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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/waterloo-centre-microbial-research/events/wcmr-res
 earch-talk-prof-david-stuart-university-alberta
SUMMARY:WCMR Research Talk: Prof. David Stuart\, University of Alberta
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday July 7\, 2026\n\n1:30 pm\n\nDC 1302\n\n\"ENGINEERING MI
 CROBIAL CELLS FOR APPLICATION AS LIVE CELL\nTHERAPEUTICS\"\n\nThe ominous 
 rise in the frequency of antibiotic resistant microbial\ninfections poses 
 a global threat to human health. This threat comes in\nthe direct form of 
 disease related to infection of humans but also\nindirectly in the form of
  challenges to food security through loss of\nagricultural crops and anima
 ls to disease. The development of\nantibiotic drugs in previous decades w
 as transformational\, providing\ncheap\, effective treatment for what woul
 d otherwise would be a lethal\ninfection. As microbial strains resistant t
 o our front-line antibiotic\ndrugs have emerged\, there is an urgent need
  to develop new\ntherapeutic strategies and tools. Synthetic biology a
 nd metabolic\nengineering can be applied to generate \"weaponized\" live c
 ell\ntherapeutics providing new means to combat the rapidly evolving threa
 t\nof microbial pathogens. In this presentation\, I will highlight\nprogre
 ss from my laboratory in engineering probiotic microbial cells\nthat have 
 been endowed with functionalities derived from\nbacteriophages and synthet
 ic nanobodies allowing them to inhibit\nmicrobial toxins\, kill microbial 
 pathogens and deliver therapeutic\nmolecules. The potential benefits of en
 gineered probiotics are\nhighlighted along with the challenges that must s
 till be met before\nthese intriguing new therapeutic tools can be widely d
 eployed.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/waterloo-centre-microbial-research/events/synbio80
 -june-15-17-2026
LOCATION:E7 - Engineering 7 200 University Ave West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Can
 ada
SUMMARY:SynBio8.0 - June 15-17\, 2026
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:WCMR will host SynBio8.0 June 15-17\, 2026 in the Pearl Sulliv
 an\nEngineering Building (E7)\n\nTo register\, learn more about accommodat
 ions and find out how to\nsubmit your research paper\, please visit SynBi
 o8.0\n[https://www.synbiocanada.org/synbio8].\n\nPlease let us know\n[http
 s://uwaterloo.ca/waterloo-centre-microbial-research/form/volunteer-for-syn
 bio8-0]\nif you are interested in volunteering at the event. 
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/waterloo-centre-microbial-research/events/wcmr-tal
 k-evelien-adriaenssens
LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven
 ue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:WCMR Talk: Evelien Adriaenssens
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a WCMR special seminar given by guest speaker Evel
 ien\nAdriaenssens on \n\nThursday\, December 4 at\n\n11:00 am\n\nDC 1304\n
 \nPlease register\n[https://uwaterloo.ca/waterloo-centre-microbial-researc
 h/form/register-for-evelien-adriaenssen]so\nwe can contact you as details 
 are solidified.\n\nDr. Adriaenssens will talk about her work on investigat
 ing the virome\nin early life and on bacteriophages associated with import
 ant\ncommensal organisms.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/waterloo-centre-microbial-research/events/2024-gai
 rdner-national-lecture-dr-christian-landry
LOCATION:EV3 - Environment 3 Room 4412 200 University Avenue West Waterloo 
 ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:2024 Gairdner National Lecture: Dr. Christian Landry
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The 2024 Gairdner National Lecture with Dr. Christian Landry: T
 owards\na Complete Understanding of Drug Resistance in Pathogenic Fungi
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/waterloo-centre-microbial-research/events/hack-pla
 stics
LOCATION:E7 - Engineering 7 200 University Ave West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Can
 ada
SUMMARY:Hack the Plastics
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:PARTICIPATE IN OUR HACKATHON!\n\nHack the Plastics (see the eve
 nt webpage\n[https://uwaterloo.ca/hack-the-plastics/] for most complete de
 tails)\nis an 11-hour weekend long hackathon from 28 February – 1 March\
 ,\n2020 at the University of Waterloo with the aim of tackling problems\nr
 elated to plastic pollution and incorporating a microbial-based\nsolution.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/waterloo-centre-microbial-research/events/microbio
 mes-white-house-lab
LOCATION:STC - Science Teaching Complex 200 University Ave West Room 0060 W
 aterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Microbiomes: from the White House to the lab
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:On June 13th at 1pm Professor Jo Handelsman will present a se
 minar\n\"Microbiomes: From the White House to the Lab\" before receiving h
 er\nhonorary doctorate at convocation at the University of Waterloo.\n\nS
 TC 0060\, June 13\, 1 pm
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/waterloo-centre-microbial-research/events/gmos-fac
 ts-misconceptions
LOCATION:HH - J.G. Hagey Hall of the Humanities 200 University Avenue West 
 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:GMOs: Facts & Misconceptions
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:A screening of the documentary Food Evolution directed by acade
 my\naward nominee\, Scott Hamilton Kennedy and narrated by Neil deGrasse\n
 Tyson.
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