| IIDR Newsletter - Issue 30 August 1st, 2019
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| | | | | Chemical Engineers Create Promising New Antibacterial Gel
Dr. Zeinab Hosseini-Doust’s research team has developed a novel antibacterial gel made entirely from bacteria-killing viruses that shows vast potential for applications in medicine and environmental protection. Learn more about this fascinating tool in McMaster News and CTV News. |
| | Doors Of New Institute Open At McMaster
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| Member Highlights An IIDR Trainee Writing Initiative
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| Probing DNA Damage Repair in Bacteria Using Structural Biology
by Beth Culp, PhD Candidate, Wright Lab
Dr. Sara Andres uses structural biology to better understand the fundamental molecular mechanisms behind bacterial DNA damage response and repair pathways that contribute to microbial survival.
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| Resistance: Evolution and the Environment
by Mateusz Faltyn, Honours Bachelor of Arts and Science Candidate, McArthur Lab
Dr. Gerry Wright is engaged in efforts to discover new antibiotics and antibiotic alternatives, and explores the mechanism, diversity, and evolution of antibiotic resistance.
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| | | Register Today! IIDR Trainee Day - October 4th, 2019
The IIDR is pleased to announce that online registration for the 9th Annual IIDR Trainee Day has officially opened!
Trainee Day has become the ideal forum to recognize and celebrate the innovative work being done by IIDR staff, students and Postdoctoral Fellows. Find out more about this year's awards, Keynote speaker, and more on the Trainee Day 2019 Website. |
| ! Deadline Reminder: August 9th & September 9th
The IIDR is accepting applications for a number of Trainee Day 2019 awards! Scholarship, award, and graduate student oral presentation applications are all due on Friday, August 9th, as well as nominations for the Michael Kamin Hart Memorial Staff Award. Students wishing to present a poster must submit their project abstract during registration, and before Monday, September 9th. All eligible trainees are encouraged to apply through the Trainee Day 2019 website.
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| | | Aging Clinical and Experimental Research 26 July 2019
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| Chemistry of Materials 24 July 2019
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| Analytical Chemistry 18 July 2019
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| Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 1 July 2019
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| FEMS Microbiology Ecology 25 July 2019
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| Current Opinion in Microbiology 19 July 2019
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| Expert Review of Vaccines 17 July 2019
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| Journal of Cancer 21 April 2019
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| | | | Assistant / Associate Professor (3 Positions)
The Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine (CABM) at Rutgers University, in conjunction with the departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Neuroscience & Cell Biology, and Pharmacology at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School seek outstanding candidates for tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor to fill three new faculty positions. Successful candidates will be provided with competitive start-up packages, access to high performance computing clusters and other core resources, and modern laboratory space at CABM, and will be expected to develop and maintain strong, externally funded research programs, and participate in collaborative projects with other Departments and Institutes on the campus. Find out more here. |
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| Assistant / Associate Professor
The Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy (GCBA) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center invites applications for a tenure-leading Assistant/Associate Professor position at the interdisciplinary area of ‘Bioinformatics and Human Microbiome’ to start in the Fall. The incumbent will complement the existing strengths in genomics, metagenomics, infectious diseases, and bioinformatics at UNMC. They are seeking a dynamic faculty member who interfaces with crosscutting disciplines such as cancer, neuroscience, infectious diseases, precision medicine, etc. to integrate the human microbiome research applications. Contact babu.guda@unmc.edu or visit the posting here for more information. |
| Senior Research Associate
Dr. Roger Draheim from the School of Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth is seeking to recruit a Postdoctoral Scientist with experience in molecular biology and microbiology to work on an InnovateUK-funded project. The candidate will employ synthetic microbiology to screen novel small molecules and traditional Chinese medicine with an overall aim to minimize generation of resistance to human antibiotics during pig production. The post is available for two years and is part of a £2.2 million research project carried out in collaboration with Oxford Drug Design (UK), Huazhong Agricultural University (Wuhan, China) and Wuhan HVSEN Biotechnology Co.,Ltd. (China). Interested candidates can apply here with the position number and title "ZZ005363 - Senior Research Associate". |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate
The Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, in conjunction with Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position for up to three years in the Van Domselaar Lab for Bioinformatics. The project will focus on the development of improved security, privacy, and data access controls for IRIDA, an end-to-end system for the storage, management, analysis, sharing, and reporting of next-generation sequencing data for microbial genomics. For more information, contact Dr. Domselaar at gary.vandomselaar@canada.ca. |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate
The Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, in conjunction with Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position for up to three years in the Van Domselaar Lab for Bioinformatics. The project will focus on the development of Proksee, an expert system for bacterial genome assembly, annotation, visualization, and analysis. For more information, contact Dr. Domselaar at gary.vandomselaar@canada.ca. |
| Postdoctoral Fellow (3 Positions)
Dr. Robert Beiko's Lab within the Faculty of Computer Science at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia is seeking 3 Postdoctoral Fellows for work on the ARETE project - a project that focuses on using lateral gene transfer of antimicrobial resistance genes in environmental and agri-food contexts with bioinformatics approaches. All PDFs will collaborate with other members of the project team, and be expected to give presentations and prepare journal articles based on their work. Find out more about the positions and how to apply here. |
| Postdoctoral Fellow
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology (MICB) at the University of British Columbia is seeking a full time Postdoctoral Fellow to lead the Experiential Data science for Undergraduate Cross-disciplinary Education (EDUCE) initiative. EDUCE develops and delivers data science modules in undergraduate MICB courses to progressively build student computational competency and data literacy. The principal responsibilities of the PDF include the co-development and delivery of reproducible data science curriculum in MICB courses, the coordination, training, and evaluation of EDUCE teaching assistants, the evaluation of EDUCE and course material effectiveness toward publication in peer-reviewed journals, and the coordination and promotion of co-curricular opportunities like workshops. For more information, contact info.educe@ubc.ca. |
| Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Jamie Hook from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow. The candidate will be a part of the Pulmonary Division and the Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, a small group of investigators led by flu expert Adolfo Garcia-Sastre. The lab’s goal is to determine cellular and molecular mechanisms of lung injury and repair in staphylococcus- and influenza-infected alveoli. Their aim is to understand how juxtacrine and paracrine communication among lung alveolar cells determines epithelial viability, immune responses, and barrier loss and restoration. Fro more information, contact Dr. Hook at jaime.hook@mssm.edu. |
| Postdoctoral Fellow
This CIHR-funded Postdoctoral Fellow position in Aging & Immunity within Dr. Dawn Bowdish's Lab will study how aging, and specifically age-associated inflammation alters myeloid cell development and macrophage function. This will include performing flow cytometry assays to quantitate development and maturation of myeloid cells in human blood and, depending on the applicant’s interest and aptitude, may include animal models. The successful applicant will be expected to develop a research project including all required experimental optimization, liaise with collaborators and research participants from multiple sights, and write manuscripts to communicate research findings. Contact Dr. Dawn Bowdish at bowdish@mcmaster.ca for more information. |
| Research Technician
This CIHR-funded, 12-month tech position within Dr. Dawn Bowdish's Lab will study how the immune system changes with age using mouse models. This position is suitable for someone with an MSc or strong experience in mouse models or immunology. The successful applicant will be handling mouse breeding and inventory, liaising with animal care technicians to deal with health issues, ordering reagents for lab members, maintaining financial records, enforcing safety regulations and maintaining lab inventories. Research responsibilities will include working independently to perform studies of how the immune system changes with age and will include tissue collection, metabolic and behavioural testing, and creating bone marrow chimeras. Contact Dr. Dawn Bowdish at bowdish@mcmaster.ca for more information. |
| Postdoctoral Fellow
The Department of Chemistry and Biology, Faculty of Science at Ryerson University welcomes applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct original research on the regulation and function of lysosome adaptation in immune cells under the mentorship of Dr. Roberto Botelho. Specifically, the PDF will work on a project aimed at better understanding how macrophages and/or dendritic cells adapt their lysosomal system in response to infection signals and the functional outcomes for resolving infections, antigen presentation, and immunity. This research will be conducted using both murine mouse models and primary cell cultures and employ a variety of genetics, cell biology, and biochemical tools that includes transcriptome and translatome analyses, antigen presentation assays, and fluorescence microscopy. Contact Dr. Roberto Botelho at rbotelho@ryerson.ca to find out more. |
| Postdoctoral Fellow
The Department of Chemistry and Biology, Faculty of Science at Ryerson University welcomes applications for a postdoctoral fellow to conduct original research on the regulation and function of phosphoinositide signaling lipids under the mentorship of Dr. Roberto Botelho and Dr. Costin Antonescu. The PDF will work on projects aimed at better understanding how cells establish the acyl specificity of phosphoinositide lipids and the functional importance of phosphoinositide acyl specificity. This research will be conducted using mammalian cell culture models and employ a variety of genetics, cell biology, and biochemical tools that includes CRISPR-based genome editing, BioID-based proteomics, and super-resolution microscopy to define the regulation and function of phosphoinositide acyl specificity. Contact Dr. Roberto Botelho at rbotelho@ryerson.ca to find out more. |
| Volunteers (Ages 20 to 40)
Dr. Dawn Bowdish's Lab at McMaster University is looking for volunteers between the ages of 20 and 40 for their study on how the immune system controls upper respiratory microbiota. Donors will need to donate about 2.5 mls of blood, a nasal swab, a nasal brushing and nasal secretions. Interested participants are encouraged to contact Dr. Bowdish at bowdish@mcmaster.ca for more information. |
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