Ellen Sykes

Employment

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Education

• University of Manitoba PhD Microbiology
  2017 - 2024
• University of Alberta BSc. Specialization Microbiology
  2008 - 2012

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Publications (17)

• Klebsiella spp. isolated from chlorinated sewage are similar to pathogenic strains but with a limited resistome
  npj Clean Water 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41545-026-00606-2
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• Galleria mellonella as an Infection and Antibiotic Treatment Model for Acinetobacter baumannii
  Journal of Visualized Experiments 2025 DOI: 10.3791/68625
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• Characterization of a colistin resistant, hypervirulent hospital isolate of Acinetobacter courvalinii from Canada
  European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-024-04873-0
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• Complete genome of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus AC001_UM from Red River soil banks in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  Ruwani L. Wimalasekara, Ellen M. E. Sykes, Dawn White +2 more
  Microbiology Resource Announcements 2024 DOI: 10.1128/mra.01122-23
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• Phylogenomic and phenotypic analyses highlight the diversity of antibiotic resistance and virulence in both human and non-human Acinetobacter baumannii
  mSphere 2024 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00741-23
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• Three novel multiplex PCR assays for rapid detection of virulence, antimicrobial resistance, and toxin genes in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex species
  Alexander A Sheikh, Danielle Schneiderman, Ellen M. E. Sykes +4 more
  Letters in Applied Microbiology 2024 DOI: 10.1093/lambio/ovae027
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• Salicylic acids and pathogenic bacteria: new perspectives on an old compound
  Ellen M. E. Sykes, Dawn White, Sydney McLaughlin +1 more
  Canadian Journal of Microbiology 2024 DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2023-0123
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• Emergence of ADC-5 Cephalosporinase in environmental Acinetobacter baumannii from a German tank milk with a novel Sequence Type
  Ellen M. E. Sykes, Valeria Mateo-Estrada, George G. Zhanel +7 more
  Access Microbiology 2023 DOI: 10.1099/acmi.0.000485.v3
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• Unravelling the Evolutionary Dynamics of High-Risk Klebsiella pneumoniae ST147 Clones: Insights from Comparative Pangenome Analysis
  Suchanda Dey, Mahendra Gaur, Ellen M. E. Sykes +6 more
  Genes 2023 DOI: 10.3390/genes14051037
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• Isolation of Bioactive Metabolites from Soil Derived Fungus-Aspergillus fumigatus
  Harman Gill, Ellen M. E. Sykes, Ayush Kumar +1 more
  Microorganisms 2023 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11030590
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• Iron Acquisition Mechanisms and Their Role in the Virulence of Acinetobacter baumannii
  Shoshana Cook-Libin, Ellen M. E. Sykes, Vanessa Kornelsen +1 more
  Infection and Immunity 2022 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00223-22
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• Density-Dependent Prophylaxis in Freshwater Snails Driven by Oxylipin Chemical Cues
  Frontiers in Immunology 2022 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.826500
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• Recent Advances in Genetic Tools for Acinetobacter baumannii
  Frontiers in Genetics 2020 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.601380
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• Complete Genome Sequences of Two Distinct Strains of Serratia marcescens Isolated from Contaminated Platelet Concentrates from Canadian Donors
  Alexander Diamandas, Roel Mikhail Razon, Ellen M. E. Sykes +3 more
  Microbiology Resource Announcements 2020 DOI: 10.1128/mra.00829-20
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• MexXY RND pump of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA7 effluxes bi-anionic β-lactams carbenicillin and sulbenicillin when it partners with the outer membrane factor OprA but not with OprM
  Manu K. Singh, Ellen M. E. Sykes, Yanqi Li +1 more
  Microbiology 2020 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000971
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• Maternal MEMI promotes female meiosis ii in response to fertilization in Caenorhabditis elegans
  Genetics 2016 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.116.192997
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• The KLP-7 residue S546 is a putative Aurora kinase site required for microtubule regulation at the centrosome in C. elegans
  PLoS ONE 2015 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132593
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