Nicole Ricker

Assistant Professor
Ontario Veterinary College, Department of Pathobiology
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