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Sensitivity to neutralizing antibodies and resistance to Type I interferons in SARS-CoV-2 R.1 lineage variants, Canada

June 21, 2023June 21, 2023 agmcarthur

Jacob et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Jun 12;29(7). Isolating and characterizing emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants is key to understanding virus pathogenesis. In this study, we

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SARS-CoV-2 Illumina GeNome Assembly Line (SIGNAL) update

May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 agmcarthur

The SARS-CoV-2 Illumina GeNome Assembly Line (SIGNAL) has been updated to version 1.6.2, with an important hotfix to address software version incompatibility for rules using

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SARS-COV-2 outbreak investigation using contact tracing and whole-genome sequencing in an Ontario tertiary care hospital

May 6, 2023May 6, 2023 agmcarthur

Tsang et al. Microbiol Spectr. 2023 Apr 24;e0190022. Genomic epidemiology can facilitate an understanding of evolutionary history and transmission dynamics of a severe acute respiratory

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33rd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

April 15, 2023May 6, 2023 agmcarthur

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

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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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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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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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Evolutionary trajectory of SARS-CoV-2 and emerging variants

August 23, 2021August 27, 2021 agmcarthur

Jalen Singh, Pranav Pandit, Andrew G McArthur, Arinjay Banerjee, Karen Mossman Virology Journal. 2021 Aug 13;18(1):166. The emergence of a novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory

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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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