Dr. Garry Ferroni, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Medical Sciences Division
NOSM University in Sudbury
935 Ramsey Lake Road
Sudbury, ON
P3E 2C6
Phone: (705) 662-7222
Fax: (705) 675-4858
Email: gferroni@nosm.ca
Education and Professional Roles
| 2003-2012: Division Head, Medical Sciences, Northern Ontario School of Medicine |
| 1992-1999: Chair, Department of Biology, Laurentian University |
| 1988-2003: Professor, Department of Biology, Laurentian University |
| 1980-1988: Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Laurentian University |
| 1973-1980: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Laurentian University |
| 1973: PhD Microbiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario |
| 1970: M.Sc. Microbiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario |
| 1968: B.Sc. Biology & Chemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario |
Research Interest
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Selected Publications
Hawdon, Nicole, Eli B. Nix, Raymond S.W. Tsang, Garry Ferroni, William G. McCready, and Marina Ulanova. 2012. Immune Response to Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination in patients with chronic renal failure. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology: 19(6): 967-969.
Nix, Eli B., Nicole Hawdon, Sean Gravelle, Birubi Biman, Malcolm Brigden, Saleem Malik, William McCready, Garry Ferroni, and Marina Ulanova. 2012. Risk of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease in adults with secondary immunodeficiency in the post-Hib vaccine era. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 19(5): 766-771.
Leduc, Leo G. and Garry D. Ferroni. 2012. Bioleaching. In Bioremediation and Sustainability, Edited by Romeela Mohee and Ackmez Mudhoo. Scrivener Publishing LLC, p. 241-260.
Mykytczuk, N.C.S., J.T. Trevors, S.J. Foote, L.G. Leduc, G.D. Ferroni, and S.M. Twine. 2011. Proteomic insights into cold adaptation of psychrotrophic and mesophilic Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans strains. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek: DOI 10.1007/s10482-011-9584-z.
Delongchamp, Johanna, Mazen Saleh, and Garry Ferroni. 2011. Structure and Function of Bacterial and Fungal Cell Walls. In Molecular Aspects of Infectious Diseases, Edited by Mazen T. Saleh. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, p. 7-16.
Ferroni, Garry, Leo Leduc, and Nadia Mykytczuk. 2011. Bacterial Cell Surface Structures Important in Pathogenesis. In Molecular Aspects of Infectious Diseases, Edited by Mazen T. Saleh. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, p. 17-24.
Delongchamp, Johanna, Garry Ferroni, and Mazen Saleh. 2011. An Introduction to Protein Secretion in Prokaryotes. In Molecular Aspects of Infectious Diseases, Edited by Mazen T. Saleh. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, p. 24-53.
Mykytczyk, N.C.S., J.T. Trevors, L.G. Leduc, and G.D. Ferroni. 2010. Cytoplasmic membrane response to copper and nickel in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Microbiol. Res. 166:186-206.
Mykytczuk, N.C.S., Trevors, J.T., Ferroni, G.D., and Leduc, L.G. 2010.Cytoplasmic membrane fluidity and fatty acid composition of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans in response to pH stress. Extremophiles 14: 427-441.
Mykytczuk, N.C.S., Trevors, J.T., Twine, S.M., Ferroni, G.D., and Leduc, L.G. 2010. Membrane fluidity and fatty acid comparisons in psychrotrophic and mesophilic strains of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans under cold growth temperatures. Arch. Microbiol. 192: 1005-1018.