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To better assist our students with rises to the cost of living, the Mac Biochem Grad Program is increasing stipends for the 2023-2024 academic year to the following minimum amounts:
MSc: $29,098
PhD: $36,552
Interested in applying?
Check out our faculty profiles @BBS_McMasterU
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17 Apr 2025
The Salmonella phage shock protein system is required for defense against host antimicrobial peptides. The latest from the Coombes lab. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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New preprint from @MacBiochemGrad and @McMasterMDPhD student @JakeColautti and @BBS_McMasterU and @McMasterIIDR Postdoc @StephenRG97!
14 Apr 2025
Proteolytically activated antibacterial toxins inhibit the growth of diverse Gram-positive bacteria biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… #biorxiv_micrbio
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Congrats to @MacBiochemGrad PhD student and @CIHR_IRSC CGS-D winner, Megan Tu, for leading this study published in one of best microbiology journals, @NatureMicrobiol!
6 Jan 2025
Overcoming resistance: @McMasterU researchers have discovered a critical vulnerability in some of the world’s most dangerous drug-resistant bacteria: zinc—or a lack thereof. 👇
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6 Jan 2025
Overcoming resistance: @McMasterU researchers have discovered a critical vulnerability in some of the world’s most dangerous drug-resistant bacteria: zinc—or a lack thereof. 👇
ow.ly/KnE450UAsg4
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6 Jan 2025
Great national news story from the lab of Dr. Cameron Currie @BBS_McMasterU and @McMasterIIDR
Superbugs are on the rise — could ants be our secret weapon? | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/10936656/…
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McMaster Biochemistry Graduate Program retweeted
9 Dec 2024
Years of advocacy paid off: Canada’s 2024 budget delivers the largest pay rise in 20 years for graduate students & postdocs, thanks to the relentless efforts of SOS, spearheaded by students like Kaitlin Kharas and Sarah Laframboise @SLaframboise14 !
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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McMaster Biochemistry Graduate Program retweeted
26 Nov 2024
Graduates from the Faculty of Health Sciences celebrated their hard work and dedication at @McMasterU's Fall 2024 Convocation. 🎥👇
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McMaster Biochemistry Graduate Program retweeted
20 Nov 2024
The ‘ant’ in antibiotic discovery: How insects could be the key to fighting superbugs.
Cameron Currie, professor @BBS_McMasterU, is studying eons-old relationship between ants, fungi & bacteria in a quest for new drugs to combat antimicrobial resistance.
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“We’re very excited to see what people do with this”
AlphaFold3 is open at last go.nature.com/4fHAfio
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5 Nov 2024
It was a great honour to help @Sloboda_Lab celebrate winning the President’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision! Glad she’s on team @BBS_McMasterU @MacBiochemGrad !!
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27 Sep 2024
Researchers with @BBS_McMasterU have discovered what hinders DNA repair in patients with Huntington’s Disease, impacting the ability of brain cells to heal themselves. @CIHR_IRSC @tam_maiuri
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McMaster Biochemistry Graduate Program retweeted
18 Sep 2024
A microscopic arms race — bacteria and phages are locked in a never-ending fight for survival. New research from @JohnWhitneyIIDR and collaborators sheds new light on this ongoing evolutionary struggle. 👇
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12 Jun 2024
👇👇New work on origins of AMR from Gerard Wright lab @McMasterIIDR. Authors Amna Abbas and Dirk Hackenberger have talks @CSM_SCM2024 Student Symposia, and poster # 287 from Alexandra Barkhouse 😀👍!
12 Jun 2024
Antibiotic resistance: A key microbial survival mechanism that threatens public health
Wright lab @McMasterU discuss how antibiotic resistance is a survival trait evolved by bacteria & mobilized across populations, posing a threat to medicine & agriculture cell.com/cell-host-microbe/a…
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McMaster Biochemistry Graduate Program retweeted
1 May 2024
📢 Exciting news! #Budget2024 allocates $5.76B for research & innovation, with $2.63B aimed at boosting grad student & post doc stipends! Our commitment to advocacy continues! Join our Gratitude Campaign to thank policy makers: loom.ly/lXfkvPk #SOSBudget2024 🎉
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McMaster Biochemistry Graduate Program retweeted
9 Jan 2024
Out today from the lab of @JohnWhitneyIIDR at @BBS_McMasterU and @MacBiochemGrad. Structure of a tripartite protein complex that targets toxins to the type 7 secretion system | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.23…
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McMaster Biochemistry Graduate Program retweeted
9 Jan 2024
We are excited to announce the 5th annual Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences Research Symposium taking place on March 8, 2024 at the David Braley Health Sciences Centre! Abstracts are due January 29! Don't forget to register by February 5 at macbbsrs.wordpress.com/how-t…. #BBSRS2024
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McMaster Biochemistry Graduate Program retweeted
13 Dec 2023
Congratulations to newly minted Dr. @YaegerLuke on an outstanding #PhD defence! 🎉Thanks again to external @traivio for visiting us @BBS_McMasterU - was a blast! Thanks also to @JohnWhitneyIIDR @surette_m & @gerryiidr for your help!
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McMaster Biochemistry Graduate Program retweeted
20 Sep 2023
Canadian health research has been chronically underfunded for the past two decades. As a result, the research ecosystem in this country is in serious trouble!
Get more facts and find out what you can do at ow.ly/SZO450PNvOo
#ResearchInTrouble #cdnpoli #CDNhealth
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21 Aug 2023
We still have space in our upcoming guided nature hike for graduate students who are joining our McMaster community this fall! A great chance to meet new friends, explore local nature trails. Learn more / register on our website for the Sept 15 hike. bit.ly/45wIZCG
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