG, Govind M, Firth IJ, Herold L, Froment J, Vancuren SJ, Allen-Vercoe E, Kimber MS, Sorbara MT

Microbiome2025

DOI: 10.1186/s40168-025-02220-9 PMID: 41057964

The case for microbiome stewardship: what it is and how to get there.

Choudoir MJ, Ishaq SL, Beiko RG, Silva DS, Allen-Vercoe E, O'Doherty KC

mSystems2025

DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00062-25 PMID: 40237447

Canada Research Chair - Tier 1

Nominated PICIHR2025Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 1

Principal investigators: Allen-Vercoe, Emma

Keywords: Crc

$1,400,000

Articulating Microbiome Stewardship: Definition, Guiding Principles, Framework

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: O'Doherty, Kieran C; Beiko, Robert G; Ishaq, Suzanne L

Keywords: Chronic Conditions; Environmental Health; Health Governance; Hygiene Hypothesis; Missing Microbes; Prevention; Well-Being

$707,624

Metabolic Poetics

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dickinson, Adam W.

Keywords: research-creation; poetics; anthropocene; environment; science; creative writing; climate change

$114,928

Investigating the role of oral bacterium Fusobacterium nucleatum in human colorectal cancer

SupervisorCIHR2019Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Robinson, Avery

Keywords: Cancer Biomarkers; Colonic Microbiome; Colorectal Cancer; Fusobacterium Nucleatum; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Metabolomics; Polymicrobial Infection; Transcriptomics

$105,000

Metabolic Poetics

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dickinson, Adam W.

Keywords: research-creation; poetics; anthropocene; environment; science; creative writing; climate change

$19,308

Canada Research Chair Tier 1

Nominated PICIHR2018Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 1

Principal investigators: Allen-Vercoe, Emma

Keywords: Crc

$1,400,000

Cryo-Preparation Unit for Scanning Electron Microscope

Co-investigatorNSERC2017Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Goff, HDouglas

$150,000

Live Cell Imaging Upgrades to Quorum Diskovery Spinning Disk Microscope System

Co-investigatorNSERC2016Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Khursigara, Cezar

$129,010

Agrobacterium bioreactor culture for PlantForm vivoEXPRESS enhancement

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: AllenVercoe, Emma

$25,000

Maintaining and Enhancing Core Centrifugation Capacity for Life Sciences Research at Guelph

Co-investigatorNSERC2015Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Merrill, Rod

$149,625

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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Emma Allen-Vercoe

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Enterocloster citroniae and related gut microbiome species modulate Vibrio cholerae biofilm formation through the production of bioactive small molecules.

Toward a Yanomami framework for ethical microbiome research.

Complete genome sequence of Clostridium beijerinckii DSM 105335 obtained by hybrid Illumina- and Nanopore-based assembly.

Microbiome stewardship: definition and guiding principles for implementation.

Anthropogenic stressors drive microbiome assembly: A global meta-analysis of bumble bees.

Correction: Analysis of early childhood intestinal microbial dynamics in a continuous-flow bioreactor.

DNA reference reagents isolate biases in microbiome profiling: a global multi-lab study.

Assessment of ecological fidelity of human microbiome-associated mice in observational studies and an interventional trial.

Members of Lachnospiraceae produce valerate and caproate in response to short-chain fatty acids.

The case for microbiome stewardship: what it is and how to get there.

Canada Research Chair - Tier 1

Articulating Microbiome Stewardship: Definition, Guiding Principles, Framework

Metabolic Poetics

Investigating the role of oral bacterium Fusobacterium nucleatum in human colorectal cancer

Metabolic Poetics

Canada Research Chair Tier 1

Cryo-Preparation Unit for Scanning Electron Microscope

Live Cell Imaging Upgrades to Quorum Diskovery Spinning Disk Microscope System

Agrobacterium bioreactor culture for PlantForm vivoEXPRESS enhancement

Maintaining and Enhancing Core Centrifugation Capacity for Life Sciences Research at Guelph

Frequent collaborators

Bryan Coburn

Elena Verdu

Anna Spreafico

Jess Haines

Andrea Buchholz

Gregory Gloor

Susy Hota

Susan Poutanen

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Paula Brauer

Kathryn Walton

Sarah Elton

Valerie Taylor

Heather Galipeau

Philippe Poussier

Jonathan Schertzer

Jaques Belik

Scott Weese

Amit Bar-Or

Dina Kao

Robert Beiko

Adnane Sellam

André Marette

Manel Jordana

Stephen Michael Collins

Michael Surette