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3rd Annual Antimicrobial Resistance Symposium

November 21, 2024November 21, 2024 agmcarthur

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

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IIDR Trainee Day 2023

November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 agmcarthur

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

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Congratulations Ph.D. student Jalees Nasir!

February 24, 2023February 24, 2023 agmcarthur

Congratulations Jalees Nasir on being awarded the Dr. Jordon Page Harshman Bursary! The Dr. Jordan Page Harsham Bursary was established in 2011 by the Harshman

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IIDR Trainee Day 2022!

November 16, 2022December 9, 2022 agmcarthur

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

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Congratulations Arman Edalatmand on the completion of your M.Sc.!

September 2, 2022September 8, 2022 agmcarthur
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The Dataharmonizer: a Tool for Faster Data Harmonization, Validation, Aggregation, and Analysis of Pathogen Genomics Contextual Information

June 24, 2022June 24, 2022 agmcarthur

Gill et al. 2022. Preprints 10.20944/preprints202206.0335.v1 Pathogen genomics is a critical tool for public health surveillance, infection control, outbreak investigations, as well as research. In

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Emily Panousis wins the Michael Kamin Hart Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship for her work on SARS-CoV-2 surveillance!

November 3, 2021November 5, 2021 agmcarthur

More information about IIDR Trainee Day and Michael Kamin Hart here.

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Jalees Nasir awarded 2021 Fred & Helen Knight Enrichment Award!

July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 agmcarthur

Congratulations to PhD student Jalees Nasir, who has been awarded the prestigious 2021 Fred & Helen Knight Enrichment Award, which recognizes exceptional promise in early

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Genomic Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2: Canada & Ontario

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 agmcarthur

In collaboration with our colleague Dr. Finlay Maguire (Dalhousie University) and as part of our ongoing work for Ontario’s COVID-19 Genomics Rapid Response Coalition and the Canadian

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IIDR Trainee Day 2020! Forging the Future of Infectious Disease Research

November 11, 2020December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

Nasir, J.A et al. 2020. SIGNALing the Need for Surveillance: A Comparison of Whole Genome Sequencing Methods for SARS-CoV-2. Edalatmand, A. & A.G. McArthur. 2020.

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McArthur Lab & McMaster contribute to global genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2

October 21, 2020December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

 

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A Comparison of Whole Genome Sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 Using Amplicon-Based Sequencing, Random Hexamers, and Bait Capture

August 18, 2020December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

Jalees A. Nasir, Robert A. Kozak, Patryk Aftanas, Amogelang R. Raphenya, Kendrick M. Smith, Finlay Maguire, Hassaan Maan, Muhannad Alruwaili, Arinjay Banerjee, Hamza Mbareche, Brian

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Preprint: The PHA4GE SARS-CoV-2 Contextual Data Specification for Open Genomic Epidemiology

August 8, 2020December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

Emma J. Griffiths, Ruth E. Timme, Andrew J. Page, Nabil-Fareed Alikhan, Dan Fornika, Finlay Maguire, Catarina Inês Mendes, Simon H. Tausch, Allison Black, Thomas R.

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Welcome Ahmed Draia!

May 29, 2020December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

The McArthur lab welcomes Ahmed Draia for an internship placement as part of McMaster’s Masters of Biomedical Discovery & Commercialization (MBDC) program. Reflective of his

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McArthur Lab & CARD during SARS-CoV-2

March 23, 2020December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

Quick update on the status of the McArthur Lab and the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database. While our home institution McMaster University is closed to on-site

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CARD 2020: antibiotic resistome surveillance with the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database

October 30, 2019December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

Alcock BP, Raphenya AR, Lau TTY, Tsang KK, Bouchard M, Edalatmand A, Huynh W, Nguyen A-LV, Cheng AA, Liu S, Min SY, Miroshnichenko A, Tran

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AMMI-CACMID: Clostridioides difficile strain divergence over time

April 15, 2019December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

Speicher, D.J., K. Luinstra, J. Maciejewski, K.K. Tsang, A.G. McArthur, & M. Smieja. 2019. Clostridioides difficile strain divergence over time. Oral presentation at the Association of

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Recent Updates to the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database

April 16, 2018December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

The Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database has been updated, http://card.mcmaster.ca CARD Curation: Addition of HERA, TRU, & ACI beta-lactamases, sul4, and new quinolone efflux pumps. Antibiotic

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Some Funding News…

March 17, 2018December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

The Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database: Expanded tools for molecular surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment, agriculture, and clinic. A.G. McArthur (PI), G. Van

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CAIN, GenEpiO & IRIDA

March 17, 2018December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

The McArthur lab and the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database are proud to join the Canadian Anti-Infective Innovation Network, International Genomic Epidemiology Application Ontology Consortium, and Integrated Rapid

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