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Ken Dewar

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of Human GeneticsMcGill University

Ken Dewar

Associate Professor

Department of Human Genetics

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (1 CIHR, 1 CFI), most recently in 2009.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2010.

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Research

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Latest papers

Diet-microbiome synergy underlies obesity-associated immunotherapy efficacy.
Nature · 2026
Genomic Characterization of Salmonella Isolates Causing Infections in Children with Sickle Cell Disease in Dakar, Senegal.
Microorganisms · 2026
Stool Microbiome Features and Weight Change Response to Treatment for cancer cachexia
Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle · 2025

All 53 publications

Latest funding

Healing post-surgery is influenced by alterations in the gut microbiome.
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$726,750
Fecal transplantation for the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection: a randomized controlled trial
CIHR · 2010 · Supervisor
$105,000
The intestinal microbiota and intestinal reactivity during defined natural and biomedical exposures
CIHR · 2009 · Principal investigator

All 7 grants and awards

53 publications.

Diet-microbiome synergy underlies obesity-associated immunotherapy efficacy.

Desharnais L, Swaby A, Messaoudene M, Doré S, Yu MW, Fiset B, Breton V, Ponce M, Hu Y, Wilson L, Sorin M, Wang Y, Dewar K, Pollak M, Elkrief A, Routy B, Walsh LA, Quail DF

Nature20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10750-x PMID: 42420462

Genomic Characterization of Salmonella Isolates Causing Infections in Children with Sickle Cell Disease in Dakar, Senegal.

Diop A, Diamanka A, Guèye AB, Dièye B, Niang EHA, Sadio O, Sonko MA, Niang AA, Ndao M, Dewar K, Fall C, Paillier F, Dièye Y

Microorganisms2026

DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms14020506 PMID: 41753792

Stool Microbiome Features and Weight Change Response to Treatment for cancer cachexia

Rima Nasrah, Mary Kanbalian, Christina Van Der Borch, Ken Dewar, Stéphanie Chevalier, Robert Thomas Jagoe

Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle20256 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.13816 PMID: 40325598

A common flanking variant is associated with enhanced stability of the FGF14-SCA27B repeat locus.

Pellerin D, Del Gobbo GF, Couse M, Dolzhenko E, Nageshwaran SK, Cheung WA, Xu IRL, Dicaire MJ, Spurdens G, Matos-Rodrigues G, Stevanovski I, Scriba CK, Rebelo A, Roth V, Wandzel M, Bonnet C, Ashton C, Agarwal A, Peter C, Hasson D, Tsankova NM, Dewar K, Lamont PJ, Laing NG, Renaud M, Houlden H, Synofzik M, Usdin K, Nussenzweig A, Napierala M, Chen Z, Jiang H, Deveson IW, Ravenscroft G, Akbarian S, Eberle MA, Boycott KM, Pastinen T, All of Us Research Program Long Read Working Group, Brais B, Zuchner S, Danzi MC

Nature genetics202437 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01808-5 PMID: 38937606

Comparative genomic analysis of thermophilic fungi reveals convergent evolutionary adaptations and gene losses.

Steindorff AS, Aguilar-Pontes MV, Robinson AJ, Andreopoulos B, LaButti K, Kuo A, Mondo S, Riley R, Otillar R, Haridas S, Lipzen A, Grimwood J, Schmutz J, Clum A, Reid ID, Moisan MC, Butler G, Nguyen TTM, Dewar K, Conant G, Drula E, Henrissat B, Hansel C, Singer S, Hutchinson MI, de Vries RP, Natvig DO, Powell AJ, Tsang A, Grigoriev IV

Communications biology202427 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06681-w PMID: 39266695

Replication-associated inversions are the dominant form of bacterial chromosome structural variation.

D'Iorio M, Dewar K

Life science alliance2023Senior author

DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202201434 PMID: 36261227

The Spruce Budworm Genome: Reconstructing the Evolutionary History of Antifreeze Proteins.

Béliveau C, Gagné P, Picq S, Vernygora O, Keeling CI, Pinkney K, Doucet D, Wen F, Johnston JS, Maaroufi H, Boyle B, Laroche J, Dewar K, Juretic N, Blackburn G, Nisole A, Brunet B, Brandao M, Lumley L, Duan J, Quan G, Lucarotti CJ, Roe AD, Sperling FAH, Levesque RC, Cusson M

Genome biology and evolution202211 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evac087 PMID: 35668612

Complete Genome Sequences of Klebsiella michiganensis and Citrobacter farmeri, KPC-2-Producers Serially Isolated from a Single Patient.

Abed JY, Déraspe M, Bérubé È, D'Iorio M, Dewar K, Boissinot M, Corbeil J, Bergeron MG, Roy PH

Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)20219 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10111408 PMID: 34827346

Dominant gut Prevotella copri in gastrectomised non-obese diabetic Goto-Kakizaki rats improves glucose homeostasis through enhanced FXR signalling.

Péan N, Le Lay A, Brial F, Wasserscheid J, Rouch C, Vincent M, Myridakis A, Hedjazi L, Dumas ME, Grundberg E, Lathrop M, Magnan C, Dewar K, Gauguier D

Diabetologia202057 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s00125-020-05122-7 PMID: 32173762

Complete Genome Sequences of Two Marine Biofilm Isolates, Leisingera sp. nov. Strains 201A and 204H, Novel Representatives of the Roseobacter Group.

Cavalcanti GS, Wasserscheid J, Dewar K, Shikuma NJ

Microbiology resource announcements2020

DOI: 10.1128/mra.00505-20 PMID: 32646902

Healing post-surgery is influenced by alterations in the gut microbiome.

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Chalifour, Lorraine E

Keywords: Diet Manipulation; Echocardiography; Fecal Transplantation; Flow Cytometry Of Cells From Heart, Bone Marrow & Intestine; Gut Metabolome; Gut Microbiome; Gut Microbiota; Histology Of Small Intestine & Heart; Mycardial Infarction; Retired Breeder Male And Female Mice

$726,750

Fecal transplantation for the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection: a randomized controlled trial

SupervisorCIHR2010Doctoral Award - Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Vincent, Caroline

Keywords: 16s Rrna Sequencing; Clostridium Difficile Infection; Fecal Transplantation; Intestinal Microbiota; Randomized Controlled Trial

$105,000

The intestinal microbiota and intestinal reactivity during defined natural and biomedical exposures

Principal investigatorCIHR2009Canadian Microbiome Initiative - LOI

Principal investigators: Manges, Amee R; Dewar, Ken; Ward, Brian J

Keywords: Immune Function; Intestinal Barrier Function; Intestinal Microbiota; Metagenomics; Molecular Epidemiology; Research Ethics And Policy

'Oral microbiome profiling' to detect early signs of systemic diseases: a prospective cohort study in obese children.

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Canadian Microbiome Initiative - LOI

Principal investigators: Tran, Simon D; Lambert, Marie; Nicolau, Belinda F

Keywords: Childhood Obesity; Early Diagnosis Of Systemic Diseases; Genomics Ethics; Longitudinal Cohort; Metagenomics; Oral Microbiome

CIHR Training Program in Integrative Approaches to Human Health

Co-investigatorCIHR2008Training Grant

Principal investigators: Hallett, Michael T

Keywords: Bioinformatics; Cancer; Complex Diseases; Computational Biology; Genomics; Imaging; Mathematical Modelling; Orphan Diseases; Proteomics; Quantitative Biology; Systems Biology

$1,766,127

New Dimensions in Genomics and Proteomics

Principal investigatorCFI2006Innovation Fund: Leading Edge Fund 2006

Principal investigators: Dewar, Ken

Keywords: genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, high throughput DNA technologies, functional genomics, core facilities

$3,165,133

Expansion of genomics and proteomics infrastructure in Québec

Co-investigatorCFI2002Innovation Fund: Innovation Fund (1999-2005)

Principal investigators: Hudson, Thomas

Keywords: Genome, Genomics, Proteomics, Sequencing, Genotyping, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, DNA Microchips, Genetic Epidemiology

$12,800,000

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.

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Ken Dewar

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Diet-microbiome synergy underlies obesity-associated immunotherapy efficacy.

Genomic Characterization of Salmonella Isolates Causing Infections in Children with Sickle Cell Disease in Dakar, Senegal.

Stool Microbiome Features and Weight Change Response to Treatment for cancer cachexia

A common flanking variant is associated with enhanced stability of the FGF14-SCA27B repeat locus.

Comparative genomic analysis of thermophilic fungi reveals convergent evolutionary adaptations and gene losses.

Replication-associated inversions are the dominant form of bacterial chromosome structural variation.

The Spruce Budworm Genome: Reconstructing the Evolutionary History of Antifreeze Proteins.

Complete Genome Sequences of Klebsiella michiganensis and Citrobacter farmeri, KPC-2-Producers Serially Isolated from a Single Patient.

Dominant gut Prevotella copri in gastrectomised non-obese diabetic Goto-Kakizaki rats improves glucose homeostasis through enhanced FXR signalling.

Complete Genome Sequences of Two Marine Biofilm Isolates, Leisingera sp. nov. Strains 201A and 204H, Novel Representatives of the Roseobacter Group.

Healing post-surgery is influenced by alterations in the gut microbiome.

Fecal transplantation for the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection: a randomized controlled trial

The intestinal microbiota and intestinal reactivity during defined natural and biomedical exposures

'Oral microbiome profiling' to detect early signs of systemic diseases: a prospective cohort study in obese children.

CIHR Training Program in Integrative Approaches to Human Health

New Dimensions in Genomics and Proteomics

Expansion of genomics and proteomics infrastructure in Québec

Frequent collaborators

Roger Levesque

Nahuel Fittipaldi

Tomi Pastinen

Mathieu Blanchette

Elin Grundberg

Vivian Loo

Allison McGeer

Jacques Corbeil

Sylvain Moineau

Michel Cusson

Amee Manges

Richard Hamelin

Daniel Sinnett

Marcelo Gottschalk

Anna Naumova

Stéphanie Chevalier

Samantha Gruenheid

Jonathan Gubbay

Greg Matlashewski

Andre Dascal

Matthew Oughton

Rob Beiko

Sigmund Krajden

Anne-Marie Bourgault

Tuyen Nguyen

Louise Poirier

Yury Monczak

André Cantin

Eric Déziel