NEWS LATEST NEWS Matthew Miller Named Director of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research Researchers discover sophisticated mechanism that bacteria use to resist antibiotics Researchers reconstruct the genome of centuries-old E. coli using fragments extracted from an Italian mummy McMaster and University of Birmingham researchers explore potential partnership Congratulations to our 2022 Undergraduate Student Fellowship Recipients! Xu: Apples and Other Fruits Can Host Drug-Resistant, Pathogenic Yeasts on Surfaces The IIDR & DBCAD are proud to announce our 2022 cohort of seed funding recipients! Wright: Recent history shows we can never again be complacent about pathogens VIDEOS & MEDIA 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 Watch: January 2022 ID/IIDR Rounds Webinar, featuring Jake Magolan and Zain Chagla More Videos & Media ARCHIVED NEWS More Archived News MEMBER RESEARCH 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 Didar: Antibiotic-Impregnated Liquid-Infused Coatings Suppress Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus Biofilms More Reports & Publications