NEWS LATEST NEWS Meet the first cohort of scholars in McMaster University’s new diversity-in-STEM program Black Death shaped evolution of immunity genes, setting course for how we respond to disease today Preventing antimicrobial resistance in hospitals: Q&A with infectious disease expert Dominik Mertz Remembering our Namesake: McMaster University mourns the loss of Michael G. DeGroote McMaster researchers discover toxin that kills bacteria in unprecedented ways The IIDR’s John Whitney wins 2022 ACS Infectious Diseases Young Investigator Award Matthew Miller Named Director of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research Researchers discover sophisticated mechanism that bacteria use to resist antibiotics VIDEOS & MEDIA Watch: September 2022 ID/IIDR Rounds Webinar, featuring Dominik Mertz and Victoria Coles Lori Burrows on CBC Radio: Why Canadian doctors can’t access new antibiotics Lori Burrows in conversation with Ayush Kumar and the Canadian Society of Microbiologists Watch: March 2022 ID/IIDR Rounds Webinar, featuring Kevin Woodward and Marie Elliot Watch: February 2022 ID/IIDR Rounds Webinar, featuring Jeffrey Pernica and Dirk Hackenberger Need your booster? Dawn Bowdish explains how it could give you added protection against the Omicron variant More Videos & Media ARCHIVED NEWS More Archived News MEMBER RESEARCH Comparing Current & Next-Generation Humanized Mouse Models for HIV and HIV/Mtb Co-Infection Studies Miller & Xing: Respiratory mucosal delivery of next-generation COVID-19 vaccine provides robust protection Whitney Lab: Molecular architecture of an antimicrobial toxin containing protein nanocage Burrows Lab: Exploration of anti-inflammatory compound BAY 11-7082 as a novel antibiotic Bowdish Lab: Lasting changes to circulating leukocytes in people with mild SARS-CoV-2 infections Miller, Kaushic, and Bowdish: IgA potentiates NETosis in response to viral infection Li: Integrating programmable DNAzymes with electrical readout for rapid and culture-free bacterial detection Xu: Global Temporal Patterns of Age Group and Sex Distributions of COVID-19 Throughout the Pandemic More Reports & Publications
