Nancy Gardner

Director, Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization

Manages intellectual property assets used and created by AAFC' scientists. Facilitates collaborative research, promotes innovation, manages intellectual property portfolio for AAFC, leads training program on intellectual property.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

3600 Casavant Boulevard West, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC

Key publications

Champagne, C.P., Gardner, N., Lafleur, S., Savard, T. (2010). Population yields and vegetable juice fermentation of leuconostoc mesenteroides cultures grown under free-cell or immobilized-cell technologies. Food Biotechnology, [online] 24(1), 1-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08905430903320701
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Champagne, C.P. and Gardner, N.J. (2008). "The growth and recovery of an exopolysaccharide-producing Lactobacillus rhamnosus culture on growth media containing apple juice or molasses.", Journal of General and Applied Microbiology, 54(4), pp. 237-241.
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Champagne, C.P., Gardner, N.J. (2008). Effect of storage in a fruit drink on subsequent survival of probiotic lactobacilli to gastro-intestinal stresses. Food Research International, [online] 41(5), 539-543. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2008.03.003
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Bisakowski, B., Atwal, A.S., Gardner, N., Champagne, C.P. (2007). Effect of lactic acid fermentation of onions (Allium cepa) on the composition of flavonol glucosides. International Journal of Food Science and Technology, [online] 42(7), 783-789. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2621.2006.01268.x
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Champagne, C.P., Gardner, N.J., Lacroix, C. (2007). Fermentation technologies for the production of exopolysaccharide- synthesizing Lactobacillus rhamnosus concentrated cultures. Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, [online] 10(2), 211-220. http://dx.doi.org/10.2225/vol10-issue2-fulltext-10
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Ainsley Reid, A., Champagne, C.P., Gardner, N., Fustier, P., Vuillemard, J.C. (2007). Survival in food systems of Lactobacillus rhamnosus R011 microentrapped in whey protein gel particles. Journal of Food Science, [online] 72(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-3841.2006.00222.x
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Champagne, C.P., Roy, D., and Gardner, N.J. (2005). "Challenges in the addition of probiotic cultures to foods.", Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 45(1), pp. 61-84.
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Champagne, C.P. and Gardner, N.J. (2005). "Production of Propionibacterium shermanii biomass and vitamin B12 on spent media.", Journal of Applied Microbiology, 99(5), pp. 1236-1245.
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Savard, T., Gardner, N.J., and Champagne, C.P. (2003). "Growth of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium cultures in a vegetable juice medium, and their stability during storage in a fermented vegetable juice.", Sciences Des Aliments, 23(2), pp. 273-283.
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Gardner, N.J., Broersma, K., Popp, J.D., Mir, P.S., Buckley, W.T. (2003). "Copper and health status of cattle grazing high-molybdenum forage from a reclaimed mine tailing site.", Canadian Journal of Animal Science, 83(3), pp. 479-485.
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Gardner, N.J., Champagne, C.P., and Gélinas, P. (2002). "Effect of yeast extracts containing propionic acid on bread dough fermentation and bread properties.", Journal of Food Science, 67(5), pp. 1855-1858.
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Savard, T., Beaulieu, C., Gardner, N.J., and Champagne, C.P. (2002). "Characterization of spoilage yeasts isolated from fermented vegetables and Inhibition by lactic, acetic and propionic acids.", Food Microbiology, 19(4), pp. 363-373.
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Champagne, C.P. and Gardner, N.J. (2002). "Effect of process parameters on the production and drying of Leuconostoc mesenteroides cultures.", Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, 28(5), pp. 291-296.
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Macedo, M.G., Lacroix, G.M.A., Gardner, N.J., and Champagne, C.P. (2002). "Effect of medium supplementation on exopolysaccharide production by Lactobacillus rhamnosus RW-9595M in whey permeate.", International Dairy Journal, 12(5), pp. 419-426.
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Gardner, N.J., Savard, T., Obermeier, P., Caldwell, B.C., and Champagne, C.P. (2001). "Selection and characterization of mixed starter cultures for lactic acid fermentation of carrot, cabbage, beet and onion vegetable mixtures.", International Journal of Food Microbiology, 64(3), pp. 261-275.
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Champagne, C.P. and Gardner, N.J. (2001). "The effect of protective ingredients on the survival of immobilized cells of Streptococcus thermophilus to air and freeze-drying.", Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, 4(3), pp. 58-64.
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Champagne, C.P., Gardner, N.J., Soulignac, L., and Innocent, J.-P. (2000). "The production of freeze-dried immobilized cultures of Streptococcus thermophilus and their acidification properties in milk.", Journal of Applied Microbiology, 88(1), pp. 124-131.
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