Mellissa started her PhD journey amidst the challenges of a global pandemic. She has driven her research with focus and clarity, refusing to be swayed by distractions as she pursued her goal with determination. Congratulations, Mellissa on reaching this remarkable milestone!

There are several PDF and Graduate positions available in our group Waterloo Engineering. If you are passionate about the future of Health Monitoring, consider applying! For more information on qualifications and instructions to apply, please visit: ideation-lab.com/open-positions/

Check out my interview with The Independent featuring our #smart #food #packaging #technologies. We should all work together to prevent food #waste and resolve food #insecurity. McMaster University McMaster Engineering independent.co.uk/life-style/sma…

Our June issue has gone live. In this month's editorial, we advocate for phage therapy as a strategy to combat the global rise of AMR. nature.com/articles/s4156…

Excited to share a breakthrough from our team published today in Nature Communications !🌟 We make phages more accessible by rethinking the century-old methods phage therapy currently relies upon. Full article : rdcu.be/dNq8s Tohid Didar Sylvain Moineau McMaster University McMaster Engineering

Introducing #Phage-Tablets: a game-changing platform for rapid, high-throughput phage storage, transport, and screening! Great collaboration with Zeinab Hosseinidoust 🇨🇦! #superbugs #AMR #biotech nature.com/articles/s4146… NSERC / CRSNG CIHR McMaster IIDR McMaster University McMaster Engineering

We have been relying on the same basic tools and laborious lab techniques to handle and screen phages that our predecessors were using over 100 years ago when phages were first discovered. To realize the promise of phage therapy, we need disruptive innovation.

Phage therapy is in need of transformative technologies to enhance accessibility. This is what we aim to do with our phage tablets. The phage tablets adress a real need and could be a game changer in phage therapy and beyond. nature.com/articles/s4146… Nature Communications Nature Portfolio

A high throughput platform has been developed for the rapid identification of personalised #phages to treat multidrug #resistant bacterial infections🧬💊 @Z_Dous Tohid Didar McMaster IIDR McMaster Engineering nature.com/articles/s4146…

*Really cool* work published in nature Administration of a phage-derived #antibacterial enzyme specific to biofilm-forming pathogenic E. faecalis—which is difficult to eliminate with existing antibiotics—may protect against graft versus host disease 💊 nature.com/articles/s4158…

Smart Fabrics: The future of fighting pathogens in #Textiles that repel, kill, and detect #pathogens with #MachineLearning. Congrats to Noor Abu Jarad. Leyla Soleymani Zeinab Hosseinidoust 🇨🇦 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad… McMaster University McMaster Engineering McMaster IIDR NSERC / CRSNG CIHR @AdvSciNews

Thanks Joanna Frketich for sharing the story of our work on phage pills. Read it here: thespec.com/news/hamilton-… via @thespec

Hope for celiacs after study discovers origin of gluten response. Elena Verdu, co-author and director Farncombe Institute, explains how the study’s findings could help lead to new treatments. Verdu Lab McMaster University Department of Medicine ow.ly/7C9z50SW69a

This is interesting… Researchers have created a high-throughput phage screening platform for rapid target identification in personalised phage therapy. This could significantly improve testing & treatment of superbugs. Read the full study in nature: go.nature.com/3YzRRHp

Researchers in Canada and China treating bacteria-eating viruses so they could be viewed alive under an electron microscope found that they coalesced into flower-like shapes - and that this made them 100 times more efficient. McMaster University Southeast University 东南大学 Tohid Didar Zeinab Hosseinidoust 🇨🇦

🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻 In a happy accident, McMaster researchers discovered that their phages had joined together to form sunflower-shaped structures, making them significantly more efficient at targeting elusive bacteria. brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/resea…

📢 I’m excited to share our latest publication in Advanced Functional Materials🌟 We developed a novel, nature-inspired method using high-pressure CO₂ to create ultraporous, 3D bio-networks from bacteriophages. 📖 Read more here: lnkd.in/gyv7njTm brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/resea…

Our phage flowers are the picture of the week on Geo🤩 see our phage art here: geo.de/wissen/forschu… #phage McMaster University McMaster Engineering Farncombe Institute McMaster IIDR

📣📣📣 Our image of phage-built microflowers has been honorably selected as one of “The Best Science Images of 2024 - Nature’s Picks”. Zeinab Hosseinidoust 🇨🇦 Tohid Didar Lei Tian McMaster University McMaster ChemEng McMaster Engineering