
New Lab Photo Alert!
Love this team!! Front Row (Left to Right): Jordyn Perry (MSc student); Marie-Ange Massicotte (PhD Student); Katie Iacobucci...


Coombes Lab turns Sweet 16
As of March 1, 2022, the Coombes lab has been churning out new scientific advances for 16 years at McMaster University in the Department...

Making progress in the fight against Crohn's Disease
Check out my extended conversation with the folks at Propel a Cure, a USA-based non-profit working hard to raise awareness and funding in...


Newly minted PhDs!
The last two weeks have been a flurry of activity, with the PhD defenses of Dr. Elizabeth Chau and Dr. Caressa Tsai. I couldn't be...


Finding a cure for Crohn's and Colitis
This summer I'll be participating in the Crohn's and Colitis 2020 Gutsy Walk to help raise money needed for critical research towards...


Scholarship News. Part Two
Congratulations to these two champions for receiving 2020 Ontario Graduate Scholarships! Elizabeth Chau (PhD student) and Jordyn Perry...


Scholarship News. Part One
Marie-Ange Massicotte was awarded a Canada Graduate Doctoral Scholarship from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for her research...


A Salmonella one-two punch
The Coombes lab is excited to share our latest research, led by PhD student Caressa Tsai (left). In her paper, published this month in...


CIHR Scholarship news!
I'd like to give a big shout out to Alexandra Parco for receiving a Canada Graduate Scholarship from the Canadian Institutes of Health...

New functional class of glycopeptide antibiotic...coming your way
Check out this beast of a molecule, discovered by Beth Culp and crew in the Wright lab by applying a phylogenetics-based approach to...