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I. Levade

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Organism:human· 4 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2

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Temperature-dependent Spike-ACE2 interaction of Omicron subvariants is associated with viral transmission

M. Benlarbi, S. Ding, E. Belanger, A. Tauzin, R. Poujol, H. Medjahed, O. El Ferri, Y. Bo, C. Bourassa, J. Hussin, J. Fafard, M. Pazgier, I. Levade, C. Abrams, M. Cote, A. Finzi

This study examines how temperature affects Spike-ACE2 interactions in Omicron subvariants and links these interactions to viral transmission efficiency.

bioRxiv · Jan 20, 2024Microbiology

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Spike recognition by plasma from individuals receiving BNT162b2 mRNA vaccination with a 16-weeks interval between doses

D. Chatterjee, A. Tauzin, L. Marchitto, S. Y. Gong, M. Boutin, C. Bourassa, G. Beaudoin-Bussieres, Y. Bo, S. Ding, A. Laumaea, D. Vezina, J. Perreault, L. Gokool, C. Morrisseau, P. Arlotto, , A. Finzi

This study evaluates how plasma from individuals with a 16-week interval between BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine doses recognizes and neutralizes the Omicron Spike compared to other variants.

bioRxiv · Dec 21, 2021Microbiology

A combination of metagenomic and cultivation approaches reveals hypermutator phenotypes within Vibrio cholerae infected patients

I. Levade, A. I. Khan, F. Chowdhury, S. B. Calderwood, E. T. Ryan, J. B. Harris, R. C. LaRocque, T. R. Bhuiyan, F. Qadri, A. A. Weil, B. J. Shapiro

The paper combines metagenomics and cultivation approaches to show V. cholerae hypermutator phenotypes in infected patients, with evidence of adaptive mutations and transversion mutations.

mSystems · Aug 31, 2021Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Predicting Vibrio cholerae infection and disease severity using metagenomics in a prospective cohort study

I. Levade, M. M. Saber, F. S. Midani, F. Chowdhury, A. I. Khan, Y. Begum, E. T. Ryan, L. A. David, S. B. Calderwood, J. B. Harris, R. C. LaRocque, F. Qadri, B. J. Shapiro, A. A. Weil

This study uses metagenomic sequencing to predict cholera infection and disease severity in a cohort, identifying protective bacterial species and genes.

bioRxiv · Feb 25, 2020Microbiology

Vibrio cholerae genomic diversity within and between patients

I. Levade, Y. Terrat, J.-B. Leducq, A. A. Weil, L. M. Mayo-Smith, F. Chowdhury, A. I. Khan, J. Boncy, J. Buteau, L. C. Ivers, E. T. Ryan, R. C. Charles, S. B. Calderwood, F. Qadri, J. B. Harris, , B. J. Shapiro

This study examines V. cholerae genomic diversity within and between patients, finding limited point mutations but higher gene content variation, including phage and plasmid exchanges, which may impact disease outcomes.

bioRxiv · Jul 28, 2017Microbiology

Origins of pandemic clones from environmental gene pools

B. J. Shapiro, I. Levade, G. Kovacikova, R. K. Taylor, S. Almagro-Moreno

The paper identifies virulence adaptive polymorphisms (VAPs) in environmental bacterial populations that are required for the transition to pathogenicity in Vibrio cholerae.

bioRxiv · Sep 12, 2016Microbiology