" The demand for certainty is one which is natural, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice."

Bertrand Russel

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

RENEWABLE BIOENERGY & PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Untargeted metabolomics reveals anion and organ-specific biochemistry of salinity tolerance in willow

Sas E., Frémont A., Gonzalez E., Sarrazin M., Barnabé S., Labrecque M., Brereton N.J.B.✉ and Pitre F.P.

BioRxiv - 2024

Arsenic stress triggers active exudation of arsenic-phytochelatin complexes from Lupinus albus roots

Frémont A., Sas E., Sarrazin M., Brisson J., Pitre F.E., Brereton N.J.B.✉

Journal of Experimental Botany - 2024

Comparative wood anatomy, composition and saccharification yields of wastewater irrigated willow cultivars at three plantations in Canada and Northern Ireland

Jerbi A., Kalwahali-Muissa M. Krygier R., Johnston C., Blank M., Sarrazin M., Barnabe S., Laur J., Labrecque, M., Brereton N.J.B.✉, and Pitre, F.E.

Biomass and Bioenergy - 2023

Different Temperature and UV Patterns Modulate Berry Maturation and Volatile Compounds Accumulation in Vitis sp.

Arguedas F.C., Sarailhé G., Nicolle P., Dorais M., Brereton N.J.B., Pitre F.E. and Pedneault K.

Frontiers in Plant Science - 2022

Phytochelatin and coumarin enrichment in root exudates of arsenic-treated white lupin

Frémont A., Sas E., Sarrazin M., Gonzalez E., Brisson J, Labrecque M., Pitre F.E. and Brereton N.J.B.✉

Plant, Cell and Environment - 2021

Biorefinery potential of sustainable municipal wastewater treatment using fast-growing willow

Sas E., Hennequin L.M., Frémont A., Jerbia A., Legault N., Lamontagne J., Fagoaga N., Sarrazind M., Hallett J.P., Fennell P.S., Barnabé S., Labrecque M., Brereton N.J.B.✉, Pitre F.E.

Science of the Total Environment - 2021

Extractable phenolic yield variation in five cultivars of mature short rotation coppice willow from four plantations in Quebec

Brereton N.J.B.✉, Berthod N., Lafleur B., Pedneault K., Pitre F.E., Labrecque M.

Industrial Crops and Products - 2017

Five willow varieties cultivated across diverse field environments reveal stem density variation associated with high tension wood abundance

Berthod N., Brereton N.J.B.✉, Pitre F.E., Labrecque M. (2015)

Frontiers in Plant Science - 2015

Reaction wood – a key cause of variation in cell wall recalcitrance in willow

Brereton N.J.B.*✉, Ray M.J.*, Shield I., Martin P., Karp A. and Murphy R.J.

Biotechnology for Biofuels - 2012

Variation in cell wall composition and accessibility in relation to biofuel potential of short rotation coppice willows

Brereton N.J.B.*, Ray M.J.*, Shield I., Karp A. and Murphy R.J. (2012)

BioEnergy Research - 2012

Investigation of tension wood formation and 2,6-dichlorbenzonitrile application in willow composition and enzymatic saccharification

Brereton N.J.B., Pitre F.E.*, Ray M.J.*, Karp A. and Murphy R.J.

Biotechnoly Biofuels - 2011

QTL mapping of enzymatic saccharification in short rotation coppice willow and its independence from biomass yield

Brereton N.J.B., Pitre F.E., Hanley S. J., Ray M., Karp A. and Murphy R.J.

Bioenergy Research - 2010 | Faculty of 1000 recommended

Renewable Bioenergy & Phytochemistry

Plant Physiology & Stress Tolerance

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY & STRESS TOLERANCE

Roadmap for the next decade of plant programmed cell death research

Joanna Kacprzyk, Rory Burke, Laia Armengot, Marianna Coppola, Sophie B. Tattrie, Hannah Vahldick, Diane C. Bassham, Maurice Bosch, Brereton N.J.B., Jean-Luc Cacas, Núria S. Coll, Patrick Gallois, Kazuyuki Kuchitsu, Moritz K. Nowack, Hilary J. Rogers, Frank Van Breusegem, Arunika H. L. A. N. Gunawardena and Paul F. McCabe

New Phytologist - 2024

High biomass yield increases in a primary effluent wastewater phytofiltration are associated to altered leaf morphology and stomatal size in Salix miyabeana

Jerbi A., Brereton N.J.B.✉, Sas E., Amiot S., Lachapelle-T. X., Comeau Y., Pitre F.E. and Labrecque M.

Science of Total Environment - 2020

Complementarity of three distinctive phytoremediation crops for multiple-trace element contaminated soil

Desjardins D., Brereton N.J.B.✉, Marchand L., Brisson J., Pitre F.E. and Labrecque M.

Science of Total Environment - 2017

Transcriptomic Response of Purple Willow (Salix purpurea) to Arsenic Stress

Yanitch, A., Brereton, N.J.B.✉, Gonzalez, E., Labrecque, M., Joly, S., Pitre, F.E.

Frontiers in Plant Science - 2017

Applications of laser-wakefield-based x-ray source to global food security issues

Kieffer J.C., Fourmaux S., Hallin E., Arnison P., Brereton N.J.B., Pitre F., Dixon M., Tran N.

SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics [Physic Conference] International Society for Optics and Photonics - 2017

Comparative Transcriptomic Approaches Exploring Contamination Stress Tolerance in Salix sp. Reveal the Importance for a Metaorganismal de Novo Assembly Approach for Nonmodel Plants

Brereton N.J.B.✉, Gonzalez E., Marleau J., Nissim W.G., Labrecque M., Joly S., Pitre F.E.

Plant Physiology - 2016

Sample Preparation for X-ray Micro-CT of Woody Plant Material and Associated Xylem Visualisation Techniques

Brereton N.J.B.✉

Bio-Protocol - 2016

Meta-transcriptomics indicates biotic cross-tolerance in willow trees cultivated on petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soil

Brereton N.J.B.*✉, Gonzalez E.*, Marleau J., Guidi Nissim W., Labrecque M., Pitre F.E., Joly S.

BMC Plant Biology - 2015

X-ray micro-computed tomography in willow reveals tissue patterning of reaction wood and delay in programmed cell death

Brereton N.J.B.✉, Ahmed F., Sykes S., Ray M.J., Shield I., Karp A. and Murphy R.J.

BMC Plant Biology - 2015 | BMC Plant Biology Science Imaging Award

Insights into nitrogen allocation and recycling from nitrogen elemental analysis and 15N isotope labelling in 14 genotypes of willow

Brereton N.J.B.✉; Pitre F.E., Shield I., Hanley S. J., Ray M.J., Murphy R.J. and Karp A.

Tree Physiology - 2013

Estimating root biomass in willows using the electrical capacitance method

Pitre F.E., Brereton N.J.B., Audoire S., Richter G.M., Shield I., Karp A.

Plant Biosystems - 2010

Microbime & Systems Bio

MICROBIOME & SYSTEMS BIOLOGY

Spaceflight alters host-gut microbiota interactions

Gonzalez E., Lee M.D., Tierney B.T., Lipieta N., Flores P., Mishra M., Beckett L., Finkelstein A., Mo A., Walton P., Karouia F., Barker R., Jansen R.J., Green S.J., Weging S., Kelliher J., Singh N.K., Bezdan D., Galazska J. & Brereton N.J.B✉

Npj Biofilms and Microbiomes - 2024

Longitudinal multi-omics analysis of host microbiome architecture and immune responses during short-term spaceflight

Braden T Tierney, JangKeun Kim, Eliah G Overbey, Krista A Ryon, Jonathan Foox, Maria A Sierra, Chandrima Bhattacharya, Namita Damle, Deena Najjar, Jiwoon Park, J Sebastian Garcia Medina, Nadia Houerbi, Cem Meydan, Jeremy Wain Hirschberg, Jake Qiu, Ashley S Kleinman, Gabriel A Al-Ghalith, Matthew MacKay, Evan E Afshin, Raja Dhir, Joseph Borg, Christine Gatt, Brereton N.J.B., Benjamin P Readhead, Semir Beyaz, Kasthuri J Venkateswaran, Kelly Wiseman, Juan Moreno, Andrew M Boddicker, Junhua Zhao, Bryan R Lajoie, Ryan T Scott, Andrew Altomare, Semyon Kruglyak, Shawn Levy, George M Church, Christopher E Mason

Nature Microbiology - 2024

Gut microbiota influence anastomotic healing in colorectal cancer surgery through modulation of mucosal proinflammatory cytokines

Hajjar R., Gonzalez E., Fragoso G., Oliero M., Alaoui A. A., Calvé A., Rendos H. V., Djediai S., Cuisiniere T., Laplante P., Gerkins C., Ajayi A.S., Diop K., Taleb N., Thérien S., Schampaert F., Alratrout H., Dagbert F., Loungnarath R., Sebajang H., Schwenter F., Wassef R., Ratelle R., Debroux E., Cailhier JF., Routy B., Annabi B., Brereton N.J.B., Richard C. and Santos M.M.

Gut- 2023

Altered serum bile acid profile in fibromyalgia is associated with specific gut microbiome changes and symptom severity

Minerbi A., Gonzalez E., Brereton N.J.B., Fitzcharles M., Chevalier S. and Shir Y

Pain - 2022

Microbial community origin and fate through a rural wastewater treatment plant

Newton K., Gonzalez E., Pitre F.E., Brereton N.J.B✉.

Environmental Microbiology - 2022

Dietary Intake Is Unlikely to Explain Symptom Severity and Syndrome-Specific Microbiome Alterations in a Cohort of Women with Fibromyalgia

Minerbi A., Gonzalez E., Brereton N.J.B., Anjarkouchian A., Dewar K., Fitzcharles M., Chevalier S. and Shir Y

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - 2022

Reanalysis of the Mars500 experiment reveals common gut microbiome alterations in astronauts induced by long-duration confinement

Brereton N.J.B.✉, Pitre F.E. and Gonzalez, E.

Computational and Structural Biotechnology - 2021

Distinct changes occur in the human breast milk microbiome between early and established lactation in breastfeeding Guatemalan mothers

Gonzalez E., Brereton N.J.B., Li C., Lopez Leyva L., Solomons N.W., Agellon L.B., Scott M.E. and Koski K.G.

Frontiers in Microbiology - 2021

Emerging frontiers in human milk microbiome research and suggested primers for 16S rRNA gene analysis

Lopez Leyva L., Brereton N.J.B.✉, Koski K.G.

Computational and Structural Biotechnology - 2020

Co-cropping with three phytoremediation crops influences rhizosphere microbiome community in contaminated soil

Brereton N.J.B.✉, Gonzalez E., Desjardins D., Labrecque M. and Pitre F.E.

Science of Total Environment - 2020

Altered microbiome composition in individuals with fibromyalgia

Minerbi A., Gonzalez E., Brereton N.J.B., Anjarkouchian A., Dewar K., Fitzcharles M., Chevalier S. and Shir Y.

PAIN - 2019 | Faculty of 1000 recommended; Editor's choice

" The demand for certainty is one which is natural, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice."

Bertrand Russel

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

RENEWABLE BIOENERGY & PHYTOCHEMISTRY

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY & STRESS TOLERANCE

Comparative Transcriptomic Approaches Exploring Contamination Stress Tolerance in Salix sp. Reveal the Importance for a Metaorganismal de Novo Assembly Approach for Nonmodel Plants

Brereton N.J.B.✉, Gonzalez E., Marleau J., Nissim W.G., Labrecque M., Joly S., Pitre F.E.

Plant Physiology - 2016

MICROBIOME & SYSTEMS BIOLOGY

Brereton N.J.B.✉, Pitre F.E. and Gonzalez, E.

ANCHOR: a 16S rRNA gene amplicon pipeline for microbial analysis of multiple environmental samples

Gonzalez E., Pitre F.E., Brereton N.J.B.✉

Environmental Microbiology - 2019

Trees, fungi and bacteria: tripartite metatranscriptomics of a root microbiome responding to soil contamination

Gonzalez E., Pitre F., Pagé A., Marleau J., Nissim W.G., St-Arnaud M., Labrecque M., Joly S., Yergeau E., Brereton N.J.B.✉

Microbiome - 2018

The Response of a 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene Fragment Amplified Community to Lead, Zinc, and Copper Pollution in a Shanghai Field Trial

Kou S., Vincent G., Gonzalez E., Pitre F.E., Labrecque M., Brereton N.J.B.✉

Frontiers in Microbiology - 2018

" The demand for certainty is one which is natural, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice."

Bertrand Russel

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

RENEWABLE BIOENERGY & PHYTOCHEMISTRY

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY & STRESS TOLERANCE

Comparative Transcriptomic Approaches Exploring Contamination Stress Tolerance in Salix sp. Reveal the Importance for a Metaorganismal de Novo Assembly Approach for Nonmodel Plants

Brereton N.J.B.✉, Gonzalez E., Marleau J., Nissim W.G., Labrecque M., Joly S., Pitre F.E.

Plant Physiology - 2016

MICROBIOME & SYSTEMS BIOLOGY

Brereton N.J.B.✉, Pitre F.E. and Gonzalez, E.

ANCHOR: a 16S rRNA gene amplicon pipeline for microbial analysis of multiple environmental samples

Gonzalez E., Pitre F.E., Brereton N.J.B.✉

Environmental Microbiology​ - 2019

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Trees, fungi and bacteria: tripartite metatranscriptomics of a root microbiome responding to soil contamination

Gonzalez E., Pitre F., Pagé A., Marleau J., Nissim W.G., St-Arnaud M., Labrecque M., Joly S., Yergeau E., Brereton N.J.B.✉

Microbiome - 2018

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The Response of a 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene Fragment Amplified Community to Lead, Zinc, and Copper Pollution in a Shanghai Field Trial

Kou S., Vincent G., Gonzalez E., Pitre F.E., Labrecque M., Brereton N.J.B.✉

Frontiers in Microbiology - 2018

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Environmental Microbiology - 2019