Happy to share that I successfully renewed my Canada Research Chair, which coincided with tenure and promotion to Associate Professor. Thrilled that the #CRC renewal came with ~$1.1M in infrastructure support, in part from #CFI!

Thanks #CBC 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 for visiting my lab @uregina.bsky.social and highlighting our interdisciplinary collaboration with Indigenous Elders and colleagues at FNU Tune in at ~1 hr:43 min. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Our #WAAW2024 event at the Sask Science Centre was a great success! Lots of participation & engagement in all activities! Here are some agar plates from the event. Germs are everywhere (& at our fingertips), not all are harmful. Good hygiene prevents infections,⬇️antibiotic use & curb AMR.

It's World AMR Awareness Week! Students from the Biochem Student Association & my lab at the U of Regina are organizing an event in collaboration with the Saskatchewan Science Centre to raise awareness of AMR while offering a variety of fun, hands-on activities for all ages. Everyone is welcome!

Happy to share our work published at ASM Microbiology Spectrum, exploring Traditional Indigenous remedies as an untapped source of new antimicrobials under wound infection-mimetic conditions in collaboration with Elders & colleagues at First Nations Univ. Canada journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...