Collaborations and our work presented throughout the world! Amoako, D., G. Chalmers, K. Schutten, B.N. Lillie, H.M. Murphy, C.M. Jardine, D. Tulpan, B.P. Alcock ,
Category: molecular epidemiology
Zoonoses, AMR, and BioInformatics (ZAMBI) 2026 Conference
Thanks for a great conference, Dalhousie University! Baik, A.S., M.A. Wlodarski, & A.G. McArthur. 2026. Empowering municipal wastewater surveillance of antimicrobial resistance genes. 2026. Poster
World Congress on Infectious Diseases
Dr. Jalees Nasir gave both a talk and poster at the World Congress on Infectious Diseases in Barcelona, Spain (and won best poster!). Nasir, J.A.,
Canadian Society of Microbiologists 2026 Conference
The McArthur lab a great time at CSM 2026, including several poster and oral presentations! Amoako, D., G. Chalmers, K. Schutten, B.N. Lillie, H.M. Murphy,
Undergraduate News – Departures, Awards & Summer Students
Congratulations to the undergraduates that finished their thesis or research project at the end of April! Lucas Fong (BIOMEDDC 4A15) – Predicting phenotypic multi-drug and
Antimicrobial Resistance – Genomes, Big Data and Emerging Technologies Conference (plus hackathon!)
A good part of the McArthur Lab traveled in March to the UK for the biennial Genomes, Big Data, and Emerging Technologies conference at the
19th WISE Annual National Research Conference
This past weekend was the 19th Women In Science & Engineering Annual National Research Conference at McMaster and the McArthur & Wilson labs connected during
Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology Conference
Wlodarski, M.A., T.T.Y. Lau, B.P. Alcock, A.R. Raphenya, T.E. Ta, F. Maguire, R.G. Beiko, & A.G. McArthur. 2025. Unmasking antibiotic resistance genes and their pathogen
Komorowski et al. 2025. Journal of Infectious Diseases, in press. Background: Serratia marcescens is an opportunistic AmpC β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales associated with intensive care unit outbreaks,
Baker et al. 2025. Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada, in press. Background: Clostridioides difficile is a bacillus that can
33rd Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology
Mukiri, K., B. Alcock, A. Raphenya, & A.G. McArthur. 2025. Mind the gap: predicting the total bacterial resistome in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. Poster
Baker et al. IDCases. 2025 May 28:40:e02274. Background: Differentiating severe systemic inflammatory syndromes from sepsis can be challenging. The diagnostic process may be further complicated
Congratulations Dr. Jalees Nasir!
Designing Molecular Fishhooks for Virus Survellance Platforms By JALEES A. NASIR, B.Sc A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in partial fulfilment of
Wlodarski, M.A., T.T.Y. Lau, B.P. Alcock, A.R. Raphenya, F. Maguire, R.G. Beiko, T.E. Ta, & A.G. McArthur. 2025. Unmasking antibiotic resistance genes and their pathogen
Hackenberger et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2025 Feb 28:e0187624. Better interrogation of antimicrobial resistance requires new approaches to detect the associated genes in metagenomic samples.
Two alumni of the McMaster Biochemistry graduate program have joined the McArthur Lab! Dr. Emily Bordeleau got her PhD from McMaster in 2022 under the
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