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Raymond J. Turner

Raymond J. Turner

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
22363
World Ranking
5013
National Ranking
181

Overview

Raymond J. Turner is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada and has focused their research primarily in the field of Materials Science, with significant contributions in several related subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Biomedical Engineering, and Infectious Diseases.

Their research encompasses multiple key topics including:

  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Selenium in Biological Systems
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Antimicrobial agents and applications
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis

Turner has published numerous papers in several frequent venues, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach intersecting chemistry, biology, and materials science. These venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Microbial Biotechnology
  • Antibiotics
  • Frontiers in Chemistry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Among their recent papers are:

  • Efficacy and Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials, 2021, published in Vaccines
  • Biotechnology of Rhodococcus for the production of valuable compounds, 2020, published in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Nanomaterials in Wound Healing and Infection Control, 2021, published in Antibiotics
  • Comparison of influenza type A and B with COVID-19: A global systematic review and meta-analysis on clinical, laboratory and radiographic findings, 2020, published in Reviews in Medical Virology
  • Comparison of confirmed COVID-19 with SARS and MERS cases - Clinical characteristics, laboratory findings, radiographic signs and outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, published in Reviews in Medical Virology

Collaboration has been a significant aspect of Turner's work, with frequent co-authors including Ali Pormohammad, Fabrizia Grepioni, Dario Braga, Oleksii Shemchuk, and Mohammad Zarei.

Turner also has contributions to academic books published by recognized publishers. They have authored:

  • Nanomicrobiology: Emerging Trends in Microbial Synthesis of Nanomaterials and Their Applications, 2021, published by Frontiers Media
  • Biofabrication of Nanostructures for Environmental, Agricultural, and Biomedical Applications, 2023, published by Frontiers Media
  • Logics in Artificial Intelligence, 2021, published by Springer Science+Business Media

Best Publications

  • Antimicrobial activity of metals: mechanisms, molecular targets and applications

    Joseph A. Lemire;Joe J. Harrison;Raymond J. Turner

  • Growth of Rhodococcus sp. strain BCP1 on gaseous n-alkanes: new metabolic insights and transcriptional analysis of two soluble di-iron monooxygenase genes.

    Martina Cappelletti;Alessandro Presentato;Giorgio Milazzo;Raymond J. Turner

  • Physical-Chemical Properties of Biogenic Selenium Nanostructures Produced by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia SeITE02 and Ochrobactrum sp. MPV1.

    Elena Piacenza;Alessandro Presentato;Emmanuele Ambrosi;Adolfo Speghini

  • Multimetal resistance and tolerance in microbial biofilms.

    Joe J. Harrison;Howard Ceri;Raymond J. Turner

  • A Novel and Ubiquitous System for Membrane Targeting and Secretion of Cofactor-Containing Proteins

    Joel H Weiner;Peter T Bilous;Gillian M Shaw;Shannon P Lubitz

  • The SMR family: a novel family of multidrug efflux proteins involved with the efflux of lipophilic drugs

    Ian T. Paulsen;Ronald A. Skurray;Roland Tam;Milton H. Saier

  • Microtiter susceptibility testing of microbes growing on peg lids: a miniaturized biofilm model for high-throughput screening

    Joe J Harrison;Carol A Stremick;Raymond J Turner;Nick D Allan

  • Anti-adhesion activity of two biosurfactants produced by Bacillus spp. prevents biofilm formation of human bacterial pathogens.

    F. Rivardo;R. J. Turner;G. Allegrone;H. Ceri

  • Small multidrug resistance proteins: a multidrug transporter family that continues to grow.

    Denice C. Bay;Kenton L. Rommens;Raymond J. Turner

  • Visible fluorescent detection of proteins in polyacrylamide gels without staining.

    Carol L Ladner;Jing Yang;Raymond J Turner;Robert A Edwards

  • Efficacy and Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials

    Ali Pormohammad;Mohammad Zarei;Saied Ghorbani;Mehdi Mohammadi

  • Selenium metabolism in Escherichia coli.

    Raymond J Turner;Joel H Weiner;Diane E Taylor

  • Biofilm susceptibility to metal toxicity

    Joe J. Harrison;Howard Ceri;Carol A. Stremick;Raymond J. Turner

  • Persister cells, the biofilm matrix and tolerance to metal cations in biofilm and planktonic Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    Joe J. Harrison;Raymond J. Turner;Howard Ceri

  • Biogenic selenium and tellurium nanoparticles synthesized by environmental microbial isolates efficaciously inhibit bacterial planktonic cultures and biofilms

    Emanuele Zonaro;Emanuele Zonaro;Silvia Lampis;Raymond J. Turner;S. Junaid S. Qazi

  • Identification of Resistance Genes and Response to Arsenic in Rhodococcus aetherivorans BCP1.

    Andrea Firrincieli;Alessandro Presentato;Alessandro Presentato;Giusi Favoino;Rosita Marabottini

  • The bacterial response to the chalcogen metalloids Se and Te.

    Davide Zannoni;Francesca Borsetti;Joe J. Harrison;Raymond J. Turner

  • Copper and Quaternary Ammonium Cations Exert Synergistic Bactericidal and Antibiofilm Activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Joe J. Harrison;Raymond J. Turner;Daniel A. Joo;Michelle A. Stan

  • The use of microscopy and three-dimensional visualization to evaluate the structure of microbial biofilms cultivated in the Calgary Biofilm Device.

    Joe J. Harrison;Howard Ceri;Jerome Yerly;Carol A. Stremick

  • Identification of a twin-arginine leader-binding protein

    Ivan J. Oresnik;Carol L. Ladner;Raymond J. Turner

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard Ceri
Howard Ceri University of Calgary
Joel H. Weiner
Joel H. Weiner University of Alberta
Joe J. Harrison
Joe J. Harrison University of Calgary
Diane E. Taylor
Diane E. Taylor University of Alberta
Aalim M. Weljie
Aalim M. Weljie University of Pennsylvania
Valentina Tremaroli
Valentina Tremaroli University of Gothenburg
Behzad Baradaran
Behzad Baradaran Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Merle E. Olson
Merle E. Olson University of Calgary
Martin Sharp
Martin Sharp University of Alberta
D. Peter Tieleman
D. Peter Tieleman University of Calgary

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