• Chimie structurale
• Résonance magnétique nucléaire
• Polysaccharides microbiens

Mme Van Calsteren est chercheuse honoraire à Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada dans le domaine de la chimie structurale. Elle a réalisé plusieurs mandats à titre de professeure associée depuis 1998. Elle collabore activement en recherche et apporte une expertise complémentaire sur la structure des polysaccharides microbiens.

Van Calsteren M-R, Goyette-Desjardins G, Gagnon F, Okura M, Takamatsu D, Roy R, Gottschalk M, Segura M. Explaining the serological characteristics of Streptococcus suis serotypes 1 and 1/2 from their capsular polysaccharide structure and biosynthesis. The Journal of biological chemistry. 2016;291(16):8387-98.

Van Calsteren M-R, Gagnon F, Nishimura J, Makino S. Structure determination of the neutral exopolysaccharide produced by Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus OLL1073R-1. Carbohydrate research. 2015;413:115-22.

Jedidi H, Champagne CP, Raymond Y, Farnworth E, Van Calsteren, M-R, Chouinard PY, Fliss I. Effect of milk enriched with conjugated linoleic acid and digested in a simulator (TIM-1) on the viability of probiotic bacteria. International dairy journal. 2014;37(1):20-5.

Jedidi H, Kheadr E, Gagnon F, Van Calsteren M-R, Farnworth E, Fliss I. In vitro study of the availability of fatty acids in cow milk containing conjugated linoleic acids produced in vivo or added in synthetic form. International dairy journal. 2014;36(2):95-100.

Calzas C, Goyette-Desjardins G, Lemire P, Gagnon F, Lachance C, Van Calsteren MR, Segura M. Group B Streptococcus and Streptococcus suis capsular polysaccharides induce chemokine production by dendritic cells via Toll-like receptor 2- and MyD88-dependent and -independent pathways. Infection and immunity. 2013;81(9):3106-18.

Van Calsteren M-R, Gagnon F, Calzas C, Goyette-Desjardins G, Okura M, Takamatsu D, Gottschalk M, Segura M. Structure determination of Streptococcus suis serotype 14 capsular polysaccharide. Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire. 2013;91(2):49-58.

Lecours M-P, Fittipaldi N, Takamatsu D, Okura M, Segura M, Goyette-Desjardins G, Van Calsteren M-R, Gottschalk M. Sialylation of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 is essential for capsule expression but is not responsible for the main capsular epitope. Microbes and infection. 2012;14(11):941-50.

Houde M, Gottschalk M, Gagnon F, Van Calsteren M-R, Segura M. Streptococcus suis capsular polysaccharide inhibits phagocytosis through destabilization of lipid microdomains and prevents lactosylceramide-dependent recognition. Infection and immunity. 2012;80(2):506-17.