PUBLICATIONS
Whiteside M.D., Winsor G.L., Laird M.R., Brinkman F.S. 2013. OrtholugeDB: a bacterial and archaeal orthology resource for improved comparative genomic analysis. Nucleic Acid Research 41:D336-376.
Langille M.G.,Laird M.R., Hsiao W.W., Chiu T.A., Eisen J.A., Brinkman F.S. 2012. MicrobeDB: a locally maintainable database of microbial genomic sequences. Bioinformatics 28:1947-1948.
Bakker K. 2012. Water security: research challenges and opportunities. Science 337: 914-915.
PRESENTATIONS
Judith Isaac-Renton. January 22, 2013. ”Applied metagenomics of the watershed microbiome”. Genome BC Winter Symposium, Vancouver, BC.
Patrick Tang. (Keynote Speaker) November 29, 2012. “The new age of microbiology: Holistic microbiology”. 5th Annual BC Centre for Disease Control Forum, Vancouver, BC.
Gemma Dunn. November 21, 2012. “Water security indicators: The Canadian experience”. Global Water Partnership Expert Consultation on Water Security Indicators, Stockholm, SE.
Fiona Brinkman. (Distinguished Speaker) May 25, 2012. “Using microbial evolution to aid infectious disease control”. National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, MB.
Fiona Brinkman. April 13, 2012. “Ripples of change: Using metagenomics to transform water quality monitoring”. IRMACS, SFU, Burnaby, BC.
Fiona Brinkman. April 12, 2012. “Bioinformatics for combating infectious diseases (and more)”. SFU Health Research Day, Burnaby, BC.
Fiona Brinkman. January 24, 2012. “Evaluating and improving bioinformatics analysis of metagenomics and pathway data”. Genome BC Winter Symposium. Vancouver, BC.
Fiona Brinkman. March 30, 2012. “Metagenomics analysis of watershed microbiomes”. TCS. Pune, India.
Karen Bakker. February 17, 2012. “Water security: Competing perspectives, multi-disciplinary challenges”. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Vancouver, BC.
Natalie Prystajecky. February 17, 2012. “Of friends, family, and food: Tales of Norovirus transmission”. Public event on Water Security in Canada sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Canadian Water Network, the Royal Society of Canada and the University of British Columbia. Held in conjunction with the AAAS in Vancouver, BC.
Judith Isaac-Renton. February 17, 2012. “Ripples of change: Need for vigilance”. Public event on Water Security in Canada sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Canadian Water Network, the Royal Society of Canada and the University of British Columbia. Held in conjunction with the AAAS in Vancouver, BC.
Fiona Brinkman. November 16, 2011. “Metagenomics analysis of watershed microbiomes – toward improved water quality monitoring”. Harvard School of Public Health. Boston, MA, USA.
Natalie Prystajecky, Jennifer Gardy, Patrick Tang and Judith Isaac-Renton. September 30, 2011. “A changing tide for public health: Application of genomics for water quality testing in protected, urban, agricultural and multi-use watersheds across BC”. Soil Seminar, Faculty of Land and Food Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
Judith Isaac-Renton, Natalie Prystajecky, Jennifer Gardy and Patrick Tang. September 23, 2011. “Ripples of change: Using metagenomics to explore new frontiers in water quality testing”. BC Centre for Disease Control Grand Rounds, Vancouver, BC.
Patrick Tang. May 6, 2011. “Metagenomics of the watershed microbiome.” 9th Annual Genomics Forum. Genome British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
