User:Nouri BEN Zakour
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- Nouri BEN ZAKOUR
- University of Edinburgh
- The Chancellors Building
- 14, Little France Crescent
- Edinburgh, EH16 4SB, UK
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I work in the Laboratory for Bacterial Pathogenesis and Evolution at University of Edinburgh. I learned about OpenWetWare from a post on a science blog, and I've joined because I would like to interact with people sharing common interests in bioinformatics and genomics.
My current work is focused on studying the genome evolution of staphylococcal species using bioinformatic and proteomic approaches to understand pathogenesis mechanisms. I am also involved in several other microbial genome projects for which my role is to provide expertise on genome assembly, genome annotation and comparative genomics aspects.
Education
- 2006, PhD in Bioinformatics, Agrocampus - University of Rennes 1, France
- 2002, MSc in Genomics and Computing Science, University of Rennes 1, France
- 2001, BSc Honours in Biochemistry, University of Rennes 1, France
Research interests
- Evolutionary genomics
- Pathogenomics
- Bioinformatics
- Microbiology
Publications
- Moodley A, Stegger M, Ben Zakour NL, Fitzgerald JR, and Guardabassi L. Tandem repeat sequence analysis of staphylococcal protein A (spa) gene in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius. Vet Microbiol. 2009 Mar 30;135(3-4):320-6. DOI:10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.070 |
- Ben Zakour NL, Guinane CM, and Fitzgerald JR. Pathogenomics of the staphylococci: insights into niche adaptation and the emergence of new virulent strains. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2008 Dec;289(1):1-12. DOI:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01384.x |
- Ben Zakour NL, Sturdevant DE, Even S, Guinane CM, Barbey C, Alves PD, Cochet MF, Gautier M, Otto M, Fitzgerald JR, and Le Loir Y. Genome-wide analysis of ruminant Staphylococcus aureus reveals diversification of the core genome. J Bacteriol. 2008 Oct;190(19):6302-17. DOI:10.1128/JB.01984-07 |
- Bannoehr J, Ben Zakour NL, Waller AS, Guardabassi L, Thoday KL, van den Broek AH, and Fitzgerald JR. Population genetic structure of the Staphylococcus intermedius group: insights into agr diversification and the emergence of methicillin-resistant strains. J Bacteriol. 2007 Dec;189(23):8685-92. DOI:10.1128/JB.01150-07 |
- Ben Zakour N and Le Loir Y. Designing primers for whole genome PCR scanning using the software package GenoFrag: a software package for the design of primers dedicated to whole-genome scanning by LR-PCR. Methods Mol Biol. 2007;402:349-68. DOI:10.1007/978-1-59745-528-2_18 |
- Ben Zakour N, Grimaldi C, Gautier M, Langella P, Azevedo V, Maguin E, and Le Loir Y. Testing of a whole genome PCR scanning approach to identify genomic variability in four different species of lactic acid bacteria. Res Microbiol. 2006 May;157(4):386-94. DOI:10.1016/j.resmic.2005.09.006 |
- Baron F, Cochet MF, Pellerin JL, Ben Zakour N, Lebon A, Navarro A, Proudy I, Le Loir Y, and Gautier M. Development of a PCR test to differentiate between Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus intermedius. J Food Prot. 2004 Oct;67(10):2302-5. DOI:10.4315/0362-028x-67.10.2302 |
- Ben Zakour N, Gautier M, Andonov R, Lavenier D, Cochet MF, Veber P, Sorokin A, and Le Loir Y. GenoFrag: software to design primers optimized for whole genome scanning by long-range PCR amplification. Nucleic Acids Res. 2004;32(1):17-24. DOI:10.1093/nar/gkg928 |
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