
McMaster IIDR
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The Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, located at McMaster, is a leading centre of transdisciplinary infectious disease research.
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Fungi in Canada: McMaster University researchers survey six provinces, one territory to study trends in environmental fungi. McMaster IIDR ow.ly/InHv50Ui9Z5

How ancient ant agriculture just might save us all. Cameron Currie, professor McMaster Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences, explains an important component of discovering new drugs: finding new chemistry space. McMaster IIDR ow.ly/FnHq50Uj7PK

New from @Macleans: How Jon Stokes is working at the intersect of academia and industry to get new antibiotics to the finish line faster. macleans.ca/society/health…


McMaster University remains one of Canada’s top research universities, based on the annual rankings published today by Research Infosource. #CIL2024 McMaster University earned the top spot for research income growth and for graduate student research intensity. brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/mcmas…

Recap of big wins from 2024 in the Faculty of Health Sciences, including from McMaster Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences: AI startup Jon Stokes, med-chem-neuro collab Magolan Lab Sheila Singh Brain Tumour Lab, Huntington's breakthrough with Ray Truant; and Miller Lab equitable vaccines healthsci.mcmaster.ca/faculty-of-hea…

.Brian Coombes, PhD, professor and chair McMaster Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences, joined CTV National News to talk about the bacteria causing the recent wave of food recalls. 🎥👇 ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=3…

Our work co-led by Zeinab Hosseinidoust 🇨🇦 among the Top Science Images of 2024 selected by nature! Congrats to Lei Tian. A fantastic way to cap off our 2024 research and innovation achievements! 🚀 #Science McMaster University McMaster Engineering McMaster Research @CCEMCanada NSERC / CRSNG Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research (BIMR)


Researchers at McMaster University have used artificial intelligence technology to unveil a key mechanism of bacterial warfare. 👇Nature Communications John Whitney McMaster Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences McMaster IIDR healthsci.mcmaster.ca/mcmaster-resea…

Hospital antibiotic stewardship programs with designated funding & resources use less fluoroquinolones, anti-pseudomonal agents, and clindamycin 🆕 in ASHE Journal 📰doi.org/10.1017/ash.20… #antimicrobialstewardship


As we kick off 2025, Jon Stokes has made the The New York Times 2024 Good Tech Awards list for his generative AI model to design new antibiotics from scratch. McMaster Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences McMaster IIDR nytimes.com/2024/12/30/tec…

Great national news story from the lab of Dr. Cameron Currie McMaster Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences and McMaster IIDR Superbugs are on the rise — could ants be our secret weapon? | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/10936656/…

Matthew Miller (Miller Lab), director McMaster IIDR and Global Nexus, spoke with National Post about H5N1, sharing what you need to know about the highly pathogenic avian influenza. ow.ly/7qXa50UBSMW

Spiking cases of human metapneumovirus in China is not a major threat, according to World Health Organization (WHO). Matthew Miller (Miller Lab), director McMaster IIDR and Global Nexus, spoke with Globalnews.ca about the respiratory virus and the current risk in Canada. ow.ly/kN1P50UCKVe

Meet Jon Stokes, assistant professor McMaster Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences. Stokes is knocking himself off the proverbial pedestal and aspiring to save lives while helping his hometown cash in on his discoveries. McMaster IIDR ow.ly/E1kI50UFpol

.McMaster University researchers have found a way to exploit drug-resistant bacteria: starving them of the nutrients they need to survive. Megan Tu, PhD candidate, & Eric Brown, professor McMaster Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences, spoke with Hamilton Spectator about the study and its implications. ow.ly/l1Yj50UKcI8

.McMaster University researchers have developed an AI tool to help scientists find new antibiotics. The new model can help identify novel drug candidates in the blink of an eye & it's being released to the public immediately—for free. Global Nexus McMaster IIDR ow.ly/3B2p50UNV5n

COVID-19 vaccines: What to expect in the next few months. Dawn Bowdish, professor McMaster University Department of Medicine and executive director #TheFirestone, spoke with The Globe and Mail about COVID-19—how you can get infected at any time of the year and how the vaccine protects you. ow.ly/fY0t50UNX5N

McMaster researchers develop a new, publicly accessible machine learning algorithm to help scientists find new antibiotics. McMaster Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences McMaster IIDR healthsci.mcmaster.ca/mcmaster-resea…

The winter ‘quademic’? You may be sick with one of these 4 viruses. Matthew Miller (Miller Lab), director McMaster IIDR and Global Nexus, spoke with Globalnews.ca about influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), COVID-19 and norovirus. ow.ly/wtAX50UOGYw