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Nahuel Fittipaldi

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Nahuel Fittipaldi

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (1 NSERC, 1 CIHR), most recently in 2019.

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Research

Bacillus Creus Bacterial Contamination Bioinformatics Genomics Human Milk Banks Human Milk Processing Pasteurization Preterm Birth

Latest papers

Evolving genomic landscape of pediatric pneumococcus in two Canadian urban centers following conjugate vaccination.
Frontiers in microbiology · 2025 · senior author
High Genetic Diversity Among Bacillus cereus Isolates Contaminating Donated Milk at a Canadian Human Milk Bank
Microorganisms · 2025 · senior author
Application of pressure homogenization on whole human milk pasteurized by high hydrostatic pressure: Effect on protein aggregates in milk fat globule membrane and skim milk phases.
Food chemistry · 2024

All 49 publications

Latest funding

Refining processes to maximize the provision of donor human milk rich in nutrients and bioactive components: An*integrated multidisciplinary approach at a human milk bank serving critically-ill neona
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$257,132
Refining processes to maximize the provision of donor human milk rich in nutrients and bioactive components: An integrated multidisciplinary approach at a human milk bank serving critically-ill neonates.
CIHR · 2018 · Nominated PI
$246,233

All 2 grants and awards

49 publications.

Evolving genomic landscape of pediatric pneumococcus in two Canadian urban centers following conjugate vaccination.

Teatero S, McGeer A, Plevneshi A, Ricketson LJ, Kellner JD, Fittipaldi N

Frontiers in microbiology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1642658 PMID: 40901074

High Genetic Diversity Among Bacillus cereus Isolates Contaminating Donated Milk at a Canadian Human Milk Bank

Gene M, Guthrie JL, Li K, Teatero S, Paterson A, Li A, Doyen A, Yamamura D, Khan S, Srigley JA

Microorganisms20251 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms13051136

Application of pressure homogenization on whole human milk pasteurized by high hydrostatic pressure: Effect on protein aggregates in milk fat globule membrane and skim milk phases.

Gharbi N, Stone D, Fittipaldi N, Unger S, O'Connor DL, Pouliot Y, Doyen A

Food chemistry2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.139863 PMID: 38823140

Characterization of protein aggregates in cream and skimmed human milk after heat and high-pressure pasteurization treatments.

Gharbi N, Stone D, Fittipaldi N, Unger S, O'Connor DL, Pouliot Y, Doyen A

Food chemistry2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.136749 PMID: 37454618

Real-Time RT-PCR Allelic Discrimination Assay for Detection of N501Y Mutation in the Spike Protein of SARS-CoV-2 Associated with B.1.1.7 Variant of Concern

Abdulnoor M, Eshaghi A, Perusini SJ, Broukhanski G, Corbeil A, Cronin K, Fittipaldi N, Forbes JD, Guthrie JL, Kus JV

Microbiology Spectrum20229 citations

DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00681-21

Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pre-test probability on positive predictive value of high cycle threshold severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results

Gubbay JB, Rilkoff H, Kristjanson HL, Forbes JD, Murti M, Eshaghi A, Broukhanski G, Corbeil A, Fittipaldi N, Hopkins JP

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology20225 citations

DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.369

Population Genomics of emm4 Group A Streptococcus Reveals Progressive Replacement with a Hypervirulent Clone in North America.

DebRoy S, Sanson M, Shah B, Regmi S, Vega LA, Odo C, Sahasrabhojane P, McGeer A, Tyrrell GJ, Fittipaldi N, Shelburne SA, Flores AR

mSystems2021

DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00495-21 PMID: 34374563

Detection of the novel SARS-CoV-2 European lineage B.1.177 in Ontario, Canada.

Guthrie JL, Teatero S, Zittermann S, Chen Y, Sullivan A, Rilkoff H, Joshi E, Sivaraman K, de Borja R, Sundaravadanam Y, Laszloffy M, Heisler L, Allen VG, Simpson JT, Fittipaldi N

Journal of clinical virology plus2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcvp.2021.100010 PMID: 35261998

Temporal Dynamics and Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Demonstrate the Necessity of Ongoing Viral Genome Sequencing in Ontario, Canada

Sjaarda CP, Guthrie JL, Mubareka S, Simpson JT, Hamelin B, Wong H, Mortimer L, Slinger R, McArthur AG, Desjardins M

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology202110 citations

DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00011-21

Tools for Molecular Epidemiology of Streptococcus suis.

Hatrongjit R, Fittipaldi N, Gottschalk M, Kerdsin A

Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2020

DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9020081 PMID: 32012668

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Bacillus Creus Dear Professor Fittipaldi, 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 "Evolving genomic landscape of pediatric pneumococcus in two Canadian urban centers following conjugate vaccination." (2025), 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 "Refining processes to maximize the provision of donor human milk rich in nutrients and bioactive components: An*integrated multidisciplinary approach at a human milk bank serving critically-ill neona" (2019), 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]

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Nahuel Fittipaldi

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Evolving genomic landscape of pediatric pneumococcus in two Canadian urban centers following conjugate vaccination.

High Genetic Diversity Among Bacillus cereus Isolates Contaminating Donated Milk at a Canadian Human Milk Bank

Application of pressure homogenization on whole human milk pasteurized by high hydrostatic pressure: Effect on protein aggregates in milk fat globule membrane and skim milk phases.

Characterization of protein aggregates in cream and skimmed human milk after heat and high-pressure pasteurization treatments.

Real-Time RT-PCR Allelic Discrimination Assay for Detection of N501Y Mutation in the Spike Protein of SARS-CoV-2 Associated with B.1.1.7 Variant of Concern

Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pre-test probability on positive predictive value of high cycle threshold severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results

Population Genomics of emm4 Group A Streptococcus Reveals Progressive Replacement with a Hypervirulent Clone in North America.

Detection of the novel SARS-CoV-2 European lineage B.1.177 in Ontario, Canada.

Temporal Dynamics and Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Demonstrate the Necessity of Ongoing Viral Genome Sequencing in Ontario, Canada

Tools for Molecular Epidemiology of Streptococcus suis.

Refining processes to maximize the provision of donor human milk rich in nutrients and bioactive components: An*integrated multidisciplinary approach at a human milk bank serving critically-ill neona

Refining processes to maximize the provision of donor human milk rich in nutrients and bioactive components: An integrated multidisciplinary approach at a human milk bank serving critically-ill neonates.

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