Dr. Weilan Wang
Positions
Postdoctoral Associate
Faculty of Kinesiology
Contact information
Background
Educational Background
PhD Food Microbiology , University of Alberta, 2019
Postdoctoral Fellow Biomedical Microbiology, University of Calgary, 2022
Postdoctoral Fellow Pediatrics-Nutrition, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA, 2024
Biography
Dr. Weilan Wang currently serves on the Editorial Boards of BMC Microbiology and Gut Microbes Reports
Research
Areas of Research
With a multidisciplinary foundation in Microbiology, Nutrition, and Bioinformatics, Dr. Wang's research focuses on uncovering fundamental insights into host-microbiome interactions and applying these discoveries to protect both animals and humans from infectious and metabolic diseases.
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Awards
- Eyes High Postdoctoral Fellowship , University of Calgary. 2019
- Graduate Students' Association Academic Travel Award, University of Alberta. 2018
- AFNS Travel Award , University of Alberta. 2018
- J Gordin Kaplan Graduate Student Award, University of Alberta. 2018
Publications
- C‐section birth increases offspring obesity risk dependent on maternal diet and obesity status in rats. Nicole A. Cho,Kate M. Sales,Kara Sampsell,Weilan Wang,Erin W. Noye Tuplin,Dana E. Lowry,Raylene A. Reimer. Obesity. 29:10. 1664-1675. (2021)
- Impaired Hypothalamic Microglial Activation in Offspring of Antibiotic-Treated Pregnant/Lactating Rats Is Attenuated by Prebiotic Oligofructose Co-Administration. Nicole A Cho, Alissa C Nicolucci, Teja Klancic, Weilan Wang, Keith A Sharkey, Richelle Mychasiuk, Raylene A Reimer. Microorganisms. 8:7. 1085. (2020)
- Metabolic and Gut Microbiota Responses to Sourdough Pasta Consumption in Overweight and Obese Adults. Shrushti Shah, Paul DS Brown, Shyamchand Mayengbam, Michael G Gänzle, Weilan Wang, Chunlong Mu, Silvio Lettrari, Craig Bertagnolli, Jane Shearer. Frontiers in Nutrition. (2020)
- Digestibility of branched and linear α-gluco-oligosaccharides in vitro and in ileal-cannulated pigs. Hu Y, Heyer CM, Wang W, Zijlstra RT, Gänzle MG. Functional Foods. (2020)
- Feeding Limosilactobacillus fermentum K9-2 and Lacticaseibacillus casei K9-1, or Limosilactobacillus reuteri TMW1. 656 Reduces Pathogen Load in Weanling Pigs. Wang W, Zijlstra RT, Gänzle MG. Frontiers in Microbiology. (2020)
- Metagenomic reconstructions of gut microbial metabolism in weanling pigs. Wang W, Hu Hui, Zijlstra RT, Zheng J, Gänzle MG. Microbiome, 7:48. (2019)
- Toward rational selection criteria for selection of probiotics in pigs. Wang W and Gänzle MG. Advances in Applied Microbiology, 107. 83-112. (2019)
- γ-glutamyl cysteine ligase of Lactobacillus reuteri synthesizes γ-glutamyl dipeptides in sourdough. Yan B, Chen Y, Wang W, Zhao J, Chen W, Gänzle MG. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 66, 46. 12368-75. (2018)
- Impact of probiotic Lactobacillus sp. on autochthonous lactobacilli in weaned piglets. Zhao X, Wang W, Blaine A, Kane ST, Zijlstra RT, Gänzle MG,. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 126. 242-54. (2018)
- Identification and quantification of virulence factors of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli by high-resolution melting curve quantitative PCR. Wang W, Zijlstra RT, Gänzle MG. BMC Microbiology. 17:114. (2017)
- A metagenomics investigation of intergenerational effects of non-nutritive sweeteners on gut microbiome. Weilan Wang, Jodi E Nettleton, Michael G Gänzle, Raylene A Reimer. 795848. (2022)
- Dietary fiber combinations to mitigate the metabolic, microbial, and cognitive imbalances resulting from diet‐induced obesity in rats. Erin W Noye Tuplin, Erna Alukic, Dana E Lowry, Faye Chleilat, Weilan Wang, Nicole A Cho, Kara Sampsell, Kate M Sales, Shyamchand Mayengbam, Kathy D McCoy, Raylene A Reimer. e22269. (2022)
- Exercise and Prebiotic fiber provide gut Microbiota-driven benefit in a survivor to germ-free Mouse Translational model of breast cancer. Kara Sampsell, Weilan Wang, Christina Ohland, Lukas F Mager, Nicola Pett, Dana E Lowry, Kate M Sales, Margaret L McNeely, Kathy D McCoy, S Nicole Culos-Reed, Raylene A Reimer. 2722. (2022)
- Characterization of the glucan-branching enzyme GlgB gene from swine intestinal bacteria. Yuqi Shao, Weilan Wang, Ying Hu, Michael G Gänzle. 1881. (2023)
- Protocol for nutritional intervention in neonatal rats using the “pup-in-a-cup” artificial rearing system. Weilan Wang, Anamika Choudhary, Chunlong Mu, Morris H Scantlebury, Jane Shearer, Raylene A Reimer. 102919. (2024)
- Effect of prebiotic fiber on physical function and gut microbiota in adults, mostly women, with knee osteoarthritis and obesity: a randomized controlled trial. Rafael Fortuna, Weilan Wang, Shyamchand Mayengbam, Erin W Noye Tuplin, Kara Sampsell, Keith A Sharkey, David A Hart, Raylene A Reimer. 1-13. (2021)
- Metabolic services of the gut microbiome of swine: Metabolism of carbohydrates and bile salts. Wang W, Ju T, Gänzle MG. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. (2021)
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