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Wednesday, June 30, 2021

WCMR Launches ASTRAW Project for COVID-19 Screening

The Waterloo Centre for Microbial Research (WCMR) is coordinating a campus project screening for COVID using saliva. Professors Trevor Charles and Jozef Nissimov from the Department of Biology, alongside Drs.

Friday, September 28, 2018

WCMR member Laura Hug characterizes microbes of municipal waste

Landfills represent the world's fastest growing contaminated sites and are potential contamination origins of surface and drinking water systems. WCMR member Dr.

Monday, December 4, 2017

Brian Ingalls and Sherry Schiff awarded grant on blooms

Photo credit Mike Linksvayer on Flickr

WCMR members Brian Ingalls and Sherry Schiff are part of a team awarded funding through the Global Water Futures program to study the problem of algal and cyanobacterial blooms in lakes and reservoirs.

Friday, November 17, 2017

Shannon Majowicz awarded grant on antimicrobial resistance

Shannon Majowicz, member of the WCMR and professor in the school of Public Health and Public Health Systems, has been awarded funding within the 5th Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR).

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Kirsten Müller and Josh Neufeld discover distinct skin microbes in the class Mammalia

WCMR members, Kirsten Müller and Josh Neufeld, in collaboration with other researchers have discovered the uniqueness of certain microbial communities among the class Mammalia.