Nicole Ricker

BSc, PhD

nricker@uoguelph.ca
Office: PAHL 4839
519-824-4120 Ext. 54625

Lab: PAHL 4817
519-824-4120 Ext. 54717/58473

Research Interests

• Application of big data analysis techniques to disease informatics
• Integration of microbial sequencing data into precision agriculture applications
• Comparative genomics and metagenomics
• Antimicrobial resistance
• Role of microbiome in disease progression/immune development
• Plasmid dynamics
• One Health approaches to AMR and antibiotic alternatives
• Shotgun metagenomics for analysis of functional changes in the swine microbiome

Technician

• Gabhan Chalmers

Post Doctoral Fellow

• Daniel Amoako
• Alba Park de la Torriente

Current Graduate Students

• Brandon Spoja - PhD
• Manar Al-Janabi - MSc
• Jack O'Toole - MSc
• Sarah Clarke - PhD