It's the most wonderful time of the year-applications are now open for the Summer 2024 offering of the Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences Summer Scholars Program! Application details and deadlines can be found here: iidr.mcmaster.ca/education-trai… Please RT!

Excited to see this work out today. Tremendous job by Ken Rachwalski and team in the Brown lab! A mobile CRISPRi collection targeting essential genes for genetic interaction studies in E. coli. cell.com/cell-reports-m…

I'm excited to share some recent work through a great collaboration with Cowen Lab, and many others! A unique anti-fungal compound that inhibits Gln-tRNA synthetase in select fungi! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I can’t begin to express how excited I am to see the amazing work bound to come out of the Sychantha lab!! Keep your eyes peeled for what comes next 👀 congratulations David Sychantha!!!

He’s also a brilliant supervisor!!! Congratulations Gerry Wright 🎉🥳

March 24 is #WorldTBDay. Here's some of the important tuberculosis-related research happening at McMaster University. 👇 McMaster IIDR Global Nexus ow.ly/IhoQ50QZI0y

I’m stoked to share one of the last stories of my PDF McMaster IIDR. Found a potential way to prevent infection-associated urinary stones by blocking nickel uptake in K. pneumoniae. Thanks to all who helped make this paper happen Gerry Wright Prehna Lab nature.com/articles/s4146…

Congratulations to Caitlin Mullarkey (Caitlin Mullarkey), associate professor McMaster Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences, on receiving an Award of Excellence from Ontario Government Ontario Colleges and Universities. The award is in recognition of her outstanding leadership of the BBS Summer Scholars Program. ow.ly/PTun50RIQi6

👇👇New work on origins of AMR from Gerard Wright lab McMaster IIDR. Authors Amna Abbas and Dirk Hackenberger have talks CSM 2024 Conference Student Symposia, and poster # 287 from Alexandra Barkhouse 😀👍!

Check out this hot off the press review written by an amazing team in the Wright lab Gerry Wright, Amna Abbas, & Alex, and Dirk!

First up from the Wright lab Gerry Wright in CSM 2024 Conference’s student competition is Dirk Hackenberger! Very exciting work on historical AMR. Tomorrow look out for Amna Abbas and her novel novobiocin inactivating enzyme 👀

Now, Amna Abbas is presenting her amazing work on a novel glycosyltransferase at CSM 2024 Conference!

I am so thrilled to share that I successfully defended my PhD today and am now Dr. Zubyk! I couldn’t be more thankful for my fantastic supervisor, committee, external examiner, and all the friends I’ve made along the way! Gerry Wright Sara Andres Zechel Lab McMaster Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences

If you have less than two minutes to spare, check out this incredibly informative video that my friend ⁦Celeste Suart⁩ worked on with ⁦Bill Nye⁩ to spread awareness on Ataxia ⁦National Ataxia Foundation⁩. Please RT! youtu.be/LT2Hpg6O-SA

I’m thrilled to share that this summer I joined the Human Biology Program at U of T as an Assistant Teaching Professor Human Biology @UofT! I’m so excited to inspire students (and show them pictures of my dog)!

A microscopic arms race — bacteria and phages are locked in a never-ending fight for survival. New research from John Whitney and collaborators sheds new light on this ongoing evolutionary struggle. 👇 healthsci.mcmaster.ca/mcmaster-u-of-…

We are thrilled to share our recent publication in Cell Reports Medicine, in which we explore a phenotypic drug discovery approach to uncover targetable vulnerabilities in brain metastases cell.com/cell-reports-m…

#AMR researchers at the IIDR are leading the way. In fact, JP Xu (antifungal resistance), Eric Brown (microbial biology), and Gerry Wright (drug discovery and resistance) were all named to the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list today. #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek

Some really cool work from Andrea Alexei in the John Whitney lab on a phage encoded bacterial toxin. jbc.org/article/S0021-…