Associate Professor – Department of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine

Contact information:

Telephone: (514) 934-1934, ext. 42815
e-mail address: marcel.behr@mcgill.ca
website: http://molepi.mcgill.ca/

Projects for Thesis Supervision:

1. M. avium paratuberculosis bacterial pathogenesis.

2. M. tuberculosis bacterial pathogenesis.

Recent Publications:

Wang, T.T., Dabbas, B., Laperriere, D., Bitton, A.J., Soualhine, H., Tavera-Mendoza, L., Dionne, S., Servant, M.J., Bitton, A., Seidman, E.G., Mader, S., Behr, M.A. and White, J.H. (2010)
Direct and indirect induction of the NOD2/CARD15-beta defensin 2 innate immune pathway by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D₃. J. Biol. Chem. 285: 2227-2231.

Veyrier, F., Pletzer, D., Turenne, C. and Behr, M.A. (2009)
Phylogenetic detection of horizontal gene transfer during the step-wise genesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: 196.

Coulombe, F., Divangahi, M., Veyrier, F., Gleason, J.L., Yang, Y., Kelliher, M.A., Pandey, A.K., Sassetti, C.M., Reed, M.B. and Behr, M.A. (2009)
Increased NOD2-mediated recognition of N-glycolyl muramyl dipeptide. J. Exp. Med. 206: 1709-1716.