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Riadh Hammami
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Latest papers
Cold-Active Postbiotics from Fermented Food-Derived Lactobacillus fuchuensis H.Y.35 Exhibit Multifunctional In Vitro Bioactivities.
Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2026
Scalable Jet-O-Mized Eggshell Membrane Processing for Bioactives Promoting Gut Health.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
In vitro modeling of the female gut microbiome: effects of sex hormones and psychotropic drugs.
Microbiology spectrum · 2025 · senior author
Latest funding
- $55,000
Extracellular vesicles produced by gut microbiota and psychobiotics as a cargo of neuroactive compounds: mechanisms and interplays in the gut-brain axis
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $839,460
Post-pandemic sustainability of the Canadian pork industry: upgrading by-products to added-value goods. From feed to food and advanced purified hydrogels for cosmetics and health
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
- $25,000
Evaluation of the mechanistic interplay between psychobiotic microbes and human gut microbiota challenged with psychotropic chemicals
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
45 publications.
Cold-Active Postbiotics from Fermented Food-Derived Lactobacillus fuchuensis H.Y.35 Exhibit Multifunctional In Vitro Bioactivities.
Balayogendiran L, Abigaliyeva T, Dallaire J, Waheed A, Akorede B, Matos L, LeBlond N, Mandel E, Esmail GA, Hammami R, Miri S
Scalable Jet-O-Mized Eggshell Membrane Processing for Bioactives Promoting Gut Health.
Younes M, Ahmed TAE, Hammami R, Hincke MT
In vitro modeling of the female gut microbiome: effects of sex hormones and psychotropic drugs.
Leao L, Esmail GA, Miri S, Mottawea W, Hammami R
Serotonergic and immunomodulatory properties of the psychobiotic candidate Bacteroides finegoldii UO.H1052 and its extracellular vesicles.
Yousuf B, Esmail GA, Nazemof N, Bouhlel NE, Minic Z, Hammami R
Ligilactobacillus-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Inhibit Growth and Virulence of Enteric Pathogens.
Miri S, Mottawea W, Leao L, Chiba M, Li Y, Minic Z, Hammami R
Experimental datasets on the extraction of functional ingredients from seaweeds for controlling bacterial infection.
El-Deeb NM, Ahmed TAE, Premarathna AD, Rjabovs V, Tuvikene R, Hammami R, Boulianne M, Hincke MT
Western diet-based NutriCol medium: A high-pectin, low-inulin culture medium promoted gut microbiota stability and diversity in PolyFermS and M-ARCOL continuous in vitro models.
Esmail GA, Uriot O, Mottawea W, Denis S, Sultan S, Njoku EN, Chiba M, Tosh S, Blanquet-Diot S, Hammami R
Multi-omics unveils strain-specific neuroactive metabolite production linked to inflammation modulation by Bacteroides and their extracellular vesicles.
Yousuf B, Mottawea W, Esmail GA, Nazemof N, Bouhlel NE, Njoku E, Li Y, Zhang X, Minic Z, Hammami R
Multi-level analysis of gut microbiome extracellular vesicles-host interaction reveals a connection to gut-brain axis signaling.
Mottawea W, Yousuf B, Sultan S, Ahmed T, Yeo J, Hüttmann N, Li Y, Bouhlel NE, Hassan H, Zhang X, Minic Z, Hammami R
Gut feeling: Exploring the intertwined trilateral nexus of gut microbiota, sex hormones, and mental health.
Leao L, Miri S, Hammami R
Extracellular vesicles produced by gut microbiota and psychobiotics as a cargo of neuroactive compounds: mechanisms and interplays in the gut-brain axis
Principal investigators: Hammami, Riadh
Keywords: gut microbiome; probiotics; microbial extracellular vesicles; gaba-producing bacteria; neuroactive metabolites; gut-brain axis; postbiotics; colonic fermentation; psychobiotics; functional foods
Post-pandemic sustainability of the Canadian pork industry: upgrading by-products to added-value goods. From feed to food and advanced purified hydrogels for cosmetics and health
Principal investigators: Létourneau Montminy, Marie-Pierre
Evaluation of the mechanistic interplay between psychobiotic microbes and human gut microbiota challenged with psychotropic chemicals
Principal investigators: Hammami, Riadh
Gut microbiota: neurosecretion, modulation by psychobiotics and bacteriocins, and mechanisms of action thereof
Principal investigators: Hammami, Riadh
Gut microbiota: neurosecretion, modulation by psychobiotics and bacteriocins, and mechanisms of action thereof
Principal investigators: Hammami, Riadh
Probiotics as microbial cell factories for GABA production: new opportunities for mental health
Principal investigators: Hammami, Riadh
Keywords: Probiotics, lactic acid bacteria, GABA, microbiota-gut-brain axis, mental health, stress
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
- Nicolas Bordenave and Riadh Hammami: 3 shared papers
- Marie-Claude Audet and Riadh Hammami: 2 shared papers
- Maxwell Hincke and Riadh Hammami: 2 shared papers
- Riadh Hammami and Susan Tosh: 1 shared paper
- Nutrition Sciences
- Innovation in Medical Education
- Other
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