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Researchers
Ayush Kumar
We study the mechanisms of multidrug resistance in Gram-negative pathogens Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.…
Aleeza Gerstein
I lead the MicroStats Lab. We seek to understand the genotypic and phenotypic basis of…
Brian Mark
The Mark laboratory explores the molecular mechanisms that bacteria use to defend themselves from antibiotics,…
Deborah Court
Our research focuses on the understanding of structure and function of the voltage-gated anion-selective channel…
Georg Hausner
Our research characterizes fungal mitochondrial genomes. Fungi are important organisms that have large mitochondrial genomes…
Gerd Prehna
We study how bacteria communicate with their hosts, how they communicate with each other, and…
Ivan Oresnik
The overall goal of my research is to understand how rhizobia live in the soil…
A. Karen Brassinga
Our research focuses on understanding the mechanisms used by bacteria to adapt and survive in…
Pavel Dibrov
At present, we are working on the following major topics: Sodium versus proton circulation in…
Peter Loewen
Research Involves: Characterizing factors that protect bacteria against oxidative stress. Biography Although his title is…
Pelka Peter
Viral oncoproteins often alter, on a global scale, the transcriptional programs of infected cells. Work…
Silvia Cardona
Dr. Cardona’s long-term research goal is to understand the molecular mechanisms that control microbial growth…
Richard Sparling
Our primary focus is the study in the cellulose degrading bacteria that are capable of…
Vladimir Yurkov
Summer Students Wanted: The Yurkov Lab is looking for students interested in Environmental Microbiology for…
News & Events
Connor Lecture Series 2023: How Epidemics End
The Robin Connor Lectureship in the History and Philosophy of Science presents Dr. Erica Charters from Oxford University. The topic...
Location: Robert B. Schultz Lecture Theatre University of Manitoba - Fort Garry Winnipeg MB
Connor Lecture Series 2023: Excess Death: Counting the Costs of Eighteenth-Century War, Disease, and Empire
Join Dr. Erica Charters, professor of the global history of medicine at the University of Oxford for an insightful conversation...
Location: 200 Fletcher Argue Theatre
Job Posting: Lab Assistant
The Applied Soil Ecology Lab is based out of the Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Manitoba under the leadership of Dr. Mario Tenuta. We have highly productive and impactful research programs with several important foci: soil ecology, nematology, plant disease, and the relationship between nutrient management and greenhouse...
Introducing the winner of UM’s first Falling Walls Lab
Introducing the winner of UM’s first Falling Walls Lab SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 — On Sept. 13, 15 students and early career professionals pitched their grand idea with the potential to change the world at the University of Manitoba’s first Falling Walls Lab event. In three minutes, presenters explained their groundbreaking idea to the jury and to a...
The 2022 Undergraduate Science Student 3MT Award Winners
The 2022 Undergraduate Science Student 3MT Award Winners SEPTEMBER 12, 2022 — The Faculty of Science hosted its annual undergraduate Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, held virtually on August 16, 2022. Twenty-two students competed in the 3MT competition, part of the Faculty of Science Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program (SURE). The 3MT competition challenges students to communicate...
Meet Aleeza Gerstein, 2021 Rh Award Winner in the Health Sciences category
Aleeza Gerstein is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Science, who specializes in the evolution of human fungal pathogens. Her interdisciplinary lab combines clinical sampling, microbial experiments, and computational statistical methods to understand conditions that promote disease. Gerstein is the 2021 recipient of the Terry G. Falconer Memorial Rh Institute Foundation Emerging Researcher Award...