A cross-national research consortia co-led by McMaster’s Andrew McArthur is receiving two of 16 federal grants to further develop a big data solution to the
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Biochem 3R06 Project Students – Arjun Sharma BiomedDC 4A15 Thesis Students – Kirill Pankov, Suman Virdee, Annie Cheng, Jonsson Liu, Godwin Chan
Kara Tsang (graduate, McMaster BDC) – Kara did her BiomedDC 4A15 thesis in the lab, focused on Pseudomonas resistome prediction and cystic fibrosis-associated metagenomic sequencing
The McArthur Lab bids farewell and good luck to Biren Dave and Sachin Doshi! Sachin left mid-summer for a fellowship at Harvard and now is
Read more at http://techonomy.com/2016/06/the-superbugs-are-coming-data-science-can-help/
McArthur, A.G., B. Jia, A.R. Raphenya, P. Guo, K. Tsang, B. Dave, B. Alcock, B. Lago, N. Waglechner, & G.D. Wright. 2016. The Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance
CIHR (G. Steinberg, McMaster University, Canada) Gene Environment Team on Brown/beige Adipose Tissue (GET_BAT). In this project we will conduct studies in cells, mice and
McMaster Interdisciplinary Research Exposition (MIREx); Ontario Biology Day; Biomedical Discovery and Commercialization Engage Symposium; Rapid Microbial NGS and Bioinformatics: Translation Into Practice (Germany); Canadian Food Inspection Agency Forum on
Ten undergraduate students from the faculties of Science and Health Sciences have been awarded the prestigious Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research (IIDR)
Congratulations to Kara Tsang and Zachary Lin on completion of their Biomedical Discovery and Commercialization (BDC) 4A15 thesis research! Both Kara & Zachary presented their research
Arjun Sharma is a 2cd year Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences student how as a volunteer designed and created the new AMR Forums! Learn more about
Combatting Antibiotic Resistance Using Surveillance – click on the image to watch the 10 minute video. More details here.
Briony Lago has joined the lab as part of her McMaster Chemical Biology Co-Op program. She will be working on our ‘Omic’ Responses & Inactivity in
Brian Alcock has joined the McArthur Lab to lead curation of the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database (arpcard.mcmaster.ca). Brian recently completed his MSc in the laboratory
Dr. Joanna Wilson, Department of Biology, McMaster University “I never expected a standing ovation. Especially considering that my message was “I see you.” But when
antibiotic resistance BDC bioinformatics databases epidemiology Galaxy genomics lab members presentations
The Inaugural Biomedical Discovery & Commercialization (BDC) Symposium
Zachary Lin – Adapting Galaxy bioinformatics to outbreak-associated Clostridium difficile The completion of the human genome project in 2001 sparked the beginning of a sequencing revolution
#WorldAntibioticAwarenessWeek #AntibioticResistance
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Dr. McArthur gave a MacTalk at McMaster’s Big Ideas Better Cities evenings on Health and Social Innovation through Big Data about “Combatting antibiotic resistance using surveillance”. See