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Sylvain Moineau

ResearcherUniversité Laval

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Sylvain Moineau

Researcher

Health Sciences

Université Laval

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
47 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 25 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 31 research grants (29 NSERC, 2 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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187

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680

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Research

Chronic Disease Crispr-Cas Diet Gut Microbiome Infant Inflammation Phage Phage-Host

Latest papers

Identification of chalcopyrite-binding peptides for flotation applications using phage display and deep sequencing.
Journal of biotechnology · 2026
Phage satellites induced by virulent phages are mobilized by natural competence leading to phage resistance in a new host.
Nature communications · 2026 · senior author
Microbial community dynamics in a traditional Swiss mountain cheese over 142 years of cheesemaking.
Current biology : CB · 2026

All 187 publications

Latest funding

Ultramicrotome pour une analyse optimisée d'échantillons en microscopie électronique de haute performance
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$150,000
Personalized-Phage plus Ertapenem and Advanced Kinetics / Synergy (P-PEAKS) a multicentre randomized control trial to eradicate Escherichia coli in recurrent female Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs).
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Canadian One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Health Research Training Network (CAN-AMR-Net)
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$2,700,000

All 41 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 187 publications.

Identification of chalcopyrite-binding peptides for flotation applications using phage display and deep sequencing.

Mejia Bohorquez B, Vincent T, Tremblay D, Moineau S, Garnier A

Journal of biotechnology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2026.03.001 PMID: 41802675

Phage satellites induced by virulent phages are mobilized by natural competence leading to phage resistance in a new host.

Morency C, Rousseau GM, Morneau Z, Moineau S

Nature communications2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72928-1 PMID: 42120395

Microbial community dynamics in a traditional Swiss mountain cheese over 142 years of cheesemaking.

Somerville V, Meola M, Nunes-Richards A, Bengtsson-Palme J, Neukamm J, Majander K, Pla-Díaz M, Turgay M, Moineau S, Haueter M, Berthoud H, von Ah U, Lüdin P, Schuenemann VJ, Shani N

Current biology : CB2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2026.08.023 PMID: 42785314

Cross-family and phage-specific gene requirements for Klebsiella infection revealed by scalable RB-TnSeq genetic screens.

Gittrich MR, Sanderson CM, Noel CM, Babusci E, Selbes SC, Svab M, Murray I, Bousliman C, Fofana A, Daboul A, Leopold J, Gonçalves de Melo A, Urvoy M, Moineau S, Mutalik VK, Sullivan MB

PLoS genetics2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1012233 PMID: 42475355

Temporal dynamics of the S. thermophilus phage population in a yogurt production facility.

Marangon AM, Pujato SA, Rousseau GM, Tremblay DM, Lugli GA, Ventura M, Mahony J, Moineau S, Quiberoni A, Guglielmotti DM

International journal of food microbiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2026.111869 PMID: 42202715

Phage host range: determinants, dynamics and applications.

Leprince A, Somerville V, Addablah AA, Morency C, Moineau S

Nature reviews. Microbiology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41579-026-01306-x PMID: 42026225

Optimization of bacterial colonization in the gut of axenic and conventional zebrafish larvae using live food.

Byatt G, Goffard C, Cornuault JK, Lemieux M, De Koninck P, Paquet M-E, Moineau S

Microbiology spectrum2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02853-25 PMID: 42012200

Insight into crRNA Processing in Streptococcus mutans P42S and Application of SmutCas9 in Genome Editing.

Mosterd C, Moineau S

International journal of molecular sciences2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/ijms26052005 PMID: 40076628

Viral niche-partitioning: comparative genomics of giant viruses across environmental gradients in a high Arctic freshwater-saltwater lake.

Pitot TM, Girard C, Rapp JZ, Somerville V, Culley AI, Vincent WF, Moineau S, Roux S

ISME communications2025

DOI: 10.1093/ismeco/ycae155 PMID: 39834781

The influence of early life exposures on the infant gut virome.

Zhang Y, Castro-Mejía JL, Deng L, Shah SA, Thorsen J, Leal Rodríguez C, Jessen LE, Dion MB, Chawes B, Bønnelykke K, Sørensen SJ, Bisgaard H, Moineau S, Petit MA, Stokholm J, Nielsen DS

Gut microbes2025

DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2025.2501194 PMID: 40396485

Ultramicrotome pour une analyse optimisée d'échantillons en microscopie électronique de haute performance

Principal investigatorNSERC2025Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Moineau, Sylvain

Keywords: microscopie; bactérie; virus; cellule; intracellulaire; protéine; crispr; bactériophage; antibactérien; matériaux

$150,000

Personalized-Phage plus Ertapenem and Advanced Kinetics / Synergy (P-PEAKS) a multicentre randomized control trial to eradicate Escherichia coli in recurrent female Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs).

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant - PA: Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies Research

Principal investigators: German, Gregory J; Wijeysundera, Duminda N

Keywords: Antibiotic Resistance; Clinical Trail; Host Interactions; Personalized Medicine; Phage Therapy

$100,000

Canadian One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Health Research Training Network (CAN-AMR-Net)

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Training Grant: HRTP - One Health - Antimicrobial Resistance

Principal investigators: Barkema, Herman W; Cheng, Zhenyu; Lee, Amy H; Nguyen, Dao; Otto, Simon J; Wiktorowicz, Mary E

Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Collaboration; Communication; Education; Employment Readiness; Experience; Highly-Qualified Personnel; Knowledge Transfer; One Health; Transdisciplinary

$2,700,000

BRIDGE - Brochothrix Research on the Investigation of Diversity and Genetic Evolution

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Vincent, Antony A

Keywords: Bacteria; Bacteriophages; Brochothrix thermosphacta; Food; Genomics; Microbiology

$90,000

Driving innovation to improve periprosthetic joint infection care: a Single-Stage Multipurpose AntimicRobial implanT (SMART) design

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Abdelbary, Hesham

Keywords: Antimicrobial Therapy Bacteriophages Periprosthetic Joint Infections Smart Implants Nano-Technology Polymers spacers Total Joint replacement 3D Manufacturing Machine Learning

$247,600

Amélioration des procédés de fabrication et de maturation du fromage cheddar

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Moineau, Sylvain

$563,451

Bacteriophages and plasmids in Streptococcus thermophilus

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Moineau, Sylvain

$690,000

Chaire de recherche du Canada sur les bactériophages*

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Moineau, Sylvain

$300,000

Development of prototypes of a new bioactive packaging product

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Barnabé, Simon

$399,000

Canadian Microbiome Resource (CanMoR)

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2: Research Core - LOI

Principal investigators: Corbeil, Jacques; Figeys, Daniel; Langille, Morgan G

Keywords: Bioinformatics; Community Service; Ethic Research; Genomic; Knowledge Translation; Metabolomic; Microbiome; Proteomic; Transcriptomic

$25,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Sylvain Moineau

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Identification of chalcopyrite-binding peptides for flotation applications using phage display and deep sequencing.

Phage satellites induced by virulent phages are mobilized by natural competence leading to phage resistance in a new host.

Microbial community dynamics in a traditional Swiss mountain cheese over 142 years of cheesemaking.

Cross-family and phage-specific gene requirements for Klebsiella infection revealed by scalable RB-TnSeq genetic screens.

Temporal dynamics of the S. thermophilus phage population in a yogurt production facility.

Phage host range: determinants, dynamics and applications.

Optimization of bacterial colonization in the gut of axenic and conventional zebrafish larvae using live food.

Insight into crRNA Processing in Streptococcus mutans P42S and Application of SmutCas9 in Genome Editing.

Viral niche-partitioning: comparative genomics of giant viruses across environmental gradients in a high Arctic freshwater-saltwater lake.

The influence of early life exposures on the infant gut virome.

Ultramicrotome pour une analyse optimisée d'échantillons en microscopie électronique de haute performance

Personalized-Phage plus Ertapenem and Advanced Kinetics / Synergy (P-PEAKS) a multicentre randomized control trial to eradicate Escherichia coli in recurrent female Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs).

Canadian One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Health Research Training Network (CAN-AMR-Net)

BRIDGE - Brochothrix Research on the Investigation of Diversity and Genetic Evolution

Driving innovation to improve periprosthetic joint infection care: a Single-Stage Multipurpose AntimicRobial implanT (SMART) design

Amélioration des procédés de fabrication et de maturation du fromage cheddar

Bacteriophages and plasmids in Streptococcus thermophilus

Chaire de recherche du Canada sur les bactériophages*

Development of prototypes of a new bioactive packaging product

Canadian Microbiome Resource (CanMoR)

Frequent collaborators

Jacques Corbeil

Alexander Hynes

Yannick Doyon

Marc Ouellette

Marie-Eve Paquet

Paul De Koninck

Samantha Gruenheid

Yann Joly

Jean-Yves Masson

Danielle Malo

Carlos Filipe

Roger Levesque

Zeinab Hosseinidoust

Tohid Didar

Mathieu Laplante