Publications :: Atlantic Cancer Research Institute

Adrian S. Culf, Rodney J. Ouellette “Amine sub-monomers for α-peptoid synthesis” 7th Peptoid Summit at the "Molecular Foundry" of the "Lawrence Berkeley National Lab" in Berkeley, CA, USA, on August 9 - 10, 2010

Adrian S. Culf, Jennifer A. Melanson, Daniel A. Léger, Rodney J. Ouellette “Peptoid Preparation on the CEM Manual Peptide Synthesizer” at the "Molecular Foundry" of the "Lawrence Berkeley National Lab" in Berkeley, CA, USA, on August 9 - 10, 2010

Culf, A.S., Cuperlovic-Culf, M., Greenway, K.T., Lumsden, M.D., Barnett, D.A., Ouellette, R.J. "A Peculiar Synthetic Method for Tertiary Enaminones" 4th Annual NMR Spectroscopy Workshop, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Research Resource, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS. November 14, 2009.

A.S. Culf, M. Cuperlovic-Culf, R.J Ouellette “Interesting ¹H NMR Chemical Exchange Observed in Nitro SpiroBicyclic Zwitterionic Meisenheimer Complexes” 92^nd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition. May 30 – June 3, 2009, Hamilton, ON.

A.S. Culf, M. Cuperlovic-Culf, M. Laflamme, B.J. Tardiff, R.J. Ouellette, “Fast Deprotection of Synthetic Oligodeoxyribonucleotides using Standard Reagents under Microwave Irradiation” 92^nd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition. May 30 – June 3, 2009, Hamilton, ON.

A.S. Culf, U. Werner-Zwanziger, K.N. Robertson, B.Chen, M. Cuperlovic-Culf, D.A. Barnett, R.J. Ouellette ^“Polymeric and polymer-ligated SpiroBicyclic Zwitterionic Janovsky complexes” 92^nd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition. May 30 – June 3, 2009, Hamilton, ON.

M. Cuperlovic-Culf, A.S. Culf “NMR in System Biology - Transcriptomics guided assignment of NMR metabolomics data” 50^th Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference, Pacific Grove, USA. March 29 – April 3, 2009.

Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology, 16th Annual International Conference, Toronto, ON. 19 au 23 juillet 2008. Cuperlovic-Culf, M., Balacel, N., Culf, A.S. The effect of spectral pre-processing on metabolomics fingerprinting.

Culf, A.S., Cuperlovic-Culf, M., Barnett, D.A., Ouellette, R.J. “FluorA: A new class of water-soluble chemical and photo-stable highly fluorescent small molecules.” Atlantic Omics Symposium & Expo, August 19-20, 2008. Moncton, NB.

Cuperlovic-Culf, M., Belacel, N., Culf, A.S. “Fuzzy clustering of metabolic features from NMR spectra.”Atlantic Omics Symposium & Expo, August 19-20, 2008. Moncton, NB

Cuperlovic-Culf, M., Balacel, N., Culf, A.S. “The effect of spectral pre-processing on metabolomics fingerprinting.” Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology, 16th Annual International Conference, Toronto, ON. July 19-23, 2008.

Culf, A.S., Cuperlovic-Culf, M., Ouellette,R.J “Interesting 1H NMR Chemical Exchange Observed in Nitro SpiroBicyclic Zwitterionic Meisenheimer Complexes”. 49th Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference, Pacific Grove, USA. March 9-14, 2008.

Culf, A.S., Ouellette, R.J. “Towards Glutathione S-Transferase Transition-State Analogue Inhibitors with Meisenheimer Complexes” Atlantic Omics Symposium & Expo, August 22-24, 2007. Moncton, NB.

Culf, A.S., Cuperlovic-Culf, M., Laflamme, M., Ouellette, R.J., Tardiff, B.J. “Fast Deprotection of Synthetic Oligodeoxyribonucleotides using Standard Reagents under Microwave Irradiation”. 5th International Microwaves in Chemistry Conference, April 18-20, 2007, London, UK.

Kent, D., Cuperlovic-Culf, M., Culf, AS., M; Ouellette, RJ. (“Protein Microarray Explorations” 2nd Atlantic Microarray Symposium & Expo, Moncton, NB, August 2006.

Laflamme, M., Cuperlovic-Culf, M., Culf, AS., Vogels, CM., Ouellette, RJ., Westcott, SA. (“Genomic Effects of Boronic Acid Derivatives: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Drug Discovery” 2nd Atlantic Microarray Symposium & Expo, Moncton, NB, August 2006.

Bujold-Michaud, G., Guignard, M., Ouellette, RJ., Laflamme, M. (“Mammary cell response to stimulations by estrogen or tamoxifen: the role of the estrogen receptors and Pax-5” 2nd Atlantic Microarray Symposium & Expo, Moncton, NB, August 2006 (Voted best poster of Symposium)(

Arseneault, T., Vogels, CM., Westcott, SA., Ouellette, RJ., Laflamme, M. (“Biological Effects of Boronic Acid Derivatives” 2nd Atlantic Microarray Symposium & Expo, Moncton, NB, August 2006.

Laflamme, M., Robichaud, GA., Cuperlovic-Culf, M., Culf, AS., Ouellette, RJ. (“Pax-5 expression in neoplastic mammary cell lines” Mechanisms and models for cancer research, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA, August 2006.

Robichaud, G., Ouellette, RJ., Laflamme, M., Perreault, JP. (“Functional characterization of Pax-5 isoforms in human B lymphocytes through the use of enhanced ribozyme technology” Gene Expression and Signaling in the Immune System, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA, April 2006 (Grant Award National Cancer Institute of Canada)(

Cuperlovic-Culf, M., Culf, AS., Richard, D., Laflamme, M., Ouellette, RJ. (“Exploring Reverse Transcription for DNA Microarrays” Advances in Microarray Technology Conference , London, UK October 2005.

Laflamme, M., Cuperlovic-Culf, M., Robichaud, G.A., Sicora, O., Culf, AS., Ouellette, R. “RNAi for the Elucidation of Molecular Pathways in Breast Cancer” Cold Spring Harbor RNAi Conference, New York, USA, September 2005.

Robichaud, GA., Ouellette, RJ., Perreault, JP. (“High fidelity for delta ribozyme specificity: Accurate knock-down capacity of different human Pax-5 isoforms by the SOFA” Rz. Eastern RiboClub International Meeting. Chéribourg, QC, Canada, Sept. 2005.

Culf, AS., Cuperlovic-Culf, M., Leger, D., Ouellette, RJ., Sicora, O., Ehrmann, JM. “Imaging SEM Analysis of Oligonucleotide Microarrays” Atlantic Microarray Symposium , Moncton, NB, August 25, 2005(.

Robichaud,GA., Laflamme, M., Cuperlovic-Culf, M., Culf, AS., Sicora, O., Ouellette, RJ., Perreault, JP. (“The characterization of an inducible alternative-splicing mechanism regulating Pax-5 isoform expression in B lymphocytes” Regulation of pre-mRNA splicing, Aussois (Alpes), France, April 2005 (

Ouellette, RJ., Laflamme, M., Nardini, M., Roussel, J., Richard, L., Desrosiers, J., Vaillancourt, C., Cuperlovic-Culf, M. (“A systematic and universal nomenclature for alternatively spliced transcripts” Regulation of pre-mRNA splicing, Aussois (Alpes), France, April 2005.

Cuperlovic-Culf M., Culf AS., Sicora O., Robichaud, GA., Leger, D., Ouellette RJ. (“Optimization of Targets for Alternative Splicing Microarrays” Microarray Symposium , BRI, Montreal, March 2005. (

Culf, AS., Cuperlovic-Culf, M., Leger, D., Ouellette, RJ., Sicora, O., Ehrman JM. “Imaging SEM analysis of oligonucleotide microarrays” World Microarray Conference , Vancouver. March 2005.

Cuperlovic-Culf M., Ouellette, RJ. (“Autoactivation, activation, repression – mathematical model for Pax-5 transcription” Chemical Biophysics Symposium , University of Toronto, March 2004(.

Laflamme, M., Robichaud, G., Nardini, M., Ouellette, RJ. (“ L’expression des isoformes de Pax-5 est modulée par le niveau d’activation cellulaire chez les cellules saines et chez les lymphomes ” Colloque sur la recherche en santé en milieu minoritaire : l’état de santé des francophones en Atlantique – bilan et perspectives, Moncton, N-B, Canada, 2004. (

Robichaud, G., Laflamme, M., Nardini, M., Perreault, JP., Ouellette, RJ. “Identification and characterization of novel Pax-5 mRNA variants generated through alternative splicing events in human B cells” 9th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society, Madison, WI, 2004. (

Laflamme, M., Cuperlovic-Culf, M., Ouellette, RJ. (“ L'utilisation de micro-étalonnage d'ADN pour la détermination globale de l'expression genique dans les cancers du sein ” Université de Moncton, N-B, Canada, April 2003. (

Robichaud, GA., Nardini, M., Cuperlovic-Culf, M., Laflamme, M., Gallant, B., Ouellette, RJ. (“ Identification et analyse de nouveaux produits générés par epissage alternatif du gène Pax-5 de cellules B et de lymphomes B. Premier colloque en santé ” Université de Moncton, N-B, Canada, Avril 2003.(

Robichaud, GA., Nardini, M., Laflamme, M., Ouellette, RJ., Perreault, JP. “Identification and characterization of novel Pax-5 isoforms generated through alternative splicing events in human B cells” Eastern RiboClub international meeting, Chériboug, QC, Canada, 2003.