Category: genomics

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.

Ashley M. Rooney, Amogelang R. Raphenya, Roberto G. Melano, Christine Seah, Noelle R. Yee, Derek R. MacFadden, Andrew G. McArthur, Pierre H.H. Schneeberger, Bryan Coburn.

Sjaarda, C.P., J.L. Guthrie, S. Mubareka, J.T. Simpson, B. Hamelin, H. Wong, L. Mortimer, R. Slinger, A.G. McArthur, M. Desjardins, K. Douchant, Ontario’s COVID-19 Genomics

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

It is with great pleasure the McArthur lab announces that Lead Developer for the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database (CARD), Amos Raphenya, is starting his M.Sc.

Kara K. Tsang, Finlay Maguire, Haley L. Zubyk, Sommer Chou, Arman Edalatmand, Gerard D. Wright, Robert G. Beiko, & Andrew G. McArthur Microbial Genomics, in

Charlie Tan, Fang-I Lu, Patryk Aftanas, Kara Tsang, Samira Mubareka, Adrienne Chan, & Robert Kozak IDCases. 2020. 23:e01034. We describe the case of a 33-year-old

Adam S Komorowski, Xena X Li, Eva Piessens, Andrew G McArthur, & Ameen Patel Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada,

Shehryar Ahmad, Kara L Tsang, Kartik Sachar, Dennis Quentin, Tahmid M Tashin, Nathan P Bullen, Stefan Raunser, Andrew G McArthur, Gerd Prehna, & John C

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

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

Congratulations Martins Oloni on the successful defence of your Masters of Science! New Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase (NDM) plasmid predictions The complete detection and genome sequencing of

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

Ana T Duggan, Jennifer Klunk, Ashleigh F Porter, Anna N Dhody, Robert Hicks, Geoffrey L Smith, Margaret Humphreys, Andrea M McCollum, Whitni B Davidson, Kimberly

Maan, H., H. Mbareche, A.R. Raphenya, A. Banerjee, J.A. Nasir, R.A. Kozak, N. Knox, S. Mubareka, A.G. McArthur, & B. Wang. The Lancet Digital Health,

Thanks to hard work by Jalees Nasir, Amos Raphenya, Dr. Kendrick Smith (Perimeter Institute), and Dr. Finlay Maguire (Dalhousie) with help from our Ontario Coronavirus

Krishna A Srinivasan, Suman K Virdee, Andrew G McArthur Brief Funct Genomics 2020 May 16 [Epub ahead of print] RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) is a complicated

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