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
Category: molecular epidemiology

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

McArthur Lab & CARD during SARS-CoV-2
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

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

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

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

MacData Summer School 2019
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

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

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,

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

State of the CARD 2019
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

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!)

Recent Updates to the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database
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

Major Update of the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database
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