Dr. Kangmin Duan
 
Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology, Department of Oral Biology, University of Manitoba

Degrees: Ph.D. (University of New South Wales, 1999

Mailing Address: D31Q-780 Banatyne Ave, Winnipeg, MB. R3E 0W2

Tel: (204) 272-3185, Lab 789-3836
E-mail: duank@cc.umanitoba.ca

Research Interests:
Bacterial cell-cell signalling and interactions; mechanisms of pathogenesis and antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens; development of new antimicrobial strategies

Publications:

  1. Liang, H., J. Duan, C.D. Sibley, M. Surette, and K. Duan. (2011) Identification of Mutants with Altered Phenazine Production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa J. Med. Microbiol. 60 (1): 22-34
  2. Yang, L., L. Chen, L. Shen, M. Surette, K. Duan. (2011)Inactivation of MuxABC-OpmB transporter system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa leads to increased ampicillin and carbenicillin resistance and decreased virulence. J. Microbiol.49(1):107-14
  3. Chen, L., Wang W., W. Sun, M. Surette, and K. Duan. (2010) Characterization of a cryptic plasmid in Pseudomonas sp. and utilization of its temperature-sensitive derivatives for genetic manipulation. Plasmid 64 (2): 110-117
  4. Chen, L. L. Yang, X. Zhao and K. Duan. (2010) Identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa genes associated with antibiotic susceptibility. Sci. China Life-Sciences. 53:1247-1251
  5. Liang, H., L. Li, W. Kong, L. Shen, and K. Duan. (2009) Identification of a potential regulator of the quorum-sensing systems in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. FEMS Microbiol Lett. . 239:196 – 204
  6. Song, J., H. Fang, and K. Duan (2009) Charactering Gene Expressions Based on Their Temporal Observations. J. Biomed. Biotechnol.doi: 10.1155/2009/357937
  7. Zhang Y. and K. Duan. (2009) Glutathione exhibits antibacterial activity and increases tetracycline efficacy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Science in China Series C: Life Sciences 52(6) 501-505
  8. Wei, Y., Z. Li, B. Chen, H. Liang, and K. Duan. (2009)Characterization of the orf1-tolQRA operon in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Microbiol. Immunol.53 (6): 309-318
  9. Duan, K. C.D. Sibley, CJ Davidson, and Surette, (2009) Chemical interactions between microorganisms in microbial communities in “Bacterial Sensing and Signaling” ed. by Mattias Collin and Raymond Schuch, a volume in the series ‘Contributions to Microbiology’. Karger AG
  10. Liang, H., L. Li, Z. Dong, M. Surette, and K. Duan. (2008) The YebC family protein PA0964 negatively regulates Pseudomonas quinolone signal (PQS) system and pyocyanin production.J. Bacteriol.190:6217-6227
  11. Shen L.,Y. Shi., D. Zhang, J. Wei, M. G. Surette, and K. Duan. (2008) Modulation of secreted virulence factor genes by subinhibitory concentrations of antibiotics in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J. Microbiol. 46:441-447
  12. Sibley, C.D., M. Parkins, D. G. Storey, H. Rabin, K. Duan, C. Norgaard, and M. G. Surette. (2008)A polymicrobial perspective of pulmonary infections exposes an enigmatic pathogen in cystic fibrosis patients.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 105:15070-15075
  13. Sibley, C.D., K. Duan, C. Fischer, M. D. Parkins, D. G. Storey, H. Rabin and M. G. Surette. (2008) Discerning the complexity of community interactions using a Drosophila model of polymicrobial infections. PLOS Pathogens 4 (10) : e1000184
  14. Han S., J. Ma, Y. Lv, C. Huang, H. Liang, K. Duan. (2008) Secretory Tat-Apoptin fusion protein induces apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 cells. World J. Gastroenterol. 14(23):3642-3649
  15. Duan, K. and M.Surette. (2007)Environmental regulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosaPAO1 las and rhl quorum sensing systems. J. Bacteriol.189: 4827-4836
  16. Song J., K. Duan and M. Surette. (2007) The wavelet-based cluster analysis for temporal gene expression data. EURASIP J. Bioinform. Sys. Biol.doi:10.1155/2007/39382
  17. Xie, J., W. Sun, K. Duanand Y. Zhang (2007)Chemical constituents of roots of Epimedium wushanense and evaluation of their biological activities. Natural Product Research, Vol. 21 (7): 600–605