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Members of the Wright Lab banded together to produce a virtual lab tour video. Watch it here.
Read the article here.
Source: The Hamilton Spectator
Congratulations to three trainees from the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research and David Braley Centre for Antibiotic Discovery on receiving prestigious Research Awards from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
In their review entitled “Antimicrobial Resistance and Respiratory Infections“, IIDR’s Dr. Gerry Wright and PhD student Allison Guitor discuss the many ways in which respiratory bacteria can avoid or overcome antibiotics, while highlighting other important aspects of antimicrobial resistance.
Source: McMaster IIDR
Every year, the IIDR provides 10 $1000 fellowship awards to eligible undergraduate students and IIDR trainees working throughout the summer. Wright Lab undergraduate student Sommer Chou is a recipient this year.
Source: McMaster IIDR
The Nature of Things featuring Dr. Gerry Wright aired April 8, 2018.
Source: McMaster IIDR and CBC.ca
The Wright lab discovers Rox gene’s unprecedented mechanism of rifamycin resistance. Read the full publication in Cell Chemical Biology.
Source: McMaster IIDR
In collaboration with Dr. Dawn Bowdish, Haley and Emily taught students from Dundas Central Public School about the human immune system, pathogens, and disease.
Source: McMaster IIDR
“Drug discovery is hard, hard work and certainly not for the faint of heart. Plus, it takes a really long time.” - Gerry Wright on fighting superbugs in The National Post.
Source: McMaster IIDR and National Post
The 2016 JA Medal for reviews goes to an outstanding article entitled 'Glycopeptide antibiotic biosynthesis' by Gerard Wright and colleagues.
Source: The Journal of Antibiotics
Dr. Gerry Wright comments on the presence of antibiotic resistance in the environment in the article “Living in a world of emerging microbial resistance” by science journalist Priyanka Pulla.
Source: The Hindu