Roger Levesque, Université Laval

Research

Antibiotic Resistance Beta-Lactams Carbapenems Ecological Distribution Gene Transfer Hospital Nosocomial Infections Plasmids

Latest papers

Comparative genomic analysis of 142 bacteriophages infecting Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica.
BMC genomics · 2020
AnCo3, a New Member of the Emerging Family of Phage-Like Plasmids.
Genome announcements · 2017

All 2 publications

Latest funding

SAMPAN: A Smart Surveillance Strategy for Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
CIHR · 2019 · Nominated PI
$367,000
Un séquenceur de table de nouvelle génération pour la métagénomique comparative, la génomique fonctionnelle, et la biologie des systèmes.
NSERC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$128,950
Sensiting Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms to antibiotics and reducing virulence through novel target inhibition
CIHR · 2014 · Nominated PI
$379,899

All 17 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Comparative genomic analysis of 142 bacteriophages infecting Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica.

Gao R, Naushad S, Moineau S, Levesque R, Goodridge L, Ogunremi D

BMC genomics2020

DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-6765-z PMID: 32456612

02

AnCo3, a New Member of the Emerging Family of Phage-Like Plasmids.

Colavecchio A, Jeukens J, Freschi L, Edmond Rheault JG, Kukavica-Ibrulj I, Levesque R, Goodridge L

Genome announcements2017

DOI: 10.1128/genomea.00110-17 PMID: 28495760

SAMPAN: A Smart Surveillance Strategy for Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Nominated PICIHR2019Operating Grant: Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance

Principal investigators: Levesque, Roger C

Keywords: Antibiotic Resistance; Beta-Lactams; Carbapenems; Ecological Distribution; Gene Transfer; Hospital; Nosocomial Infections; Plasmids; Pseudomonas Aeruginosa; Water Contaminated

$367,000

Un séquenceur de table de nouvelle génération pour la métagénomique comparative, la génomique fonctionnelle, et la biologie des systèmes.

Co-investigatorNSERC2019Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Derome, Nicolas

$128,950

Sensiting Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms to antibiotics and reducing virulence through novel target inhibition

Nominated PICIHR2014Operating Grant:Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance(JPIAMR)

Principal investigators: Levesque, Roger C

Keywords: Anti-Microbial

$379,899

Génomique fonctionnelle de Pseudomonas aeruginosa : caractérisation de gènes sélectionnés impliqués dans l'infection pulmonaire chronique.

SupervisorCIHR2012Master's Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Périnet, Simone J

Keywords: Cibles Thérapeutiques; Gènes Essentiels À La Virulence; Génomique Fonctionnelle; Infection Pulmonaire Chronique; Modèle De Rat D'Infection Pulmonaire Chronique; Pseudomonas Aeruginosa; Études Transcriptomiques

$17,500

Spectrophotomètre pour cinétiques enzymatiques

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Levesque, Roger

$61,376

Microscopie confocale pour l'IBIS (Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes)

Co-investigatorNSERC2012Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Charette, Steve

$149,517

Système d'imagerie à épifluorescence pour l'IBIS (Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes)

Co-investigatorNSERC2010Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Charette, Steve

$79,023

UKCan-BaCWAN: A bilateral bacterial cell wall biosynthesis network

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Canada-UK Joint Health Research Program on Antibiotic Resistance

Principal investigators: Clarke, Anthony J; Dowson, Christopher G

Keywords: Antibiotic Resistance; Autolysins; Novel Antibiotic Targets; Novel Antibiotics; Peptidoglycan Metabolism; Phage Therapy

$60,000

Phage peptide antibiotics

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Levesque, Roger

$125,000

Centre de bioinformatique

Co-investigatorNSERC2002Major Facilities Access Grants

Principal investigators: Bousquet, Jean

$210,000

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

Sylvain Moineau

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2020

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Antibiotic Resistance Dear Professor Levesque, 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 "Comparative genomic analysis of 142 bacteriophages infecting Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica." (2020), 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 CIHR-funded project "SAMPAN: A Smart Surveillance Strategy for Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa" (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]