A good part of the McArthur Lab traveled in March to the UK for the biennial Genomes, Big Data, and Emerging Technologies conference at the
19th WISE Annual National Research Conference
This past weekend was the 19th Women In Science & Engineering Annual National Research Conference at McMaster and the McArthur & Wilson labs connected during
Congratulations to Karyn Mukiri for being awarded a 2025-2026 Ontario Graduate Scholarship and to Mateusz Wlodarski for being awarded a 2026 CAN-AMR-Net Graduate Scholarship. Well
Congratulations Brian Alcock, winner of the 2025 Michael Kamin Hart Award (Staff). This award was created to honour the memory of Michael Kamin Hart, who
If you work at the intersection of data science, infectious disease, surveillance, and genomics you often need to think in multiple dimensions. But how do
Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology Conference
Wlodarski, M.A., T.T.Y. Lau, B.P. Alcock, A.R. Raphenya, T.E. Ta, F. Maguire, R.G. Beiko, & A.G. McArthur. 2025. Unmasking antibiotic resistance genes and their pathogen
Characterizing the Influence of Dietary Fibre Consumption on the Composition and Function of Fibre Fermenting Bacteria in the Infant Gut Microbiome By COLIN Y. BRUCE,
Welcome to the McArthur Lab! Thesis & Inquiry Students 2025-2026 Jiaying (Tina) Liu (BIOCHEM 3R06) Lucas Fong (BIOMEDDC 4A15) Melody Ding (BIOCHEM 4Z03) Zahrah Talawala
Komorowski et al. 2025. Journal of Infectious Diseases, in press. Background: Serratia marcescens is an opportunistic AmpC β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales associated with intensive care unit outbreaks,
Baker et al. 2025. Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada, in press. Background: Clostridioides difficile is a bacillus that can
33rd Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology
Mukiri, K., B. Alcock, A. Raphenya, & A.G. McArthur. 2025. Mind the gap: predicting the total bacterial resistome in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. Poster
Baid et al. 2015. Cell Reports 44, 115929. SARS-CoV-2 has caused the largest known coronavirus pandemic and is believed to have emerged from insectivorous bats.
Baker et al. IDCases. 2025 May 28:40:e02274. Background: Differentiating severe systemic inflammatory syndromes from sepsis can be challenging. The diagnostic process may be further complicated
It is with great pleasure that we announce that Dr. Jalees Nasir has been awarded the 2025 McMaster Health Sciences Graduate Student Association (HSGSA) Impact
Lu et al. Genome Med. 2025 May 6;17(1):46. Background: Antimicrobial resistant (AMR) pathogens represent urgent threats to human health, and their surveillance is of paramount
Antibiotics and Resistance: Past, Present, and Future By DIRK L HACKENBERGER, B.Sc. A thesis submitted to the school of graduate studies in partial fulfillment of
Congratulations Dr. Jalees Nasir!
Designing Molecular Fishhooks for Virus Survellance Platforms By JALEES A. NASIR, B.Sc A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in partial fulfilment of