#NewResearch Streptomyces use both polar and dispersed cell wall synthesis during rapid, exploratory growth @mcmasteriidr.bsky.social #BacteriaCellWall #MicroSky 🦠 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congratulations to IIDR member @lkalan.bsky.social, who has received a prestigious @hfspo.bsky.social grant. The new funding will power a study that could, for the first time ever, lead to the definitive characterization of a functional human pheromone. brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/two...

Congrats to IIDR Director Matthew Miller on being named University Scholar, a prestigious title bestowed upon mid-career researchers for their international achievements, commitment to knowledge, excellence in education, and dedication to the community. 👏 brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/uni...

🦠 Clinical Trial Update 🦠 McMaster University's inhaled COVID-19 #vaccine safely generates immune responses associated with protection in the lungs, according to phase-1 clinical trial data published in Nature Communications. Our inhaled vaccine is now in ongoing phase-2 trials. Learn more 👇

IIDR researchers have discovered that a single gene in Yersinia pestis — the bacteria that causes bubonic #plague — was responsible for keeping pandemics like the Black Death burning for hundreds of years. Learn more about this evolutionary phenomenon in our all-new explainer video. #IDSky

Congratulations to IIDR member Mark Loeb, who recently received the AMMI Canada Lifetime Achievement Award! 👏 brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/mar...

Exciting work by @gdwantibiotics.bsky.social and team, with a new molecule that is toxic to bacteria - a promising new candidate for new antibiotics!

The last time a new class of antibiotics reached the market was nearly three decades ago — but that could soon change, thanks to a discovery by researchers at McMaster University. @gdwantibiotics.bsky.social | #IDsky youtu.be/657Kitrc0Co?...

In a new op-ed for @theconversationca.bsky.social, IIDR Director Matthew Miller writes that as "we stand on the brink of an avian influenza pandemic," lessons learned from COVID-19 can help us avert disaster — but only if we act on them. #IDSKy #H5N1 #BirdFlu theconversation.com/heeding-the-...

Today, on the five-year anniversary of the WHO's pandemic declaration, we're proud to commence Phase-II human trials on our inhaled aerosol vaccine. Learn more about this exciting next-gen vaccine candidate, including how to enrol in the ongoing study. 👇 healthsci.mcmaster.ca/made-at-mcma...

McMaster researchers have discovered a way to make drug-resistant bacteria vulnerable to a common antibiotic. @megantu.bsky.social #IDSky #AMR brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/mcm...

McMaster researchers have uncovered new details about how certain bacteria secrete potent toxins — important weapons in their eons-old war with other microbes. #IDSky brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/mcm...

New from @macleans.bsky.social: How IIDR member Jon Stokes is working at the intersect of academia and industry to get new antibiotics to the finish line faster. #IDSky macleans.ca/society/heal...

The Government of Canada announced today a $4M investment in Global Nexus, which will be leveraged for bold new drug discovery and development initiatives at McMaster. brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/fed...

Postdoc Stephen Garrett is here from the UK on a prestigious fellowship, studying toxins secreted by bacteria to kill other bacteria. #IDSky #MicroSky brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/mcm...

Hey #IDSky, #Microsky and #ImmunoSky - I'm so pleased that @mcmasteriidr.bsky.social and @mcmasternexus.bsky.social are now here, as well as microbiologists extraordinaire @gdwantibiotics.bsky.social @dr-lori-burrows.bsky.social and @lkalan.bsky.social - get these folks in some #starterpacks!

Congratulations to Dr. Victoria Coles - she's continuing her fight against #AMR from the policy side with her new role at CIHR's Institute of Infection and Immunity 🦠🎓

Putting the 'ant' in antibiotic discovery: how IIDR researchers are harnessing an eons-old relationship between ants, fungi, and bacteria to find new antimicrobial medicines. #AMR #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpt9...