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William Navarre
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Latest papers
Microbial 10-oxostearic acid protects mice against colitis via the nuclear receptor PPARα.
Nature microbiology · 2026
Diindoles produced from commensal microbiota metabolites function as endogenous CAR/Nr1i3 ligands.
Nature communications · 2024
Early-life programming of mesenteric lymph node stromal cell identity by the lymphotoxin pathway regulates adult mucosal immunity.
Science immunology · 2019
Latest funding
- $120,000
Characterizing the Impact of Vaginal Fluid Metals on Bacteria of the Vaginal Microbiome
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
- $925,652
Defining and disrupting genital microbiome transfer to prevent HIV acquisition and improve genital health.
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $245,866
Development of tissue-engineered platform to study human microbiome-tumour interactions
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
5 publications.
Microbial 10-oxostearic acid protects mice against colitis via the nuclear receptor PPARα.
Liu J, Li H, Tian Y, Guo M, Sahin C, Kamata S, Honda A, Campbell J, Shi J, Yurtal ED, Yang D, Jachimowicz M, Hu S, Gong Y, Navarre W, Ishii I, Cummins CL, Peng H, Wang S, Wang X, Mani S, Krause HM
Diindoles produced from commensal microbiota metabolites function as endogenous CAR/Nr1i3 ligands.
Liu J, Malekoltojari A, Asokakumar A, Chow V, Li L, Li H, Grimaldi M, Dang N, Campbell J, Barrett H, Sun J, Navarre W, Wilson D, Wang H, Mani S, Balaguer P, Anakk S, Peng H, Krause HM
Early-life programming of mesenteric lymph node stromal cell identity by the lymphotoxin pathway regulates adult mucosal immunity.
Li C, Lam E, Perez-Shibayama C, Ward LA, Zhang J, Lee D, Nguyen A, Ahmed M, Brownlie E, Korneev KV, Rojas O, Sun T, Navarre W, He HH, Liao S, Martin A, Ludewig B, Gommerman JL
Elongation factor-P at the crossroads of the host-endosymbiont interface.
Rajkovic A, Witzky A, Navarre W, Darwin AJ, Ibba M
Cyclic Rhamnosylated Elongation Factor P Establishes Antibiotic Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Rajkovic A, Erickson S, Witzky A, Branson OE, Seo J, Gafken PR, Frietas MA, Whitelegge JP, Faull KF, Navarre W, Darwin AJ, Ibba M
Characterizing the Impact of Vaginal Fluid Metals on Bacteria of the Vaginal Microbiome
Principal investigators: Serrador, Daniella P
Keywords: Bacteria; Bacterial Competition; Bacterial Vaginosis; Host-Bacterial Interactions; Metals; Microbiome; Rna-Seq; Vaginal Fluid; Vaginal Microbiome
Defining and disrupting genital microbiome transfer to prevent HIV acquisition and improve genital health.
Principal investigators: Kaul, Rupert
Keywords: Antibiotics; Genital Microbiome; Global Health; Hiv Susceptibility; In Vitro Models; Penile-Vaginal Sex
Development of tissue-engineered platform to study human microbiome-tumour interactions
Principal investigators: McGuigan, Alison
Keywords: in vitro disease models microbiome bacterial communities immune cells tissue engineering tumour-bacterial interactions heterogeneous microenvironments hypoxia microfabrication
Investigation of microbiome-aryl hydrocarbon receptor crosstalk and immune suppression in pancreatic cancer
Principal investigators: McGaha, Tracy
Keywords: Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor; Macrophage And Dendritic Cells; Microbiome; Tumour Immunology
Defining the genetic basis for stress-induced metabolic changes in bacteria
Principal investigators: Navarre, William
Development of Rapid and High-Throughput Genetic Fingerprinting Assay for the Identification of Specific Intestinal Microbes
Principal investigators: Navarre, William
The impact of the gut microbiome and environment on the development of colorectal cancer
Principal investigators: Martin, Alberto; O'Brien, Catherine A
Keywords: Carbohydrates; Colon Cancer; Gut Microbiota; Lynch Syndrome; Mismatch Repair; Mlh1; Msh2; Prebiotics; Probiotics
Slicing Through Cells with Three-Dimensional Super-Resolution Microscopy
Principal investigators: Milstein, Joshua
Exploring the Role of Bacterial Translation Factors in Metabolism and Stress Resistance
Principal investigators: Navarre, William
The impact of the gut microbiome and environment on the development of colorectal cancer
Principal investigators: Martin, Alberto; O'Brien, Catherine A
Keywords: Adenomatous Polyposis Coli; Colitis; Colon Cancer; Gut Microbiota; Mismatch Repair; Nod1 And Nod2; Prebiotics; Probiotics
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
- Department of Molecular Genetics
- Immunology
- Other
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