Curriculum Vitae

Contact   diane@taylorscientific.ca

Education

1972 University of Toronto - B.Sc.
1975 University of Toronto - Ph.D. - RNA Transcription During Development of
  Bacteriophage F1 in Clostridium sporogenes

Undergraduate Awards

1967 Ontario Scholarship
1970 Edward Blake Scholarship in Life Sciences
1970 Edward Blake Scholarship in Life Sciences
1971  University of Toronto InCourse Scholarship
1971  Erindale College Science Award
1972  Erindale College Science Award
1972-1975  Medical Research Council Studentship

Research Training

1975-1977 Medical Research Council Fellowship
   The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

Postgraduate Awards

1975-1977 Medical Research Council Fellowship
1977-1981 Medical Research Council Scholarship
1981-1991 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Scholarship
1987-1988 Medical Research Council Visiting Scientist
1991-2008 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Scientist
1995 Canadian Society of Microbiologists Boehringer Mannheim
2000-2001 Killam Professorship, University of Alberta
2003 Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring
2004 Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
2005 YWCA Edmonton Science and Technology Award
2006 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Senior Investigator
2007 Member of the Royal Society of Canada

Appointments

2008-present Professor Emeritis
  University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
1986-2008 Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology
  University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
1982-2005 Adjunct Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science
  University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
1988-1990 Consultant, Enteric Section (Campylobacter)
  Northern Alberta Provincial Laboratory of Public Health, Edmonton, Alberta
1987-1988  Medical Research Council of Canada Visiting Scientist
  Institut Pasteur (Unité des Agents Antibactériens), Paris, France
1981-1986 Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology
  University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
1979-1981 Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology
  University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
1977-1981 Senior Research Associate, Research Institute and Department of Bacteriology
  The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario
1975-1977 Medical Research Council of Canada PostDoctoral Fellow Research Institute
  The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario

Professional Organizations

American Society for Microbiology
Canadian Society of Microbiologists
Society for General Microbiology, U.K.
Canadian Association for Gastroenterology

Research Funding

2005-2010  Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
2002-2007  Canadian Institutes of Health Research
2003-2006  Canadian Institutes of Health Research
1990-2005  National Centres of Excellence Program, Canadian Bacterial Diseases Network
2001-2004  Neose Technologies Inc., Horsham, Pennsylvania, USA
2000-2001  Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
1997-2001  National Cancer Institute of Canada
1997-1998  Astra Research Center Boston
1990-1997  GlaxoWellcome Canada

Teaching, Lectures

1983-2004  Bacterial Plasmids - Course Coordinator
1993-2003  Pathogenic Bacteriology - Lecturer
2003  Topics in Infection and Immunity
2004  Being a Mentor
1992-2006  Central Didactic Teaching Series - for Medical Residents

Visting Scientists

1988  Dr. Satoru Suzuki , Professor, Ehime University, Matsuyama , Japan
  E-mail: ssuzuki@agr.ehime-u.ac.jp
  Website: Laboratory of Marine Molecular Ecology
1990  Dr. Hubert P. Endtz, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
  E-mail: endtz@icddrb.org
  Website: icddr,b
1997  Dr. JinTown Wang, Taiwan National University, Taiwan
  

E-mail: wangjt@ntu.edu.tw

    Website: Taipei Lab
2003  Dr. Guillermina Alonso-Casanova, Associate Professor, Intitutes de Biologia Experimental
   University of Central Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

Administration (1998-2008)

1998-1999  Dean Search and Selection Committee
  University of Alberta
1999-2004  Search and Selection Committees
   Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology
  University of Alberta
1999  International Organizing Committee
   10th International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Related Organisms
   Baltimore, Maryland, USA
2000  International Organizing Committee
   11th International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Related Organisms
   Freiburg, Germany
2001  Grant Selection Committee
   Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
2002-2003  International Organizing Committee
   12th International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Related Organisms
   Aarhus, Denmark
2001-2004  Program Advisory Committee
  Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
2003-2005  Canadian Bacterial Diseases Network - Edmonton Node Leader
2004-2005  International Organizing Committee
   13th International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Related Organisms
   Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
2005-2008  Committee Member
   Killam Scholarship
2006-2008  Scientific Committee
   Canadian Society of Microbiologists Gold Award for
   Graduate Students International

Reviewing Activities

Member of Editorial Boards

1990-1999  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
1995-1999  Microbiology U.K.
1998-2000  Plasmid
1996-2007  Helicobacter

Scientific Journals

Journal of Bacteriology          Gastroenterology
Canadian Journal of Microbiology          International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology
Research in Microbiology (Paris, France)         Infection and Immunity
Journal of Infectious Diseases          Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy          

Granting Agencies

Canadian Institutes of Health Research         Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Health and Welfare Canada; Ontario Health         The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation
Physicians Services Incorporated         National Science Foundation (USA)
British Columbia Health Care Research Foundation     The Wellcome Foundation, U.K.
National Institutes of Health (USA)         Veterans Administration (USA)

Meetings Chaired (1997-2004)

1997  Second European Meeting on Pathogenesis and Host Response in Helicobacter pylori Infections.
   “Genetics of Helicobacter pylori and Virulence Determinants”, Galway, Ireland
1999  Tenth International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Related Organisms.
   “Antibiotic Resistance”, Baltimore, Maryland USA
2001  Canadian Helicobacter Study Group Meeting on Dyspepsia.
   “Understanding Pathogenesis of Dyspepsia”, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2001  Eleventh International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Related Organisms.
   “Antibiotic Resistance”, Freiburg, Germany.
2001  UAUC Conference on Infectious Diseases (11th) “Gram Positive Pathogens”, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
2002  American Society for Microbiology - Annual Meeting,
  “The Ribosome as an Antibacterial Target”, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
2002  American Society for Microbiology - Annual Meeting,
  “Molecular Mimicry in Bacterial Infections”, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
2002  Plasmid Biology 2002 “Transfer II”, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2003  Twelfth International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Related Organisms
  “Bioinformatics and Genomics”, Aarhus, Denmark
2004  UAUC Conference on Infectious Diseases (12th)
   “Host-Pathogens Interactions”, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

Invited Presentations

124  Antibiotic resistance and virulence in Campylobacter. In Pathogenesis (T. Raivio and J. Dennis, convenors),
   Canadian Society of Microbiologists Meeting (54th), (June 23rd, 2004) Edmonton, Alberta.
125  Ribosomally-Determined Antibiotic Resistance in Helicobacter pylori.
   University of Calgary (September 3, 2004), Alberta.
126  Ribosomally-Determined Antibiotic Resistance in Helicobacter pylori.
   McMaster University (January 20, 2005), Hamilton, Ontario.
127  Antibiotic resistance transfer: Evolution and conjugation of incompatibility H group plasmids. (April 15, 2005)
   Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.
128  Recent Advances in Understanding of Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms in Campylobacter and Helicobacter.
   13th International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Related Organisms
   (September 7, 2005) Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
129  Genetics and Antibiotic Resistance in Helicobacter pylori
   (June 5, 2006) Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax.

Patents

1  Taylor, D. E.. DNA probes for identification and detection of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli based on major outer membrane protein gene.
   Canadian Patent No. 1,314,248 issued March 9, 1993.
2  Taylor, D. E., Wang, G. and Palcic, M. M. a1,2fucosyltransferase from the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori.
   United States Patent No. 6,238,894 issued May 29, 2001.
3  Taylor, D. E. and Ge, Z. a1,3 fucosyltransferase gene from the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori.
  United States Patent No. 6,399,337 issued June 4, 2002.
4  Taylor, D. E. and Ge, Z. a1,3 fucosyltransferase and expression systems for making and expressing them.
   United States Patent No. 6,962,806 issued November 8, 2005.
5  Simala-Grant, J., Taylor, D.E. Johnson, K.F. and Bezila, D.J. H. pylori Fucosyltransferases.
   United States Patent No. 7,326,770 issued February 5, 2008.

Book Chapters

24  Gilmour M. W., Lawley T. D., Taylor D. E. (2004). Chapter 2.2,, The Cytology of Bacterial Conjugation.
   In R. Curtiss III (Editor in Chief), EcoSal-Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology., ASM Press, Washington, D.C.
25  Taylor, D. E. and Tracz, D. M. (2005). Mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter.
   In M. E. Konkel and J. Ketley (eds.) “Campylobacter: Molecular and Cellular Biology”, Chapter 9, pp. 193-204. Horizon Scientific Press, Norwich UK.
26  McDermott , P. F. and Taylor, D. E. (2005) Helicobacter and Campylobacter.
   In D. G. White, M. N. Alekshun and P. F. McDermott (eds.) “Frontiers in Antimicrobial Resistance: a tribute to Stuart B. Levy”, Chapter 24, pp. 269-291. ASM Press, Washington DC.
27  Engberg, J., Keelan, M., Gerner-Smidt, P. and Taylor, D. E. (2006). Antimicrobial Resistance in Campylobacter.
   In F. M. Aarestrup (ed.) “Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacteria of Animal Origin”. Chapter 16, pp. 269-291. ASM Press, Washington DC.
28  Taylor, D. E. and Keelan, M. (2006). Campylobacter and Arcobacter.
  In S.H. Gillespie and P. M. Hawkey (eds.) “Principles and Practice if Clinical Bacteriology 2nd Edition”. pp. 485-502. John Willey and Sons Ltd.

Refereed Papers

219  Gunton, J. E., Gilmour, M. W., Baptista, K. P., Lawley, T. D. and Taylor, D. E. (2007)
   Interaction between the co-inherited TraG coupling protein and the TraJ membrane-associated protein of the H-plasmid conjugative DNA transfer system resembles chromosomal DNA translocases.
   Microbiol. 153: 428-441
220 Thakor, N.S., Wilson, K. S. Scott, P. G., Taylor, D. E. (2007).
   An improved procedure for expression and purification of a ribosomal protection protein Tet(O) for high resolution studies.
   Protein Expression and Purification 55: 388-394.
221  Gibreel, A., Wetsch, N. M. and Taylor, D. E. (2007).
   Contribution of the CMeABC efflux pump to macrolide and tetracycline resistance in Campylobacter jejuni.
   Antimicrbiol. Agents Chemother 51: 388-394.
222  Gunton, J. E., Ussher, J. E. R., Rooker, M. M., Wetsch, N. M., Alonso, G., and Taylor, D. E. (2008).
   Entry exclusion in the IncHI1 plasmid R27 is mediated by EexA and EexB.
   Plasmid. 59: 86-101.
223  Thakor, N.S. Nechifor, R., Scott, P.G. Keelan, M. Taylor, D.E. and Wilson, K.S. (2008)
   Chimeras of Bacterial Translation factors Tet(O) and EF-G.
   FEBS Letters. 582: 1386-1390.
225  Friis, L.M., Keelan, M. and Taylor, D.E. (2009)
   Campylobacter jejuni drives MYD88 – independent Interleukin-6 secretion via Toll-like receptors.
   Infect. Immun. 77: 1553-1560.
226  Taylor, D.E. (2009)
  Thermosensitive nature of IncHI1 plasmid transfer.
  Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 53(6): 2703.

 

 

 

 

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