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
Category: molecular epidemiology
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Congratulations Dr. Sheridan Baker on being awarded a 2-year Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship, which will allow him to train jointly in clinical epidemiology, molecular epidemiology,
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Summer Conferences 2022
(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
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
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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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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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!
More information about IIDR Trainee Day and Michael Kamin Hart here.
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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 Emily Panousis on being awarded a 2021 IIDR Summer Student Fellowship! For nine years now, these awards have supported trainees working in IIDR and