Dr. Christopher Whitfield, professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Canada Research Chair in Microbial Cell Biology, has been granted the title of university professor emeritus in recognition of his work combatting antimicrobial resistence in bacterial pathogens and elevating the international profile of microbiological research at the university. Congratulations!!
Two researchers from the University of Guelph’s College of Biological Science have each been awarded $250,000 in funding through the New Frontiers in Research Fund’s Exploration program, administered by the Canadian government’s three research agencies. The program is designed to support transformative, interdisciplinary, high-risk, high-reward research.
Five University of Guelph researchers have been awarded nearly $1.6 million in project grant funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for preclinical studies intended to advance treatments for mental illnesses, antifungal resistance and cancers. READ MORE HERE
A discovery by researchers at the University of Guelph and the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto may ultimately lead to new therapies for treating tuberculosis (TB). READ MORE HERE
When the leaders of Canada’s scientific community joined members of the federal government on May 1st at Science Meets Parliament, Dr. Melissa Perreault and Dr. Rebecca Shapiro, U of G faculty, were among them. READ MORE
Scientists have just been handed a new tool to fight the rising threat of fungal infections.
Researchers in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology have developed a molecular system that can activate just about any gene in a common fungal pathogen, opening the door to both targeted genetic investigations and genome-wide screening. Their work was recently published in the journal G3: Genes Genomes Genetics. READ MORE HERE
A University of Guelph research team led by Dr. George van der Merwe, a professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology in the College of Biological Sciences, is looking to expand and diversify the local craft cider industry in Ontario.
To help facilitate growth in the cider industry, the team will cultivate new yeast stains, develop new cider apple varieties and seek to better understand how taxation impacts the industry.
The disease already affects thousands of Canadian women. The climate crisis could mean an even greater number of infections. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
When we drink our morning coffee, we don’t often think about how it managed to get into our mugs. We should, though, because the flowers that produce the coffee beans have an interesting story to tell. READ MORE
Improved treatments for infections caused by often-deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria may result from a recent discovery by University of Guelph microbiologists.
By studying how methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonizes and infects human hosts, the researchers have found a potential drug target to strengthen existing treatments to overcome antimicrobial resistance (AMR).