UBC Dept of Microbiology and Immunology

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Introducing CIFAR’s new Public Health Microbiome curriculum! Led by experts @MeghanAzad, @CTropini, @Naama_GZ and Melissa Melby, it bridges cutting-edge microbiome science with real-world public health practice. 🔗 Learn more: cifar.ca/cifarnews/2025…

The speakers for the Julian Davies Memorial Symposium include Stewart Cole (Pasteur Institute), Gerry Wright (McMaster University) and Jo Handelsman (University of Wisconsin). To register to attend, please scan the QR code or visit: bit.ly/4etaP8C

Corn is a staple summer side dish, but it’s also plagued by fungal infections. To combat the fungus Ustilago maydis, Jim Kronstad's team is investigating how the pathogen drains the health from its host, paving the way for new crop protection strategies. bit.ly/3IbAVAR

.@UBCeoas and @UBCMicroImmuno researchers have identified copper ore buried tens of metres below the Earth’s surface by testing DNA of microbes in the soil. science.ubc.ca/news/2025-06/b…

The Julian Davies Memorial Symposium will bring together friends, family, colleagues, and microbiology researchers to honour the life, career, and legacy of Julian Davies. The full program will be available shortly. To register to attend, please scan the QR code.

Congratulations to Dr. Brett Finlay for receiving the John McNeill Excellence in Health Research Mentorship Award! The award recognizes faculty members in health-related disciplines for the outstanding mentorship of their trainees. Learn more at: msl.ubc.ca/dr-brett-finla…

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Save the day. Julian Davies Legacy Memorial Symposium will be held at UBC Vancouver Friday October 10th 2025. Details on registration will follow. @ubcscience @UBCMicroImmuno @ubc @ASMicrobiology

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Join us May 30 in LSC3 from 3:00-4:00 PM for a joint EDI seminar by Dr. Myrle Ballard, Director of Indigenous Science for Environment and Climate Change Canada EDI and Knowledge Systems: Why Indigenous Science? mbim.ubc.ca/events/seminar…

A new blood test & portable device “demonstrates the immense value of AI in analyzing extremely complex data ... for predicting sepsis and writing an algorithm that predicts sepsis risk with high accuracy,” Dr. Bob Hancock, @UBCMicroImmuno. @NRC_CNRC science.ubc.ca/news/2025-05/r…

That's a wrap on #PacTB2025! We loved welcoming the TB research community to UBC and learning about new advances in TB diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Thank you to keynote speaker @MazDivangahi and sponsors @TBVets, @Avantor_News, @NovateurBio, @fishersci and A&J Science.

The Dedhar and Finlay research teams discovered that a type of bacteria called Bacillus thermoamylovorans, found only in metastatic tumours, made tumour cells spread more aggressively and altered their metabolism. @UBCMicroImmuno @ubcmsl med.ubc.ca/news/certain-b…

Join us May 6 in LSC3 from 12:30-1:30 PM for a seminar by Lisa Reynolds, Associate Professor of biochemistry and microbiology, University of Victoria How the microbial and parasitic inhabitants of the mammalian gut can impact host metabolism and health mbim.ubc.ca/events/seminar…

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😷 Dr. François Jean from @UBCMicroImmuno is the lead of Pillar 10, the antiviral strategies and therapeutics pillar of the Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response Network. Now, Dr. Jean reflects on his team’s progress and the state of COVID-19 research bit.ly/3S4FcI5

Join us April 25 in LSC3 from 3:00-4:00 PM for a seminar by Miguel Valvano, Professor of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Queen's University of Belfast Contrasting lifestyles of model opportunistic bacteria in human macrophages and epithelial cells mbim.ubc.ca/events/seminar…