Ed Topp Ph.D.

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Principal Research Scientist

Environmental microbiology and chemistry

    Current research and/or projects

    Assessment and management of environmental and human health risks associated with agricultural organic fertilizers of animal, poultry and human origin: Fate and impacts of pharmaceuticals, microbial pathogens, and antibiotic resistant bacteria in food animal and crop production systems.

    Research and/or project statements

    -Mitigating antimicrobial resistance in food production systems.

    -Genomics Research and Development Initiative on antimicrobial resistance [GRDI-AMR]

    Professional activities / interests

    Member, Joint Programming Initiative on AMR (JPIAMR) Science Advisory Board (2019-)

    Chair, FAO/WHO expert committee on antimicrobial resistance, crops and the environment (Rome, June 2018)

    Member, FAO/WHO roster of experts on foodborne antimicrobial resistance (2019-)

    Member, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) working group concerning “The role of the environment in the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through the food chain” (2019-20)

    Member Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES, France)  expertise collective : « Antibiorésistance et environnement - État et causes possibles de la contamination des milieux en France par les antibiotiques et par les bactéries résistantes aux antibiotiques et les supports génétiques de la résistance aux antibiotiques » (2019-2021)

    Education and awards

    Ph.D., Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, USA

    M.Sc., Department of Microbiology, Macdonald College of McGill University, Canada

    B.Sc. (Agriculture). Department of Microbiology, Macdonald College of McGill University, Canada

    Elected ‘Membre Correspondant’ of the Académie d'Agriculture de France 2016

    Government of Canada Public Service Award of Excellence for Scientific Contribution 2016

    AAFC Gold Harvest award for Career Achievement 2015

    Water and Environment Association of Ontario Research Excellence Award 2014

    NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship 1984

    Busch Fellowship, The Graduate School, University of Minnesota 1984

    Walter M. Stewart Award, The Faculty of Agriculture, McGill University 1983

    Key publications

    1. Adam, Z., Whiteduck-Leveillee, K., Cloutier, M., Tambong, J.T., Chen, W., Lewis, C.T., Lévesque, C.A., Topp, E., Lapen, D.R., Talbot, G., Khan, I.U.H. (2014). Draft genome sequences of three Arcobacter strains of pig and dairy cattle manure origin. Genome Announcements, [online] 2(3), http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00377-14

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    2. Prosser, R.S., Lissemore, L., Topp, E., Sibley, P.K. (2014). Bioaccumulation of triclosan and triclocarban in plants grown in soils amended with municipal dewatered biosolids. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, [online] 33(5), 975-984. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.2505

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    3. Delaquis, P.J., Bach, S.J., McKellar, R., Bezanson, G.S., and Topp, E. (2013). "Survival of six Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli serotypes in field lettuce.", 58th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Food Protection (IAFP 2013), Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC, USA, July 28-31, 2013. (Poster)

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    4. Simmons, K., Rempel, H., Block, G.S., Delaquis, P.J., Topp, E., and Diarra, M.S. (2013). "Identification and prevalence of Escherichia fergusonii in broiler chickens.", 102nd IAFP Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, July 28-31, 2013.

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    5. Whiteduck-Leveillee, K., Laprade, N., Whiteduck-Leveillee, J., Topp, E., Kaneza, C.A., Lapen, D.R., Tambong, J.T., Guylaine, T., Wilkes, G.A., and Khan, I.U.H. (2013). "Antimicrobial resistance profiling of Arcobacter butzleri isolated from a Canadian agricultural watershed.", Canadian Society of Microbiologists (CSM) 63rd Annual Conference / Conférence annuelle de la Société Canadienne des Microbiologistes (SCM), Ottawa, ON, Canada, June 17-20, 2013.

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    6. Fung, S., Rempel, H., Forgetta, V., Dewar, K., Topp, E., and Diarra, M.S. (2013). "Ceca Microbiome of Mature Broiler Chickens Fed with or without Salinomycin.", Keystone Symposium: The Gut Microbiome: The Effector/Regulatory Immune Network (B3), Taos, NM, USA, February 10-15, 2013.

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    7. Laprade, N., Whiteduck-Léveillée, J., Whiteduck-Leveillee, K., Cloutier, M., Tambong, J.T., Topp, E., Lapen, D.R., Wilkes, G.A., and Khan, I.U.H. (2013). "Detection of virulence, toxin and tet(O) resistant genes in thermophilic Campylobacter species using multiplex PCR assays.", Canadian Society of Microbiologists (CSM) 63rd Annual Conference / Conférence annuelle de la Société Canadienne des Microbiologistes (SCM), Ottawa, ON, Canada, June 17-20, 2013.

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    8. Léveillée, W.J., Kaneza, C.A., Léveillée, K., Talbot, G., Topp, E., Lapen, D.R., Tambong, J.T., Lévesque, C.A., and Khan, I.U.H. (2013). "Optimization of multiplex PCR assays for the detection of virulence genes in Arcobacter species isolated from fecal samples.", 63rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, June 17-20, 2013, Abstract AE86.

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    9. Fung, S., Rempel, H., Forgetta, V., Dewar, K., Topp, E., and Diarra, M.S. (2013). "Ceca Microbiome of Mature Broiler Chickens Fed with or without Salinomycin.", Keystone Symposia: The Gut Microbiome: The Effector/Regulatory Immune Network (B3), Taos, New Mexico, USA, February 10-15, 2013.

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    10. Khan, I.U.H., Cloutier, M., Edge, T.A., Schellhorn, H.E., Gupta, R.S., Laprade, N., Topp, E., Guylaine, T., Lapen, D.R., Tambong, J.T., Wilkes, G.A., Nowak, E.K., and Hill, S. (2013). "A comparative study on the prevalence of thermophilic Campylobacter spp. In agricultural and recreational waters.", Canadian Society of Microbiologists (CSM) 63rd Annual Conference / Conférence annuelle de la Société Canadienne des Microbiologistes (SCM), Ottawa, ON, Canada, June 17-20, 2013.

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    11. Léveillée, K., Laprade, N., Léveillée, W.J., Topp, E., Lapen, D.R., Tambong, J.T., Talbot, G., Wilkes, G.A., and Khan, I.U.H. (2013). "Antimicrobial resistance profiling of Arcobacter butzleri isolates from faecal sources and an agricultural watershed.", 63rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, June 17-20, 2013, Abstract AE87.

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    12. Léveillée, W.J., Kaneza, C.A., Léveillée, K., Talbot, G., Topp, E., Lapen, D.R., Tambong, J.T., Lévesque, C.A., and Khan, I.U.H. (2013). "Optimization of a genus-specific PCR assay and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis for rapid detection.", 63rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, June 17-20, 2013, Abstract AE88.

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    13. Whiteduck-Leveillee, J., Whiteduck-Leveillee, K., Kaneza, C.A., Cloutier, M., Laprade, N., Topp, E., Guylaine, T., Lapen, D.R., Tambong, J.T., Lévesque, C.A., and Khan, I.U.H. (2013). "Multiplex PCR assay for the detection and identification of virulent genes in Arcobacter species.", Canadian Society of Microbiologists (CSM) 63rd Annual Conference / Conférence annuelle de la Société Canadienne des Microbiologistes (SCM), Ottawa, ON, Canada, June 17-20, 2013.

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    14. Topp, E., Lanthier, M., Diarra, M.S., Delaquis, P.J., Bach, S.J., McAllister, T.A., Sharma, R., Inglis, G.D., Masse, D., Bezanson, G.S., Bittman, S., Talbot, G., Masse, L., Brassard, J., Houde, A., Jones, T.H., Lapen, D.R., van Bochove, É., Gannon, V.P.J., Pintar, K.D.M., Masson, L., Neumann, N.F., and Koning, W. (2013). Assessment and management of on-farm fate of microbial and chemical contaminants carried in human and animal wastes used as organic fertilizers. Final Report SAGES #1462. (Report)

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    15. Kaneza, C.A., Whiteduck-Leveillee, K., Whiteduck-Leveillee, J., Laprade, N., Topp, E., Guylaine, T., Lapen, D.R., Tambong, J.T., Lévesque, C.A., and Khan, I.U.H. (2013). "Identification and detection of Arcobacter spp. From water and fecal matter using genus- and species-specific PCR assays.", La Cité Collégiale, Ottawa, ON, Canada, April 26, 2013.

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    16. Kaneza, C.A., Whiteduck-Leveillee, K., Whiteduck-Leveillee, J., Laprade, N., Topp, E., Guylaine, T., Lapen, D.R., Tambong, J.T., Lévesque, C.A., and Khan, I.U.H. (2013). "Identification and detection of Arcobacter spp. from water and fecal matter using genus- and species-specific PCR assays.", La Cité Collégiale, Ottawa, ON, Canada, April 26, 2013. (Poster)

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    17. Simmons, K., Rempel, H., Block, G.S., Topp, E., and Diarra, M.S. (2013). "Antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia fergusonii isolated from commercial broiler chickens.", 53rd Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) of American Society for Microbiology, Denver, Colorado, USA, September 10-13, 2013, #1561. (Poster)

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    18. Wilkes, G.A., Brassard, J., Edge, T.A., Gannon, V.P.J., Jokinen, C.C., Jones, T.H., Neumann, N.F., Pintar, K.D.M., Ruecker, N.J., Schmidt, P.J., Sunohara, M., Topp, E., and Lapen, D.R. (2013). "Bacteria, viruses, and parasites in an intermittent stream protected from and exposed to pasturing cattle: prevalence, densities, and quantitative microbial risk assessment.", Water Research, 47(16), pp. 6244-6257.

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    19. Whiteduck-Leveillee, K., Whiteduck-Leveillee, J., Kaneza, C.A., Laprade, N., Topp, E., Guylaine, T., Lapen, D.R., Tambong, J.T., Lévesque, C.A., and Khan, I.U.H. (2013). "Development of genus-specific PCR assay for rapid identification of Arcobacter species: Optimization of PCR Primers and Conditions, and Restriction Pattern Analysis.", Canadian Society of Microbiologists (CSM) 63rd Annual Conference / Conférence annuelle de la Société Canadienne des Microbiologistes (SCM), Ottawa, ON, Canada, June 17-20, 2013.

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    20. Talbot, G., Barret, M., Gagnon, N., and Topp, E. (2013). "Use of specific methanogen inhibitors and molecular analyses to elucidate biochemical pathways of methanogenesis in swine manure.", 63rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, June 17-20, 2013. (Abstract)

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    Research facility

    1391 Sandford Street
    London, ON N5V 4T3
    Canada

    Affiliations

    Adjunct, University of Western Ontario, Department of Biology.

    Special Graduate Faculty, University of Guelph, Ontario Veterinary College, Department of Pathobiology

    Canadian Society of Microbiologists (CSM, President 2010-2011).

    Canadian Soil Science Society (CSSS)

    American Society for Microbiology (ASM).

    International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME).

    Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC).

    Soil Science Society of America (SSSA).

    Language

    English
    French