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Ellen Sykes, PhD, BSc

Research Assistant, School of Public Health

Pronouns: she/her

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Research Assistant, School of Public Health
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emsykes@ualberta.ca

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Characterization of a colistin resistant, hypervirulent hospital isolate of Acinetobacter courvalinii from Canada

Ellen M.E. Sykes, Valeria Mateo-Estrada, Anna Muzaleva, George Zhanel, Jeremy Dettman, Julie Chapados, Suzanne Gerdis, Ömer Akineden, Santiago Castillo-Ramírez, Izhar U.H. Khan, Ayush Kumar

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 2024 July; 10.1007/s10096-024-04873-0

Complete genome of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus AC001_UM from Red River soil banks in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Ruwani Wimalasekara, Ellen M. E. Sykes, Dawn White, Chris Rathgeber, Ayush Kumar

Microbiology Resource Announcements. 2024 May; 10.1128/mra.01122-23

Phylogenomic and phenotypic analyses highlight the diversity of antibiotic resistance and virulence in both human and non-human Acinetobacter baumannii

Ellen M. E. Sykes, Valeria Mateo-Estrada, Raelene Engelberg, Anna Muzaleva, George Zhanel, Jeremy Dettman, Julie Chapados, Suzanne Gerdis, Ömer Akineden, Izhar U. H. Khan, Santiago Castillo-Ramírez, Ayush Kumar

mSphere. 2024 March; 10.1128/msphere.00741-23

Three novel multiplex PCR assays for rapid detection of virulence, antimicrobial resistance, and toxin genes in <i>Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii</i> complex species

Alexander A Sheikh, Danielle Schneiderman, Ellen M E Sykes, Ayush Kumar, Wen Chen, David R Lapen, IZHAR KHAN

Letters in Applied Microbiology. 2024 March; 10.1093/lambio/ovae027

Salicylic acids and pathogenic bacteria: new perspectives on an old compound

Ellen M.E. Sykes, Dawn White, Sydney McLaughlin, Ayush Kumar

Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 2024 January; 10.1139/cjm-2023-0123

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 Zhanel, Jeremy Dettman, Julie Chapados, Suzanne Gerdis, Ömer Akineden, Izhar I. U. Khan, Santiago Castillo-Ramírez, Ayush Kumar

Access Microbiology. 2023 June; 10.1099/acmi.0.000485.v3

Unravelling the Evolutionary Dynamics of High-Risk Klebsiella pneumoniae ST147 Clones: Insights from Comparative Pangenome Analysis

Suchanda Dey, Mahendra Gaur, Ellen M. E. Sykes, Monica Prusty, Selvakumar Elangovan, Dr. Sangita Dixit, Sanghamitra Pati, Ayush Kumar, E. Subudhi

Genes. 2023 May; 10.3390/genes14051037

Isolation of Bioactive Metabolites from Soil Derived Fungus-Aspergillus fumigatus

Harman Gill, Ellen M. E. Sykes, Ayush Kumar, John Sorensen

Microorganisms. 2023 February; 10.3390/microorganisms11030590

Iron Acquisition Mechanisms and Their Role in the Virulence of Acinetobacter baumannii

Infection and Immunity. 2022 September; 10.1128/iai.00223-22

Density-Dependent Prophylaxis in Freshwater Snails Driven by Oxylipin Chemical Cues

Olwyn C. Friesen, Chen-Hua Li, Ellen M. E. Sykes, Jake M. Stout, Harold M. Aukema, Ayush Kumar, Jillian T. Detwiler

Frontiers in Immunology. 2022 January; 10.3389/fimmu.2022.826500

Recent Advances in Genetic Tools for Acinetobacter baumannii

Frontiers in Genetics. 2020 December; 10.3389/fgene.2020.601380

Complete Genome Sequences of Two Distinct Strains of Serratia marcescens Isolated from Contaminated Platelet Concentrates from Canadian Donors

Microbiology Resource Announcements. 2020 October; 10.1128/mra.00829-20

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

Microbiology. 2020 September; 10.1099/mic.0.000971

Maternal MEMI promotes female meiosis ii in response to fertilization in Caenorhabditis elegans

Genetics. 2016 January; 10.1534/genetics.116.192997

The KLP-7 residue S546 is a putative Aurora kinase site required for microtubule regulation at the centrosome in C. elegans

PLoS ONE. 2015 January; 10.1371/journal.pone.0132593

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