Landfills represent the world's fastest growing contaminated sites and are potential contamination origins of surface and drinking water systems. WCMR member Dr.
WCMR members, Trevor Charles and Murray Moo-Young, hosted a workshop on biomanufacturing at UW, June 24-27, as part of a new IPRG collaborative project between UW and the Members of CeBiB at the University of Chile. Industrial representatives came from GE Healthcare, Sanofi, PnuVax an
Scientists have discovered a new type of Botox.
A new source of the botulinum neurotoxin was discovered by Canadian and American scientists including WCMR member Andrew Doxey in a strain of animal gut bacteria known as Enterococcus faecium. The neurotoxic protein is known for its paradoxical ability to remove wrinkles yet cause botulism, a potentially fatal illness associated with food poisoning.
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).
WCMR members, Kirsten Müller and Josh Neufeld, in collaboration with other researchers have discovered the uniqueness of certain microbial communities among the class Mammalia.
Even Sinorhizobium meliloti suffers from a weight gain once in a while.
Last week, the University of Waterloo hosted the 67th annual Canadian Society of Microbiologists (CSM) conference.
Organized by a committee co-chaired by members of the WCMR: Professor Josh Neufeld and Canada Research Chair Laura Hug from the Department of Biology, the CSM 2017 conference brought together 450 participants for a four-day gathering aimed at promoting new ideas and advances in microbiology.
School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability professor and member of the WCMR Andrew Trant was recognized today for his outstanding contribution to the fields of plant ecology and biogeography.