Mark Bernards
Professor and Chair
Department of Biology
University of Western Ontario
Canada
Biography
Mark Bernards Professor and Chair of Department of Biology at university of Western Ontario, Canada. PhD (Biochemistry) University of Guelph, 1991.
Research Interest
My research program is based on the study of plant secondary metabolites or phytochemicals. I am interested in how plants use phytochemicals to interact with other organisms or defend themselves against environmental factors such as wounding and pathogen attack. We spend a lot of time isolating and analysing phytochemicals using various chromatographic techniques and bioassays. Our research activities can be divided into two categories: 1) Biosynthesis of Suberin and 2) Chemical Ecology of Phytochemicals.
Publications
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Schmerk CL, Welander PV, Hamad MA, Bain KL, Bernards MA, Summons RE, Valvano MA. Elucidation of the Burkholderia cenocepacia hopanoid biosynthesis pathway uncovers functions for conserved proteins in hopanoidâ€producing bacteria. Environmental microbiology. 2015 Mar 1;17(3):735-50.
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Padilla-Reynaud R, Simao-Beaunoir AM, Lerat S, Bernards MA, Beaulieu C. Suberin regulates the production of cellulolytic enzymes in Streptomyces scabiei, the causal agent of potato common scab. Microbes and environments. 2015;30(3):245-53.
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Boychuk EC, Smiley JT, Dahlhoff EP, Bernards MA, Rank NE, Sinclair BJ. Cold tolerance of the montane Sierra leaf beetle, Chrysomela aeneicollis. Journal of insect physiology. 2015 Oct 31;81:157-66.
