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New PhD Student!

April 27, 2020December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

Welcome Ashraf Bazan, who has joined the lab and the McMaster Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences graduate program! A familiar face in the IIDR as he started

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Congratulations finishing thesis students!

April 6, 2020December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

COVID19 kept us from celebrating together, but we are very proud of the work you have accomplished! Rachel Tran | Biochem 4T15 – Exploring the

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McArthur Lab & CARD during SARS-CoV-2

March 23, 2020December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

Quick update on the status of the McArthur Lab and the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database. While our home institution McMaster University is closed to on-site

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Preprint: Rapid design of a bait capture platform for culture- and amplification-free next-generation sequencing of SARS-CoV-2

February 26, 2020December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

Nasir, J.A., D.J. Speicher, R.A. Kozak, H.N. Poinar, M.S. Miller, & A.G. McArthur. Preprints 2020, 2020020385. SARS-CoV-2 is a novel betacoronavirus and the aetiological agent

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An interbacterial toxin inhibits target cell growth by synthesizing (p)ppApp

November 6, 2019December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

Ahmad S, Wang B, Walker MD, Tran H-KR, Stogios PJ, Savchenko A, Grant RA, McArthur AG, Laub MT, Whitney JC Nature 2019 Nov 6. [Epub

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CARD 2020: antibiotic resistome surveillance with the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database

October 30, 2019December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

Alcock BP, Raphenya AR, Lau TTY, Tsang KK, Bouchard M, Edalatmand A, Huynh W, Nguyen A-LV, Cheng AA, Liu S, Min SY, Miroshnichenko A, Tran

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MacData Summer School 2019

May 31, 2019December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

Dr. McArthur and PhD student Kara Tsang taught together at the 2019 MacData Institute Summer School, with Dr. McArthur reviewing biocuration and bioinformatics for genomic

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AMMI-CACMID: Clostridioides difficile strain divergence over time

April 15, 2019December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

Speicher, D.J., K. Luinstra, J. Maciejewski, K.K. Tsang, A.G. McArthur, & M. Smieja. 2019. Clostridioides difficile strain divergence over time. Oral presentation at the Association of

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RGI 5 Released!

March 26, 2019December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

April 2019 big #card_release #RGI5! Resistance Gene Identifier Version 5: entirely new algorithms for metagenomics data, new options for genomes & assemblies. Extensively updated documentation,

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Recent Updates to the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database

March 19, 2019December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

The Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database has been updated, http://card.mcmaster.ca CARD Curation: Expanded MCR, OXA & IMP beta-lactamase, and macrolide phosphotransferase (MPH) sequence curation. Updated nomenclature

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State of the CARD 2019

January 31, 2019December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

A week of lectures, demos, and training for the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database During McMaster Spring Mid-Term Recess (February 18-24), the McArthur lab is pleased

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Applying genomic surveillance to the clinic – lessons on late onset infection prevention in the NICU

January 23, 2019December 30, 2020 agmcarthur
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Reunião de Citogenética do Brasil Central & XII Workshop de Genética da PUC Goiás

October 17, 2018December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

Some invitations are more special than others. Dr. Peixoto da Cruz and I went to graduate school together in British Columbia (a long time ago!)

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Recent Updates to the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database

April 16, 2018December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

The Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database has been updated, http://card.mcmaster.ca CARD Curation: Addition of HERA, TRU, & ACI beta-lactamases, sul4, and new quinolone efflux pumps. Antibiotic

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Major Update of the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database

February 2, 2018December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

The Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database has been updated, http://card.mcmaster.ca This February 2018 release is our largest to date and includes new data types, a new

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