Bacteria do not colonize the gut before birth, says collaborative study

May 10, 2021

New research led by scientists from McMaster University and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin in Germany has found that that colonization of infants’ guts occurs during and after their births, and not before.

McMaster researcher receives $1.5M for international study of microbial communities

April 20, 2021 by Blake Dillon

An international team of early-career scientists, which includes McMaster University’s John Whitney, has received more than $1.5 million in funding from the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSP).

McMaster-led team unlocks possible Crohn’s disease trigger

April 1, 2021

Potentially game-changing research led by McMaster University scientists may finally bring relief to millions of people worldwide living with Crohn’s disease.

SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern remind us that we underestimate biology at our own peril

March 22, 2021

AMR and coronavirus variants: These researchers spot new threats to global health

March 4, 2021

Human case of H5N8 bird flu underscores the need for a universal influenza vaccine

February 26, 2021 by MICHELLE DONOVAN

‘We need to double down’: Infectious-disease expert Andrew McArthur on COVID-19 variants

February 19, 2021

Researchers take an early step toward leukemia drug therapy

February 16, 2021

A McMaster stem cell research team has made an important early step in developing a new class of therapeutics for patients with a deadly blood cancer.

McMaster researchers study saliva-based, asymptomatic testing as a route to limit the spread of COVID-19

November 18, 2020

Researchers at McMaster University are studying the saliva-based testing procedures that would enable routine testing of asymptomatic individuals on a large scale.

McMaster researchers awarded $1.5M to further investigate COVID-19

November 9, 2020

A team of McMaster researchers has been awarded $1.5M from the federal government to further investigate COVID-19.

Career Opportunity - Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Pandemic Research and Prevention

November 9, 2020

Ontario invests $1 million in McMaster researchers’ effort to prevent the next pandemic

October 7, 2020

Ontario’s Minister of Colleges and Universities Ross Romano has announced that the province is investing $1 million to create a nationally accessible library of compounds that will accelerate the work of McMaster’s Global Nexus for Pandemics and Biological Threats.

McMaster to create and lead new international nexus for pandemics and biological threats

September 1, 2020

McMaster is launching The Global Nexus for Pandemics and Biological Threats, to ensure Canada and the world are better able to manage the human and economic devastation of COVID-19 and avert future pandemics.

McMaster COVID-19 Research Fund - Recipients & Projects

July 17, 2020

McMaster scoops up $20M more for COVID-19 research

June 25, 2020

McMaster University has garnered $20 million in new funding for 17 COVID-19 research projects from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and their funding partners.

IIDR Members Receive Top Awards from the Canadian Society of Microbiologists

June 17, 2020

Researchers focus expertise on $9M of COVID-19 research

June 11, 2020

Researchers of the Faculty of Health Sciences who quickly turned their focus to the need for immediate research on the pandemic, have collected almost $9 million of support for 33 COVID-19 studies.

Brown recognized with Killam Research Fellowship

May 26, 2020

McMaster University professor Eric Brown has been awarded a Killam Research Fellowship.

McMaster researchers find one-two punch may help fight against Salmonella

May 14, 2020

Research led by McMaster University's Caressa Tsai and Brian Coombes has resulted in the discovery of a combination punch to treat drug-resistant infections that is showing promise based on testing in mice.

Drug-resistant superbugs: A global threat intensified

May 5, 2020

McMaster researchers closing in on home test for COVID-19

April 14, 2020

McMaster University researchers are racing to create a home-based COVID-19 testing kit, which could potentially be ready to move forward for approvals and manufacturing within months. The COVID-19 self-diagnosis kit would be configured to detect the genetic material of the virus but would work in a manner similar to a home pregnancy test, generating a result on a test strip within 20 minutes.

McMaster researchers’ act of kindness comes full circle

April 7, 2020

Infectious disease researcher Yingfu Li and his research team raised money and bought N95 masks and goggles for Chinese hospitals during the rise of the COVID-19. More than 20 scientists in China who previously worked with Li or his team members have raised money to buy the same kind of protective gear for Hamilton health-care workers.

Dr. Caitlin Mullarkey Awarded the MSU Teaching Award for the Faculty of Health Sciences

March 31, 2020

Congratulations to Dr. Caitlin Mullarkey who has been awarded the 2019-2020 MSU Teaching Award for the Faculty of Health Sciences!

McMaster receives $1.8M in funding for COVID-19 research

March 20, 2020

Two senior researchers of McMaster University’s Faculty of Health Sciences have received a combined $1.8 million in funding to support new research projects to help combat COVID-19.