This week we say farewell to Dr. Sheridan Baker, who joined us in early 2021 as lead molecular biologist for our Ontario Genomics Coalition (ONCoV)
Category: presentations

Mateusz Wlodarski wins the bioMerieux prize for best poster presentation! Arnold, A., A.R. Raphenya, A.G. McArthur, & J.M. Stokes. 2024. The ESKAPE model: AI-guided antibiotic

IIDR Trainee Day 2024!
A great day of posters and presentations by the trainees of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute of Infectious Disease Research! Nilasha Mohan, Undergraduate student. Developing

Wlodarski, M.A., T.T.Y. Lau, A.R. Raphenya, B.P. Alcock, & A.G. McArthur. 2024. Accurate pathogen-of-origin classification of antibiotic resistance genes with CARD k-mers. Presentation at the

CSM Mukiri, K.M., B.P. Alcock, & A.G. McArthur. 2024. Increasing the predictive accuracy of the Resistance Gene Identifier by abandoning sole reliance on bitscore.

Alcock, B.P., E.A. Bordeleau, & A.G McArthur. 2024. Improving aminoglycoside resistance surveillance and stewardship efforts through nomenclature harmonization with the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database. Presentation

Antimicrobial Resistance – Genomes, Big Data and Emerging Technologies – Wellcome Trust, UK
Mukiri, K.M., B.P. Alcock, & A.G. McArthur. 2024. Increasing the predictive accuracy of the Resistance Gene Identifier by abandoning sole reliance on bitscore. Ta, T.E.,

Congratulations to Colin Bruce for winning First Place PhD poster at the Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences Research Symposium!

IIDR Trainee Day 2023
COLIN BRUCE – Investigating Fibre Degradation in the Infant Gut Microbiota ; DIRK HACKENBERGER – Was World War 2 Foundational to the Antimicrobial Resistance Crisis?

ID-IIDR Rounds – Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile: new insights from the clinic and laboratory
This one-hour webinar features talks from Marek Smieja (Professor, Pathology & Molecular Medicine), Sheridan Baker (Postdoctoral Fellow, The McArthur Lab and Smieja Lab), and Maddie

Baker, S.J.C., J. Maciejewski, M.-T. Usuanlele, J. Gilchrist, D.R. Sharma, D. Bulir, M. Smieja, M. Loeb, M.G. Surette, A.G. McArthur, & D. Mertz. 2023. Investigating

Alcock, B.P., A.R. Raphenya, A. Edalatmand, & A.G. McArthur. 2023. The Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database – curating the global resistome. Oral presentation at the 16th

Baker, S.J.C., J. Maciejewski, M.-T. Usuanlele, J. Gilchrist, D.R. Sharma, D. Bulir, M. Smieja, M. Loeb, M.G. Surette, AG. McArthur, & D. Mertz. 2023. Investigating

IIDR Trainee Day 2022!
KARYN MUKIRI – Predicting the total resistome KEATON SMITH – Advancements in curation of the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database JALEES NASIR – Viral fishing expedition:

Congratulations Amogelang (Amos) Raphenya, winner of the 2022 Michael Kamin Hart Award (MSc). This award was created to honour the memory of Michael Kamin Hart,

Summer Conferences 2022
(presenters in bold; lab members underlined) Baker, S.J.C., S. Yaqoob, M.-T. Usuanlele, J. Gilchrist, M. Smieja, M. Loeb, S. Khan, J. Pernica, M.G. Surette, A.G.

Karyn Mukiri – Predicting the Total Resistome Mugdha Dave – Creation and standardization of automated bacterial pathogen genomic sequencing reporting through informatics

All online this year due to COVID-19, but some great presentations and virtual posters by our trainees and collaborators! Edalatmand, A. & A.G. McArthur. 2021.

WISE CREST, Ontario Biology Day, BBS Research Symposium 2021
McMaster Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences Research Symposium Edalatmand. A. & A.G. McArthur. 2021. Ontology-driven method of contextualizing antimicrobial resistance determinants. Poster presentation at the McMaster

Aaron Petkau performed his Visual & Automated Disease Analytics Program internship (Univ. of Manitoba) with us during the summer of 2020, creating the CARD:Live graphic