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Summer Conferences 2022

July 2, 2022July 2, 2022 agmcarthur

(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.

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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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Enabling genomic island prediction and comparison in multiple genomes to investigate bacterial evolution and outbreaks

May 19, 2022 agmcarthur

Bertelli et al. Microb Genom. 2022 May;8(5). doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000818. Outbreaks of virulent and/or drug-resistant bacteria have a significant impact on human health and major economic

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Future-proofing and maximizing the utility of metadata: The PHA4GE SARS-CoV-2 contextual data specification package

February 13, 2022April 13, 2022 agmcarthur

Emma J. Griffiths et al. Gigascience. 2022 Feb 16;11:giac003. Background: The Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology (PHA4GE) (https://pha4ge.org) is a global coalition that is

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Welcome Madeline McCarthy!

January 4, 2022 agmcarthur

The McArthur lab welcomes Madeline McCarthy, a recent MSc graduate of VIDO / USask, as she join us for her PhD studies in the McMaster

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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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Temporal dynamics and evolution of SARS-CoV-2 demonstrate the necessity of ongoing viral genome sequencing in Ontario, Canada

May 8, 2021May 8, 2021 agmcarthur

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

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Congratulations to the 2021 DBCAD & IIDR Undergraduate Summer Student Fellowship recipients!

May 4, 2021 agmcarthur

Congratulations Emily Panousis on being awarded a 2021 IIDR Summer Student Fellowship! For nine years now, these awards have supported trainees working in IIDR and

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WISE CREST, Ontario Biology Day, BBS Research Symposium 2021

March 24, 2021March 25, 2021 agmcarthur

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

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OpEd: SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern remind us that we underestimate biology at our own peril

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 agmcarthur

Imagine a tiny molecular machine armed with a program to infect human cells, subvert their defenses and make copies of itself to infect neighboring cells

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