Professor Emeritus, Medical Sciences Division
Laurentian University Campus
935 Ramsey Lake Road
Sudbury, Ontario
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
- The activities of the bacterium Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
- Temperature effects on microorganisms
- Exopolymer production by bacteria
- Antibiotic resistance in bacteria
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.
