Project Team

MICHAEL TYSHENKO, PHD MPA

Michael Tyshenko is a Research Associate at the University of Ottawa. His academic background includes a B.Sc., M.Sc. and PhD. in molecular biology, a MPA in Public Administration and post-doctoral training in Policy Studies and Risk Communication. Dr. Tyshenko specializes in science policy and risk communication of emerging issues including: genomics, bioinformatics, biotechnology, genetic engineering of plants, animals and humans; zoonotic diseases and nanotechnology. His work in science risk communication explores the public policy interface between scientific research, technological risks and impacts upon society.

Selected Publications:

Michael Tyshenko and William Leiss. August, 2004. Improving risk communication of West Nile virus an emerging endemic disease. http://www.leiss.ca/articles/160

Tyshenko, M.G. and Walker, V.K. 2004. Hyperactive spruce budworm antifreeze protein expression in transgenic Drosophila does not confer cold shock tolerance. Cryobiology 49(1): 28-36.

Tyshenko, M.G. Considerations for using genetic material in medical nanotechnology. Health Law Review. (accepted for publication, May 2004)

Michael Tyshenko and William Leiss. March, 2004. An Easily Implemented Labeling System for Canadian Genetically Modified Foods. http://www.leiss.ca/articles/147

Neumann K., Al-Batayneh K.M., Kuiper M.J., Parsons-Sheldrake J., Tyshenko M.G., Flintoff W.F., Cole S.P., Walker, V.K. 2003. A single point mutation in Drosophila dihydrofolate reductase confers methotrexate resistance to a transgenic CHO cell line. Genome. Aug; 46(4):707-15.

Leinala E.K., Davies P.L., Doucet D., Tyshenko M.G., Walker V.K., Jia Z. 2002. A beta -Helical Antifreeze Protein Isoform with Increased Activity. Structural and functional insights. J Biol Chem. 277(36):33349-52.

Doucet, D., Tyshenko, M.G., Davies, P.L., Walker V.K. 2002. A family of expressed antifreeze protein genes from the moth, Choristoneura fumiferana. Eur J Biochem. Jan; 269(1):38-46.

Tyshenko M.G. and W. Leiss. 2001. "Some Aspects of the 'New Biotechnology' and its Regulation in Canada", Chapter 17 in D. VanNijnatten & R. Boardman (eds.), Canadian Environmental Policy, 2nd edn., Oxford University Press, 2001), pp. 321-43.

Tyshenko M.G., Doucet D., Davies P.L., Walker V.K. 1997. The antifreeze potential of the spruce budworm thermal hysteresis protein. Nature Biotechnol. 15(9):887-90.

Logsdon J.M. Jr, Tyshenko M.G., Dixon C., D-Jafari J., Walker V.K., Palmer J.D. 1995. Seven newly discovered intron positions in the triose-phosphate isomerase gene: evidence for the introns-late theory. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. Aug 29; 92(18):8507-11.